Music

Fushu Daiko, South Florida’s taiko drum ensemble presents its newest show: Spirit Drummers. This is an original adaptation of the famous Japanese legend of the Gojinjo drummers of Nafune. In this legendary conflict of 1576, the unarmed people of Nafune village on the Noto peninsula used creative means to boldly defend themselves from marauding Samurai. The music of Spirit Drummers weaves original … +

Cavalleria Rusticana Mascagni’s most loved opera that evolves in a domestic drama in a Sicilian village of love, betrayal, jealousy and death. Great melodies and one of the most beautiful Intermezzo (musical intermission) ever written. A young man Turiddu is in love with his friend’s wife Lola before departing for the army. At his return he promises to marry Santuzza a villager … +

Lindsey Stirling is one of the biggest artist development breakthrough stories in recent years. A classically trained violinist from Gilbert, AZ, Lindsey has entered a futurist world of electronic big beats and animation, leaping through the music industry with over 675 million views on YouTube, Billboard chart-topping hits and sold out tours worldwide. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAD0BtEv6-Q Mizner Park Amphitheather 590 Plaza Real Boca Raton, … +

Tigertail on its 37th Season invites Guitarist Mary Halvorson to perform solo. Halvorson has been steadily reshaping the sound of jazz guitar with her elastic, wholly unique style. One of improvised music’s most-in-demand guitarists; Mary Halvorson has been active in New York since 2002. She has performed with Anthony Braxton, Marc Ribot, Jessica Pavone, Myra Melford, Taylor Ho Bynum and Trevor Dunn, … +

Music in Miami will open its 2016-2017 Concert Season. This concert will be a part of Hispanic Heritage Month and will feature Afro-Latin Rhythms with music from Brazil, Columbia, Venezuela, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Bahamas, Jamaica, and Cuba. Music in Miami celebrates its seventh year of collaborating with local professional musicians, providing South Florida a diverse musical experience through performance, original composition … +

Alhambra Orchestra plays Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony, Tchaikovsky’s Capriccio Italien and solo cello works with Jason Calloway. The Alhambra Orchestra, Miami’s Community Orchestra, is dedicated to bringing rewarding musical experiences to audiences of all ages. The current season includes two classics concerts, two pops concerts, a chamber concert, and collaborative events with the Greater Miami Youth Symphony, the Civic Chorale of Greater Miami, … +

This seven-piece band from Algeria stirs the funky soul of Mama Africa with Algerian grooves and West African instruments. The group will make its American debut under the auspices of Center Stage, an exchange program of the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. With Ifrikya Spirit cultures of city dwellers and Arabic speakers, Amazigh villagers and Saharan oases, … +

A double bill of classic opera featuring Cavelleria Rusticana with music by Pietro Mascagni and Suor Angelica with music by Giacomo Puccini performed by Miami Lyric Chorus and Orchestra. Cavalleria rusticana is an opera in one act by Pietro Mascagni to an Italian libretto by Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti and Guido Menasci. Suor Angelica is an opera in one act by Giacomo Puccini to … +

Seraphic Fire opens its 15th season with flourish featuring new compositions by Founder and Artistic Director Patrick Dupré Quigley and Guggenheim-winning composer Christopher Theofanidis, as well as selections from Philip Glass’s quintessential opera Einstein on the Beach. Venues Oct 19, 2016, 7:30 PM, St. Sophia Cathedral (Miami) Oct 21, 2016, 7:30 PM, St. Philip’s Episcopal (Coral Gables) Oct 22, 2016, 7:30 PM, … +

The Backyard Bash on the Concert Lawn at SMDCAC invites Band Molly Hatchet. 18 Wheelers among other South Florida local bands will also join. The classic southern rock sounds kicks off the current season with the legendary band with more than 25 years of created. Molly Hatchet was founded by guitarists Dave Hlubek and Steve Holland in 1971. The band originated and … +

