The Frost School of Music at the University of Miami 2022 "Frost Music Live" Signature Series began on Valentine's Day with a lineup that was second to none.
This year's line-up offered music from classical to jazz, from multi GRAMMY Award winners, NEA Jazz Masters and MacArthur Fellows, to innovative new artists.
Concerts are held at the Gusman Concert Hall, located on the University of Miami campus, 1314 Miller Drive in Coral Gables, unless otherwise noted.
The series ends with 3 amazing finales. Check the schedule to see who's performing.
Frost Music Live 2022 | Schedule
An Italian Valentine
Monday, Feb. 14, 2022 7:30 p.m.
- Bettina Mussumeli, violin
- Jodi Levitz, viola
- Ross Harbaugh, cello
- Frost alumni and current students
- A musical journey to Vivaldi’s Venice with Miami’s newest chamber ensemble, I Solisti di Miami.
Jack Quartet
Saturday, Feb. 19, 7:30 p.m.
- Hailed by The New York Times as “our leading new music foursome!”
- One of the most acclaimed, and respected groups performing contemporary classical music today.
Frost Concert Jazz Band With Terri Lyne Carrington
Thursday March 3, 7:30 p.m.
- John Daversa, director
- Terri Lyne Carrington, guest drummer
- NEA Jazz Master and multi GRAMMY® winner drummer, producer, educator Terri Lyne Carrington, who jazz icon Wayne Shorter calls “one of the finest drummers in the world,” joins forces with the Frost Concert Jazz Band, led by multi GRAMMY® winner John Daversa.
The World Premiere of The Leopard –Frost Opera Theater and Frost Symphony Orchestra
Saturday and Sunday, March 5 and 6, 3:00 p.m.
- South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center
- 10950 SW 211 St., Cutler Bay 3189
- www.smdcac.org
- Music by Michael Dellaira and Libretto by J. D. McClatchy
- Gerard Schwarz conductor
- Alan Johnson, music director
- Jeffrey Buchman, stage director
Kim Josephson, baritone; Robynne Redmon, mezzo-soprano; Frank Ragsdale, tenor, and guest artist Kevin Short are joined by the rising star students of the Frost Opera Theater.
The opera is based on the internationally acclaimed 1958 novel Il Gattopardo by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, later adapted to an award winning classic film starring Burt Lancaster, Claudia Cardinale and Alain Delon. Frost Opera Theater and Frost Symphony Orchestra premiere this third opera collaboration by composer Michael Dellaira and poet/librettist J.D. McClatchy, completed shortly before the passing of Mr. McClatchy in 2018.
- More information at smdcac.org or call 786.573.5300.
Music Of Mason Bates – Frost Wind Ensemble
Friday March 11, 7:30 p.m.
- Robert Carnochan, conductor
- Composer of the GRAMMY®-winning opera, The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs, Mason Bates, named the most-performed composer of his generation is transforming how classical music is experienced through his symphonic music and its unique integration of electronic sounds. Bates’ Bootleggers Break makes its world premiere.
American Brass Quintet
Saturday, March 26, 7:30 p.m.
- The American Brass Quintet is internationally recognized as one of the leading chamber ensembles of our time.
JAZZ ROOTS - Storytellers—Luciana Souza and Vince Mendoza
Friday, April 8, 2022 8p.m.
- Adrienne Arsht Center
- 1400 Biscayne Bay, Miami, FL
- Featuring Frost Concert Jazz Band
- John Daversa Quintet, opening act
Melding Brazilian pop and American jazz, GRAMMY® Award-winning vocalist Luciana Souza brings her deeply personal, colorful, and illuminated musicality to big-band arrangements of songs by her fellow Brazilians Chico Buarque, Ivan Lins, Gilberto Gil, and more. Souza’s work transcends traditional musical boundaries, offering solid roots in jazz, a sophisticated lineage in world music and an enlightened approach to the latest sounds. She will be joined onstage by GRAMMY® winner Vince Mendoza and the Frost Concert Jazz Band.
- More information at arshtcenter.org.
Maria Schneider Celebrates Earth Day! – Henry Mancini Institute Orchestra
Friday, Apr 22, 7:30 p.m.
- Maria Schneider and Scott Flavin, conductors
- The Frost School’s Henry Mancini Institute artistic director and multi-GRAMMY®-winner Maria Schneider present an evening of music, art, and science to honor Earth Day. Join us for this groundbreaking experience.
A Familiar Stage --Sandra Lopez and Alan Johnson
Monday, April 25, 7:30 p.m.
- Sandra Lopez, soprano
- Alan Johnson, piano
- The New York Times calls her voice, “meltingly beautiful.” Opera News says it is “a dark-hued lyric instrument capable of considerable emotional power.” Lopez has performed internationally to great acclaim. She shares the stage with Drama Desk winner and Frost Professor Alan Johnson. The program includes operatic repertoire drawn from signature roles created by Lopez's MET Opera performances. They will perform Italian repertoire and songs by women composers.
Frost Latin Jazz Orchestra
Wednesday, April 27, 7:30 p.m.
- Dafnis Prieto, drums, director
- Brian Lynch, trumpet
- MacArthur “Genius” Fellowship and GRAMMY®-winner Dafnis Prieto conducts the DownBeat Award-winning Frost Latin Jazz Orchestra. The program will highlight music from the GRAMMY®-winning album, The Omni-American Book Club, by Frost professor and GRAMMY®-winner Brian Lynch. DownBeat said the album “has elevated Lynch’s vast oeuvre to ambitious new heights of accomplishment and acclaim.” Lynch joins on trumpet and Prieto on drums. NPR says Prieto, who is Cuban, “stretches and often shatters the expectations of straight-ahead jazz.” Don’t miss this special night.
Visit www.frostmusiclive.com and @FrostSchoolUM for additional information.
