THE ART OF PERFORMANCE FIU | CARTA OVERVIEW 2019-2020 MESSAGE FROM THE DEAN
t FIU, live performances from FIU Theatre and AFIU Music are critical components of our students’ education and our mission to enrich the communities we serve. Working with our renowned faculty, accomplished artists-in-residence, and distinguished partners, our talented students hone their craft through critical thinking and experiential learning opportunities designed to prepare them for leadership roles in the 21st century’s creative and cultural economy.
The Arts are an important part of our past, our present, and our future: culturally, socially, politically, and economically. They enhance the quality of our lives by connecting us to our senses and to our minds. They inform the way we think, create, discern, solve problems, and understand our rapidly changing world. They empower, motivate, and influence us—not just in the way we think and act as individuals, but as a society.
With these thoughts in mind, I proudly present the FIU 2019-2020 performing arts season and invite you to share in the excitement at The Wertheim!
Sincerely,
Brian Schriner Dean College of Communication, Architecture + The Arts
1 FIU DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE | PRODUCTION
PRODUCTION PROCESS BEHIND THE SCENES
Students at FIU Theatre are involved in all aspects of the production process. Months before a show opens, students are hard at work in our scenic and costume shops designing, building, and preparing the sets, lights, and costumes. What our audiences see on stage is only a small fraction of the hands-on, collaborative work done by our students.
FIU DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE
The Theatre Department at Florida International University is uniquely situated in a major global city distinguished by cultural diversity and a vibrant arts scene. Accredited by the National Association of Schools of Theatre, the department’s primary purpose is to immerse students in practical work while familiarizing them with world theatre history, criticism, theory and analysis. All theatre studies are set against a liberal arts backdrop, which prepares students for healthy careers in the arts and beyond.
Students learn their craft through multiple production opportunities in both performance and design. Our students are consistently recognized for the quality of their work with national fellowships from the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival and the United States Institute for Theater Technology. The department is committed to enriching the lives of students and community members through the spirit of interdisciplinary collaboration in the teaching and practice of theatrical traditions and in the pursuit of new theatrical forms. We invite you to attend any of the performances highlighted in this program or visit carta.fiu.edu/theatre for a full program of performances.
2 3 FIU THEATRE | FALL 2019 FIU THEATRE | SPRING 2020
RIGHT YOU ARE, IF YOU THINK RED VELVET MEASURE FOR MEASURE THE MISS FIRECRACKER YOU ARE CONTEST November 15-24, 2019 January 31 – February 16, 2019 September 27 – October 6, 2019 April 10-19, 2020 By Lolita Chakrabarti By William Shakespeare By Luigi Pirandello Directed by Phillip M. Church Directed by Michael Yawney By Beth Henley Translated by Umberto Mariani and Directed by Wayne E. Robinson, Jr. Alice Gladstone Mariani All revolutionaries pay a price. This is the To save a life, would you sell your soul? Directed by Ivan R. Lopez remarkable true story of Ira Aldridge, the Shakespeare’s searing drama exposes Carnelle Scott is a small-town nobody. first black man to play Othello. the dark heart of the moral elite and the But she’ll show them when she’s crowned Truth – the more you chase it, the more courage of those who fight hypocrisy. Miss Firecracker! A feisty comedy for it slips away. Pirandello’s mind-bending anyone who dreams big. comedy will have you guessing until the final maddening curtain.
To view the entire calendar of events for the season, visit carta.fiu.edu/theatre.
4 5 HOW TO APPLY TO FIU THEATRE
1. Apply for Admission to Florida International University • Complete the FIU online university application. Only applicants who complete the application, can be considered for admission to the Department of Theatre and for theatre scholarships.
2. The Department of Theatre requires all prospective students to interview with the department for admittance into the program. • Applicants for the BFA Performance program or for the BA Theatre program with a strong interest in performance must schedule an audition. For more information on the audition process, visit carta.fiu.edu/theatre/ auditions/. • Applicants for the BFA Design program or for the BA Theatre program with a strong interest in design or technology management must schedule an interview and portfolio review. For more information on the portfolio review process, visit carta.fiu.edu/theatre/portfolio-reviews.
2019-20 Audition Dates September 28, 2019 November 23, 2019 February 15, 2020 April 18, 2020
For more informaion, visit carta.fiu.edu/theatre.
6 7 FIU MUSIC | 2019-20 SEASON
The FIU School of Music has preeminent artists and faculty packed for a full concert season of exciting programming. Our school is also made up of student ensembles.
The FIU School of Music presents three major festivals for all musical tastes from classical to contemporary all season!
• FIU Music Festival — October 26 - November 10, 2019 • New Music Miami Festival — January 15 – April 15, 2020 • International GuitART Festival — February 17 - 23, 2020
FIU SCHOOL OF MUSIC FIU MUSIC RANKED #7 BY THE HISPANIC OUTLOOK ON EDUCATION MAGAZINE’S ANNUAL PUBLICATION, TOP 100 COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES FOR HISPANICS.
Housed in the Herbert & Nicole Wertheim Performing Arts Center since 1996, the FIU School of Music attracts internationally acclaimed musicians and scholars every year to present masterclasses and guest lectures, or to perform side-by-side with our students and faculty artists. The breadth of performance opportunities offered at FIU include orchestral, band, choral, jazz, large and small chamber ensembles, fully-staged operas, and the latest in cutting-edge new music.
As part of an interdisciplinary college, we offer unique learning experiences within Miami’s only public research university. Students learn from award-winning artist-faculty in accredited programs in the heart of one of the country’s most vibrant, diverse and creative cities. Music students benefit from working in a conservatory-style atmosphere alongside internationally celebrated performers and composers, scholars and teachers, who are dedicated to inspiring and mentoring the next generation of music leaders. Our School has educated hundreds of performers, scholars and music educators, many of whom are now Dr. Herbert Wertheim and wife Nicole have made numerous gifts to FIU’s music and leaders in their respective fields across the state of Florida and around the world. theatre programs. Their generosity has helped construct, equip, furnish and fund scholarships at the Herbert and Nicole Wertheim Performing Arts Center. The Wertheim We invite you to enjoy one of our many performances highlighted in this program and Concert Hall received a generous gift for the addition of a concert organ, which was encourage you to visit music.fiu.edu/concerts for more information. donated in remembrance of his mother Sydell Ida Wertheim.
