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Musical Milestones
MUSICAL MILESTONES (2006-2021)
JUNE 27, 2006 Press conference to announce the formation of Sinfonia Gulf Coast.
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OCTOBER 12, 2006
Maestro Demetrius Fuller conducts Brasilia and the Sao Paolo String Quartet with guest conductor Jean Reis during the first concert performance at Grace Lutheran Church. OCTOBER 15, 2008 An Evening with Robert Flack at Emerald Coast Conference Center.
SEPTEMBER 23, 2006
The first celebrity guest artist is Broadway and film star Bernadette Peters with her spellbinding performance of Journey through Broadway at the Emerald Coast Convention Center.
MUSICAL MILESTONES cont. (2006-2021)
FEBRUARY 2, 2008 Sinfonia 2008: A Space Odyssey combines classical music and NASA video footage and violinist Caroline Goulding. MARCH 23, 2010 Sinfonia’s fourth season gala celebration An Evening in Vintage Hollywood featured the 12-member band, Pink Martini, at the Emerald Coast Conference Center.
OCTOBER 10, 2010 An Evening with Mary Wilson of the Supremes at Seagar’s Prime Steaks & Seafood highlights Sinfonia’s 5th season.
NOVEMBER 11, 2010 APRIL 30, 2011 Sinfonia ArtStrings: A Painted Violin Exhibit exhibits 24 violins “masterpieces” created by local artists at Grand Boulevard at Sandestin. FEBRUARY 4, 2011 Sinfonia’s Valentine’s-inspired gala featuring Northwest Florida Ballet dancers performing to Prokoflev’s Romeo and Juliet, Chris Brubeck’s Concerto for Violin, Spontaneous Combustion, coupled with the ArtStrings live auction.
MUSICAL MILESTONES cont. (2006-2021)
MARCH 23, 2013 Sinfonia 007 Gala Event Bond & Beyond at the Emerald Coast Convention Center featuring Tony Award-winning Debbie Graville and guest conductor Michael Krajewski.
MARCH 29, 2014 Sinfonia gala event features Tony and Olivier award-winning singer and Broadway actress Patti LuPone in her one-woman concert: Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda at the Emerald Coast Convention Center.
NOVEMBER 13, 2015 Emmy and Tony-winning actress and singer Kristin Chenoweth charms at the Emerald Coast Conference Center for Sinfonia’s 10th anniversary gala event. JANUARY 24, 2014 The Bernstein Beat at Destiny Worship Center featuring narration by composer Leonard Bernstein’s daughter, Jamie Bernstein and violin by Mari Thomas.
OCTOBER 7, 2014 Music of the Mad Men Era at Seagar’s Prime Steaks & Seafood features gourmet dinner by chef Dan Vargo and award-winning singer and actor Cheyenne Jackson performed songs from the Great American Songbook.
APRIL 11, 2015 Disney Pixar in Concert at the Emerald Coast Convention Center is animated film and music feast for all ages.
JANUARY 20, 2017 Jennifer Koh, Musical America’s “Instrumentalist of the Year” electrifies audiences with her performance of Samuel Barber’s Concerto for Violin & Orchestra as part of the Musical Time Travel concert.
MUSICAL MILESTONES cont. (2006-2021)
MAY 13, 2017 Sinfonia Gala Event features The Temptations Revue on stage at The Henderson: A Salamander Beach & Spa Resort in Destin.
FEBRUARY 18, 2018 The 12th season includes the launch of Crescendo!, a cultural and culinary extravaganza featuring a live cabaret performance by special musical guest Nicholas Rodriguez.
MARCH 7, 2018 The Emerald Coast Convention Center is transformed into an electrifying concert hall when Sinfonia Gulf Coast presents its 5th annual live Link Up concert performance showcasing the talents of 3,640 3rd through 5th graders performing on the recorder live with Sinfonia’s orchestra. MARCH 25, 2017 Bugs Bunny at the Symphony II, conducted by George Daugherty, brings favorite Looney Tune characters to life on the big screen with a live orchestral music soundtrack.
DECEMBER 14, 2018 Chris Mann of The Voice is featured guest vocalist for Holiday Pops concert at Village Baptist Church.
MARCH 2, 2019 Vocalists Morgan James and Nicholas Rodriguez return to Village Baptist Church for Bernstein, Broadway & Beyond narrated by Jamie Bernstein.
NOVEMBER 15, 2019 The 14th Sinfonia Gala Event, An Evening with Vanessa Williams enraptures audiences at The Henderson.
