Danzón Charanga benefit raises $20K for FIU School of Music

Nestor Torres performs with the FIU Danzon Charanga Ensemble

“Keeping La Tradición” (“Keeping The Tradition”) was the theme for the benefit concert featuring Nestor Torres and the FIU Danzón Charanga Ensemble presented on April 23 at the Herbert & Nicole Wertheim Performing Arts Center at Modesto A. Maidique Campus. The vibrant show constituted a heartfelt tribute to authentic Cuban rhythms [...]

Latin Grammy Award-winning bassist Eddie Gomez comes to MMC April 7

Legendary bassist Eddie Gomez

Legendary bassist and Latin Grammy Award winner Eddie Gomez will join FIU’s Jazz Faculty Quartet on Thursday, April 7, at 7:30 p.m., for a performance to benefit the School of Music. Gomez has been on the cutting edge of music for more than four decades. He has performed with jazz [...]

FIU Theatre brings Shakespeare’s ‘Twelfth Night’ to life

Nathalie Nodarse as Fest, Sarai Heria as Viola

FIU Theatre’s last show of the season brings William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night to the stage at Modesto A. Maidique Campus. In this classic comedy about mistaken identities, twin brother and sister Viola and Sebastian are separated when their ship capsizes and each thinks the other is dead. When Viola washes [...]

Flutists Sir James and Lady Jeanne Galway to teach master class March 23

Sir James Galway and Lady Jeanne Galway

Sir James Galway and Lady Jeanne Galway will visit the School of Music on Wednesday, March 23, as part of their International Flute Master Class Series. The legendary duo will offer a flute master class for FIU students, as well as students aged 12-16. Sir Galway is regarded as both [...]

FIU Theatre shines at Kennedy Center American College Theatre Regional Festival

Assistant Professor Jesse Dreikosen (top left) and FIU Theatre students at the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Regional Festival

A group of FIU Theatre students was honored at last month’s Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (KCACTF) in Daytona Beach. The KCACTF is a national theater program involving 18,000 students from colleges and universities nationwide. It is a network of more than 600 academic institutions throughout the country, where [...]

FIU Theatre brings ‘Pride and Prejudice’ to the stage

Pride and Prejudice publicity photo

For its second production of the spring semester FIU Theatre will present a production of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, adapted by Jon Jory and directed by Phillip Church, associate professor of theatre, March 3-13 at Modesto A. Maidique Campus. This classic tale of love and values unfolds in the [...]

A steampunk ‘Cinderella’ brought to life by FIU Music students

Marian Lobaina as Cinderella and Scott Trip as Prince Charming

Students from the FIU Opera Theater will present a rare performance of Jules Massenet’s fairy tale opera Cendrillon (i.e., Cinderella) on Friday, March 4, and Saturday, March 5, at 7:30 p.m. in the Concert Hall of the Wertheim Performing Arts Center at Modesto A. Maidique Campus. The opera tells the story [...]

Jazz legends unite in benefit concert for FIU School of Music

FIU School of Music faculty member Gary Campbell and guest artist Steve Allee

FIU School of Music, in partnership with WDNA Public Radio, presents Jazz pianist and composer Steve Allee; saxophonist Gary Campbell with the FIU Jazz Quartet; and the highly acclaimed FIU quartet-in-residence Amernet String Quartet in concert on Feb. 1. Proceeds from the event will benefit the FIU School of Music scholarship [...]

Faculty concert to raise funds for local elementary school music programs

FIU music education students and members of the FIU CMENC Chapter, with FIU faculty member Dr. Janet Duguay, present Redondo Elementary School with instruments for their music program.

FIU’s School of Music will present a faculty spotlight concert Friday, Jan. 28, to raise money for “Music in Need,” an award-winning program created and administered by FIU music students that supplies music equipment to local elementary music programs. The concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Herbert and [...]

FIU Theatre kicks-off spring with ‘The Ruby Sunrise’ Jan. 20

Daniel Nieves and Sarai Heria co-star in "The Ruby Sunrise" as Tad Rose and Lulu Miles.

“There is truth and then there is television…”. The Ruby Sunrise is the first FIU Theatre production of the spring 2011 semester. Directed by Michael Yawney, this is a play about how reality gets rewritten by the media. It shows the audience a fictional historical event – a young woman creates a [...]