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SUMMARY:In Conversation: Sarah Ann Weber and Stefano Di Paola
DESCRIPTION:In Conversation: Sarah Ann Weber and Stefano Di Paola\n\nThe Museum of Fine Arts\, St. Petersburg welcomes contemporary artist Sarah Ann Weber for an intimate conversation with her gallerist\, Stefano Di Paola of Anat Ebgi. \nKnown for her richly layered works on paper\, Weber creates lush\, immersive environments that blur the boundaries between landscape\, memory\, and inner life. Working primarily in watercolor and colored pencil\, her practice explores cycles of growth and decay\, intimacy and transformation\, often drawing on personal experience to create psychologically charged\, dreamlike spaces. \nIn this conversation\, Weber and Di Paola will discuss the evolution of her practice\, the role of material and process in her work\, and the artist–gallerist relationship. Together\, they will reflect on how Weber’s imagery moves between the domestic and the wild\, the personal and the ecological\, offering insight into the ideas shaping her recent exhibitions and ongoing body of work. \n\n\nIn Conversation: Sarah Ann Weber and Stefano Di Paola \nThursday\, May 28\, 2026\n6:00 PM–7:00 PM\nMuseum of Fine Arts\, St. Petersburg\n255 Beach Drive NE\, St. Petersburg FL 33701 \n$15 for MFA Members; $35 for Not-Yet-Members. \nTICKETS \nNot yet a member?\nBecome a member today and enjoy all the benefits membership at the MFA offers!  \nMFA Members enjoy free admission for an entire year\, early access to special exhibitions\, discounts at the MFA Shop and Café Clementine\, special member-only exclusive events\, and more. Bring the whole family! \nBECOME A MEMBER
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LOCATION:Museum of Fine Arts\, St. Petersburg\, 255 Beach Drive NE\, St. Petersburg\, FL\, 33701\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adult Program,Educational Event,Lecture / Talk
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SUMMARY:Marly Music Presents the Rossini Club | Roses of Golestan
DESCRIPTION:Golestan (translated as “Rose Garden”) is many things in Iranian culture: A province\, a historic place in Tehran\, and one of the most important works of Persian literature. Join the musicians of the Rossini Club in this concert inspired by Ali Banisadr: The Alchemist as they explore the artist’s all-encompassing work in musical facets. Themes of conflict\, beauty\, synesthesia\, and cultural fusion serve as landmarks as they journey through this musical rose garden featuring works by Messiaen\, Sorabji\, Ravaei\, and others. \nMarly Music Presents the Rossini Club | Roses of Golestan\nSunday\, May 31\, 2026\n1:00 PM–3:00 PM\nMuseum of Fine Arts\, St. Petersburg\nMarly Room\n$20 for MFA Members; $40 for Not-Yet-Members \nTICKETS \n\nMUSICIANS: \n \nWesley Ducote \nAcclaimed for her “superior vocal value” (Boston Globe)\, Soprano Hein Jung has performed in major cities throughout the US and Korea. These venues include Opera Tampa\, Tanglewood Music Festival\, San Francisco Opera Merola Program\, Milwaukee Symphony\, Madison Opera\, St. Petersburg Opera\, Bel Canto Chorus\, Tampa Oratorios Singers. Equally beloved on the concert stage\, Ms. Jung has performed recitals on such prominent series as Artist Series of Sarasota\, University of Wisconsin Madison\, University of Florida\, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign\, Se-Jong Art Hall and American Liszt Society Annual Festival. Last season (2015/16)\, Ms. Jung made her debut with The Florida Orchestra in both the Master Work Series and Coffee Concert Series. In the upcoming 2016-2017 season\, she will be featured in concert with the Sarasota Concert Association\, at the prestigious Kumho Recital Series in Seoul\, South Korea\, International Congress of Voice Teachers in Stockholm\, Sweden. Ms. Jung also looks forward to the release of her second CD\, performing works by Rachmaninov with Centaur Records. Her recording of Songs of Franz Liszt\, released by Centaur Records last year\, was praised by American Record Guide: “Hein Jung has the perfect voice-terrific ease in her upper register and a silvery clear tone.” \nRecognized as a versatile performer\, Ms. Jung has delighted audiences in such varied repertoire as Zerbinetta(Ariadne auf Naxos)\, Die Königin der Nacht(Die Zauberflöte)\, Blanche(Dialogue des Carmelites)\, Romilda(Serse)\, Lucia(Rape ofLucretia)\, Sophie(Der Rosenkavalier)\, and Amina(La Sonnambula). On the concert stage\, she has been heard as soloist in Messiah(Handel)\,The