July 15, 2002
UM's 19TH FESTIVAL MIAMI TO BRING HARMONY TO SOUTH FLORIDA
Coral Gables, FL - The University of Miami School of Music will celebrate Festival Miami's 19th season with 28 performances, all packed into five spectacular weeks. This year's concert series will delight South Florida's cultural community with an extensive selection of concerts ranging from classical music to jazz to Broadway and even Ballet. The festival will begin on September 21 and continue virtually non-stop through October 26, 2002.
The UM Symphony Orchestra, conductor Thomas Sleeper and guest artist, Italian piano virtuoso, Pietro de Maria will open the 2002 concert series with a performance of the Saint-Saens Piano Symphony in G Minor. The evening concert will also feature the world premiere of John Van der Slice's Specters.
:Festival Miami's consistent growth as a unique major festival in Southeast Florida is a manifestation of our strategic planning," said William Hipp, dean of UM's School of Music and Festival Miami's founder. "There is simply no comparable university-based festival of this scope anywhere else. The festival's outstanding success to date has resulted in both national and international recognition and support."
Highlights of this year's festival include the North American Premiere of the fully staged ballet entitled Cecilia Valdes, A Cuban Ballet. A first for Festival Miami, the remake of this popular Cuban Zarzuela into a ballet will feature Rosario Suarez as the prima ballerina and choreographer, Marlene Urbay, and the Florida Chamber Orchestra. Please note: this event will be held at the Miami-Dade County Auditorium. Making its U.S. premiere will be Soledad. Direct from Belgium, this dynamic quintet of world-class musicians will perform Tango Nuevo with an exhilarating blend of violin, piano, guitar, double bass and accordion. Festival Miami will also serve as the 2002 season opener for the Miami Symphony Orchestra. Along with musical director and conductor Manuel Ochoa, the Miami Symphony Orchestra will perform the Florida premiere of Concierto de Malaga by Celedonio Romero with special guest guitarist Angel Romero and the world premiere of Concierto de Cubano Barroco by Jose Raul Bernardo commissioned for the Miami Symphony Orchestra.
Additional highlights of this year's festival include a concert by legendary saxophonist James Moody joining Downbeat Magazine's award-winning UM Concert Jazz Band performing the Many Moods of Jazz. New to Festival Miami this year will be the "Extreme Strings" mini-festival featuring three concerts, workshops and master classes all open to the public. The "Extreme Strings" mini-festival will culminate with a performance by the widely acclaimed Turtle Island String Quartet. Also new to this year's concert series will be "Festival Brazil" featuring three performances each highlighting a different type of music by renowned Brazilian artists Eliane Elias, Luiz Fernando Benedini and the Assad Brothers.
Festival Miami will top off the 2002 season with the University of Miami Symphony Orchestra, conductor Thomas Sleeper and special guest artist and international prize-winning pianist Sergei Babayan, performing the Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Minor.
All Festival Miami events will be held in the Maurice Gusman Concert Hall on UM's Coral Gables campus, unless otherwise noted. Ticket prices range from $8 to $25 and $40 for opening and closing night performances and receptions. Tickets may be purchased directly from the Festival Miami ticket office or through Ticketmaster. To order tickets or to obtain a complete schedule of events, visit the festival's website at www.music.miami.edu or call (305) 284-4940; or contact Ticketmaster at (305) 358-5885 in Miami-Dade County or (954) 523-3309 in Broward County.
Please see below for a complete Schedule of Events.
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Contact: Nicole Friedland
(305) 773-1801
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Festival Miami 2002
19th Gala Season
Unless noted, all performances are at the Maurice Gusman Concert Hall, 1314 Miller Drive, Coral Gables
PROGRAMS, ARTISTS AND DATES SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE
Saturday, September 21, 8:00 p.m. - GALA OPENING NIGHT
The University of Miami Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Sleeper, conductor with critically acclaimed guest artist, Italian piano virtuoso, Pietro de Maria perform Saint-Saens Piano Concierto # 2 in G minor. Also programmed is the world premier of Specters by John Van der Slice. Presented in collaboration with the Miami Civic Music Association.
Sponsored by Bank of America-Private Bank and Cingular Wireless
$40 Concert & VIP Reception
$25 Adults/$15 Senior Citizens/$10 Students
All seats reserved
Tuesday, September 24, 8:00 p.m. - Cuban Art Music
Distinguished pianist, Velia Yedra presents a concert of Cuban classics featuring violinist, Bogdan Chruszcz and special guest artists in an evening of music and dance with works by Amadeo Roldan, A. Garcia Caturla, and Ernesto Lecuona. Presented in collaboration with the University of Miami Institute for Cuban and Cuban-American Studies.
