2015 Line Up

Thursday, December 10

Performance Time: 5:30PM


Independence Square, Bridgetown


SONS OF SERENDIP

Presented as part of the JetBlue Masterclass Series in collaboration with the Royal Commonwealth Society – Barbados Branch

Duration:  60 minutes

Program Summary
Sons of Serendip (SoS) is a classical/neo-soul/R&B fusion quartet that, through a series of serendipitous circumstances, came together in graduate school at Boston University. After auditioning for America’s Got Talent, SoS quickly became an audience favorite and won 4th place in the 2014 competition.

Friday, December 11

Doors: 6:00 PM • First Performance: 7:00 PM


Apes Hill Club, St. James, Barbados

Orchestra Performance

NEW HOLLYWOOD: A FILM NIGHT ENCORE!

Duration:  105 minutes

Program Summary
Don your high fashion and celebrate the magic of contemporary Hollywood as never before: in HD on sophisticated big screens with a live performance of the dazzling film scores you love from the festival’s all-star orchestra and a special appearance by world-class storyteller and iconic Barbadian artist Mighty Gabby! By very popular demand, Maestro Thomas Wilkins, Principal Conductor of the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, returns to lead an all new program celebrating the glamour, films, and music of contemporary Hollywood.

Opening Performance

Violinist Tai Murray & Pianist Deborah DeWolf Emery Perform Classical Hits!

Duration:  45 minutes

Program Summary
After a smash performance at the 2014 Classical/Pops Festival, violinist Tai Murray returns for an encore performance with piano virtuoso Deborah DeWolf Emery. Performing a selection of classical hits still beloved after the better part of a century, audiences are sure to hear composers and pieces they love…

Saturday, December 12

Doors: 6:00 PM • First Performance: 7:00 PM


Apes Hill Club, St. James, Barbados

Orchestra Performance 

SUPERSTARS OF BROADWAY

Duration: 105 minutes

Program Summary

The incomparable Audra McDonald, the most decorated Broadway performer in history, and Norm Lewis, a leading man of breathtaking range and power, sing the biggest hits from their Broadway careers—from the likes of Porgy & Bess, Phantom of the Opera, Les Misérables, and Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill—selections from the Great American Songbook, and the popular music that inspires them.

The Great White Way has long been considered the bastion of “real actors,” lacking the glamour and matinee good looks of…

Opening Performance 

TIME FOR THREE

Duration: 60 minutes

Program Summary
An American trio consisting of violinist Zach De Pue, violinist Nick Kendall, and double-bassist Ranaan Meyer, Time for Three (Tf3) defies traditional genre classification, happily and infectiously. The group, once fellow students at the most selective higher learning institution in the United States…