TFO teaches violin, cello to teens in detention centers
Bethany Thompson TFO Senior String Specialist (Pictured top right) For over 57 years, The Florida Orchestra has shared the beauty of music with audiences in Tampa Bay, showcasing music’s power…
Auditioning for All-State? The Florida Orchestra can help
Note: It’s that time of year when students return to class – and realize All-State auditions are just around the corner. The Florida Orchestra is here to help, with plenty…
My summer teaching string instruments to middle schoolers
By Sebastian Stefanovic TFO Violist In May, I played my last concert of the Florida Orchestra’s season — Gustav Mahler’s epic Second Symphony, “Resurrection.”For all TFO musicians, it meant being reborn into…
A year in the making: All County Music Festival in the time of Covid
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…
TFO to perform U.S. premiere of unique ‘Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs’
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…
TFO streams annual Youth Concert on demand for Tampa Bay schools
TFO will not let the coronavirus pandemic stop our 50-year tradition of Youth Concerts for thousands of Tampa Bay students. For the first time, TFO is streaming its annual program on demand straight into the classroom.
TFO goes virtual for free Prodigy violin lessons
TFO has not let the pandemic stop our free violin lessons for kids through the Prodigy Cultural Arts Program. We’ve gone virtual: “It’s a tough time right now, and any pocket of community or sense of belonging is so meaningful.”
TFO posts 100 free videos in TFO at Home series
We've hit 100 videos! That's how many performance and education videos we've posted in our TFO at Home series since mid-March, when we vowed to keep the music going. All free.
How the arts became essential in a pandemic world
Has the pandemic doomed orchestras and the arts, especially in the schools? No way. Not if we’re creative. A unique view from a TFO Teaching Artist during Teacher Appreciation Week.
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.