$15 Adults/$10 Senior Citizens/$8 Students
All seats reserved
Thursday, September 26, 8:00 p.m. - Beethoven, Brahms, Bruch and Debussy
Jules Eskin, principal cellist of the Boston Symphony joins Ethan Sloane, clarinetist, and UM's own celebrated pianist, Paul Posnak in a program of chamber music: Beethoven?s Trio, Op. 11; Eight Pieces for Clarinet, Cello and Piano Op. 83, by Max Bruch; Sonata for Cello and Piano by Claude Debussy; and Trio, Op. 114, by Johannes Brahms.
Sponsored by Herald Direct and fifty over fifty
$15 Adults/$10 Senior Citizens/$8 Students
Friday, September 27, 8:00 p.m. - Extreme Strings Part I: Celtic, Country, and Jazz
Three extreme violin styles in one concert! James Kelly, one of the greatest Irish fiddlers alive today with 18 recordings to his credit; Buddy Spicher, one of today's most widely recorded country fiddlers who is currently touring with Crystal Gale; and Matt Glaser, co-author of the book Jazz Violin with legendary jazz violinist Stephane Grappelli, who has appeared on over 30 recordings.
Sponsored by WLRN Public Radio and Television
$15 Adults/$10 Senior Citizens/$8 Students
Saturday, September 28, 2:00 p.m. - Extreme Strings Part II: A Family Fiddle Fest
Featuring "the fiddlers three" Matt Glaser (Jazz), Buddy Spicher (Country), and James Kelly (Celtic), this fun, interactive and educational concert is tailored to children and families, and should inspire the next generation of violinists.
Sponsored in part by Miami.com
$5 Adults accompanied by children, $2 Children 16 and under
Saturday, September 28, 8:00 p.m. - Extreme Strings Part III - The Turtle Island String Quartet
Festival Miami's salute to Extreme Stings culminates with the widely acclaimed and innovative Turtle Island String Quartet featuring their brilliant "Art of the Groove" program. To the TISQ's unique arrangements of works by composers such as Leonard Bernstein, George Gershwin, Dave Brubeck, Thelonius Monk, Pat Metheny, Vivaldi, Ravel and Frank Zappa , TISQ adds to their own compositions integrating jazz, western classical, American fiddle styles, World Beat, Afro-Cuban, and Indian classical music.
Sponsored by Bell South, Miami Herald and El Nuevo Herald
$20 Adults/$15 Senior Citizens/$10 Students
All seats reserved
Sunday, September 29, 8:00 p.m. - The Timeless Clavichord: Variations on a Theme
Hailing from London, England, renowned clavichord soloist, Susan Alexander Max performs an Iberian program with works by composers such as, Scarlatti, Soler, and Seixas.
Location: Victor E. Clarke Recital Hall in the L. Austin Weeks Center for Recording & Performance.
$15 Adults/$10 Senior Citizens/$8 Students
Monday, September 30, 8:00 p.m. - The Bergonzi String Quartet
A Festival favorite, UM's resident string quartet featuring Glen Basham and Scott Flavin, violins; Pamela McConnell, viola; and Ross Harbaugh, cello, performs works by Beethoven and Tchaikovsky as well as the Florida premiere of McConnell's arrangement of Saint-Saens' Carnival of the Animals.
Sponsored in part by Arrellano Construction Company
$15 Adults/$10 Senior Citizens/$8 Students
Wednesday, October 2, 8:00 p.m. - Festival Brazil Part I: Jazz Great Eliane Elias with the University of Miami Jazz Vocal - 1 Ensemble
Grammy nominated pianist and vocalist, Eliane Elias joins the award winning University of Miami Jazz Vocal-1 Ensemble directed by Larry Lapin. Hailed as one of the major jazz pianists of our time, Elias has more than 12 recordings to her credit and is widely considered one of the great interpreters of the music of Jobim. A native of Brazil, tonight's concert kicks off Festival Miami's tribute to Brazilian artists and composers.
Sponsored by Embraer Air, Odebrecht Construction, Inc., and the Brazilian American Chamber of Commerce
$20 Adults/$15 Senior Citizens/$10 Students
All seats reserved
Thursday, October 3, 8:00 p.m. - Come Rain or Come Shine!
Celebrating the evergreen love songs of George Gershwin, Fats Waller, Jerome Kern, Cole Porter and Duke Ellington, vocalist Lisanne Lyons joins with pianist Paul Posnak, bassist Don Coffman and percussionist Steven Aho to perform some of the greatest love songs ever written.
