Music

Jan 23rd through 31st, 2010. Florida Grand Opera’s 2009-10 Season continues in January with the return of soprano Eglise Gutiérrez in the title role of a new production of Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor.

Jan 15th, 2010. 8:00 p.m. The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County and acclaimed producer Larry Rosen proudly present Jazz Roots: Vocalese on Friday, January 15th, 2010 at 8:00 p.m. in the John S. and James L. Knight Concert Hall. This unique program will bring together onstage for the first time living legend Jon Hendricks – the originator … +

Featuring Clarinetist Paul Green. Jan 19th, 2010. 7:30 p.m. Clarinetist Paul Green will present a program at the Jewish Museum of Florida on January 19th, 2010 at 7:30 p.m. The evening will feature a lecture and performance on Green’s topic, which is the “Development of Jewish Art Music.”

Jan 23rd, 2010. 8:00 p.m. The best of Jewish music will be presented on Saturday evening, January 23rd, at 8:00 p.m. in the Second Annual Greatest Cantorial Concert in South Florida History. Twenty-six cantors and soloists will perform a diverse concert of Jewish song-Ladino, Israeli, folk, Yiddish, pop, classical, jazz, and liturgical. The performers represent many synagogues throughout Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm … +

Jan 9th and 10th, 2010. 6:00 and 7:00 p.m. Two honored musicians will take the stage together as part of the “Five After Five” promotion at the Miami International Art Fair (MIA), January 9th and 10th at the Miami Beach Convention Center. MIA is delighted to welcome Billboard award winner and Latin Grammy nominee Roberto Perera and Grammy nominee Bobby T for … +

Jan 10th, 2010. 4:00 p.m. On January 10th, 2010 at 4:00 p.m. Sunday Afternoons of Music presents The Cleveland Duo with James Umble. The Warners, members of the famed Cleveland Orchestra, unite with the extraordinary saxophonist, Jame Umble, to create an unusual musical experience with repertoire from the traditional and classical to folk, ethnic and jazz forms.

Arsht Center for the Performing Arts. December 19th, 2009. 8:00 p.m. For the third consecutive season, Seraphic Fire and the Firebird Chamber Orchestra will grace the stage of the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County for a glorious holiday performance of Handel’s masterwork, Messiah on December 19, 2009, at 8:00 p.m. at the John S. and James L. … +

December 2009. Following a successful 2009 season that included I Puritani, Elisir D’Amore, Cavalleria, Suor Angelica, Marina and La Traviata at Open Space, this emerging opera company will open the season on April 22nd and 24th 2010 with the celebrated Donizetti comic opera, Don Pasquale and continue with Opera Highlights performances on May 3rd and 6th based on three different operas of … +

November 8th, 2009. 4:00 p.m. On Sunday, November 8th, 2009, at 4:00 p.m. Miami’s premier early music organization presents the celebrated American duo, Asteria, playing vocal and instrumental music from the late mediaeval period.

Arsht Center. November 6th, 2009. 8:00 p.m. The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County, with acclaimed jazz producer and entrepreneur Larry Rosen, present the inaugural concert of the 2009-2010 Jazz Roots season – The Blues featuring multi-Grammy Award-winning blues guitar icon Buddy Guy and Dr. John & The Lower 911 on Friday, November 6, 2009 at 8:00 p.m. … +

Arsht Center. October 18th, 2009. 4:00 p.m. Back by popular demand, this series of free concerts is in glorious celebration of our community’s best and brightest gospel choirs and soloists.

University of Miami. October 21st, 2009. 8:00 p.m. Grammy award winners, Bruce Hornsby and Shawn Colvin, will serve as judges in the annual Cat 5 Music Publishing Songwriter’s Showcase at University of Miami’s Gusman Concert Hall on October 21st at 8:00 p.m. The Songwriter’s Showcase is a feature event of Festival Miami and is included in the “Creative American Music” theme.

FUNDarte. October 30th, 2009. 8:00 p.m. With a fabulous energy and singular mastery of her instrument, Rosalia is able to un-earth the ancient popular music of her native Spain and embody it in an astonishing performance full of passion and mastery. Rosalia’s music is an inspired encounter of beauty, guts and virtuosity.

FUNDarte. October 15th, 2009. FUNDarte, in collaboration with the Spanish Cultural Center, presents two concerts at the beautiful Miami Beach’s Art Deco Colony Theater with some of the best of emerging contemporary world music artists.

October 31st, 2009. 7:00 p.m. Veteran Ace Deejay Buju Banton along with Crowned King of Dancehall and Grammy Award winner Beenie Man and the soulful Wayne Wonder has signed on as performers at this years Reggae Bash 2009 at the James L. Knight Center, 400 SE 2nd Avenue, Downtown Miami on Saturday October 31, 2009.

Rhythm Foundation. October 29th, 2009. 8:00 p.m. Brazilian diva Gal Costa will perform an elegantly spare concert at the Arsht Center for the Performing Arts that showcases the immense beauty of classic Brazilian songs through her lovely voice. She will be accompanied by guitarist Romero Lubambo, one of the most celebrated Brazilian jazz musicians today.

From Dec 4th, 2009 through Mar 26th, 2010. The 2009-2010 Concert Series of Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church in Fort Lauderdale will include eight concert performances in its 38th season called “A Musical Celebration.”  The Coral Ridge Concert Choir, Soloists, and Orchestra will mark the beginning of the concert and Christmas season by presenting the beloved oratorio, Handel’s Messiah on December 4th, followed … +

Rhythm Foundation. October 18th, 2009. 8:00 p.m. Three masterful genre-benders, Béla Fleck, Zakir Hussain and Edgar Meyer are the leading virtuosos on their respective instruments, banjo, tabla and double bass. They move with ease among the worlds of rock, jazz, classical, bluegrass and world music. The three musicians will perform together from their innovative collaboration at the Gusman Theater in Miami on Sunday, October … +

September 24th and 26th, 2009. 8:00 p.m. Miami Lyric Opera is pleased to present Carmen, a Spanish opera in three acts by George Bizet, under the artistic direction of Raffaele Cardone. The cast will include Sondra Kelly, Nelson Martinez, James Charles Taylor, Roseanne Ackerley, Ernesto Trespalacios and other fine artists. Doris Lang Kosloff will conduct the MLO Orchestra and Chorus.

Transit Lounge. From Aug 14th through 16th, 2009. Recently proposed budget cuts in Miami-Dade county have jeopardized the amount of funding available to cultural arts programs. Transit Lounge, a live music venue in downtown Miami, will be hosting a three-day festival between August 14th through 16th to benefit The Innovation Foundation a non-profit dedicated to music education. The concert will also pay … +

A new performing arts and creative writing charter school opened its doors in Miami’s Design District in August of 2009. Though many schools are anticipating cuts to arts education in Miami-Dade, this school seeks to offer everything a student could need to test their creative abilities while enjoying a first-rate academic education.