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out and about continued
Chaconne of JS Bach.
Lin Ye, piano, with principal string
musicians from Sarasota Orchestra,
will perform on March 26. It will have
been three years since Lin Ye wowed
Sarasota audiences in two sold out
programs. Having performed in prestigious
venues worldwide, the former
Artist Series Concerts prizewinner
returns to Sarasota with a program of
piano concertos by Chopin, Mozart,
and Bach.
Feder Duo—Cheryl Losey Feder,
harp, and Abraham Feder, cello, will
perform on April 9, 4 p.m. at Temple
Sinai, 4631 S. Lockwood Ridge Road,
Sarasota.
Losey and Feder began their orchestral
careers on the same day in 2008 as
they both assumed principal positions
in the Sarasota Orchestra. He introduced
himself as she was tuning her
harp, and the rest is history. He is now
assistant principal cellist of the Detroit
Symphony and she a sought-after soloist,
chamber musician and recording
artist. They return to Sarasota for a
program of music for harp and cello,
including their own transcriptions of
music by Bach and Johann Strauss, Jr.
Visit ArtistSeriesConcerts.org or
call 941-306-1202.
Choral Artists
The Choral Artists of Sarasota
has The Children’s March: An oratorio
by Philadelphia composer Andrew
Bleckner, which takes you on a journey
to an historical event during the
Civil Rights Era of the 1960s. Incorporating
traditional African-American
styles and spirituals, the work shows
the incivility of segregation through
the innocence and optimistic spirit
of children. Guest artist: J. Warren
Mitchell, tenor and Choral Artists
soloists Maiya Stevenson, soprano;
Amy Jo Connours, alto; Krista Laskowski,
mezzo-soprano; Baron Garriott,
tenor; John Whittlesey, baritone
and Jesse Martin, baritone. Narrated
by Charlayne Hunter-Gault. Held
on March 5, 7 p.m., at Church of the
Palms, 3224 Bee Ridge Road, Sarasota.
Next up is Bach Du Hirte Israel,
höre (Shepherd of Israel, hear us) Cantata,
BWV 104 and Mozart Requiem,
K.626: Passages of life expressed
through the beauty of majestic choral
music: Bach’s pastoral setting of
the Twenty-third Psalm paired with
Mozart’s Requiem, a poignant and
dramatic contemplation of eternity.
Guest artists: Adelaide Boedecker,
soprano; Laurel Semerdjian, alto;
John Kaneklides, tenor; William
Socolof, bass. Held on April 16, 7
p.m., at Church of the Redeemer, 222
S. Palm Avenue, Sarasota.
For tickets, visit www.ChoralArtists
Sarasota.org or call 941-387-4900.
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The Sarasota
Orchestra
Great Escapes: American Vibes
March 8-12 at Holley Hall with John
Gennaro Devlin, conductor performing
• Masterworks: Emperor. March
16-19 has Paul Daniel, conductor
with Behzod Abduraimov, piano
performing Beethoven – Piano
Concerto No. 5 (Emperor) Prokofiev –
Symphony No. 5
• Sphinx Virtuosi: Songs for Our
Times is on March 26, Holley Hall
Sphinx Virtuosi, guest artists.
• Masterworks: A Hero’s Life March
31-April 2 at the,Van WezelCarlos
Miguel Prieto, conductor |Gil
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Shaham, violin Sarah Gibson
– Virginia B. Toulmin
Foundation Commission;
Korngold – Violin Concerto
and R. Strauss – Ein Heldenleben.
For information, visit www.
Sarasota Orchestra.org.
Sarasota Orchestra’s
Free Parks Concerts continues.
Taking place in a variety
of venues in Sarasota and
Manatee counties, the series
showcases musicians of the
Orchestra in a chamber music
setting. While all performances
are family-friendly, the season
includes two playground
appearances geared toward
the youngest of listeners
Capacity at the outdoor
venues is limited. Admission
is free at all locations, but it’s
recommended you register to
reserve a space. Registration
links can be found at Sarasota
Orchestra.org.
• Sarasota Orchestra’s Free
Parks Concerts takes place in
a variety of venues in Sarasota
and Manatee counties. The series
showcases musicians of the Orchestra
in a chamber music setting. Capacity
at the outdoor venues is limited.
Admission is free, but register to
reserve a space at SarasotaOrchestra.
org. Next up: Nathan Benderson Park
Pavilion, Sarasota Brass Quintet on
March 26 at 2:30pm. Information:
www.Sarasota
Orchestra.org.
