SRQ DAILY Jan 4, 2017
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The La Musica International Chamber Music Festival returns for its 31st year presenting premier musicians from around the globe with four concerts scheduled through the month of April, including one produced in collaboration with GuitarSarasota. Classical greats from Mendelssohn to Bach to Dvorak and Paganini are all slated to get their due at the hands of La Musica’s visiting performers, and while official festival concerts all take place in the Sarasota Opera House, daily rehearsals at the Mildred Sainer Pavilion will also be open to the public.
The festival kicks off in earnest April 3 at the Sarasota Opera House, with a concert featuring works from Mendelssohn, Webern and Strauss, followed by an April 6 performance comprising selections from Bach, Mozart and Dvorak. On April 9 the series continues with works from Schubert, Mendelssohn and Smetana and the festival concludes on April 12 with a special performance made in collaboration with GuitarSarasota, bringing the Grammy Award-winning classical guitarist Jason Vieaux to the stage for his La Musica debut performing pieces from Paganini and Boccherini. “There’s always something a little different,” says La Musica President Sally Faron. “That’s one of the things that makes it so interesting for people to come back.”
Selected by La Musica Artistic Director Bruno Giuranna and Associate Artistic Director Derek Han, the music for each festival is always carefully chosen in tandem with the selection of the visiting musicians, so that every piece plays to the strengths and interests of the performers. And joining Giuranna (violist) and Han (pianist) at this year’s festival are the violinists Federico Agostini, Claudio Cruz and Cecilia Ziano; violists Daniel Avshalomov and Hsin-Yun Huang; cellists JeongHyoun and Antonio Meneses; and aforementioned guitarist Vieaux.
But although the first concert is not until April 3, La Musica fans can start watching April 1, when the visiting musicians host their first rehearsal at the Mildred Sainer Pavilion. With all rehearsals open to the public, audiences are invited to enjoy the entire process, not just the finished product. “We’re reaching out to people and inviting them to listen and play and think with us and see how we do things,” says Faron. “We have an awful lot of people who come and trace a piece from its initial playing right to the polished performance.”
The La Musica International Chamber Festival concert series begins April 3 with subsequent performances on April 6, 9 and 12. Subscriptions for all four performances are $150 or single tickets are available for $40 each. Rehearsals at the Mildred Sainer Pavilion begin April 1 and run through the festival on every day except concert days. Attendance is free of charge for concert subscription holders or, for non-subscribers, $75 for a pass to all or $15 for each rehearsal.
For full schedule, follow the link below. 
Pictured: Classical guitarist Jason Vieaux. Photo courtesy of La Musica.
For those who love a buttery, flaky fish, there's nothing that tops a superbly cooked, juicy slab of Chilean sea bass. With a flavor full and rich unto itself, each milky white, leaf-like layer that becomes dislodged from the whole with just a tender touch of the fork holds a supremely sweet, slightly oily, completely un-fishy morsel. Also called the Patagonian toothfish, the Chilean sea bass is actually no bass at all, but rather a cod icefish, the name gussied up in the 1970s to bring more appeal to American markets. Regardless of title, the meaty whitefish is just plain delicious, finding an aptly luxurious preparation at Selva Grill. The Mirin roasted sea bass almost falls apart from the filet proper—it's just that tender—with a slightly crunchy top, served with a Cusco corn custard flan, sautéed bok choy and a black bean puree.
USF Sarasota-Manatee will begin the year with high hopes as it introduces new academic and athletic programs to Southwest Florida. Situated along US 41 at the border of Manatee and Sarasota counties, the campus will enter the year with a mandate to raise $1 million in order to launch an NCAA women’s rowing team in 2018. Seeds for the team were planted years ago and last year the idea was included in the campus’ long-range vision, Focus on Quality 2020.
But now the idea is firmly taking root. Earlier in 2016 the proposal won the NCAA’s backing and when the team officially launches as a member of the American Athletic Conference, it will mark the first time an NCAA Division I team has been based in the Sarasota-Manatee area.
HealthFit, powered by Sarasota Memorial, became a Certified Medical Fitness Facility on December 16, a resolution set by Sarasota Memorial last year and testament to the medically sound prevention and rehabilitation programs the health system offers at its medically oriented fitness center on Clark Road. The certification, which is effective for three years, is the nation’s only quality designation for medically integrated fitness centers. It is awarded sparingly by the not-for-profit Medical Fitness Association (MFA) to facilities that demonstrate the highest standards for quality and safety, and HealthFit is the first facility in Florida to receive the certification. The certification process involves an in-depth on-site review of the facility and medically supervised, outcomes and accountability based exercise programs. The center’s team of health and fitness professionals help members, regardless of their health status, maintain active lifestyles that promote strength and endurance and prevent or manage chronic disease.
Girl Scouts from Bradenton/Sarasota and surrounding areas will soon be enjoying a new dock and pier structure at Camp Honi Hanta. Girl Scouts of Gulfcoast Florida announced a $13,926 grant award from the William G. and Marie Selby Foundation. The funds will be used to remove aging dock materials and construct a new dock and fishing/observation platform on the Braden River. Located in north Manatee County, Camp Honi Hanta hosts an average of more than 600 Girl Scouts and volunteers each month. In addition to canoeing, kayaking, and fishing, camp activities include archery, a climbing wall and low-ropes challenge course, nature trails, and a swimming pool. The 123-acre camp first opened to Girl Scouts in 1953.
