Concerts
FEATURED EVENT
r.e.m. explored
brave new pops 1
Saturday | October 21, 2023 | 7:30pm
Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall
featuring:
The Music of R.E.M.
Arranged for Full Orchestra
By Carl Marsh & David Mallamud
AND
Mike Mills Concerto for Violin, Rock Band & Orchestra Performed by: Mike Mills (Electric Bass/Piano/Guitar) and Robert McDuffie (Violin)
This symphonic event opens with selections from R.E.M.’s legendary playlist (including Everybody Hurts, Supernatural Superstitions, Man on the Moon and more!) newly reimagined for orchestra and concludes with R.E.M.’s Mike Mills performing his eponymous Concerto for Violin, Rock Band, and Orchestra alongside Grammy-nominated violinist Robert McDuffie.
Brave New Pops sponsored by:
Ellie Fox &
Seminole Casino Hotel
R.E.M. Explored | Brave New Pops 1
with Mike Mills & Robert McDuffie
featuring:
The Music of R.E.M. Arranged for Full Orchestra by Carl Marsh & David Mallamud
AND
Mike Mills Concerto for Violin, Rock Band & Orchestra
Saturday, October 21, 2023, 7:30pm
Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall
Brave New Pops Series sponsored by:
Ellie fox &
Seminole Casino Hotel
American Classical | Masterworks 1/BNP2
with Marcus Roberts Jazz Trio
Radu Paponiu, Conductor
Aaron Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man, Four Episodes from Rodeo
George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
Leonard Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
John Williams: Star Wars Suite
Saturday, November 4, 2023
6:30pm Pre-Concert Lecture, 7:30pm Concert
Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall
Masterworks Series sponsored by:
Uhler & Vertich Financial Planners
& The LAT Foundation
Brave New Pops Series sponsored by:
Ellie fox &
Seminole Casino Hotel
Santa’s Serenade | Holiday Pops
with Andrew Lipke
Featuring everyone’s favorite holiday songs!
December 10, 2023 | First Presbyterian, Bonita Springs
December 11, 2023 | Village Church, Shell Point
Brave New Pops Series sponsored by:
Ellie fox &
Seminole Casino Hotel
Beethoven No. 5 & the British Invasion | MW2
with Charles Yang, guest violinist
Radu Paponiu, Conductor
Caroline Shaw: Entr’acte
Maurice Ravel: Tzigane
Vittorio Monti: Csárdás
Animals: House of the Rising Sun
Beatles: Blackbird
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor
Saturday, January 6, 2024
6:30pm Pre-Concert Lecture, 7:30pm Concert
Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall
Masterworks Series sponsored by:
Uhler & Vertich Financial Planners
& The LAT Foundation
From Darkness to Light | MW3
with Alexandra Carlson, guest pianist
Radu Paponiu, Conductor
Gideon Klein: Partita for Strings
Sergei Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major
Antonín Dvořák: Symphony No. 8 in G major
Saturday, February 3, 2024
6:30pm Pre-Concert Lecture, 7:30pm Concert
Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall
Masterworks Series sponsored by:
Uhler & Vertich Financial Planners
& The LAT Foundation
The Concertmaster Concerto | MW4
with Orin Laursen, concertmaster/violin
Radu Paponiu, Conductor
Anna Clyne: Restless Oceans
Ludwig van Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D major
Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D major
Saturday, March 16, 2024
6:30pm Pre-Concert Lecture, 7:30pm Concert
Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall
Masterworks Series sponsored by:
Uhler & Vertich Financial Planners
& The LAT Foundation
A Date With the Symphony
Arturo Fernandez, guest pianist
Radu Paponiu, conductor
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Divertimento in F Major, K.138
Johann Sebastian Bach: Harpsichord Concerto in D minor, BWV 1052
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48
Thursday, April 4, 2024
Tribby Arts Center, Shell Point
Cryptic Symphony | MW5
with Sterling Elliott, guest cellist
Radu Paponiu, Conductor
Ke-chia Chen: Ebbs and Flows
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme
Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 in D minor
Saturday, April 13, 2024
6:30pm Pre-Concert Lecture, 7:30pm Concert
Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall
Masterworks Series sponsored by:
Uhler & Vertich Financial Planners
& The LAT Foundation
70s, 80s & 90s Unplugged | brave new Pops 3
Featuring hits from: Nirvana, Eric Clapton, Rod Stewart, 10,000 Maniacs, Alanis Morisette, Jodeci, The Eagles, Mariah Carey, George Michael, Toad the Wet Sprocket, Paul McCartney, Sheryl Crow, The Cranberries, and Chris Isaak
Saturday | May 18, 2024 | 7:30pm
Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall
Brave New Pops Series sponsored by:
Ellie Fox &
Seminole Casino Hotel
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