James Judd joins the orchestra to conduct works by Zwilich and Beethoven, featuring soloists Elissa Lee Koljonen (violin) and Yumi Kendall (cello). Selected by the Sun Sentinel as one of 5 Must-See Classical Music Performances This Season Program ELLEN TAAFEE ZWILICHTBALUDWIG VAN BEETHOVENKing Stephen OvertureELLEN TAAFEE ZWILICHDouble Concerto for Violin and CelloLUDWIG VAN BEETHOVENSymphony No. 5

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Orchestral works that turn our attention to the beauty and romance of Italy. The program opens with the whimsical Suite for Lower Strings, by Brazilian American composer Clarice Assad. It adds new twists to familiar music by Bach, in which the main melodies are played by the lower strings for a change. Then the attention shifts to the Italian peninsula. The Haydn concerto ... +

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A main stage production brought to you by your local, off-broadway theatre, Showtime Performing Arts Theatre. Beauty is in the eye of the ogre in Shrek The Musical jr., based on the Oscar-winning DreamWorks Animation film and fantastic Broadway musical. It’s a “big bright beautiful world” as everyone’s favorite ogre, Shrek, leads a cast of fairytale misfits on an adventure to rescue a princess and ... +

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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 ... +

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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 ... +

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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.

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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 ... +

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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 ... +

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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”

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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 ... +

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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.

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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 ... +

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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 ... +

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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 ... +

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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  |  ... +

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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  |  ... +

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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 ... +

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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 ... +

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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 ... +

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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 ... +

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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 ... +

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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 ... +

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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 ... +

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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 ... +

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 Southeastern Premiere at FAU Theatre Lab first appeared on Miami Art Guide.

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! ... +

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Each year, the South Florida Cultural Consortium awards twelve Visual and Media Arts Fellowships. Artists residing in Florida’s five southeastern counties are eligible to compete for this nationally significant individual artist award which means the “Consortium” fellowship is hotly contested each year by the region’s best visual and media artists. The exhibition presents recent work by the 12 artists awarded a 2018 ... +

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Ronia, the Robber’s Daughter: A US Premiere and The Heckscher Theatre for Family Series.  In a mythic countryside in a mountain fort surrounded by wild forest and woodland creatures, young Ronia is raised and loved by her family, who happen to be a band of robbers. Everything changes when she encounters the impetuous son of a rival band of robbers. Their friendship ... +

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Seraphic Fire Current season (2018-2019) brings the concerts to South Florida, presenting a multi-cultural exploration of chamber vocal literature, it begins in October 2018 the South Florida subscription series with American Brass Quintet in a voyage that traverses Spain’s storied Camino de Santiago through the music of Victoria, Guerrero, and other Spanish composers. The American Brass Quintet is internationally recognized as one ... +

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LaTraia Savage is a vocalist well-known for covering a wide variety of genres, including Jazz, R&B, Country, Big Band, Dance, Motown and more. She has opened shows for several national acts including Alicia Keys, Chris Brown, The S.O.S Band, and others. And currently, she’s touring with the legend, Glenn Leonard (former lead singer of The Temptations), Bertie Higgins (songwriter and producer of ... +

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Pete Seeger honed his banjo skills while traveling in Appalachia and became the most stalwart of America’s troubadours for social justice, peace, and the environment, together with his wife, Toshi. He founded such iconic groups as the Almanac Singers and the Weavers, and continuing to entertain and rally crowds around their causes after others of his generation had long since faded away. ... +

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American Brass Quintet, “high priests of brass” (Newsweek), and Seraphic Fire explore the rich Spanish tradition of music for voice and brass. Join the ensembles as they journey across Camino de Santiago via the music of Victoria, Morales, Guerrero, and a world-premiere, O Antiphons, by Australian-Canadian composer Julian Revie. Patrick Dupré Quigley, conductor Wed, Oct 17, 7:30pm  |  Miami Thu, Oct 18, ... +

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The Outré Theatre Company is excited to announce the return of its raucous and spirited night of inebriated Elizabethans, Drunk Shakespeare! Hosting the event for the third year in a row, the Irishmen Pub in Boca Raton.  Drunk Shakespeare brings together seven actors, forty-two (!) shots of alcohol, and the boozy Bard himself, for a night of theatre fundraising unlike any other ... +

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Nomadic Murals is an exhibition of tapestries by contemporary artists such as Aziz & Cucher, Kiki Smith, Nancy Spero, William Kentridge, Fred Tomaselli, and Kehinde Wiley, among others. The works in the show are conceived and executed as tapestries and not copies of works that already exist in painting or other media. These groundbreaking artists worked with experts in the field to ... +

