Frost Symphony Orchestra "Celebrating the German Romantic Tradition"
Great Performances
Festival Miami’s 26th season opens with "Celebrating the German Romantic Tradition" at Gusman Hall where Zoe Zeniodi will conduct the Frost Symphony Orchestra in Robert Schumann’s individualistic Overture to Faust.
Frost School of Music faculty artist Tian Ying joins Maestro Thomas Sleeper and the Frost Symphony Orchestra to perform Beethoven’s powerful Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, "Emperor," which has remained one of the most popular and widely performed works in the orchestral repertoire.
The evening concludes with Johannes Brahms’ iconic Symphony No. 1, with its fierce and arresting introduction that leads directly into the Allegro. The slow movement is intimate and modest with a magnificent violin solo at the end, and the third movement, an intermezzo, is as warm and ingratiating as Brahms’ piano pieces. The heroic final movement is exalted and triumphant and a fitting tribute to Brahms’ symphonic genius.
Presented in Collaboration with the Miami Civic Music Association
Date: Friday, October 2nd, 2009
Time: 8 pm
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ASCAP Tribute to Henry Mancini with Monica and Ginny Mancini
Creative American Music
In an unforgettable evening, ASCAP and Festival Miami will celebrate the legacy of film, television and concert composer Henry Mancini. Multi-Grammy nominated vocalist, and Concord Recording Artist daughter Monica Mancini, will perform classics such as Days of Wine and Roses, Charade and Moon River. Selected works on the program will feature accompanying film clips to classics such as The Pink Panther, Victor/Victoria, Peter Gunn and The Thorn Birds. The late Henry Mancini’s wife, Ginny Mancini, will be on hand to offer unique insights and anecdotes on the great composer’s career. Frost School of Music Dean Shelly Berg and 2009 Grammy nominee, drummer and producer Gregg Field will also join the performance. The evening will be hosted by ASCAP’s Michael A. Kerker. Don’t miss this one-of-a-kind event tickets are already selling fast!!
Presented in Collaboration with the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP)
Date: Saturday, October 3rd, 2009
Time: 8 pm
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Emerging Young Composers
Creative American MusicThe 21st century is still young, but what better way to take its musical temperature than by listening to the latest works from some of the brightest and best composers working at the Frost School of Music. An evening of classical, contemporary music awaits you in varied genres, instrument combinations and styles. These future leaders of American music will move you as well as provoke discussion of modern music and where it’s headed in our non-stop society. It’s sure to be an evening of pure enjoyment; don’t miss this showcase of works by Frost School of Music’s finest creative young minds.
Location: Victor E. Clarke Recital Hall in the L. Austin Weeks Center for Recording and Performance
Date: Wednesday, October 7th, 2009
Time: 8 pm
Carmen Bradford featuring Frost Jazz Vocal-1 Ensemble
Jazz and Beyond
Featured vocalist in the legendary Count Basie Orchestra for nine years, Carmen Bradford is one of the best loved performers in American music. Hailed by Jazz Times Magazine as "a force to be reckoned with," Carmen will appear with the Frost Jazz Vocal Ensemble I, conducted by Larry Lapin, in an evening of jazz standards and selections from her CD, Home With You, a collaboration with Frost School of Music Dean Shelly Berg. Reserve your tickets early for this jazz spectacular!
Date: Thursday, October 8th, 2009
Time: 8 pm
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Claudia Acuna
Music of Americas
A pure, compelling and original voice hailed by the Los Angeles Times as an "instrument of wonder," Chilean singer/songwriter/arranger Claudia Acuna draws upon the culture of her homeland by fusing Latin rhythms with her instinctive jazz sensibilities. At the age of 15 she discovered her first "outside" musical model, Frank Sinatra. Acuna finally "felt at home" when she heard the music of Sinatra, Erroll Garner and Sarah Vaughan. Experience "the voice of an angel" (Newsday) on the stage of Gusman Concert Hall. Don’t wait: order your tickets today!
Date: Friday, October 9th, 2009
Time: 8 pm
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Gary Burton with Stamps Jazz Quintet and Frost Jazz Sextet
Jazz and Beyond
Gary Burton is the undisputed master of jazz vibraphone and one of the most important voices in the history of jazz. His 1971 album Alone at Last, a solo vibraphone concert recorded live, garnered Burton his first Grammy Award. His longstanding relationship with pianist Chick Corea earned him an additional five Grammys. Burton has recorded for RCA and ECM and in 1968 was named Down Beat magazine’s Jazzman of the Year. While in residence, Burton will coach Frost School students and perform with the Stamps Jazz Quintet (comprised of five remarkable freshman), and the Frost Jazz Sextet (the flagship chamber ensemble of the Jazz Studies Department).
Part of the Stamps Family Charitable Foundation Distinguished Visitors Series
Date: Saturday, October 10th, 2009
Time: 8 pm
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Frost Chamber Players
Great PerformancesThe renowned Bergonzi Quartet (Glenn Basham and Scott Flavin - violin, Pamela McConnell - viola, and Ross Harbaugh - cello), and distinguished Frost faculty artists Dale Underwood - saxophone, Richard Todd - French horn, and pianists Tian Ying, Paul Posnak, and J.B. Floyd present chamber music by Schumann, Schubert and others. You will be enchanted by some of the world’s most beautiful music as played by these great artists. Come and see why the best young musicians in the world choose to study with the Frost Faculty!
