This week you could be a busy classical listener, and hearing a concert almost every day, sometimes twice, without paying anything. The problem is that not all free concerts are equally strong, but who can complain about hearing music for free?

MONDAY:
>> The women of the Salem Academy Glee Club will give a free lunchtime concert (February 26, 12:10 p.m.) at the National Museum of Women in the Arts. The program will consist of sacred and secular women’s choral literature, sung in a variety of languages.

>> That evening (February 26, 7:30 p.m.), the Choral Arts Society of Washington will give a free concert of French chansons at the French Embassy, La Maison Française (4101 Reservoir Rd. NW). Seating is limited, and you must make a reservation. A light reception will follow.

>> If instrumental music is what you want, head over to the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center in College Park, where violinist Elisabeth Adkins (associate concertmaster of the National Symphony Orchestra) and pianist Edward Newman will give a free concert (February 26, 8 p.m.) of music by Debussy, Strauss, and Rozsa.

WEDNESDAY:
>> The Austrian string quartet Artis-Quartett Wien will give a free concert (February 28, 8 p.m.) at the Library of Congress. Their program includes music by Mendelssohn, Beethoven, and the East Coast premiere of a new string quartet by Virginia-born composer Tania French. If you would like to see a living, breathing composer in person, attend the pre-concert discussion at 6:15 p.m.

>> For a program combining classical and jazz music, try the free recital by trumpeter Chris Gekker (February 28, 8 p.m.), at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center in College Park.