The classic musical, The Sound of Music is at the Queanbeyan Performing Arts Centre this week, with the Queanbeyan Players production asking audiences, how do you solve a problem like Maria? In a convent in 1930s Austria, free-spirited postulant Maria is found ill-suited to life as a nun and is sent to serve as governess to the seven children of Captain Von Trapp, a widower and decorated naval officer. Upon her arrival, Maria discovers the seven children living grim lives in a strict and regimented household, run by a father who has forgotten how to love. Soon, however, Maria's zest for life, love and music infects not only the Von Trapp children but Captain Von Trapp himself. Continues until March 21. To make a booking call 6253 1454. To get tickets to the livestream on March 20 go to stagecenta.com.

With music heading back to the stage, Canberra Sinfonia launches its 2021 concert season this week with Appalachian Spring and Sinclair. Opening the program is the world premiere of Chloe Sinclair's Rainfall of Diamonds, commissioned by the Canberra Sinfonia. Focusing on the events of the past year, Sinclair has transcended the individual to reflect on a global perspective. The event will also see the symphony perform Aaron Copland's score for Appalachian Spring, which is rarely performed in its full-length original version. Saturday, 3pm. Wesley Uniting Church. Tickets are $35 from canberrasinfonia.com.

Canberra Philharmonic Society presents Jersey Boys: The Story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons. Jersey Boys is a 2005 jukebox musical with music by Bob Gaudio, lyrics by Bob Crewe, and book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice. It is presented in a documentary-style format that dramatises the formation, success and eventual break-up of the 1960s rock 'n' roll group The Four Seasons. The musical is structured as four "seasons", each narrated by a different member of the band who gives his own perspective on its history and music. Songs include Big Girls Don't Cry, Sherry, December 1963 (Oh, What A Night), My Eyes Adored You, Stay, Can't Take My Eyes Off You, Who Loves You, Working My Way Back to You and Rag Doll, among others. Saturday, at 2pm and 8pm. Continues until March 20. Erindale Theatre. Tickets are $60 from philo.org.au.

See the NFSA Restores digital restoration of the film based on Miles Franklin's semi-autobiographical novel of the same name, My Brilliant Career. The film had an unusually strong female team for the time it was made - including director Gillian Armstrong, producer Margaret Fink, lead actress Judy Davis, production designer Luciana Arrighi and costume designer Anna Senior, who received an Academy Award nomination for her work. During the drought of 1898, Sybylla Melvyn (Judy Davis) dreams of escaping the drudgery of farm life for a career as a writer. She meets a well-to-do grazier, Harry Beecham (Sam Neill), and must decide if love will interrupt her plans for a brilliant career. The screening will be followed by a Q&A session with NFSA curator Jenny Gall. Saturday, 2.30pm. National Film and Sound Archive. Tickets are $12 from nfsa.gov.au.

Five of Australia's most prolific First Nations musicians time travel through Australian parliament, redefining words that were spoken by the country's governments, in Songs from a Stolen Senate. The performance is the beginning of an ongoing series from The Griffyn Ensemble that challenges how Australian identity was forged since European settlement. In this instalment, First Nation composers from across the country have stolen parliamentary voices and reworked them into song and storytelling from the perspective of their own interests and life stories. Saturday, 7pm. Belconnen Arts. Tickets are $45 from belcoarts.com.au.

Finding the Lost Year is a concert planned for 2020, and played in 2021. Maruki Community Orchestra finds its lost year with a massive program for its pandemic-return concert. Beethoven's Egmont, Alan Hinde's world premiere In Search of the Lost Land, John Gould solos for the Sibelius Violin concerto and to finish, the romanticism of Schumann's 4th Symphony. Sunday, from 3pm. Albert Hall. Tickets are $25 from trybooking.

Award-winning Australian vocalist Emma Pask has established herself as one of the country's favourite voices in jazz. After her intimate sold-out performance in 2020, the singer returns to Canberra Theatre with The Emma Pask Quartet. Pask is sure to delight as she interweaves storytelling through timeless swinging jazz standards, upbeat Latin rhythms, tender ballads and of course some raucous blues. Friday, 8pm. Canberra Theatre Centre. Tickets are $49.90 from canberratheatrecentre.com.au.