Tonight, Thursday April 2nd – 8 PM
Heineken TransAtlantic Festival launch party – FREE!
Zizek Urban Beats, electrocumbia DJs from Buenos Aires
News Lounge at 55th Street Station
5580 NE 4 Court (next to Soykas and Andiamo), Miami 33137
Click here for the complete Festival schedule + music and video clips and more
Click here for the 55th Street Station site
Click here for the Zizek spring tour details, which includes a spot at Coachella

Click here for a Festival feature in Conde Naste Traveller online
Click here for a Festival feature in today’s El Nuevo Herald
Click here for a Festival feature in yesterday’s Miami Herald

Electrocumbia is a mash-up sound from the coolest club in Buenos Aires – a hybrid of Colombian and Mexican cumbia with baile funk, hip hop, drum & bass and electronica.

Next week, Tuesday April 7th, we return to News Lounge for Curated Listening, a free night of new global grooves courtesy of Globesonic DJ Fabian Alsutany. Click here to visit DJ Fabian online and get ready for another night of music. Then it’s off to the North Beach Bandshell for two weekends of amazing live concerts.

See you there!

The Heineken TransAtlantic Festival is presented with support from Heineken USA, Club Med, American Airlines, Pasha’s Restaurants, Atlantic Broadband, Business Centers International, North Beach Bandshell Trust, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, City of Miami Beach Cultural Arts Council, Miami Dade Department of Cultural Affairs.

Cleveland Orchestra Miami Residency activities for April 2009

Pinchas Steinberg leads April concerts featuring the Brahms Violin Concerto with soloist Nikolaj Znaider

Orchestra presents bilingual performances of “Peter and the Wolf/Pedro y el Lobo” for schools and families

Collaborations continue and expand with New World Symphony and University of Miami Frost School of Music; Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami (MOCA); and Overtown Youth Center

The Cleveland Orchestra will be in Miami for the third and final week of its 2009 Miami Residency, culminating in a weekend of subscription concerts at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County on April 3-4 and other activities in Miami-Dade County.
Subscription Concerts
On April 3 and 4, Pinchas Steinberg conducts the Orchestra in performances of Barber’s Overture to The School for Scandal, Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4, and Brahms’s Violin Concerto with Nikolaj Znaider as soloist. The Orchestra will also perform two daytime Education Concerts for Miami-Dade County Public School students on Thursday, April 2, and a Family Concert on Saturday, April 4.
These performances will take place in the John S. and James L. Knight Concert Hall at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts. The Cleveland Orchestra’s subscription series is presented by the Musical Arts Association of Miami and the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County.

Peter and the Wolf/Pedro y el Lobo Concerts for Schools and Families
Latin Grammy Award-winner, flutist, and Miami resident Nestor Torres joins The Cleveland Orchestra for a series of education and family concerts in April, when he will narrate bilingual performances of Peter and the Wolf/Pedro y el Lobo, a favorite of the classical music repertoire that introduces young people to the orchestra. Each character in Prokofiev’s musical story about an adventurous little boy is represented by the distinctive sound of a different instrument or family of instruments. Assistant Conductor Tito Muñoz will lead the Family Concert program, which also includes works by Dvořák, Cimarosa, Delecluse, and Mozart.
Mr. Torres and Cleveland Orchestra Assistant Principal Flute Marisela Sager will perform the third movement from the Concerto in G major for Two Flutes by Domenico Cimarosa.
For the Education Concerts, which are offered free of charge to the Miami-Dade County Public Schools, teachers at participating schools have received related curriculum materials including CDs, teacher guides, and student newspapers to help them prepare students for their concert.

Family Fest at the Adrienne Arsht Center,
Saturday, April 4, 11:30 A.M. – 1:30 P.M. (FREE!)
Just prior to the April 4 Cleveland Orchestra Family Concert, families will have the opportunity to See! Touch! Learn! Discover! the Performing Arts with Family Fest at the Adrienne Arsht Center when the Parker and Vann Thomson Plaza becomes Miami’s most exciting interactive arts playground. Hands-on, free, fun learning activities for children include crafts, face-painting, storytelling, and movement and theater classes, as well as outdoor performances.
Limited remaining general admission tickets for the Orchestra’s 2:00 p.m. Peter and the Wolf/Pedro y el Lobo concert are available online at arshtcenter.org, or by calling the box office at (305) 949-6722.

Community Concerts
The Orchestra continues its collaborations with a number of community partners, including a special evening of contemporary chamber music with the New World Symphony, America’s Orchestral Academy, at the Museum of Contemporary Art on Thursday, April 2. An ensemble of 20 members of The Cleveland Orchestra and New World Symphony will perform works by Piazzolla, Del Aguila, Andriessen, and Poulenc. This is the first chamber music collaboration by the two orchestras.
Also on Thursday, April 2, at 7:30 p.m., the Amici String Quartet, comprised of members of The Cleveland Orchestra, will perform an evening of chamber music at Coral Gables Congregational Church, a new Miami Residency partner. Featured works include Hugo Wolf’s Italian Serenade and Beethoven’s String Quartet in B flat major, Opus 130.
On Saturday, April 4, at 4:00 p.m., the Cleveland Duo and James Umble, including Cleveland Orchestra members Carolyn and Stephen Warner, will perform a children’s concert at the University of Miami as part of the Sunday Afternoon of Music for Children series.

Education Partnerships
The Orchestra continues its partnership with the University of Miami’s Frost School of Music with master classes on Tuesday, March 31, and a new composition reading session on Friday, April 3. Also on April 3, Cleveland Orchestra musicians will lead a seminar in orchestral techniques for high-school students who are participating in the New World Symphony Side-By-Side program.
The Cleveland Orchestra’s subscription concert rehearsal on April 3 will be open to students at the University of Miami’s Frost School of Music, New World Symphony Fellows, and music students from Florida International University and New World School of the Arts.

Pre-Concert Conversations
Pre-Concert Conversations are presented one hour before Cleveland Orchestra subscription concerts at the Adrienne Arsht Center, unless otherwise noted. Free to concert ticketholders, these Conversations are designed to enrich the concert-going experience by providing insight into the music performed at the concerts, or through interviews with performing artists.
On April 3 and 4 from 7:00–7:30 p.m., Frank Dans, artistic administrator, will provide a sneak peek into the Orchestra’s upcoming 2010 Miami Residency.

Concert Tickets
Individual tickets for Cleveland Orchestra subscription concerts are available through the Arsht Center Box Office at (305) 949-6722 or online at arshtcenter.org.

History of The Cleveland Orchestra Miami Residency
The Cleveland Orchestra Miami Residency project commenced in January 2007, during the 2006-07 inaugural season of the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County (then called Carnival Center for the Performing Arts). The Orchestra’s residency project in Miami includes an annual series of subscription concerts at the Adrienne Arsht Center as well as service to the Miami community through educational activities. The Orchestra’s residency activities in Miami were conceived and made possible with the leadership of the Musical Arts Association of Miami, the Miami-based board governing the Orchestra’s Miami Residency.
Over the course of the 2009 Residency, which began with events in January, The Cleveland Orchestra will reach nearly 7,000 people with educational and community engagement activities. This includes nearly 4,000 students from Miami-area public and private schools who will attend April Education Concerts.
In addition to its residency at the Adrienne Arsht Center, The Cleveland Orchestra currently has three other intensive and regular performing relationships, including residencies, outside of Cleveland:
* Carnegie Hall in New York
* The Lucerne Festival in Switzerland
* The Musikverein in Vienna, Austria.
Continuing a long relationship with Carnegie Hall, the Orchestra committed to a multi-year association of performances there under the direction of Franz Welser-Möst. With Carnegie Hall and the Lucerne Festival, the Orchestra is involved in a biennial commissioning project, the Roche Commissions, which include world premiere performances by the Orchestra at the Lucerne Festival. The Orchestra has performed at the Lucerne Festival four times since 2004, most recently in August 2008.
The Musikverein Residency was conceived as a long-term relationship, which includes series of concerts at the Musikverein under the direction of Franz Welser-Möst. The Orchestra’s five concerts at the Musikverein in 2003 marked the first such residency by an American orchestra in the history of that venue. In its third Musikverein Residency, the Orchestra performed four concerts at the Musikverein in October/November 2007.
During a Salzburg Festival Residency in August 2008, the Orchestra and Mr. Welser-Möst performed in five sold-out presentations of a new production of Dvořák’s Rusalka, and performed three additional concert programs.
At a New York Residency in February 2009, members of the Orchestra gave master classes at the Juilliard School and performed chamber music at an event at the 92nd Street Y celebrating the 80th birthday of novelist Milan Kundera. Students at the Juilliard School also had the opportunity for close-up interaction with Music Director Franz Welser-Möst, who led them in a reading rehearsal of Bruckner’s Seventh Symphony.
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A calendar for The Cleveland Orchestra’s April 2009 Miami Residency activities follows. For more information about The Cleveland Orchestra’s Miami Residency, please visit clevelandorchestramiami.com.

