Let your imagination take wing as you listen to classical music with a Fresh Ears experience at the May installment of the free monthly music lectures by Paul M. Somers, sponsored by the Bay-Atlantic Symphony.

In this month's installment, entitled "The Listener Owns It!," allow yourself to respond to unfamiliar music, unhampered by preconceptions caused by the music's name, nationality, genre, gender, or title.

As this will be the concluding lecture series for the 2008-09 season, suggestions will also be taken for next season's lecture topics.

The lecture, which will take place on Tuesday night from 7 to 8:30 p.m., will occur on May 26, at the Avalon Free Public Library, 235 32nd St., Avalon.

Somers, is a composer, performer, founder of the Classical New Jersey Society and Maurice River Music, and was a reviewer for the Star-Ledger.

The lectures are cosponsored by the libraries in which they are given.

For further information, call the Bay-Atlantic Symphony at (856) 451-1169, or Somers at Maurice River Music at (856) 506-0580. For the Cape May County series, you can also call the Avalon Free Public Library at 967-7155.