8 9 FIU SCHOOL OF MUSIC | ENSEMBLE
FIU SYMPHONY FIU ENSEMBLE ORCHESTRA FIU WIND ENSEMBLE The FIU Symphony Orchestra, FIU’s largest and most visible performing ensemble, has Based on the model that Dr. Frederick Fennell formed at the Eastman School of Music served hundreds of young people, inspiring the next generations of music players and in 1952, the Florida International University Wind Ensemble (FIUWE) is the university’s supporters. Our young artists regularly perform at FIU’s Herbert and Nicole Wertheim premiere ensemble for wind and percussion students. Drawing from the rich repertoire of Performing Arts Center, and throughout Miami including the New World Center. The FIU music from early Baroque to the music of today’s most innovative composers, the FIUWE Symphony Orchestra FIU University Singers conclude the season with an epic performance performs the works with the composer’s specifications without the doubling of individual of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9. April 18, 2020 parts. Many of its members have gone on to careers with the world’s finest orchestras, service bands, and contemporary ensembles. October 2, 2019 | November 13, 2019 | February 8, 2020 | April 6, 2020
FIU STUDIO FIU ENSEMBLE JAZZ BIG BAND FIU OPERA THEATER The irresistible sound of soaring trumpets, wailing saxophones and the swinging The FIU Opera Theater was founded in 1997 by Professor Robert B. Dundas. It is the rhythm section of our 15-piece Studio Jazz Big Band is always a favorite. With major premier vocal performance ensemble of the Division of Vocal Studies. Its mission is two- performances annually, both as a featured group and with world-renowned guest artists, fold: to promote professional training and practical performing experience for student the band has been internationally recognized as one of the premier college jazz ensembles singers, conductors, and pianists, and to serve as a cultural service of the School of Music, in the world. the students and faculty of Florida International University, and the greater south Florida community.
To view the entire calendar of events for the 2019-2020 season, visit misic.fiu.edu. 10 11 STUDENT-RUN RADIO SHOW, FIU MUSIC HOUR
The student-run radio show, FIU Music Hour, offers students hands-on experience in radio broadcasting, live performance, and music management and production. The weekly show presents live-on-the-air performances by students, alumni, and faculty of the Florida International University School of Music.
The show allows students to experience an engaging radio station environment where many skills can be learned and expanded. Students are responsible for booking performers, writing scripts for the host, setting stage lights, operating cameras, creating content for social media, and working with the WDNA team on production specs. Real-life opportunities and internships prepare students as music professionals within an academic setting.
The show takes place every Tuesday, 11am – 12pm, as a live performance and broadcast in the WDNA Jazz Gallery on historic Coral Way.
MASTER CLASSES AND DISTINGUISHED LECTURES FIU MUSIC FESTIVAL
The FIU Music Festival is FIU’s premier music festival, offering a combination of unique, hands-on learning experiences for music students each fall.
Emerging musicians at our School participate in intensive one-on-one instruction, master classes, coachings, and lectures with renowned festival artists. Along with individual instruction, students gain professional performance experience by rehearsing and performing onstage with top musicians from major ensembles and institutions including the Juilliard School, LA Phil, Cleveland, and more.
FIU Music offers a variety of master classes and lectures that bring prominent experts and Our students also prepare, produce, and manage the festival while developing their artists to campus to provide advanced training to students. These are always open to the entrepreneurial acumen and fluency in music management while being in a nurturing, community. For example, the CROSSING BOUNDARIES DISTINGUISHED MUSIC LECTURE supportive environment. SERIES brings renowned scholars to discuss their experience and relationship with music. Each scholar presents a paradigm of creative work & research that provokes solutions to The festival is a great opportunity for students to make connections in the concert and music inquiries in creative, innovative ways. industry in preparation for life after graduation. Find out more at musicfestival.fiu.edu.
12 13 HOW TO APPLY TO FIU MUSIC
1. Apply for Admission to Florida International University • Complete the FIU online university application. Only applicants who complete the application, can be reviewed for admission to the School of Music and considered for music scholarship and/or graduate assistantships.
2. Apply to the FIU School of Music Through GetAcceptd • Upload your prescreening materials. If you pass this pre-screening process you will be invited to a live audition. • Organized auditions are held three times per year, but can be scheduled at other times throughout the year upon request. Upcoming audition dates include: October 12, 2019 | Saturday, January 25, 2020 | Saturday, February 8, 2020 • Theory and history placement tests will be given during organized audition days.
3. Apply for Scholarships • There are a number of University-wide and music scholarships available to students. Anyone interested in receiving university-wide scholarships, federal grants, work study, or loans must complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). Visit the Financial Aid webpage for more information. • Applicants who wish to be considered for University merit-based scholarships need to be admitted to FIU by fall audition date. • Visit the scholarships page to access the School of Music online application. Students must have a 3.0 GPA to be considered.
2019-20 Audition Dates October 12, 2019 January 25, 2020 February 8, 2020
For more informaion, visit music.fiu.edu/apply.
14 15 FIU MUSIC AND THEATRE | EVENT CALENDAR SEPTEMBER OCTOBER
Wertheim Organ Recital: Wertheim Organ Recital: Fall Residency with Jeff FIU High School Choral Dan Hardin Dan Hardin Bradetich, Double Bass Festival Thursday, September 12 at 3:30pm Sunday, September 15 at 3:00pm October 2-5, 2019 at 7:30pm Saturday, October 5, 2019 at 12:00am Wertheim Performing Arts Center Wertheim Performing Arts Center Wertheim Performing Arts Center Wertheim Performing Arts Center
