Life, Arts & Society ED 17th

Arts Garage reschedules Jill Switzer Book Signing/Discussion to March 2

The Symphonia adds special multi-media performance to its season

South Florida’s premier chamber orchestra has added a special performance to its ‘Inspired Naturally’ 2022-2023 concert season.

On Monday, Feb. 27, The Symphonia will show the award-winning fi lm, “Terra Nostra,” while simultaneously performing the fi lm’s powerful musical score live.

By Dale King

Marjorie Waldo, president & CEO of Arts Garage, assured fans of the Great American Songbook that the nonprofit organization has rescheduled a book-signing and discussion of The Contemporary Singer’s Blueprint: From Amateur to Professional and Beyond written by popular cabaret star Jill Switzer.

The fun and informative event will now be held from 5 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 2, starting with a live musical performance by Jill and Rich Switzer.

“Music classes and repertories are filled with aspiring and talented singers, yet less than 5 percent of all musicians make a living in their field. This book is the go-to guide for those singers looking to work professionally as a performer,” said Switzer, who

is known to South Florida and New York audiences as an extraordinary interpreter of the Great American Songbook and as one of the former co-hosts with husband Rich Switzer of the Legends Radio Morning Lounge.

Using her decades as a career vocalist, Switzer’s Contemporary Singer’s Blueprint provides readers with the professional insight and practical steps for building a profitable singing career. Filled with anecdotes, encouraging pep talks, veteran’s words of wisdom and the tricks of the trade known only by the pros, The Contemporary Singer’s Blueprint guides today’s vocalists through the mental, technical and physical challenges for achieving excellence in today’s music business.

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This is The Symphonia’s debut performance at The Studio at Mizner Park, located on the south end of the popular entertainment destination in east Boca Raton. The concert begins at 7 p.m. and will include Mendelssohn’s Hebrides Overture.

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16th Annual Boca Raton Concours

The 16th Annual Boca Raton Concours d’Elegance -- the fastest growing concours in the nation and the world’s largest for a charity-organized event -- will be celebrated Feb. 24, 25 and 26.

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Comedian David Spade will appear at the Concours D’Elegance.

NASCAR racer Dale Earnhart Jr. will receive the Racing Automotive Lifetime Achievement Award at the Concours D’Elegance.

Symphonia Principal Conductor Alastair Willis

Symphonia Principal Conductor Alastair Willis

The Symphonia adds special multi-media performance to its season

By Dale King

South Florida’s premier chamber orchestra has added a special performance to its ‘Inspired Naturally’ 2022-2023 concert season.

On Monday, Feb. 27, The Symphonia will show the award-winning film, “Terra Nostra,” while simultaneously performing the film’s powerful musical score live.

This is The Symphonia’s debut performance at The Studio at Mizner Park, located on the south end of the popular entertainment destination in east Boca Raton. The concert begins at 7 p.m. and will include Mendelssohn’s Hebrides Overture.

Terra Nostra is a 30-minute multimedia symphony about the earth and its global environment, composed by Christophe Chagnard. The fi lm’s spectacular visuals of Earth, along with mind-blowing images of our planet’s natural elements, was created and directed by Charlie Spears.

Following the performance, VIP guests will be invited to meet and mingle with Principal Conduc-

tor, Alastair Willis, Terra Nostra composer, Christophe Chagnard, and Symphonia musicians and board members.

The concert is a collaboration with the Center for Arts & Innovation, which is projected to break ground in Mizner Park in 2025. The Symphonia is one of several arts & cultural organizations planning to make the new, state-of-the-art center its performance home, upon completion.

Tickets are available now on Ticketmaster and range from $35 to $65 per person.

The mission of The Symphonia is to inspire, educate and engage the lives of diverse South Florida community through extraordinary musical experiences. Founded in 2004 and recognized as the region’s premier chamber orchestra, The Symphonia’s annual concert series features a repertoire blending classic and contemporary works, showcasing compositions from diverse composers that can best be brought to life by a chamber-size en-

semble.

The Symphonia takes immense pride in its longstanding community partnerships, including its ‘Building a String Orchestra and Self-Esteem’ children’s program at the Boys & Girls Club in Delray Beach, and with the city of Boca Raton. Additional outreach programs include ‘Meet the Orchestra’ for kids 12 and under, and ‘Box Lunch It,’ a program that allows adult patrons to meet and learn from The Symphonia’s featured soloists and conductors in an intimate, casual environment.

