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Johann Sebastian Bach’ John Passion with BWV 245 Dr. Donald Oglesby, Director Featuring: University of Miami Collegium Musicum Trinity Cathedral Anglican Chorale Miami Bach Society Chamber Orchestra. Soloists: Javier Abreu, tenor, Evangelist Steven Wilson, baritone, Jesus David Pegel, baritone, Pilate Vindhya Khare, soprano Stephen Rickards, countertenor and Andrew York, baritone. These performances are dedicated in memory of former University of Miami President … +

The Florida Guitar Foundation is proud to present the multi-prize winner Irina Kulikova in concert. The Russian guitar virtuoso will close the 2015-2016 Season with a program featuring her arrangement of Bach’s Cello Suite No. 1, and guitar treasures from Paraguay, Spain, and Russia. This special evening will feature performances by the Select Guitars of BAAM (Bridgeprep Academy of Arts and Minds), … +

Frost Opera Theater presents two evenings of two one-act operas. With Jeffrey Buchman as guest stage director, Alan Johnson as artistic director and Rosa Mercedes as guest choreographer. Mavra, Stravinsky’s 1922 neo-classical chamber opera in the comic ‘buffa’ tradition of the 18th century is a twenty-five minute opera from 1921 careens along with four characters featuring two arias, a duet, and a … +

Considered Kurosawa’s final epic masterpiece the film RAN is Akira Kurosawa’s adaptation of Shakespeare’s King Lear. The great Tatsuya Nakadai is unforgettable as the 16th-century warlord who decides to abdicate in favor of his three sons, but the dominant force looming over every element of this film, down to the smallest detail, is Kurosawa himself. Unusual for a foreign language film, Ran … +

Phillip and Patricia Frost School of Music features a wide variety of student and faculty artist performances: Whiplash–Music Learning & Teaching Film Series. A promising young drummer enrolls at a cut-throat music conservatory where his dreams of greatness are mentored by an instructor who will stop at nothing to realize a student’s potential. Each screening is followed by a panel discussion and … +

The Reverend Morrell, an energetic Socialist, is a man after Shaw’s own closely guarded heart. He and his strong-willed and beautiful wife, Candida, are happily married – or at least they think they are – until Eugene Marchbanks, an idealistic and passionate young poet, enters the scene and turns their world upside-down. This inventive musical, which was presented at Lincoln Center, explores … +

The Florida Guitar Foundation is proud to present the multi-prize winner Irina Kulikova in concert. The Russian guitar virtuoso will close the 2015-2016 Season with a program featuring her arrangement of Bach’s Cello Suite No. 1, and guitar treasures from Paraguay, Spain, and Russia. "Some of the most sheerly beautiful playing I have ever heard" – Soundboard Magazine, Al Kunze This special … +

Robert Kelley Memorial Musicology Lecture Series presents “Sacred Song and State in the Rise of Post-Secular Nationalism” by guest speaker: Dr. Philip Bohlman (distinguished Professor of Music and the Humanities, University of Chicago) Sparked by the recent November 2015 terrorist attacks in Paris, Professor Philip Bohlman examines the use of song in twenty-first century nationalist movements. He reflects upon the relation of … +

The rising stars of classical music as the student concerto competition winners perform as soloists with the Frost Symphony Orchestra and Julián Brijaldo, winner of the composition contest. Avner Dorman’s “Spices, Perfumes,Toxis!” featuring Darius Milhaud’s The Ox on the Roof and the world premiere of Simon by composer Julián Brijaldo. UM Gusman Concert Hall University of Miami Frost School of Music 1314 … +

Frost School of Music presents “Winds in Concert” featuring a blend of wind, brass and percussion instruments in grand style through works by top composers of today and yesterday. The ensemble plays led by music director, Robert Carnochan as well as guest conductors Chee Weng Yim and Christian Noon. UM Gusman Concert Hall Free admission University of Miami Frost School of Music … +

