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Nanette Fabray’s narrates “The Night Before Christmas” on December 1, 2 and 3.

The Florida Orchestra, Master Chorale Join In Concerts

By Henry Adams

Special to Tropical Breeze

Hailed by the American Record Guide as “the best orchestra in the Southeast,” The Florida Orchestra, under the direction of Music Director Stefan Sanderling, offers a variety of Masterworks, Super Pops and morning Coffee Concerts in November and December with performances in Tampa, St. Petersburg and Clearwater.

If you enjoy choral music, treat yourself to fantastic concerts in December with The Florida Orchestra and The Master Chorale of Tampa Bay: “A Christmas Spectacular” of traditional carols and popular holiday tunes, along with Nanette Fabray’s narration of “The Night Before Christmas” on December 1, 2 and 3; and Beethoven’s immortal Symphony No. 9 on December 15, 16 and 18.

For fans of Broadway show tunes, the orchestra’s Grammy Award-winning Pops Conductor Richard Kaufman takes the podium for “A Rodgers & Hammerstein Celebration” with music from “South Pacific,” “Oklahoma!,” “Sound of Music,” “The King & I” and more on November 10, 11 and 12.

British conductor Kenneth Montgomery returns to The Florida Orchestra to conduct Dvorak’s highly energetic Symphony No. 5 with its rich kaleidoscope of symphonic colors and Bohemian melodies. This program also features Principal Violist Ben Markwell performing a marvellous Brahms sonata orchestrated by Samuel Adler, all on November 17, 18 and 19.

The Florida Orchestra’s next morning Coffee Concert, “Tis the Season,” features a program of winter-themed music by Tchaikovsky, Glazunov and Rimsksy Korsakov, along with cellist Caroline Bean performing Schumann’s Cello Concerto, all with complimentary coffee and donuts. Associate Conductor Susan Haig conducts this concert at the Mahaffey Theater at the Progess Energy Center for the Arts in St. Petersburg on Thursday, December 7, at 11 a.m.

The orchestra regularly performs its Masterworks and Super Pops concerts at the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center in Tampa; Mahaffey Theater at the Progress Energy Center for the Arts in St. Petersburg; and Ruth Eckerd Hall in Clearwater.

Single tickets are on sale online at www.floridaorchestra.org or at 813-286-2403 or 1-800-662-7286, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-Fri.

Colombian-born artist Gus Ocamposilva, a Clearwater muralist, painter and sculptor with art from his exhibition “Harmonic Movements,” at Progress Energy Art Gallery, a free community gallery in New Port Richey.

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“More Than Seven,” 9"x12" oil on panel by Doug Sutherland from the University of Tampa Faculty Exhibition, currently at the Scarfone/Hartley Gallery in the RK Bailey Art Studios, 310 North Blvd., University of Tampa campus, Tampa.

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All works from “New Beginnings,” an exhibition by members of the Gulf Coast Artists’ Alliance at ExtraOrdinAir Oxygen Bar and Gallery, Safety Harbor.

“Procrastination Triptych” by Sarah Butz, 36"x 12", fiber.

“Saxplayer” by Judy Vienneau, 25"x42"x14", wire sculpture.	“Fantastic Fish Fantasy” by Boo Ehrsam, 20"x20", mixed media.  “Southside Bar” by Bruce Norris, 40"x30", acrylic painting.
	“Yin Yang,” at left, by Theresa Germer, 24"x20", oil painting.