The Florida Orchestra

12/21/2022

Photos from Seven Rivers Church's post

12/18/2022

We’re sending off 2022 with two concert halls FULL of Holiday cheer for our Classical Christmas Carols concerts 📯🎄 Were you there? You sounded great!

12/14/2022

Employee Skips Work to See a TFO Concert

We aren't condoning that you play hooky to come see TFO tomorrow for our Best of Ballet Morning Concert but we also aren't not condoning it...

https://floridaorchestra.org/2223-cof3-ballet/

12/10/2022

Santa made an appearance at our concert this afternoon! He may even come back at one of our next 3 shows of this Holiday Pops series 🎶 But you’ll have to be there to see 🎅

Tonight: Mahaffey 8pm
Tomorrow: Ruth Eckerd Hall 2pm and 7:30pm

Holiday Pops Tickets 👉 https://floridaorchestra.org/2223-pops3-holiday/

12/09/2022

12/09/2022

Your weekend arts forecast: Holiday Pops

Looking for something ✨seasonal ✨ to do this weekend? Starting tonight, TFO is performing a series of Holiday Pops Concerts at Straz Center for the Performing Arts, Mahaffey Theater and Ruth Eckerd Hall!

Tickets 🎅 👉 https://floridaorchestra.org/2223-pops3-holiday/

The Florida Orchestra, to be sure, attracts big audiences for its entire October-to-May season. Still, the most well-attended concert every year is Holiday Pops. It’s such a big deal that there are five performances of the Christmas-and-more program for 2022. Podium guest for this weekend’s show...

12/07/2022

Top 15 Tampa Bay area events for the week of Dec. 5-11

TFO is getting into the holiday spirit this weekend with our series of Holiday Pops Concerts at The Straz, Mahaffey Theater, and Ruth Eckerd Hall 🎄

Plenty of holiday cheer to choose from in the Tampa Bay area this week.

12/06/2022

Raise your hand if you think The Florida Orchestra Brass Halftime performance gave Tom Brady and the Bucs the extra motivation they needed to win the game 😁🏈

12/06/2022

A blazing, unforgettable performance of world-premiere concerto and more - The Florida Orchestra

An unforgettable weekend! Concertmaster Jeffrey Multer enthralls the audience in the world-premiere Ippolito Violin Concerto before Michael Francis and TFO work up a sweat with an explosive performance of Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4. Read Kurt Loft’s Afterthoughts today on the TFO Blog.

Visceral is an apt one-word description of The Florida Orchestra’s Masterworks performance last weekend, which included a world premiere by a Tampa Bay

12/03/2022

Before and after performing Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony with TFO! It’s going to be another two rounds of this athletic venture once tonight at 8pm and another tomorrow at 2pm all at Mahaffey Theater 🏋️‍♀️🎶
Tickets available here:
https://floridaorchestra.org/2223-mw5-tchaikovsky/

12/03/2022

Thank you to all the patrons who made our opening concert for Michael Ippolito's Violin Concerto world premiere one to remember! If you missed the concert last night, you have two more opportunities to see it 🎵
8:00pm Saturday (TONIGHT!) at Mahaffey Theater
2:00pm Sunday at Mahaffey Theater
https://floridaorchestra.org/2223-mw5-tchaikovsky/

12/02/2022

TFO is playing at the Tampa Bay Buccaneers game 🏴‍☠️🏈 Catch our brass and percussion musicians playing a medley of rock classics during half-time at Monday's Bucs vs Saints game at Raymond James Stadium! The stadium will light up when cellphones around the stands sync up to this killer brass arrangement by Ross Holcombe via The Bucs App.

12/02/2022

Tampa native’s violin concerto will be performed for the first time ever this weekend

For the first time ever, Michael Ippolito's Violin Concerto will be performed for a live audience 📣 AND it's happening right here in Tampa Bay.