Contact: Jennifer Schlosser, (216) 231-7518 / jschlosser@clevelandorchestra.com

CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA MIAMI RESIDENCY SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES MARCH/APRIL 2009

Activities with educational partners are open to students at those institutions, unless otherwise noted.
The Cleveland Orchestra in Residence at the University of Miami’s Frost School of Music:

Tuesday, March 31, 2009, at 3:00 – 9:00 p.m.
MASTER CLASSES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI’S FROST SCHOOL OF MUSIC
A series of master classes and a seminar for advanced students at the University of Miami Frost School of Music. Free and open to the public.
3:00 – 5:00 p.m. – OBOE MASTER CLASS, Nancy Greene 234
Jeffrey Rathbun, Cleveland Orchestra assistant principal oboe, will work with oboe students at the University of Miami’s Frost School of Music.
7:00 – 9:00 p.m. – HORN MASTER CLASS, Nancy Greene, Room TBD
Richard Solis, Cleveland Orchestra horn player, will work with horn students at the University of Miami’s Frost School of Music.
7:00 – 9:00 p.m. – CELLO MASTER CLASS, Volpe 103
Richard Weiss, Cleveland Orchestra first assistant principal cello, will work with cello students at the University of Miami’s Frost School of Music.
7:00 – 9:00 p.m. – VIOLIN MASTER CLASS, Volpe 203
Amy Lee, Cleveland Orchestra associate concertmaster, will work with violin students at the University of Miami’s Frost School of Music.

Venue Information: University of Miami Frost School of Music 1314 Miller Drive Coral Gables, FL 33124 (305) 284-2211

Thursday, April 2, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m.
CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA EDUCATION CONCERT
Knight Concert Hall, Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts
Tito Muñoz, conductor
Nestor Torres, narrator and flute
Marisela Sager, flute
Tom Freer, timpani
DVOŘÁK Serenade in E major for Strings, Opus 22 (Movement 1)
CIMAROSA Concerto in G major for Two Flutes (Movement 3)
DELECLUSE Etude for Timpani
MOZART Serenade No. 11 in E-flat major for Winds, K375 (Movement 5 – Finale: Allegro)
PROKOFIEV Peter and the Wolf/Pedro y el Lobo with bilingual narration
Venue Information: Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts 1300 Biscayne Blvd., Miami FL 33132
Miami-Dade County Public Schools reserve tickets through District Music Supervisor Robert T. Davis. A limited number of tickets are available to independent, parochial, and private schools, as well as to homeschooled students, via www.clevelandorchestramiami.com; click on “Education & Community.”

Thursday, April 2, 2009, at 7:30 p.m.
AN EVENING OF CHAMBER MUSIC
Coral Gables Congregational Church
The Amici String Quartet
Takako Masame, violin
Miho Hashizume, violin
Lynne Ramsey, viola
Ralph Curry, cello
HUGO WOLF Italian Serenade
BEETHOVEN String Quartet in B-flat major, Op. 130
The Amici String Quartet, comprised of members of The Cleveland Orchestra, will perform a concert at Coral Gables Congregational Church. A candlelight, courtyard reception follows the concert.
Tickets: $25 adults / $10 students
(305) 448-7421, ext. 33
Venue Information: Coral Gables Congregational Church 3010 De Soto Boulevard Coral Gables, FL 33134

Thursday, April 2, 2009, at 7:30 p.m. (Galleries open 7:00-9 p.m.)
MUSIC AT MOCA
MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART, 770 N.E. 125th Street, North Miami
CHAMBER MUSIC PERFORMANCE BY MEMBERS OF THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA
AND NEW WORLD SYMPHONY, AMERICA’S ORCHESTRAL ACADEMY
PIAZZOLLA Five Tango Sensations
DEL AGUILA Herbsttag for Flute, Bassoon and Harp
ANDRIESSEN Workers Union
POULENC Sonata for Two Clarinets
An ensemble of members of The Cleveland Orchestra and the New World Symphony, America’s Orchestral Academy, will perform a special evening of contemporary chamber music at the Museum of Contemporary Art. This is the first chamber music collaboration by the two orchestras.
Reservations Required: Call (305) 893-6211 or email rsvp@mocanomi.org.
Tickets are $10 for MOCA members, City of North Miami residents and city employees, and Cleveland Orchestra donors and subscribers, and $15 for non-members.
Venue Information: Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) 770 N.E. 125th Street North Miami, FL 33161 Phone: (305) 893-6211
www.mocanomi.org

Friday, April 3, 2009, at 10:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
OPEN REHEARSAL BY THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA FOR FROST SCHOOL OF MUSIC STUDENTS, NEW WORLD SYMPHONY FELLOWS, AND MUSIC STUDENTS FROM FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY AND NEW WORLD SCHOOL OF THE ARTS
Pinchas Steinberg, conductor
Nikolaj Znaider, violin
BARBER Overture to The School for Scandal
BRAHMS Violin Concerto
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 4
Venue Information: Knight Concert Hall Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts 1300 Biscayne Blvd., Miami FL 33133 Box Office phone: (305) 949-6722

Friday, April 3, 2009, at 2:00-4:00 p.m.
NEW COMPOSITION READING SESSION
The Cleveland Orchestra in Residence at the University of Miami’s Frost School of Music:
Cleveland Orchestra members Emma Shook (violin), Kathy Collins (violin), Mark Jackobs (viola), and David Alan Harrell (cello) play through new string quartets by composition students at the Frost School of Music.
Venue Information: Clarke Recital Hall University of Miami Frost School of Music 1314 Miller Drive Coral Gables, FL 33124 (305) 284-2211

Friday, April 3, 2009, at 3:00-4:30 p.m.
ORCHESTRAL TECHNIQUES SEMINAR SIDE-BY-SIDE PROGRAM FOR NEW WORLD SYMPHONY, AMERICA’S ORCHESTRAL ACADEMY
Members of The Cleveland Orchestra who are alumni of the New World Symphony lead a seminar for high-school students who are participating in the New World Symphony Side-By-Side program.
Venue Information: Lincoln Theatre 541 Lincoln Rd. Miami, FL 33139

Friday, April 3, 2009, at 8:00 p.m.
CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA SUBSCRIPTION CONCERT
Knight Concert Hall, Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts
Pinchas Steinberg, conductor
Nikolaj Znaider, violin
BARBER Overture to The School for Scandal
BRAHMS Violin Concerto
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 4
Pre-Concert Conversation at 7:00 p.m. – Cleveland Orchestra Executive Director Gary Hanson and Artistic Administrator Frank Dans preview the 2010 Miami Residency
This concert program will be broadcast live on WKCP 89.7 in Miami. Host for the broadcast will be Julie Amacher. National radio broadcasts of The Cleveland Orchestra are sponsored by UBS.
Tickets: $150, $95, Limited availability $80, $65, $45, $20
This performance is presented by the Musical Arts Association of Miami and the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County.
Media partners: Classical South Florida 89.7 FM, The Miami Herald, and El Nuevo Herald

