Music

The U.S. Navy Band Commodores, the Navy’s premier jazz ensemble, has played with the likes of Ray Charles and Branford Marsalis. They celebrate their upcoming 50th anniversary by highlighting their legacy of innovation, with music from John Coltrane, Artie Shaw, and Clark Terry, as well as their world-class current repertoire. The U.S. Navy Band Commodores Jazz Ensemble William C. Mulligan, senior chief … +

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 … +

Frost School’s Henry Mancini Orchestra and JAZZ ROOTS present MISTER MAESTRO—Leonard Bernstein, the Renaissance Man of American Music. With Ann Hampton Callaway (voice); Kirk Whalum in saxophone; Shelly Berg in piano and Scott Flavin as Conductor. To rediscover Leonard Bernstein’s powerful scores for iconic American dramas, including West Side Story and On the Waterfront, in new arrangements by Frost students and faculty. … +

Frost Opera and choral ensembles join to perform scenes from favorite classical and contemporary operas by Giuseppe Verdi, Giacomo Puccini, Richard Strauss, Leonard Bernstein, Scott Joplin, and more. Jeffrey Buchman, Corin Overland, and Coreen Duffy, directors Alan Johnson, director Frost Chorale, Frost Symphonic Choir, and Frost Women’s Choir Friday, Oct 26, 2018, 7:30 – 9:30pm UM Gusman Concert Hall Frost Opera Theater Gusman Concert … +

A Celebration of the season with The Musical Theater Workshop. Opportunity to play irresistible holiday tunes from classic and contemporary Broadway musicals, including White Christmas, Mame, Meet Me in St. Louis, Elf, She Loves Me, Caroline and Change, and more. Frank Ragsdale, director UM Gusman Concert Hall Free Gusman Concert Hall Frost School of Music 1314 Miller Drive Coral Gables, FL 33146 … +

Cameron Carpenter is having a ball smashing the stereotypes of organists and organ music, and all the while generating international acclaim and controversy unprecedented in his field. Cameron’s repertoire – from the complete works of J. S. Bach to film scores, his original compositions and hundreds of transcriptions and arrangements – is probably the largest and most diverse of any organist. He … +

TIMELESS is a three-part concert series that was created in homage to the composer/arrangers who have influenced Hip-Hop in the most literal and profound ways. Timeless was conceived by production house Mochilla in Los Angeles during February and March 2009 and included the performances of over 150 musicians in front of ecstatic, sold out crowds. These three historic events were recorded and … +

With her powerful voice and  style, Egyptian singer and composer Dina Elwedidi channels the heritage and contemporary identity of Cairo. An innovator with a charismatic stage presence, Elwedidi’s repertoire ranges from jazz to folk to underground rock and has established her as a global cultural force.  Marshall E. Rinker, Sr. Playhouse Raymond F. Kravis Center For The Performing Arts 701 Okeechobee Blvd. … +

This is a big year for Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber and Lynn University. The Oscar, Emmy, and Tony Award-winning composer turns 70, as the Lynn drama program launches its new BFA in Musical Theatre. So, Lynn University is throwing a musical party to celebrate! Enjoy the most beloved songs from The Phantom of the Opera, Jesus Christ Superstar, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Evita, Sunset Boulevard and Cats! … +

Grammy Award–winning singer-songwriter and activist Youssou NDOUR makes his Arsht Center debut! Named one of the world’s 50 great voices by NPR, the Senegalese superstar’s vibrant vocals anchor powerful songs that have made him the world’s leading performer of mbalax, his country’s music that fuses classic African praise-singing, percussion, and guitar-based pop. Throughout a thirty-year recording career, Youssou NDOUR’s roots in Senegalese … +

Joshua Henry, 2018 Tony-nominated star of Broadway’s Carousel and lead of the first U.S. tour of Hamilton, returns to Frost to receive the Distinguished Alumnus of the Year award. Marcus Lovett, who played Phantom on Broadway and London, joins Henry and Frost stars of tomorrow in an evening of iconic music from “The Great White Way.” Joshua Henry, baritenor Marcus Lovett, baritone … +

