Aug 6

New World Symphony Announces 2024-25 'Wallcast' Concert Series: Schedule & Performance Details

New World Symphony (NWS) announces its popular 2024-25 WALLCAST® and Mobile WALLCAST® concert series, bringing the magnificence of New World Symphony performances to audiences of all ages at SoundScape Park and throughout the greater Miami community.

NWS WALLCAST® concerts are free and broadcast live directly from NWS’s Michael Tilson Thomas Performance Hall at New World Center onto the 7,000-square-foot exterior projection wall of the building, enhanced with exceptional audio and visual technology.

WALLCAST® concerts offer audiences the opportunity to enjoy NWS performances in a casual setting. Perfect for date-night picnics, friends or family outings, or a solo culture fix, WALLCAST® concerts make symphonic music available to everyone.

NWS’s Mobile WALLCAST® Concert Series, also free, is an essential part of the organization’s commitment to make symphonic music accessible to audiences beyond the New World Center. The Mobile WALLCAST®, first unveiled in Soundscape Park in 2022, brings NWS’s groundbreaking WALLCAST® concerts on the road and into communities around Miami. Currently the largest mobile wall in South Florida, the 23x13 screen consists of state-of-the-art LED panels and sound system, offering a local and captivating way to experience WALLCAST® concert content.

WALLCAST® and Mobile WALLCAST® concerts are free to the public and do not require a ticket. Please click here for more information about the 2024-25 WALLCAST® and Mobile WALLCAST® concert series.

WALLCAST® concerts are made possible with support from Premier Sponsor The Dr. M. Lee Pearce Foundation, Inc. Additional support provided by Hitachi and Knight Foundation. Knight Foundation and New World Symphony: Reimagining Classical Music in the Digital Age. NWS's Mobile WALLCAST® Concert Series is made possible with the support of Jackson Health System, the Wege Foundation and the NWS Resilience Fund.

WALLCAST® Concert Series

This season’s WALLCAST® concert series showcases New World Symphony’s signature concert experiences, including thematic journey concerts and digital-forward programs that integrate innovative technology with live orchestral performance. Audiences in SoundScape Park will enjoy live performances by NWS Fellows led by NWS Artistic Director Stéphane Denève, NWS Co-Founder and Artistic Director Laureate Michael Tilson Thomas (MTT), guest conductors Lidiya Yankovskaya and Anja Bihlmaier, and NWS Conducting Fellow Molly Turner.

The New World Symphony is proud to announce a new philanthropic partnership with the Dr. M. Lee Pearce Foundation, Inc. through its generous, three-year $1.35 million commitment in support of WALLCAST® concerts and WALLCAST® Concert Club.

“NWS’s free WALLCAST® concerts have democratized classical music in Miami, enriching the lives of residents and visitors alike while deepening the community’s engagement with artistic experiences. With 4K image capture, up to 800 shot changes per WALLCAST® concert, and an unrivaled sound system, we take the audience on a singular visual concert journey. We are grateful to the Pearce Foundation for supporting this innovation. Their funding allows us to welcome new audiences to SoundScape Park and build a nationally embraced model for outdoor simulcasting.”

“The Dr. M. Lee Pearce Foundation, Inc. is very pleased to be the Premier Sponsor of the New World Symphony’s innovative WALLCAST® concert series,” said Pearce Foundation Chairman Mike Carpenter. “As a businessman, entrepreneur and resident of Miami Beach, Dr. Pearce valued classical music and its impact on all who experience it. In supporting his vision, the Foundation was drawn to WALLCAST® concerts, where New World Symphony blends the highest levels of musical excellence and education with leading edge technology to reach new and returning audiences and train the musical leaders of tomorrow. We look forward to this fruitful partnership and making classical music accessible to all in Miami Beach.”

The 2024-25 WALLCAST® concert series will include three programs from “Resonance of Remembrance: WWII and the Holocaust,” New World Symphony’s season-long series of concerts that commemorates and reflects upon the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War. Kicking off the series on October 19, is an opera double bill of Viktor Ullmann’s The Kaiser of Atlantis, directed by Yuval Sharon, and Kurt Weill’s The Seven Deadly Sins, led by Denève. The cast of The Kaiser of Atlantis features Kevin Burdette, bass, Freddie Ballentine, tenor, Emmett O’Hanlon, baritone, Amanda Lynn Bottoms, mezzo-soprano; and soprano Danielle de Neise performs in The Seven Deadly Sins. On November 9, “Veterans Day Concert: A WWII Journey,” will be a poignant tribute to history, presented in collaboration with The National WWII Museum (New Orleans, LA) and in partnership with renowned British war historian and author James Holland, who will provide contextualization throughout the performance through narrative, and immersive images and video. Conductor Lidiya Yankovskaya and soprano Emily Magee make their NWS debuts. On January 18, "Symphonic Dances and The Silver Screen," led by Anja Bihlmaier, explores music by composers who escaped Nazi persecution or repressive regimes and found a creative home in America. The concert features a mix of symphonic masterworks and iconic scores from Hollywood's golden age.

