out and about continued 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. ▼ 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 ▼ 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, 32<strong>24</strong> Bee Ridge Road, Sarasota. Tickets: choralartistssarasota.org/ Sarasota Concert Association The Sarasota Concert Association’s 20<strong>24</strong> 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. ▼ 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 ▼ At the Van Wezel Coming up (partial list): • Hamilton March 26-April 7 • Rick Springfield March 13 • Paul Taylor Dance Company ▼ 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. ▼ 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. ▼ 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 ▼ June 23, 20<strong>24</strong> 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, 20<strong>24</strong>. 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. ▼ 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,” ▼ 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. ▼ ▼ 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 ▼ 8 WEST COAST WOMAN MARCH 20<strong>24</strong> continued on page 10
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