Sarasota kicks off festival of new works
Contemporary music, theater, dance and other art are on the agenda for a five-day festival starting today in Sarasota. Among highlights of the first On the Edge festival are the premiere of a work by pianist/composer Dick Hyman tonight as part of La Musica Chamber Music Festival at Sarasota Opera House. Hyman, who has scored many a Woody Allen film, will be the pianist in the work he has written for piano, bass and string quartet.
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