Fall is the true season to be jolly in La Jolla. The big three not-for-profit organizations are preparing musical wonders to be heard in local venues and beyond. They are, in alphabetical order, La Jolla Music Society, La Jolla Symphony and Chorus, and Orchestra Nova. La Jolla Music Society La Jolla Music Society (www.ljms.org) presents three series at La Jolla venues. The Revelle Chamber Music Series (January-April) and the Frieman Family Piano Series are presented at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego Sherwood Auditorium, and the Discovery Series is heard at the Neurosciences Institute Auditorium. The Frieman piano series begins at 8 p.m., Friday, Oct. 22 with Anne-Marie McDermott’s all-Chopin recital. One of San Diego’s beloved artists, McDermott plays Three Waltzes, Op. 34, Impromptu No. 1 in A-flat Major, Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, and Scherzo No. 1 in B Minor. This concert and all others in the piano series are preceded by lectures one hour prior to the concerts. Other recitalists are Melvyn Tan (all Chopin), 8 p.m., Friday, Dec. 10; Louis Lortie (all Liszt), 3 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 30; and André Watts (all Liszt), 8 p.m., Friday, March 18. Commencing at 3 p.m. the Discovery Series begins with Young Concert Artists International Auditions winner Gleb Ivanov in an all-Chopin recital Sunday, Nov. 14. Others in the series are first prize winner of the 2009 Queen Elisabeth International Competition, violinist Ray Chen; and winner of the 2006 Parkening International Guitar Competition, Pablo Sáinz Villegas on April 10. La Jolla Symphony & Chorus La Jolla Symphony & Chorus begins its 2010-11 season Oct. 30-31 at Mandeville Auditorium, University of California, San Diego (UCSD), with Leonard Bernstein’s Overture to “Candide,” Alexandre Scriabin’s Prometheus (for piano, chorus, orchestra and what the composer called “color organ”), and Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 1. The concert features pianist Noriko Kawai, La Jolla Symphony Chorus, and Ross Karre on color organ and video projections. Steven Schick conducts. Choral concerts are Beethoven’s “Missa Solemnis” Dec. 4-5, and Bach’s “Passion According to St. Matthew,” three performances April 29-May 1. For a complete schedule of concerts, visit www.lajollasymphony.com or phone (858) 534-4637. Orchestra Nova Orchestra Nova begins its fourth season under the leadership of artistic director Jung-Ho Pak. The Sherwood Auditorium series commences with “Mozart’s Very Best” at 7:30 p.m., Monday, Oct. 18, featuring principal clarinetist Frank Renk in Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto. Orchestra Nova continues Nova Classics concerts with Vivaldi’s and Piazzolla’s Four Seasons on Nov. 15, followed by additional concerts Feb. 28, April 4, and May 16. For details, go to www.orchestranova.org. Other series Beyond those, concerts are also presented by Athenaeum Music and Arts Library (www.ljathenaeum.org) and San Diego Early Music Society (www.sdems.org), both of which begin their series this week. The Athenaeum presents the Juilliard String Quartet at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 18, and San Diego Early Music Society commences its season with Ensemble 415 in “Armonico Tributo” at 8 p.m., Friday, Oct. 15, at the Neurosciences Institute. Music programming of University of California, San Diego (http://music web.ucsd.edu/concerts) and UCSD Art Power (http://artpwr.com/cate gories/music) is already under way.