Venue Information: Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts 1300 Biscayne Blvd., Miami FL 33132 Box Office phone: (305) 949-6722 www.arshtcenter.org

Saturday, April 4, 2009, at 2:00 p.m.
CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA FAMILY AND EDUCATION CONCERT
Knight Concert Hall, Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts
Tito Muñoz, conductor
Nestor Torres, narrator and flute
Marisela Sager, flute
Tom Freer, timpani
DVOŘÁK Serenade in E major for Strings, Opus 22 (Movement 1)
CIMAROSA Concerto in G major for Two Flutes (Movement 3)
DELECLUSE Etude for Timpani
MOZART Serenade No. 11 in E-flat major for Winds, K375 (Movement 5 – Finale: Allegro)
PROKOFIEV Peter and the Wolf/Pedro y el Lobo with bilingual narration
Latin Grammy Award-winner, flutist, and Miami resident Nestor Torres joins The Cleveland Orchestra as the narrator of a bilingual performance of Peter and the Wolf, a favorite of the classical music repertoire that introduces young people to the orchestra. Each character in Prokofiev’s musical story about an adventurous little boy is represented by the distinctive sound of a different instrument or family of instruments.
The free Family Concert is part of the Adrienne Arsht Center’s Family Fest on Saturday, April 4, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Families will have the opportunity to See! Touch! Learn! Discover! the Performing Arts at the Adrienne Arsht Center when the Parker and Vann Thomson Plaza becomes Miami’s most exciting interactive arts playground. Hands-on, free, fun learning activities for children include crafts, face-painting, storytelling, and movement and theater classes, as well as outdoor performances.
Overtown Orchestra Overtures is a two-part introduction to the world of orchestral music specifically designed for the students and families of the Overtown Youth Center. Part II of the Overtown Orchestra Overtures experience is a field trip to hear The Cleveland Orchestra at this Family Concert performance.
Tickets: FREE
Please reserve your free tickets online at www.arshtcenter.org, or call the box office at (305) 949-6722.
Venue Information: Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts 1300 Biscayne Blvd., Miami FL 33132

Saturday, April 4, 2009, at 4:00 p.m.
SUNDAY AFTERNOON OF MUSIC FOR CHILDREN – Strings and Things
University of Miami Frost School of Music
The Cleveland Duo and James Umble
Carolyn Gadiel Warner, piano, The Cleveland Orchestra
Stephen Warner, violin, The Cleveland Orchestra
James Umble, soprano and alto saxophones
Strings and Things: Around the World with Music (Special Saturday Edition!)
Carolyn and Stephen Warner, members of The Cleveland Orchestra, and James Umble perform and demonstrate music from around the world. Their love for performing is evident when they play and help children understand the beauty of music. Children will delight as they travel musically through Europe and beyond in an exciting and fascinating way. Special young guest violinist!
Come early to visit and play at the musical string instrument petting zoo. Instructors from Allegro Music Center of Coral Gables will help the children. Peter-the-Mime/Clown entertains until the performance begins and will host the Apple juice, Balloons, and Cookie party following the one-hour concert. Great music for kids!
Tickets: $10 children / $12 adults
Purchase tickets online at www.sundaymusicals.org
Purchase tickets through Ticketmaster by phone:
Dade: (305) 358-5885
Broward: (954) 523-3309
Venue Information: Gusman Concert Hall University of Miami Frost School of Music 1314 Miller Drive Coral Gables, FL

Saturday, April 4, 2009, at 8:00 p.m.
CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA SUBSCRIPTION CONCERT
Knight Concert Hall, Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts
Pinchas Steinberg, conductor
Nikolaj Znaider, violin
BARBER Overture to The School for Scandal
BRAHMS Violin Concerto
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 4
Pre-Concert Conversation at 7:00 p.m. – Cleveland Orchestra Executive Director Gary Hanson and Artistic Administrator Frank Dans preview the 2010 Miami Residency
This concert program will be broadcast live on WCLV 104.9 FM in Cleveland. Host for the broadcast will be Robert Conrad. National radio broadcasts of The Cleveland Orchestra are sponsored by UBS.
Tickets: $160, $105, Limited availability $85, $70, $50 $20
This performance is presented by the Musical Arts Association of Miami and the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County.
Media partners: Classical South Florida 89.7 FM, The Miami Herald, and El Nuevo Herald
Venue Information: Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts 1300 Biscayne Blvd., Miami FL 33132 Box Office phone: (305) 949-6722
www.arshtcenter.org

From the Personal Management office of Arturo Sandoval

Friday, March 27, 2009
The hugely anticipated return of Arturo Sandoval to Miami has arrived!! Don’t miss this one-night-only performance at the beautiful dinner club, THE PLACE. Come and enjoy a perfect night of all-new Afro-Cuban Jazz, first-class international cuisine, exceptional service and a gorgeous ambience. Located at 833 SW 29th Avenue. For reservation please call 305-642-6994. Abundance of valet available.

Curated Listening #3!
Tuesday February 3rd, 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Guest curator: DJ Moses: Afrobeat
5580 NE 4 Court, Miami – even the parking is free!
info: (305) 672-5202 or www.rhythmfoundation.com
DJ Moses, Miami’s main man for roots, Afrobeat, reggae and more roots, is going to play his favorite tracks from Fela Kuti and sons of all nations.

See you there!

Coming up:
Friday March 13, 5:30 pm
DWNTWN Miami Concert Series featuring Spam Allstars

Saturday March 21, 8 pm
Daniela Mercury in concert at Brazil on the Beach, Hollywood

Saturday March 28, 8 pm
Mariza in concert at the Arsht Center Knight Concert Hall

Centro Cultural Espanol presents
in association with FUNDarte
Isaac Turienzo Trío. Jazz de raíz
Isaac Turienzo, piano; Miguel Angel Chastang, contrabajo; Tino di Geraldo, batería

On Thursday February 26, the Cultural Center of Spain brings a unique opportunity to enjoy the best of Spanish jazz with the concert of Isaac Turienzo trío, a true treat for jazz lovers, part of the Beyond CCE program. Turienzo has been highlighted by the Spanish SGAE as one of the most important Spanish jazz musicians of the Nineties and has been present in practically all of the best jazz festivals, theaters and jazz houses in the World, including the Athens International Jazz Festival, The International Jazz Festival of San Sebastian, The Pushkin Museum Auditorium in Moscow, the European Community Auditorium Palace, Centro Cultural de la Villa de Madrid, the International Jazz Festival of Getxo, Teatro Campoamor in Oviedo and Jovellanos in Gijón, to name a few. During his remarkable career as a jazz musician, he has shared the stage with big names such as Andrezj Oleznizjack, Rebecca Parrish, Jorge Pardo, Miguel Ángel Chastang, Carlos Barreto, Carlos Carli, Chris Kase, Laurent Filipe, Tino di Geraldo, Guillermo Mc Guill, Ove Larsson, Bob Sands and Matthew Simon.
The Miami concert will feature his trio (Isaac at the piano, Miguel Angel Chastang, base and Tino di Geraldo on drums) with the “Jazz the Raíz” (Rooted Jazz) project, a tribute to the deepest music, the one we always carry deep down inside of our hearts, the music of a mother that brings a new perspective of our popular music with true sensibility. All three artists propose a journey through time with and endless horizon, where the ballad and the lullaby turn into a “Havanera”. Using universal languages such as jazz or the most updated flamenco, traditional songs are supplemented with originally and elaborated rhythms. Popular songs from Asturias or simply Iberian classics converted into ballads, waltzes and fados turn into a tribute to peace and understanding in the World and a meeting point for good music fans.
Feb. 26 8PM
Tickets
Click here for secure online ticketing
$20 General admission
$15 Students and Seniors
Call: 1 800 595 4849

Free! for Centro Cultural Español Members
(Become a CCE member and get your free ticket!)