Get your tickets to this concert here: floridaorchestra.org/2223-mw5-tchaikovsky/

The Florida Orchestra will perform the piece composed by Michael Ippolito for concertmaster Jeffrey Multer.

12/02/2022

There are too many beautiful moments to count in Tchaikovsky’s Fourth symphony. Here is one of them featuring Principal Clarinet Natalie Hoe. Catch all of those moments live tonight, Saturday, and Sunday with your TFO 🎶

Tickets Available at: https://floridaorchestra.org/2223-mw5-tchaikovsky/

12/01/2022

The Making of a World-Premiere Violin Concerto

“No one ever wrote anything like this before. It’s really spectacular,” says Florida Orchestra Concertmaster Jeffrey Multer about the Violin Concerto by award-winning composer and Tampa native Michael Ippolito. Drop in for a unique conversation with composer and soloist, including performance excerpts, to learn more about the concerto that was composed for Multer and showcases Florida talent at its best. The Florida Orchestra performs the world premiere Dec. 2-4, 2022, conducted by Music Director Michael Francis.

12/01/2022

If you squint your eyes you can see our special guest this week! Michael Ippolito is here working with our orchestra to get his brand new Violin Concerto premiered this weekend 🎻✨ Tickets for this weekend’s concerts are available at https://floridaorchestra.org/2223-mw5-tchaikovsky/

12/01/2022

Mary Corbett: Positive Energy Creates Positive Outlook | International Musician

Violinist Mary Corbett is featured in this article by International Musician Magazine! She talks about her 30+ years with TFO, growing up with musician parents, hiking solo in The Grand Tetons, and more. Take a moment to read and get to better know one of our wonderful members of TFO.

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12/01/2022

A brand new piece of music by a LIVING COMPOSER ✨that and more this weekend only with your TFO.

Tickets and information here:
https://floridaorchestra.org/2223-mw5-tchaikovsky/

11/29/2022

Trombone Excerpts from Tchaikovsky's 4th Symphony

Tchaikovsky's Fourth Symphony🎵🌞 Assistant Principal Trombone Ross Holcombe gives us a look at some of his favorite trombone parts from the piece in preparation for the full orchestra performance this weekend!

Tickets and information available here: https://floridaorchestra.org/2223-mw5-tchaikovsky/

11/29/2022

The Florida Orchestra will present its most 'substantial' world premiere this weekend

What exactly did TFO Concertmaster Jeffrey Multer say to composer Michael Ippolito in 2018 to spark the composition of this Violin Concerto? Find out below!

The concert will feature new music by Tampa-born composer Michael Ippolito. It's a violin concerto that came about partly because of a comment concertmaster Jeffrey Multer made to Ippolito in 2018.

11/27/2022

After a very restful week, we're looking forward to our upcoming concerts! Along with performances of Tchaikovsky's fourth symphony, our very own Concertmaster Jeffrey Multer will be premiering a brand new violin concerto written by Tampa Bay native, Michael Ippolito 🎻

Tickets available here: https://floridaorchestra.org/2223-mw5-tchaikovsky/

11/26/2022

We have merch 🎵👕 As you're shopping on this deal-packed weekend, take a moment to check out what fun memorabilia you can get for your TFO-loving friends, family, or self for the holidays on our website!
https://bit.ly/3tOG7QZ

11/25/2022

Are you looking for the perfect experience gift this holiday season? Well look no further. Give the gift of one of the many unique orchestral experiences we offer here in Tampa, Clearwater, and St.Petersburg, FL. Gift Certificates available here https://floridaorchestra.org/buy-tickets/gifts/

11/24/2022

Happy Thanksgiving from your TFO! We are thankful for all of our patrons who have made our 22/23 season so far one of the best yet! We are off this week to give our orchestra some well-deserved time off but we'll be back next week with a bunch of exciting shows, including the WORLD PREMIERE of a new violin concerto by Michael Ippolito 🎵

11/21/2022

Thanks to everybody who came out to see our first rock concert of the 22/23 season, Music of Led Zeppelin!