Join guest organist Dan Hardin for an Join guest organist Dan Hardin for an The FIU School of Music will host both a The FIU High School Choral Festival is exciting organ recital featuring FIU’s Crown exciting organ recital featuring FIU’s Crown fall and spring residency with double an educational opportunity designed to Jewell, the Sydell Ida Wertheim Organ. This Jewell, the Sydell Ida Wertheim Organ. bassist Jeff Bradetich during the 2019-2020 encourage your students to develop their is an exceptional chance to encounter some academic year. performance. You and your students will truly indescribable treasures by Petr Eben, J. Free admission. have the opportunity to work with our choral conducting faculty. Participants will also learn S. Bach, César Franck, Maurice Duruflé, and Free admission. Louis Vierne. what it takes to become a singer at FIU! To participate, contact [email protected]. Free admission. Vivid Viola Concerts 2019: FIU Wind Ensemble presents A day of workshops and rehearsals will Brahms and the Viola in “Blue” Perfect Harmony culminate in an evening concert in the Wednesday, October 2 at 7:30pm Wertheim Concert Hall. Free and open to the Monday, September 23 at 7:30pm Bahamas Relief: Hispanic Wertheim Performing Arts Center public. Miami Beach Urban Studios Heritage Kickoff with Free admission. Daniella Mass & FIU The FIU Wind Ensemble, conducted by Dr. Amernet violist Michael Klotz is joined Brenton Alston, is proud to present its 2019- Symphony Orchestra by Grigorios Zamparas, internationally 2020 concert series entitled “Blue.” acclaimed pianist and professor at the Saturday, September 14 at 7:30pm Music of Spain and Its Wertheim Performing Arts Center University of Tampa, for an evening of $15 General Admission, $10 FIU Faculty, Brahms featuring the two viola sonatas, Staff, Seniors, and Alumni, $5 Students Worldwide Influence with The piano intermezzi, and Hungarian Dances (with valid i.d.) Alhambra Orchestra The FIU School of Music opens its 2019- in a rare viola/piano arrangement. Sunday, October 6 at 7:30pm 2020 season with a musical celebration of Wertheim Performing Arts Center Hispanic Heritage Month featuring Daniella Free admission. All Mozart: FIU Symphony Mass, a finalist in “Americas Got Talent,” the Orchestra FIU Symphony Orchestra & Brass Choir, 7/4 The Alhambra Orchestra, conducted by Ensemble, and Furia Flamenca! The Thursday, October 3 at 7:30pm Daniel Andai, will present a celebration star-studded evening promises to deliver FIU Theatre Presents: Wertheim Performing Arts Center of the wonderful music of Spain and its exciting, Latin inspired performances “Right You Are, If You Think worldwide influence, performing selections from DeFalla’s El Amor Brujo, Bizet’s Carmen including zarzuela that will leave you wanting You Are” The FIU School of Music highlights its more! September 27 - October 6, 2019 at Suites, the Danzon #2 by Marquez, and the outstanding faculty and students in an popular Concierto de Aranjuez by Rodrigo, 2:00pm & 8:00pm evening of virtuosic works by Mozart. Violinist featuring guitarist Rafael Padron. $15 General Admission, $10 FIU Faculty, and Artist-in-Residence Robert Davidovici Staff, Seniors, and Alumni, $5 Students Wertheim Performing Arts Center and special guests will join the FIU Symphony $15 General Admission, $10 FIU Faculty, (with valid i.d.) Orchestra for Mozart’s Symphony No. 38 Truth – the more you chase it, the more Staff, Seniors, and Alumni, $5 Students “Prague” and the Violin Concerto #5, often it slips away. Pirandello’s mind-bending (with valid i.d.) referred to by the nickname “The Turkish.” comedy will have you guessing until the final maddening curtain. $15 General Admission, $10 FIU Faculty, Staff, Seniors, and Alumni, $5 Students $15 General Admission, $12 FIU Faculty/ (with valid i.d.) 16 Staff, $10 Students 17 FIU Filarmonia Liszt and His Circle FIU Music Festival 2019: FIU Music Festival 2019: Tuesday, October 15 at 7:30pm Friday, October 18 at 7:30pm Gekic and Cooper Z.E.N. Trio Wertheim Performing Arts Center Wertheim Performing Arts Center Sunday, October 27 at 4:00pm Wednesday, October 30 at 8:00pm Wertheim Performing Arts Center Wertheim Performing Arts Center The FIU Filarmonia was created to provide Lynn joins the South Florida Chapter of the American Liszt Society at FIU for a community musicians an opportunity to Join world-renowned musicologist Frank An enthralling ensemble of electrifying special concert honoring Franz Liszt and cultivate their devotion to the musical arts on Cooper and FIU Artist-in-Residence and performers, the Z.E.N. Trio is made up of his contemporaries. The concert features the FIU campus. The Filarmonia is a full-size preeminent pianist Kemal Gekic for an three standout solo musicians – pianist Zhang music by Robert Schumann, Ferdinand symphony orchestra that includes enrolled intimate multimedia presentation and Zuo, violinist Esther Yoo and cellist Narek Hiller, Charles V. Alkan, and Clara Wieck, university students, alumni, staff, and performance.Born in Split, Croatia, Kemal Hakhnazaryan – who captured the music celebrating the 200th anniversary of affiliates. The repertoire includes established Gekic is Artist-in-Residence and Professor at world’s attention as BBC New Generation her birth. orchestral masterworks, from the classical era the Florida International University’s School Artists. Coming together as Z.E.N., their to the present, by composers of all nations. $15 General Admission, $10 FIU Faculty, of Music. He is a visiting professor at the name is more than an acronym for their Musashino Academy of Music in Tokyo and initials. It represents the philosophy with Free admission. Staff, Seniors, and Alumni, $5 Students (with valid i.d.) a guest lecturer at numerous universities and which they approach chamber music making: academies throughout the world. Programs forgoing the self for total togetherness. This on his life and his performances have been concert is in collaboration/partnership with Mini-Residency with Eugene Christian Tetzlaff and Lars broadcast by Rai Italia, TV Portugal, TV Friends of Chamber Music. Levinson, Double Bass Vogt Yugoslavia, NHK, POLTEL, CBC and PBS, etc. October 16-18, 2019 at 7:30pm Thursday, October 24 at 8:00pm As a recording artist, Kemal Gekic has won $20 General Admission, $10 FIU Faculty, Wertheim Performing Arts Center Wertheim Performing Arts Center accolades in Europe, America and Japan. Staff, Seniors, and Alumni, $5 Students (with valid i.d.) $20 General Admission, $10 FIU Faculty, The FIU School of Music will host a mini- Christian Tetzlaff and Lars Vogt, virtuosos Staff, Seniors, and Alumni, $5 Students residency with double bassist Eugene on violin and piano respectively, have (with valid i.d.) Levinson during October 16-18, 2019. During each performed with the world’s greatest his time at FIU, he will teach master classes, orchestras. For one night only, they work with the orchestra bass and cello collaborate on a spirited program at the sections, and give individual lessons to music Wertheim Concert Hall.This concert is in students. collaboration/partnership with Friends of Chamber Music. Free admission. NOVEMBER $35 General Admission, $10 FIU Faculty, Staff, & Alumni, $5 Students FIU School of Music Tribute to John Williams with FIU Music Festival 2019: Joey Departmental Recital the FIU Festival