Boca Raton

What inspires a composer to compose? Come experience how film, nostalgic prose, a birthday gift, and Renaissance frescoes inspired Copland, Barber, Wagner and Respighi. The curtain rises with music from three films scored by Aaron Copland: The City, Our Town and Of Mice and Men. Then The Symphonia performs Samuel Barber’s richly textured lyric rhapsody, “Knoxville: Summer of 1915.” It is a setting for soprano … +

Sound meets sight in this evening of cinematic and artistic exploration that highlights the works of Copland, Wagner and Respighi. Exploration of Aaron Copland’s musical contributions to three classic movies: Of Mice and Men, The City and Our Town. Imagining Cosima Wagner’s delight on being woken on Christmas morning with a musical gift from her famous husband. Marvel at Ottorino Respighi’s musical … +

There is trouble in River City with Meredith Willson’s most famous flim-flam man comes to town in The Music Man. Winner of the 1957 Tony Award for Best Musical, the classic Broadway blockbuster includes hits like “Til there was You”, “76 Trombones”, “Lida Rose”, and “The Wells Fargo Wagon”. A whole marching band might show up on stage.

What inspires a composer to compose? Come experience how film, nostalgic prose, a birthday gift, and Renaissance frescoes inspired Copland, Barber, Wagner and Respighi. The curtain rises with music from three films scored by Aaron Copland: The City, Our Town and Of Mice and Men. Then The Symphonia performs Samuel Barber’s richly textured lyric rhapsody, “Knoxville: Summer of 1915.” It is a setting for soprano … +

Meet the Orchestra is an interactive program for children, their parents, and their grandparents, exploring music and its instruments. At this event, children will learn about parts of the staff and how to read music. The children will begin their morning by listening to Soprano Soloist, Robyn Marie Lamp perform Barber’s Knoxville: Summer of 1915 with The Symphonia. All attendees will have the opportunity to meet … +

It starts when the seven Tap Brothers receive a telegram telling them that they will inherit millions from their late father if they reproduce the dance step Hot Shoe Shuffle within one month of his demise. Hilarity ensues when a long-lost twin sister turns up. A big hit in Australia and London, featuring songs like “Puttin” “On the Ritz”

Film JACO will be screening at The Wick, in a one-time-only opportunity to enjoy it full frame and get in contact with Jaco’s very family and friends, besides the film director himself. Film JACO is all about star musician Jaco Pastorius and his great contribution to music. For many, the best and most influential bass guitarist ever, who’s being remember for his … +

A Night with The Phantom of the Opera at The Wick. Celebrating Phantom and the best of Broadway as Chris Mann is joined by Krista Buccallato and Adam Machart for Phantom voices: a limited, not to be missed concert engagement.

A story told in sound, movement, and words about 9-year-old B – just plain “B”, like the letter – who knows that before she could walk, she could fly. Desperate to return to the sky before her 10th birthday weighs her down for good, B encounters a mysterious stranger, who seems to have fallen out of a summer storm directly into B’s … +

Grammy-nominated conductor ALASTAIR WILLIS is music director of the South Bend Symphony Orchestra, and he has guest conducted major orchestras including the Chicago Symphony, New York Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra and China National Orchestra. Bandoneon LIDIA KAMINSKA has performed extensively in both the U.S. and Europe. While her repertoire includes a broad range of both classical and contemporary music she has, according to … +

This program showcases the rediscovered sounds of Cuba, Bolivia, and Peru through ancient music that blends indigenous rhythms and instruments with European traditions. Patrick Dupré Quigley, conductor Join us for a PRE-CONCERT CONVERSATION one hour before each concert Concert Schedule: Fri, Apr 12, 7:30pm  |  Coral Gables Tickets Sat, Apr 13, 7:30pm  |  Ft. Lauderdale Tickets Sun, Apr 14, 4:00pm  |  Naples Tickets Seraphic Fire … +