C minor Mass(Mozart)\, Lord Nelson Mass(Haydn)\, Gloria(Poulenc)\, Cantata BWV. 51 and 21(Bach)\, Bachianas Brazileiras No. 5(Villa-Lobos)\, Chants D’Auvergne(Canteloube) and Ch’io mi scordi di te\, K.505(Mozart). \nPraised as an advocate of contemporary music\, Ms. Jung performed both the lead roles in the world premiere of Rage d’amour\, commissioned by Tanglewood\, as well as the lead role of Princess Pocachin in The Red Silk Thread\, commissioned by University of Florida and Curtis Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. \nMs. Jung has won top prizes throughout her career. These include the Metropolitan Opera National Council Upper Midwest Region Audition (1st place in Wisconsin District and 2nd place in Upper Midwest Region)\, Irma Cooper International Competition (2nd place)\, Schubert Competition (2nd place) and Chicago Bel Canto Competition (2nd place). \n \nChristine Honein \nPraised for her vocal clarity\, crystalline coloratura\, and abundant musicality\, Lebanese-American soprano Christine Honein has appeared on stages across the United States\, Europe\, and the Middle East in both operatic and concert repertoire. Most recently\, she was featured as a soloist in New Year concerts with the Donau Philharmonie Wien and the Pilsen State Opera Orchestra\, performing under the baton of Maestro Manfred Müssauer and Maestra Rima Tawil. \n\nChristine’s operatic highlights include Sœur Constance in Dialogues des Carmélites (Opera For Earth)\, Mrs. Hayes in Carlisle Floyd’s Susannah (St. Pete Opera\, company debut)\, Maria in West Side Story (Eklund Opera)\, Dalinda in Ariodante (Eklund Opera)\, and Drusilla in L’incoronazione di Poppea (FSU Opera). In 2025\, she also made her debut with the Nantucket Chamber Music Festival\, performing works by Ned Rorem and Howard Frazin as part of The Rossini Club.\n\nOn the concert stage\, Christine is deeply passionate about championing new works by her colleagues and friends\, with a particular commitment to highlighting the music of Lebanese composers. In Spring 2025\, she curated and presented Whimsical Melodies\, a chamber program at the University of Tampa. The previous year\, she appeared as a guest artist at the University of Wyoming\, where she presented her recital A Musical Voyage: From Sevilla to Beirut and led a masterclass for voice students.\n\n\nBorn in Lebanon to Lebanese parents\, Christine spent her formative years in Beirut and Florida. She holds a Bachelor of Music from Florida State University and a Master of Music from the University of Colorado Boulder\, and is a student of soprano and conductor Rima Tawil\, whose mentorship has been central to her artistic growth. Through her work\, Christine aspires to use music as a means of expression\, connection\, and cultural exchange—bridging the rich traditions of East and West. \n\n \nEmelyn Bashour \nDetroit-based violinist Dr. Emelyn Bashour currently holds positions as Principal 2nd Violin of the Detroit Opera Orchestra and Assistant Concertmaster of the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra\, and is also a member of the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra and the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music Orchestra. As a soloist and chamber player\, Emelyn is a passionate advocate for contemporary music and has participated in the New Music Workshop at the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival (2022); the Cortona Sessions for New Music in Ede\, Netherlands (2024)\, where she was a finalist in their Contemporary Performance Competition; and the Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra Academy (2024)\, where she served as concertmaster. Her recording credits include the world premiere recording of “The Story of Patient No. 23” by Remi Inari on if you believe in the shadow… (2024)\, Evan Ware’s The Quietest of Whispers (2023\, Neuma Records)\, and the GRAMMY-nominated John Luther Adams’ Sila: The Breath of the World (2022\, Cantaloupe Music). \nEmelyn holds degrees from Michigan State University (D.M.A.\, 2024)\, University of Michigan (M.M.\, 2020)\, the Eastman School of Music (B.M.\, 2018)\, and University of Rochester (B.A.