Location
Manuel Artime Theater
900 SW 1st Street,
Miami

“Fado is the traditional music of Portugal – proud, austere and deeply melancholic. Mariza is the music’s biggest star for a reason: She sings it not as musty nostalgia but as exuberant twenty-first-century pop, with a low, mesmerizing alto that’s as commanding as any pop singer today…remaking fado’s ancient sadness into a majestic modern sound.” – Rolling Stone

Exclusive Florida concert – one night only!
Mariza
Saturday March 28th – 8 pm
Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, Knight Concert Hall
1300 Biscayne Blvd, Downtown Miami
Tickets are on sale now through www.arshtcenter.org or (305) 949-6722
Rhythm Foundation members, call our office for direct ticketing: (305) 672-5202
Click here to hear a track from Mariza’s gorgeous new CD, Terra
Rhythm Foundation complete schedule: www.rhythmfoundation.com

Note: Our co-promotion with Concert Association of Mariza at Broward Center on Friday March 27 is canceled. For updated ticket information, please call us: 305-672-5202.

AEG Live
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RICARDO ARJONA
5to Piso Tour 2009

Jueves, 30 de Julio :: 8PM
@
AmericanAirlines Arena
Downtown Miami

BOLETOS Y EXPERIENCIAS VIP A LA VENTA
ESTE VIERNES 13 DE FEBRERO A LAS 10AM!

Para comprar tickets online
Por teléfono: 305-358-5885

Marvin Hamlisch in Concert
with special guest, Broadway musical star J. Mark McVey
Wednesday, February 18 @ 8 PM
Knight Concert Hall

As a composer, Marvin Hamlisch has won virtually every major award that exists!

Three Oscars, four Grammys, four Emmys, a Tony, and three Golden Globe awards. He is the composer of hit musicals including A Chorus Line and more than 40 motion picture scores including the Oscar-winning The Way We Were and his adaptation of Scott Joplin’s music for The Sting.

Marvin Hamlisch was also Musical Director and arranger of Barbra Streisand’s 1994 concert tour as well as the television special “Barbra Streisand: The Concert” (for which he received two of his Emmys).

Don’t miss all your favorite Hamlisch hits plus a special tribute to Cole Porter and Scott Joplin!

THEATER LOVER’S DISCOUNT:
Get up to $20* off your ticket!
Just CLICK HERE and use promo code MARVIN to get your discounted ticket.
Or use the code when you call our box office at 305.949.6722.

*Tickets are limited. Ticket fees apply. Discount is a $45 ticket that applies to $65 and $55 ticket prices only. Discount does not apply to previously purchased tickets. All sales are final. There are no refunds or exchanges.

10th Annual “Moonlight & Music” Valentine’s Day Concert
Saturday, February 14 at 8 p.m.

Celebrate Valentine’s Day at the 10th annual “Moonlight & Music” Valentine’s Day Concert featuring renowned Jazz Vocalist Nicole Henry. Spend a romantic evening with your someone special under the stars overlooking Biscayne Bay at the magnificent Deering Estate. You are welcome to bring blankets, lawn chairs and picnic baskets and enjoy the concert. There will also be limited refreshments available for purchase at the event. Local country artist Erin Pettit opens for Ms. Henry at 8 p.m. Concert tickets are $20, and gates open at 7:00 p.m. Parking is free.

The Deering Estate at Cutler
16701 S.W. 72nd Avenue, Miami
305-235-1668, Ext. 233 (Ticket Office)

Curated Listening #2!
The first Tuesday of each month at the übercool News Lounge, join us for a FREE specialized listening party. Of course you know News Lounge as the garden patio and comfy lounge next to Soyka’s, across from Andiamo, at 55th Street Station
5580 NE 4 Court, Miami – even the parking is free!
info: (305) 672-5202 or www.rhythmfoundation.com

Tuesday February 3rd, 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Guest curator: Geane Brito: “Let’s Go Loudly Beyond Bossa Nova”
How many times can we use the word “cool”? Geane runs the very cool Genius Jones boutiques, among other pursuits. But before becoming a style icon in Miami (with a few steps in between), she was a rock & roll teenager in Bahia, Brazil. She is going to play some favorite Brazilian rock.
Check out our website for a preview of the playlist

La Covacha, AVC Events y Sportz Services 4U presentan
CARNAVAL DE BARRANQUILLA 2009
Patrocinado por Cerveza Aguila y Buchanan’s
con la presentación en vivo de SILVESTRE DANGOND & JUANCHO DE LA ESPRIELLA
¡CONFIRMADO!
Y como invitados especiales…
Barrio Abajo
DJ Esteban “El Rumbero”

SÁBADO, 7 DE FEBRERO
Puertas abren a las 9PM

LA COVACHA
10730 NW 25 ST
Miami, FL 33172
Reservaciones: 305-594-3717
www.lacovacha.com

Boletas a la venta en preventa:
Groovetickets.com

También tendremos disfraces, comparsas, marimondas, millo, papayeras, concursos y muchas sorpresas más!

¡Quien lo vive es quien lo goza!

Where we will be this week(WWWBTW):

Monday, Jan 19:

Web Radio Night

· New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Station: http://www.WWOZ.org

Tuesday, Jan 20:

Cuillo Theater, West Palm Beach, 5:00-11:30; John Carey, The Dillengers. AND

Clematis by Night, West Palm Beach: Mitch Woods and his Rocket 88s. AND

City Limits, Delray Beach: Fly By Night. AND

Boston’s on the Beach, Delray Beach: Blue Tuesday w/ Famous Frank Ward w/ Terry Hanck w/ JP Soars. HOT HOUSE WILL BE GIVING AWAY TWO TICKETS TO THE BONNIE RAITT CONCERT IN POMPANO ON MARCH 14. MUST BE IN ATTENDANCE AT THIS SHOW BETWEEN 9:30PM AND 11:30PM TO PARTICIPATE – JUST FIND ME AND ASK FOR AN ENTRY CARD. WINNER WILL BE DRAWN AT THE FOLLOWING WEEK’S BLUE TUESDAY. AND

Elwoods, Delray Beach: Cliff & Heidi’s Jam, with more musicians of all types than you can shake a stick at. Whatever that means.

Wednesday, Jan 21:

Havana Hideout, Lake Worth: Slip & The Spinouts

Thursday, Jan 22:

Eissey Campus Theatre, Palm Beach Gardens: Sophie Milman.

Arsht Center, Miami: Wynton Marsalis w/ The Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra.

City Limits, Delray Beach: Leo Kottke.

(Yes, will only be able to make two of these, and it will be a difficult decision!)

Friday, Jan 23:

Sheraton DCOTA Grand Ballroom, I-95 & Griffin in FLL: 5-7 Deny & Josh Rowand (poolside), 7pm SFBS Pre-blues cruise party w/ Big Bill Morganfield w/ Bob Margolin, Albert Castiglia (ballroom). AND

Fire Rock, West Palm Beach: Susan Merritt Trio w/ Special, Special guest, Stepahnie Nakasian.

Saturday, Jan 24:

South Shores, Lake Worth: Texas Twister. AND

Cafe Centro Piano Bar, West Palm Beach: Not sure who is playing, so we are going to find out! AND

John Bull Pub, West Palm Beach: JP Soars & The Red Hots. AND

The Orange Door, Lake Park: Guitars XXX featuring Danny Morris, Joel DaSilva & Bonefish Johnny.

Sunday, Jan 25:

Fire Rock, West Palm Beach; Susan Merritt Trio & a cast of thousands Jazz Pro-Jam, 7-10pm

Brought to you by Hot House Florida

Chopin Foundation of the U.S. recommends: The legendary Romanian pianist Radu Lupu in recital Monday, February 2 at 8:00 PM Gusman Concert Hall, University of Miami Frost School of Music!

www.music.miami.edu

Miami’s New Chamber Orchestra
Seraphic Fire’s Firebird Chamber Orchestra
Mozart & Salieri Concert

featuring the music from the award winning movie, Amadeus
Patrick Dupre Quigley and the Firebird Chamber Orchestra explore the rivalry between Mozart and Salieri, as portrayed in the Academy Award-winning movie Amadeus, this Sunday, January 18th, at 7 p.m. in the Knight Concert Hall at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts.