Orchestra Alexander & FIU Jazz Big Thursday, October 17 at 3:30pm FIU Music Festival 2019 Friday, November 1 at 7:30pm Band Wertheim Performing Arts Center Opening Concert: Duruflé Wertheim Performing Arts Center Saturday, November 2, 2019 at 7:30pm Requiem Wertheim Performing Arts Center Open to the public and at no cost, the Saturday, October 26 at 7:30pm Revel in fantastic music by America’s greatest School of Music invites you to an enjoyable living composer for film the incomparable afternoon of vocal and instrumental Wertheim Performing Arts Center The 16-year-old piano prodigy and three- John Williams. This concert promises to be a performances by FIU music students. time GRAMMY® nominee is enjoying one delight for all ages! One of the most beautiful choral works ever of the most ascendant careers in Jazz as a Free admission. written, Duruflé’s Requiem is the perfect composer, musician, and bandleader. As he $20 General Admission, $10 FIU Faculty, complement to the resonant acoustics of embarks on an exciting career which includes Staff, Seniors, and Alumni, $5 Students some high-profile U.S. performances and the Wertheim Concert Hall, blending choirs, (with valid i.d.) orchestra, and organ in perfect harmony. the release of new music, he performs with Duruflé is often associated with the iconic the FIU Jazz Big Band for what will be an Notre Dame Cathedral where his works unforgettable evening. have been performed over the last century to today. $20 General Admission, $10 FIU Faculty, Staff, Seniors, and Alumni, $5 Students $25 General Admission, $15 FIU Faculty, (with valid i.d.) Staff, Seniors, and Alumni, $5 Students 18 (with valid i.d.) 19 FIU Music Festival 2019: FIU Music Festival 2019: FIU Music Festival 2019: FIU Theatre Presents: Borodin Quartet Amernet String Quartet with Organ Showcase with “Red Velvet “ Sunday, November 3 at 4:00pm Cellist Julian Schwarz Katherine Meloan November 15-24, 2019 at 2:00pm & Wertheim Performing Arts Center Thursday, November 7 at 7:30pm Sunday, November 10 at 4:00pm 8:00pm Wertheim Performing Arts Center Wertheim Performing Arts Center Wertheim Performing Arts Center For more than seventy years, the Borodin Quartet has been celebrated for its insight The Amernet Quartet, FIU’s Artist in Katherine Meloan will be playing the works of All revolutionaries pay a price. This is the and authority in the chamber music Residence Ensemble, will be joined by J.S. Bach, Saint-Saens, Sweelinck, and Widor remarkable true story of Ira Aldridge, the repertoire. This concert is in collaboration/ acclaimed cellist Julian Schwarz for a on the Sydell Ida Wertheim Organ for the first black man to play Othello. partnership with Friends of Chamber Music. thoughtful and provocative program of finale performance of the FIU Music Festival. Beethoven masterpieces. $15 General Admission, $12 FIU Faculty/ $20 General Admission, $10 FIU Faculty, $20 General Admission, $10 FIU Faculty, Staff, $10 Students Staff, Seniors, and Alumni, $5 Students $20 General Admission, $10 FIU Faculty, Staff, Seniors, and Alumni, $5 Students (with valid i.d.) Staff, Seniors, and Alumni, $5 Students (with valid i.d.) (with valid i.d.) FIU Student String Showcase Monday, November 18 at 7:30pm FIU Music Festival 2019: FIU Wind Ensemble presents Wertheim Performing Arts Center Pianist Stephen Scott & FIU FIU Music Festival 2019: “Blue” Vadym Kholedenko Faculty Jazz Quartet Wednesday, November 13 at 7:30pm The string chamber ensembles at Florida Wednesday, November 6 at 7:30pm Friday, November 8 at 8:00pm Wertheim Performing Arts Center International University School of Music play Wertheim Performing Arts Center Wertheim Performing Arts Center a concert at the end of each semester. The The FIU Wind Ensemble is proud to present groups are coached by members of FIU’s Artists-in-Residence, the Amernet String With a career that spans decades, Stephen Concert pianist Vadym Kholodenko, Gold its 2019-2020 concert series entitled “Blue.” Medalist in the 14th Van Cliburn International Inspired by the eclectic album of the same Quartet; violinist Marcia Littley; and Artist-in- Scott has performed and/or recorded with Residence/violinist Robert Davidovici. Jazz legends such as Wynton Marsalis, Sonny Piano Competition, performs an electrifying title by Joni Mitchell, this series invites the concert of Mozart, Beethoven, and Chopin. audience on a journey though the many Rollins, Freddie Hubbard, Bennie Golson, Free admission. Dexter Gordon, Pieces of a Dream and Dr. Co-presented by Friends of Chamber Music colors and connotations of blue found in John among other musical giants. He’ll be of Miami. This concert is in collaboration/ life and in death. In November, we feature joined by the FIU Faculty Jazz Quartet for a partnership with Friends of Chamber Music. the music of Bernard Rodgers and Michael 2019 NODUS Ensemble Fall night you don’t want to miss! Markowski. $20 General Admission, $10 FIU Faculty, Concert Series Wednesday, November 20 at 7:30pm $20 General Admission, $10 FIU Faculty, Staff, Seniors, and Alumni, $5 Students $20 General Admission, $10 FIU Faculty, (with valid i.d.) Miami Beach Urban Studios Staff, Seniors, and Alumni, $5 Students Staff, Seniors, and Alumni, $5 Students (with valid i.d.) FIU Music Festival 2019: Back by popular demand! This three-part FIU Jazz Vocal Ensemble fall concert series, featuring performances Beethoven Sonatas for Piano Thursday, November 14 at 7:30pm 2019 NODUS Ensemble Fall and Violin, Part I by FIU’s NODUS Ensemble, returns to Miami Wertheim Performing Arts Center Beach Urban Studios. Concert Series Saturday, November 9 at 7:30pm Wednesday, November 6 at 7:30pm Wertheim Performing Arts Center Free admission. Miami Beach Urban Studios FIU Jazz Vocal Ensemble was founded and directed by Dr. Lisanne Lyons in 2014. This In celebration of the 250th anniversary new and exciting ensemble was created as a FIU Latin Jazz Ensemble Back by popular demand! This three-part of the birth of Ludwig van Beethoven, part of the new jazz vocal degree offering. fall concert series, featuring performances acclaimed violinist and Artist in Residence Wednesday, November 20 at 7:30pm by FIU’s NODUS Ensemble, returns to Miami Robert Davidovici will be joined by USC’s $15 General Admission, $10 FIU Faculty, Wertheim Performing Arts Center Beach Urban Studios on November 6. Join concert pianist Bernadene Blaha for a Staff, Seniors, and Alumni, $5 Students (with panel members Orlando Jacinto Garcia, two-part concert exploration of selected valid i.d.) The FIU School of Music’s Latin Jazz Jacek Kolasinski, and Jacob Sudol for an sonatas, beginning with the first five for this Ensemble is an electrifying eight piece group intriguing discussion on the intersection performance. that features many of the jazz program’s most between the solo and chamber works gifted students. performed and visual art, design, and text. $20 General Admission, $10 FIU Faculty, Staff, Seniors, and Alumni, $5 Students $15 General Admission, $10 FIU Faculty, Free admission. (with valid i.d.) Staff, Seniors, and Alumni, $5 Students (with valid i.d.) 20 21 FIU Symphonic Band & Brass FIU Sings! Sorbet Arias and Choir: Landscapes Other Sweet Offerings Thursday, November 21 at 7:30pm Sunday, November 24 at 7:30pm DECEMBER Wertheim Performing Arts Center Wertheim Performing Arts Center