Sponsored by JW Marriott Hotel
$15 Adults/$10 Senior Citizens/$8 Students
Friday, October 4, 8:00 p.m. - Of Poets and Music
Featuring the 48-voice, internationally recorded University of Miami Chorale in an evening of great poets and music. Compositions include works by such notable American choral composers as Eric Whitacre, Paul Basler and David Childs.
Free Admission
Saturday, October 5, 8:00 p.m.
Sunday October 6, 3:00 p.m. - North American Premiere: "Cecilia Valdes, Ballet!"
Location: The Miami-Dade County Auditorium, 2901 W. Flagler Street, Miami.
Performed for the first time in the United States as a ballet, this famed Cuban zarzuela, based on the novel by Cirilio Villaverde, debuts in Miami for two days only as a focal point of Festival Miami. The legendary Cecilia Valdes depicts life in colonioal Cuba in the 1800s by illustrating the interconnectedness of the lives of Spanish landlords and their slaves. A compelling story of the passion and tragedy of misguided love, the work is a literary masterpiece and translates as a powerful, fully-stages ballet. Using the Score by Cuban composer Gonzalo Roig, and a re-orchestration by Jose Ramon Urbay, the ballet will be conducted by world-renowned orchestra director, Marlene Urbay and choreographed by Rosario "Charin" Suarez.
Sponsored by AT&T
$40/$30/$22/$15
Location: Miami-Dade County Auditorium; 2901 West Flagler Street, Miami
Tickets are limited and available only at: all Ticket Master outlets, or Charge-By-Phone 305-358-5885 (Miami-Dade) 954-523-3309 (Broward); on-line at www.ticketmaster.com; and at the Miami-Dade County AuditoriumBox Office 305-547-5414.
All seats reserved
Sunday, October 6, 8:00 p.m. - Late Night Meets Prime Time
Will Lee, the bassist for the "CBS Orchestra" featured nightly on the Late Show with David Letterman and who has toured with so many of today's greatest pop and jazz musicians, joins UM's virtuoso keyboard artist/composer J.B. Floyd and special guests. Performing a range of material from original compositions by Floyd to renditions of Beatles tunes, this concert is sure to have something for everyone - including some surprises!
Sponsored by JW Marriott Hotel and University of Miami Citizens Board
$15 Adults/$10 Senior Citizens/$8 Students
Monday, October 7, 8:00 p.m. - Emerging Young Composers
New music from University of Miami composition students.
Location: Victor E. Clarke Recital Hall of the L. Austin Weeks Center for Recording and Performance.
Free Admission
Thursday, October 10, 8:00 p.m. - Festival Brazil Part II: Chamber Classics
Festival Brazil continues as pianist, Luis Fernando Benedini returns to team up with cellist, Antonio Meneses for a concert of chamber music. The performance will include the Mendelssohn Sonata No. 2, the Villa-Lobos Bachianas Brasileiras No.2,? and other fine works sure to delight all chamber music lovers.
Sponsored by Embraer Air, Odebrecht Construction, Inc., and the Brazilian American Chamber of Commerce
$20 Adults/$15 Senior Citizens/$10 Students
All seats reserved
Friday, October 11, 8:00 p.m. - The Many Moods of Jazz
Jazz legend James Moody joins the Downbeat award-winning University of Miami Concert Jazz Band, directed by Dante Luciani. Whether playing the soprano, alto, tenor sax or flute, Moody does so with deep resonance and wit. He is a consistently expressive and enduring figure in modern jazz.
Sponsored by Cingular Wireless and WDNA 88.9 FM
$20 Adults/$15 Senior Citizens/$10 Students
All seats reserved
Saturday, October 12, 8:00 p.m. - Festival Brazil Part III: The Assads
The grande finale of this year's tribute to Brazil presents the amazing Assad brothers, Sergio and Odair. Brilliant virtuoso guitarists of international acclaim, the Assads perform from a repertoire that includes inventive adaptations of works by Scarlatti, Debussy, Gismonti and Piazzolla.
Sponsored by Embraer Air, Odebrecht Construction, Inc., and the Brazilian American Chamber of Commerce
$20 Adults/$15 Senior Citizens/$10 Students
Sunday, October 13, 4:00 p.m. - Soledad: El Tango Nuevo!
Direct from Belgium, this dynamic quintet of world-class musicians specializes in Tango Nuevo with an exhilarating blend of violin, piano, guitar, double bass and accordion. Soledad can express the lyric drama of Piazozolla, the cold rigor of Stravinsky, the whirling rhythms of Lysight and the colorful dreams of Capelletti. Please join Fesitval Miami as we welcome Soledad for their U.S. debut.
