• Family Concert
• Signup Form
• Special Offer
• 2627
• duration | 1 hour

• On Sale: Yes
• Flex: No
• Date(s):
  • Date: 10-09-2026 19:30, Venue: Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall, Is Sold Out?: No, Is Cancelled?: No, Is Postponed?: No
• Event Cancelled: No
• Has intermission?: No
• Conductor: Stilian Kirov
• Featured Guest Artists: None/Single Artist, Rachael Lord
• Cost Override: FREE
• Series Override: Fall Family Concert

Sarasota Orchestra’s FREE family concert is designed to thrill and inspire listeners of all ages! Following a spectacular week playing for thousands of local fourth- and fifth-graders at our Young Person’s Concerts, we invite the whole community to an encore performance. In a spellbinding tale that blends narration with live music, young Tony Stradivarius uses a magical book to guide the Orchestra, giving children a playful introduction to symphonic music, orchestra instruments, and even conducting!

• Special Concerts
• 2627
• duration | 1 hour

• On Sale: Yes
• Memorial Concert Subtitle: A Benefit Concert Commemorating 9/11
• Flex: No
• Date(s):
  • Date: 09-10-2026 19:00, Venue: Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall, Purchase URL: https://mpv.tickets.com/?agency=VANV_SNG_MPV&orgid=42849&eventid=4577, Is Sold Out?: No, Is Cancelled?: No, Is Postponed?: No
• Event Cancelled: No
• Has intermission?: No
• Conductor: Evan Roider
• Featured Guest Artists: Amy Owens, Nate Jacobs
• Cost Override: Starting at $25
• Series Override: Special Concert

Sarasota Orchestra partners with the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall to present Summon the Heroes, a concert of heartfelt music commemorating the 25th anniversary of September 11. Led by conductor Evan Roider, this concert invites the community to come together to honor the enduring resilience of the American spirit.

The program features iconic music of remembrance and reflection, such as Copland's Fanfare for the Common Man, Barber's poignant Adagio for Strings, and John Williams' Summon the Heroes. Liberty for All, with narration by Nate Jacobs, founder and artistic director of the West Coast Black Theatre Troupe, will also be featured. Soprano Amy Owens melds a "fresh and electrifying" voice (Omaha World-Herald) with Sarasota Orchestra's sound in stirring performances of “Amazing Grace” and “America the Beautiful.”

Proceeds from this special evening will benefit four local charities: Resilient Retreat, Sarasota County Sheriff's Office Charitable Foundation, Sarasota Firefighters Benevolent Fund, and Sarasota Police Foundation. Join neighbors, friends, and music lovers for an inspiring evening of music affirming that our community is always stronger, more connected, and more resilient when we stand together.

• Masterworks
• 3
• 2627
• Masterworks (26/27)
• Saturday 7
• Sunday 7
• Create Your Own

• On Sale: Yes
• Memorial Concert Subtitle: Allan Friedman Memorial Piano Concert
• Flex: Yes
• Date(s):
  • Date: 01-09-2027 19:30, Venue: Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall, Purchase URL: https://buy.sarasotaorchestra.org/8262/8331, Is Sold Out?: No, Is Cancelled?: No, Is Postponed?: No
  • Date: 01-10-2027 14:30, Venue: Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall, Purchase URL: https://buy.sarasotaorchestra.org/8262/8338, Is Sold Out?: No, Is Cancelled?: No, Is Postponed?: No
• Event Cancelled: No
• Program (short):
  • Composer: BRITTEN, Piece: Four Sea Interludes from {i}Peter Grimes{/i}
  • Composer: MOZART, Piece: Piano Concerto No. 23
  • Composer: DVOŘÁK, Piece: Symphony No. 7
• Has intermission?: Yes
• Conductor: Benjamin Manis
• Featured Guest Artists: None/Single Artist, Zlata Chochieva
• Cost Override: Starting at $43
• Program: 2627 | MW3 | BRITTEN Four Sea Interludes, 2627 | MW3 | MOZART Piano Concerto No. 23, 2627 | MW3 | DVORAK Symphony No. 7

Rising star conductor Benjamin Manis makes his Sarasota Orchestra debut with a program that sparkles with color and imagination. International piano sensation Zlata Chochieva takes the stage for Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 23. With extraordinary musicality and captivating stage presence, she has “a rare ability to make time stand still,” according to the San Francisco Classical Voice. Be swept away by Antonín Dvořák's Seventh Symphony, a dramatic work pulsing with driving rhythms and vaulting melodies. The concert opens with Benjamin Britten's Four Sea Interludes, evoking the crashing waves, shifting skies, and rugged beauty of England's coastline.

• Masterworks
• 2
• 2627
• Masterworks (26/27)
• Saturday 7
• Sunday 7
• Create Your Own

• On Sale: Yes
• Flex: Yes
• Date(s):
  • Date: 12-05-2026 19:30, Venue: Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall, Purchase URL: https://buy.sarasotaorchestra.org/8261/8330, Is Sold Out?: No, Is Cancelled?: No, Is Postponed?: No
  • Date: 12-06-2026 14:30, Venue: Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall, Purchase URL: https://buy.sarasotaorchestra.org/8261/8337, Is Sold Out?: No, Is Cancelled?: No, Is Postponed?: No
• Event Cancelled: No
• Program (short):
  • Composer: STRAUSS, Piece: {i}Don Quixote{/i}
  • Composer: TCHAIKOVSKY, Piece: Act II from {i}The Nutcracker{/i}
• Has intermission?: Yes
• Conductor: Giancarlo Guerrero
• Featured Guest Artists: None/Single Artist, Natalie Helm and Stephanie Block
• Cost Override: Starting at $43
• Program: 2627 | MW2 | STRAUSS Don Quixote, 2627 | MW2 | TCHAIKOVSKY Act II from The Nutcracker

Step into a storybook. The first half of this colorful program brings to life the adventures of literature's famous dreamer, Don Quixote. In a dazzling showcase of your Sarasota Orchestra's talent, Principal Cellist Natalie Helm portrays the idealistic, eccentric knight, while Principal Violist Stephanie Block captures the spirit of his loyal companion Sancho Panza. The journey shifts into pure enchantment with the beloved music from Act II of Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker. From the delicacy of the Dance of the Sugarplum Fairy to the grand, swirling Waltz of the Flowers, this timeless score has delighted generations and fills the holiday season with wonder.