Revered Trumpeter And Composer, Terence Blanchard, To Open Festival Of The Arts Boca With Exclusive Florida Performance
10-Day Cultural Fest Celebrates Ballet, Opera, Film, Authors, Ideas & More!
Tickets:
www.festivalboca.org
Quick Link to TicketsBOCA RATON, FLORIDA (December 2021) – The 16th Annual Festival of the Arts Boca, March 4 – 13, 2022, will welcome two-time Oscar® nominee, and five-time GRAMMY®- winning trumpeter and composer Terence Blanchard to the Mizner Park Amphitheater, 590 Plaza Real, on opening night, Friday, March 4 at 7:30 p.m. This concert is presented in partnership with FAU/Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, with support from the Dorothy F. Schmidt Eminent Scholar in the Arts Endowment.
Blanchard will replace Bobby McFerrin, who had to withdraw for health reasons. Tickets purchased for McFerrin’s performance will be honored for this performance.
“Terence Blanchard is an icon and truly ‘jazz royalty,’” said Joanna Marie Kaye, executive director of Festival of the Arts Boca. “We are thrilled to have him kick-off our 16th Annual event with the Florida premiere of this show.”
Best known for scoring Spike Lee films, Blanchard made history in October by becoming the first black composer presented by the Metropolitan Opera in its 138-year history. He comes to Boca Raton with his internationally acclaimed band, the E-Collective, and the double GRAMMY®-winning Turtle Island Quartet, in a program from his new album, Absence, a tribute to the legendary jazz saxophonist Wayne Shorter.
Other Festival highlights include an Opera Gala Concert featuring soprano Larisa Martinez, who regularly appears with Andrea Bocelli, and with her husband Joshua Bell. Martinez is making her Festival debut, along with some special guests, in an evening of opera favorites with Festival Orchestra Boca under the baton of Constantine Kitsopoulos. A Night at the Ballet will feature stars from American Ballet Theatre, New York City Ballet, and more, performing excerpts from the classics including Don Quixote, Swan Lake and Romeo & Juliet, as well as contemporary works, such as She’s a Rainbow, by the Rolling Stones. The Disney classic film Fantasia will be screened on a massive LED screen above Festival Orchestra Boca as they perform the soundtrack live. Time for Three, known for standing at the busy intersection of Americana, modern pop, and classical music, returns to the Festival; and Grammy Award-winning South Florida favorite, jazz flutist Nestor Torres and his band, close out the Festival on March 13.
The Authors & Ideas program features Richard Haass, president of the Council on Foreign Relations and author of A World in Disarray: American Foreign Policy and the Crisis of the Old Order, and James Stavrides, author and retired four-star U.S. Naval officer. The two will join in a discussion about global events. The series will also feature award-winning and internationally acclaimed global warming expert and author, Bill McKibben, who will talk about “Our Changing Climate;” NASA Astronaut, Donald Pettit; and novelist Luis Alberto Urrea, hailed by NPR as a “literary badass,” who uses his dual-culture life experiences to explore greater themes of love, loss and triumph.
Tickets for the 16th Annual Festival of the Arts Boca range from $15 to $150 per person and are available at festivalboca.org or by calling 561-757-4762 from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
For more information visit festivalboca.org or call 561-571-5270.
Performance Schedule
Festival of the Arts BOCA March 4 – 13, 2022
Presented by The Schmidt Family Centre for the Arts
Mizner Park Amphitheater
Tickets:
www.festivalboca.org
561-571-5270
Friday, March 4, 7:30 PM
Concert – Absence: Terrence Blanchard Featuring The E-Collective And Turtle Island Quartet
Mizner Park Amphitheater
Saturday, March 5, 7:30 PM
Concert – Opera Gala Concert featuring Larisa Martinez & Friends: Noted soprano Larisa Martinez makes her Festival Boca debut with surprise guests in an evening of opera favorites with Festival Orchestra Boca under Constantine Kitsopoulos.
Mizner Park Amphitheater
Sunday, March 6, 7:00 PM
Performance – A Night at the Ballet featuring dancers of American Ballet Theatre, New York City Ballet and more performing excerpts from the classics including Don Quixote, Swan Lake, and Romeo & Juliet, as well as contemporary works including “She’s a Rainbow,” by the Rolling Stones.
Mizner Park Amphitheater
Monday, March 7, 7:00 PM
Authors & Ideas – Richard Haass & James Stavrides: A Conversation Two of our most influential foreign policy thinkers discuss global events.
Mizner Park Amphitheater
Tuesday, March 8, 7:00 PM
Authors & Ideas – Bill McKibben: Our Changing Climate One of the foremost environmentalists speaks about climate change and where we are going.
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Wednesday, March 9, 7:00 PM
Authors & Ideas – Nasa Astronaut Donald R. Pettit: The View from Above. America’s oldest active astronaut and an esteemed photographer, Donald Pettit offers a view of our planet from the perspective of one who has two very long stints in space.
Mizner Park Amphitheater
Thursday, March 10, 7:00 PM
Authors & Ideas – Luis Alberto Urrea: From Tijuana to the World: NPR called Luis Urrea a literary “bad-ass.” The author and passionate humanist will join us for a talk about life in a dual culture.
Mizner Park Amphitheater
* Postponed – Friday, March 11
* The Fantasia performance scheduled for March 11 has been postponed to 2023.
Film with Orchestra – Fantasia: Music Director Constantine Kitsopolous conducts Festival Orchestra Boca in a live performance of the soundtrack while the remastered Disney classic plays on our massive LED screen.
Mizner Park Amphitheater
Saturday, March 12, 7:30 PM
Concert – Time for Three: The vibrant, engaging trio makes its Festival Boca return in a concert alongside The Symphonia, conducted by Constantine Kitsopoulos.
Mizner Park Amphitheater
Sunday, March 13, 7:00 PM
Concert – Nestor Torres: The Grammy-Award-winning jazz flutist returns with his band for a rousing concert to close out our 16th season.
Mizner Park Amphitheater