In “Music in (Techni)Color” on March 1, 2025, NWS and Denève will present the East Coast premiere of composer Anna Clyne’s PALETTE, the latest in her and sound designer Jody Elff’s revolutionary interactive sonic experiences for Augmented Orchestra (AO). A new creative exploration that combines the sounds of a live orchestra with computer-controlled processes, AO explores a unique orchestral listening experience, fusing the traditional orchestra with the sonic potential offered by modern technologies. Rather than having an orchestra simply perform a modern composition, the AO modernizes the sonic potential of the orchestra itself, allowing traditional orchestral instruments to take advantage of contemporary sonic processes. Also on the program is Ravel’s Mother Goose Suite, as well as Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition. 

On March 29, 2025, in his sole WALLCAST® concert appearance of the 2024-25 season, MTT conducts the NWS Fellows, with pianist Yefim Bronfman and soprano Susanna Phillips, in a program of Schubert’s Der Hirt auf dem Felsen, Schumann’s Piano Concerto, Beethoven’s Ah! Perfido, and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5.

Denève closes out the 2024-25 WALLCAST® concert season on April 19, 2025, with cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason in his New World Symphony debut, performing Shostakovich’s Cello Concerto No. 1. The program begins with John Williams' Suite from The Book Thief and concludes with Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique.

WALLCAST® Concert Club Returns

NWS’s popular WALLCAST® Concert Club returns in the 2024-25 season, offering attendees prizes and rewards based on how many WALLCAST® concerts they attend. WALLCAST® attendees can check in to the Concert Club by scanning the QR code displayed on the wall at each WALLCAST® concert.

The WALLCAST® concert series also includes “Sounds of the Season,” on December 21, a festive holiday concert led by Conducting Fellow Molly Turner.

NWS Inside

The WALLCAST® concert series will be available for free on NWS Inside, the New World Symphony’s concert streaming platform, for worldwide audiences to view live or on-demand. Previously limited to subscribers, NWS Inside will now enable a broader audience to enjoy the innovative and dynamic performances of the New World Symphony, making world-class music accessible to everyone.

Featuring performances from NWS’s talented roster of Fellows, NWS Inside gives viewers a front-row seat to the future of music. Also included is access to archival concerts from seasons past, and behind-the-scenes interviews with guest artists, Fellows, and staff.

Free access is available now at nws.edu/inside.

Mobile WALLCAST® Concert Series

NWS’s Mobile WALLCAST® Concert Series, now in its third season, is an essential part of its commitment to make symphonic music accessible to audiences beyond the New World Center.

“The Mobile WALLCAST® allows NWS to foster long-term, collaborative relationships with a broad representation of arts, culture, education and community centers that serve South Florida residents,” said Eduardo Delgado, NWS’s Public Programs Director. "NWS remains deeply committed to expanding the bonds we’ve formed and is excited to explore new communities as we continue to cultivate arts and culture exchanges throughout our area."

The series kicks off on Saturday, December 7, 2024, ringing in the holiday season at Sanctuary of the Arts in Coral Gables. The event will start at 7:00 p.m. with pre-show activities starting at 6:00 p.m.

The series continues on January 25, 2025 when the NWS Mobile WALLCAST® Concert Series returns to the African Heritage Cultural Arts Center (AHCAC) in Liberty City, coinciding with AHCAC’s 50th anniversary.

On February 15, 2025, the Mobile WALLCAST® will continue to South Dade, for an event celebrating Black History Month at one of Miami-Dade County's parks. Additional details to be announced this fall.

On February 27, 2025, the Mobile WALLCAST® arrives at Juan Pablo Duarte Park to celebrate Dominican Republic’s Independence Day in collaboration with the Allapattah Collaborative.

The 2024-25 Mobile WALLCAST® Concert Series concludes on April 25, 2025 with a return to the Museum of Contemporary Art in North Miami for Jazz at MOCA.

The thrill of an NWS Mobile WALLCAST® concert will be paired with Visual Jazz Artwork by MOCA’s Teen Art Force, a one-of-a-kind, free, multidisciplinary art program that provides students with a foundation in the visual arts. This NWS Mobile WALLCAST® Concert is the culmination of a partnership between New World Symphony and MOCA. Four times throughout the season, NWS Fellows and MOCA Teen Art Force students will meet at the Museum to discuss the intersections of art and music. MOCA Teen Art Force students shared their artwork and artistic style and approaches, and NWS Fellows shared jazz-influenced music they enjoyed. Together, they pair the students’ art with musical works to create this program for Jazz at MOCA.

NWS also activates the Mobile WALLCAST® screen in Soundscape Park for an additional viewing area during NWS WALLCAST® concerts.

2024-25 WALLCAST® Concert and Mobile Concert Series

WALLCAST® Concert Series

The Seven Deadly Sins

Saturday, October 19, 2024 at 7:30 PM

Veterans Day Concert: A WWII Journey

Saturday, November 9, 2024 at 7:30 PM

Sounds of the Season

Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 7:30 PM

Rachmaninoff’s Symphonic Dances

Saturday, January 18, 2025 at 7:30 PM

Denève: Music in Techni(Color)