Greater Fort Myers Chamber Of Commerce: Our March 2022 Performance Calendar From The Gulf Coast Symphony

Press release from Greater Fort Myers Chamber of Commerce:

2022-03-03

March 2022 Musical Calendar

I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change

Through March 4

Music & Arts Community Center

I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change is a musical comedy with book and lyrics by Joe DePietro and music by Jimmy Roberts. It is the second-longest running Off Broadway musical. The musical was nominated for the Outer Critics Circle Award as Outstanding Off-Broadway musical in 1997. I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change is a witty musical that tackles modern love in all its forms: from the perils and pitfalls of the first date to marriage, children, and the twilight years of life. An insightful and hilarious musical, this show will have audiences shouting, “This is my life!”
Seinfeld set to Music!

March 5

3 PM

Music & Arts Community Center

Award winning pianist Ningxin Zhan joins the Gulf Coast Chamber Orchestra for an intimate performance of world favorite compositions from the romantic period.

Program includes:

ROSSINI Overture to The Italian Girl in Algiers
CHOPIN Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21
FARRENC Symphony No.2 in D Major,Op. 35

March 6

Music and Arts Community Center

Eighteen-year-old NINGXIN ZHAN was born in Nanjing, China and started playing piano at

the age of five. She won the 3rd place at the 8th Shenzhen International Piano Open and

was a bronze prize winner of the 3rd Huanglong International Piano Competition in 2018.

We invite you to hear this award winning pianist who is the classical worlds next big thing.

Program:

Schumann ‘Abegg’ variations Op.1

Haydn Sonata in C major Hob.XVI 48

Rachmaninoff etude tableau in d minor Op.39 No.8

Beethoven Sonata in A-flat major Op.110 Mvt.1

Bach prelude and fugue WTC880 in F major

Liszt: Après une lecture du Dante: Fantasia quasi sonata (Dante Sonata)

March 10

Music & Arts Community Center

Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughn, Nina Simone, Ella Fitzgerald “The First Lady of Jazz” all revolutionized the world of jazz with their innovative voices and unique musical perspectives.
Please join us to hear the Jazz sounds of the Gulf Coast Jazz Collective featuring Natalie Douglas who has performed at world-renowned venues like Carnegie Hall, Cafe Carlyle, The Town Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center, The Pheasantry in London, and at her New York City home club, Birdland Jazz Club.

March 11

Music and Arts Community Center

Enjoy an evening of Broadway magic with three time Tony nominee Marc Kudisch. Marc has appeared regularly on Broadway and television for the past two decades. His Tony Award nominations include the role of Trevor Graydon in Thoroughly Modern Millie (Drama Desk and Outer Critics nominations as well), for Baron Bomburst in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Outer Critics nomination as well), and for his recent role in 9 to 5 (additional Drama Desk nomination). A rich baritone voice you will truly enjoy singing all of your favorite
Broadway songs.

March 19

Music & Arts Community Center
The Gulf Coast Chamber Orchestra presents a concert featuring some of the most powerful compositional voices of America of today and yesteryear.
The program includes:
Peter Boyer’s Silver Fanfare (2004), James Lee III’s Sukkot Through Orion’s Nebula (2011), Gabriela Lena Frank’s Three Latin American Dances (2003), Adolph Hailstork’s Epitaph to a Man Who Dreamed (1979), and William Grant Still’s “Afro-American” Symphony No. 1 (1930).

March 25 – 26

Barbara B Mann Performing Arts Hall at FSW

The Gulf Coast Symphony is committed to bringing a great American musical to life every season. Previous seasons have included musicals such as Carousel, Showboat, Oklahoma!, and South Pacific. This year we will present another great American musical: Cabaret!

Daring, provocative and exuberantly entertaining, Cabaret explores the dark and heady life of Bohemian Berlin as Germany slowly yields to the emerging Third Reich.

Would you like to Volunteer?

We are a fun group and provide a great environment for our volunteers.

Gulf Coast Symphony relies on volunteers to be able to pull off a full season of great music and educational programs. Even if you don’t play an instrument, we have
a variety of ways you can participate. From the typical stuffing envelopes, ushering at our performances, to the unusual being a “roadie,” marshaling costume contests, and planning parties, there’s almost no end to the volunteer opportunities available—the more volunteers we have, the more we can do to help spread the joy of music in our community!

This press release was produced by Greater Fort Myers Chamber of Commerce. The views expressed here are the author’s own.