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Enlightenment Festival - Classical: The South Florida Symphony Orchestra
Martines, Mozart & Haydn The SFSO has established itself as a major player in the
When: March 8, 7:30 p.m. South Florida cultural scene. Its 2024-25 season looks to be
Marianna Martines might not be as well known as her two a mixture of great masterworks and outright fun. Concerts are
contemporaries on the bill, but perhaps she should be. The held in the Parker unless otherwise indicated.
evening includes the modern world premiere of her O, Virgo, Southfloridasymphony.org
cui salutem.
Masterworks I: Gershwin, Prokofiev and Elgar
Symphony of the Americas When: November 13, 7:30 p.m.
A Symphony of the Americas season encompasses everything The symphony kicks off its season with an evening from the
from classical masterworks to pops fun. Concerts will be held great American, Russian and English masters.
this year at the Broward Center. browardcenter.org
Handel’s Messiah
Holst: The Planets - From the Earth to the Beyond Please see Holiday listings.
When: October 6-8
The symphony takes Holst’s iconic work and combines it with Masterworks II: Leonard Bernstein’s Candide
works of more earthy themes. When: January 16, 7:30 p.m.
Where: The Broward Center
Mancini Remastered There’s rarely a dull moment in this bit of Bernstein canon.
When: November 10 & 12
Much of the symphonic and cinematic sound was defined by Masterworks III: R. Strauss, Berlioz, J. Strauss II
Henry Mancini, Leonard Bernstein, Aaron Copland and John When: February 12 at 7:30 p.m.
Williams. Enjoy. Father and son bookend Berlioz.

Holiday Pops! Masterworks IV: Mozart’s Requiem
Please see Holiday listings. When: March 12, 7:30 p.m.
We feel like introductions are unnecessary here.
Hope & Triumph:
Price, Montgomery, Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4 Masterworks V: Prokofiev, Bruckner
When: January 21 When: April 9, 7:30 p.m.
One of the great modern symphonies will be just one of the The symphony finishes the season with Prokofiev’s Piano
stirring sonic offerings. Concerto No. 3 and Bruckner’s Symphony No. 4.

Copland and Gershwin: American Journeys
When: February 25 CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
An evening of what America looks like, in song. If the kids, the grandkids, the neighbors’ kids or the kids at
heart need something to do, we’ve got you covered.
Shostakovich’s Leningrad
When: March 11 & 16 Scooby Doo: Mansion Mayhem
The Russian master’s haunting Symphony No. 7, Leningrad. When: Opens September 20
Where: The Museum of Science and Discovery, mods.org
Una Noche de Zarzuela Zoiks! There’s a mystery to solve at the science museum! Kids
When: April 20 & 22 can move through the mansion looking for clues that, would
Taking its name from the Zarzuela Palace near Madrid, this you believe, might just have educational value. Families can
sound is a unique and beautiful window on Ibero-America.
also get their pictures taken with the Mystery Machine used in
Broadway Showstoppers! Broadway’s Leading Men the 2002 and 2004 live-action Scooby Doo movies.
When: May 11-13
Vocalist straight from the Great White Way join the symphony Disney in Concert: The Nightmare Before Christmas
for some Broadway fun. When: October 26 at 8 p.m.
Where: The Broward Center, browardcenter.org
The South Florida Symphony Orchestra performs Danny
Elfman’s score live as the Tim Burton holiday classic is shown.

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