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West Coast Woman's December issue here! Are you excited that Season has again returned? We are! Check out our Season Preview Part 2 where we look at the arts in our community and highlight events we think you’ll like. And, Virginia Shearer, the new Executive Director at Sarasota Art Museum. We have seven features on the arts this month. Also find a future on how you can give back to nonprofits serving the less fortunate. And don’t miss our Nonprofit Feature on Rise ’n Nye’s. Our dining in column has some sparkly cocktail recipes for the holidays.

West Coast Woman's December issue here! Are you excited that Season has again returned? We are! Check out our Season Preview Part 2 where we look at the arts in our community and highlight events we think you’ll like. And, Virginia Shearer, the new Executive Director at Sarasota Art Museum. We have seven features on the arts this month. Also find a future on how you can give back to nonprofits serving the less fortunate. And don’t miss our Nonprofit Feature on Rise ’n Nye’s. Our dining in column has some sparkly cocktail recipes for the holidays.

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Artist Series Concerts of Sarasota’s<br />

26 TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON<br />

Celebrating ‘Stars on the Rise: Building on our Legacy’<br />

Artist Series Concerts of Sarasota<br />

returns to a full concert schedule<br />

featuring a variety of musical<br />

experiences from emerging and<br />

established classical, jazz and pops artists.<br />

The season, which runs now through May<br />

2022, offers 23 performances at eight venues<br />

throughout Sarasota and Venice.<br />

The programs include classical recitals,<br />

pops, jazz, chamber soirées, and luncheon<br />

and dinner concerts. This season the organization<br />

has also returned to offering series<br />

subscriptions for its performances at Temple<br />

Sinai and for its luncheon, dinner and soirée<br />

series concerts.<br />

“There is so much to be thrilled about this<br />

season,” says Marcy Miller, executive director<br />

of Artist Series Concerts. “In addition to<br />

resuming a full schedule of live, indoor performances<br />

by outstanding artists, we’re adding<br />

some exciting new venues and are also<br />

returning to three old favorites, the Fischer-Weisenborne<br />

residence, the Sarasota<br />

Opera House and the Historic Asolo Theater.<br />

We’re delighted to be collaborating as well<br />

with State College of Florida in their first-ever<br />

piano festival, ‘Pianopalooza.’”<br />

For recently retired director of artist programs<br />

Joseph Holt, the upcoming season is<br />

an exciting and also a moving one. “That my<br />

final season with Artist Series Concerts is<br />

also the one that ushers out the hardships<br />

of COVID-19 is poignant, but also very satisfying,”<br />

says Holt, who departed at the end of<br />

June <strong>2021</strong>. “The ‘silver lining’ is that we are<br />

now finally able to bring to the stage many of<br />

the amazing young artists we were so eager<br />

to present in the last two seasons.”<br />

The organization’s new classical “Temple<br />

Sinai Series” at the spacious and acoustically<br />

excellent temple space, features performances<br />

by a coterie of rising young stars<br />

from Young Concert Artists and Concert<br />

Artists Guild as well as a past Artist Series<br />

Concerts competition winner.<br />

The trademark “Soirée Series” returns to<br />