Frost student composers collaborate with celebrated performers from Kaleidoscope MusArt, a Miami organization devoted to fostering classical music as a vital contemporary art form by developing new artists and broadening audiences. Find out more at kaleidoscopemusart.com. Chuck Mason, director Weeks Center for Recording and Performance, Clarke Recital Hall Free Gusman Concert Hall Frost School of Music 1314 Miller Drive Coral Gables, FL … +

A Berklee College of Music graduate -where she shone as a soloist in her own right-, her music is a meeting place for her country’s folklore roots, the influence of her contemporaries, and the music of the Andalusian region.  Above all, she is a handful of songs that she sings with her bare soul. She is currently introducing her project -comprised of … +

Old New Borrowed Blue, the musical that takes on a traditional wedding proverb begins with Steven Bryant’s jubilant Radiant Joy, followed by Gustav Holst’s Second Suite in F, influenced by English folk songs. It culminates in the majestic Elsa’s Procession to the Cathedral, transcribed from the wedding scene in Richard Wagner’s opera Lohengrin. Steven Moore, conductor UM Gusman Concert Hall Free Gusman Concert … +

Five-time Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter and Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee Mary Chapin Carpenter celebrates her acclaimed 30-year recording career by performing songs from her newest album Sometimes Just The Sky featuring new interpretations of her most beloved songs. Over the course of her acclaimed career, Carpenter has sold over 14 million records, with hits like ”Passionate Kisses” and “He Thinks He’ll … +

Earning widespread recognition for her role on HBO’s “Treme,” acclaimed violinist Lucia Micarelli hails from an incredible musical pedigree, including classical training at Juilliard and studying with classical titans such as Itzhak Perlman and Pinchas Zukerman. Through the years, she has expanded her dazzling musicianship far beyond the classical world to explore jazz, rock and pop, and has toured with Trans-Siberian Orchestra, … +

Singer/songwriter J. Tillman’s music paints beautiful portraits of love and life on the margins with the moody depth of Nick Drake and the country-influenced textures of Ryan Adams. Tillman first made a name for himself playing drums in a pair of indie rock bands, Saxon Shore and Stately, while attending college in New York City. In his spare time, however, he began writing material of his own, citing the music … +

Based out of Austin Texas, internationally touring blues and soul artist Jordan Matthew Young has shared stages with the likes of ZZ Top, Tinsley Ellis, Patrick Sweany, Samantha Fish and Lukas Nelson. His new album has been described as “a loud, proud record that appeals to fans of blues-based classic rock like Free and early ZZ Top, and relatively newer bands like … +

The work of the award-winning British composer Max Richter includes concert music, film scoring and acclaimed solo albums. Max’s work explores the meeting points of many contemporary artistic languages and embraces a wide range of influences while working with Tilda Swinton, The Royal Ballet or Hilary Hahn. In this concert with the American Contemporary Music Ensemble ACME. Infra resonates with Richter’s characteristic … +

Join the Frost Choral Studies program as they present an early harvest of American choral music. This concert highlights works by modern American composers Stephen Chatman, Stephen Paulus, René Clausen, and more. Frost Chorale, Frost Women’s Choir, and Frost Symphonic Choir Corin Overland and Coreen Duffy, directors UM Gusman Concert Hall Gusman Concert Hall Frost School of Music 1314 Miller Drive Coral … +

An evening of music for small jazz ensemble, featuring Frost Music Studio students and jazz faculty from Frost School of Music; with John Daversa as director. Weeks Center for Recording and Performance, Clarke Recital Hall Free Clarke Recital Hall Frost School of Music 1314 Miller Drive Coral Gables, FL 33146 Ph: 305-284-2241 www.miami.edu/frost/