The Frost School of Music at the University of Miami has announced the lineup for the critically acclaimed Signature Frost Music Live series. Beginning on Valentine’s Day, the 2022 lineup features music for all members of the family, from classical to jazz, from winners of multiple GRAMMYs, NEA Jazz Masters and MacArthur Fellows, to the brightest and newest artists. most innovative happening in music today.

Most concerts are held at Gusman Concert Hall, located on the University of Miami campus, 1314 Miller Drive in Coral Gables. Tickets, more information and the latest COVID guidelines can be accessed through the website www.frostmusiclive.com.

In accordance with the policy established at the start of the pandemic, all concerts (unless otherwise indicated) will be broadcast live via the school’s YouTube channel.

FROST MUSIC LIVE PROGRAM 2022

Monday, February 14, 2022 7:30 p.m.

An Italian Valentine

Gusman Concert Hall

1314 Miller Drive, Coral Gables

Bettina Mussumeli, violin

Jodi Levitz, viola

Ross Harbaugh, cello

Frost alumni and current students

Take your loved one on a romantic musical journey to Vivaldi’s Venice with Miami’s new chamber ensemble, I Solisti di Miami.

Saturday, February 19, 7:30 p.m.

Jack Quartet

Gusman Concert Hall

1314 Miller Drive, Coral Gables

Hailed by the New York Times as “our leading quartet of new music!”

One of the most acclaimed and respected bands performing contemporary classical music today.

Thursday, March 3, 7:30 p.m.

Frost Concert Jazz Band Featuring Terri Lyne Carrington

Gusman Concert Hall

1314 Miller Drive, Coral Gables

John Daversa, director

Terri Lyne Carrington, guest drummer

“She’s the personification of Black Girl Magic” — Associated Press

Drummer, producer and educator Terri Lyne Carrington, NEA jazz master and multiple GRAMMY winner, whom jazz icon Wayne Shorter calls “one of the best drummers in the world”, joins the Frost Concert Jazz Band, led by multi-GRAMMY winner John Daversa.

Saturday and Sunday, March 5 and 6, 3:00 p.m.

The World Premiere of The Leopard – Frost Opera Theater and Frost Symphony Orchestra

South Miami-Dade Cultural Center for the Arts

10950 SW 211 St., Cutler Bay 3189

www.smdcac.org

Music by Michael Dellaira and book by JD McClatchy

Gérard Schwarz conductor

Alan Johnson, Music Director

Jeffrey Buchman, director

Kim Josephson, baritone; Robynne Redmon, mezzo-soprano; Tenor Frank Ragsdale and guest artist Kevin Short are joined by rising star students from the Frost Opera Theatre.

The opera is based on the internationally acclaimed 1958 novel Il Gattopardo by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, later adapted into an award-winning classic film starring Burt Lancaster, Claudia Cardinale and Alain Delon. Don Fabrizio Corbera, Prince of Salina, known as “The Leopard” for his towering personality, is a member of an impoverished, soon to be obsolete aristocracy who reluctantly adapts to the modern world to secure his family’s future – and in doing so, sacrifices the happiness of one of them.Frost Opera Theater and Frost Symphony Orchestra create this third collaborative opera by composer Michael Dellaira and poet/librettist JD McClatchy, completed shortly before Ms. McClatchy in 2018.

More information at smdcac.org or call 786.573.5300.

Friday, March 11, 7:30 p.m.

Music by Mason Bates – Frost Wind Ensemble

Gusman Concert Hall

1314 Miller Drive, Coral Gables

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, transforms the way classical music is experienced through his symphonic music and its integration unique electronic sounds. Bates’ Bootleggers Break makes its world premiere.

Saturday March 26, 7:30 p.m.

American brass quintet

Gusman Concert Hall

1314 Miller Drive, Coral Gables

The New York Times says, “Breathtaking,” and Newsweek calls them, “The Brazen High Priests.” The American Brass Quintet is internationally recognized as one of the leading chamber music ensembles of our time.

Friday April 8, 2022 8 p.m.

JAZZ ROOTS – Storytellers-Luciana Souza and Vince Mendoza

Adrienne Arsht Center

1400 Biscayne Bay, Miami, Florida

Featuring Frost Concert Jazz Band

John Daversa Quintet, Part One

Marrying Brazilian pop and American jazz, GRAMMY Award-winning singer Luciana Souza brings her deeply personal, colorful, and illuminated musicianship to big band arrangements of songs by fellow Brazilians Chico Buarque, Ivan Lins, Gilberto Gil, and more. Souza’s work transcends traditional musical boundaries, offering strong roots in jazz, a sophisticated lineage in world music, and an informed approach to the latest sounds. She will be joined on stage by GRAMMY winner Vince Mendoza and the Frost Concert Jazz Band.

More information at arshtcenter.org.

Friday, April 22, 7:30 p.m.

Gusman Concert Hall

1314 Miller Drive, Coral Gables

Maria Schneider and Scott Flavin, conductors

Maria Schneider, artistic director of the Henry Mancini Institute at the Frost School and multiple GRAMMY winner, presents an evening of music, art and science to honor Earth Day. Join us for this revolutionary experience.

Monday, April 25, 7:30 p.m.

A familiar scene –Sandra Lopez and Alan Johnson

Gusman Concert Hall

1314 Miller Drive, Coral Gables

Sandra Lopez, soprano

Alan Johnson, piano

The New York Times describes her voice as “beautiful and melting”. Opera News says it is “a darkly hued lyrical instrument capable of considerable emotional power”. Lopez has performed internationally to great acclaim. She shares the stage with Drama Desk winner and Professor Frost Alan Johnson. The program includes operatic repertoire drawn from the iconic roles created by Lopez’s MET Opera performances. They will perform the Italian repertoire and songs by female composers. This is Lopez’s first faculty vocal recital since her appointment to Frost in 2019.

Wednesday, April 27, 7:30 p.m.

Latin Jazz Frost Orchestra

Gusman Concert Hall

1314 Miller Drive, Coral Gables

Dafnis Prieto, drums, director

Brian Lynch, trumpet

MacArthur “Genius” Fellow 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 Professor Frost and GRAMMY-winner Brian Lynch. DownBeat said the album “raised Lynch’s vast body of work to ambitious new heights of accomplishment and recognition”. Lynch joins on trumpet and Prieto on drums. NPR says that Prieto, who is Cuban, “often stretches and shatters the expectations of direct jazz.” Don’t miss this special evening.