Sometimes colleagues, sometimes rivals, Mozart wrote to his wife that the when Salieri attended his Magic Flute there was “no piece that didn’t elicit a bravo or bellow out of him.” This concert culminates in Mozart’s Symphony No. 40, premiered at the suggestion of and later conducted by Salieri himself.

The evening will feature other amazing music, including Eine Kleine Nachtmusik and Exultate, Jubilate with special guest soprano Kathryn Mueller. Patrick Quigley will be your guide as you journey back in time to learn about the complex relationship between Mozart and Salieri. Johann Sebastian Bach, outliving one wife and twelve of his twenty-two children, experienced the passage from life to death constantly. His Cantata No. 82, Ich Habe Genug, is a stunning illustration of a soul gratefully leaving its earthly body. Bach’s masterwork joins Schubert’s Death and the Maiden on a double bill which examines the struggle, resignation and peace between this life and the next.
PERFORMANCE DETAILS
WHEN Sunday, January 18, 2009 at 7:00 p.m.

WHERE Knight Concert Hall
Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts
1300 Biscayne Boulevard, Miami, Florida
TICKETS $45 General Admission
Tickets for the Seraphic Fire’s Firebird Chamber Orchestra performance of “Mozart & Salieri: Setting the Record Staright” are $45 and available now through the Adrienne Arsht Center box office at (305) 949-6722 or online at www.arshtcenter.orgAdditional information may be obtained by contacting the Adrienne Arsht Center Box Office at (305) 949-6722 or online at www.arshtcenter.org.

Tuesday, Jan 13:

Boston’s on the Beach, Delray Beach: Blue Tuesday w/ Famous Frank Ward w/ Mario LaCasse Band

Wednesday, Jan 14:

Amaturo Theater, Ft. Lauderdale: Gold Cost Jazz Society Presents Oliver Jones & Chocolate Moose Music Café, Davie: Jazz Jam Hosted by Len Perry & Dive Bar, Ft. Lauderdale: Andy G & Showtime & R&B/Blues Jam

Thursday, Jan 15:

Cuillo Theater, West Palm Beach: Blues Dragon & Out & about searching for new venues….suggestions?

Friday, Jan 16:

Steinway Gallery, Coral Gables: Special Appearance by NYC’s own jazz piano master, Lenore Raphael. & Red’s Club, Ft. Lauderdale: JP Soars & The Red Hots send-off-to-Memphis party. & L’Anjou French Restaurant, Lake Worth: Jazz Stream.

Saturday, Jan 17:

WDNA: 88.9fm. wdna.org. 4PM Live Interview of Lenore Raphael by Mel Lipton. & Orange Door, Lake Park: Terry Hanck Band

Sunday, Jan 18:

Fire Rock, West Palm Beach; Susan Merritt Trio Jazz Pro-Jam, 7-10pm

Full info at Hot House Florida

FUNDarte presents
XIOMARA LAUGART IN CONCERT
for the first time in concert in Miami…

Date & Time March 28, 2009 8:00 PM
Tickets: Click here for secure online ticketing $25 -$50
Location Miami-Dade County Auditorium 2901 W. Flagler Street Miami

Xiomara Laugart is: “The Voice of Cuba”. She has been representing her country and her people, performing at venues around the globe for years and along the biggest talents all over. She is a living legend in her native Cuba where she has recorded more than 15 albums.
For many years, Xiomara Laugart La Negra as she is popularly known, was Muse to the Nueva Trova artists. Xiomara is both the essence of the old Cuba, with its rhythmic folk songs, fused with a blend of today’s directness and clarity of voice, which is eventually matched with her deep laugh. It is that distinctive laugh that will soon captivate audiences from all walks of life with her swing style in all of her Cuban splendor. Obviously, we are not in presence of a common manufactured phenomenon. This singer has a peculiar mystery to reveal, not only her vocal virtues, and flexibility, but a special sound, fluently “liquid” and garrulous. Her range is such that the jazz influences seem to be a natural extension of her repertoire. She takes on each style of music and embraces it with her own stamp and authentic flare. Ms. Laugart recently released her worldwide debut album for Chesky Records, a lavish and sophisticated collection of old and new songs written by Meme Solís and Andrés Levin, Descemer Bueno and with arrangements by Octavio Kotan and Axel Tosca.
Until recently, Ms. Laugart has been the leading vocalist in Yerba Buena, a New York collective with a brilliant mix of rhythms to which she added her African and Caribbean legacy. She has recorded and/or performed along names such as: Celia Cruz, Tito Puente, Albita, Omara Portuondo, Jacky Terrasson, Omar Sosa, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Dave Valentin, Isaac Delgado, Carlinhos Brown, Arto Lindsay, Roy Hargrove, Ron Blake, Kip Hanrahan, MeShell Ndegeocello, Femi Kuti, D’Angelo, Macy Gray, Erykah Badu, Ana Torroja, Meme Solis, Many Oquendo & Libre, Fun Loving Criminals and Busta Rhymes, among many others, Her monthly showcases at New York City’s famed Zinc Bar have been called legendary. She has flooded the stage with her powerful voice around the entire world. Ms. Laugart appears in the film Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights and also appears in the German/Cuban film Paraíso Bajo las Estrellas.
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Xiomara has now embarked on the enormous responsibility of representing, perhaps, one of the most important figures in Latin culture, Celia Cruz, the Queen of Latin Music, in the first ever theatre production based on the legendary late Cuban artist. CELIA: The Life & Music of Celia Cruz, raised its curtain on September 26, 2007 at New World Stages on Broadway, with a massive successful response on behalf of audience and critics, who fill the theater every day enjoying and remembering the late Queen of La Guaracha, through the amazing portrayal and incomparable voice of Xiomara Laugart.
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Critics say: “Xiomara Laugart’s powerful interpretation in the starring role fills the stage and the potency of her voice…convinces in every one of her appearances” MFedez Soberon, El Nuevo Dia “They did a great job. A tribute like Celia Cruz deserved.” Eddie Palmieri “It brought me great memories and Xiomara was divine.” Johnny Pacheco “In each stage entrance she is applauded by the fans of the “Queen of Salsa,” for her masterful interpretations.” Ruth Hernandez, EFE Agency “Salsa Queen Still Rules…Laugart is a powerhouse…” Joe Dzeimianowicz New York Daily News Oct. 2, 2007 “Now it’s Celia Cruz’s time to be immortalized…the humanity of Cruz and Knight come through with tasteful sentimentality.” Ed Morales, Newsday October 7, 2007 “Terrific renditions of some two dozen Cruz hits…the accompanying seven-piece band-led by Isidro Infante- who worked with the real Cruz-really sizzles.” Frank Scheck, New York Post October 5, 2007 “In a revelatory stage performance Laugart demonstrated she was the right choice for this coveted role and Off-Broadway has a new Hispanic star.” Norma Niurka, El Nuevo Herlad October 5, 2007 More quotes: “Xiomara’s melodious voice resounds in high register and she shows a vivid, exceptional sense of rhythm.” “Xiomara’s seductive style left its indelible mark on Cuba for a decade, leaving behind scores of fans in her wake. ”“Xiomara, La negra as this young singer is affectionately called by her legion of followers, manages to sing every style from her homeland with ease, from bolero to salsa to danzon to guaracha to funky dance tunes.” “She has a unique blend of rawness, and her voice possesses a liquid quality rarely found in singers today.”

