Events: Music Classical
Twas The Night Before Christmas - All Saints Episcopal
Saturday, Dec 6, 2025 at 7:30 PM - English
South Florida's favorite holiday tradition returns, featuring carols old and new sung by candlelight, with a special accompanied reading of the famed 1823 American poem "A Visit from St. Nicholas."
Everything you love about Seraphic Fire at Christmas in a new experience: timeless carols The First Noel, Joy to the World, Silent Night and a reading of the famed 1823 American poem, A Visit from St. Nicholas better known as "'Twas the night before Christmas" that helped shape modern Christmas traditions worldwide. Join Associate Conductor James Bass and Seraphic Fire for a program featuring audience-favorite Christmas classics, including O Come All Ye Faithful and Jesus Christ the Apple Tree.
Location
All Saints Episcopal
333 Tarpon Dr.,
Fort Lauderdale,
FL
33301
(Map)
'Twas The Night Before Christmas - St. Philip's Episcopal
Sunday, Dec 7, 2025 from 7:30 PM to 9:00 PM - English
South Florida's favorite holiday tradition returns, featuring carols old and new sung by candlelight, with a special accompanied reading of the famed 1823 American poem "A Visit from St. Nicholas."
Everything you love about Seraphic Fire at Christmas in a new experience: timeless carols The First Noel, Joy to the World, Silent Night and a reading of the famed 1823 American poem, A Visit from St. Nicholas better known as "'Twas the night before Christmas" that helped shape modern Christmas traditions worldwide. Join Associate Conductor James Bass and Seraphic Fire for a program featuring audience-favorite Christmas classics, including O Come All Ye Faithful and Jesus Christ the Apple Tree.
Location
St. Philip's Episcopal
1121 Andalusia Ave.,
Coral Gables,
FL
33134
(Map)
'Twas The Night Before Christmas - St. Sophia Greek Orthodox
South Florida's favorite holiday tradition returns, featuring carols old and new sung by candlelight, with a special accompanied reading of the famed 1823 American poem "A Visit from St. Nicholas."
Everything you love about Seraphic Fire at Christmas in a new experience: timeless carols The First Noel, Joy to the World, Silent Night and a reading of the famed 1823 American poem, A Visit from St. Nicholas better known as "'Twas the night before Christmas" that helped shape modern Christmas traditions worldwide. Join Associate Conductor James Bass and Seraphic Fire for a program featuring audience-favorite Christmas classics, including O Come All Ye Faithful and Jesus Christ the Apple Tree.
Location
St. Sophia Greek Orthodox
2401 SW 3rd Ave.,
Miami,
FL
33129
(Map)
'Twas The Night Before Christmas - Church of The Little Flower
Friday, Dec 12, 2025 from 8:00 PM to 9:30 PM - English
South Florida's favorite holiday tradition returns, featuring carols old and new sung by candlelight, with a special accompanied reading of the famed 1823 American poem "A Visit from St. Nicholas."
Everything you love about Seraphic Fire at Christmas in a new experience: timeless carols The First Noel, Joy to the World, Silent Night and a reading of the famed 1823 American poem, A Visit from St. Nicholas better known as "'Twas the night before Christmas" that helped shape modern Christmas traditions worldwide. Join Associate Conductor James Bass and Seraphic Fire for a program featuring audience-favorite Christmas classics, including O Come All Ye Faithful and Jesus Christ the Apple Tree.
Location
Church of The Little Flower
2711 Indian Mound Trail,
Coral Gables,
FL
33134
(Map)
Honeck: Mahler 4
Gustav Mahler's symphonies have changed the way we think about music and his Fourth Symphony is a masterpiece of joy and childlike wonder that evokes the gates of heaven. Conductor Manfred Honeck makes his triumphant return in a program of orchestral gems from his homeland, Austria.
Location
New World Center
500 17th Street,
Miami Beach,
FL
33139
(Map)
Schubert, Clyne & Schumann
Sunday, Dec 21, 2025 at 2:00 PM - English
Schubert's 200-year-old Trout Quintet sounds new thanks to the energy and passion of the Fellows of your New World Symphony. Clarinetist Jon Manasse explores the "little miracles of self-reference" in Anna Clyne's Strange Loops and the dreamy fairy tales of Robert Schumann's trio.