Florida’s new opera company Opera Fusion presents the world premiere of Not in my Town, an original musical drama based on the life of Matthew Shepard, a young gay college student who was senselessly bullied, beaten, tied to a fence, and left to die. Not In My Town is a profound and compelling work that also sheds light on the senseless tragedies … +

The popular Puerto Rican singers unite once again. After a Sold-Out performance of their 2014 show at MDCA the duo is set to reprise their Coincidencias concert. Danny Rivera, often called “the national voice of Puerto Rico,” after his magnificent way of singing is known all over the Spanish-speaking world. Rivera has recorded over seventy albums and is the only Puerto Rican … +

This concert with Michael Linville and John Wilson in piano will include from Silverman: Naked and on Fire, from Messiaen: Oiseaux exotiques and from Schuller: Grand Concerto for Percussion and Keyboards. John Wilson’ recent highlights include concerto performances with the New Amsterdam Symphony and with the Concert Artists of Baltimore. He also serves as Principal Keyboardist of the Reading Symphony. He has … +

IV Miami Music Festival from around the World starts with a concert by Miami Chamber Players. They will play Brahms’ Piano Quartet No. 1 in g minor, and the Piano Trio in B Major, Op.8. In its original form, the B major Trio is considered perhaps Brahms’ most Romantic creation revealing his fullness of heart. The Chamber Players for this concert are … +

A Celebration of Italian Opera and Zarzuela is an evening concert which program spans the Italian operatic masterpieces and rich Spanish zarzuela repertoire. Manny Perez Vocal Studio and Guest International Artist Soprano Eglise Gutiérrez join to sing a few surprises for the audience. Singers: Betsy Diaz, Hector Mir,Sydnee Waggoner, Daniel Aleeksenko, Raquel Rubi, Megan Barrera, Gerardo Ortega, Jennifer Zamorano, Katiuska Rodriguez, Stephanie … +

Sounds of Video Games is a concert featuring music from the greatest video games of all time. Full orchestra (Chorus and Full Screen Projector) and a choir will perform along with exclusive video footage and music arrangements, solo performers, electronic percussion, and interactive segments to create a one-of-a-kind experience. Music from Mario, Zelda, Halo, Kingdom Hearts, Final Fantasy, Chrono Trigger and Skyrim. … +

Fusing the spirituality of worship music with the technique of classically trained musicians, the group Opus Praise lends a new hip-hop flair to traditional sacred works. The band features the acoustic piano as main instrument accompanying two lead singers, acoustic instruments and a rock band. The Miami Music Festival from around the World hosts an extensive array of both contemporary and traditional … +

20 Concert Pianists are back on stage following the success of the Monster Piano Explosion last year, the 2nd edition is back to present a piano marathon recital that features and shows off the talent of some of the best pianists living in South Florida. Piano solos, four-hands, dueling two pianos and much more. The Miami Music Festival from around the World … +

The Pawn Broker Tuesday Night Jazz Series presents Made from Scratch featuring Guti Talavera and Damian J. The project is not only committed to presenting the beginnings of jazz, it is also dedicated to the present state of this music as well as its future. Jazz will be defined by a master of electronic music and turntables interacting with a vintage jazzman … +

Richard Gowers is the Senior Organ Scholar at King’s College Cambridge where he accompanies the world-renowned choir, including the Christmas Eve Lessons and Carols service broadcast to millions worldwide. In this occasion he will play the historic Aeolian-Skinner Organ of Trinity Cathedral where he begins his US tour in South Florida. His program includes the virtuosic Toccata by Patrick Gowers (his grandfather) … +

Internationally acclaimed guest conductor Mark Gorenstein leads the Frost Symphony Orchestra in an all-Russian program with distinguished Frost faculty pianist Santiago Rodriguez. Program includes Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 1 and Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 3. Santiago Reodriguez in piano, Mark Gorestein as guest conductor and Thomas Sleeper as Director of Frost Symphony Orchestra. UM Gusman Concert Hall University of Miami Frost School of … +