Cleveland Orchestra announces Miami Residency activities for January/February 2009

January concerts at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County include works by Shostakovich and Wagner conducted by Franz Welser-Möst

Miami City Ballet and Cleveland Orchestra launch new partnership with See The Music, Hear The Dancing performance and benefit dinner January 29, 2009, at the Adrienne Arsht Center

Chamber music performance and discussion at the Wolfsonian-Florida International University and Music and the Brain dialogue with Music Director Franz Welser-Möst and Ali R. Rezai, MD, director of Cleveland Clinic’s Center for Neurological Restoration, at Books and Books

Collaborations continue and expand New World Symphony, University of Miami Frost of School of Music, and area schools

CLEVELAND, January 6, 2009 – The Cleveland Orchestra Miami Residency enters its third year at Miami’s Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County in January 2009 with a week of subscription concerts featuring Dmitri Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 7 (“Leningrad”) and Richard Wagner’s Wesendonck Songs with soprano Measha Brueggergosman as soloist.
The third season in the Orchestra’s multi-year residency project has developed and expanded community programs and will continue to include service to the Miami community through educational partnerships. The Orchestra’s residency activities in Miami were conceived and made possible with the leadership of the Musical Arts Association of Miami, the Miami-based board governing the Orchestra’s Miami Residency. For the 2009 season, these Cleveland Orchestra collaborations again feature professional-level training for New World Symphony fellows and the University of Miami’s Frost School of Music students, including master classes led by members of The Cleveland Orchestra, reading sessions of new music, and access to Cleveland Orchestra working rehearsals. The Cleveland Orchestra will also support school music programs in both public and independent schools by working with the schools to provide coachings and master classes for youth musicians. Overall, The Cleveland Orchestra will reach nearly 7,000 people with educational and community engagement activities over the course of the 2009 residency, including nearly 4,000 students from Miami-area public and private schools who will attend April Education Concerts.

Cleveland Orchestra Subscription Concerts
The Cleveland Orchestra’s first concert program at the Adrienne Arsht Center for 2009, on January 30 and 31, features Music Director Franz Welser-Möst leading the Orchestra in performances of Dmitri Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 7 (“Leningrad”) and Richard Wagner’s Wesendonck Songs with soprano Measha Brueggergosman as soloist. The Orchestra’s second concert program, on March 6 and 7, features Kurt Masur leading the Orchestra in performances of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7, “Leonore” Overture No. 3, and Piano Concerto No. 1 with Louis Lortie as soloist. The Orchestra’s third concert program, on April 3 and 4, features Pinchas Steinberg leading the Orchestra in performances of Barber’s Overture to The School for Scandal, Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4, and Brahms’s Violin Concerto with Nikolaj Znaider as soloist.
Pre-Concert Conversations are presented one hour before every Cleveland Orchestra subscription concert at the Adrienne Arsht Center. Free to concert ticket holders, these Conversations are designed to enrich the concert-going experience by providing insight into the music performed at the concerts, or interviews with performing artists. The Pre-Concert Conversations for the January 30 and 31 concerts will feature Juan Carlos Espinosa, associate dean and fellow of the Honors College, Florida International University.
The Cleveland Orchestra’s subscription series is presented by the Musical Arts Association of Miami and the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County.

Cleveland Orchestra and Miami City Ballet Launch New Collaboration
with Performance and Benefit Dinner on January 29

On January 29, 2009, Miami City Ballet and The Cleveland Orchestra will join forces to launch a collaboration with a one-night-only performance, See The Music, Hear The Dancing, at the Adrienne Arsht Center’s Sanford and Dolores Ziff Ballet Opera House in Miami.
To celebrate this collaboration, an elegant benefit dinner will be held immediately after the performance, on-stage at the Adrienne Arsht Center’s Knight Concert Hall. The event proceeds benefit The Cleveland Orchestra Miami Residency and Miami City Ballet. Tickets for the performance and dinner are $1,000 and can be purchased by contacting Rebecca Interian at (305) 929-7000, ext. 1445. Tables are also available for purchase. Cocktail attire is suggested.
The event’s name, See The Music Hear The Dancing, comes from a quote by the legendary George Balanchine. The program features Miami City Ballet performing two ballets by George Balanchine: Symphony in Three Movements set to music by Igor Stravinsky and Symphony in C with music by Georges Bizet. In addition to performing the music to the ballets, The Cleveland Orchestra will also perform Tchaikovsky’s “Polacca” from The Sleeping Beauty and Mendelssohn’s Hebrides Overture (“Fingal’s Cave”), Opus 26.
Approximately 300 distinguished artists and guests of both organizations are expected to attend, including the Artistic Director of Miami City Ballet, Edward Villella, and the Music Director of The Cleveland Orchestra, Franz Welser-Möst.
The event is chaired by Jan R. Lewis and Dr. Margaret Eidson. The host committee includes: Adrienne Arsht, Ana Codina Barlick & Robert Barlick, Jr., Audre & Don Carlin, Lora & Fred Drasner, Dr. Margaret & Mike Eidson, Hector Fortun, Marvin Ross Friedman & Adrienne bon Haes, Pamela Garrison & R. Kirk Landon, Jan R. & Dan Lewis, Frances Sevilla-Sacasa, Penny & Roe Stamps, and Janet & Richard Yulman.
The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation is the presenting sponsor and has awarded the project a grant from the Knight Foundation Arts Partnership, a five-year, $40 million initiative to transform the arts in South Florida. The effort includes endowment grants to leading arts institutions, plus a community-wide contest to fund the best arts ideas.
Knight Foundation promotes journalism excellence worldwide and invests in the vitality of communities in the United States where the Knight brothers once owned newspapers. Knight Foundation invests in ideas and projects that can lead to transformational change.

Opportunities for New World Symphony musicians,
University of Miami students, and area high-school students
Music Director Franz Welser-Möst continues The Cleveland Orchestra’s relationship with the New World Symphony and the University of Miami Frost School of Music during the Orchestra’s annual Miami residencies.
In addition, Cleveland Orchestra musicians will continue to support school music programs in both public and private schools in the Miami area. In January, Cleveland Orchestra musicians will provide coachings at New World School of the Arts and Coral Reef High School (Miami-Dade County Public Schools) as well as coachings and master classes at Ransom Everglades School in Coconut Grove.

