Upcoming Events

Celebrating its 50th Anniversary, a mesmerizing new production of the iconic musical phenomenon returns to the stage. Originally staged by London’s Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, this production won the 2017 Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival garnering unprecedented reviews and accolades. Appealing to both theater audiences and concert music fans, this production pays tribute […]

Hailing from Zimbabwe, the all-woman a cappella quintet Nobuntu is recognized internationally for its sparkling energy, breathtakingly rich voices, and inventive performances that cover the gamut from gospel to traditional Zimbabwean songs to Afro-jazz. Augmented only using minimal percussion, they emphasize pure voices, authentic dance movements, and the use of traditional instruments. The word Nobuntu […]

Pianist, composer, and arranger Chucho Valdés is one of the most influential artists of our time.  Blending jazz, classical music, Afro-Cuban traditional music, and more into his unique personal style, Valdés is the winner of seven Grammy Awards®, five Latin Grammy Awards®, a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Latin Academy of Recording, and was inducted […]

University of Florida Performing Arts (UFPA) will host their 23|24 Season Preview. The event will be held at the Curtis M. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts on Tuesday, July 11 at 7 p.m. It is free and all are welcome to attend. Those attending Preview will be the first to see an overview of […]

The University of Florida Bands presents our upcoming concert "Premieres, Commissions, and Visionaries" performed by the UF Wind Symphony. This concert will be held at the Phillips Centers on campus at 7:30pm, on Tuesday, April 25th. Music selections include pieces by Eric Santos, Ricardo Lorenz, and more. This concert is free to the public.

Alan Cumming Is Not Acting His Age. Hailed by TIME Magazine as one of the three most fun people in show business—we don’t care about the other two— because Alan Cumming will be on our stage! The Tony and Olivier award-winning theatre actor equally enjoys the stage and the big screen. However, he prefers center stage, which […]

Writing for The New York Times, dance critic, Brian Seibert finished his review of Nrityagram Dance Ensemble by proclaiming, “the only proper response to dancers this amazing is worship.” That may sound like hyperbole, but devotion is in their DNA. Today, Nrityagram is a thriving community of artists dedicated to the practice of Odissi, a […]

Named by TIME Magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world, five-time Grammy award-winner, Angélique Kidjo, is one of the greatest artists in international music today—a creative force with 16 albums to her name. Her striking voice, stage presence, and fluency have cross-pollinated West African traditions of her childhood in Benin, with elements […]

Talk about an overachiever, at just 22 years old Risa Hokamura is on the short-list of the world’s great violinists. She picked up the instrument at the age of 3 and by 10, Hokamura was already capturing top prizes at competitions in her native Japan. In 2018, she earned international attention by winning First Prize […]

From Lincoln Center Theater that brought you The King & I and South Pacific, comes “a sumptuous new production of the most perfect musical of all time” (Entertainment Weekly), Lerner & Loewe’s MY FAIR LADY. Director Bartlett Sher’s glowing production is “thrilling, glorious, and better than it ever was” (The New York Times). “Every so often a revival comes […]

London’s The Kingdom Choir™ were catapulted to worldwide fame after their show-stopping performance of Stand By Me at the Royal Wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. Since that day the Choir’s infectious joy and spirit, matched only by their raw Gospel spiritual style, has taken them around the world performing soulful renditions of traditional gospel classics […]