Pianist Mackenzie Melemed smiles while standing in a dark suit and tie in a tree-lined urban plaza with modern buildings behind him.
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Aiming for all 50 states, a pianist brings American music to UM

Pianist Mackenzie Melemed is on a musical journey across America, with an ambitious destination: all 50 states. His instrument is the piano, his repertoire spans nearly two centuries, and his…

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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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Four members of the Telegraph Quartet pose with two violins, a viola and a cello against a white background.
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Telegraph Quartet brings prize-winning chamber music to UM

The Telegraph Quartet brings its mix of classical standards and less familiar 20th- and 21st-century repertoire to Coral Gables Thursday, Oct. 1, for a 7:30 p.m. concert at Newman Recital…

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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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Jazz vocalist Laila Biali in a red dress and wide-brimmed red hat holding a vintage-style microphone in front of a large yellow circle.
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Frost School marks 100 years of live music with star-filled season

A century after the University of Miami’s music school opened its doors and presented its first concert, the Frost School of Music is marking the anniversary the way it knows…

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Four young musicians in formal attire stand in a row against a white wall, each holding their instrument. From left: a young man in a tuxedo holding a violin; a young woman in a burgundy gown holding a violin; a young man in a black suit and bow tie holding a viola; and a young woman in a black dress holding a cello. All four are smiling.
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This Stamps String Quartet closes out four years at University of Miami’s Frost

By Coral Gables Gazette staff The stage at the Robert and Judi Prokop Newman Recital Hall sits in front of a wall of glass that looks out over Lake Osceola…

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Poster for “Scores for the Silver Screen” featuring bold red lettering over a black-and-white filmstrip background, advertising the Nov. 21 live-orchestra student film event at the Cosford Theater.
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Live orchestra animates student films at Cosford Theater

By Coral Gables Gazette staff The Frost School of Music will present one of its most distinctive student collaborations on Friday, Nov. 21, when Scores for the Silver Screen returns…

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