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Scholarship Benefit Concert Featuring Mozart’s Requiem + GMYS Side-by-Side

Buy Tickets   VIP Tickets + Reception $25 | General Admission $15 | FIU Faculty & Staff $10 | Student $5 The FIU Symphony Orchestra (FIUSO), FIU University Singers, and special guests conclude the season with a benefit scholarship benefit concert featuring an epic performance of Mozart's masterpiece and Paul Hindemith's Symphonic Metamorphoses. The [...]

By |2019-04-10T10:03:53-04:00August 8th, 2018|, |Comments Off on Scholarship Benefit Concert Featuring Mozart’s Requiem + GMYS Side-by-Side

FIU Concerto Competition Winners Concert with the FIU Symphony Orchestra & World Premiere

Buy Tickets   The FIU Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Javier Jose Mendoza, is celebrating the accomplishments of its alumni and concerto competition winners during Panther Alumni Week! The FIU Symphony Orchestra has served hundreds of young people, inspiring the next generations of music players and supporters.  Join us as we celebrate this milestone with [...]

By |2019-01-28T20:32:29-05:00July 11th, 2018||Comments Off on FIU Concerto Competition Winners Concert with the FIU Symphony Orchestra & World Premiere

FIU Symphony Orchestra Celebrates 100 Years of Bernstein

Buy Tickets   Javier Jose Mendoza, conductor The FIU Symphony Orchestra opens the 2018-19 season with a musical exploration of Leonard Bernstein's works in celebration of the icon's centennial. The program will highlight Bernstein's varied talents as one of America's most beloved composers, including Symphonic Dances from West Side Story and the overture to the operetta Candide. [...]

By |2018-09-18T13:11:49-04:00July 5th, 2018||Comments Off on FIU Symphony Orchestra Celebrates 100 Years of Bernstein

21st Annual Concerto Competition Winners’ Concert

Join the FIU Symphony Orchestra and the 2018 FIU Concerto Competition winners, under the direction of Javier Mendoza, for a musical tradition featuring the school's top performers!   This concert will include: Egmont Overture by Beethoven Romanze for Viola by Bruch - featuring high school division winner, Sophia Torres Finlandia by Sibelius Violin Concerto No. [...]

By |2018-02-27T16:07:11-05:00August 17th, 2017||Comments Off on 21st Annual Concerto Competition Winners’ Concert

FIU Symphony Orchestra Season Finale: Stravinsky’s The Firebird

Join the FIU Symphony Orchestra for a powerful and demanding finale concert of the 2017-18 season! The evening includes a riveting performance of Igor Stravinsky’s The Firebird Suite, Pavane by Gabriel Faure, and La gazza ladra Overture by Gioachino Rossini. Maestro Javier Jose Mendoza will also lead a side-by-side with the Greater Miami Youth Symphony and [...]

By |2018-04-12T19:37:53-04:00August 16th, 2017||Comments Off on FIU Symphony Orchestra Season Finale: Stravinsky’s The Firebird