Handel’s Messiah proves enduring value of music in the community
Two hundred and eighty-four years is plenty of time for something to go out of ...
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TFO brass brings a crescendo of holiday cheer
Consider it a brassy affair. Seventeen musicians from The Florida Orchestra’s loudest section meet on ...
USF and The Florida Orchestra unite to advance music education and community connection
Credits: Michelle Sabo-Sherwood, College of Design, Art & Performance; Kelly Smith, Chief Communications Officer, The ...
Pianist finds more than Ode to Joy in Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy
If you were lucky enough to have a ticket to the concert at Vienna’s Theater-an-der-Wien ...
Timpanist’s final bows end 30-year percussion brotherhood
John Bannon is laying down the sticks. The Florida Orchestra’s longtime principal timpanist not only ...
Pianist, poet, bodybuilder: Tzimon Barto retunes classical conventions
Aaron Copland’s majestic Third Symphony anchors The Florida Orchestra’s latest Hough Family Foundation Masterworks program, ...
Hollywood meets classical in Korngold’s Violin Concerto
Erich Korngold may be best known as a composer of Hollywood film scores from the ...
Sax goes classical in jazzy concerto honoring Coltrane
We don’t associate the great jazzman John Coltrane with the symphony orchestra, but the two ...
Afterthoughts: Yo-Yo Ma delights sold-out house in annual TFO fundraiser
Some use the words gob-smacked or mesmerized to describe a musician with preternatural talent, but ...
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TFO brass brings a crescendo of holiday cheer
Consider it a brassy affair.Seventeen musicians from The Florida Orchestra’s loudest section meet on stages…
USF and The Florida Orchestra unite to advance music education and community connection
Credits: Michelle Sabo-Sherwood, College of Design, Art & Performance; Kelly Smith, Chief Communications Officer, The…
Pianist finds more than Ode to Joy in Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy
If you were lucky enough to have a ticket to the concert at Vienna’s Theater-an-der-Wien…
Timpanist’s final bows end 30-year percussion brotherhood
John Bannon is laying down the sticks.The Florida Orchestra’s longtime principal timpanist not only is…
Pianist, poet, bodybuilder: Tzimon Barto retunes classical conventions
Aaron Copland’s majestic Third Symphony anchors The Florida Orchestra’s latest Hough Family Foundation Masterworks program,…
Hollywood meets classical in Korngold’s Violin Concerto
Erich Korngold may be best known as a composer of Hollywood film scores from the…
Sax goes classical in jazzy concerto honoring Coltrane
We don’t associate the great jazzman John Coltrane with the symphony orchestra, but the two…
Afterthoughts: Yo-Yo Ma delights sold-out house in annual TFO fundraiser
Some use the words gob-smacked or mesmerized to describe a musician with preternatural talent, but…
Dig into a choral masterpiece with TFO: Belshazzar’s Feast
Expect a full course in sound. That’s often the case with big, filling pieces for…
It takes a fine ‘chef’ to program a delicious musical meal
Like a chef at a good restaurant, an orchestra conductor creates a meal plan, a…