New shows on stages in the Sarasota area this week October 3-9

Explore new music

Violinist Samantha Bennett and percussionist George Nickson, the founders of the contemporary classical music ensemble NewSRQ, perform together in a living room for the New Music New College series. It’s part of the NMNC program to showcase local musicians this fall. They perform at 5:30 p.m. Friday at the Mildred Sainer Pavilion, 5313 Bay Shore Road, Sarasota. Tickets cost $ 10. For more information: newmusicnewcollege.org. The married musicians are busy. They will follow with the NewSRQ ensemble’s season opener at 8 pm on October 10 with the “Don’t Look Down” concert featuring pianist Conor Hanick. He is director of Solo Piano for the Music Academy of the West and a founding member of the American Modern Opera Company. Hanick will perform the Florida premiere of Chris Cerrone’s “Don’t Look Down”, written for piano and percussion quartet. The concert also features Yaz Lancaster’s “Sequoia” in 2019. And he will join Bennett and Nickson for the world premiere of Max Grafe’s “Shadow Theater”, commissioned by enSRQ. Tickets are $ 25 for the live show at the First Congregational Church, 1031 S. Euclid Ave., Sarasota. Subscriptions for all five live concerts of the season and archive streaming are $ 115, and a streaming pass for all five concerts is $ 45. More information: ensrq.org/tickets

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Create an ‘ark’ for the future

A New College graduate and interdisciplinary ecological performance artist, Raychel Ceciro presents the world premiere of “Make Thee An Ark”, a piece she created with Logan Gabrielle Schulman at Historic Spanish Point in Selby Gardens. Shown at Mary’s Chapel, the play takes place 300 years in the future in a new arch floating above an underwater Florida and carrying what may be the last representatives of humanity after global warming. The play will be presented from Friday to Sunday and from October 15 to 17. It combines storytelling with immersive performances, screenings and puppets and draws on stories involving the Spanish Point campus, 337 N. Tamiami Trail, Osprey. Tickets cost $ 20. A free roundtable titled Ark Dialogues will take place on October 17 at 2:30 pm For more information on tickets: tinyurl.com/maketheeanark.

New version of a children’s classic

The classic “Cinderella” story takes a contemporary twist in a new take on Sarah Durham who opens the Florida Studio Theater children’s drama series this weekend. Directed by Jason Cannon, Durham integrates contemporary pop hits, audience interaction, and physical comedy into the story of the young woman from a dysfunctional household who meets the Prince. Durham says the play has “themes of redemption, hope, and the discovery of magic, even in the most difficult times.” We have all found our own “fairy godmothers” who have helped us through the difficult times in our lives. The production features a cast of acting FST apprentices, including Facia Lee as Ella, Rachel Biggs as Evil Stepmom, Chase Walker as Prince Charming and Ariel Friendly as the fairy godmother. He is launching a series of four shows aimed at a family audience. Performances take place Saturdays and Sundays through November 7 at FST’s Keating Theater, 1241 N. Palm Ave., Sarasota. Tickets are $ 10, or $ 20 for the four-show series. More information: 941-366-9000; floridastudiotheatre.org. The seats will be socially distanced and masks are mandatory.

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A “grand” piano concert

Artist Series Concerts of Sarasota kicks off their return to live performance with a new variation of their popular Piano Grand series. This year’s 4 pm Saturday program is the fifth in the series and is dubbed “The Fab Four.” It features pianists Joseph Holt, Don Bryn, Thomas Purviance and Susan Woodruff Versage performing on concert grand pianos on the stage of the Sarasota Opera House, 61 N. Pineapple Ave., Sarasota. They will perform the overture to “The Magic Flute” by Mozart, “Eugene Onegin Waltz” by Tchaikovsky, “Marche triomphale” by Verdi from “Aida”, “Take Five” by Dave Brubeck and Harold Arlen’s classic “Over the Rainbow. », Among others. rooms. Tickets are $ 20 to $ 55, with $ 5 student tickets available at the door with idea. Negative COVID-19 tests or proof of vaccine are required and customers must wear masks. More information: 941-306-1202; artistseriesconcerts.org

Speaking race in higher education

The Suncoast Black Arts Collaborative continues its Arts and Racial Justice / Discovery series with its latest conversation, “The Black Experience in the Arts in Higher Education”. Denise Davis-Cotton, director of the Florida Center for Partnerships in Arts-Integrated Teaching, will host a discussion at 5:30 p.m. Monday that includes college leaders in the Sarasota area. Featured are Karen A. Holbrook, USF Sarasota-Manatee Regional Chancellor; Carol Probstfeld, president of the State College of Florida; Patricia Okker, the new president of the New College of Florida; and Larry Thompson, president of the Ringling College of Art and Design. Participation is limited to 100 guests. The event is a benefit for the SBAC programs and tickets are $ 100. The event will take place at the Florida Studio Theater, 1241 N. Palm Ave., Sarasota. More information: suncoastblackcollaborative.org

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