Music

Sessions Virtual Cabaret Presented by SMDCAC

SMDCAC Sessions


Thursdays starting May 14th at 7pm

The South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center (SMDCAC) is launching a new, Miami-based project for local artists to showcase their talents & support local artists in Miami financially, emotionally, and creatively during this difficult time. Enjoy a 3-5 minute video performance to broadcast through the SMDCAC Facebook page.

Check out videos of all Sessions performances!

Shred the Virus

Shred the Virus was created by high school junior, Pablo Diaz, in collaboration with Sweetwater. 

 

To enter the competition event, improvise over a backing track, play something original, or just cover a song you've been learning. Record a video of yourself playing for 20 - 60 seconds, then upload the video to YouTube and email the link to shredthevirus@gmail.com using the format given in the entry form below. *If you do not currently have access to a guitar, any pre-existing footage is fine.

 

Free Masterclass with Black Violin (Tuesdays and Fridays 2:00pm)

The Black Violin MasterClass (BVMC) Series is an outside the box, live stream interactive workshop that allows students to look at their instruments from a different perspective. Our goal is to instill confidence in young musicians so they can find their own unique voice using whatever instrument they play.  BVMC is geared toward string musicians but can be a great resource for any music student searching for ways to be more creative with their respective instrument.

Friday Nights @Frost Presented by Frost School of Music

Starry Night - May 8, 2020

Originally performed on September 13, 2019.

Valerie Coleman, with Margaret Donaghue, Svet Stoyanov, Shelly Berg, and special guests Alicia Hall Moran and Amanda Harberg.

In her concert debut as Assistant Professor of Performance, Chamber Music and Entrepreneurship, Grammy-nominated flutist and composer Valerie Coleman is showcased in an evening of poetry, visual art, and her own original chamber music.

 

Frost Jazz Vocal Ensemble with Sheila Jordan - May 15, 2020

Originally performed on November 12, 2019.

Gilbert and Sullivan's H.S.M. Pinafore Presented by Miami Dade College Kendall Campus

Directed by Misty Bermudez, conducted by Dr. Leo Walz, and performed by MDC Kendall Opera Theater Ensemble, H.M.S. Pinafore was the first collaboration between famed partners W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan. Since its London premiere in 1878, H.M.S. Pinafore has charmed audiences with its humorous tale of love between different social classes. This nautical romance filled with endearing characters and memorable tunes kicks off when the Captain of the Pinafore makes arrangements for his daughter to marry the Lord Admiral of the Navy. Difficulties arise between father and daughter when she reveals her love for a low ranking seaman aboard the ship. Ironically the Captain finds himself in a similar position as he is falling for a dockside vendor called Little Buttercup. As in many of the Gilbert and Sullivan operas, an astonishing disclosure changes everything in the end.

The Acoustic Guitar Project Presented by Centro Cultural Español

Join us for the sixth edition of the Acoustic Guitar Project Miami Concert for the season 2019/20

Listen live to five amazing songs written by each artist in just 7 days only with the guitar that has been in Miami for this project since 2014. Every artist will perform the song created for the project and two other songs of their choosing.

Found more about the project and all the songs created around the world at www.theacousticguitarproject.com

Classical Music Concert & Writers’ Readings Presented by National YoungArts Foundation

The region's most accomplished young artists come to Miami for special one-night-only performances. During the intensive, weeklong and all-inclusive program, artists across 10 disciplines participate in master classes and workshops with internationally recognized leaders, including visual artists Loni Johnson and Robert Chambers, jazz pianist and composer Emmet Cohen (2009 YoungArts Winner in Jazz), author and award-winning journalist Dr. Joan Morgan and cinematographer Rick Delgado (1992 YoungArts Winner in Film), among others. The accomplished young artists then have the opportunity to share their talents with the public through multidisciplinary performances, writers’ readings, film screenings and a visual arts exhibition.

Derina Harvey Band Presented by Seminole Theatre

Fearless front-woman Derina Harvey leads this Celtic rock group, who are recent winners of the People’s Choice Award at the 2018 Edmonton Music Awards​. The group offers a fresh take on traditional folk songs as well as an increasing amount of original material. The band has a rocky, rhythmic undertow; layered with guitars, fiddle, and topped by Derina’s powerful voice. dHb has been ​likened to a rockier version of Canada’s Great Big Sea​,​ if fronted by Adele​, and has earned a reputation as a ​high-energy live show​. The band has already covered a fair amount of Canada via the performing arts and festival circuits (​over 180 performances since starting 2016​), and is now poised to break into the United States, having been ​selected for three juried US showcases ​in the past year. The group’s showcase at the Arts Northwest Conference in Tacoma in 2017 garnered them the “Best Showcase” Award and resulted in numerous bookings in the Northwest. Their recent trips to showcase at the Western Arts Alliance conference in Las Vegas (August, 2018) and Performing Arts Exchange in Orlando (October, 2018) have already garnered interest across the US. The band has two full length recordings to their credit. Their self-titled debut album (2013) has garnered radio airplay across Canada, and their second album Rove and Go (2016) has become even more widespread, being added at over 30 stations across Canada and tracking at #65 on CKUA's top-played albums for 2016. The band is currently writing original material (latest single "The Fallen Man's Daughter" - release date October 19th, 2018) and will release a full-length album of primarily original material in 2019.

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