Name: Rising Stars 1
Start: 2023-06-11T14:30:00
Location: Beatrice Friedman Symphony Center

Angie Zhang

Marcus Stevenson

Nicholas Greer-Young

Chloe Ehrmantraut

Isabel DiFiore

Raymond Wyant

Paige Stafford

Cole George

Jonathan Churchett

Ann Kuo

Haeun Honney Kim

Henry Rogers

Sebastian Berofsky

Sarah Wager

Jonathan Mak

Lauren Goff

Flavia Pajaro-van de Stadt

Ashley Lee

Dabeen Kim

Taig Egan

Nathaniel Wolff

Avery Dabe

Jacks Pollard

Ellen Hayashi

Ania Lewis

Yoshino Toi

William Hugo Bliss

Robert Diaz

Victor Ni

Zoey Ma

Bingxin Leng

Miriam Smith

Felix Kim

Sarasota Orchestra

Sarasota Music Festival

Sarasota Orchestra lights up listeners of all ages in this 60-minute concert of familiar favorites. The program's centerpiece is Peter and the Wolf, Sergey Prokofiev's "symphonic fairy tale for children." General admission tickets are $5 for this close-up encounter with Sarasota Orchestra, with a Spanish version of the performance at 4:00 pm.

Peter and the Wolf

This thrilling program celebrates history’s greatest musicals, including The Lion King, Hamilton, Jersey Boys, The Phantom of the Opera, and the biggest blockbuster of them all: Wicked. A trio of phenomenal vocalists offer breathtaking performances with Evan Roider on the podium, conductor of more than 1,000 performances of Wicked.

On Broadway: Defying Gravity

Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall

Will you be our Valentine? Sarasota Orchestra will sweep you off your feet with a heart-melting selection of popular tunes and gorgeous classical masterpieces that have made listeners swoon for well over a century.

Love Notes

Conductor's Corner 4: Variations on America

Music Director Giancarlo Guerrero opens the rich treasure chest of American music. Adolphus Hailstork’s An American Port of Call captures the relentless energy of the port of Norfolk, Virginia. Pianist Clayton Stephenson performs Gershwin’s jazz and blues-infused Concerto in F. Charles Ives composed his delightful and quirky Variations on “America” when he was only 17. Audiences at the 1934 premiere of Dawson’s Negro Folk Symphony were so moved that they erupted in applause at the end of each movement. Decades later, the extraordinary work has returned to the standard repertoire with accolades.

Variations on America

State College of Florida - SCF Bradenton

Sarasota Orchestra Music Director Giancarlo Guerrero makes his Chamber Soirée debut, leading three landmark works. Stravinsky’s Danses concertantes is a delight tinged with Stravinsky’s trademark spicy interpretation. Wagner composed his highly romantic Siegfried Idyll as a birthday gift for his wife, hiring a small ensemble to perform it on the staircase outside her bedroom. Schoenberg’s Chamber Symphony No. 1 was a pivotal work, bridging the gap between 19th-century romanticism and 20th-century modernism.

Miniature Masterworks

Share in the inspiration as Music Director Giancarlo Guerrero, our professional orchestra and the young members of the Youth Philharmonic come together for an unforgettable side-by-side performance. The Sarasota Youth Orchestras' alumni frequently describe this concert as one of the most electrifying experiences from their time in Sarasota Orchestra’s education programs—one that inspires many to pursue music careers of their own. The Youth Philharmonic is the most advanced of the eight Sarasota Youth Orchestras ensembles.

Side-by-side Concert

Riverview High School

Please Note: All seating is General Admission. General Admission refers to seating areas that are not assigned or reserved, and are occupied on a first-come, first-served basis. When purchasing tickets for a General Admission event, you may be quoted section, row, and seat numbers, however these are for inventory purposes only and do not reflect any actual seating location.

Conductor's Corner 5: Rite of Spring

Spring is in the air as Sarasota Orchestra offers a program of monumental works, each of which broke new ground in their day. Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring was so novel and unprecedented that a riot broke out at its premiere. A tour de force for the orchestra musicians and conductor, its live performance is a not-to-be-missed event. Violinist Benjamin Beilman brings his trademark flair to Mozart’s final and most virtuosic violin concerto. The program opens with Joan Tower’s 1920/2019, composed in 2019 to honor the 1920 passage of the 19th amendment granting women suffrage.

Rite of Spring

Let the music move you from the nightclubs of Buenos Aires to the pubs of Ireland, the Bohemian countryside, and beyond. Sarasota Orchestra stays in step with dances from all over the world, including some of your favorite waltzes and polkas, tango, and even a conga!

Dance the Night Away

Jazz artist Byron Stripling first stepped into the spotlight as lead trumpeter and star soloist with the Count Basie Orchestra. In this homage to the birth of the blues, Byron leads you on a journey through the classic melodies of hits made famous by Jazz Age icons and New Orleans favorites such as Muddy Waters, Ma Rainey, and Louis Armstrong.

When the Saints Go Marching In

Van Wezel Performing Arts Center

Welcome spring with a sunny program of music for strings, winds, piano, and harp. Hungarian pianist and composer Ernő Dohnányi was inspired by works penned by Mozart and Beethoven. His Serenade has found a revered place in the string trio repertoire. Belgian composer Joseph Jongen’s trios for flute, cello, and harp reveal the influence of Impressionist composers Debussy and Ravel. Mozart was so pleased with his Quintet for Piano and Winds that he wrote to his father that it was “… the best thing I have written in my life." Generations of audiences have reveled in this grand and joyful work.