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for your MarchAn eclectic mix of music
enjoyment
by Claudia Pozin
MDirector of Development - Southwest Florida
Classical South Florida - 88.7
arch is a month with extraordinary variety in the
musical opportunities for you and all of your guests. a concert featuring Beethoven and Mozart.
Begin the month with French Choral Music and
you can end the month with sentimental journeys
either with Rebecca Richardson or Jodie DeSalvo. In between you
can celebrate St. Patrick’s Day or the Ides of March – but if you
have a choice I would definitely suggest St. Patrick’s Day.
For those that love Choral Music–you will want to begin the
month with a concert at Trinity-by-the-Cove at 4 p.m. on March
1 – Faure’s Requiem will be performed featuring Boyd Jarrell,
baritone and Michele Byrd, soprano.
Cambier Park will be busy with concerts – the Naples Concert
Band performs twice – March 2 and March 23 both at 2 p.m.;
and the Naples Jazz Orchestra will be performing on March 2
and March 16 both at 7 p.m. So March 2 you can spend the day
downtown Naples – concerts at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. –wander around
downtown, enjoy the galleries, have some dinner and then finish
the evening off with Jazz at 7 p.m. –right back in Cambier Park.
Bower Chapel on the campus of Moorings Park has some
interesting offerings this month –on March 3 their concert series
will feature the “Bean Pickers” in a bluegrass hoedown – this group
features a wide variety of American traditional music. (Note – if
any of you went to Naples schools – you might recognize the bass
player – he used to teach art!). Back at the Bower Chapel at the
end of the month you will hear a wonderful vocalist-Rebecca
Richardson and she will take you on a sentimental journey of
the music of the 40’s and 50’s. The concert will feature tributes
to the vocal groups of those years. If you would like to stay in the
sentimental/romantic mood then made arrangements to attend
a Night of Romance with Jodie DeSalvo at Artis-Naples. Jodie’s
programs are always a treat and her personality brings a lot of joy
to all who attend.
For the classical music devotees’ Beethoven and Strauss are on
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the program on March 5-7 p.m at Artis-
Naples; Classic Chamber Concerts will
feature Two Stylish Piano Quintets on
March 9 at 8 p.m. at the Sugden Theatre.
One can never get enough Beethoven – so
return to Artis-Naples March 15 or 17 for
But if Beethoven is not your favorite-
Classic Chamber Concerts will feature
Brilliant Mendelssohn on March 16 at the
Sugden Theatre at 8 p.m.
But in keeping with the idea that Naples has something to
suit everyone’s musical interests- the first musical written by the
team of Rodgers and Hammerstein – Oklahoma! will be playing
at the Sugden Theatre presented by the Naples Players – March 4
through April 4. This much loved musical opened on Broadway on
March 31, 1943 and ran for an unprecedented 2,212 performances.
The musical has been revived and won an Academy Award in 1955
for the film adaptation. It also won a special Pulitzer Prize in 1944.
Artis-Naples will feature a film musical –Singin’ in the Rain as a
part of their Pops series – March 10-14.
But probably the most well-known in March is St. Patrick’s
Day – which is March 17; recognizing the most commonly
recognized patron saint of Ireland. In 1903 St. Patrick’s Day
became an official public holiday in Ireland. The first St. Patrick’s
Festival was held in 1996. In Ireland by 2006 it had become a five
day long festival. So you can be Irish (if you are not) for one day
and join the thousands that celebrate the “wearing of the green.”
The official parade in Naples will be on March 14 – down Fifth
Avenue.
So whatever you chose to do – from blue grass to jazz to
celebrating St. Patrick’s Day – remember to always keep your
personal concert hall with you – 88.7FM.
Life in Naples | March 2015