This past year, The Symphonia also launched a program to provide complimentary tickets to service organizations such as Boca Helping Hands, Lighthouse for the Blind, Wounded Veterans Relief Fund, and Schwedelson Special Need Department of the Jewish Community Center.

For more information, visit thesymphonia. org; follow on Instagram @TheSymphonia and on Facebook @SymphoniaBoca.

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This is Switzer’s second book, following her release in 2005 of The Diva Next Door: How to Be a Singing Star Wherever You Are, which Tony Award-winning Broadway star Linda Lavin hailed as “warm, funny, right to the heart of what counts in the pursuit of a singing career.”

How to Get Tickets

General admission tickets are $15 per person and are available for purchase by calling the Arts Garage at 561.450.6357 or by going online to www.ArtsGarage.org.

Arts Garage delivers innovative, diverse, meaningful, and accessible visual and performing arts experiences to Delray Beach and South Florida.

Located at 94 NE 2nd Ave. in Delray Beach’s popular Pineapple Grove, Arts Garage is a 501(c)(3) nonprofi t organization sponsored in part by the Florida Department of State Division of Cultural Affairs, the Delray Beach Community Redevelopment Agency and the City of Delray Beach. For more information, call 561.450.6357 or visit www.artsgarage.org.

Symphonia Principal Conductor Alastair Willis

16th Annual Boca Raton Concours d’Elegance coming up Feb. 24-26

By Dale King

Feb. 24:

PRIVATE VIP RECEPTION for celebrities, sponsors, honorary guests and big wheel members. This reception is an exclusive, invite-only event.

For more information on securing an invite, please contact Kerry Becker at kbecker@bgcbc.org

Feb. 25

THE CONCOURS d’ELEGANCE GRAND GALA, dinner, auction and show.

The evening’s festivities will include the presentation of the Annual Automotive Lifetime Achievement Awards.

Annual Automotive Lifetime Achievement Recipients:

Racing: Dale Earnhardt Jr., with 50 victories and two championships in NASCAR’s top two national touring series

Manufacturer: Mary Barra, chairman and CEO of General Motors Company

Dealer: Mindy Holman, Chair Holman

Past recipients have included Lilliam and Gus Machado, Bob Carter, Norman Braman, Marc Cannon, Dave Zuchowski, Rita and Rick Case, Stephen Cannon, Keith Crain, the Ed Morse Automotive Group, Mike Maroone, Roger Penske, Bobby Rahal, Mike Jackson, H. Wayne Huizenga, Carroll Shelby, Edsel Ford, John Staluppi, Emerson Fittipaldi, JM Family Enterprises and Dietmar Exler, Ryan Hunter-Reay,and Rick Hendrick.

Also, each year during the live auction, guests can bid on one-of-a-kind trips, “experience” packages, luxury jewelry and more.

The night will conclude with a performance by co-

median David Spade. Past entertainers have been Jay Leno, Tim Allen, Jeff Foxworthy, Dennis Miller, Dana Carvey, Bob Newhart, Billy Gardell and Wayne Brady.

Welcome Reception & Silent Auction: 5:30 pm –7:00 pm.

Dinner, Live Auction and Entertainment: 7:00 pm – 11:00 pm.

Feb. 26

BOCA RATON CONCOURS d’ ELEGANCE at The Boca Raton

The fi nest collector cars and motorcycles from around the country will gather on the show fi eld at the famed The Boca Raton. On display at this year’s Concours will be the pre-war Cadillac as the Marque of the Year and Cadillac Eldorado and Arnolt Cars as Feature of the Year.

The judging process will combine a point/percentage system, along with the Modified French Rule evaluation criteria of the cars condition, authenticity/ originality and appeal in the following areas: the vehicle’s exterior, its interior area, the engine area, and the overall presentation, visual impact and significance of the car.

A variety of manufacturers will be displaying vintage, antique and classic automobiles.

The schedule: Show set-up: 7-8:30 a.m.

Judging: 9 a.m. to noon.

General Admission: 10 a.m.

Awards Ceremony: 11 a.m.

NASCAR racer Dale Earnhart Jr. will receive the Racing Automotive Lifetime Achievement Award at the Concours D’Elegance.

Comedian David Spade will appear at the Concours D’Elegance.