Sponsored by Florida Lemark Corporation and Louis Leibowitz Charitable Trust
$15 Adults/$10 Senior Citizens/$5 Students
Monday, October 14, 8:00 p.m. - Spotlight on Talent in the House
This program offers the opportunity to enjoy the collaborative efforts of UM's extraordinary Artist Faculty in a concert that brings together the Bergonzi String Quartet; Bernice Harbaugh, piano; Christine Nield-Capote, flute; Robert Weiner, oboe; Tian Ying, piano; Jana Young, soprano; and Russell Young, piano, featuring chamber works by Chausson, Rorem and Loeffler.
Free Admission
Wednesday, October 16, 8:00 p.m. - Premiere Winds
The UM Wind Ensemble, Gary Green, conductor, performs the world premiere of David R. Gillingham's Clarinet Concerto for Piano and Wind Ensemble with UM's Margaret Donahue, clarinet and pianist, Ellen Rowe. Also featured will be flutist Christine Nield-Capote performing the David Maslanka Songbook for Flute and Wind Ensemble.
Sponsored by The Miami Salon Group
$15 Adults/$10 Senior Citizens/$8 Students
Thursday, October 17, 8:00 p.m. - Chopin's Music Lives!
Commemorating the anniversary date of Chopin's death, Polish pianist, Piotr Paleczny performs peerless pieces by Poland?s prolific composer. Presented in collaboration with the Chopin Foundation of the United States.
Sponsored in part by Assurant Group
$15 Adults/$10 Senior Citizens/$8 Students
All seats reserved.
Saturday, October 19, 2:00 p.m. - A Family Concert: Songweaver, Amy Carol Webb
A high-energy concert featuring original music and well-known favorites, this fun-filled program encourages participation by young people and their grown-ups. We'll sing and clap, laugh and learn about rhythm and harmony together. Amy will spotlight guest artists in a revue-style matinee including some of her UM Craft of Songwriting workshop participants.
Sponsored by American Airlines and Miami.com
$5 for Adults accompanied by children; $2 children 16 and under
Saturday, October 19, 8:00 p.m. - Miami Symphony Orchestra Season Opener
Opening its 2002 season as part of Festival Miami, the Miami Symphony Orchestra with Manuel Ochoa, music director/conductor, performs the Florida premiere of Concierto de Malaga by Celedonio Romero featuring guitarist, Angel Romero, and the world premiere of Concierto Cubano Barroco by Jose Raul Bernardo, commissioned for the MSO with sponsorship of Pepacton Arts Center Inc. Rounding out the program will be Symphony No. 9 in E minor, From the New World, by Anton Dvorak.
Sponsored in part by El Sol 95 FM, Romance 106.7 FM, and Cl?ca 92.3FM
$35, $30, $25, $15
All seats reserved.
Sunday, October 20, 2:00 p.m.; Tuesday, October 22, 8:00 p.m.; and Wednesday, October 23, 8:00 p.m. ? A Grand Night for Singing
A Grand Night for Singing opened the 1994 Broadway season with flair and distinction. In celebration of Richard Rodgers 100th year, this delightful revue features creative and often hilarious new renditions of such Rodgers and Hammerstein favorites as, We Kiss in the Shadows, Some Enchanted Evening, Hello, Young Lovers, and over two dozen more in a charmingly intimate setting.
Location: Victor E. Clarke Recital Hall of the L. Austin Weeks Center for Recording and Performance.
Sponsored in part by Coral Gables Gazette
$16 Adults, $14 Senior Citizens, non-UM students, UM faculty/staff/alumni, $8 UM Students
Thursday, October 24, 8:00 p.m. - La Fontegara - Works from "New Spain"
Direct from Mexico, Maria Diez-Canedo (traverso and Flauta de pico), Gabriela Villa (viola da gamba), Eloy Cruz (guitarra barroca and tiorba) and Eunice Padilla (clavecin), of La Fontegara are dedicated to the performance of Renaissance, Baroque, and Rococco music on replicas of original period instruments. The concert features works by 17th and 18th century composers from Spain's American colonies. Presented in collaboration with the Cultural Institute of Mexico under the auspices of the Consulate General of Mexico.
Sponsored by Swire Properties, Inc.
Free Admission
Saturday, October 26 - Grand Finale!
Festival Miami concludes it 19th Gala Season with the University of Miami Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Sleeper, conductor, featuring special guest artist and international prizewinning pianist Sergei Babayan, performing the Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor; and the U.S. Premiere of Ney Rosaro's "Rhapsody" (for solo percussion and orchestra).
Sponsored by American Airlines
$40 Concert & VIP Reception
$25 Adults/$15 Senior Citizens/$10 Students
All seats reserved
