March 28, 2025
By Charles Runnells – Fort Myers News Press March 28, 2025 You can’t confine Gulf Coast Symphony to any one genre. The Fort Myers orchestra — together with other musicians it books at its own concert venue, The MACC — packs just about everything it can onstage: Classical, folk, opera, ballet, Broadway musicals, jazz, rock and sometimes even country music. There’s so …
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Southwest Florida Theater presents a magical, intimate version of the classic tale with live orchestra By Kristin Voit, Florida Weekly Correspondent January 29, 2025 Photo Courtesy of Bruce Jaeger For a brief, shining moment this winter, the Southwest Florida Theatre Company brings to the stage Frederick Loewe and Alan Jay Lerner’s masterful musical theater production of “Camelot.” …
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September 26, 2024 May 7, 2024 BMI is a proud sponsor of the Island Hopper Songwriter Fest, September 20-September 29. The festival will take place in Southwest Florida with a range of star-studded performances. BMI singer-songwriter Jeffrey Steele will join the Gulf Coast Symphony in a live performance at the Florida Repertory Theatre in downtown Fort …
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The international Candlelight Concert series makes its debut in Fort Myers, presenting a fresh take on classical music. The chamber concerts recreate pop and classic tunes in an intimate setting, with more than 4,000 candles illuminating the scene. Addison Pezoldt | May 1, 2024 Classical melodies echo through my childhood memories of ballet class. I’ve always …
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WGCU | By Tom Hall, Tara Calligan Published January 26, 2024 at 6:48 AM EST There’s a brand new musical theater company in our area. It goes by the name of Southwest Florida Theatre. It’s actually an off-shoot of Gulf Coast Symphony. GCS founder Andrew Kurtz explains. “Over the summer we made the decision to formally spin off the musical theater …
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