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Read more about the article The Florida Orchestra names Chelsea Gallo as assistant conductor

The Florida Orchestra names Chelsea Gallo as assistant conductor

  • Post author:Florida Orchestra
  • Post published:April 27, 2022
  • Post category:ALL POSTS/General Information/TFO Musicians

The Florida Orchestra has named rising star Chelsea Gallo as its new assistant conductor starting with the 2022-23 season in the fall. Gallo will lead TFO’s youth and community concerts,…

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Read more about the article Important update from TFO President Mark Cantrell

Important update from TFO President Mark Cantrell

  • Post author:Florida Orchestra
  • Post published:September 14, 2021
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This is it! The moment we’ve been waiting for. We are thrilled to bring back The Florida Orchestra at full power for full audiences throughout Tampa Bay. Since the beginning…

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Read more about the article Grant will help TFO musicians create new piece for harp, percussion

Grant will help TFO musicians create new piece for harp, percussion

  • Post author:Florida Orchestra
  • Post published:July 2, 2021
  • Post category:ALL POSTS/TFO Musicians

By Kelly Smith and Anna Kate Mackle, Principal Harpist For TFO harpist Anna Kate Mackle and her percussionist husband, John Shaw, their mission to create new music is personal: “We…

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Read more about the article A year in the making: All County Music Festival in the time of Covid

A year in the making: All County Music Festival in the time of Covid

  • Post author:Florida Orchestra
  • Post published:May 18, 2021
  • Post category:ALL POSTS/Education & Community

By TFO Teaching Artist Kaitlin Springer and Steve Harris, Seminole High School Director of Music During a typical school year, students in Pinellas County have an opportunity to come together…

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Read more about the article TFO to perform U.S. premiere of unique ‘Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs’

TFO to perform U.S. premiere of unique ‘Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs’

  • Post author:Florida Orchestra
  • Post published:April 19, 2021
  • Post category:ALL POSTS/Education & Community/Family Concert

The Florida Orchestra is bringing the U.S. premiere of a wickedly fun version of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs to Tampa Bay for its socially distanced Family Concert matinee…

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Read more about the article John Shaw’s beat-by-beat preview of TFO’s Percussion concert

John Shaw’s beat-by-beat preview of TFO’s Percussion concert

  • Post author:Florida Orchestra
  • Post published:March 16, 2021
  • Post category:ALL POSTS/Masterworks/TFO Musicians

By John Shaw, TFO Principal Percussionist The percussion family often plays a supporting role in an orchestra. The endless variety of drums and other things you can strike, shake or…

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Read more about the article TFO plays 1991 national anthem to honor Whitney Houston, Bucs in video

TFO plays 1991 national anthem to honor Whitney Houston, Bucs in video

  • Post author:Florida Orchestra
  • Post published:February 2, 2021
  • Post category:ALL POSTS/Michael Francis/Special Concerts

Thirty years ago at Super Bowl XXV in Tampa, Whitney Houston walked onto the field with The Florida Orchestra and made history with an epic rendition of the Star-Spangled Banner. Now…

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Read more about the article Art, music create fairy-tale world for Ravel’s ‘Mother Goose’

Art, music create fairy-tale world for Ravel’s ‘Mother Goose’

  • Post author:Florida Orchestra
  • Post published:January 26, 2021
  • Post category:ALL POSTS/Masterworks

This weekend The Florida Orchestra will present its fourth multimedia collaboration with Visual Artist-in-residence Geff Strik, featuring original artwork inspired by the youthful innocence of Ravel’s Mother Goose ballet. Despite its title,…

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Read more about the article Pianist embraces intimacy of Covid concert world

Pianist embraces intimacy of Covid concert world

  • Post author:Florida Orchestra
  • Post published:January 26, 2021
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Many years ago, when TFO was playing Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini at the Mahaffey Theater, a young couple on a Saturday night date sat rapt in their seats, entranced…

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Read more about the article Watch The Florida Orchestra on WEDU TV this Friday

Watch The Florida Orchestra on WEDU TV this Friday

  • Post author:Florida Orchestra
  • Post published:January 26, 2021
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The Florida Orchestra debuts on WEDU-PBS television this Friday (Dec. 18) at 9 pm with Inside the Music: Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7, a special broadcast recorded live at the Mahaffey Theater…

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