Shawn Kirchner smiles while seated at a grand piano, with choral singers behind him holding music folders during a performance.
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Shawn Kirchner brings gospel and bluegrass to Frost Chorale

Shawn Kirchner has sung on the soundtracks of Frozen, Avatar and La La Land, but his own compositions draw from a different musical world: gospel hymns, bluegrass harmonies and American…

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Two women in white blouses perform together at a black Steinway grand piano on a dimly lit stage, with an image of the Roman Colosseum behind them.
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Cuban piano, poetry and painting meet in a Coral Gables concert about memory

At the Coral Gables Museum this Sunday, the music of Cuba will share the stage with its poetry and painting in a concert conceived as an act of cultural remembrance….

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Dr. James K. Bass, artistic director of Seraphic Fire, wearing a black jacket and standing before colorful blue, gold and white stained-glass windows.
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Seraphic Fire opens a new era with James K. Bass at the podium

When an acclaimed choir changes artistic directors after 24 years, its first concert offers a glimpse of the direction ahead. For Seraphic Fire, that glimpse includes Shakespeare’s celebration of music,…

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Promotional poster for Cuba: Música y Memorias featuring OKAN and AfroMore, with four performers pictured against a dark background and text announcing a tribute to Benny Moré.
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From ancestral rhythms to Benny Moré, Coral Gables concert traces Cuba’s musical story

Cuban music has always been a conversation among continents, and a Saturday night program in Coral Gables sets out to follow that conversation from its deepest roots to some of…

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Scott Flavin plays violin, Lindsay Garritson plays piano and Ross Harbaugh plays cello during a Bergonzi Piano Trio performance.
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Bergonzi Piano Trio brings Beethoven, Schumann and Arensky to free Sunday concert

The Bergonzi Piano Trio performs Sunday, Oct. 4, at 4 p.m. at Newman Recital Hall in the University of Miami’s Knight Center for Music Innovation, 5513 San Amaro Drive. Admission…

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Allie Biancoviso in an orange dress stands among tropical plants holding a brass trombone.
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From Staten Island to South Florida, trombonist Allie Biancoviso leads her own jazz orchestra

Trombonist, composer and arranger Allie Biancoviso will bring her jazz orchestra to Coral Gables on Friday for a free concert that moves from big-band standards and original compositions to Cuban…

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Conductor Gerard Schwarz leads the Frost Symphony Orchestra in performance, with string and woodwind players seated onstage.
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Frost Symphony pairs Mozart under pressure with Tchaikovsky’s final symphony

Mozart racing one commission and falling short on another meets Tchaikovsky’s final symphony Saturday night, when the Frost Symphony Orchestra brings three works with different creation stories to Gusman Concert…

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