Billed as “a magical concert of castles, knights and ladies,” the Space Coast Symphony Orchestra’s first classical concert of the new season, ”Fantasies,” seems certain to enchant. This Sunday at Community Church in Vero Beach, under the baton of Aaron T. Collins, the orchestra promises to bewitch its audience, leading off with Dukas’ famous work (that might have been a certain rodent’s most iconic movie role), “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice.” Collins says, “The music is absolutely gorgeous and really creates mental pictures,” and adds, “I’ve given up trying to get the image of Mickey Mouse out of my head.” The first half of the program also includes “Elsa’s Processional to the Cathedral,” a wonderful work from Wagner’s “Lohengrin,” depicting Elsa’s engagement to Lohengrin, a knight of the Holy Grail. Part two brings Berlioz’s intense and passionate “Symphonie Fantastique,” inspired by “a fever-dream of unrequited romantic love.” $20 advance tickets are available through the SCSO website and at Marine Bank’s Vero branches. Tickets at the door are $25. The concert begins at 3 p.m.
Bring your children to this one, and you will likely be delighted, too, with “Peter and the Starcatcher,” performed by the talented students of Riverside Children’s Theatre (many of whom have gone on to careers in professional theater). Critic David Sherwood in Backstage writes enthusiastically about the musical’s “fairy dust-infused whimsy” and raves, “this is a celebration of youth and of the power of theater to inspire children and adults alike.” The show is based on the 2004 novel by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson, and, according to its website, “upends the century-old story of how a miserable orphan boy becomes the legendary Peter Pan.” Show times, on Riverside Theatre’s Stark Stage, will be Friday and Saturday at 1:30 p.m., 5:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. One hour before the evening shows and one hour after the matinees, RCT invites you and the kids to enjoy Riverside’s new Kidspot! with games, crafts, activities, snacks, character meet-and-greets and prizes.
Locals “in the know” make up the lively crowd at the small and stylish Havana Nights Piano Bar, upstairs at Maison Martinique Restaurant at The Caribbean Court Boutique Hotel, tucked away amidst tropical foliage on south Ocean Drive. You’ll find live music Monday through Thursday from 4:30 pm., and Friday and Saturday from 5 p.m.
