Music

The Community Arts Program (CAP) 2021 VIRTUAL Summer Concert Series concludes with Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue! GRAMMY® Award winners John Daversa and Tal Cohen have an evening of something for everyone – and the perfect marriage between trumpet and piano. Here comes the (musical) ride!

The Community Arts Program (CAP) 2021 VIRTUAL Summer Concert Series presents "Classics for a Summer Soirée!" Peruvian pianist Priscila Navarro serves up an enticing menu of varied, classical selections that fill the senses - with music of Mozart, Granados, Ponce, Rachmaninoff, Lecuona, and Gershwin!

The Community Arts Program (CAP) 2021 VIRTUAL Summer Concert Series presents "Day Dream: The Music of Strayhorn and Ellington!" Using contemporary technologies and techniques the Diego Melgar Trio—Diego Melgar (guitar), Marty Quinn (bass), and Gibb Mandish (drums)—with vocalist Justine Garcia bring a unique lens to the timeless music of two, intertwined musical titans.

The Community Arts Program (CAP) 2021 VIRTUAL Summer Concert Series presents "La Fiesta: A Tribute to Chick Corea!" The Zach Bartholomew Trio—Zach Bartholomew (piano), Marty Quinn (bass), and Rodolfo Zuniga (drums)—delivers an endearing musical celebration remembering jazz icon, Chick Corea!

The Community Arts Program (CAP) 2021 VIRTUAL Summer Concert Series presents New World Symphony Fellows in "Creative Classics with Bravura!" Elizabeth Lu (flute), James Riggs (oboe), Kelsi Doolittle (clarinet), Julia Paine (bassoon), and Corbin Castro (French horn) surround listeners with sounds of the concert hall through music of Zemlinsky, Barber, Ravel, Piazzolla, and Ligeti. No matter where, relax as the stage is delivered - for an evening of brilliance!

The Community Arts Program (CAP) 2021 VIRTUAL Summer Concert Series opens with All That Jazz! The Troy Roberts Trio—Troy Roberts (saxophone), Tim Jago (guitar), and Alex Hernandez (bass)—brings a very special evening of audible fun, as they revisit and revamp some of their favorite jazz standards!

The Miami Beach Music Festival Orchestra and the Miami Children’s Chorus take over the Bandshell for a spectacular evening of patriotic music celebrating Independence Day. The concert will include a dynamic and interactive multimedia concert experience with live orchestra, vocal soloists and virtual choir. Enjoy patriotic favorites like America the Beautiful and Sousa’s famous Stars and Stripes Forever, along with your favorite Zarzuela songs selections from the hit movie, “The Greatest Showman.” Miami Children’s Chorus concert selections include classic and contemporary choral arrangements of The Star Spangled Banner, America the Beautiful, Amazing Grace, and Gustov Holst’s “Homeland” and features works by prominent choral composers such as Z. Randall Stroope, and Andre Thomas. Presented by Miami Beach Music Festival and the Miami Children’s Chorus.

BY JULES MASSENET The classic Cinderella story, beloved the world over, comes to life in this whimsical French romantic opera. Jules Massenet’s sumptuous music echoes the grand love themes of Wagner, with hints of Rossini’s vocal fireworks and Tchaikovsky’s mesmerizing ballet music. With text that invites the audience to “escape dark realities” and believe in the “fabulous,” audiences delight in Massenet’s dreamy musical setting of the timeless glass slipper fairytale. Performed in French with subtitles. The performance takes place in partnership with Faena Art at one of the highest-profile venues in Miami Beach, the breathtaking Faena Forum.

BY BENJAMIN BRITTEN An English comic chamber opera, Albert Herring is the “coming-of-age” story of a hapless antihero in a town full of colorful characters preparing for the town’s May Day festivities. An outcast with an overbearing mother, Herring is embarrassingly crowned the King of May but squanders his winnings after two rebellious young lovers spike his punch. Benjamin Britten paints a vivid musical picture in this adaptation of a story by French author Guy de Maupassant. Performed in English.

The next generation of symphonic conductors trains at MMF’s Conducting Institute. These emerging artists gain valuable experience leading a full orchestra while being coached, as they study all aspects of the art of conducting with acclaimed faculty. Institute Fellows show off their artistry in a public concert featuring music by Mozart, Rossini, and the spicy El Amor Brujo by Manuel de Falla. See them in Miami Beach first! FALLA El Amor Brujo PERRY A Short Piece for Orchestra ROSSINI L’Italiana in Algeri MOZART Symphony No. 40