Opportunities From: Adrienne Arsht Center Trust

High school graduations serve to formally recognize and celebrate a student’s successful completion of secondary education. They mark an important transition from adolescence to adulthood, honoring academic achievement, personal growth, and perseverance over several years of study. The ceremony also brings together families, educators, and communities to acknowledge students’ accomplishments and to symbolically send graduates forward to their next steps, whether that be higher education, careers, military service, or other life paths.

High school graduations serve to formally recognize and celebrate a student’s successful completion of secondary education. They mark an important transition from adolescence to adulthood, honoring academic achievement, personal growth, and perseverance over several years of study. The ceremony also brings together families, educators, and communities to acknowledge students’ accomplishments and to symbolically send graduates forward to their next steps, whether that be higher education, careers, military service, or other life paths.

On May 3, the Miami Symphony Orchestra concludes its 2025–26 season with a spectacular Grand Season Finale featuring a special early celebration of Mother’s Day as part of the evening’s festivities. The concert will honor mothers and families with a warm tribute before the performance begins. The evening shines a special spotlight on Tatiana Guiribitey, whose narration will guide audiences through a captivating musical journey. Under the direction of Maestro Eduardo Marturet and featuring double bass soloist Luis Gómez-Imbert, this powerful closing concert blends beloved classics with bold new creations, bringing the season to an unforgettable close.

Join two-time Grammy Award winner Terrance Simien and his band for an afternoon of zydeco for all ages! Their music offers a hypnotic blend of zydeco-roots-reggae and soul-funk that highlights the musicians' Creole heritage. The six-piece band will hit the Knight Concert Hall stage with instruments that honor zydeco's multiracial influences. From the accordion to the frottoir (zydeco rubboard), this experience will inspire joy, hope and a deep feeling of community.

Belle & Sebastian recorded their first album in three days and their second album in about a week. The band, then and now based in Glasgow, Scotland, released the albums within six months of each other in 1996. These are not rush jobs, however. Tigermilk and If You’re Feeling Sinister are carefully woven, fully realized, patiently delivered albums about love, loneliness and desire that became critical hits, modest financial successes and benchmark recordings in the history of indie rock. The band’s literary aesthetic and dedication to storytelling—co-founder and bandleader Stuart Murdoch is also a novelist and filmmaker—are evident in their character-driven songs and readily identifiable album covers, which often feature monochromatic photographs of fashionable and attractive young people. Belle & Sebastian will celebrate their 30th anniversary at the Arsht with a performance of If You’re Feeling Sinister in its entirety, along with songs from across the band’s career. The group, which currently includes seven members, released their most recent album, Late Developers, in 2023. This concert will mark Belle & Sebastian’s first appearance in Miami in more than a decade.

Miami’s next generation of stars is ready to shine! Be there for the inaugural Arsht High School Musical Theater Awards Showcase, a spectacular, Tony Awards-style celebration of the best student musical theater talent across Miami-Dade County. Experience a thrilling evening filled with powerhouse vocals, electrifying dance numbers and unforgettable performances live on the Knight Concert Hall stage. Celebrate excellence in: Outstanding Production • Vocal Performance • Dance • Orchestral Performance • Design • Technical Theater • Stage Management • Lead & Supporting Roles • and more. The evening builds to an exciting finale as two standout performers are selected to represent Miami-Dade County at The Broadway League’s prestigious Jimmy Awards in New York. Don’t miss this unforgettable night of talent, energy and inspiration!

Live From Emmet’s Place is the touring version of Emmet Cohen’s live-streamed series, which brought world-class jazz into homes during the pandemic. Cohen and his trio re-create the series onstage with a living room-style jam session complete with top-tier musicianship and surprise guests. Inspired by Harlem rent parties, the show invites audiences to feel as if they’re in Cohen’s New York apartment.

The Opera & All-Stars concert is set to make history as Florida Grand Opera blends the worlds of sports and opera, welcoming baseball legend Bernie Williams and operatic star Jonathan Tetelman to the stage at the Knight Concert Hall. These remarkable artists will not only delight us with their incredible music and skills, but also convey a message: The worlds of sports and music are not as far apart as they seem. Both require immense discipline, resilience, the ability to handle rejection and finely honed skills. Too often, these two universes are seen as separate. Opera is sometimes viewed as too stuffy or exclusive, while sports are seen as less elevated or refined. Florida Grand Opera is here to break down those barriers and show how beautifully they come together. This wonderful concert isn’t just about Tetelman and Williams, who will be joined by other friends for an unforgettable evening of cross-genre artistry. It’s a perfect way to close Florida Grand Opera's Voice of Wellness launch, a cause dear to Tetelman and Williams. The show opened in January at Carnegie Hall, and FGO is thrilled to welcome it to Miami.