Location
New World Center
500 17th Street,
Miami Beach,
FL
33139
(Map)
Rhapsody in Blue
Saturday, Jan 10, 2026 at 8:00 PM - English
George Gershwin's masterpiece as you've never heard it before. Marcus Roberts, preeminent jazz pianist, transforms Rhapsody in Blue through skillful improvisation. Andrew Grams and New World Symphony bring you Duke Ellington's jazz works for orchestra including a reimagined, swinging Nutcracker Suite.
Location
Adrienne Arsht Center
1300 Biscayne Blvd,
Miami,
FL
33132
(Map)
Gospel
Friday, Jan 16, 2026 from 8:00 PM to 9:30 PM - English
Renowned guest conductor Jason Max Ferdinand joins Seraphic Fire in an electrifying program that celebrates the legacy of Thomas A. Dorsey, widely recognized as "The Father of Gospel."
"Precious Lord, take my hand; lead me on, help me stand." Thomas Dorsey, the father of American Gospel, revolutionized music by setting these remarkable words to a haunting tune you know today. From Amazing Grace to up-tempo classics, the internationally celebrated conductor Jason Max Ferdinand leads the singers of Seraphic Fire in this joyous and electrifying program.
Location
Church of The Little Flower
2711 Indian Mound Trail,
Coral Gables,
FL
33134
(Map)
John Adams with Deneve & Olafsson
From Nixon in China to Doctor Atomic, John Adams writes the soundtrack to modern history. The icon of American music joins New World Symphony and Stephane Deneve for a retrospective of his work that includes a new piano concerto written for and performed by Vikingur Olafsson.
Location
New World Center
500 17th Street,
Miami Beach,
FL
33139
(Map)
Saariaho, Riley & Bach
Sunday, Jan 25, 2026 at 2:00 PM - English
Claire Chase, "a rare combination of grace and guts" (The Wall Street Journal), joins Fellows to perform works born from Density 2036, her groundbreaking commissioning project that reimagines flute literature over a quarter-century.
Location
New World Center
500 17th Street,
Miami Beach,
FL
33139
(Map)
Coleman + Copland
Three American visionaries Aaron Copland, Charles Ives and Valerie Coleman have defined the American sound. Ryan Bancroft leads Copland's Third Symphony with its quintessential folk-inspired melodies and the famous Fanfare for the Common Man. Coleman honors The Great Migration and Harlem Renaissance in her new Renaissance Concerto for orchestra.
Location
New World Center
500 17th Street,
Miami Beach,
FL
33139
(Map)
Serenading the Tempest
Sunday, Feb 15, 2026 at 2:00 PM - English
The words of the immortal bard find new meaning in chamber music by Saariaho and Stravinsky. Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel sister to Felix proves there were two child prodigies in the family with this delightful Quartet, written when she was just 16 years old.
Location
New World Center
500 17th Street,
Miami Beach,
FL
33139
(Map)
American Folk - St. Philip's Episcopal
Friday, Feb 20, 2026 from 7:30 PM to 9:00 PM - English
Artistic Director Patrick Dupre Quigley leads this celebration of American folk song traditions, featuring tunes known and loved such as This Land is Your Land and Simple Gifts, as well as Ingram Marshall’s Hymnodic Delays, a piece based on 18th century American folk hymns.
This Land is Your Land, Simple Gifts, Farther Along, My Darlin’ Clementine, and more! Bring the whole family to this American folk song celebration. The pure-toned voices of Seraphic Fire take you on a 75-minute journey through America’s folk music roots. We’ll also sing Ingram Marshall’s Hymnodic Delays, perhaps Seraphic Fire’s most requested piece, based on 18th century American folk hymns.
Location
St. Philip's Episcopal
1121 Andalusia Ave.,
Coral Gables,
FL
33134
(Map)
Davóne Tines: Anthem
Davone Tines leads a powerful program as part of NWS's annual I Dream a World festival. Race, social justice and belonging are at the heart of this program that explores America's Civil Rights Movement and beyond.