Date: Sunday, October 11th, 2009
Time: 8 pm
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Frost Opera Theater presents Six Operas in Sixty Minutes!!!!!!
Great PerformancesSix composers. Six premieres.
Six ten-minute, English-language operas by faculty composers Dennis Kam, Raina Murnak, Thomas Sleeper, Scott Stinson and UM Alumnus Douglas J. Cuomo. University of Miami’s Frost Opera Theater and members of the Frost Symphony Orchestra go out for a spin on opera’s fast track for one night only. Come see and hear the opera ensemble described by South Florida Classical Review as "one of the best kept secrets on the local music scene..."
Date: Tuesday, October 13th, 2009
Time: 8 pm
Frost Wind Ensemble
Great Performances
The critically acclaimed Frost Wind Ensemble will present an exciting evening of music featuring percussionist Svet Stoyanov. Mr. Stoyanov, praised by the New York Times for his "understated but unmistakable virtuosity" is a new faculty member in the Frost School of Music. He has performed as a soloist with the Chicago, Seattle, American and Annapolis Symphony Orchestras, and under the baton of Pierre Boulez, Oliver Knussen, James Conlon, John Adams and Skitch Henderson amongst others. The evening will continue with a performance of composer/conductor Steven Bryant’s Ecstatic Waters, scored for wind ensemble and electronic sound. Artistic Director Gary Green will also present the world premiere of his new transcription of composer Frank Ticheli’s Symphony No. 1. Come see and hear this musically diverse program featuring the best in both winds and percussion performance!
Date: Wednesday, October 14th, 2009
Time: 8 pm
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Carlos Reyes
Music of Americas
Recording artist, producer, engineer, harpist and violinist, Carlos Reyes has been breaking musical barriers since his first public performance at the age of five. His first album, The Beauty of it All, was on the Top-ten Contemporary Jazz charts in Billboard Magazine for more than 15 weeks. He has earned an international musical reputation and his enthusiastic following comes to his concerts wondering what surprise or new style of music he’ll bring to the stage. His charismatic personality and musical talentsand his extensive and entertaining repertoireare a potent combination. Order your tickets today for one of the world’s great South American entertainers and performers in his only South Florida appearance.
Date: Thursday, October 15th, 2009
Time: 8 pm
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"A Time for Love" - Arturo Sandoval with guest conductor Jorge Calandrelli
Music of Americas
Grammy winner, jazz trumpeter and pianist Arturo Sandoval is certain to move you, literally! Sandoval, who can burn through an Afro-Cuban groove, tear up a bebop tune, soar over a Mozart concerto and soothe you with a luscious ballad, is the winner of four Grammy awards, six Billboard awards, and an Emmy. This performance features students from the Henry Mancini Institute, special guest conductor Jorge Calandrelli and Maestro Sandoval performing beautiful ballads from his upcoming Concord Records release. Grammy winner and Oscar-nominated composer, arranger and producer Jorge Calandrelli has been involved in various film and television mini-series, including "Crouching Tiger/Hidden Dragon" and "The Color Purple", and has recorded with artists as diverse as Placido Domingo and Sting. He is especially well-known for bringing the beauty of orchestral strings to his projects. It is an evening for true music lovers. Dont miss out: reserve your seats today!
Date: Saturday, October 17th, 2009
Time: 8 pm
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Miami Symphony Orchestra
Great Performances
Very much in the spirit of Festival Miami, La Luz y su Desvio, the world premiere of Frost School of Music senior composition student Andres Cremisini opens the Miami Symphony Orchestra’s 21st season. This exciting program features Allison Eldredge, described as "a musician of remarkable gifts" (Chicago Tribune), performing Dvorak’s Cello Concerto. The witty and playful Symphony No. 9 by Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich assures a brilliant finale under the direction of Miami Symphony Music Director Eduardo Marturet.
Date: Sunday, October 18th, 2009
Time: 8 pm
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Songwriter's Showcase
Creative American Music
This past academic year saw the inauguration of the Bruce Hornsby Creative American Music Program at the Frost School of Music and in this concert you’ll see its fruits. Founded by Bruce Hornsby, "a synonym for class" (Rolling Stones), students enroll in the program to learn the particulars of writing popular songs, working with both Maestro Hornsby and visiting guest artists and lecturers. Hornsby and singer/songwriter Shawn Colvin will judge the acts and the winner will open the following evening’s show. Listen to the best of popular song genres in a concert devoted to the works of students and faculty of the Bruce Hornsby Songwriting Institute. One more thing: it’s free!
Date: Wednesday, October 21st, 2009
Time: 8 pm
Shawn Colvin with Bruce Hornsby
Creative American Music
Three-time Grammy award winner Shawn Colvin partners with UM alumnus Bruce Hornsby thirteen-time Grammy nominee and winner of three Grammysto perform some of the most beautiful songs in popular music. People says Colvin "can spin delicious melodies out of thin air," and MTV says her songs are "written from the heart
with resilience and faith." Join Colvin and Hornsby for an evening of great American music. And, don’t forget, the winner of the October 21 Songwriter’s Showcase will open the evening!
