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TFO to air Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons live recording on WSMR
Bummed that Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons got canceled this week? Good news: You can hear it Thursday in a free live recording by The Florida Orchestra and Jeffrey Multer from 2012. Get details and the full WSMR radio broadcast schedule on the TFO Blog.
Playing second fiddle to COVID-19: TFO violinist keeps the music and herself going
With no concerts and lots of uncertainty, TFO violinist Sarah Shellman writes on how she and her colleagues work to keep the music -- and themselves -- going. Today on the TFO Blog.
Our gift to you: Florida Orchestra recordings on the radio
We can’t sit together in a concert hall right now because of the coronavirus, but we still found a way to listen to TFO together. We start live concert recordings on WSMR radio on March 26. Find out more today on the TFO Blog.
Benjamin Whiting ‘peers into Beethoven’s mind’ for premiere work
This weekend TFO premieres a short work by USF’s Benjamin Whiting that’s “as if one could travel back in time and peer into Beethoven’s mind as he was brainstorming these musical ideas.’’
Woodson Concert Series: Explore 'All That Jazz' with TFO Brass Quintet
Explore “America’s classical music” – jazz – with the history of Fats Waller, Henry Mancini, Duke Ellington and more before the TFO Brass Quintet’s concert Sunday at the Woodson African American Museum.
50% funding boost will expand free violin lessons for kids
Great news: Our program offering free violin lessons to kids is growing again! All thanks to a funding boost for our partnership with University Area CDC’s Prodigy Cultural Arts Program. Such an uplifting way to help kids navigate their world through music.
The challenge of Beethoven’s Violin Concerto: Performing perfection
For Simone Lamsma, the challenge of performing Beethoven’s “perfect” Violin Concerto is creating “a true sense of living in the moment.” An interview today on the TFO Blog.
Sax goes classical in Philip Glass concerto
If you only think of the saxophone as part of a jazz band, think again. The Rascher Saxophone Quartet takes the instrument into the classical realm with a Philip Glass concerto and full orchestra.
An emerging giant: The power of Beethoven’s Third Piano Concerto
How fast 250 years goes by, and today everybody’s going nuts over the anniversary of…
Picasso, dreams inspire Tampa City Ballet for bold ‘Pulcinella’
With bold colors and funky puppets inspired by a dream, Tampa City Ballet breathes new life into Stravinsky’s Pulcinella this weekend at our concerts, along with vocalists and paintings by Geff Strik. Find out more about this showstopper today on the TFO Blog.