Amid the usual South Florida classic rock concerts in 2014-2015, plus a couple shows by popular indie stars like The Black Keys, it’s a surprisingly singer/songwriter-oriented season that ranges from blues and pop to country and folk. In addition to rootsy crossover artists Lyle Lovett, Jimmy Webb, Leon Russell and Emmylou Harris, and various blues incarnates like Robert … [Read more...]
Archives for October 2014
2014-15 arts preview: The season in classical music
In some respects, area classical music activity has begun to divide more sharply into concerts that echo the middlebrow past, and others that are working out on the borderlands of the nervy future. This season, there will be plenty of new music, as well as a healthy helping of contemporary music to enliven the programs of standard canonic repertoire. In addition, the season … [Read more...]
2014-15 arts preview: The season in Palm Beach County art
Whether you are an artist or an admirer of beauty, you should thank the lucky stars (and planets) for aligning once again to bring Palm Beach County robust art by local and international artists. It is not the most exciting lineup ever, but as usual diversity is the big hero saving us from the villain: predictability. That there will be something for everyone is always good … [Read more...]
2014-15 arts preview: The season in dance
By Tara Mitton Catao The coming dance season promises a strong line up for lovers of both contemporary dance and classical ballet, from large companies such as Miami City Ballet to scrappy modern dance troupes such as Reach Dance Collective. Here’s a closer look at what will be on view for lovers of dance this coming season: Duncan Theatre: The always satisfying seasons at … [Read more...]
Lynn Phil’s best-ever opener hints new era for school, orchestra
It’s hard to know whether a change as simple as a rehearsal strategy can make all the difference in the world for a performing organization, but in the case of the Lynn Philharmonia, this much can be said: Its opening program this past weekend was easily the finest opening concert of the season the conservatory orchestra has ever given, and in its freshness, maturity and … [Read more...]
A modern jazz piano master thrills at Arts Garage
Jazz improvisation, Cyrus Chestnut said last Saturday night, is “the art of composition at a very rapid pace, without the benefit of editing.” That’s the kind of useful working definition a good teacher would provide, and perhaps it’s no coincidence that Chestnut recently was appointed a distinguished professor of jazz studies at Howard University. But the audience that … [Read more...]
2014-15 arts preview: The season in opera
For opera companies, being the first house for a brand-new work is a standout way to elevate your cultural profile at home and abroad. And surely the biggest news in the coming season for the local opera scene will be the world premiere at Palm Beach Opera of a new American work, Enemies: A Love Story, with music by Ben Moore to a libretto by Nahma Sandrow, based on the Isaac … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: Oct. 4-5
Art: The Pérez Art Museum in Miami has scored a triumph by landing the first major U.S. retrospective of the work of Beatriz Milhazes, a Brazilian artist whose big, colorful abstract paintings brim with a riot of colors that nevertheless cohere with a pleasant, joyous effect. Jardim Botânico (her studio adjoins a botanical garden) covers the last 25 years of the Rio-based … [Read more...]
2014-15 arts preview: The season in jazz
Jazz isn’t exactly the genre best-known for producing superstars, but a chosen few will appear in South Florida this season. The most notable is likely legendary crooner Tony Bennett, who plays both the Knight Concert Hall in Miami and the Kravis Center in West Palm Beach (the latter on Valentine’s Day). The gifted pianist and silky singer Diana Krall, who had been scheduled, … [Read more...]
2014-15 arts preview: The season in books
After all these years, the literary events season in South Florida has long reached its maturity. No more jokes about “cultural wastelands,” and publishers still send writers here on the few publicity tours they pay for each year. Why? Because so many people here read books, talk about books, and attend literary festivities. It would be understandable if organizers of, say, … [Read more...]