the music room of the one-of-a-kind Fischer-Weisenborne<br />

residence April 17 and 18,<br />

artists to be announced.<br />

The “Luncheon Series” moves to the Bird<br />

Key Yacht Club and three more concerts featuring<br />

Young Concert Artists’ classical accordionist<br />

Hanzhi Wang (January 27); Emerging<br />

Stars of Sarasota, showcasing the talents of<br />

young artists from the Sarasota Youth Orchestra<br />

(February 24); and violinist Max Tan,<br />

a past Artist Series Concerts competition<br />

winner, with pianist Joseph Holt (April 7).<br />

The “Venice Dinner Series” at Plantation<br />

Golf & Country Club returns with the Rick<br />

Costa Jazz Quartet (February 9); BoyGirl-<br />

BoyGirl, “Milwaukee’s Manhattan Transfer”<br />

(March 23); and soprano Kendra Colton with<br />

pianist Kayo Iwama. Colton has the distinction<br />

of appearing in the inaugural season for<br />

the Artist Series in 1997 (April 20).<br />

Artist Series Concerts will take part in<br />

State College of Florida’s “Pianopalooza” piano<br />

festival running April 30 – May 8. Artist Series<br />

Concerts’ lineup for the festival includes<br />

Antonio Chen Guang, winner of the first Olga<br />

Kern International Piano Competition (April<br />

30); the return of Artist Series Concerts Piano<br />

Competition winner Lin Ye, performing<br />

with five principal string players from the<br />

Sarasota Orchestra (May 4); former Artist<br />

Series Concerts competition winner and<br />

performer Priscilla Navarro and her ensemble;<br />

and Vieness Piano Duo, the captivating<br />

young husband and wife team who play pia-<br />

no four-hands and two-piano works (May 8).<br />

Other concerts include a holiday concert<br />

with Frisson, the eleven-piece ensemble<br />

comprised of classical music’s rising stars<br />

(December 5); Japanese piano virtuoso Harumi<br />

Hanafusa, performing a solo recital followed<br />

by a second, duo piano performance<br />

with her sister Mami Hanafusa (January<br />

8 and 9); and 2 Hot 2 Tango, with the bandoneón-piano<br />

duo of Ben Bogart and Winnie<br />

Cheung. Joining them on stage will be world<br />

champion tango dancer Fernanda Ghi and<br />

her partner Silvio Grand (May 22).<br />

And retired from his role as director of<br />

artist programs, Joseph Holt has plans to<br />

stick around, to help his successor Daniel<br />

Jordan and to also continue performing as a<br />

pianist for Artist Series Concerts. “We have<br />

an excellent successor in Daniel Jordan and<br />

it has been a pleasure to ‘pass the baton,’ to<br />

him. Meanwhile, I look forward to continuing<br />

to play piano and make music for and with<br />

Artist Series Concerts.”<br />

COVID-19 update: Artist Series Concerts’<br />

top priority remains the health and safety of<br />

its patrons, performers and staff. Safety requirements<br />

will be adjusted to fit each event<br />

throughout the season and will be posted<br />

online as soon as they are available. Updates<br />

and the full updated COVID-19 statement can<br />

be seen at www.ArtistSeriesConcerts.org.<br />

Information and tickets: www.ArtistSeries<br />

Concerts.org or call (941) 306-1202, M-F, 10-4.<br />

■ Schedule ■<br />

■ Sunday, December 5, 7 pm at the<br />

Sarasota Opera House—A Classic Christmas<br />

with Frisson: Program features classical<br />

and classic holiday favorites such as<br />

selections from Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker<br />

Suite, Winter from Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, the<br />

