Ballet, Symphony, Marcus Roberts Trio and More Join Pompano Beach Cultural Center Lineup

The Pompano Beach Cultural Center, which opened this past May, is proud to announce the newest additions to the performance calendar. The venue is featuring the finest regional companies, along with internationally acclaimed acts such as the Marcus Roberts Trio.

"We are off to a phenomenal first season," said Alyona Ushe, President and CEO of The Creatives, which programs and manages the dramatically designed venue located on Atlantic Boulevard in Pompano Beach. "We are so proud of our incredibly talented Cultural Alliance members. These outstanding resident companies bring a diverse and exciting series of programs to the venue. In addition, we will be showcasing dynamic performances by nationally recognized artists, creating special events and hosting world-class art exhibits."

For more information, visit www.ccpompano.org.

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Symphony of the Americas presents Summerfest 2017

August 3 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm

Tickets: VIP (Cabaret Table) $38.00 - Regular Admission $21.50
Show: 7:30pm

Florida's longest running music festival is back! Symphony of the Americas, a Broward County designated Major Cultural Institution, presents its 26th Anniversary Summerfest, under the direction of Maestro James Brooks-Bruzzese, featuring soloists from Switzerland, Italy, and Mexico along with musicians of acclaimed orchestras throughout Europe including Gewandhaus Orchester of Germany, Mission Chamber Orchestra of Rome, Orchestra Symphonique du Mont Blanc, Europe's Music for and more, representing over 10 different countries joined in cultural exchange by principal musicians of Symphony of the Americas.

Classical and popular music for strings includes Vivaldi, Mendelssohn, Elgar, Vaughan Williams, Moncayo, Ravel's Bolero and more. Piazzolla tangos, and a commissioned work by Italian composer Lorenzo Turchi-Floris. Soloists include acclaimed Swiss guitarist, Alessio Nebiolo, as well as David Pedraza of Mexico, and Valentin Mansurov of Russia.

Florida Classical Ballet 2017 Summer Gala

August 4 - August 5

Tickets: $35 Adult
Shows: Fri Aug 4 & Sat Aug 5 8:00 pm

Florida Classical Ballet 2017 Summer Gala with Ballet Director Magaly Suarez' Company will include performances from some of the most beloved ballets including:

Sleeping Beauty III act - Choreographed by Marius Petipa' - Music Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

La Esmeralda - Pas de Six - Choreographed by Marius Petipa' - Music Cesare Pugni

Wunderland - Choreographed by Edwaard Liang - Music Philip Glass String Quartet 2, 3 and 5

Melodie - Choreographed by Walter Gutierrez - Music Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Peter & the Wolf and the Music of Russia

August 12 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Ticket Price: $15

South Florida Chamber Ensemble presents music by Russian composers including Glinka's Overture to Ruslan and Ludmilla and Rimsky Korsakov's Scheherezade.

American Roots of Jamaican Music: The Legacy featuring Eugene Grey

August 27 @ 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Ticket Price: $40

Rootz of Music, Inc. is proud to present a historical musical extravaganza that chronicles the development of popular songs that were the foundation in both Jamaica and the Americas starting from the mid 1940's to present time. Led by world class Jamaican guitarist, composer, arranger, music instructor Eugene Grey, the show will also feature singers and dancers performing the music of the popular artists of each era such as Louis Jordan, Harry Belafonte, Byron Lee and the Dragoneers . This innovative and entertaining musical presentation is staged to demonstrate the interconnectivity of American and Jamaican music and how two separate elements of two genres merged and became what is now known as Reggae and Hip Hop.

Marcus Roberts Trio

September 23 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm

Ticket Price Range: $35-$50
Doors: 6:30pm • Show: 7:30pm

Jazz legend Wynton Marsalis has hailed Marcus Roberts as "the genius of modern piano." Roberts amazing story has been profiled on 60 Minutes, Charlie Rose, Tavis Smiley, NPR and more.

The Marcus Roberts Trio is known for its virtuosic style and entirely new approach to jazz trio performance. While most jazz trios have the piano front and center, all members of the Marcus Roberts Trio share equally in shaping the direction of the music by changing its tempo, mood, texture, or form at any time. And they do this with lightning quick musical reflexes and creative imaginations. The trio is known for having almost telepathic communication on the stage. And more than a few concert goers have been heard to say that it sounds like a lot more than three people up there on the stage!

Emoticoncert 1: SuffeRage

October 7 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Ticket Price Range: $20-$25

Presented by the South Florida Chamber Ensemble. Resident artist Michael Moss Joins the SFCE in a performance of Tchaikovsky's angry 4th Symphony paired with Amy Beach's Gaelic Symphony immortalizing the suffering of Irish immigrants to the U.S. Watch Michael Moss paint the emotions live on stage during the concert.

Phantom of the Opera / Les Miserables in Concert

October 20 - October 29

Ticket Prices: Adults $24.50, Students $10, VIP $40 Opening Night
$20 for groups of 6 or more purchased at one time

Presented by Curtain Call Playhouse: Phantom of the Opera / Les Miserables in Concert
The haunting Phantom of the Opera, Broadway's longest-running musical & the poignant Les Miserables, Best Musical are dramatically set to music, with the singers performing favorites: Music of the Night, Think of Me, Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again, On My Own, I dreamed a Dream, Bring Him Home and featuring dancers from Florida Classical Ballet.

Outré Theater Company presents American Idiot

November 2 - November 19

Ticket Price Range: $19-39

Outré Theater Company brings Green Day's punk opera American Idiot to South Florida. Written as a response to the political climate of the era of "extraordinary rendition," the Patriot Act, and "freedom fries," American Idiot follows three friends as they struggle to choose between their dreams and the gray anesthesia of suburbia.

Pictured: Marcus Roberts Trio