Calendar Of Events

2025 John Goodman Series
**Free seating reservations open 2 weeks prior to event.

These programs are part of a series of sponsored events, called “Patron’s Choice.”
If you would like to sponsor an event, please contact Dave Berry, SMA Manager at 941-861-1168 or manager@sarasotamusicarchive.org

2025 John Goodman Performance and Lecture Series CLICK HERE To Download This Brochure Joy McIntyre, Opera singer & Associate Professor Emerita, Boston University Joy also hosts lectures on dates: January 15:  Tristan und Isolde February 12:  Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci–A Matched Pair February 26:  Rossini’s Barber and Mozart’s Marriage–A Barber Hones His Skills  March 12:  Beethoven’s Fidelio–Are “Rescue Operas” Really a Thing? January 8 –  Musical Performance: La Musica Chamber Musicians Wu Han, acclaimed pianist and Artistic Director of La Musica Chamber Music, is joined by her husband, world-renowned cellist David Finckel, for a performance and preview of La Musica’s upcoming season.   La Musica brings together the finest musicians from around the world to present exciting programs of familiar and seldom-heard chamber music, communicating a joy in performance to enthusiastic audiences. Click HERE To Reserve Your Seats Starting on 12/25/2024 January 15 – Lecture:  Tristan und Isolde, Joy McIntyre Click HERE To Reserve Your Seats Starting on 1/1/2025 January 22 – Sarasota Opera: Highlights by Sarasota Opera’s Finest Singers Principal artists from the Sarasota Opera will perform opera highlights, including arias and ensembles, from some of the most well-known and well-loved classic operas. Entering its 66th season, this special performance will showcase the world-class talent this historical venue brings to the community. Sarasota Opera will present four classics this season, including the Cavalleria Rusticana/Pagliacci, The Barber of Seville, The Marriage of Figaro, and Stiffelio. Click HERE To Reserve Your Seats Starting on 1/8/2025  January 29 – Musical performance:  Tom Purviance, piano: Mozart, Schoenberg and Rachmaninoff – From Simplicty to Extravagance Tom Purviance has performed as far west as the Hawaiian Islands where he played concerts for the 200th birthdays of Chopin and Liszt, and as far east as Tres, Croatia where he was featured in a solo concert. Since moving to Sarasota in the summer of 2015, he has become established as one of the finest and most active pianists in the area as a teacher, performer, collaborative pianist, author and lecturer. Click HERE To Reserve Your Seats Starting on 1/15/2025    February 5 – Musical performance:  Gail Berenson, piano, Sylvia Eckes, piano, Jeff Sebeika, flute: The Art and Joys of Collaborative Performance Collaborative performing is one of the most rewarding types of music making.  The inspiration and spontaneity of the performance is so dependent upon the interaction of the players, whether one plays duets at the piano or performs with other instrumentalists and vocalists.  A greater and deeper musical experience results from the sum of their individual ideas. Today two pianists and a flutist will be sharing their special approaches used in preparing this program of wide-ranging styles. Click HERE To Reserve Your Seats Starting on 1/22/2025 February 12 – Lecture:  Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci–A Matched Pair, Joy McIntyre   Click HERE To Reserve Your Seats Starting on 1/29/2025  February 19 – Music: Scott Kluksdahl, cello, Gregorios Zamparas, piano, ‘Late Beethoven and Nordic Fire’ Beethoven’s fourth and fifth cello sonatas were composed simultaneously and were the only works he composed in 1815. Edvard Grieg composed his Cello Sonata in 1882. It is one of only five chamber works composed by the Norwegian master. Cellist Scott Kluksdahl has performed for nearly four decades as chamber musician, recitalist and soloist in the United States, Europe, Israel, and The Americas. Pianist Grigorios Zamparas has received critical acclaim for his versatile performing career as recitalist, orchestra soloist and chamber musician. US. Newport Daily News called him “…sensational! Click HERE To Reserve Your Seats Starting on 2/5/2025    February 26 – Lecture: Rossini’s Barber and Mozart’s Marriage–A Barber Hones His Skills, Joy McIntyre Click HERE To Reserve Your Seats Starting on 2/12/2025 March 5 — Musical performance:  Giuseppina Ciarla, harp: A Ticket Home Italian born Giuseppina Ciarla, the principal harpist of The Sarasota Opera, is a classical musician and a groundbreaking crossover performer combining her artistry of voice and harp in an eclectic mélange ranging from jazz to sophisticated pop. Her authentic approach is rooted in classical training with vision to see new possibilities for popular classics as well as original compositions. Click HERE To Reserve Your Seats Starting on 2/19/2025 March 12 – Lecture:  Beethoven’s Fidelio–Are “Rescue Operas” Really a Thing?,  Joy McIntyre Click HERE To Reserve Your Seats Starting on 2/26/2025   March 19 – Music and Lecture:  Meet the Composer with Victoria Bond, who wrote “Anne Frank’s Tree Victoria Bond leads a multifaceted career as composer, conductor, lecturer, and artistic director of Cutting Edge Concerts. Her compositions have been praised by The New York Times as “powerful, stylistically varied and technically demanding.” Ms. Bond has composed eight operas, six ballets, two piano concertos and orchestral, chamber, choral and keyboard compositions. Click HERE To Reserve Your Seats Starting on 3/5/2025 . Other Events and HappeningsSponsor Our Artists Sponsor one or more of our artists and help fund their expenses, lodging, and/or honorarium. You’ll receive an acknowledgement in our programs, a special thank you during the show, and a special meet and greet or lunch with the artist. For information, contact Dave Berry, 941-861-1168 10th Annual Musical Flea Market, 2/15/25 10-2pm Selby Library. Huge sale of CDs, instruments, stereos, recording equipment, posters, books, vinyl records and more!

All Events Occur Wednesdays, 10:30 – 11:30 am Geldbart Auditorium, Selby Public Library (Unless specified) Sponsored by the Sarasota Music Archive. Free and open to the public. Requires pre-registration.Click here for map

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January 8 – La Musica Chamber Music, ‘Season Preview Performance’
January 15 – Joy McIntyre: Tristan und Isolde–Wagner’s Celebration of the Power of Love
January 22 – Sarasota Opera, ‘A Season of Opera’
January 29 – Tom Purviance, piano, ‘Mozart, Schoenberg and Rachmaninoff – From Simplicty to Extravagance’
February 5 – Gail Berenson and Sylvia Eckes, piano, Jeff Sebeika, flute
‘The Art and Joys of Collaborative Performance’
February 12 – Joy McIntyre: Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci–A Matched Pair
February 19 – Scott Kluksdahl, cello, Gregorios Zamparas, piano, ‘Late Beethoven and Nordic Fire’
February 26 – Joy McIntyre: Rossini’s Barber and Mozart’s Marriage–A Barber Hones His Skills
March 5 – Giuseppina Ciarla, harp, ‘A Ticket Home’
March 12 – Joy McIntyre: Beethoven’s Fidelio–Are “Rescue Operas” Really a Thing?
March 19 – Meet the Composer with Victoria Bond, who wrote “Anne Frank’s Tree”, music and more.