Celebrate musical landscapes with the FIU An offering of lighter classical vocal music FIU Filarmonia FIU School of Music Symphonic Band and Brass Choir at The with a “sweet” surprise for the audience. Tuesday, December 3 at 7:30pm Departmental Recital Wertheim! Catch your favorites including Performed by FIU University Singers! Wertheim Performing Arts Center Thursday, December 5 at 3:30pm works by Rossano Galante, Tyler S. Grant, and Percy A. Grainger. Free admission. Wertheim Performing Arts Center The FIU Filarmonia was created to provide $15 General Admission, $10 FIU Faculty, community musicians an opportunity to Open to the public and at no cost, the cultivate their devotion to the musical arts on Staff, Seniors, and Alumni, $5 Students (with School of Music invites you to an enjoyable the FIU campus. The Filarmonia is a full-size valid i.d.) FIU Miami Guitar Orchestra afternoon of vocal and instrumental Tuesday, November 26 at 7:30pm symphony orchestra that includes enrolled performances by FIU music students. university students, alumni, staff, and Wertheim Performing Arts Center Contemporary Composers: affiliates. The repertoire includes established Free admission. FIU Symphony Orchestra orchestral masterworks, from the classical era Friday, November 22 at 7:30pm The FIU Miami Guitar Orchestra, directed to the present, by composers of all nations. FIU New Music Ensemble Wertheim Performing Arts Center by guitarist/composer Mesut Özgen, will present an exciting program of music from Free admission. Thursday, December 5 at 7:30pm Renaissance to modern, as well as jazz and Wertheim Performing Arts Center The FIU Symphony Orchestra, conducted traditional musics from around the world. by Javier Jose Mendoza, is keeping up with FIU Jazz Big Band current trends in symphonic music! Join this $15 General Admission, $10 FIU Faculty, Wednesday, December 4, 2019 at Performances include those on campus each premier ensemble as they treat audiences Staff, Seniors, and Alumni, $5 Students (with 12:00am semester as well as those in the community at galleries, libraries, museums, and other to works by Orlando Jacinto Garcia, Marc valid i.d.) Wertheim Performing Arts Center Mellits, Eric Ewazen, John Adams, and universities/colleges in the region. The Mohammed Fairouz. ensemble has recently been featured at Our FIU Studio Jazz Big Band, directed by the Subtropics Music Festival, The Society $15 General Admission, $10 FIU Faculty, Jim Hacker, will capture the essence of a big of Composers National and Regional Staff, Seniors, and Alumni, $5 Students (with band with an evening of new and well-known Conferences, and the National Conference valid i.d.) jazz classics. mposers of all nations. of the College Music Society.
$15 General Admission, $10 FIU Faculty, Free admission. FIU Piano Student Recital: Staff, Seniors, and Alumni, $5 Students (with Clara Schumann 200th valid i.d.) Anniversary Handel’s Messiah Saturday, November 23 at 7:30pm 2019 NODUS Ensemble Fall Saturday, December 7 at 7:30pm Wertheim Performing Arts Center Wertheim Performing Arts Center Concert Series Wednesday, December 4 at 7:30pm The FIU School of Music is bringing a Join the FIU piano students in a masterful Miami Beach Urban Studios concert celebrating the 200th anniversary beloved holiday tradition to the Wertheim of the birth of Clara Wieck Schumann, Concert Hall with a classic performance accomplished composer and pianist in the Back by popular demand! This three-part of Handel’s Messiah. Your favorite holiday 19th century. The recital will feature works by fall concert series, featuring performances tradition will be brought to life with the Clara and members of her musical circle to by FIU’s NODUS Ensemble, returns to Miami FIU Singers, soloists, and instrumentalists illuminate the contributions and successes Beach Urban Studios on November 6, onstage! of her life and career. Directed by FIU November 20, and December 4. Coordinator of Keyboard Studies Jose Lopez. $15 General Admission, $10 FIU Faculty, Free admission. Staff, Seniors, and Alumni, $5 Students (with Free admission. valid i.d.)
22 23 FIU Theatre Presents: “Measure for Measure” JANUARY January 31 - February 16, 2020 at 2:00pm & 8:00pm New York Philharmonic New Music Miami ISCM Wertheim Performing Arts Center Quartet with Joseph Festival 2020: Rebekah Heller To save a life, would you sell your soul? Kalichstein, piano Wednesday, January 22, 2020 at Shakespeare’s searing drama exposes Sunday, January 5, 2020 at 4:00pm 7:30pm the dark heart of the moral elite and the Wertheim Performing Arts Center Miami Beach Urban Studios courage of those who fight hypocrisy.
Guest performer Rebekah Heller virtuoso $15 General Admission, $12 FIU Faculty/ Piano and Strings bassoonist. Staff, $10 Students Mozart: String Quartet in G Major, K. 387 Mendelssohn: String Quartet in F Minor, Free admission. Op. 80 Shostakovich: Piano Quintet All Beethoven: Ehnes Quartet This concert is in collaboration/partnership Tuesday, January 28, 2020 at 8:00pm FEBRUARY with Friends of Chamber Music. Wertheim Performing Arts Center Copland and Ellington Amernet String Quartet and $35 General Admission, $10 FIU Faculty, Hailed as “an important new force in the Staff, & Alumni, $5 Students, Free for FIU chamber music arena,” the Ehnes Quartet is Saturday, February 1, 2020 at 7:30pm Violist Paul Neubauer Students comprised of four internationally renowned Wertheim Performing Arts Center Tuesday, February 4, 2020 at 7:30pm artists. This concert is in collaboration/ Wertheim Performing Arts Center New Music Miami ISCM partnership with Friends of Chamber Music. Join the FIU Symphony Orchestra and the Festival 2020: Music of the FIU Jazz Band in a momentous celebration The Amernet Quartet, FIU’s Artist in $35 Single Ticket Americas of African American History with Copland’s Residence Ensemble, returns to the Lincoln Portrait and inspired arrangements Wertheim Concert Hall with a thoughtful and Wednesday, January 15, 2020 at Beethoven Sonatas for Piano by Duke Ellington. provocative program of quintet masterpieces 7:30pm by Joaquin Turin and Dvořák. They will be Miami Beach Urban Studios and Violin, Part II $15 General Admission, $12 FIU Faculty/ joined by violist Paul Neubauer, named “a Thursday, January 30, 2020 at 7:30pm Staff, $10 Students master musician” by The New York Times. All new music festival concerts will begin at Wertheim Performing Arts Center 7pm for a pre-concert talk. Performance at $15 General Admission, $10 FIU Faculty, 