For the past seven years, the Perlman Suncoast Super Strings program has provided Florida-based string students (ages 8-18) with the opportunity to play side-by-side with the PMP Orchestra during the Winter Residency, under the baton of Maestro Itzhak Perlman. This year, 45 string students from 15 counties in Florida participated. All prepared successful auditions and gathered for an autumn workshop coached by exceptional Florida music educators. The performance is quite the once-in-a-lifetime experience for a young string student! We think you will enjoy the Super Strings performance, which is followed by a Q&A with Mr. and Mrs. Perlman and a PMP Orchestra rehearsal.

Perlman Suncoast is joining 600+ local non-profits to participate in the 2020 Giving Challenge presented by the Community Foundation of Sarasota County. For 24 hours on April 28-29 - from noon-to-noon - you can #BeTheOne to support Perlman Suncoast. For 16 years, Perlman Suncoast's programs, like Super Strings, have served the community, educating and inspiring generations of musicians and audiences. Your gift made online during this 24-hour period will help us to continue to bring accessible, world-class music to school-age students and the greater community, including providing special opportunities to interact with talented students and alumni of The Perlman Music Program. What makes this 24-hour Giving Challenge extra special is the commitment from The Patterson Foundation to strengthen it with a 1:1 match for online donations between $25-$100, effectively doubling donations within that dollar range. The match only applies once per person for each non-profit, although you may give to multiple non-profits and be matched each time.

Watch Felix Mendelssohn's String Sinfonia No.2 in D Major (Movement 1)