Sinfonia from J.S. Bach’s Christmas Oratorio,<br />

traditional carols including Hark the Herald<br />

Angels Sing and O Come all Ye Faithful, and<br />

a Charlie Brown Christmas encore.<br />

■ Saturday, January 8, 2022, It’s Harumi<br />

Hanafusa at 7 pm on Jan. 8 and the Hanafusa<br />

Sisters piano duo at 3 pm on Jan. 9.<br />

Japanese pianist Harumi Hanafusa has been<br />

a major star of Japan’s classical music scene<br />

for more than 40 years. She also performs<br />

with her sister Mami Hanafusa as the Hanafusa<br />

Sisters Piano Duo.<br />

■ Thursday, January 20, 2022, 5 pm at Selby<br />

Gardens Downtown Sarasota Campus.<br />

New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players (vocalists<br />

Laurelyn Waton Chase, David Macaluso<br />

and Cameron Smith with pianist Joseph Holt)<br />

will fill Selby Gardens with the sounds of<br />

timeless Gilbert & Sullivan classics.<br />

■ Sunday, January 23, 2022, 4 pm at Temple<br />

Sinai. Merz Trio (Brigid Coleridge, violin;<br />

Julia Yang, cello; Lee Dionne, piano) with Jordan<br />

Bak, viola: Formed in 2017 and praised for<br />

their ‘fresh and surprising interpretations.’<br />

■ Thursday, January 27, 2022; 11 am performance<br />

with 12:15 pm luncheon at Bird<br />

Key Yacht Club. Hanzhi Wang, accordion:<br />

From Young Concert Artists comes accordion<br />

virtuoso Hanzhi Wang. This young musician<br />

is the only accordionist in 60 years to win a<br />

place on the Young Concert Artists roster.<br />

■ Sunday, February 6, 2022, 4 pm at Temple<br />

Sinai. Anthony Trionfo, flute with Albert<br />

Cano Smit, piano: Praised as a ‘musician of<br />

prodigious talent and scintillating personality,’<br />

flutist Anthony Trionfo is fast gaining a<br />

reputation for He is joined by another<br />

Young Concert Artists star on<br />

the rise, Spanish/Dutch pianist<br />

Albert Cano Smit, winner of the<br />

2017 Walter W. Naumburg Piano<br />

Competition and the 2019<br />

Young Concert Artists International<br />

Auditions.<br />

■ Wednesday, February 9,<br />

2022 - 6 pm dinner followed<br />

by the performance at Plantation<br />

Golf & Country Club.<br />

Rick Costa Jazz Quartet<br />

with Zach Bartholomew,<br />

piano; Brandon Robertson,<br />

bass; Rick Costa,<br />

percussion; emerging guest<br />

artist (TBA): Fine dining and<br />

swinging jazz performed by a quartet<br />

of top-flight jazz musicians assembled<br />

by noted area percussionist Rick Costa.<br />

■ Thursday, February 17, 2022, 5 pm<br />

at Selby Botanical Gardens Downtown<br />

Sarasota Campus. Luca<br />

Stine Jazz Ensemble (Luca<br />

Stine, trumpet; other musicians<br />

to be announced): Selby Gardens<br />

will be swinging with the sounds of twotime<br />

Suncoast Music Scholarship winner<br />

Luca Stine and his ensemble.<br />

■ Sunday, February 20, 2022, 4 pm at<br />

Temple Sinai. NEXUS Chamber Music Chicago<br />

(Brian Hong, violin and co-artistic director;<br />

Maria Ioudenitch, violin; Alexander<br />

Hersh, cello and co-artistic director): NEX-<br />

US Chamber Music Chicago was co-founded<br />

by cellist and former Artist Series Concerts<br />

competition winner Alexander Hersh, and<br />

violinist Brian Hong. Joining them is upand-coming<br />

violinist Maria Ioudenitch. Their<br />

repertoire features string trios by Sibelius,<br />

Kurtag, Dohnányi, and Beethoven.<br />

■ Thursday, February 24, 2022 with11<br />

am performance and 12:15 pm luncheon<br />

at Bird Key Yacht Club. Emerging Stars<br />

of Sarasota (musicians TBA): A concert<br />

showcasing the talents of some of the area’s<br />

finest young musicians, all participants in the<br />

Sarasota Youth Orchestra programs.<br />

■ Sunday, February 20, 2022, 4 pm at<br />

Temple Sinai. Quartet Amabile (Yuna<br />

Shinohara and Chihiro Kitada, violins;<br />

Meguna Naka, viola; Tatsuki Sasanuma,<br />

cello): First prize winners at the Young Concert<br />

Artists 2019 International Auditions, their<br />

program features celebrated quartets by<br />

Mozart and Mendelssohn plus the Sarasota<br />

premiere of a new work by contemporary<br />

Japanese composer Dai Fujikura.<br />

■ Wednesday, March 23, 2022 - 6 pm dinner<br />

followed by the performance at Plantation<br />

Golf & Country Club. BoyGirlBoyGirl<br />

(vocalists Don Lobacz, Tommy Lueck,<br />

Laura Monagle, and Michaela Ristaino;<br />

with Joseph Holt, piano): The foursome<br />

performs a variety of tunes, from the greatest<br />

hits of the Rat Pack to the tender and tight<br />

harmonies of old-time radio.<br />

■ Sunday, March 27, 2022, 4 pm at Temple<br />

Sinai. Steven Banks, classical saxophone;<br />

