2022/23 Season

Welcome to the 2022/23 Season! Our programming will feature six Mainstage Concerts, and three Jazz on the Lawn concerts, renowned guest artist and classical pianist Roman Rabinovich, and revered symphonic works that will be music to the ears of Southwest Floridians eager for live concert experiences inside and outside the concert hall.

On sale now: concert tickets for the Mainstage Concerts series and the Jazz on the Lawn series. Subscriptions (with a 10% discount) for the 2023/24 Season will go on sale in May 2023. Order your tickets today!

2022/23 Mainstage Concerts

BRAHMS SYMPHONY NO.1
Sunday, November 20, 2022 | 7:30 PM

Charlotte Performing Arts Center
701 Carmalita Street, Punta Gorda

ROSSINI | Overture to La gazza ladra (The Thieving Magpie)
ELGAR | Elegy
STILL | Wood Notes
BRAHMS | Symphony No.1

A CLASSICAL HOLIDAY
Sunday, December 18, 2022 | 2 PM & 7:30 PM

Charlotte Performing Arts Center
701 Carmalita Street, Punta Gorda

SCHUBERT & SHOSTAKOVICH
Sunday, January 8, 2023 | 7:30 PM

Charlotte Performing Arts Center
701 Carmalita Street, Punta Gorda

SCHUBERT | Symphony No.8 “Unfinished”
SHOSTAKOVICH | Symphony No.5

TCHAIKOVSKY SYMPHONY NO.1
Sunday, February 5, 2023 | 7:30 PM

Charlotte Performing Arts Center
701 Carmalita Street, Punta Gorda

WAGNER | Die Meistersinger, Act 1 Prelude
DVORAK | Serenade in D Minor
FALLA | El amor brujo: Ritual Fire Dance
TCHAIKOVSKY | Symphony No.1

RACHMANINOFF PIANO CONCERTO NO.2
Sunday, March 5, 2023 | 7:30 PM

Charlotte Performing Arts Center
701 Carmalita Street, Punta Gorda

RACHMANINOFF | Piano Concerto No. 2 featuring Roman Rabinovich
FALLA | El sombrero de tres picos (Three-Cornered Hat)
PRICE | Ethiopia’s Shadow in America
BORODIN | Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances

CINEMATIC SOUNDS
Sunday, April 2, 2023 | 7:30 PM

Charlotte Harbor Event & Conference Center
75 Taylor Street, Punta Gorda

A unique event for orchestra music and film lovers alike! Created to celebrate the music of great films that inspire and transport us, this live concert promises a powerful and emotional journey through a selection of iconic soundtracks, including The Sound of Music, West Side Story, Pirates of the Caribbean, Schindler’s List, and Gladiator. Join us for the festive-after party included with the purchase of a ticket.

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2022/23 Jazz on the Lawn

Come spend a beautiful afternoon on the lawn at FSW Charlotte and listen to some of the best jazz musicians in southwest Florida. There will be chairs provided. Bring your own picnic — we can’t wait to see you there!

PATRICIA DEAN & FRIENDS
Saturday, December 3, 2022 | 4:00 PM

Florida SouthWestern State College Charlotte Campus, Lawn (near Building O)
26300 Airport Road, Punta Gorda

Full program TBD. Chairs are provided.

LEW DEL GATTO & FRIENDS
Saturday, February 18, 2023 | 4:00 PM

Florida SouthWestern State College Charlotte Campus, Lawn (near Building O)
26300 Airport Road, Punta Gorda

Full program TBD. Chairs are provided.

RANDY SANDKE & FRIENDS
Saturday, March 18, 2023 | 4:00PM

Florida SouthWestern State College Charlotte
Campus, Lawn (near Building O)
26300 Airport Road, Punta Gorda

Full program TBD. Chairs are provided.

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Ticketing – 2022/23 Season

MAINSTAGE CONCERTS

SINGLE TICKETS

Premium Seating – $65
Regular Seating – $35
Student/Youth Seating – $15

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JAZZ ON THE LAWN

SINGLE TICKETS

Adult Seating – $30
Student/Youth Seating – $15

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About the 2022/23 Season

This exciting season will feature six mainstage concerts, three Jazz on the Lawn concerts, renowned guest artist and classical pianist Roman Rabinovich, and revered symphonic works that will be music to the ears of Southwest Floridians eager for live concert experiences inside and outside the concert hall.

Mainstage Concerts at the Charlotte Performing Arts Center will feature well-known titles by Brahms, Copland, Dvořák, Wagner, Schubert, Shostakovich, Rossini, Elgar, Rachmaninoff, and A Classical Holiday with Rimsky-Korsakov, Bach, and Tchaikovsky. Bringing new sounds to our ears will be the music of Florence Price – the groundbreaking composer who was the first African American to have a composition played by a major orchestra – and the “Dean of Afro-American composers” William Grant Still, along with Spanish composer Manuel de Falla, renowned for his ballet music based on Spanish dance. Our season finale concert, Cinematic Sounds, will boast the music of great films at the Charlotte Harbor Event & Conference Center, including selections from The Sound of Music, West Side Story, Pirates of the Caribbean, Schindler’s List, and Gladiator.

Every Friday before Mainstage Concerts, go behind the scenes of the music you love with Maestro Ponti’s community Behind the Notes program. Lectures are free to all and are held at the new Punta Gorda Library from 5-6 PM. Looking for more? Maestro Ponti presents Musical Conversations at 6:30 PM at the concert venue before each Mainstage Concert, where he illuminates the music on the evening’s program.

Press inquiries, please call 941-205-5996