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string sextets by Strauss, Berg, and
Brahms. Hear the next generation of
gifted musical artists performing side
by side with their mentors.
Soirée features Hina Khuong-Huu,
violin with Rohan De Silva, piano on
March 31, 4 pm and April 1, 4 pm at
the Fischer/Weisenborne Residence,
7459 Cabbage Palm Court, Sarasota.
Violin Channel “Rising Star” and
first prize winner of the 2023 Elmar
Oliveira International Violin Competition,
Hina Khuong-Huu performs
around the globe as soloist and collaborator
with many of today’s leading
ensembles and musicians. Steinway
Artist Rohan De Silva’s collaborations
with Itzhak Perlman, Pinchas Zukerman,
Midori, Joshua Bell and others
have been acclaimed worldwide.
Lunch and Listen has Boyd Meets
Girl with Rupert Boyd, classical guitar
and Laura Metcalf, cello on April 4,
11 am performance followed by luncheon
at the Sarasota Yacht Club.
Australian classical guitarist Rupert
Boyd and his wife, American cellist
Laura Metcalf, have toured the
world sharing their eclectic mix of
music from Debussy and Bach to
Radiohead and Beyoncé. Their studio
albums have been streamed over
three million times. The duo arranges
much of their repertoire themselves,
drawing inspiration from artists
across all genres, and they speak from
the stage to create a conversational
concert experience.
For tickets, visit ArtistSeriesConcerts.org
or call (941) 306-1202.
The Glenridge
Performing Arts
Center
March 14, 7:30 p.m.: Strings Con
Brio. They’re a community string
orchestra that engages talented musicians
of varying ages from students
through professional level.
• March 23, 7:30 p.m.: Robin Spielberg.
He’s one of America’s most
beloved pianist/composers. With
an impressive tour schedule and
hundreds of thousands of recordings
sold, this Steinway Artist has
been winning the hearts of listeners
around the world with her compelling
melodies and sensitive piano
techniques since debuting her
first recording of original solos for
piano, “Heal of the Hand.”
• April 3, 7:30 p.m.: Tony DeSare
performs with infectious joy, wry
playfulness and robust musicality.
Named “Rising Star Male Vocalist”
in Downbeat magazine, DeSare has
brought his fresh take on the Great
American Songbook and infused
it with old school class around the
globe.
The Glenridge Performing Arts Center,
7333 Scotland Way, Sarasota. For
tickets, call (941) 552-5325 or visit
GPACtix.com.
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Choral Artists
Coming up, they have the Florida
premiere of “Abraham Lincoln Walks
at Midnight” by Florence Price, a
moving depiction of the man burdened
by the tragedies of the modern world,
based on the poem by Vachel Lindsay.
Price is an African-American composer
whose works were lost during
the middle of the 20th century and
later discovered in an attic trunk in
2009. Also performed will be Joseph
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Haydn’s “Lord Nelson Mass,” also
known as “Mass in a Time of Anxiety,”
recognized as one of his greatest
compositions. Sunday, March
10, 7 p.m., at Church of the Palms,
3224 Bee Ridge Road, Sarasota.
Tickets: choralartistssarasota.org/
Sarasota Concert
Association
The Sarasota Concert Association’s
2024 Music Matinees
concert series showcase regional
musicians performing a variety
of musical styles from classical to
marimba.
Coming up March 6, at 2 p.m. is
Modern Marimba, founded
by Tihda Vongkoth and Steph Davis,
who have celebrated three seasons
of virtual and in-person concert
programs that celebrate the diversity
of music. They have intertwine
the influences of cabaret, classical,
jazz, and popular music.
Next is Sarasota Piano Trio on
April 17, at 2 p.m. The Sarasota Piano
Trio features pianist Jesse Martins,
violinist Milene Moreira and cellist
Nadine Trudel. Praised for their interesting
programming and expressive
playing, they perform a mix of wellknown
as well as rarely heard classical
repertoire.
The concerts are free but pre-registration
is required at SCAsarasota.org,
or through the box office at
941-966-6161. Note their location:
First Presbyterian Church, 2050 Oak
Street, Sarasota.
