Music

Distinguished alumnus and internationally acclaimed guest conductor Cristian Măcelaru leads the Frost Symphony Orchestra in Bernstein’s Overture to Candide. Thomas Sleeper conducts Bartók’s Miraculous Mandarin Suite and Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 5. Cristian Măcelaru, guest conductor Thomas Sleeper, conductor NOTE: Patrons who have previously purchased tickets for Monday, September 18 are already registered for this event. No further action is required. Friday, October … +

The popular Mad Cat Live! band returns for Halloween with Black Sabbath’s Vol. 4. Mad Cat Live! band consists of Darren Bruck, Fritz Dorigo, Erik Fabregat, Nabedi Osorio, and Steph Taylor. Sabbath just finished up their official farewell tour in January 2017. This October 2017, an homage to their music and theatrics comes to life with an extensive live set by Mad … +

Tequila Bay Country Music Festival  brings an A-List Country Music Stars, selection of tequila, food and thousands of country music fans. Stars like Brantley Gilbert, Kip Moore, Montgomery Gentry, Tyler Farr, RaeLynn, Brooke Eden, among others. The event also features a pavilion with a wide range selection of dozens (Casa Tequila).  Miami Marine Stadium 3501 Rickenbacker Causeway Key Biscayne Miami FL 33149-1001 … +

The Black Archives Historic Lyric Theater specializes in developing relationships with the community through impactful programming. Lyric Live happens every first Friday of the month, as a part of its program  in conjunction with New Washington Heights CDC’s monthly Folklife Friday event. Session 4 presents a monthly interactive talent showcase that  features a local comedian as host, a live band, DJ, and … +

Fort Lauderdale’s own Symphony of the Americas will present its 26th Anniversary summer music festival, Summerfest for one month of performances throughout Florida and the Americas.  Activities include concerts, masterclasses and educational outreach, taking the masterful sounds of this great ensemble to audiences in corners of the world who have never before experienced the exhilaration of live orchestral performance. The Summerfest Chamber … +

This New York City-based all-woman band has gained worldwide critical acclaim for the musicianship, passion and gender-bending audacity they bring to the music of Led Zeppelin. Founded in 2004 by New York guitarist, Steph Paynes, It wasn’t long before the group’s reputation for playing Zeppelin’s music with a force beyond anyone’s expectations began to attract major interest from press and industry. Lez … +

The Jamaican reggae superstar Beres Hammond returns to the Broward Center for a summertime performance as a part of his Take Time To Love Tour 2017. Famous for his soulful vibe and smoky-sweet vocals, this GrammyAward–nominated singer-songwriter known as the “Otis Redding of Reggae” has a hit list that includes the songs “Tempted to Touch,” “I Feel Good,” “Putting Up Resistance,” “Rockaway,” … +

Guitarist/songwriter David Feder has been captivating audiences with his playful music for over 20 years. His fresh approach to finger style guitar has brought new life into the American Gypsy-World Music scene. Three decades of island-living in the Florida Keys has influenced Feder’s breezy yet sophisticated music. Feder has been praised by NPR’s All Songs Considered, World Café Live, PBS Art Loft, … +

CCEMiami presents piano concert “Goyescas. Los Majos Enamorados”, in collaboration with Joaquin Achucarro Foundation. The concert will be performed by three pianists: Yumi Palleschi, Victor Diaz and Marco Antonio Cuevas and highlights Spain’s rich influence in the world of the Arts, students from Joaquin Achucarro’s studio will perform the piano suite Goyescas op.11 written by Enrique Granados and inspired by the paintings of Francisco Goya. … +

Unlimited Devotion sets up a revival concert  of  The Grateful Dead, so called  “most American of all bands.” The group will celebrate Jerry Garcia — Dead guitarist, renowned legend, and one of the most celebrated Latin American musicians — at what would have been Garcia’s 75th birthday.  The concert will include songs like “That’s It for the Other One”  which presents an … +