Construction on the project is expected to begin sometime in January and will take approximately one month to complete.
Robert Sullivan knows a thing or two about putting on a show. As the new Suncoast Aquatic Nature Center Associates [SANCA] CEO, Sullivan has begun to ready Nathan Benderson Park for the World Rowing Championships, drawing on his former carrer as a producer for some of the most iconic concerts of the '70s and '80s (think Bob Dylan and Ozzy Osbourne). From his collection of samurai swords and backstage passes to his love of birds and opera, take a peek at what keeps Sullivan rocking.
Hans Van de Bovenkamp, renowned for monumental sculpture installations with the pwoer, lyricism and grand proportions that heighten a viewer's sense of imagination and discovery, unveils Gateways at Alfstand& Contemporary. The exhibition features more than 30 pieces. The opening reception will be December 16 from 5:30pm-8pm.
Alfstad& Contemporary, 1419th 5th Street, Suite A
The Annual Thunder By the Bay Motorcycle Festival continues to rev up a great time raising money for Suncoast Charities for Children. This year’s festival includes a Sporting Clay Tournament, Born To Be Wild Kickoff Party, Welcome Thunder Event, Cruise for Cash Charity Motorcycle Ride, and a two day Rockin’ & Ridin’ at The Ranch festival held at The Premier Sports Campus at Lakewood Ranch. The Festival is free admission featuring special guest Blue Oyster Cult in concert on Sunday, January 8.
Lakewood Ranch
Don't Miss the Late Call for Entries in the 13th Annual SRQ Home of the Year Competition Friday, January 6, 2017!
Local professionals are invited to submit their best work in home design by the late Call for Entries deadline of Friday, January 6, 2017. Winners in each category will be featured in a special SRQ Home of the Year awards supplement in the March 2017 issue of SRQ Magazine. With even more ways to showcase brilliant work in architecture, landscaping, interiors, sustainability, kitchen and bathroom design and renovation, this program celebrates the stunning spaces being forged along the Gulf Coast.
SRQ Magazine, 331 S Pineapple Ave, Sarasota, FL 34236
Sarasota Institute of Lifetime Learning (SILL) is kicking of its 46th season of popular global issue lectures and musical conversations beginning on January 9 and continuing through the end of March. This season will include 96 lectures and musical conversations from internationally renowned musicians, performers and acclaimed experts. SILL also provides delayed presentations to selected senior communities. Single tickets to SILL events are only $10 at the door, when available and a season ticket for 12 lecture series costs just $85.
Two of Canada's most versatile performers come together in Hunter and Doe to create an unusually magical blend of percussive guitar, agile vocals, dynamic fiddle playing, and fiercely rhythmic tap footwork. The explosive duet of Stephanie Cadman, a world-renowned step-dancer and a fierce fiddler, and Jeremy Walmsley, a multi-instrumentalist and a stellar high tenor, is breaking musical boundaries and giving birth to a new, electric fusion of sound. Tickets start at $22.50
Glenridge Performing Arts Center , 7333 Scotland Way Sarasota, Florida
On the heels of Asolo Rep’s wildly successful All the Way, The Great Society continues Robert Schenkkan’s profound exploration of Lyndon Johnson’s turbulent years in the White House. In his second term as president, besieged by political opponents, Johnson summons all his political wiles to try to push through Congress some of the most important social programs in U.S. history. His vision of a Great Society became the most ambitious effort ever to test what American government is capable of achieving. And in doing so, to discover what it is not. Actor Nick Wyman returns to the Asolo Rep stage to reprise his role as L.B.J. in this unflinching examination of the morality of power.
The Asolo Repertory Theatre , 5555 North Tamiami Trail Sarasota, 34243
Join the Crosely Estate for the next installment of their theatre series, Thrillers, Chillers and Killers. Murder and intrigue take center stage as your hosts from the past, Gwendolyn and Powel Crosely present an evening of three, chilling classic stories from Edgar Allen Poe, H.P. Lovecraft and Louisa May Alcott.
Powel Crosely Estate , 8474 N Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, FL 34243
Can you play a 1930s’ standard followed by a traditional tune from the 1800's and then launch into a song written just last week? Pam Temple and Spencer Funk of the award-winning, Cincinnati-based duo “wild carrot" can. Rooted in traditional American music, their music reaches to jazz, blues, traditional folk songs, not-so-traditional songs, show tunes, and originals. Blending guitar, mandolin, concertina, penny whistle, dulcimer, and bowed psaltery, “wild carrot’s” entertaining, honest, and moving performances have something for everyone. Tickets start at $22.50.
Glenridge Performing Arts Center , 7333 Scotland Way Sarasota, Florida
Justice Antonin Scalia’s unexpected death at age 79 has thrown a wrench into the political arena, but has brought intense interest in this daring new stage play that had its world premiere at Arena Stage last spring. When a bright, liberal law school graduate embarks on a nerve-wracking clerkship with Justice Scalia, she discovers him to be both an infuriating sparring partner and unexpected mentor.
The Asolo Repertory Theatre , 5555 North Tamiami Trail Sarasota, 34243
Brownsville Song by Kimber Lee is an award-wining play based on real-life tragedy and loss. Its a beautiful and compelling tale that sheds light on the cycle of violence and the strength of families in Brooklyn's inner city. The play will be held at the Gompertz Theatre.
Florida Studio Theatre, 1241 North Palm Avenue
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