Music

GRAMMY Lifetime Achievement Award-winner, Rock & Roll Hall of Famer, and lead singer for The Supremes, Diana Ross’ famed and remarkable career includes hit singles such as “Endless Love,” “I’m Coming Out,” “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough,” and “Stop! In the Name of Love.” She is one of the most iconic female singers of all time and was named “Female Entertainer of … +

The MMF Orchestra Institute offers an annual showcase in which select winners of its Concerto Competition get to perform with the orchestra as soloists. In addition to the masterful performances of intense classical repertoire the winners offer, the concert will also feature Tchaikovsky’s spectacular 5th symphony under the baton of conductor Joel Smirnoff. Venue: The Broad Theater (Shepard & Ruth K. Broad … +

The popular MMF Family Opera series returns with Janáček’s comedic fairy tale that brings the forest and its myriad inhabitants to life. Appropriate for ages 7 and up, the Grimm Brother’s style tale is at turns funny and philosophical. The story follows a spirited vixen through her cub-hood as a housepet, to her escape and coming of age in the moonlit woods. … +

The Tales of Hoffmann by Jacques Offenbach depicts a French fantasy, woven together by the eponymous Hoffmann, who recollects the stories of his three past loves to a revelling tavern crowd late one night. Tales is a captivating journey through a lifetime of memories, including Hoffmann’s encounters with beautiful courtesans and ballerinas, an alluring but animatronic soprano, and unforgettable villains like the … +

Critically acclaimed singer and pianist Tony DeSare has played jazz clubs, Las Vegas, Carnegie Hall, and Jazz at Lincoln Center, and appeared on the CBS Early Show, NPR, A Prairie Home Companion, and the Today Show, to name a few. With three top ten Billboard jazz albums under his belt, Tony continues to bring his fresh take to old-school class. This holiday … +

New Orleans’ Grammy Award-winning musician and actor Chris Thomas King is considered one of the influential artists that contributed to change the way we think about blues. He is also known for his role as itinerant bluesman Tommy Johnson in the George Clooney film O Brother, Where Art Thou? Chris has sold more than 10 million records in United States, and is … +

Israeli cellist Amit Peled is acclaimed as one of the most exciting instrumentalists on the concert stage today, and he charmed the CAP Summer Concert Series audience two years ago. Back by popular demand, Amit Peled performs with pianist Noreen Polera in a program that features the Cello Sonatas of Johannes Brahms. Amit Peled will perform this exciting recital on Pablo Casals’ … +

Jonathan Burton and Alexandra LoBianco star in the second cast of FGO’s “A Masked Ball.” Photo: Lorne Grandison Florida Grand Opera’s second-cast performance of Verdi’s Un Ballo in Maschera at the Arsht Center introduced two new singers in the leading roles at Sunday’s matinee. Both gave impressive performances and blended well with the ensemble cast of this excellent production. As King Gustavo … +

La Shica is a Madrid-based artist who mixes the raw passion of flamenco with the girt of urban Hip-hop and rap, adding touches of rock and funk, and rounding out the sound with generous jazz and blues influences. Born in the miscegenation of funk and rap, and in her desire to find her own sound, La Shica develops her own hybrid language … +

The Community Arts Program (CAP) in its 32th Season presents Summer Concert Series 2017. This edition brings talented musicicians from classical and jazz figures. Tenor saxophonist Melissa Aldana, the first female instrumentalist and the first South American ever to win the prestigious Thelonious Monk Competition. Israeli cellist Amit Peled performing with pianist Noreen Polera in a program that features the Cello Sonatas … +

Miami Chamber Music Society (MCMS) curates and produces The Mainly Mozart Festival, considered one of the most beloved chamber music series in Miami, now in its 24th season. Mainly Mozart presents outstanding local and visiting classical artists in concert. Family Concert #1: Extraordinary Young Pianists, brings Lindsey Yang(13) and Luke Yang(11) from the studio of Marina Radiushina. Winners of multiple youth piano … +

Miami Chamber Music Society (MCMS) curates and produces The Mainly Mozart Festival, considered one of the most beloved chamber music series in Miami, now in its 24th season. Mainly Mozart presents outstanding local and visiting classical artists in concert. Concert number five of the festival presents The Delray String Quartet returning to the festival and breaking into Duets of Mozart and Beethoven, … +

Miami Chamber Music Society (MCMS) curates and produces The Mainly Mozart Festival, considered one of the most beloved chamber music series in Miami, now in its 24th season. Mainly Mozart presents outstanding local and visiting classical artists in concert. Youth and Love -the fourth concert of the festival- brings soprano Ariadne Greif, praised by the NYTimes for her “luminous, expressive voice”. Greif … +

Miami Music Festival (MMF) in its second season of Miami Wagner Institute, welcomes Grammy Award-winning soprano Christine Brewer and returning bass-baritone Alan Held to MMF’s team of internationally acclaimed faculty, to teach and perform with eight rising dramatic stars. The Institute (July 3-22) will culminate with a concert in a continuation of last year’s program, featuring Die Walküre Act I in its … +

The Atlanta Youth Wind Symphony concludes its 28th season with ¡Danzas!. A night-only performance bringing Latin dance forms with original wind band/ensemble literature and the classic film music of John Williams. Members of “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band will join the ensemble for solo performances and a grand finale of John Williams’ Escapades — the iconic theme from the popular … +

Los Nocheros will celebrate their 30th anniversary Concert at South Miami Dade County Auditorium. Los Nocheros is a pop/folk music group from Salta, Argentina. Composed of Mario Teruel, Rubén Ehizaguirre, Kike Teruel and Álvaro Teruel (who replaced Jorge Rojas when the latter pursued a solo career in 2005). Their 1994 debut album was titled Con El Alma. Los Nocheros gained fame during … +

In celebration of Haitian Heritage Month and Haitian Flag Day, PAMM presents a live performance by 11-piece band Symbi Roots, direct from Haiti, in partnership with Rhythm Foundation. Simultaneously in the auditorium, a screening of “Liberty in a Soup,” a film that reveals the origin of the “Soup Joumou” and its connection with the Haitian Revolution and Haiti’s Independence Day. Symbi Roots … +

The French Horn Collective is an energetic and progressive band that performs an eclectic variety of Gypsy Jazz, Swing, and modern original French music throughout South Florida. Led by Parisian musician, multi-instrumentalist, composer, singer and songwriter Vincent Raffard, the diverse group consists of anywhere from 3 to 8 highly talented musicians from a myriad of musical backgrounds, with instrumentation including trumpet, guitar, … +

The project is an eclectic blend of outstanding musicians performing jazz-infused folkloric Haitian music. Led by guitarist Jean Chardavoine, the group comprises Jennifer Louis (vocals), Mike Levine (piano/keys), Kenneth Jiménez (bass), Matisou Légba (Haitian drums), and Shay Eisten (drums). Haitian-born and Brooklyn-bred, Chardavoine has covered the gamut of musical styles through the waves of his guitar. He is a great musician, a … +

Wyclef Jean was about to hit the stage at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival last weekend when the call came. The answer was a no-brainer, said Jean about his upcoming May 19 performance in Little Haiti at the monthly Sounds of Little Haiti music series. The event is taking place during the biggest Haitian culture week in the community. There … +

Indie folk rock band The Head And The Heart brings Signs of Light Tour with smile-inducing ode to Los Angeles “City Of Angels” and the head-nodding “Rhythm & Blues” nod to classic Fleetwood Mac, while the organ-flecked “Dreamer” is a timeless-sounding ballad that could have been beamed straight out of an old jukebox. The Head And The Heart is the result of … +