Jazz Party Kickoff with Delfeayo Marsalis

Thursday, October 27

7:30PM

Grammy award-winning trombonist Delfeayo Marsalis of the legendary Marsalis family is opening the FIU Music Festival for a New Orleans-Style Jazz party not to be missed! He will join our very own FIU Faculty Jazz Quartet and FIU Jazz Big Band for a party like no other, featuring music from his latest album, Jazz Party. Jazz Party embodies the ebullient and cheerful characteristics of the New Orleans community.

Location: Wertheim Concert Hall

Opera Gala Concert with Santa Fe Opera Stars!

Friday, October 28

7:30PM

Santa Fe & Miami musicians will sweep you off your feet with an evening of music by Italian opera composers! The Wertheim School of Music & Performing Arts is proud to partner with famed #1 Summer Opera Festival in the country, Santa Fe Opera, in a concert gala at historic Comber Hall in Coral Gables for an enchanted evening of opera, choruses, and hors d'oeuvres.

Location: Historic Comber Hall in Coral Gables

Angels and Devils: Kaufman & Stravinsky

Saturday, October 29

7:30PM

This special evening features two emotional works by composers Fredrick Kaufman (Jacob's Wrestling with the Angel) and Igor Stavinsky ("L’Histoire du soldat") that takes us on a journey in which we must face our angels and demons, leading to an inevitable state of grace or downfall.

Location: Wertheim Concert Hall

Virtuoso Organist Alcee Chriss III

Sunday, October 30

4:00PM

First-prize and Bach prize winner at the 2017 Canadian International Organ Competition, Alcee Chriss III is widely regarded as one of the leading young organists of our time. He was a featured star in the PBS documentary, Pipe Dreams (2019).

Location: Wertheim Concert Hall

All-Brahms: From The Wertheim to New World

Friday, November 4

7:30PM

You’re invited to take a musical dive into the world of Johannes Brahms! To honor the man and the musician, FIU 's Artist-in-Residence Ensemble, the Amernet String Quartet, together with violist Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt, pianist Anton Nel, and cellist Bion Tsang, will perform a two-night chamber music extravaganza of duos, quartets, quintets, and sextets.

String Quintet No. 2, Op. 111, G major
Sonata for Piano and Cello, No.1, Op. 38, E minor
Piano Quintet Op. 34, F minor

Location: Wertheim Concert Hall

All-Brahms: From The Wertheim to New World

Saturday, November 5

7:30PM

You’re invited to take a musical dive into the world of Johannes Brahms! To honor the man and the musician, FIU 's Artist-in-Residence Ensemble, the Amernet String Quartet, together with violist Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt, pianist Anton Nel, and cellist Bion Tsang, will perform a two-night chamber music extravaganza of duos, quartets, quintets, and sextets.

String Quartet No. 1, Op. 51, C minor
Piano Quartet No. 3, Op. 60, C minor
String Sextet No. 1, Op. 18, B flat major

Location: New World Center

NY-Based International Contemporary Ensemble

Sunday, November 6

2:00PM

Described as “America’s foremost new-music group” (The New Yorker), the Ensemble has become a leading force in new music throughout the last 20 years, having premiered over 1,000 works and having been a vehicle for the workshop and performance of thousands of works by student composers across the U.S including our own FIU students for this special collaboration.

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