April 2021
Live at Timucua: Dave Meder Trio (In-Person)
Pianist, composer, and educator Dave Meder is becoming one of the prominent artists of his generation, known for a panoramic, genre-inclusive approach that has earned him slots in the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Piano Competition and the American Pianists Awards. “Meder’s distinctly Americana approach to his music is what’s going to turn heads. A case in point is the pleasingly laconic pace of Thelonious Monk’s “Work” which serves to open Passage on a delightfully high note…Other cohesive tunes like “Break…
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Live at Timucua: Svetlana (in-person)
Svetlana and her New York Collective are one of New York’s most beloved bands. Feel free to bring a bottle of wine to share! Please do not bring food to this event. Svetlana and her New York Collective are one of New York’s most beloved bands known for their signature swing and straigh-ahead jazz-inspired sound, foot–stomping groove, heart-gripping song-writing, and exciting stage presence. Svetlana and her band have released a chart topping Night at the Movies (debuted #1 on the…
Find out more »May 2021
Live at Timucua: Jalen Baker Quartet (in-person)
Jalen Baker returns to Timucua! This time with a trio to perform in celebration of the release of his debut album “This is me, This is us.” Jalen Baker returns to Timucua! This time with a trio to perform in celebration of the release of his debut album “This is me, This is us.” Jalen Baker is a vibraphonist, percussionist, educator, and composer whose early training involved both classical and jazz. He decided rather early on to focus on jazz…
Find out more »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…
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