CONCERTS

Cultures collide, form musical trio

Banjoist Béla Fleck and bassist Edgar Meyer both have countless colleagues who would sell body parts and firstborn for the opportunity to work with them. And yet, when the longtime collaborators were commissioned to compose a triple concerto for banjo and bass plus one -- and given free rein to pick the third musician -- one name topped both their lists: Indian tabla master Zakir Hussain.

Coral Ridge Presbyterian cancels 2009-2010 concert series

Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church has canceled its 2009-2010 concert series, following the departure of its organist, choir director, concert series director and much of its choir.

Cellist writes music just for monkeys

David Teie, a cellist with the National Symphony Orchestra who also composes, is getting widespread attention for what may be, to date, his greatest hit.

CLASSICAL MUSIC

Quartet aims to bring Baroque to 21st century

Maybe those enormous wigs that sit atop the unsmiling faces and fussy court dress in portrait after portrait make us assume that there was something staid, stuffy and rigid about the music of the Baroque era.

CLASSICAL MUSIC

Revealing Ormandy reissues, now on CD

Few prominent conductors have such fleeting claims to greatness as has Eugene Ormandy -- but as the Japanese recording industry is proving, the moments are unquestionably there.

SOUTH FLORIDA ARTS SCENE

Summerfest concerts hit Latin, classical beats

Contemporary Latin music and classical compositions by Vivaldi, Bach and Brahms are on the bill for Symphony of the Americas' Summerfest 2009 concerts this week in Miramar and Fort Lauderdale.

CLASSICAL MUSIC

Great ambitions for symphony

Miami Symphony Orchestra sees an opening in South Florida's shifting classical music scene: arts groups that are struggling with uneven ticket sales and diminished donations are canceling concerts, paring down performances, and filing for bankruptcy.

SUMMER SERIES

Jazz, classical music on tap in the Gables

Jazz and classical-music fans, take note: The Coral Gables Congregational Church's Summer Concert Series is back for its 24th season.

New choir focuses on the Anglican tradition of Evensong

The Anglican Chorale sings traditional Anglican music, known as Evensong, at Trinity Cathedral in downtown Miami.

CONCERT REVIEW

Review | Seraphic Fire's artistry moving

Only one word seems apt enough to characterize the musical artistry the members of Seraphic Fire demonstrated at Wednesday's summer-season opening concert: destiny.

CLASSICAL MUSIC

N.Y. Philharmonic prepares for Vietnam debut in October

Representatives of the New York Philharmonic visited Hanoi on Thursday to prepare for the orchestra's Vietnam debut in October. The philharmonic will play two concerts in Hanoi as part of an Asian tour that will also include stops in Tokyo, Seoul and Singapore. It will be the orchestra's first international tour under the leadership of new musical director Alan Gilbert, who takes over from Lorin Maazel in September.