7:30pm. Grigorios Zamparas Piano Staff, Seniors, and Alumni, $5 Students (with Acclaimed violinist and Artist in Residence Recital valid i.d.) Robert Davidovici will be joined by USC’s Free admission. Sunday, February 2, 2020 at 4:00pm concert pianist Bernadene Blaha for the second installment of a two-part concert Wertheim Performing Arts Center Michael Boyd Piano Recital: Derek Parsons Piano Recital exploration of selected sonatas. For this Steinway Artist performance, they play sonatas 6-10. Thursday, January 16, 2020 at 7:30pm The FIU School of Music is excited to Thursday, February 6, 2020 at 7:30pm welcome returning concert pianist Grigorios Wertheim Performing Arts Center Wertheim Performing Arts Center $15 General Admission, $10 FIU Faculty, Zamparas for a performance featuring works Staff, Seniors, and Alumni, $5 Students (with by Chopin and Russian composer César Cui. Furman University professor of piano and valid i.d.) Dr. Zamparas, who is an Associate Professor University of Toledo pianist Michael Boyd music theory, Derek Parsons, will present a of Music and head of the piano program performs the music of Béla Bartók and song recital in which he wlll perform the music of at the Univeristy of Tampa, has performed transcriptions by Schubert and Rachmaninov. Haydn, Cyril Scott, Ginastera and Liszt. widely throughout the world and has recorded the complete piano concertos of $15 General Admission, $10 FIU Faculty, $15 General Admission, $10 FIU Faculty, Anton Rubinstein for Centaur Records. Staff, Seniors, and Alumni, $5 Students (with Staff, Seniors, and Alumni, $5 Students (with valid i.d.) valid i.d.) $15 General Admission, $10 FIU Faculty, Staff, Seniors, and Alumni, $5 Students (with valid i.d.) 24 25
FIU Wind Ensemble presents Antonio Vivaldi: Montezuma MIGF 2020: Masterclass with MIGF 2020: Alla Turca with “Blue” Friday, February 14, 2020 at 8:00pm Bekir Küçükay Bekir Kucukay & Sinan Ersahin Saturday, February 8, 2020 at 7:30pm Wertheim Performing Arts Center Tuesday, February 18, 2020 at 10:00am Wednesday, February 19, 2020 at Wertheim Performing Arts Center Wertheim Performing Arts Center 7:30pm In 1519 the historic encounter between the Wertheim Performing Arts Center The FIU Wind Ensemble is proud to present Aztec Emperor Moctezuma and the Spanish Taught by the festival artists, the MIGF General Cortés took place. In 2019, exactly its 2019-2020 concert series entitled “Blue.” Masterclasses offer students of all ages and 500 years later, the tri-national project The 2020 Miami International GuitART levels a friendly and highly informational Festival presents virtuoso Turkish guitarists Inspired by the eclectic album of the same with a Mexican core component Antonio learning environment, but there are only Bekir Kucukay and Sinan Ersahin in concert, title by Joni Mitchell, this series invites the Vivaldi ·Motezuma (1733) celebrates cultural 16 spots, don’t wait long to enroll in the performing a program of their Turkish style audience on a journey through the many and national collaboration with a tour of masterclasses. compositions. colors and connotations of blue found in performances. life and in death. In February we feature Free admission. $20 General Admission; $15 FIU Faculty, the music of Julie Giroux, Frank Ticheli and $30 General Admission Staff, Seniors, and Alumni; $5 Student (with Stephen Montague. valid ID) MIGF 2020: Massimo Delle $15 General Admission, $10 FIU Faculty, FIU Piano Alumni Recital Staff, Seniors, and Alumni, $5 Students (with Saturday, February 15, 2020 at 7:30pm Cese in Concert MIGF 2O20: Masterclass with Tuesday, February 18, 2020 at 7:30pm valid i.d.) Wertheim Performing Arts Center Sinan Ersahin Wertheim Performing Arts Center Thursday, February 20, 2020 at 10:00am FIU Filarmonia Relive the classics when FIU piano alumni Wertheim Performing Arts Center Tuesday, February 11, 2020 at 7:30pm return to The Wertheim for a night of The 2020 Miami International GuitART music by Mozart, Villa-Lobos, Chopin, Festival presents Italian virtuoso guitarist Wertheim Performing Arts Center Khachaturian, Langlais, Liszt, Rachmaninov, Massimo Delle Cese in a solo concert, who Taught by the festival artists, the MIGF and more! Directed by Jose Lopez. has been concertizing extensively around the Masterclasses offer students of all ages and The FIU Filarmonia was created to provide world and acclaimed by both audiences and levels a friendly and highly informational community musicians an opportunity to $15 General Admission, $10 FIU Faculty, critics for his brilliant performances. learning environment, but there are only cultivate their devotion to the musical arts Staff, Seniors, and Alumni, $5 Students (with 16 spots, don’t wait long to enroll in the on the FIU campus. The Filarmonia is a valid i.d.) $20 General Admission; $15 FIU Faculty, masterclasses. full-size symphony orchestra that includes Staff, Seniors, and Alumni; $5 Student (with enrolled university students, alumni, staff, valid ID) Free admission. and affiliates. MIGF 2020 Opening Concert: Kaufman Concerto Premiere MIGF 2020: Masterclass with MIGF 2020: Free admission. Monday, February 17, 2020 at 7:30pm Massimo Delle Cese Daniela D’Ingiullo & Federico Wertheim Performing Arts Center Orlando Jacinto Garcia: A Wednesday, February 19, 2020 at Bonacossa in Concert 10:00am Thursday, February 20, 2020 at 7:30pm Portrait Retrospective Concert The 2020 Miami International GuitART Wertheim Performing Arts Center Thursday, February 13, 2020 at 7:30pm Festival kicks off with the “KAUFMAN Wertheim Performing Arts Center Miami Beach Urban Studios CONCERTO PREMIERE” concert at the FIU Wertheim Concert Hall. A new guitar Taught by the festival artists, the MIGF The 2020 Miami International GuitART concerto commissioned by MIGF from the Masterclasses offer students of all ages and Festival presents soprano Daniela D’Ingiullo Through more than one hundred and award-winning composer Fredrick Kaufman levels a friendly and highly informational and guitarist Federico Bonacossa in concert, fifty works composed for a wide range of to be premiered by the Kameristika Chamber performing a program of 20th and 21st- performance genres, Orlando Jacinto Garcia learning environment, but there are only Orchestra, conducted by Maestro Javier century music by composers from across has established himself as an important 16 spots, don’t wait long to enroll in the the globe. figure in the new music world. The distinctive Jose Mendoza, with virtuoso guitarist Mesut masterclasses. character of his music has been described Özgen as soloist. as “time suspended-haunting sonic Free admission. $20 General Admission; $15 FIU Faculty, explorations” qualities he developed from $25 General Admission; $20 FIU Faculty, Staff, Seniors, and Alumni; $5 Student (with his studies with Morton Feldman among Staff, Seniors, and Alumni; $10 Student (with valid ID) others. valid ID)
Free admission.