Location
New World Center
500 17th Street,
Miami Beach,
FL
33139
(Map)
American Folk - Miami Beach Community Church
Sunday, Feb 22, 2026 from 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM - English
Artistic Director Patrick Dupre Quigley leads this celebration of American folk song traditions, featuring tunes known and loved such as This Land is Your Land and Simple Gifts, as well as Ingram Marshall’s Hymnodic Delays, a piece based on 18th century American folk hymns.
This Land is Your Land, Simple Gifts, Farther Along, My Darlin’ Clementine, and more! Bring the whole family to this American folk song celebration. The pure-toned voices of Seraphic Fire take you on a 75-minute journey through America’s folk music roots. We’ll also sing Ingram Marshall’s Hymnodic Delays, perhaps Seraphic Fire’s most requested piece, based on 18th century American folk hymns.
Location
Miami Beach Community Church
1620 Drexel Ave.,
Miami Beach,
FL
33139
(Map)
Mostly Baroque
Mostly Baroque presents an intimate three-concert series from Feb. 26 to March 1, 2026, in Carnival Studio Theater, making its debut during the Adrienne Arsht Center's 20th anniversary season. The South Florida-based instrumental ensemble is dedicated to historically informed vocal concerts and instrumental performances of the music of Bach, Handel, Telemann and Vivaldi among other Baroque composers.
A Baroque orchestra is more intimate in both size and sound than a modern symphonic orchestra, featuring violins, violas, celli, double bass, harpsichord, flute, oboe and trumpet. The musicians perform on period instruments or faithful reproductions, using Baroque bows that produce a warmer, softer and more nuanced tone than modern orchestral ones. This historically informed approach allows audiences to experience the music much as it would have been heard in the 18th century with clarity, balance and a natural expressiveness that highlights the beauty and detail of the compositions.
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Mostly Baroque concert series schedule:
- Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026, at 7 p.m. -
The festival opens with J.S. Bach's Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 2, 3 and 4, and a performance of G.P. Telemann's Don Quichotte suite.
- Friday, Feb. 27, 2026, at 7 p.m.
- Rising bass-baritone concert artist and composer Johan Hartman will perform Gerald Finzi's Let Us Garlands Bring (a setting of five Shakespeare songs), along with the Don Quixote songs of Jacques Ibert (written for the 1933 film), performing works in English, French, German and Italian. The program will also feature several original song cycles from Hartman's debut EP album, Blood and the Moon, recently released on Constitution Records.
- Sunday, March 1, 2026, at 3 p.m.
- The festival concludes with the ensemble's critically acclaimed production of Pergolesi's La Serva Padrona, a light and charming comedic chamber opera about a servant's plan to become the master of the house, starring Johan Hartman and soprano Yi-Chun Sarah Tsai. Special guest stars include the Miami Oratorio Society, an African American chorus performing Black spirituals by pioneering composer Florence Price and choruses from Handel's Messiah with the Mostly Baroque Chamber Orchestra.
Performing on both period and modern instruments depending on the repertory and circumstances of the performance, Mostly Baroque's programming often pairs cornerstone Baroque repertoire with rarely heard works, offering South Florida audiences fresh perspectives on the period's music. The organization has consistently supported emerging composers and performers, enriching the musical landscape through innovative presentations. Chamber music is regarded as classical music at its most human - small in scale but vast in depth, a private conversation that somehow speaks universally.
The Carnival Studio Theater, the Arsht Center's black-box space, offers audiences an intimacy made for small gatherings and refined listening. The up-close experience draws guests into the tension, humor and tenderness of the concert series.
Location
Adrienne Arsht Center
1300 Biscayne Blvd,
Miami,
FL
33132
(Map)
Daphnis and Chloé
Saturday, Mar 7, 2026 at 8:00 PM - English
The ultimate date night. Stephane Deneve conducts Ravel's pastoral romance. Soprano Kelley O'Connor joins NWS to sing five love poems by Chilean poet Pablo Neruda.
