For Immediate Release                                                        April 27, 2009

SOBELOGOLONG09E 

FOLKMUSICPOSTER09Miami Beach, FL - SoBe Institute of the Arts / SoBe Music Institute is proud to present a series of wonderful free concerts during the month of May.

First up is our family world music event MUSIC UNITES - Saturday, May 2, 2009 at 11:00AM.  An interactive exploration of AMERICAN FOLK MUSIC with Matthew Sabatella, Banjo and Jack Stamestes, Fiddle.  MUSIC UNITES promotes learning and experiencing other cultures through the power of music.  This special musical event for everyone in the family is interactive, and allows children and adults to play the instruments, dance and ask questions.  Matthew Sabatella and Jack Stamestes will take you on a journey through American Folk Music.

MUSIC UNITES is sponsored, in par, by the Audrey Love Charitable Foundation and the Miami-Dade Department of Cultural Affairs through a Hannibal Cox Arts Grant as well as individual donors.
 
ANASTASIAPOSTERNext up on Open Friday @ SoBe Music Institute on May 8, 2009 at 8:00PM will offer a very special appearance by the extraordinary violinist virtuoso Anastasia Khitruk who will perform a concert to celebrate the release of her new CD which will be out soon on the Naxos Label (The Music of Violinist/Composer Leon de Saint-Lubin (1905-1850).  This will be a chance to hear some rarely played and brilliant violin music from the romantic era as well as Bach's amazing "Chaconne" in SoBe Institute's intimate setting, as well as to meet Ms.Khitruk and get a signed copy of her new CD before its official release. 

Anastasia2Grammy nominated violinist Anastasia Khitruk has appeared as a soloist with orchestras and in recitals worldwide. Her talent was immediately recognized when she made her orchestral debut at the age of eight. Ms. Khitruk's playing is characterized by passion and intense musicality and she "radiates an inner force that galvanizes the performance and mesmerizes the listener."

Anastasia' Khitruk's Website include video, audio, discography and biographical information.

 
BACHv.MOZARTPOSTERFinally our Open Friday @ SoBe Music Institute on May 22, 2009 at 8:00PM will present An Evening of Earthly Delights - Bach v. Mozart with our ever popular SoBe Arts Chamber Ensemble playing a program of all favorites from Johann Sebastian Bach and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. 

As always, admission to all events are free and receptions with the artists will follow.  

If you haven't joined us, yet, come see what everyone's talking about. Our concerts are intimate, fun, high quality, yet casual affairs. Come early to guarantee yourself a seat in the main room!

For further information, contact the institute. Ms. Khitruk and Dr. Kievman (Executive Artistic Director) are also available for press interviews.
 
Open Friday @ SoBe Music Institute is sponsored, in part, by the Miami-Dade Department of Cultural Affairs through a Hannibal Cox Arts Grant, the Firestone Family Foundation, the Sylvia and Irving Genet Philanthropic Fund, the Horowitz Family Foundation as well as individual contributors 
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
About SOBE ARTS

BUILDING A WORLD-CLASS INSTITUTE OF MUSIC & ARTS FROM THE GROUND UP

SoBe Arts (SoBe Institute of the Arts / SoBe Music Institute) has a long term mission to develop and build of a world-class arts education and performance institute in the south for the community and for professionals. We model our mission somewhat like California Institute of the Arts and The Juilliard School, but built from the ground up with its own distinct educational and performance philosophy. This independent arts institute is especially needed in South Florida and in all areas south of NCSA.

We are a non-profit arts & education 501 (c)(3) tax-exempt organization that tries to work closely with the major arts institutions of the area, including the New World Symphony, the Miami City Ballet, The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, and others.

We are located in the center of the cultural arts district (CANDO) of Miami Beach. We provide exceptional and acclaimed professional concerts and other related events free and open to the public, as well as world-class arts & music education to adults and children without regard to their socio-economic situation (currently 67% of our youngest students receive scholarships and all students are subsidized to some extent).
Press Contact: Silvia Lorenzo, (305) 674-9220
 
SoBe Institute of the Arts / SoBe Music Institute
(MAP)
2100 Washington Avenue, Miami Beach,  Florida 33139
(Located next to the 21st Street Recreation Center)
Parking: Metered parking available nearby in Collins Park 
Telephone: (305) 674-9220 E-mail: [email protected]  Web: http://www.sobearts.org