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Sarasota Ballet
Program Five:
• March 8-11 at the FSU Center for the
Performing Arts —Ballet Hispánico.
Based in Manhattan, Ballet Hispánico
explores the diversity of Latino
culture through a fusion of Classical,
Latin, and Contemporary dance
Program Six:
• April 5-6 at the Sarasota Opera
House and accompanied by the Sarasota
Orchestra
❱ Emeralds - Choreography by George
Balanchine; Music by Gabriel Fauré
❱ Las Hermanas - Choreography by
Sir Kenneth MacMillan; Music by
Frank Martin
❱ Who Cares? Choreography by
George Balanchine; Music by George
Gershwin; Music arrangement by
Hershy Kay
Opening with George Balanchine’s
Emeralds, and a score set by Gabriel
Fauré and designs by Barbara Karinska,
Balanchine considered Emeralds “an
evocation of France – the France of elegance,
comfort, dress and perfume.”
Sir Kenneth MacMillan’s tense psychological
drama Las Hermanas takes
a 180 degree turn from the splendor of
the previous work. The ballet is based
on Federico García Lorca’s, The House
of Bernarda Alba. Las Hermanas is a
dramatic ballet about sensuality under
harsh repression as well as the emotional
and violent consequences that follow.
Closing Program 7, Who Cares? brings
audiences through a wonderful series
of solos, duets, quartets, and ensemble
pieces all set to jazzy classics of Gershwin.
Tickets: www.sarasotaballet.org
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At the Van Wezel
Coming up (partial list):
• Hamilton March 26-April 7
• Rick Springfield March 13
• Paul Taylor Dance Company
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A capsule collection of Florida Highwaymen paintings is on display in the
Cultural Heritage Exhibit in the City Hall atrium, 1565 First Street.
Free and open to the public during City Hall hours, Monday–Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
March 18
• The Academy of St Martin in the
Fields with Joshua Bell March 23
• Neil Berg’s 114 Years of Broadway
March 14
Pre-show dining for both shows is
available through Mattison’s at the
Van Wezel which is located inside the
theatre. Reservations can be made
on VanWezel.org or through the box
office. Tickets: www.VanWezel.org
The Hermitage
The Hermitage Artist Retreat has
composer and pianist Conrad Tao on
March 28 at Marie Selby Botanical
Gardens.
Tao has appeared worldwide as a
pianist and composer – including
acclaimed performances with the New
York Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic,
Chicago Symphony, and
more. He has been dubbed “the kind
of musician who is shaping the future
of classical music” by New York Magazine
and an artist of “probing intellect
and open-hearted vision” by The New
York Times.
This program is free and open to the
public with a $5/person registration
fee. Registration is required at HermitageArtistRetreat.org.
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Chamber Orchestra
The Chamber Orchestra of Sarasota
has this event.
• On March 21, 7:30pm—Mozart
+ Haydn with George Maxman,
violin. The season concludes with
the music of Mozart and Haydn.
Internationally acclaimed violin
virtuoso George Maxman performs
Mozart’s Violin Concerto
No. 5 in A Major (Turkish). The
program opens with the overture
from Haydn’s comic opera “Fidelta
Premiata” and concludes with his
Symphony No. 83 (The Hen).
For information, visit www.chamberorchestrasarasota.org,
or call
219-928-8665.
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At The Ringling
The John and Mable Ringling
Museum of Art has Mountains of the
Mind: Scholars’ Rocks from China
and Beyond which runs through
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June 23, 2024 in The Ringling’s Ting
Tsung and Wei Fong Chao Center for
Asian Art. The exhibit features a selection
of scholars’ rocks and related
paintings and prints.
Scholars’ rocks are collected from
remote geographic locations, where
they have been formed by natural
elements over millions of years. The
stones may then be carved, polished
and inscribed before being displayed
in a custom-made stand to enhance
their visual appeal. Scholars’ rocks are
both natural objects and products of
human creativity.
Michele Oka Doner: The True Story
Of Eve runs through June 2, 2024.
Explore Miami, Florida-born, Michele
Oka Doner’s first solo exhibition at
The Ringling. This exhibition includes
examples of works on paper, wood,
ceramics, bronzes, and glass ranging
from the 1960s to the present, paying
homage to the local environment,
while poignantly reminding us of our
increasingly precarious ecosystem.
