The New World School of the Arts Symphony Orchestra, under the baton of Dr. Grant Gilman, is set to grace the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts with a captivating performance. The program features a selection of classical works, including Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Serenade to Music, Johannes Brahms’ Symphony No. 4, and Richard Strauss’ Vier letzte Lieder, composed in 1948 for soprano and orchestra.
Joining the orchestra for this distinguished concert is the acclaimed soprano, Sarah Cambidge, music faculty at New World School of the Arts, as well as the NWSA High School Choir and NWSA College Opera Theatre Ensemble, directed by Sarah Cambidge and Dr. Giselle Rios.
“I am thrilled to promote our newest faculty member, Sarah Cambidge, an outstanding professional artist who masters pedagogical approaches for students and creates a wow-factor among concertgoers,” said Dr. Daniel Andai, Dean of Music at New World School of the Arts. “In this performance, professor Cambidge collaborates with her students to give them a front seat approach to what it takes to be a professional singer in Miami’s main concert hall while introducing Miami to its newest professional artist.”
Canadian soprano Sarah Cambidge began the 2024-25 season with an important role debut as Aunt Lydia in San Francisco’s production of the Handmaid’s Tale. She returned to Switzerland as Helmwige in Opernhaus Zürich’s production of Die Walküre. Additions to Sarah’s repertoire included covers of Madame Lidoine in Dialogues des Carmélites at The Metropolitan Opera, and the roles of the Kaiserin in Die Frau ohne Schatten, and Leonora in Fidelio at San Francisco Opera. She then returned to San Francisco to cover the role of Elsa in Wagner’s Lohengrin. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, Ms. Cambidge was preparing Aunt Lydia in A Handmaids Tale and Ghita in Zemlinsky’s Der Zwerg for San Francisco Opera and was set to make her Lyric Opera of Chicago debut as Ortlinde, while covering Sieglinde, in their 2020 cancelled Ring Cycle. In previous seasons, Sarah made her Metropolitan Opera debut as the Dama di Lady Macbeth in their 2019 production of Macbeth and covered the role of the Countess in Le nozze di Figaro.
Sarah also made her European debut as Chrysothemis in Richard Strauss’s Elektra at the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe, her French debut as Sieglinde in Die Walküre at Opéra National de Bordeaux and returned to San Francisco Opera for her role debut as the Foreign Princess in Rusalka. During the 2017-2018 season, she appeared with San Francisco Opera performing the roles of Ortlinde and the 3rd Norn in Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen, directed by Francesca Zambello and conducted by Donald Runnicles, the Soprano Angel in Jake Heggie’s It’s a Wonderful Life, and the Fourth Maid in Elektra, in addition to covering the roles of Donna Anna in Don Giovanni, Chrysothemis in Elektra, and Freia in Das Rheingold. She also debuted the role of Amelia in Livermore Valley Opera’s production of Un ballo in maschera. Further concert appearances include the soprano soloist in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony and Barber’s Knoxville: Summer of 1915. Ms. Cambidge is an alumna of the world-renowned San Francisco Opera Adler Fellowship, was a National Semifinalist at the 2015 Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition and was named the winner of the 2016 Denver Lyric Opera Guild competition. She obtained her Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees in music from the University of Denver Lamont School of Music.
The academic music curriculum at New World School of the Arts fosters creativity and develops a knowledge of musical heritage. Course work develops the student’s growth and maturity in comprehensive musicianship. The study of music history and theory is pursued by taking a variety of classes, including foundations of music; surveys of music history in the western world, jazz and pop music in America, and music of the world’s people; and seminars in composition aesthetics, jazz improvisation, chamber music, and general musicianship. Students receive private lessons each term. The Private Lesson program offered by the music division is unique. Each student has the privilege of studying on a one-on-one basis with the New World artist faculty. Rigorous daily practice and preparation is expected of each student with their progress closely monitored. Each student is required to perform a solo jury at the end of each semester before the entire faculty of their area. Information about New World School of the Arts music division at 305-237-3622.
A Florida center of excellence in the visual and performing arts, New World School of the Arts is an educational partnership of Miami-Dade County Public Schools, Miami Dade College, and University of Florida. NWSA provides a comprehensive program of artistic, creative, and academic development through a curriculum that reflects our community and the rich multicultural state of Florida. Through our partners NWSA confers the high school diploma, Associate of Arts degree, and Bachelor of Fine Arts and Bachelor of Music degrees in programs accredited by the National Association of Schools of Dance, Music, Theater and Art & Design. NWSA’s rigorous eight-year curriculum and conservatory-style teaching has empowered students in our community and our nation to become leaders in the arts for more three decades.
Information about New World School of the Arts at 305-237-3135 or nwsa.mdc.edu.
SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA CONCERT
February 24; 7:30 PM
Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts
Knight Concert Hall
1300 Biscayne Blvd., Miami
General admission $20. Students and seniors $10