pianist TBA: Recognized for his ‘glowing<br />

mahogany tone’ and ‘breathtaking performances,’<br />

and the first saxophonist in 60 years<br />

to earn a place on the Young Concert Artists<br />

roster, musician, composer and educator Steven<br />

Banks will perform sonatas by Brahms<br />

and Creston plus an original work of his own.<br />

■ Thursday, April 7, 2022 11<br />

am performance; 12:15 pm<br />

luncheon at Bird Key Yacht<br />

Club. Max Tan, violin with<br />

Joseph Holt, piano: Taiwanese-American<br />

violinist Max Tan<br />

is a past winner at Artist Series Concerts National<br />

String Competition, an alumnus of the<br />

Perlman Music Program and a member of the<br />

Sarasota Orchestra. Tan has been featured<br />

on WNYC/WQXR and Belgian radio Musiq3.<br />

■ Wednesday, April 20, 2022; 6 pm dinner<br />

followed by the performance at Plantation<br />

Golf & Country Club. Kendra Colton, soprano<br />

with Kayo Iwama, piano: A versatile<br />

singer who performs repertoire from Baroque<br />

opera and oratorio to contemporary music,<br />

Colton’s program will feature English and<br />

American Art Song from the 20th Century.<br />

■ Saturday, April 30, 2022, 7 pm at State<br />

College of Florida. Antonio Chen Guang,<br />

piano: Winner of the first Olga Kern International<br />

Piano Competition, the Scriabin Prize<br />

and the Rome Prize amongst numerous other<br />

international awards, pianist Antonio Chen<br />

Guang combines extraordinary technique, a<br />

precociously mature musical sensibility and<br />

exceptional onstage charisma. Chen Guang<br />

is the first of three Artist Series Concerts<br />

season artists to take part in State College of<br />

Florida’s “Pianopalooza!” – their piano festival<br />

running April 30 - May 8.<br />

■ Wednesday, May 4, 2022, 4 pm at<br />

Sarasota Opera House. Lin Ye, piano with<br />

Daniel Jordan and Samantha Bennett, violin;<br />

Rachel Halvorson, viola; Natalie Helm,<br />

cello; John Miller, double bass: Artist Series<br />

Concerts welcomes the return of pianist Lin<br />

Ye, a former winner of the organization’s 2017<br />

National Piano Competition. Ye performs piano<br />

concerti by Bach, Mozart and Chopin with<br />

principal string players from the Sarasota<br />

Orchestra. Ye’s performance is part of State<br />

College of Florida’s Pianopalooza festival on<br />

April 30 – May 8.<br />

■ Saturday, May 7, 2022, 3 pm at State<br />

College of Florida. Priscilla Navarro, piano<br />

(other artists to be announced): A former<br />

Artist Series Concerts competition winner<br />

and performer, Peruvian pianist Priscilla Navarro<br />

has since won numerous awards in international<br />

competitions and has performed<br />

in major halls in the United States, Europe,<br />

South America, and China.<br />

■ Sunday, May 8, 2022, 3 pm at State College<br />

of Florida. Vieness Piano Duo (Eva<br />

Schaumkell and Vijay Venkatesh): Each a<br />

prizewinning young artist in their own right,<br />

as the Vieness duo, Eva Schaumkell and Vijay<br />

Venkatesh have enthralled audiences around<br />

the world with their electric and captivating<br />

performances covering a wide range of repertoire.<br />

German pianist Eva Schaumkell has performed<br />

in the United States, the Middle East,<br />

and throughout Europe. This performance is<br />

part of State College of Florida’s Pianopalooza<br />

festival, taking place April 30 – May 8.<br />

■ Sunday, May 22, 2022, 3 pm at Historic<br />

Asolo Theater. 2 Hot 2 Tango with Ben<br />

Bogart, bandoneón and Winnie Cheung,<br />

piano, and featuring world-renowned tango<br />

dancers Fernanda Ghi and Silvio Grand:<br />

Distilling the raw energy of a full tango orchestra<br />

into intimate duo arrangements, the<br />

bandoneón-piano duo of Ben & Winnie takes<br />

audiences on a journey through the history<br />

and musical treasures of Argentina’s greatest<br />

tango composers. Sharing the stage with<br />

them are World Tango Champion and Tony<br />

Award winner Fernanda Ghi and her partner<br />

Silvio Grand.<br />

■ Venues ■<br />

■ Historic Asolo Theater,<br />

5401 Bay Shore Road, Sarasota<br />

■ State College of Florida Studio<br />

for the Performing Arts,<br />

5840 26th Street W, Bradenton<br />

■ Sarasota Opera House,<br />

61a N. Pineapple Avenue, Sarasota<br />

■ Plantation Golf & Country Club,<br />

500 Rockley Boulevard, Venice<br />

■ Temple Sinai,<br />

4631 Lockwood Ridge Road, Sarasota<br />

For more information, visit<br />

www.ArtistSeriesConcerts.org.<br />

<strong>DEC</strong>EMBER <strong>2021</strong> WEST COAST WOMAN 9

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