By Paul Collins The Celebration Foundation Concert Series presents the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra on Saturday, March 7th. Additionally, on Saturday, March 28th, the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) Entertainer of the Year, Balsam Range, comes to Celebration. For 18 consecutive years, Orlando’s premier professional orchestra has performed in Celebration. This year, [...]
By Paul Collins Bandleader and vocalist, Michael Andrew, brings his 18-piece Atomic Big Band to Celebration on Saturday, January 18 at 7 p.m. at Community Presbyterian Church. Big Bands and swing music were wildly popular in the first half of the twentieth century. Folks loved dancing to the jazz influenced music [...]
By Paul Collins America has led the world in the development of creative and new forms of music. The root of American music mainly comes from Appalachian string music found largely in rural America, and Jazz which started in New Orleans and spread rapidly to Chicago and New York. Before Jazz, [...]
This will be an excellent year for the Series! Six concerts, a wonderful variety of music genres and two big band concerts. Our sponsors have created a sustainable arts venture that attracts folks from Celebration, Osceola County, Central Florida and even from other states. It is amazing to think we can [...]
His legacy and genius live on and this year we will enjoy his music when Jeff Rupert and the Jazz Professors along with the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra take the stage in a tribute to Duke Ellington and the Big Band Era. Celebrating the 120th Anniversary of Ellington, Rupert and OPO will [...]
By Floyd McCollum The Celebration Foundation Concert Series hosted an album release party for Celebration-based band CEONEO on April 27th at Heritage Hall. Residents and friends from 2 to 92 years-young gathered to listen and dance to songs from the band’s fourth album, “Sound of Fun,” which has been in production [...]
By Gloria Niec This Concert Series, 2018-2019 was the year of the students! Every concert had students performing and performing beautifully! The Celebration Foundation has always encouraged students to attend but this was the first year we were able to feature them at every concert. The Celebration High School Chamber Singers, [...]
By Paul Collins The world-famous Vienna Boys Choir will visit Celebration on Saturday, February 23rd at 7:30pm. Boys Choirs originated in the middle ages to provide treble sound to church music as woman were barred from performing sacred music in public. The Vienna Boys Choir dates back to 1498 when Emperor [...]
By Paul Collins Bumper Jacksons, a Northern Virginia based young Western Swing band, will perform in Celebration on January 20th at 7:30pm at Community Presbyterian Church. One of the earliest forms of traditional American music was a genre that is now almost forgotten-Western Swing. Western Swing originated in Texas when a [...]
By Jacquie Hobgood The Celebration Foundation launched its 17th annual Concert Series with a special reception at the Celebration Golf Club. The evening is always an enjoyable way to gather, recognize the generosity of our wonderful sponsors and celebrate the upcoming concert season. This year we were delighted to have Debbie Fahmie, [...]