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Sarasota Art
Museum
Sarasota Art Museum of Ringling
College presents Richard Benson:
The World Is Smarter Than You Are,
on view through May 7. Benson was
an American photographer, printer,
and educator. Organized by the Philadelphia
Museum of Art, The World
Is Smarter Than You Are is the first
in-depth survey of Benson’s own
photography.
The exhibition includes approximately
100 works that convey Benson’s
pathfinding exploration of photographic
processes, his embrace of
technologies old and new, and his deep
empathy for his human subjects as well
as the objects and environments they
have built. Including prints from the
late 1960s until shortly before Benson’s
death in 2017, the exhibition traces his
ever-evolving quest for prints.
Benson was a gifted and celebrated
teacher, was also a beloved professor
and dean at Yale University. The Sarasota
presentation of the exhibition
includes a selection of artworks on paper
by 10 notable artists who studied
and worked with him at Yale: Dawoud
Bey, Lois Conner, Jen Davis, An-My
Lê, John Lehr, Andrea Modica, Arthur
Ou, John Pilson, Caitlin Teal Price, and
Sarah Stolfa.
Sarasota Art Museum is located at
1001 S. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota. Information:
SarasotaArtMuseum.org.
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At The Hermitage
Hermitage Major Theater Award
Winner Madeleine George will speak
with Hermitage audiences in “Comedy
and Community” on March 10.
Like her work on Hulu’s hit television
series “Only Murders in the Building,”
or her plays Hurricane Diane and the
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Artist Series Concerts of Sarasota has Lin Ye, piano,
with principal string musicians from Sarasota
Orchestra on perform on March 26 with a program of
piano concertos by Chopin, Mozart, and Bach.
ArtistSeriesConcerts.org
Pulitzer Prize finalist The (Curious
Case of the) Watson Intelligence, her
commission-in-process promises to
tackle cultural and systemic mores
all in the high stakes world of amateur
bowling. George will share prior
work and discuss her goals for the new
HMTA commission, as well as how she
hopes it will help to build and enhance
a sense of community.
• Sofía Rocha, the 2022 recipient of
the Hermitage Prize in Composition
presented at the Aspen Music Festival
and School, shares her original musical
compositions as part of the Hermitage
“Sunsets @ Selby Gardens” series in
“Making Musical Waves.” Rocha grew
up in Naples and has studied and presented
work across the United States
with noted ensembles such as JACK
Quartet, DeCoda, loadbang, and Brentano
String Quartet, among others.
For this musical program on March
16 at 6:30 pm, the Hermitage is partnering
with the Venice Symphony
and the Pops Orchestra to offer live
performances of this next-generation
composer’s nuanced and evocative
work, all with unique insights from
the creator, set against the backdrop
of the botanical gardens.
Nearly all Hermitage programs are
free and open to the public (with a $5/
person registration fee). Due to capacity
limitations and social distancing,
registration is required.
• The Hermitage is also having “HER-
MITAGE TURNS 20: Andy Sandberg
& Broadway Friends in Concert” on
March 20 at the Van Wezel. Hermitage
Artistic Director and CEO Andy
Sandberg takes to the stage to sing
a concert alongside Broadway guest
stars to celebrate the Hermitage’s
20th Anniversary Season and to raise
funds for the Hermitage following the
impact of Hurricane Ian. Sandberg
will be accompanied by Hermitage
Fellow and 2023 Grammy Award
nominee Rona Siddiqui.
Tickets: HermitageArtistRetreat.org.
Sarasota Opera
The 2023 Winter Opera Festival
continues.
• Giacomo Puccini’s Madama Butterfly.
A young geisha known affectionately
as Madama Butterfly is
swept off her feet by an American
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Naval officer. Left with a
promise that he would return
one day, Butterfly waits faithfully
for three years, but is
met with heartbreak in one of
opera’s most enduring tragedies.
March 10, 15, 21(m),
and 24. Madama Butterfly
was last seen in 2017.
• Don Giovanni by Wolfgang
Amadeus Mozart.
Mozart’s most famous opera
is a comic and tragic masterpiece.
Set in 17th century
Spain, this tale of obsession,
betrayal, crime, and retribution
centers around the
infamous lover Don Juan,
who leaves a path of broken
hearts wherever he goes.
March 8, 12(m), 18, and 25.
• Ernani by Giuseppe Verdi.
The bandit Ernani has lost
his land, wealth, and title,
and faces competing suitors,
including the king, as he
pursues his true love, Elvira.
One of the greatest of Verdi’s
early works, Ernani encompasses
love, honor, and tragedy
with passionate choruses,
emotional arias, and an exciting
score. March 11, 14, 16, 18(m), 22,
and 26(m).
