Early Music at FIU

Bridges of Sound: Music from the Baroque to the Classical Style is performed by Libiamo Antiqua Ensemble, a historically informed performance group specializing in 17th- and 18th-century repertoire featuring FIU Wertheim School of Music faculty and alumni.

The ensemble performs exclusively from manuscripts, facsimiles, and critical urtext editions, bringing audiences as close as possible to the music’s original voice. This program follows the stylistic shifts from the early Baroque to the late Baroque, into the Galant style, and toward the early Classical period – spotlighting the composers and idioms that defined each era.

This concert is free for FIU students. To reserve tickets, go to the website on the flyer and enter the following code: StudentRuckus. You’ll need to show your student I.D. when you arrive.

This concert is free for FIU students. To reserve tickets, go to the website on the flyer and enter the following code: StudentVenice. You’ll need to show your student I.D. when you arrive.

Dear Friends of Early Music at FIU,

We would like to invite you to the spectacular Boston Early Music Festival (BEMF) performance of John Frederick Lampe’s The Dragon of Wantley (1736) at FIU’s Herbert and Nicole Wertheim Concert Hall on Thursday, November 30 at 8:00 pm. Attendees who donate $100 or more will be invited to BEMF’s pre-concert reception from 6:30 – 7:30 pm where they will enjoy mingling with the artists. At 7:30 pm they will be invited inside the venue for a 15-minute conversation with artists and BEMF administrators regarding the performance they will be experiencing.

I hope to see you all there for this very special event,

David Dolata, Ph.D.
Professor of Musicology

Sunday September 10, 2 pm. Palladium Theater St. Petersburg, 253 5th Ave N, St. Petersburg, FL 33701, USA (727) 822-3590

This notification is for our friends and alumni on the west side. I will be joining St. Pete Baroque on theorbo at the Palladium in St. Petersburg for a concert of baroque music that features the the exquisite viola d’amore, a rarely heard instrument whose intoxicating tone will linger in your memory long after the concert concludes. For more information and details, see below.

David Dolata

Join St Pete Baroque for the opening concert of their 3rd season, “Lifting Unheard Baroque Voices”. Experience the magic and learn the stories of four rarely heard women composers. There will also be a premier of a recently discovered piece for the viola d’amore that has not been played in over 350 years. Additionally, there will be gems by Monteverdi, Abel, and Cazzati. The other unheard voices on this program are the rarely-heard instruments themselves!

Hear the powerful and richly dynamic voice of soprano Hein Jung; the 14-stringed viola d’amore, played by Artistic Director Dan Urbanowicz; baroque violin, played by Sarah Shellman; viola da gamba, played by Guest Artist Sarah Biber from Colorado; theorbo, by Guest Artist David Dolata from Miami; and the harpsichord, by Guest Artist Webb Wiggins from Fort Lauderdale. Join us after the show for a free reception in the lobby.

St Pete Baroque

PBA College of the Arts Early Music Festival

Saturday, March 18, 7:30pm

DeSantis Family Chapel, 300 Okeechobee Blvd, West Palm Beach, FL 33401, USA

PBA College of the Arts 2023 Early Music Festival

Friday, March 17, 7:30 pm

DeSantis Family Chapel, 300 Okeechobee Blvd, West Palm Beach, FL 33401, USA

RUCKUS, October 1, 2022

Saturday, October 1, 2022 Wertheim Performing Art Center 7:00 PM

Buy Your Tickets Now Free admission for FIU students

Ruckus’ core is a continuo group, the baroque equivalent of a jazz rhythm section: guitars, keyboards, cello, bassoon, and bass. Other members include soloists of the violin, flute, and oboe. The ensemble aims to fuse the early-music movement’s questing, creative spirit with the grit, groove, and jangle of American roots music, creating a unique sound of “rough-edged intensity” (New Yorker). Its members are assembled from among the most creative and virtuosic performers in North American early music and is based in New York City.

           

Miami, FL – RK Cultural Productions and Grammy-winner Boston Early Music Festival have partnered to co-present, for the first time in Florida, the Boston Early Music Festival Semi- Staged Opera Series, a double bill of chamber operas– featuring Jean-Baptiste Lully’s Idylle sur la Paix and Marc- Antoine Charpentier’s La Fête de Rueil, at the Aventura Arts & Cultural Center on Wednesday, November 30, 2022, at 7:30 PM.

Miami, FL – 6/21/2022 On November 30, 2022, at 7:30 PM, RK Cultural Productions (RK) and The Boston Early Music Festival (BEMF) will be co-producing BEMF’s annual semi-staged Chamber Opera Series for the first time in Florida at the Aventura Arts & Cultural Center, located at 3385 NE 188th St, Aventura, FL 33180 Tickets are $40.00 – $50.00 and can be purchased through Ticketmaster. Once the event becomes live on Ticketmaster, a link will be available through RK’s website: https://rkculturalproductions.org

A pre-concert talk will be available for all patrons beginning at 6:30 PM and will last approximately 30 minutes. This event is included in the price of admission for the performance beginning at 7:30 PM.

Boston Early Music Festival has earned a distinguished international reputation for reviving Baroque opera masterpieces with today’s leading operatic superstars and a wealth of instrumental talent.

Infused with the latest information on period singing, orchestral performance, scenic design, costuming, dance, and staging, these performances take the form of full-scale spectacle operas, salon-style chamber operas, exceptional concert performances, national and international tours, radio and internet broadcasts, and acclaimed recording projects. BEMF operas reproduce the Baroque’s stunning palette of sound and sight, expertly led by Artistic Directors Paul O’Dette and Stephen Stubbs, and creatively reimagined for the stage by Opera Director Gilbert Blin.

Since 2008, BEMF has taken its signature level of artistry and scholarship to smaller-scale Baroque operas with their annual Chamber Opera Series.
Presented in Boston over Thanksgiving weekend, these intimate productions incorporate stunning costumes, Baroque staging and dance, and world-class musicianship. Past Chamber Opera Series productions have been featured on tour throughout North America, winning acclaim in New York City, Vancouver, Seattle, and Kansas City. Beginning November 30th, Miami will be added to the list.

BOSTON EARLY MUSIC FESTIVAL VOCAL, CHAMBER & DANCE ENSEMBLES will include 32 performers and individuals, including:
Paul O’Dette & Stephen Stubbs, Musical Directors
Gilbert Blin, Stage Director Robert Mealy, Concertmaster Melinda Sullivan, Dance Director, Gwen van den Eijnde, Costume Designer Kathleen Fay, Executive Producer

“This is something special.”
-The New York Times

The fully-staged Festival Centerpiece Operas bring the glamorous world of Baroque opera to life for modern audiences, complete with a GRAMMY-winning roster of directors, an internationally-acclaimed cast of operatic stars, the all-star instrumentalists of our BEMF Orchestra, lavish period sets and costumes, astonishing special effects, and elegant Baroque dance.

“BEMF spares no effort when it stages opera.”
-BachTrack

RK Cultural Productions Inc, is a Florida 501(3)c non-profit cultural arts organization, with a mission to bring the world’s best early, baroque, and classical music artists to South Florida.

RK is able to present its 2022-2023 series with the generous contributions of dedicated music lovers like yourself and with the support of the following sponsors:

Rise Kern Cultural Production| 4000 Towerside Terrace #908, Miami, FL 33138 | 305-519-4442 | Info@RKCulturalProductions.org | RKCulturalProductions.org 

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