Lisanne’s career began immediately following high school as the featured vocalist for three Air Force bands. She has been featured with the Woody Herman Orchestra, Maynard Ferguson, Arturo Sandoval, Roanoke Symphony, Palm Beach Pops, XL Big Band in Sweden, Nantes Big Band, Los Alas Studio Orchestra, and various bands and orchestras across the country. She has produced two solo CD’s and two … +

Kaleidoscope MusArt, dedicated to promotion of new classical music, art, and emerging artists with an educational scope calls for Scores|Piano Solo emerging women composers. The award consists of World Premiere of the composition at the Steinway Piano Gallery Miami, in H.E.R. hear|echo|reflect program of the Kaleidoscope MusArt “Spotlight” Series. This  concert will be scheduled during Women’s History Month (March 2018), celebrating the creativity of … +

Multiple Grammy Award-winning global superstar Ed Sheeran will be in concert in Miami’s AmericanAirlines Arena as a part of his North America Tour.  This tour celebrates Sheeran’s landmark third studio album, “÷.” The album  includes the universal hit singles, “Shape of You” and “Castle On The Hill,” both of which made incredible chart entries after their simultaneous January release. The concert will … +

Lisanne Lyons teaches Studio Music and Jazz at the University of Miami’s Frost School of Music. Prior to this she was an Associate Professor of Music at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. She was founder of the vocal jazz program and directed the Down Beat award-winning vocal jazz group, the New Virginians. During her tenure at VT, she received the Gamma … +

The Barber of Seville, performed by Miami Lyric Opera, remains one of Rossini’s most frequently performed comic operas in the repertoire. The barber of the title is Figaro, whose impressive entrance aria (“”Largo al factotum””)—with its repeated proclamations of his own name—is one of the best-known of all opera arias. The Barber of Seville will be conducted by Beverly Coulter, with Raffaele … +

The 24th edition of Subtropics, Miami’s experimental biennial of music and sound art, aims to nurture the act of attentive listening with a summer festival featuring live concerts, sound art installations, workshops and films as well as the classic Subtropics Marathon concert. This year’s festival will feature live performances by Olivia Block, John Driscoll, Richard Garet, Barbara Held, Gustavo Matamoros, Abbey Rader … +

Classic Albums Live performs note for note and cut for cut from one of the greatest albums ever made. With hits like “New Kid in Town,” “Hotel California,” and “Life in the Fast Lane,” Album Live presents an evening of classic rock at its best. Hotel California is the fifth studio album by American rock band the Eagles, and is one of … +

Two of South Florida’s most enduring performers, vocalist Wendy Pedersen and pianist Jim Gasior, present an evening of jazz. Music from their album We Two, offering new interpretations of Rodgers & Hammerstein, Irving Berlin, Duke Ellington, Fats Waller, the Gershwin brothers and brand new arrangements. Black Box Theatre South Miami Dade Cultural Arts Center 10950 SW 211 Street Miami FL 33189 786.573.5316 … +

Anibal Berraute, Argentinean piano player, composer, arranger and producer, fuses tango with elements of other musical forms: the Uruguayan candombe with its African roots and argentinean rhythms, traditional country-folklore sounds, and American jazz among others, to come out with a new vibrant harmonic approach to a genre that in little over a century, transcended its humble beginnings, to reach the whole world … +

  For the first time in 28 years, the Miami Music Festival brings to life Wagner’s Die Walküre, the composer’s grand musical drama from the Ring Cycle. The Grammy Award-winning soprano Christine Brewer joins bass-baritone Alan Held, hailed as “one of opera’s finest singing actors,” with the Institute’s extraordinary young professional artists, the 100 musicians of the MMF Symphony Orchestra, and conductor Michael Rossi in a … +

Felipe Carvajal started his studies in acoustic and flamenco guitar at the age of 11 in San José, Costa Rica. From a very early age, Carvajal became one of the most sought-after flamenco guitarist from his country, appearing as a composer and music director of many shows and ensembles. His first flamenco guitar production called “Soneto de Arena,” was released on May … +