Artist Series Concerts of Sarasota Reveals its 2024-2025 Season: Talent Unveiled
Artist Series Concerts of Sarasota will present 26 concerts during its 29th season, Talent Unveiled. The season – sponsored by Ernie Kretzmer – runs from September 22, 2024 through May 8, 2025 and offers a diverse range of musical experiences featuring emerging and established classical, jazz, pops, and chamber artists.
Enjoy Mexican Music and Margaritas at The Morris Museum, July 11
Modernism in Mexico explores string quartets by some of Mexico's most important 20th century composers: Manuel Ponce, Silvestre Revueltas, and Carlos Chávez. Ponce was Mexico's leading classical musician, and this performance of his well-known song Estrellita is a new arrangement for string quartet. Carlos Chávez was his student and heir apparent, touring extensively as a conductor and producing an impressive body of compositions.
Michael Tilson Thomas Celebrated at Kennedy Center Honors in Tribute Performance by Alumni of New World Symphony
This past Sunday, newly awarded Kennedy Center Honoree Michael Tilson Thomas (MTT) was celebrated in a special tribute presentation at the 42nd annual Kennedy Center Honors Gala. The tribute included a performance by more than 40 alumni of the New World Symphony, America's Orchestral Academy (NWS), which MTT co-founded 32 years ago as a training ground for the next generation of classical musicians. Conducted by NWS alumnus and Louisville Orchestra Music Director Teddy Abrams, the alumni musicians paid tribute to MTT's wide-ranging artistry, performing a program that celebrated his acclaimed interpretations of modern masters, his advocacy for American music, and his own work as a composer. Joining the orchestra in performance were MTT's longtime friends and collaborators Audra McDonald and Yuja Wang, as well as Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich, who recently collaborated with MTT as part of Metallica and San Francisco Symphony's S&M2 concert. Spoken tributes were also given by Mr. Ulrich and actress Debra Winger.
Composers Concordance Presents 'Estonian Connections'
On November 29th at 8pm at The DiMenna Center - Mary Flagler Cary Hall, Composers Concordance will present a concert entitled 'Estonian Connections,' featuring flutists Maarika Jarvi and Monika Mattiesen, pianist Mark Kostabi, and the CompCord String Orchestra, conducted by Arkady Leytush. Works by contemporary Estonian composers will be heard alongside premieres from American composers inspired by the event's theme. CompCord Co-Director Gene Pritsker will join with Relevant Tones Host Seth Boustead for a live stream talk show during the concert. They will discuss the music being presented, and also interview some of the performers and composers. The live stream will be accessible from Composers Concordance's and Relevant Tones' Facebook pages.
Composers Concordance Presents 'Estonian Connections'
On November 29th at 8pm at The DiMenna Center - Mary Flagler Cary Hall, Composers Concordance will present a concert entitled 'Estonian Connections,' featuring flutists Maarika Jarvi and Monika Mattiesen, pianist Mark Kostabi, and the CompCord String Orchestra, conducted by Arkady Leytush. Works by contemporary Estonian composers will be heard alongside premieres from American composers inspired by the event's theme. CompCord Co-Director Gene Pritsker will join with Relevant Tones Host Seth Boustead for a live stream talk show during the concert. They will discuss the music being presented, and also interview some of the performers and composers. The live stream will be accessible from Composers Concordance's and Relevant Tones' Facebook pages.
Inaugural Season of New Mostly Modern Festival Features Eight Concerts
For its inaugural launch in June, Mostly Modern Festival (MMF), a new summer music festival that flips the traditional programming model by devoting most of its attention to the music of our time, will present eight concerts featuring an illustrious array of guest artists and ensembles, an orchestra largely made up of Mostly Modern Festival Institute (MMFI) participants, music by esteemed resident composers … and more than 30 brand-new works in world premiere performances by 30 MMFI participating composers (see list below).
Exclusive Photo Coverage: KINKY BOOTS Gets Ready for Christmas with Carols For A Cure
The holiday season is not complete without the perfect music to accompany it. 'Broadway's Carols for a Cure' is the latest compilation album that embodies the spirit of the season like nothing else can. A project born completely out of love, 'Broadway's Carols for a Cure' pairs the casts from famous Broadway musicals with songs that are both classic and new. The result is pure gold that will make you reach for the 'repeat' button over and over again.
Exclusive Photo Coverage: Harvey Fierstein, Annaleigh Ashford and KINKY BOOTS Cast Sing Carols For A Cure
Stars and casts from the current Broadway line-up have been busy in the studio, recording for the 2013 Broadway's Carols for a Cure, Volume 15. Singing traditional and original holiday songs, this annual holiday music CD benefits Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS (BC/EFA), one of the nation's leading industry-based, nonprofit AIDS fundraising and grant-making organizations. Below, BroadwayWorld brings you exclusive photos from Kinky Boots' recording session for 'Carol of the Boots' with castmembers Robert Pendilla, Kyle Post, Paul Canaan, Kevin Smith Kirkwood, Joey Taranto, Lucia Spina, Annaleigh Ashford, Cortney Wolfson, Ellyn Marie Marsh, Tory Ross, Adinah Alexander, Jennifer Perry and Harvey Fierstein.