Alhambra Orchestra

The Alhambra Orchestra is Miami's community orchestra.  It provides exciting live performances of orchestral masterpieces to over 6,000 people annually in Miami-Dade County.   Nearly all the performances are FREE, convenient and accessible to all. Just a few have minimal admission charges, because we want everyone to be able to afford the experience of a live orchestra presenting great music. We offer symphony concerts, children's programming, pops concerts, chamber music, musical theatre, opera, and outreach visits to schools, hospitals and community centers, and we also sponsor a concerto competition to showcase talented young local performers. This will be the 21st year for our competition, and also the 21st year for our unique weekend chamber music workshop for local student and amateur musicians, taught by Frost School of Music faculty. Our skilled musicians include renowned local performers, businesspeople, professionals in various disciplines, music teachers, graduate students, and retirees, the majority of whom volunteer their time and talent. Our inspiring Artistic Director, Dr. Daniel Andai, has molded the orchestra into an excellent ensemble that often collaborates with top local soloists. We particularly try to reach seniors, families with young children, and other residents who are usually not able to attend "headline" classical music events in expensive downtown venues; they need and want to hear great music in their own neighborhoods. We perform at local universities, Miami-Dade County Auditorium, Pinecrest Gardens, the Moss Center, Coral Gables, and elsewhere around the county, and we send small ensembles to schools, hospitals and community centers. 

This will be our 35th season. We plan to start with a lively Hispanic Heritage concert in September at Coral Gables Sanctuary of the Arts, and our beloved Spooky Symphony for local families at the Moss Center in October.   Next, there's a multi-ethnic holiday concert in December in lovely Pinecrest Gardens, followed by "South Florida's Got Talent" at FIU in February featuring our young concerto competition winners. In March we'll have a unique chamber music concert in Coral Gables featuring folk and folk-inspired music of many countries, arranged for small ensembles. In May, we're thrilled to bring stellar cellist Thomas Mesa back to his hometown of Miami for the monumental Dvorak Cello Concerto at FIU's Wertheim Auditorium.    Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture is on the same program.   And for an extra summer bonus in June, we'll accompany local singers in a program of famous opera arias, duets, and overtures, in Coral Gables.

 Because of the work of our many volunteers, the Alhambra Orchestra is extremely cost-effective;  it presents outstanding action-filled concert seasons for a fraction of the dollars needed by other orchestras.  Nevertheless, all performing groups need cash for insurance, copyright fees, performance space, rehearsal space, advertising, personnel, and the general expense of running a nonprofit business. We are among the organizations harmed by the sudden cutoff of arts grants from the state of Florida.  We'll be very grateful for your assistance this season, and with our can-do attitude, we promise to make efficient use of every dollar that will help us bring live classical music to the Miami-Dade community.  

See the season schedule, and more information about us, on our webpage www.alhambraorchestra.org