26 27 MIGF 2020: Masterclass with MIGF 2020: Masterclass with Meigui Zhang, soprano and New Music Miami ISCM Benjamin Verdery Marco Battaglia Ken Noda, piano Festival 2020: Jen/Sudol Duo Friday, February 21, 2020 at 2:00pm Sunday, February 23, 2020 at 10:00am Tuesday, February 25, 2020 at 8:00pm Wednesday, February 26, 2020 at Wertheim Performing Arts Center Wertheim Performing Arts Center Wertheim Performing Arts Center 7:30pm Miami Beach Urban Studios Taught by the festival artists, the MIGF Taught by the festival artists, the MIGF Join Rising Stars of the Metropolitan Opera Masterclasses offer students of all ages and Masterclasses offer students of all ages and for a vocal recital that is sure to thrill! 2020 XXIII New Music Miami ISCM Festival levels a friendly and highly informational levels a friendly and highly informational Concert at MBUS. learning environment, but there are only learning environment, but there are only Co-presented by Friends of Chamber Music 16 spots, don’t wait long to enroll in the 16 spots, don’t wait long to enroll in the of Miami and FIU School of Music. Concert at 7:30 PM with a pre-concert talk at masterclasses. masterclasses. 7:00 PM. $35 General Admission, $10 FIU Faculty, Free admission. Free admission. Staff, & Alumni, $5 Students, Free for FIU Free admission. Students MIGF 2020: 19th Century MIGF 2020: FIU Miami Guitar Guitar Art Music with Marco Orchestra in Concert Battaglia Sunday, February 23, 2020 at 4:00pm Friday, February 21, 2020 at 7:30pm Wertheim Performing Arts Center Wertheim Performing Arts Center MARCH The 2020 Miami International GuitART The 2020 Miami International GuitART Festival presents FIU Miami Guitar Orchestra Festival presents 19th-century music in concert. Conducted by guitarist/composer FIU Symphonic Band & Brass FIU School of Music specialist and virtuoso guitarist Marco Mesut Ozgen, FIUMGO will perform an Battaglia in a solo concert, performing a exciting program of music from Renaissance Choir: Dance Departmental Recital program of works in two themes: nature to modern, as well as jazz and traditional Tuesday, March 3, 2020 at 7:30pm Thursday, March 5, 2020 at 3:30pm and the Opera. music from around the world. Wertheim Performing Arts Center Wertheim Performing Arts Center $20 General Admission; $15 FIU Faculty, Free admission. Staff, Seniors, and Alumni; $5 Student (with Celebrate musical movement with the FIU Open to the public and at no cost, the valid ID) Symphonic Band and Brass Choir at The School of Music invites you to an enjoyable MIGF 2020: Benjamin Verdery Wertheim! Catch your favorites including afternoon of vocal and instrumental works by Morales, Holsinger, Saucedo, and performances by FIU music students. in Concert MIGF 2020: Duo Alto Plano in Balmages. Saturday, February 22, 2020 at 7:30pm Concert Free admission. Wertheim Performing Arts Center Sunday, February 23, 2020 at 7:30pm $15 General Admission, $10 FIU Faculty, Wertheim Performing Arts Center Staff, Seniors, and Alumni, $5 Students (with The 2020 Miami International GuitART valid i.d.) Escher and Dover String Festival presents virtuoso guitarist and The 2020 Miami International GuitART Quartets composer Benjamin Verdery in a solo Festival presents Duo Alto Plano with New Music Miami ISCM Wednesday, March 11, 2020 at 8:00pm concert, performing his own compositions as guitarist/composer Arthur Dente and his Festival 2020: Steve Schick Wertheim Performing Arts Center well as works by Martin Bresnick, J.S. Bach, daughter flutist Valentine Dente in concert, Manuel de Falla, and Alonso Mudarra. performing original compositions for flute Wednesday, March 4, 2020 at 7:30pm The Escher and Dover String Quartets share and guitar as well as solo guitar by Arthur Miami Beach Urban Studios $20 General Admission; $15 FIU Faculty, Dente. their debut on the Wertheim Concert Hall Staff, Seniors, and Alumni; $5 Student (with Join us on Wednesday, March 4th, 2020 at for Mendelssohn’s Octet. This concert is in valid ID) $20 General Admission; $15 FIU Faculty, 7:30pm for a New Music Miami ISCM Festival collaboration/partnership with Friends of Staff, Seniors, and Alumni; $5 Student (with concert with a pre-concert talk at 7:00pm. Chamber Music. valid ID) $35 Single Ticket/General Admission, Free admission. Students free with i.d.
Free admission. 28 29 FIU School of Music Student Latin American Choral Festival FIU School of Music Composers Concerts Friday, April 10, 2020 at 7:30pm Departmental Recital Wednesday, March 25, 2020 at 7:30pm Wertheim Performing Arts Center Thursday, April 16, 2020 at 3:30am Miami Beach Urban Studios Wertheim Performing Arts Center Maria Guinand originally hails from Joins us for a concert celebrating FIU School Venezuela where she is the Artistic Director Open to the public and at no cost, the of Schola Cantorum of Venezuela. of Music Student Composers. School of Music invites you to an enjoyable afternoon of vocal and instrumental performances by FIU music students. Free admission. $15 General Admission, $10 FIU Faculty, Staff, Seniors, and Alumni, $5 Students (with valid i.d.) Free admission.
FIU Theatre Presents: Beethoven’s 250th APRIL “The Miss Firecracker Anniversary: FIU Symphony Contest” Orchestra Saturday, April 18, 2020 at 7:30pm FIU Opera Theater presents “Il FIU Miami Guitar Orchestra April 10-19, 2020 at 2:00pm & 8:00pm Wertheim Performing Arts Center Wertheim Performing Arts Center Trionfo Dell’Onore” Wednesday, April 8, 2020 at 7:30pm Wertheim Performing Arts Center Saturday, April 4, 2020 at 7:30pm Carnelle Scott is a small-town nobody. But The School of Music FIU Symphony FIU MMC, Deuxieme Maison 150 she’ll show them when she’s crowned Miss Orchestra is celebrating Beethoven’s 250th The FIU Miami Guitar Orchestra, directed Firecracker! A feisty comedy for anyone who Anniversary with a performance of his dreams big. The FIU Opera Theater presents a rare by guitarist/composer Mesut Özgen, will Symphony No. 9. present an exciting program of music from staging of Alessandro Scarlatti’s only Renaissance to modern, as well as jazz and $15 General Admission, $12 FIU Faculty/ $15 General Admission, $12 FIU Faculty/ known comic buffa, “Il Trionfo dell’Onore” traditional musics from around the world. Staff, $10 Students Staff, $10 Students (“The Triumph of Honor”).
