The Wilsons have lifted their voices in song many times around the Suncoast - at concert halls, in parks, at community centers and in churches. ...more

November 22, 2007

John Wilson is a well-known senior television news anchor with Fox 13 News, in Tampa. His wife, Mary K. Wilson, is a cathedral musician for the St. Peter Episcopal Cathedral Church in St. Petersburg. Their holiday performance "Sounds of Christmas" will be held at the Living Word Church, 5151 Rowan Road, on Nov. 25, 2: 30 p.m. ...more

November 21, 2007

Dicen que el talento pasa por los genes, y esto parece ser el caso de Tito Puente Jr. Aunque Puente Jr. nunca ha querido compararse con su padre, porque le tomaría "más de 50 años para lograrlo", éste sí lleva su nombre y su ritmo en la sangre. ...more

November 13, 2007

TAMPA - Stefan Sanderling is spreading his musical wings. The Florida Orchestra's chief conductor has signed on as music director of the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra, founded in 1929 as part of the Chautauqua Institution, a nonprofit education and cultural center on 750 acres in southwestern New York. For nine weeks each summer, the institution holds an acclaimed festival of the arts ...more

November 5, 2007

Quick: Name three great choral masterworks and ask yourself why you haven't heard any of them. ...more

October 25, 2007

Can musicians ever hope to reach perfection in Mozart? Doubtful, as this most blessed of composers toys with mortals who try to pry into his creative mind. But when they do, sublime things can happen. ...more

October 20, 2007

•'American Idol' rocker Daughtry, right, brings it home to Clearwater's Ruth Eckerd Hall tonight. ...more

October 8, 2007

This week, we asked the musicians of The Florida Orchestra about the relevance of their art in today's world, and they responded with a zeal typical of this talented group. ...more

October 6, 2007

TAMPA - This week we asked the musicians of The Florida Orchestra about the relevance of their art in today's world, and they responded with a zeal typical of this talented group. But a more potent answer can be heard this weekend when the orchestra celebrates the opening of its 40th masterworks season under the baton of music director Stefan Sanderling. The fanfare began Thursday night at the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center with a delirious performance of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 1, complemented by the delicate poetry of soloist Louis Lortie in Edvard Grieg's ever-popular Piano Concerto. ...more

October 5, 2007

Earlier this week we asked the musicians of The Florida Orchestra about the relevance of their art in today's world, and they responded with a zeal typical of this talented group. ...more

October 5, 2007