The Area Stage Company (ASC) plays The Nether by Jennifer Haley, a virtual wonderland where a young detective uncovers a disturbing brand of entertainment, she triggers an interrogation into the darkest corners of the imagination. Winner of the 2012 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, The Nether is both a serpentine crime drama and haunting sci-fi thriller that explores the consequences of living out … +

Florida Grand Opera (FGO) and Steinway and Sons Piano Gallery Miami are pleased to announce “Song Fest Miami,” a free concert series performed by members of FGO’s Young Artist Program featuring a variety of classical singing styles. Each concert highlights a different style of song: German lieder, Broadway love songs, French mélodies, and English art song. Venue Steinway & Sons Piano Gallery … +

WordSpeak, an ongoing spoken word program for South Florida teens, invites performance poet, playwright and educator Emanuelee Bean also known as “Outspoken”. The program includes Workshops, Open Mic and Reading. Emanuelee Bean is a Texas Poet Laureate nominee, and ranked 9th in the Individual World Poetry Slam in 2013. He ranked 2nd in collaborative poetry at Group Piece Finals in 2013 and … +

It’s Only A Play, written by Terrence McNally tells the story of an Opening Night on Broadway while playwright Peter Austin, has his career on the line. He anxiously awaits reviews at a private party. Terrence McNally is 4-time Tony Award Winner and author of Mothers and Sons. GableStage at the Biltmore 1200 Anastasia Avenue Coral Gables, Florida 33134 305.446.1116 www.gablestage.org

Tigertail Productions continues its WordSpeak teen spoken word project for LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered and Questioning) with nationally recognized Arab-American Spoken Word Poet and playwright Andrea Assaf. Andrea Assaf will perform and lead workshops for students at Pridelines and a number of Miami-Dade high schools. These SpeakOut events provide Miami teens the opportunity to learn more about spoken word as a … +

The Portrait Transformed explores the evolution of portraiture from final quarter of the 1700s until the present, featuring 151 rare portrait drawings and oil sketches. Among the highlights are a late eighteenth-century work by Jacques-Louis David, four works by Lucian Freud, and Aubrey Beardsley’s decadent India ink portrait of Oscar Wilde. The Portrait Transformed also boasts a fine range of self-portraits, many … +

Alternative Abstractions – Ludic Geometries is a group show that gathers the most recent works from Colombian artist Danny Esquenazi and Venezuelan artists Aureliano Parra and Reymond Romero. Their appearance in the art horizon around the mid to late nineties, marks the conceptual rupture where the great abstract geometricians and the kinetics masters had already happened; these artists belong to a generation … +

The Miami Bach Society together with University of Miami Collegium Musicum will celebrate a concert dedicated to people in Paris, devastated by the terrorist attacks of past november. The great English Christmas Tradition, will feature music of Henry Purcell, G.F. Handel, William Boyce, and others. The program includes: The Praise of Christmas, Remember O Thou Man, Lute Book Lullaby, Coventry Carol, Behold … +

Robert Carnochan conducts the Frost Wind Ensemble in Schuman’s George Washington Bridge, Grainger’s Lincolnshire Posy and Hindemith’s Symphonic Metamorphosis. The Guest conductor Chee Weng Yim will perform Benson’s The Passing Bell. The Frost Wind Ensemble at the University of Miami consists of the finest wind and percussion players at the university, and performs for numerous concerts, conferences, and festivals throughout the season. … +

The violist Roberto Díaz, president of the Curtis Institute of Music, former principal viola of the Philadelphia Orchestra, has already had a significant impact on American musical life and continues to do so in his dual roles as performer. As a soloist, Mr. Díaz collaborates with leading conductors of our time on stages throughout North and South America, Europe, and Asia. Also … +

Top Nashville Singer-Songwriters Craig Carothers, Tony Arata, Dave Berg, and Annie Mosher Present a Down-To-Earth Festival Miami Concert, on October 21, Featuring Their Biggest Hits. They hail from different parts of the USA, and each have their own musical perspective, but singer/songwriters Craig Carothers, Tony Arata, Dave Berg, and Annie Mosher all have something in common. They are some of Nashville’s most … +