Miami has become one of the rich cultural centers of the world, with many professional ensembles and organizations performing new repertoire. Living in a major city with a highly active international arts scene is an important aspect of a Frost Student Composer's educational experience. Many Frost Student Composers collaborate with community artists and present their works at the numerous off-campus performance spaces promoting new arts in Miami.
Here is a very short list of some community ensembles, concert series, and organizations devoted to new music and art:
The highly acclaimed New World Symphony in South Beach is a major asset for Frost Student Composers. Under the direction of Michael Tilson Thomas and Michael Linville and featuring major new music conductors including Esa-Pekka Salinen and Reinbert de Leeuw, New World Symphony regularly presents works by the most dynamic composers of our time, including Thomas Adés, Kaija Saariaho, Julia Wolfe, John Adams, Matthias Pintscher, Sven Tuur, James Macmillan, and Michael Daugherty. New World Symphony’s commitment to presenting major orchestral and chamber music of the 20th and 21st century is unheard-of among today’s major orchestras, and many composers come to Miami to conduct or coach their works. Frost School of Music students are frequently invited to attend rehearsals and meet and greets with guest composers, conductors, and performers.
The FETA (Foundation for Emerging Technologies and Arts) Foundation’s programs include two monthly concert series presented in the Wynwood Arts District and other community venues, the former focusing on new electroacoustic works and the latter on instrumental/vocal performance. Frost Student and Faculty Composers are often featured, both by presenting their works and having their works performed by featured artists.
Art Basel Miami describes their mammoth and highly influential international art show, a sister of Art Basel in Switzerland, as “269 leading galleries from North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia, and Africa show significant work from the masters of Modern and contemporary art, as well the new generation of emerging stars. Paintings, sculptures, installations, photographs, films, and editioned works of the highest quality are on display in the main exhibition hall. Ambitious large-scale artworks, films, and performances become part of the city's outdoor landscape at nearby Collins Park and SoundScape Park.”
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