The Switch Ensemble, which describes itself as a new music ensemble for the 21st century with a commitment to the total integration of technology and live musicians, premieres new works by Frost Composition faculty and works from their current repertoire.
Charles Norman Mason, director
Pianist Misha Dacic performs at Key Biscayne Piano Festival, acclaimed for its passion and virtuosity, this one-time-only concert will include a wide program. There will also be an introductory talk by Frank Cooper. RACHMANINOFF Elegie in E flat minor, Op.3 No.1 Melodie in E major, Op.3 No.3 In the Silent Night Op.4 No.3 (Arr.Earl Wild) To Her Op.38 No.2 (Arr.Misha Dacic) Prelude … +
Multi-Grammy winner, John Daversa, is one of the leading forces of large ensemble jazz today. Composed of the world’s finest musicians, Daversa’s Large Jazz Orchestra explores the vast catalog of The Beatles through Daversa’s imaginative, genre-fusing Grammy-nominated arrangements. Longtime colleague and world renown vocalist, Kate Reid, will be featured for this unique edition of Kaleidoscope Eyes through Daversa’s creative lens.
Frost’s very own faculty artists collaborate to offer a feast of chamber music by some of the most influential Latin American composers of the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries. Musicologist Marysol Quevedo hosts a 30-minute pre-concert lecture about the program and its composers. Ross Harbaugh, director Free event
The pairing of guitar and flute has long inspired delightful music, at once earthy and delicately translucid. An evening featuring Robert Beaser’s Mountain Songs, based on Appalachian music; Astor Piazzolla’s Histoire Du Tango, a tango lesson in four movements; Carlos Rafael Rivera’s Raven Dance, which draws on Balkan music, and more. Rafael Padron, guitar Jennifer Grim, flute
Marian Anderson’s debut at the Metropolitan Opera House in 1955 broke through the company’s longstanding Jim Crow practices. Carol Oja, Professor of Music at Harvard University, revisits the campaign waged by the NAACP and Anderson’s manager, Sol Hurok, to gain equal access to concert halls and major performance institutions. Seventh Annual Robert Kelley Memorial Lecture Series Weeks Center for Recording & Performance, … +
The Frost Symphonic Winds presents the next installment in a series featuring the best in the wind band repertoire that is also accessible and highly enjoyable. The program includes music by both classic composers such as Ralph Vaughan Williams, Charles Ives, and Howard Hanson; as well as modern stars such as David Gillingham and Johan de Meij. It concludes with the gorgeous … +
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