New Community Collaborations in January 2009
During the January residency, members of The Cleveland Orchestra will participate in an exploration of the music and politics of Stalin’s Russia on Tuesday, January 27, at The Wolfsonian-Florida International University in Miami Beach. In conjunction with the Orchestra’s performances of Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 7 (“Leningrad”), Juan Carlos Espinosa, associate dean and fellow at the Honors College, Florida International University, will explore music and politics in Stalin’s Russia at this lecture/performance that will conclude with members of The Cleveland Orchestra performing Shostakovich’s String Quartet No. 8.
The Wolfsonian is a museum, library, and research center that uses objects to illustrate the persuasive power of art and design, to explore what it means to be modern, and to tell the story of social, historical, and technological changes that have transformed our world. The collections comprise approximately 120,000 objects from the period of 1885 to 1945—the height of the Industrial Revolution to the end of the Second World War—in a variety of media including furniture; industrial-design objects; works in glass, ceramics, and metal; rare books; periodicals; ephemera; works on paper; paintings; textiles; and medals.
Music Director Franz Welser-Möst and Ali R. Rezai, M.D., the director of Cleveland Clinic’s Center for Neurological Restoration, will hold a special Music and the Brain dialogue at Books & Books in Coral Gables. The discussion will examine new understandings about the vast impact of music on the human brain, including a question-and-answer session followed by a short chamber music performance. Discussion topics will include the unique way in which music and the brain interact, the impact of music on health, and a sociological perspective of the role of the arts in neuroscience. This program is part of a recently launched international collaboration between The Cleveland Orchestra and Cleveland Clinic.
Books & Books, Coral Gables was founded by Mitchell Kaplan in 1982. Since that time, the store has become one of the most well-respected independent bookstores in the country. It’s a local landmark and an inspiring gathering place for writers as well as readers. The philosophy at Books & Books has remained constant throughout the years: it’s about neighbors, books, history, quality, tradition and creativity. Since 1982, Books & Books has hosted local, national and international writers as part of its award-winning Reading Series. Books & Books hosts reading groups, poetry groups, free workshops and lectures, and partners with many cultural, educational and charitable organizations to present special events at its four locations.
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Miami Residency adds to Orchestra’s existing long-term
performance relationships and residencies in New York, Lucerne, Salzburg and Vienna
The Cleveland Orchestra Miami Residency project commenced in January 2007, during the 2006-07 inaugural season of the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County (then called Carnival Center for the Performing Arts). The Orchestra’s residency project in Miami includes an annual series of subscription concerts at the Adrienne Arsht Center as well as service to the Miami community through educational activities. The 2008 Miami residency served more than 20,000 members of the Miami-Dade community through concerts, educational programs, collaborative performances, and patron events. These included three weekends of sold-out subscription concerts; a performance celebrating Israel at 60, presented in partnership with the Greater Miami Jewish Federation; and free Education Concerts for more than 3,500 fifth graders at the Adrienne Arsht Center’s Knight Concert Hall.
The Cleveland Orchestra’s commitment to education and community service began when the Orchestra was founded in 1918, and today more than 70,000 Cleveland-area schoolchildren, teachers, families, young musicians and adult learners participate in the Orchestra’s educational programs in Cleveland designed to nurture a lifelong love of music. With its Florida-based educational activities, the Orchestra continues to broaden its role with universities and conservatories, which previously focused on the Cleveland Institute of Music and the Oberlin Conservatory of Music.
In addition to its residency at the Adrienne Arsht Center, The Cleveland Orchestra currently has three other intensive and regular performing relationships, including residencies, outside of Cleveland: with Carnegie Hall in New York, the Lucerne Festival in Switzerland, and the Musikverein in Vienna, Austria. Continuing a long relationship with Carnegie Hall, the Orchestra committed to a multi-year association of performances there under the direction of Franz Welser-Möst. With Carnegie Hall and the Lucerne Festival, the Orchestra is involved in a biennial commissioning project, the Roche Commissions, which include world premiere performances by the Orchestra at the Lucerne Festival. The Orchestra has performed at the Lucerne Festival four times since 2004, most recently in August 2008. The Musikverein Residency was conceived as a long-term relationship, which includes series of concerts at the Musikverein under the direction of Franz Welser-Möst. The Orchestra’s five concerts at the Musikverein in 2003 marked the first such residency by an American orchestra in the history of that venue. In its third Musikverein Residency, the Orchestra performed four concerts at the Musikverein in October/November 2007. During their Salzburg Festival Residency in August 2008, the Orchestra and Mr. Welser-Möst made five appearances in a new production of Dvořák’s Rusalka, and performed three additional concert programs.
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Concert Tickets
Subscription inquiries should be directed to the Box Office at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County at (305) 949-6722 or online at clevelandorchestramiami.com. Individual tickets for Cleveland Orchestra subscription concerts are available through the Arsht Center Box Office at (305) 949-6722 or online at thearshtcenter.org.
Music lovers interested in Cleveland Orchestra performances in Miami can be added to the priority mailing list by emailing miami@clevelandorchestra.com or calling (305) 372-7747.
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A revised calendar for The Cleveland Orchestra’s January 2009 Miami Residency activities follows this release. Photographs and additional information on the 2009 Miami Residency are available upon request.
More information about The Cleveland Orchestra’s Miami Residency is available at clevelandorchestramiami.com.

Contact: Ana Papakhian, (216) 231-7476 / anap@clevelandorchestra.com
Jennifer Schlosser, (216) 231-7518 / jschlosser@clevelandorchestra.com

JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2009
CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA MIAMI RESIDENCY
SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES

Activities with educational partners are open to students at those institutions, unless otherwise noted.
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Tuesday, January 27, 2009, 1:10 – 3:45 p.m.
WORKING REHEARSAL WITH NEW WORLD SCHOOL OF THE ARTS
New World School of the Arts
Jayce Ogren, conductor

Cleveland Orchestra Assistant Conductor Jayce Ogren will work with high-school orchestral musicians at the New World School of the Arts, a magnet arts high school that is an educational partnership of Miami-Dade County Public Schools; Miami Dade College, and the University of Florida.

Venue Information:
New World School of the Arts
300 NE 2nd Avenue
Miami, FL 33132
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Tuesday, January 27, 2009, at 7 p.m.
Recognition • Reflection • Remembrance
Wolfsonian-FIU
Performance by Members of The Cleveland Orchestra
Speaker: Juan Carlos Espinosa, associate dean and fellow, the Honors College, Florida International University

In conjunction with The Cleveland Orchestra’s Friday, January 30, and Saturday, January 31, performances of Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 7 (“Leningrad”), an exploration of music and politics in Stalin’s Russia is presented at the Wolfsonian. A ruthless dictator with a dangerous interest in culture, Stalin was the final arbiter of what was truly Soviet music. Composers, like all other Soviet citizens, had to navigate through the shifting and arbitrary rules of the state in order to survive. Some composers adhered fanatically to the official line and others were mortal victims of the Stalinist terror – executed, imprisoned in the Gulag, some never to return. Hear this story told through music.

Venue Information:
1001 Washington Avenue
Miami Beach, FL 33139
To reserve your tickets, email Miami@clevelandorchestra.com.

Wednesday, January 28, 2009, 7:30-9:30 a.m.
COACHINGS AT MIAMI-DADE COUNTY SCHOOLS
Coral Reef High School

A group of Cleveland Orchestra string and woodwind musicians work with high school orchestral and band students at Coral Reef High School, Miami-Dade County Public Schools.

Venue Information:
Coral Reef High School
10101 SW 152nd Street
Miami, FL 33157

Wednesday, January 28, 2009, 3:00 – 4:30 p.m.
TRI-COUNTY MASTER CLASS AT RANSOM EVERGLADES SCHOOL STUDENTS
Lewis Family Auditorium

Musicians from The Cleveland Orchestra will work with talented young band musicians from a tri-county area on the campus of Ransom Everglades School, an independent, co-ed school serving students in grades six through twelve. The spirit of Ransom Everglades’s commitment to its students is exemplified through its emphasis on Tradition, Thinking, Teamwork, Talent and Technology.

Venue Information:
Ransom Everglades Upper School
3575 Main Highway
Coconut Grove, FL 33133-5993

Thursday, January 29, 2009, at 7:30 p.m.
SEE THE MUSIC, HEAR THE DANCING
MIAMI CITY BALLET/CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA Performance and Benefit
Ziff Ballet Opera House, Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts
Juan Francisco La Manna, conductor

TCHAIKOVSKY “Polacca” from The Sleeping Beauty
STRAVINSKY Symphony in Three Movements*
MENDELSSOHN The Hebrides Overture (“Fingal’s Cave”), Opus 26
BIZET Symphony No. 1 in C major*

*Performed with Miami City Ballet – Choreography by George Balanchine

Presenting Sponsor: The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation

Performance Tickets: $19-$175
For Benefit Tickets, please call Rebecca Johnson at (305) 929-7000, ext. 1445

All proceeds from See The Music, Hear The Dancing will benefit Miami City Ballet and The Cleveland Orchestra.

Venue Information:
1300 Biscayne Blvd., Miami FL 33132
Box Office phone: (305) 949-6722

Friday, January 30, 2009, 10:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
OPEN REHEARSAL FOR FROST SCHOOL OF MUSIC STUDENTS, NEW WORLD SYMPHONY FELLOWS, and students from NEW WORLD SCHOOL OF THE ARTS and CORAL REEF HIGH SCHOOL
Knight Concert Hall, Arsht Center for the Performing Arts
Franz Welser-Möst, conductor
Measha Brueggergosman, soprano

Repertoire to be rehearsed:

WAGNER Wesendonck Songs
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 7 (“Leningrad”)

Rehearsal open to Frost School of Music students, New World Symphony fellows, New World School of the Arts, Florida International University music students, and music students from select Miami-Dade County Public School District High Schools.

