The Florida’s Orchestra’s music director Michael Francis has been in Germany for the past couple of months, conducting his “other group,” the Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz. Performances...
“What we’re doing right now,” says Florida Orchestra CEO Mark Cantrell, “is we’re trying to do a giant jigsaw puzzle while water skiing.” Cantrell and Music...
Our choice for TFO MVP – The Florida Orchestra’s Most Valuable Player – is associate conductor Daniel Black. Sidelined since the start of the pandemic in...
If there’s one positive takeaway from the enormity of all the Covid-caused cancellations, Michael Francis said on Tuesday’s edition of The Catalyst Sessions, it might be...
The buzz is beginning to build for Art of the Stage: From Picasso to Hockney, the exhibition – and ambitious performance series – that kicks off...
Last month, The Florida Orchestra trumpeted the news that French-born painter Geff Strik had been named Visual Artist-In-Residence. His tryout was a triumph: For the mid-spring...
The Florida Orchestra returns this weekend, with music director Michael Francis leading a concert cleverly titled Opening Night. Hired on in 2014, Francis is the creative...
When the Florida Orchestra’s 52nd season was announced, back in February, there were still many months of performances left to go in the 51st. It was...
Six weeks into his new job as President and CEO of The Florida Orchestra, Mark Cantrell already has very clear ideas on how to move things...
It’s a good thing that Geff Strik hit it off with Michael Francis, the Florida Orchestra’s music director and principal conductor, when the two were brought...
