Music

3MA is the meeting of three string-instrument virtuosi, emblematic of their countries in Africa, but also of generous artists who share a musical passion, a reciprocal dialogue and a beautiful friendship. In 2006 when the Malian kora magician Ballaké Sissoko, the Moroccan maestro of the oud Driss El Maloumi and the Malagasy prince of valiha Rajery met, they could have stopped like so many others after a bunch of concerts and one final recording. But the miraculous tremor that rose from their instruments when they began playing together still resonates today. Driven by the pleasure of an exceptional musical relationship but also a human one, they have met regularly since, and always joyfully, their reunions always enriching their solo careers.

Grammy-winning composer and trumpeter Brian Lynch joins the stage with three-time Grammy-winning jazz trumpeter, arranger, and bandleader John Daversa for an evening of new works for a large ensemble

Issac Delgado is one of the founders of the band NG La Banda and is a popular salsa and timba performer.

In their first concert of the season, the Frost Saxophone Ensemble welcomes to the stage two virtuosos and Frost faculty artists, pianist Santiago Rodriguez and violinist Charles Castleman. Rodriguez performs George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue, while Castleman presents Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto in D Major in a unique setting.

Our annual tribute to Italian American Heritage Month, HitWeek presents a selection of current Italian music to US audiences.

Enjoy the world premiere of the wind ensemble version of Disquiet by composer Sarah Kirkland Snider, “a potentially significant voice on the American music landscape” (Philadelphia Enquirer). The piece was transcribed by Frost’s Doctoral in Musical Arts conducting student Jeffrey Summers. The concert also features Antonín Dvořák’s Serenade for Wind Instruments.

RAM is a mizik rasin band based in the city of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The band derives its name from the initials of its founder, songwriter, and lead male vocalist, Richard A. Morse.

The 3rd annual holiday concert returns with new arrangements of holiday classics, including a sing-along for the first time! Selections showcase music representing Christmas traditions from around the world.

Join the Frost Symphony Orchestra as it performs Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No.7, hailed as one of the most provocative symphonic statements of the early twentieth century. In it, his innovative instrumentation and demanding writing nearly reinvents the sound of the orchestra. Igor Stravinsky’s opera suite from Le chant du rossignol (The Song of the Nightingale), based on Hans Christian Andersen's tale, follows. The program concludes with a new work by the winner of the Frost student composition competition.

NEA Jazz Master Sheila Jordan is a one-of-a-kind singer and songwriter. She studied with Lennie Tristano and Charles Mingus; called Charlie Parker her “big brother” and teacher; has performed and recorded as a leader as well as with top artists and groups; and then nearly invented a performing setting featuring just voice and acoustic bass. Jordan is a true original with an unmatched talent for reimagining standards and inventing lyrics on the fly.