$15 General Admission, $10 FIU Faculty, FIU Filarmonia $15 General Admission, $10 FIU Faculty, Staff, Seniors, and Alumni, $5 Students (with New Music Miami ISCM Staff, Seniors, and Alumni, $5 Students (with valid i.d.) Festival 2020: Chen Yi. Tuesday, April 28, 2020 at 7:30pm valid i.d.) Wednesday, April 15, 2020 at 7:30pm Wertheim Performing Arts Center New Music Miami ISCM Miami Beach Urban Studios FIU Wind Ensemble presents The FIU Filarmonia was created to provide Festival 2020: Miranda “Blue” Join us on Wednesday April 15 at 7:30pm community musicians an opportunity to Cuckson cultivate their devotion to the musical arts on Monday, April 6, 2020 at 7:30pm for a New Music Miami ISCM Festival Wednesday, April 8, 2020 at 7:30pm concert with a pre concert talk at 7:00pm! the FIU campus. The Filarmonia is a full-size Wertheim Performing Arts Center Miami Beach Urban Studios symphony orchestra that includes enrolled Free admission. university students, alumni, staff, and The FIU Wind Ensemble is proud to present affiliates. The repertoire includes established Join us on Wednesday, April 8th at 7:30PM its 2019-2020 concert series entitled “Blue.” orchestral masterworks, from the classical era for a New Music Miami ISCM Festival concert Inspired by the eclectic album of the same FIU Jazz Big Band to the present, by composers of all nations. with a pre-concert talk at 7:00pm. title by Joni Mitchell, this series invites the Wednesday, April 15, 2020 at 7:30pm Wertheim Performing Arts Center Free admission. audience on a journey though the many Free admission. colors and connotations of blue found in life and in death. Our FIU Studio Jazz Big Band, directed by Jim Hacker, will capture the essence of a big In April we feature the music of David band with an evening of new and well-known Maslanka, Donald Grantham and Samuel jazz classics. Barber. $15 General Admission, $10 FIU Faculty, $15 General Admission, $10 FIU Faculty, Staff, Seniors, and Alumni, $5 Students (with Staff, Seniors, and Alumni, $5 Students (with valid i.d.) valid i.d.)
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The Herbert and Nicole Wertheim Performing Arts Center (WPAC) opened in 1996 The Sydell Ida Wertheim Organ is the spotlight of the performing arts center. The after Dr. Herbert Wertheim and his wife Nicole made gifts of more than $1 million to the prestigious 125 year old Schantz Organ Company took nearly a year to build the 26- University’s music, theatre, and dance programs. It houses the FIU School of Music and ton organ that is the largest concert hall organ in South Florida and one of the most the FIU Department of Theatre and is considered to be one of Miami’s premier collegiate technologically advanced in the country. It features a solid-oak console with four manual concert and performance venues featuring world class musicians, faculty, students, and keyboards and a pedal clavier that controls its 4,255 pipes. Just as the Herbert and Nicole guest performers. These performances take place in the beautiful 600 seat concert hall, Wertheim Performing Arts Center was made possible through the generosity of Herbert with smaller events held in the more intimate 100 seat recital hall. The performing arts and Nicole Wertheim, so has their kindness made FIU the recipient of this exceptional center also houses practice rooms, instrumental rehearsal halls, computer music studios, instrument. In gratitude, the university dedicated the concert organ to the memory of Dr. faculty teaching studios, an organ studio containing a two-manual Schlicker practice pipe Herbert Wertheim’s mother, Sydell Ida Wertheim, who passed away in 1997. organ, the Sydell Ida Wertheim Organ, and a variety of early music instruments including viols, lutes, and a harpsichord. Rick and Margarita Tonkinson named the Theatre Lobby of the Wertheim Performing Arts Center.
The School of Music uses the Wertheim Concert Hall as its main concert venue for The Herbert and Nicole Wertheim Performing Arts Center (WPAC) opened in 1996, and large ensemble performances, full-scale opera productions, faculty recitals, and guest houses the FIU Department of Theatre and FIU School of Music. The WPAC is one of artist appearances. Most of the School’s faculty and student ensembles present concerts Florida’s premier collegiate theatrical and concert venues. It is located on FIU’s Modesto each year including FIU’s Ensemble-in-Residence the Amernet String Quartet, the FIU Maidique Campus (MMC). Theatre majors present four production per season at the Symphony Orchestra, the FIU Wind Ensemble, various jazz ensembles, and large choral Mainstage Theatre, which is a 200-seat venue with a fly system, and theBlack Box ensembles. It is professionally equipped with a 40-foot retractable screen, a Panasonic Theatre -- with professional grade lighting and sound systems. The WPAC also houses the projection system, exceptional acoustics, and state-of-the-art lighting. FIU Theatre costume shop, scene shop, dressing rooms, design lab, and rehearsal space.
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For tickets visit theatre.fiu.edu or call our For tickets, visit music.fiu.edu/concerts or box office at 305-348-0548. contact our box office at 305-348-0496 or [email protected]. Ticket prices $15 General Admission Ticket prices vary by performance. $12 FIU Faculty/Staff We offer discounted tickets to students The College of Communication, Architecture + The Arts depends on philanthropic support $10 FIU Student (with a valid i.d.), seniors, and the FIU from alumni, parents, faculty, students and donors who believe in the mission of the community. Please contact our box office organization and want to share in its success. Most shows are performed at the Herbert for group rates. and Nicole Wertheim Performing Arts Interested in leaving a unique legacy that will impact students and the community for Center Performances take place from September generations to come? Partners of the College of Communication, Architecture + The Arts 10910 SW 17th St. through April at the Wertheim Performing have a number of transformational donation opportunities available to them. Miami, Florida 33199 Arts Center and throughout Miami. Be sure to check the website for concert details. We can assist you in establishing a gift that reflects your passion and desire to impact For general questions about FIU Theatre, Programming subject to change. future generations of students and faculty. Whether you choose to underwrite a faculty call 305-348-2895 or email [email protected]. member performing research in your field, or name the department educating students to Herbert and Nicole Wertheim follow in your footsteps, or create an endowed scholarship in honor of a loved one, we can Performing Arts Center offer assistance in making your philanthropic goals a reality. 10910 SW 17th St. Miami, FL 33199 Make your donation today by Cash or Check Gifts should be made payable to: FIU Foundation. The purpose of the gift should be stated Miami Beach Urban Studios on the memo line of the check. 420 Lincoln Road, Suite 440 Mail your check to: Miami Beach, FL 33139 College of Communication, Architecture + The Arts Advancement & External Relations Office For general questions about the FIU School 11200 SW 8th Street, PCA 283B of Music, call 305-348-2896 or email music@ Miami, Florida 33199 fiu.edu.
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