\, 2018). She has participated in many selective fellowship programs including Orpheus@Mannes (2019)\, Vermont Mozart Festival (2018)\, National Orchestral Institute (2016)\, and the Aspen Music Festival (2014). She was a fellow of the Spoleto Festival USA Orchestra in 2018\, 2019\, and 2022\, where she served as concertmaster for flagship productions of Salome (2019) and La Bohème (2022) and was engaged as a featured soloist for the 2020 season. \nCurrently a member of the Detroit-based Kalkaska String Quartet\, she regularly performs as a featured artist on FeverUp’s Candlelight Classical series. She also manages The Philomel Project (www.philomelproject.com)\, an online database of solo and chamber works by women composers aimed at increasing accessibility for student musicians. \n  \nBree Ahern \nCurrently based in Dallas-Fort Worth\, Bree Ahern is a versatile performing artist committed to building community through performing\, teaching\, and collaborating across art forms. A passionate solo and chamber musician\, she has dedicated herself to presenting innovative programs to diverse audiences and using music to serve and enrich her community. \nBree is a core member of KINETIC\, an artist-led ensemble committed to showcasing diverse\, underrepresented\, and newly composed classical music\, and Monarch Chamber Players\, a chamber ensemble dedicated to bringing classical music out of the concert hall and into accessible community spaces. Additionally\, she has performed with Opus Nova\, Loop38\, Musiqa Houston\, Aperio: Music of the Americas\, and Hoppa Project\, which have allowed her to present new works for audiences throughout Houston. Bree is also passionate about pursuing interdisciplinary work and curating unique concert experiences that bridge art forms\, having collaborated with dancers\, artists\, folk musicians\, scientists\, and more. \nChamber music is central to Bree’s career and spans the expanse of standard to contemporary repertoire. She has studied under artists such as Norman Fischer\, James Dunham\, and Brian Connelly\, and in masterclasses with the Takács\, Cavani\, Dover\, and Artemis string quartets. She has performed alongside pianist Brian Connelly in his “Music in Context” series at Rice University and in the Mendelssohn-Haus in Leipzig\, Germany\, as part of an ongoing chamber music exchange between Rice University and the Hochschule für Musik und Theater “Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy.” Outside of her studies\, she has appeared at festivals such as the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music\, the Rossini Club in Nantucket\, MA (featured on New Music USA)\, Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival\, Brevard Music Center\, Hot Springs Music Festival\, and Round Top Festival Institute (featured on WQXR). \nBree is actively engaged as an advocate for inclusivity and accessibility in the arts and believes that sharing music can create opportunities for impactful social change. From 2019-2022\, she served as a fellow in Da Camera of Houston’s Young Artist Program\, which uses music to enrich the lives of underserved communities in Houston\, Texas. As a Teaching Artist for their Music Encounters program\, she presented arts-integrated lessons in classrooms that explored skills such as collaboration\, emotional awareness\, and self expression. She has also led interactive performances for audiences in elementary schools\, LGBTQ homeless youth at Montrose Grace Center\, incarcerated youth in Harris County’s Juvenile Detention Center\, and residents at Texas Children’s Hospital\, MD Anderson\, and Houston Methodist Hospital. \nA dedicated pedagogue\, Bree has served as Visiting Assistant Professor of Cello at Oklahoma State University and on faculty at San Jacinto College in Pasadena\, TX. She has given solo and chamber music masterclasses at University of Texas-Arlington\, Sam Houston State University\, Oklahoma State University\, and the Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts\, in addition to extensive clinic experience in HEB ISD\, Klein ISD\, Houston ISD\, Kinder HSPVA\, and Strake Jesuit College Preparatory\, to name a few. She has coached chamber music for AFA’s Chamber Music Academy & Summer Festival and Opus 1 Chamber Music School in Houston\, TX\, and served as the Faculty Chair and Chamber Music Coordinator for Fort Worth Youth Orchestras’ Chamber Music Program. From 2017-2019 she was a Brown Foundation Teaching Fellow for the Young Children’s Division in the Shepherd School of Music’s Michael P. Hammond Preparatory Program. She is a member of the Suzuki Association of the Americas and North Texas Suzuki Association.
URL:https://mfastpete.org/event/marly-music-roses-of-golestan/
LOCATION:Museum of Fine Arts\, St. Petersburg\, 255 Beach Drive NE\, St. Petersburg\, FL\, 33701\, United States
CATEGORIES:Marly Music Series
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