The John and Mable Ringling
Museum of Art, 5401 Bay Shore Rd.,
Sarasota. Info: www.ringling.org.
Theatre
Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe
presents Ruby. Book by Nate Jacobs
and Michael Jacobs, lyrics by Michael
Jacobs, music by Nate Jacobs, Nehemiah
Luckett, Brennan Stylez and Antonio
Wimberly.) On August 3, 1952, a
Black woman murdered a white doctor
in Live Oak, FL, guaranteeing a conviction
for the woman bold enough to
commit such a shocking crime and
bringing celebrated writer Zora Neale
Hurston to town to cover the story for a
northern newspaper.
This powerful and haunting musical
explores the secrets just beneath the
surface of the idyllic, genteel exterior
of a quaint Florida town. Runs
through April 7.
Location: WBTT’s Donelly Theatre,
1012 N. Orange Ave., Sarasota. Tickets:
westcoastblacktheatre.org.
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The Players Sarasota has Misery
running through March 3. Based on
the novel by Stephen King, this thriller
follows successful romance novelist
Paul Sheldon, who is rescued from a
car crash by his “number one fan,”
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Annie Wilkes, and wakes up captive
in her secluded home.
Running from March 13-21 is
Better Late presented by Sarasota
Jewish Theatre. Nora and Lee
have been married for 20 years,
when Billy, Nora’s son from her
first marriage, comes to them with
an outrageous request. He asks
them to take in Nora’s ex-husband,
Julian, for a few weeks while he is
recovering from a recent stroke.
How long will Julian stay and how
long will it take until Lee cracks?
This biting December-December-December
romance is a complicated
romantic comedy with an
unexpected ending.
Held at The Players Studio
Black Box, 1400 Blvd. of the Arts,
Suite 200, Sarasota. Tickets: theplayers.org
Manatee Performing Arts
Center has these events:
• Parade: March 7-17. This musical
drama takes places amid religious
intolerance, political injustice and
racial tension, the stirring Tony
Award-winning Parade explores the
endurance of love and hope against
all the odds. Parade is filled with
soaring music and a heart-wrenching
story, offering a moral lesson about
the dangers of prejudice and ignorance
that should not be forgotten
• March 12: Start Spreading the News
with Liza and Frank. Join Tony Sands
as Frank Sinatra and Whitney Grace
as Liza Minnelli as they share some of
the legendary singers’ greatest hits.
• March 23: Atlantic City Boys have
wowed audiences in Las Vegas, New
York, cruise ships, and, of course,
Atlantic City. They are four dynamic
lead singers who lend their vocals to
the harmonies of the ‘60s singing the
hits of The Drifters, The Beach Boys,
and Frank Valli and the Four Seasons.
Inspired by the hit musical, Jersey
Boys, the Atlantic City Boys combine
dance moves, audience participation,
and show-stopping numbers.
Box Office: 941-748-5878. Manatee
Performing Arts Center, 502 Third
Avenue W., Bradenton.
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At Venice Theatre:
• March 22 - April 21: The Spitfire
Grill. Based on the film by Lee David
Zlotoff. Heartwarming, homespun,
and hopeful, The Spitfire Grill is
a folk musical in the Rodgers and
Hammerstein tradition about second
chances, starting over, and
mending what’s broken.
Info: venicetheatre.org/
Asolo Rep has Born with Teeth
running through March 29. It
will plunge audiences into palace
intrigue, high stake spy craft and
cutthroat betrayals. This play offers
an inside, alternative look at the
tumultuous relationship between
William Shakespeare and Christopher
Marlowe.
The third play in the repertory season
is from the Pulitzer Prize-winning
playwright Lynn Nottage. Intimate
Apparel runs throughApril 18
and is the powerful story of a Black
seamstress’ forbidden romance in
1905 New York.
Wrapping up the four-show repertory
season is a classic by Frederick
Knott that has been reimaged by one
of today’s greatest playwrights, Jeffrey
Hatcher. Dial ‘M’ For Murder
runs March 20 – April 25 and will
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