• Thérèse by Jules Massenet. A love
triangle during the French Revolution
is the setting for this rarely heard
work. Thérèse is torn between love for
her former lover and her affection and
duty towards her husband. Moments
of lyrical beauty are punctuated by
the drama of the “Reign of Terror.”
March 17, 19(m), 21, 23, and 25(m).
For tickets, visit SarasotaOpera.org
or call (941) 328-1300.
Art Galleries
Art Uptown Gallery has “Maro
Lorimer: Peace Time” through
March 24 . Experience paintings
that sweep the viewer away from this
world into a peaceful sense of floating
above an unspoiled coastal environment.
In addition to the artist’s
signature serene horizon paintings,
a new series of dynamic abstract curving
shorelines will be presented.
Meet the artist at the First Friday
reception on March 3 from 6-9 p.m.
Lorimer also will be at the gallery on
March 4 from 11- 5, & March 10 from 6-9.
Art Uptown Gallery: 1367 Main Street
gallery. Info: www.artuptown.com
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Ringling College Galleries
presents Lost Summer; a collection
of landscape paintings created
by Ringling College Alumna, Lee
Mayer (Commercial Art 72’). In this
collection of small and mid-scale
paintings, Mayer explores the light,
nature, harmony, and color of the
natural beauty of Canadian summers.
Runs to March 17.
Ringling College of Art + Design,
Patricia Thompson Gallery is located
on the first floor of the Keating Center,
2700 N. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota.
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Sarasota Orchestra’s Harmony
Gallery has a Booker High School
Exhibition. Booker VPA visual art
students will present a collection of
two-dimensional artwork from various
genres. Runs through April 3.
Public reception: March 22, 5-6:30 pm.
The Harmony Gallery is at Beatrice
Friedman Symphony Center at 709
North Tamiami Trail, Sarasota. Exhibitions
are free and open to the public.
Visit www.sarasotaorchestra.org.
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Island Gallery West presents
“Serene Scapes” by featured artist for
March Terri Westbrook. Westbrook
is a painter whose style leans toward
impressionism, working primarily in
pastel media. She is inspired by the
places she has traveled to and lived,
including Charleston, SC, Anna Maria
and the Florida Panhandle.
Terri discovered late in life her
love and talent for creating. She has
learned the basic principles of art and
the nuances of pastel art only in recent
years from online and in-person
instruction. The focus of her paintings
is primarily scenes in nature, particularly
landscapes and waterscapes,
with surprising use of color.
Art Walk reception is on Friday,
March 10, from 5:30 to 7:30 pm. Meet
Terri and other artist members, enjoy
drinks and bites and live music. Terri
will be raffling off one of her pastel
paintings.
Come in to meet the artist in person,
Wednesday, March 25 from 11
am to 2 pm. Terri will be in the gallery
to answer questions and share
her insights and inspirations for her
Serene Scapes.
Island West Gallery is located at 5368
Gulf Drive in Holmes Beach, Trolley
Stop 15, on Anna Maria Island. Visit
www.islandgallerywest.com or call
941-778-6648.
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Sarasota Concert
Association
English Chamber Orchestra performs
on March 12. The most recorded
chamber orchestra in the world,
the London-based English Chamber
Orchestra presents a program of Elgar,
Mozart and Haydn.
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
with JoAnn Falletta, performs on
March 27. Falletta leads the Grammy
Award-winning orchestra in Dvořák’s
Symphony No. 7, and Mendelssohn’s
Violin Concerto featuring violinist
Sandy Cameron. All concerts are at
the Van Wezel. To purchase tickets,
visit www.SCAsarasota.org.
The Sarasota Concert Association
also has its Music Matinees concert
series. These free noon-time concerts
showcase regional musicians performing
a variety of musical styles, including
classical and folk music. Next
up: Hein Jung, soprano and Gregorios
Zamparas, piano, on March 17, noon.
Program includes Claude Debussy
– Nuit d’etoiles; Reynaldo Hahn – A
Chloris; Jae Min Jung – How sweet the
Water Is; George Gershwin – Summertime
from Porgy and Bess and
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – O zittre
nicht from The Magic Flute.
Pre-registration required at
SCAsarasota.org. Performances are
at David Cohen Hall in the Beatrice
Friedman Symphony Center, 709 N.
Tamiami Trail, Sarasota.
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Chamber Orchestra
of Sarasota
The Chamber Orchestra of Sarasota
has its final concert of the season
on March 23 at First Presbyterian
Church. The program includes music
by five Jewish composers in celebration
of the 75th Anniversary of the
founding of the State of Israel.
Levenberg’s “Hasidic Scene” features
concertmaster Christina Adams.
Aslanyan’s “Trumpet Concertino”
features trumpeter Robert Smith.
Levenberg and Aslanyan are living
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