High school graduation is a significant milestone marking the completion of secondary education and the transition to adulthood, higher education, or the workforce.

Seraphic Fire has become a staple of the local and national arts community. Lauded by Gramophone for its “mellifluous, crystalline artistry,” and called “one of the best excuses for living in Miami” by el Nuevo Herald, Seraphic Fire has gained an international reputation for dynamic, cutting-edge, and historically informed programming that encompasses both secular and sacred literature.

The ensemble’s roster is populated by performers, teachers, and scholars who represent the best of the American school of vocal and instrumental training. Seraphic Fire is led by its founder, Patrick Dupre Quigley.

Nu Deco Ensemble returns to the Arsht to close out their 2025-26 season with a dazzling program that bridges cosmic wonder and disco brilliance, featuring guest artists Wyclef Jean and Ledisi. Gustav Holst’s iconic The Planets is paired with a vibrant new symphonic suite inspired by the legendary music of the Bee Gees—created by Nu Deco’s writing cohort and Steve Gibb, acclaimed guitarist and son of Bee Gees icon Barry Gibb, who will join the ensemble for the performance of the suite. With Wyclef’s genre-defying sound and Ledisi’s powerhouse vocals woven into the program, this season finale promises an unforgettable evening of musical imagination, celebration, and finale-worthy flair.

Internationally recognized for his moving performances and renowned interpreter of 19th century German, Austrian and Russian repertoire, Emmy-winning and Grammy-nominated conductor Gerard Schwarz leads the 100-member Frost Symphony Orchestra into three distinct programs of the classical music repertoire.

The evening opens with Maurice Ravel’s "Alborada del gracioso" (The Jester's Morning Song) from his piano suite Miroirs. In a single movement, the opulent orchestration opens with a zesty Spanish flair. Castanet-like rhythms, brilliant orchestral colors and razor-sharp wit bring to life the playful, mischievous character of the “gracioso,” or jester. Originally for piano, Ravel's orchestration of this work sparkles with sultry sounds reminiscent of strummed guitars only found in a traditional flamenco piece.

The night’s centerpiece features Latin Grammy-nominated composer and pianist Jorge Mejia joining the Frost Symphony Orchestra to perform the highly anticipated US premiere of If These Walls Could Talk, with the composer at the piano. Inspired by the 1920s Miami Beach apartment building Mejia once called home, this evocative piano concerto transforms memory and place into sound. The work unfolds across three movements—"First Floor," "Second Floor" and "Rooftop"—each paired with a poignant story tracing the lives of three former inhabitants. Following an acclaimed 2025 international tour across Europe and South America, the concerto now makes its domestic debut. Experience the profound emotional depth of a story as told through Mejia’s masterfully expressive musical voice.

Dmitri Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 10 brings the evening to a close. Composed in the wake of Joseph Stalin’s death in 1953, this work emerged as a defiant reclamation of Shostakovich's artistic voice after years of forced suppression. Spanning four intense movements, the symphony is a haunting reckoning with the past—a musical portrait of the fear and oppression of the era that ultimately finds triumph in a cathartic release. Powerful, dramatic and visceral, this symphony stands as one of the great masterpieces of the 20th century.

Natalia Lafourcade is a contemporary songwriter, singer and producer from the Mexican state of Veracruz. She began writing songs at an early age and released her first solo album in 2002. Her most popular songs include “En el 2000,” “Un derecho de nacimiento,” “Hasta la Raíz,” “Nunca es suficiente,” “Tú sí sabes quererme” and “De todas las flores.” Lafourcade also interprets songs by iconic Latin American composers. She has collaborated as arranger, producer and performer with artists such as Juan Gabriel, Omara Portuondo, Jorge Drexler, Rubén Blades and Devendra Banhart.

