Music season begins with ‘Symphonic Dances’

Photo courtesy of the FIU College of Architecture + The Arts

Laura Gonzalez // Entertainment Director

The 2015-16 season begins for FIU’s School of Music on Saturday, Sept. 26 with their Distinguished Conductor’s series’ opening concert “Symphonic Dances,” an orchestral show centered around dance themes and their changes over time.

The show will feature South Florida conductor Andrew Bisantz and graduate student conductor Jordan Cohen as they take the audience through the dance music in a 100 year span.

“I’m thrilled to be back at FIU as the guest conductor for this year’s spectacular opening concert of the FIU Symphony. I’m particularly excited to be exploring Beethoven’s mighty Eroica symphony with the students – it’s a true joy to be with them as they discover the myriad of layers in this work that come together to make it the towering masterwork that it is,” states Bisantz on the College of Architecture and the Arts website detailing the program.

The show will feature pieces like Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Overture to Don Giovanni, K. 527 and Antonín DVOŘÁK’s – Symphony No. 6 in D Major, Op. 60. The closing piece and the one that both conductor’s really want to stand out is Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major “Eroica” Op. 55, a 200 year old symphony that due to its ingenuousness paved the way for works following it.

“Symphonic Dances” will take place on Sept. 26 at 7:30 p.m. in the Herbert and Nicole Wertheim Performing Arts Center Concert Hall.

The Distinguished Director’s series will continue on Tuesday, Nov. 17 with Latin-American conductor Carlos Riazuelos and student conductor Cohen. For more information on the series visit the CARTA news website.