Genre: Performing

By Kurt Loft. Composer Clara Schumann is remembered as the wife of Robert Schumann, but could well have eclipsed him had history given women more artistic rights. Today, women hold positions in every aspect of classical music, and many believe Clara helped break ground. This includes pianist Alexandra Dariescu… Read More

By Kurt Loft. Svetozar Ivanov teams up with singer and dancer Sara Elisa Villa for a performance inspired by nine different poets, exploring “connections between the different elements of music, animation, singing, film effects and dance, and the sensations and emotions that these connections can bring.’’… Read More

By Melissa Marolla Brown. The Dunedin Concert Band’s fall concert features the Marimba Concerto #2 by David Gillingham, performed by the concert band’s very own Alex Guini, a graduate of the University of South Florida School of Music and alumnus of its percussion studio…. Read More

By Kurt Loft. After years of planning and fundraising, the University of Tampa’s Ars Sonora bell tower makes its debut as the largest of its kind in the world – and the first to ring out in the U.S…. Read More

By Jessica Schwartz. Today, the overarching message of the song, “American Idiot,” and theme of the punk rock musical feel as relevant, if not more so, as they did over a decade ago. What else can be done with the range of unpleasant emotions we experience — from boredom to pain to rage to disgust — besides the quick fixes we are sold that anesthetize emotions… Read More

By Kurt Loft. What if we were to experience the classic movie “Amadeus” through a flesh-and-blood orchestra as the film unfolds? That’s the point of Amadeus Live, when The Florida Orchestra and Master Chorale of Tampa Bay perform the soundtrack as the entire three-hour movie appears on screen at the Mahaffey Theater…. Read More