Half Mozart. Half Strauss. All Vienna. On Friday night, The Florida Orchestra, under the baton of guest conductor Klauspeter Seibel, played a program that featured music by these two composers, who made their home in the Austrian capital a century apart. ...more

February 22, 2009

On Friday night, The Florida Orchestra, under the baton of guest conductor Klauspeter Seibel, played a program which featured music by these two composers, who made their home in the Austrian capital a century apart. ...more

February 21, 2009

The Florida Orchestra will set the mood for Valentine's Day weekend with "An Evening of Romance and Love Songs." As fitting as the program's lineup of classic love songs is its choice of guest conductor: Matt Catingub. ...more

February 1, 2009

In the past few months, BK Jackson seems to have been everywhere. He released his first smooth jazz CD, opened for legendary vocalist Tony Bennett at the Clearwater Jazz Holiday and performed the national anthem at four sold-out Tampa Bay Rays playoff games. ...more

December 3, 2008

When The Florida Orchestra's season comes to a close in six months and we look back on those stick-to-the-ribs highlights, this weekend's program will stand out as a keeper. ...more

November 23, 2008

When The Florida Orchestra's season comes to a close in six months and we look back on those stick-to-the-ribs highlights, this weekend's program will stand out as a keeper. ...more

November 22, 2008

In the past few months, BK Jackson seems to have been everywhere. He released his first smooth jazz CD, opened for legendary vocalist Tony Bennett at the Clearwater Jazz Holiday and performed the national anthem at four sold-out Tampa Bay Rays playoff games. ...more

November 19, 2008

The Florida Orchestra will celebrate celestial bodies this month with "Holst: The Planets," part of the Progress Energy Masterworks series. Under the direction of Stefan Sanderling, the orchestra's music director and conductor, the show will also feature the Women's Chorus of the Master Chorale of Tampa Bay. ...more

November 2, 2008

With a burst of chorus and kettledrums Friday night at the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center, listeners entered a mystic realm stuck somewhere between the Medieval and modern worlds. ...more

February 9, 2008

Anyone curious about the evolution of the symphony should bend an ear to this weekend's offering by The Florida Orchestra, which pairs two shining examples of the art by composers in their first and final attempts. ...more

January 5, 2008