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A sizzling evening as the Symphonia Boca Raton swings and sings tunes by such artists as: Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Ella Fitzgerald and many more. With Kyle Prescott on the podium joined by vocalists, this will be a one-night-only concert . Free Event Venue Mizner Amphitheater The SYMPHONIA Boca Raton 2285 Potomac Road Boca Raton FL 33431 561.376.3848 www.thesymphonia.org

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3 Doors Down and  Collective Soul will co-headline a tour this summer dubbed the Rock & Roll Express Tour, with special guest Soul Asylum joining them at select shows. The Live Nation-helmed run of dates will kick off July 6 in Atlanta, Georgia, and hit 36 states across North America, including Boca Raton’s Mizner Amphitheater. 3 Doors Down was formed in the small Mississippi town of ... +

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Recognized as an icon of 20th century photography for her ability to transform seemingly average subjects into compelling art, Lisette Model continues to resonate with new audiences long after her death in 1983. An exhibition coming to the Boca Raton Museum of Art, in partnership with the National Gallery of Canada, will feature 71 photographs from a collection of 293 prints, and ... +

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Into the Woods gives a modern twist to the beloved Brothers Grimm fairy tales in a musical format following the classic tales of Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Jack and the Beanstalk, and Rapunzel-all tied together in an original story involving a baker and his wife, their wish to begin a family and their interaction with the witch who has put a ... +

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Our Lady of Allapattah is a drama by Christopher Demos Brown. Finalist for the Eugene O’Neil Playwriting Competition, Our Lady of Allapattah is the riveting story of an inexplicable religious image that appears on the side of a Miami strip mall and the two police detectives brought in to investigate. Soon they find themselves engaged with Eddie Camaro, a brilliant but morally ... +

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Daniel Ulbritch, New York City Ballet principal dance and founder of Stars of American Ballet, brings his troupe to join Boca Ballet Theatre to present a dynamic concert showcasing iconic works of yesterday and today, highlighting a spectrum of different styles of music and dance. Featuring some of today’s most versatile dancers from New York City Ballet, Stars of American Ballet will ... +

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Working, a musical by Stephen Schwartz is a true celebration of the American worker at the perfect time, Working was originally based on the Studs Turkel novel comprised of interviews with real life Americans. Now updated, with music composed by a collection of songwriters including, Stephen Schwartz (Wicked) Lin Manuel-Miranda (In the Heights), and Grammy award winner James Taylor among others. It ... +

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Fresh from its Pulitzer Prize nomination, The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity is the comedic look into the world of professional wrestling but told through a thoughtful examination of race relations, geopolitics, and personal introspection. Unlike anything you’ve ever seen, one moment you’re awed by the spectacle, another you’re laughing uncontrollably and finally, you’re rethinking America’s place in the global landscape. Casting ... +

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2017 Festival of the Arts BOCA on its 11th Season will feature stars from all over the world, from Brazil to Indonesia to Mexico and the United States, and famous music from the most beloved films and opera, by the world’s greatest composers. Mar 3, 2017, 7 PM Grammy Award-winning saxophonist Branford Marsalis joining The Symphonia, Boca Raton conducted by Constantine Kitsopoulos, ... +

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Three world premiere carol settings by Susan LaBarr and James K. Bass as associate conductor. Currently in their 15th Season Seraphic Fire sing timeless carols in the absorbing experience of Seraphic Fire’s traditional candlelight Christmas concerts. Performing throughout South Florida and on national tours, Seraphic Fire is regarded as one of the preeminent professional vocal ensembles in the United States. Led by ... +

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Bach’s B minor mass takes listeners on a journey they will never forget, considered as infectiously joyous and hailed as “a cathedral of sound,” this masterpiece is widely considered one of the best choral works ever written. In this occasion the Master Chorale of South Florida gets together with the Symphonia of Boca Raton and world-class soloists. Dates, Times and Venues November ... +

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The SYMPHONIA Boca Raton proposes an exotic evening of sultry sounds by the Latin-Grammy-nominated Colombian Tango Ensemble, Quinteto Leopoldo Federico and a dramatic dance performance. Spectators will enjoy a night of cocktails, dinner, music and dance, to challenge tango skills with local/award-winning dance instructors. Boca West Country Club The SYMPHONIA Boca Raton 2285 Potomac Road Boca Raton FL 33431 561.376.3848 www.thesymphonia.org

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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, ... +

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The Summer Concert will include Symphonia Sizzles with Jeff Kaye, the Artistic Director of Symphonia, here as Conductor and Trumpet. The Symphonia will dazzle with popular favorites for audiences of all ages and an eclectic program featuring a solo by Jeff Kaye. Jeffrey Kaye, founding member and Principal Trumpet of The SYMPHONIA, is an internationally-acclaimed orchestral, chamber and solo performer. Jeff played ... +

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