Location
Adrienne Arsht Center
1300 Biscayne Blvd,
Miami,
FL
33132
(Map)
Deneve + Hadelich: The Hollywood Sound
This is the music that shaped modern cinema. Steiner's landmark 1933 score for King Kong earned him the moniker "The Father of Film Music." Stephane Deneve conducts Strauss' Also sprach Zarathustra, the Nietzschean tone poem Stanley Kubrick used in the opening scene of 2001: A Space Odyssey.
Location
New World Center
500 17th Street,
Miami Beach,
FL
33139
(Map)
Candlelight
Friday, Mar 20, 2026 from 7:30 PM to 9:00 PM - English
Guest conductor Arianne Abela makes her Seraphic Fire debut in this candlelight concert that will blend ancient music and contemporary masterpieces with thematic connections to water and nature.
Seraphic Fire's annual candlelight concerts - Florida's most celebrated musical experience - blend ancient music with contemporary masterpieces, creating an ethereal, immersive experience. Featuring music throughout history with thematic connections to water and nature, the finest singing ensemble set in candlelight will take your breath away. Guest conductor Arianne Abella makes her Seraphic Fire debut in this ethereal sonic feast.
Location
St. Philip's Episcopal
1121 Andalusia Ave.,
Coral Gables,
FL
33134
(Map)
Ives, Monk, Cage & Eastman
Sunday, Mar 22, 2026 at 2:00 PM - English
Join NWS Fellows and alumni in tracing the evolution of American chamber music from 18th century colonies to a tribute to Ellis Island.
Location
New World Center
500 17th Street,
Miami Beach,
FL
33139
(Map)
Neon Nights
Apr 10, 2026 & Apr 11, 2026 - various times - English
Two nights only. Chamber music by Bach, Handel, Ravel, Bernstein and more performed in a luminous, immersive neon installation.
Location
New World Center
500 17th Street,
Miami Beach,
FL
33139
(Map)
Surround Sound - Church of The Little Flower
Friday, Apr 10, 2026 from 8:00 PM to 9:30 PM - English
Seraphic Fire's 23rd season closes with a surround-sound, polychoral experience imported directly from the Basilica of San Marco in Venice, Italy, as Seraphic Fire artists sing from every corner of the room.
The full forces of Seraphic Fire close out this celebratory year with a surround-sound, polychoral experience imported directly from the Basilica of San Marco in Venice, Italy. You'll be at the center of the action as we sing from every corner of the room. An experience you can only get at Seraphic Fire, our season closes with this aural explosion.
Location
Church of The Little Flower
2711 Indian Mound Trail,
Coral Gables,
FL
33134
(Map)
Surround Sound - Miami Beach Community Church
Sunday, Apr 12, 2026 from 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM - English
Seraphic Fire's 23rd season closes with a surround-sound, polychoral experience imported directly from the Basilica of San Marco in Venice, Italy, as Seraphic Fire artists sing from every corner of the room.
The full forces of Seraphic Fire close out this celebratory year with a surround-sound, polychoral experience imported directly from the Basilica of San Marco in Venice, Italy. You'll be at the center of the action as we sing from every corner of the room. An experience you can only get at Seraphic Fire, our season closes with this aural explosion.
Location
Miami Beach Community Church
1620 Drexel Ave,
Miami Beach,
FL
33139
(Map)
American Dance Odyssey
Miami City Ballet and New World Symphony join forces for a celebration of American music and dance. Don't miss the world premiere of a choreographic concerto, the brainchild of 10 21st-century composers and choreographers.
Location
New World Center
500 17th Street,
Miami Beach,
FL
33139
(Map)
Deneve, Thibaudet, Bernstein & Gershwin
Two Frenchmen meet in Miami for a concert that includes Gershwin's An American in Paris. Among the world's finest pianists, Jean-Yves Thibaudet joins NWS for The Age of Anxiety, a Bernstein parable about chasing happiness.
Location
New World Center
500 17th Street,
Miami Beach,
FL
33139
(Map)
