June 2021
Live at Timucua: The Tal Cohen Trio featuring Ignacio Berroa (in-person)
The Tal Cohen trio returns to Timucua with Ignacio Berroa, whose mastery of Afro-Cuban and modern Jazz rhythms defines Latin Drumming. The legend joins forces with the young, dynamic Israeli-born pianist Tal Cohen and bassist Dion Kerr for two nights of incredible music-making. Berroa is a living legend of Jazz who joined Dizzy Gillespie in 1981 and performed with him until Dizzy’s death. Berroa has performed and recorded with Jazz icons including Tito Puente, Charlie Haden, Chico Buarque, Gonzalo Rubalcaba,…
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Live at Timucua: Robert Fleitz “Achilles Dreams of Ebbets Field” (in-person)
"Achilles Dreams of Ebbets Field" is a two-hour long solo piano epic by the composer Dylan Mattingly, which reimagines each of the 24 books of the Iliad and threads them into an autobiographical musical epic about love, heroes, baseball, and coming of age in New York far from home. For hundreds of years, bards would travel the Aegean and sing from memory the 15,693 lines of the Iliad. Each time the story would change a little bit depending on the…
Find out more »August 2021
Live at Timucua: The David Sánchez Group (In-Person)
GET TICKETS Performances: 7:00 pm and 9:00 pm Tickets: $40 General admission, (members save 50%) The David Sánchez Group Featuring: Kenny Banks Jr. – piano & keys Lil John Roberts – drums Ricky Rodriguez – bass GRAMMY® award-winner David Sánchez is recognized around the world as one of the finest saxophonists of his generation. His mastery of the instrument is undeniable and his sound unmistakable. In a review, world-renown jazz writer and critic Howard Reich saluted the bandleader saying, "Sánchez's…
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Live at Timucua: Duane Eubanks Quintet (in-person)
The Duane Eubanks Quintet delivers a straight-ahead, post-hard bop style of original jazz compositions. Eubanks is a jazz trumpeter, composer, arranger, and producer whose gritty soul and passion emphatically captures his Philadelphia roots. He studied jazz in master classes at Temple University with the legendary Dr. Billy Taylor and with Wynton Marsalis. He has also crossed over from jazz to play and record with renowned artists such as Alicia Keys, Talib Kweli, Mos Def, and Wu-Tang Clan.
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Live at Timucua: Britton-René Collins (in-person)
Through an exploration of reality versus augmented reality, Britton-René Collins presents a contemporary percussion program that consists of two contrasting sound worlds: the electronic, and the acoustic. With a decrease in face-to-face human interaction due to the global pandemic, society has adapted to technology and the use of multimedia as a means for correspondence. This experimental program sonically parallels modern societal shifts relating to virtual communication and social interaction during the 2020 pandemic and events surrounding the black lives matter…
Find out more »September 2021
Open House: The Sound Sesh (In-Person)
The Sound Sesh is a vehicle of sonic healing connecting us in the universal language of vibration. The environment is curated to produce a therapeutic meditative space where the art of performance is honored and highlighted. Through song, poetry, storytelling, visual art and musicianship, the Sound Sesh pursues expansion, enlightenment, clarity and balance all through the primordial ancient ancestor and fabric of our existence: Sound. Be serenaded with a musical fusion introducing Caribbean & Latin sounds, as well as soul,…
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Musique en Plein Air – Jazz, poetry, and painting in the park
Enjoy a live art experience at the Central Park Bandstand in the heart of scenic downtown Winter Park. Timucua Arts Foundation presents Musique en Plein Air on Sunday, September 19th, 2021. Enjoy a live art experience at the Central Park Bandstand in the heart of scenic downtown Winter Park. Musical performance by Orlando’s Will Patrick Trio, known for a signature blend of jazz guitar and soul, poetry by Leonoris Libre, Aaron Moore Ellis and Erika Maya, with an open invitation…
Find out more »October 2021
Live at Timucua: Thomas Flippin, classical guitar (In-Person)
Classical guitarist Tomas Flippin performs at Timucua! Thomas Flippin is an original and versatile voice in the world of contemporary music. Whether premiering new works with his pioneering classical guitar ensemble, Duo Noire; performing avant-garde art songs on the theorbo as part of Alicia Hall Moran’s Black Wall Street; or plucking the banjo in the American Repertory Theater’s critically-acclaimed premiere of The Black Clown, Flippin’s playing has been hailed as “lovely” (New York Times), and “spectacularly precise” (St. Louis Post-Dispatch).…
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Live at Timucua: Renoir Rodriguez (in-person)
Renoir Rodriguez is a world-class Cuban trumpeter whose classical sound resonates with fans of the genre and newcomers alike. Renoir Rodriguez is a world-class Cuban trumpeter whose classical sound resonates with fans of the genre and newcomers alike. Trumpet player Inaudi Paisan influenced Renoir to pursue a life of music in 1982. Since then Renoir has dedicated his life to learning and creating riveting melodies inspired by love. He combines the smooth sounds of classic Cuban jazz into the 21st…
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Open House: Rose Grace and Sarah Jane Young- New Music for Flute and Piano (In-person and live stream)
Contemporary Women Composers From Around the World! Featuring works of Gubaidulina, Lily Boulanger, Hoover, Higdon, Coleman and LaBonnis. Rose Shlyam Grace, a Russian-born pianist, has concertized throughout the United States as a soloist and chamber music recitalist. She has collaborated in duo and chamber music recitals with many distinguished artists. Ms. Grace has been featured as a guest artist at the Krannert Art Center in Champaign-Urbana, the “Serenade Series” in Orlando, Florida, and the Skaneateles Music Festival in New York…
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