Date: Thursday, October 22nd, 2009
Time: 8 pm
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IFE-ILE Afro-Cuban Dance Company
Music of Americas
IFE-ILE performances will thrill you with Latin dance rhythms, flashing costumes and the infectious beat of live music. Famous for traditional Afro-Cuban dances, Mambo, Rumba, Conga, Chancleta, Son, Salsa, and the ritual dances of the Orishas, or deities, of the Yoruba culture; their repertoire also features modern dance. This exciting Miami company has performed at the Latin Grammy Awards, Super Bowl and the Billboard Awards, as well as the Smithsonian Institution's Folklife Festival and the Emancipation Celebration in Trinidad-Tobago. Don’t miss Festival Miami’s only dance performance!
Date: Friday, October 23rd, 2009
Time: 8 pm
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Willy Chirino Unplugged
Music of Americas
Considered one of the creators of the "Miami Sound" and master of the "Miami Salsa," Willy Chirino is one of the most recorded singers in the world today. Many of his greatest hits immediately reached gold or platinum status, and he is universally regarded as a genius in combining Latin and American rhythms and styles. Honored by the U.S. State Department and UNICEF for his humanitarian work, he has performed with celebrated artists Celia Cruz, Victor Manuel and Oscar De Léon. Chirino’s unique voice and performance style will make you want to dance in the aisles! When planning your fall calendar, don’t forget to include this mega-star in your lineup. Hurry! This one will sellout quickly.
Date: Saturday, October 24th, 2009
Time: 8 pm
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Red Grammer Children's Halloween Concert
Creative American Music
Red Grammer’s glorious voice and award-winning songwriting endear him to parents and educators everywhere. Kids across the globe love his irrepressible sense of play and see his genuine love and respect for them. Red’s music is catchy and entertaining and is designed to delight parents as much as children. His CD Be-Bop Your Best earned him one of several Grammy nominations. This afternoon of fun and frolick will include standards, children’s favorites, and songs for the young at heart. Join us for Red Grammer’s only South Florida appearance. Everyone is invited to participate in the ABC Party following the one-hour concert: Apple juice, Balloons, and Cookies. The party is hosted by Peter the Mime, who brings along lots of laughs and a musical instrument petting zoo!
Date: Sunday, October 25th, 2009
Time: 3 pm
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Sponsored by Sunday Afternoons of Music
Kevin Kenner
Great Performances
Pianist Kevin Kenner has performed as soloist with many of the greatest orchestras in the world. Praised as "one of the finest American pianists to come along in years," (Chicago Tribune), the Washington Post recently proclaimed him "a major talent, an artist whose intellect, imagination and pianism speak powerfully and eloquently." For this unique concert, presented in collaboration with the Chopin Foundation, Kenner performs works by Chopin as well as by composers who were inspired by his genius. This is a must-see for lovers of great piano music from the Romantic Period. Reserve your tickers early: this one will sell out fast!
Date: Wednesday, October 28th, 2009
Time: 8 pm
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Sponsored by Chopin Foundation
Jeff Hamilton and John Clayton with Dean Shelton Berg and Faculty Artists
Jazz and Beyond
Seven-time Grammy nominated bassist/composer/conductor John Clayton has written and arranged music for Diana Krall, Natalie Cole, and Quincy Jones, and also for the American Jazz Philharmonic, Carnegie Hall Jazz Band, and Amsterdam Philharmonic. He won a 2008 Grammy for his arrangement on Queen Latifah’s album Trav’lin’ Light. His stirring arrangement of the Star Spangled Banner, performed by Whitney Houston earned him a platinum record. Legendary drummer Jeff Hamilton is one of the most sought after jazz musicians today. Jazz Journal International calls Hamilton "a most driving and technically accomplished drummer," and the Denver Post says Jeff "brought the crowd to its feet with his amazing hand-drumming." Joining these two masters is Frost School of Music Dean Shelton Bergwhose fingers fly "over the keyboard while his body nearly levitates off the bench," (Los Angeles Times) along with Frost School faculty artists. This concert will engage you, entertain you, and energize you. If you’re a jazz lover mark your calendars today!
Date: Thursday, October 29th, 2009
Time: 8 pm
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Sponsored by Chopin Foundation
"Open Me First" Jeff Hamilton and John Clayton with the Henry Mancini Institute Orchestra and the Frost Concert Jazz Band
Jazz and Beyond
Jazz greats Jeff Hamilton and John Clayton, accompanied by the Henry Mancini Institute Orchestra and the award-winning Frost Concert Jazz Band (Directed by Dante Luciani) close out Festival Miami 2009 with a spectacular evening of symphonic and big band jazz. You will be on your feet, powered by great Frost students and two of the world’s most swinging jazz artists. Celebrate with us at the close of another great Festival Miami let’s rock the house!
Date: Friday, October 30th, 2009
Time: 8 pm
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** - Concert seating only
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