Venue Information:
Arsht Center for the Performing Arts
1300 Biscayne Blvd., Miami
For more information, please email Miami@clevelandorchestra.com
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Friday, January 30, 2009, at 8:00 p.m.
CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA SUBSCRIPTION CONCERT
Knight Concert Hall, Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts
Franz Welser-Möst, conductor
Measha Brueggergosman, soprano

WAGNER Wesendonck Songs
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 7 (“Leningrad”)

Pre-Concert Conversation at 7:00 p.m. – Recognition • Reflection • Remembrance
Juan Carlos Espinosa, associate dean and fellow of the Honors College, Florida International University, will speak about politics, oppression, and censorship differences to recognize a time when artists were censored and oppressed by political forces.

Tickets:
$150, $95, Limited availability $80, $65, $45, $20

This performance is presented by the Musical Arts Association of Miami and the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County.

Media partners: Classical South Florida 89.7 FM, The Miami Herald and El Nuevo Herald

Venue Information:
1300 Biscayne Blvd., Miami FL 33132
Box Office phone: (305) 949-6722

Saturday, January 31, 2009, at 8:00 p.m.
CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA SUBSCRIPTION CONCERT
Knight Concert Hall, Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts
Franz Welser-Möst, conductor
Measha Brueggergosman, soprano

WAGNER Wesendonck Songs
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 7 (“Leningrad”)

Pre-Concert Conversation at 7:00 p.m. – Recognition • Reflection • Remembrance
Juan Carlos Espinosa, associate dean and fellow of the Honors College, Florida International University, will speak about politics, oppression, and censorship differences to recognize a time when artists were censored and oppressed by political forces.

Tickets:
$160, $105, Limited availability $85, $70, $50 $20

This performance is presented by the Musical Arts Association of Miami and the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County.

Media partners: Classical South Florida 89.7 FM, The Miami Herald and El Nuevo Herald

Venue Information:
1300 Biscayne Blvd., Miami FL 33132
Box Office phone: (305) 949-6722

Monday, February 2, 2009, Time to be determined
WORKING REHEARSAL WITH RANSOM EVERGLADES SCHOOL
Jayce Ogren, conductor

Cleveland Orchestra Assistant Conductor Jayce Ogren will work with high-school musicians at Ransom Everglades School, an independent, co-ed school serving students in grades six through twelve. The spirit of Ransom Everglades’s commitment to its students is exemplified through its emphasis on Tradition, Thinking, Teamwork, Talent and Technology.

Venue Information:
Ransom Everglades Middle School
2045 S. Bayshore Drive
Coconut Grove, FL 33133

Monday, February 2, 2009, at 1:10 – 3:45 p.m.
MASTER CLASS AND COACHING
New World School of the Arts

Musicians from The Cleveland Orchestra will work with students individually and in ensembles at the New World School of the Arts, a magnet arts high school that is an educational partnership of Miami-Dade County Public Schools; Miami Dade College; and the University of Florida.

Venue Information:
New World School of the Arts
300 N.E. 2nd Avenue
Miami, FL 33132

Monday, February 2, 2009, at 8:00 p.m.
MUSIC AND THE BRAIN

Cleveland Orchestra Music Director Franz Welser-Möst and Dr. Ali Rezai, director of Cleveland Clinic’s Center for Neurological Restoration, will examine new understandings about the vast impact of music on the human brain. Discussion and question-and-answer session will be followed by a short chamber music performance.

A variety of interrelated topics will be discussed, including:
the neurobiology of music (the unique way in which music and the brain interact),
the impact of music on health, and
a sociological perspective of the role of the arts in neuroscience

Venue Information:
Books & Books
265 Aragon Avenue
Coral Gables, FL 33134
Phone: (305) 442-4408

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Where we will be this week(WWWBTW):

Monday, Jan 5:
At home, at the desk (or maybe the patio table!) selling web ads and listening to:
· Sunday Blues with Dar: http://www.blueatheart.com/podcast/stream.asp
· Smokestack Lightnin’: http://www.smokestacklightnin.com/
· New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Station: http://www.WWOZ.org
Tuesday, Jan 6:
Boston’s on the Beach, Delray Beach
Blue Tuesday w/ Famous Frank Ward w/ Shack Daddys Featuring Jeff Watkins
Wednesday, Jan 7:
Taxes?
Thursday, Jan 8:
Clematis by Night; West Palm Beach; Dee Dee Wilde
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The Cottage, Lake Worth: Downstairs Groove Orchestra
Friday, Jan 9:
Northwood Village: along Northwood Rd, West Palm Beach: Jazz Elite
&
South Shores Tavern & Patio Bar, Lake Worth; Funky Blu Roots
&
Nothin’ Fancy, West Palm Beach: Bobby Nathan Band
Saturday, Jan 10:
Rose & Alfred Miniaci Performing Arts Center, Davie: South Florida JAZZ presents Eldar Trio
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Orange Door, Lake Park: Nucklebusters w/ Famous Frank Ward
Sunday, Jan 11:
Fire Rock, West Palm Beach; Susan Merritt Trio Jazz Pro-Jam, 7-10pm

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NEWS
*The January edition of Hot House Florida is an online-only edition that can be seen at: www.HotHouseFlorida.com

. We will no longer be printing Hot House and it can only be found on-line; saving trees and gas and providing better listings.
*Chirstabelle’s in Coconut Grove has closed (another place that tried to defy the market by not advertising their business – how many of you even knew about this place?)
*Love 94 (WLVE 93.9 Miami) is no longer playing jazz of any sort. Perhaps they will again on a digitable transmission, but this is not confirmed.
* Check out our myspace for photos from last week at Boston’s on the Beach, Hollywood Beach Balloon Fest, City Limits in Delray, The Orange Door, CityPlace Plaza, Suntrust Sunday Jazz Brunch in Ft. Lauderdale and The Fire Rock Restaurant.

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It is a Happy New Year – we are re-launching Curated Listening series!
The first Tuesday of each month at the übercool News Lounge, join us for a FREE specialized listening party. Of course you know News Lounge as the garden patio and comfy lounge next to Soyka’s, across from Andiamo, at 55th Street Station
5580 NE 4 Court, Miami – even the parking is free!
info: (305) 672-5202 or www.rhythmfoundation.com

Tuesday January 6th, 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Guest curator: Emilio San Pedro
Emilio will play the music of “Distressed Divas”. Emilio is now a BBC correspondent based in London, but Miamians may know him as the host of the amazing radio show “The Rhythm Box” from previous years. Every week, he made connections between music as diverse as Yma Sumac, the UK sounds of 4AD, Afrocuban santero rhythms, and beyond. We miss Emilio, so we invited him to help launch the series while he is visiting.
www.rhythmfoundation.com

Hear Merriweather Post Pavilion + score free swag!!
Date: Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Time: 9:00pm – 11:00pm
Location: Sweat Records
Street: 5505 NE 2nd Ave.
City/Town: Miami, FL
Come one, come all – Sweat Records, WRGP + Domino Records present the Offical Miami Release Party for “Merriweather Post Pavilion” – the new album from ANIMAL COLLECTIVE!!

The vinyl is being released early and anyone who buys it will receive a huge double-sided poster of the gorgeous artwork. We’ve also got enough limited edition download cards with FREE tracks for everyone!!

sweatrecordsmiami.com
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Friday – 12/19 – Tobacco Road, Miami
(Afrobeta plays out back with Spam & DJ Oski upstairs)

www.spamallstars.com
www.myspace.com/spamallstars

From the Personal Management office of Arturo Sandoval

The hugely anticipated return of Arturo Sandoval to Miami has arrived!! Don’t miss this one-night-only performance at the beautiful dinner club, THE PLACE. Come and enjoy a perfect night of all-new Afro-Cuban Jazz, first-class international cuisine, exceptional service and a gorgeous ambience. Show starts at 10 O’clock and doors open at 8 o’clock for dinner.

Located at 833 SW 29th Avenue.

For reservation please call 305-642-6994. Abundance of valet available.

DINNER at 8PM and the SHOW at 10PM