11/18/2022

The cello section is holding it down during Kashmir for our Music of Led Zeppelin concert tonight

11/18/2022

TONIGHT ONLY! TFO is rocking out with the music of Led Zeppelin! 🎸🎻

11/18/2022

Employee Skips Work to See a TFO Concert

Tell us why we just found this unposted video of one of our employees in our drafts...and did she just run away from a security guard?

11/16/2022

⚠️❗️Road Closure Alert ❗️⚠️ for tomorrow's concert at Mahaffey Theater

First Street South will be closed for repaving from First Avenue South to the intersection of Fifth Avenue South (Dali Boulevard). The main entrance to the Mahaffey Theater parking lot will not be open. To access the parking area for the Mahaffey, proceed along Bayshore Boulevard to the Dali Museum entrance

11/15/2022

Have you noticed that Yoni has switched chairs at TFO concerts? Well, that’s because he recently won a highly competitive audition to be our principal cello. He’s our first new principal cello in nearly 35 years! Let's all congratulate Yoni on his new position with us!

Read his full bio here: https://floridaorchestra.org/musicians/yoni-draiblate/

11/14/2022

Thanks to all the amazing people who came out to spend the weekend with us! We’ll see you again this week for our Coffee Concert and Music of Led Zeppelin concert! Meanwhile, here’s a peek behind the curtain at what TFO musicians do during intermission 🎶

11/13/2022

Vivek Jayaraman Performs an Excerpt from Dvorak 8

There are so many wonderful moments to look out for in Dvorak's 8th Symphony, as demonstrated here by TFO Violinist Vivek Jayaraman. Watch and hear this moment, and many more like it, LIVE with TFO today at 2:00pm at the Straz Center 🎵

Tickets available at https://bit.ly/3EsZ6Xh

11/13/2022

Only ONE MORE CHANCE to see TFO and Stefan Jackiw perform this exhilarating violin concerto. Brahms' Violin Concerto paired with Dvorak's Symphony No. 8, this Sunday matinee is going to be truly special.
Tickets at https://bit.ly/3EsZ6Xh

11/12/2022

Brahms’ Violin Concerto featuring Stefan Jackiw🎻 tonight and tomorrow only!

Tickets and information: https://floridaorchestra.org/2223-mw4-brahms/

11/11/2022

Tomorrow evening! Stefan Jackiw takes the stage with TFO at Mahaffey Theater performing Brahms' Violin Concerto.

Before the concert, join Stefan on The Florida Orchestra Instagram and Facebook stories to get a glimpse into a day in his life leading up to a performance of this stunning piece of music.

Tickets available here: https://floridaorchestra.org/2223-mw4-brahms/

11/10/2022

After all the rain and wind today, you’ll want to join Stefan Jackiw and TFO this weekend for the foot-stomping Brahms’ Violin Concerto to bring your spirits up 🎻🌞

Saturday 11/12 Mahaffey Theater 8pm
Sunday 11/13 Straz Center 2pm
Tickets here: https://floridaorchestra.org/2223-mw4-brahms/

11/09/2022

11/09/2022

Audio Program Notes Available Now!

For the first time in Florida Orchestra history, we are providing a FREE audio version of our program notes!

Now you can hear about TFO Masterworks concerts at your leisure, as long as you have access to the internet.

Audio Program notes for this weekend's concerts available now: https://floridaorchestra.org/program-notes/program-notes-brahms-violin-concerto-2223/

11/08/2022

Thank you for joining us Alexandra!

11/07/2022

Trombone Section POV: Miraculous Mandarin

Get close-up with TFO Musicians! Trombone section edition 🎵

This is a big trombone moment from The Miraculous Mandarin by Béla Bartók where the first and second trombones trade off so the solo sounds continuous.

Did anybody catch this epic moment from Joël Vaisse and Ross Holcombe at last weekend's concert?