The Space Coast Symphony will have its 15th Anniversary Celebration this Sunday. The big event includes 130 musicians on stage performing Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5. Also on the program are: Christopher Marshall’s “Aue!” which was commissioned for the orchestra’s 10th anniversary; Marquez’s “Conga del Fuego,” which is described as a colorful, fiery musical composition; and the world premiere of “Imagined Adventures: March at the West River” by Kevin Wilt. A composer of both film and orchestral music, Wilt is the composer-in-residence and chair of the Florida Atlantic University’s Department of Music. The 130-piece orchestra will comprise youth musicians performing side by side with the professional musicians. “130 musicians playing Tchaikovsky might just raise the roof,” says conductor Aaron T. Collins. The concert begins at 3 p.m. Sunday, May 26, at the Vero Beach Performing Arts Center, 1707 16th St. Tickets are $35 at the door. Concertgoers 18 years and younger, or those with a college ID, are admitted free. For more information, call 855-252-7276 or visit SpaceCoastSymphony.org.
Sunday afternoon is also the time for the First Presbyterian Church Jazz Quartet Concert. Performing will be pianist Jacob Craig, who is the church’s director of music and arts. “The audience is going to be wowed by this concert,” Craig says. Also performing will be Miami Dade College professor Claudio Osorio on trumpet; retired Los Angeles percussionist Tony Miranda (who played with Madonna and Neil Diamond); and Indian River Charter High School teacher Dave Mundy on bass. The program includes Claude Bolling’s “Toot Suite,” Duke Ellington’s “C Jam Blues,” Jobim’s “One Note Samba” and Garner’s “Misty.” The concert begins at 4 p.m. Sunday, May 26, at the First Presbyterian Church of Vero Beach, 520 Royal Palm Blvd. Admission is free. Call 772-562-9088 or visit FirstPresVero.org.
The Vero Beach Museum of Art is gearing up for an active summer. Its schedule includes “Drop-Ins” to the Museum Studios from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on the last Saturday of the month. You do not have to register for this, nor do you have to pay anything. There will also be themed, docent-led mini tours of the museum’s exhibitions and a Museum Art School art project that coincides with the exhibitions. The schedule is: “Paint the Skies,” May 25; “I Love Rock ’n’ Roll” June 29; “Billboard Bonanza” July 27; “Rockstar Portraits” Aug. 31; and “Groovy Tunes Workshop” Sept. 28. If you want to roll up your sleeves and get busy, consider signing up for “Cork, Canvas & Company” held from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Thursdays. You’ll have fun working with instructors leading you to complete your own artwork. $45 per person. The Vero Beach Museum of Art is at 3001 Riverside Park Dr., Vero Beach. Call 772-231-0707 or visit VBMuseum.org.