Seraphic Fire shines the spotlight on gems of East Asia in this not-to-be-missed event that brings South Korea to South Florida. E. J. Yoon, conductor Join us for a PRE-CONCERT CONVERSATION one hour before each concert Concert Schedule: Wed, Mar 13, 7:30pm  |  Miami Tickets Thu, Mar 14, 7:00pm  |  Naples Tickets Fri, Mar 15, 7:30pm  |  Coral Gables Tickets Sat, Mar 16, 7:30pm  |  … +

Patrick Dupré Quigley and the women of Seraphic Fire recreate Antonio Vivaldi’s famed 17th Century Ospedalle della Pietà performances in this program of his concerti for treble voices accompanied by Baroque chamber instruments. Patrick Dupré Quigley, conductor Join us for a PRE-CONCERT CONVERSATION one hour before each concert Concert Schedule: Wed, Feb 13, 7:30pm  |  Boca Raton Tickets Thu, Feb 14, 7:00pm  |  … +

Michael Stern is music director of the Kansas City Symphony and founding music director of the IRIS Orchestra (Germantown, Tennessee), which specializes in playing contemporary American music. He has served as both chief and guest conductor of orchestras throughout Europe and the U.S. Violinist SHARON ROFFMAN, 2003 prizewinner of the Naumburg Foundation International Competition, has forged a unique career distinguished by her … +

Kensho Watanabe has been assistant conductor of The Philadelphia Orchestra since the 2016-17 season. In April 2017, he received worldwide attention and critical acclaim when he stepped in at the last minute for the indisposed conductor Nézet-Séguin. Violinist DAVID KIM, a frequent SYMPHONIA guest artist, is concertmaster of The Philadelphia Orchestra and the All Star Orchestra. He appears as soloist with The … +

Seraphic Fire returns to America’s first true concert music. Highlighting both solemn melodies and exhilarating rhythms, the ensemble presents the breadth and depth of African-American spiritual literature. Anthony Trecek-King, conductor Join us for a PRE-CONCERT CONVERSATION one hour before each concert Concert Schedule: Tue, Jan 15, 7:00pm  |  Naples Tickets Wed, Jan 16, 7:30pm  |  Miami Beach Tickets Thu, Jan 17, 7:30pm  |  Boca … +

Seraphic Fire presents selections from its recording “A Seraphic Fire Christmas”. Selections include O Come All Ye Faithful, Ave Maria, Jesus Christ the Apple Tree, Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day, Adeste Fideles, Silent Night and many more. Concert Schedule: Thu, Dec 6, 7:30pm  |  Boca Raton Tickets Fri, Dec 7, 7:30pm  |  Coral Gables: St. Philip’s Tickets* Sat, Dec 8, 7:30pm  |  Miami … +

Maestro Gerard Schwarz, recipient of The SYMPHONIA’S 2017 Apollo Award for Musical Excellence, is music director of the Emmy Awardwinning All Star Orchestra and the Eastern Music Festival, and he is conductor laureate of the Seattle Symphony. Internationally-renowned pianist MARIKA BOURNAKAI made her debut at age nine in Montreal, playing a Mozart concerto. She is featured in the film I am Not … +

It is July 1977. Son of Sam is on the loose and New York City is in the midst of a brutal heat wave. Mary Claire, 16, and her best friend, Mary Francis, start that day sunning themselves on the roof of an Ozone Park row house. Younger sister, Reenie, is searching for her lost Greek Mythology class project, while their parents … +

Masterworks I by South Florida Symphony Orchestra will include compositions by Barber, Beethoven and Dvorák, with a variety of presentations across the region. The concerts will have Angelo Xiang Yu in (violin), who is considered a promising figure with a rising career in North America.  Winner of the prestigious Yehudi Menuhin International Violin Competition in 2010;  in addition, Yu was awarded the 2nd prize at … +

It is July 1977. Son of Sam is on the loose and New York City is in the midst of a brutal heat wave. Mary Claire, 16, and her best friend, Mary Francis, start that day sunning themselves on the roof of an Ozone Park row house. Younger sister, Reenie, is searching for her lost Greek Mythology class project, while their parents … +