No matter what your politics are these days, you have to admit it’s time for everybody to go to extremes. Going to Extremes: A John Waters 80th Birthday Celebration is a radical, comedy-revival show whose sermon will beg the authorities to drop a net on the filmmaker and his rabidly insane audience. Yes, they’re coming to take him away, ha-ha, ho-ho, hee-hee, but Waters doesn’t care. He knows his deviously demented fans will fight back with a limp-wristed fist. Nasty neuters, hetero hellcats with benefits, flaming straight guys, butch twinks, diesels with measles, trans who dress as their masculinized moms and feminized fathers—they know they’re welcome here! Calling all rock ’n’ roll refugees and illegal space aliens: Waters says climb on over the wall to the other side. He’s dressed to thrill and ready to rant about pro-punk conversion therapy, right-wing female female impersonators, extreme amusement parks, even prank guerrilla placement of phony incendiary book titles in libraries that recently banned gay children’s classics. Yes sir, the Duke of Dirt has reckless eyeballs, and he’s lookin’ for you lunatics! Let’s all drill a hole in our heads so we’re high forever and crash the Kennedy Center! Go! Go! Go to the John Waters show! It’ll make you scream!

Rhythm and rhyme shine when piano meets poetry in a mashup of spoken word, classical and popular music featuring Martin Bejerano and Daniel Strange on piano and Miami’s top young poets in an electric performance of “Searching for Home,” inspired by the creative writing journey of presidential inaugural poet Richard Blanco and directed by the award-winning Teo Castellanos with a blockbuster finale by Florida Grand Opera Studio Artist Catherin Meza.

Relive the 2014 Academy Award-winning film Whiplash, starring Miles Teller and J.K. Simmons, written and directed by Damien Chazelle, in a mesmerizing live concert experience conducted by Justin Hurwitz. Whiplash tells the story of an ambitious young drummer studying at an elite conservatory and the ruthless instructor who pushes him to the brink in the pursuit of greatness. The show features an 18-piece jazz big band that includes world-class drummer Greyson

Volunteers will assist with preparing and organizing merchandise—vinyl records and posters—for Justin to sign efficiently. This includes unwrapping vinyl, setting up the signing space, and helping to manage the flow of items during the signing session. Specific Tasks Include: Vinyl Prep (Before Justin Arrives): - Carefully peel back the plastic wrap from the upper right corner of each vinyl record. A razor blade or box cutter is typically the most effective tool for this task. This step should be completed prior to Justin’s arrival to streamline the signing process. Signing Setup: - Lay out the unwrapped vinyl records on a large table (or ideally, multiple tables) to maximize signing efficiency. - Volunteers will move behind Justin as he signs, replacing signed vinyl with new ones from the stack. Poster Signing: - Posters can either be spread flat on a table for signing or signed off the top of the stack. - Volunteers will assist by rotating the posters down the table after signing to allow them to dry properly.

Special Skills Needed

Attention to Detail - Carefully peeling back shrink wrap without damaging the vinyl packaging - Ensuring signed items are handled properly to prevent smudging or damage Manual Dexterity - Comfort using tools like a box cutter or razor blade safely and efficiently - Able to handle delicate materials (vinyl, posters) with care Efficiency and Organization - Setting up and maintaining a clean, orderly signing area - Keeping the flow of items smooth during the signing process.

Briefing Location

KCH Atrium

Contact Person

Julisa Campbell

Nu Deco Ensemble returns to the Arsht to close out their 2025-26 season with a dazzling program that bridges cosmic wonder and disco brilliance, featuring guest artists Wyclef Jean and Ledisi. Gustav Holst’s iconic The Planets is paired with a vibrant new symphonic suite inspired by the legendary music of the Bee Gees—created by Nu Deco’s writing cohort and Steve Gibb, acclaimed guitarist and son of Bee Gees icon Barry Gibb, who will join the ensemble for the performance of the suite. With Wyclef’s genre-defying sound and Ledisi’s powerhouse vocals woven into the program, this season finale promises an unforgettable evening of musical imagination, celebration, and finale-worthy flair.

********Volunteers Must Have a Minimum of 72 Hours (excluding incentive) to Sign Up********

Grammy winner Sheila E., known as the Queen of Percussion, is a music luminary whose career includes being the first female percussionist honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Growing up in a musical Bay Area family, she drew influences from her father, the legendary Pete Escovedo, and godfather, Tito Puente, leading to collaborations with icons such as Prince, Diana Ross, Herbie Hancock and Beyoncé. Last year, she celebrated her first-ever salsa album, Bailar, featuring collaborations with Gloria Estefan and Rubén Blades, among others, earning her a Grammy win for Best Global Music Performance while continuing to inspire with her dynamic artistry and philanthropic work. In 2025, Sheila E. demonstrated remarkable artistic productivity, releasing two companion albums: Bailar Deluxe, which includes "The Glamorous Life Latin" and two other new songs with a Latin flair, and her first-ever instrumental album, Sheila E. & Friends Bailar Instrumentals, which showcases her creative versatility and percussion mastery.