Instrumental Performance

Instrumental Performance

New director of bands continues a storied legacy

Dr. Michael Hancock, who holds two advanced degrees from the Frost School, will return to carry on a powerful tradition as the new Director of Bands, leading the Frost Wind Ensemble and overseeing the athletic band program.

https://news.miami.edu/frost/stories/2025/03/director-bands.html


Instrumental Performance

From prodigy to musical legend

Famed violinist and Frost School professor Charles Castleman visited Belgium, the site of one of his early musical triumphs, to donate a rare Stradivarius violin to the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel and have lunch with their monarch.

https://news.miami.edu/frost/stories/2025/01/castleman-belgium.html




Instrumental Performance

Making music and community

The annual Music at McBride Plaza free concert series in downtown Coral Gables, featuring Frost School of Music ensembles, aims to create community and connection.

https://news.miami.edu/frost/stories/2025/01/mcbride-series.html





Instrumental Performance

Frost School concert of Beethoven masterwork gets national broadcast

Public television stations across the country will air the Frost Symphony Orchestra and Frost School choirs’ performance of Beethoven’s 9th Symphony, led by Maestro Gerard Schwarz. The program was produced by South Florida PBS, which will screen it this week.

https://news.miami.edu/frost/stories/2024/12/beethoven-9th-pbs.html


Instrumental Performance

Learning to lead an orchestra – and lead the way.

Students of the Frost School of Music’s rigorous graduate conducting program are taught by renowned orchestral leader Maestro Gerard Schwarz in a close-knit, comprehensive program that fosters success.

https://news.miami.edu/frost/stories/2024/10/student-conductors.html


Instrumental Performance

In Memoriam: Deborah Fleisher

A harpist whose accomplished and diverse career spanned classical, pop and Broadway, Deborah Fleisher was a beloved instructor at the Frost School.

https://news.miami.edu/frost/stories/2024/10/memoriam-fleisher.html



Instrumental Performance

Frost School percussionists appear at Carnegie Hall

Svet Stoyanov, head of the Frost School of Music’s percussion program, will perform with current and former students in a noteworthy multimedia performance at Carnegie Hall.

https://news.miami.edu/frost/stories/2024/10/svet-carnegie.html


Instrumental Performance

The sound of a century

Classical music conductor and leader Gerard Schwarz has commissioned works from top Frost School faculty and illustrious contemporary composers to celebrate the school’s upcoming centennial.

https://news.miami.edu/frost/stories/2024/10/centennial-commissions.html


Instrumental Performance

Black Musicians Caucus presents free local concert

Members of the Frost School’s Black Musicians Caucus perform this weekend in a concert produced by students in the Master in Live Entertainment Management Program.

https://news.miami.edu/frost/stories/2024/10/blackmusicianscaucus.html



Instrumental Performance

Honoring Frost School educators' legacy

Generations of flute students from the Frost School of Music celebrated their department’s legacy and its two leaders this summer.

https://news.miami.edu/frost/stories/2024/09/frost-flute.html


Instrumental Performance

Beloved Frost School professor passes

The Frost School of Music is mourning the death of Professor Robert M. Carnochan, a passionate music educator and artist who had a profound impact at the Frost School and across the country.

https://news.miami.edu/frost/stories/2024/09/robertcarnochanmemoriam.html


Instrumental Performance

Frost School alum finds success behind the scenes at LA Philharmonic

Daniel Song, an alumnus of the Frost School of Music’s Music Industry program who is the COO of the LA Philharmonic, has found success and fulfillment behind the scenes.

https://news.miami.edu/frost/stories/2024/09/songlaphil.html



Instrumental Performance

Masterclasses with world-class artists

A preview of the superb visiting musical artists and educators teaching masterclasses as well as performing in Frost Music Live! this season.

https://news.miami.edu/frost/stories/2024/08/masterclasses-signatureseries.html


Instrumental Performance

Robert M. Carnochan receives prestigious teaching award

Professor, band director and lifelong educator Robert M. Carnochan was given the Frost School’s highest honor for teaching and scholarship.

https://news.miami.edu/frost/stories/2024/08/excellencecarnochan.html


Instrumental Performance

Conductor found life-shaping values and opportunities at the Frost School

Cristian Măcelaru, an internationally acclaimed conductor who's just been named music director of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, laid the foundation for his career at the Frost School of Music.

https://news.miami.edu/frost/stories/2024/08/cristian-macelaru.html



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