November 12, 2025 • 24 mins
Marcos Flores joins us to talk about the 20th Anniversary of the Concert Series at Christ By The Sea United Methodist Church. The new season starts Sunday, November 23rd, with a Piano Concert featuring Grand Piano renditions of the majestic Liszt’s Sonata in B Minor, and other jewels from the piano literature such as Debussy’s Clair de Lune and Malagueña by Lecuona. We also discuss Marco's brother, Jose Daniel Flores, formerly of Community Church, Albany Pro Musica, the Christmas cantata and more upcoming concerts. Tickets and details are online at cbtsumc.org
Oscar Sales joins us to talk about "Alice in Wonderland, JR" featuring a cast of 52 kids, ages 11-18 years old, recreating the animated Disney classic on stage. It's all on the main stage with big sets and grand costumes, November 20th-22nd. We also discuss the next show, "A Gentlemen's Guide to Love and Murder" and how backstage passes and tours would make wonderful Christmas gifts. Find tickets and details online at RiversideTheatre.com
Oscar Sales joins us to talk about "Alice in Wonderland, JR" featuring a cast of 52 kids, ages 11-18 years old, recreating the animated Disney classic on stage. It's all on the main stage with big sets and grand costumes, November 20th-22nd. We also discuss the next show, "A Gentlemen's Guide to Love and Murder" and how backstage passes and tours would make wonderful Christmas gifts. Find tickets and details online at RiversideTheatre.com
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Speaker 1 (00:02):
Welcome to Arts Blast on the Air. It's a podcast,
a radio show, and an Alexis skill and all presented
by Ballet Vero Beach and Riverside Theater Arts supporting the
arts in Florida. I'm Willie Miller and every week I
talk to people in the arts about the arts on
the Treasure Coast and beyond. Arts. Blast on the Air
(00:24):
is so proud to be supported by Ballet Vero Beach.
Subscriptions and single seats for the exciting coming season are
available online for your holiday giving and maybe your own
letter to Santa. Perhaps tickets for the Nutcracker on the
Indian River yes December eleventh through the thirteenth at Riverside Theater.
(00:45):
It's all at Ballet Vero Beach dot org. And now
on with the show. My guests napping in the studio
this morning are Oscar Sells and Marcos Flores. What what
well you were watching?
Speaker 2 (01:01):
You were?
Speaker 1 (01:01):
Marcus was sleeping?
Speaker 2 (01:03):
Oh yes, I was in the meditation.
Speaker 1 (01:07):
Okay, okay, okay. Let's talk to anybody. Want to volunteer
to go first Oscars volunteering. Marcus, Marcos Flores, Christ by
the Sea United Methodist Church. Your church has stayed with
the United Yes, okay, how long have you been there?
Speaker 2 (01:29):
Can you believe this is going to be my twenty one,
twenty first year?
Speaker 1 (01:34):
I cannot, honestly I cannot.
Speaker 2 (01:37):
It's amazing. What a journey, what a ride.
Speaker 1 (01:40):
I first met your brother, Daniel Josse Daniel Flora, Daniel right,
and he was at.
Speaker 2 (01:49):
Community Church for about thirteen fourteen years.
Speaker 3 (01:52):
Wow.
Speaker 1 (01:53):
He made so many advances there as we was.
Speaker 2 (01:56):
The one that you stole, the mighty Oregon and the
acous six Church had vision.
Speaker 1 (02:01):
And where is he now?
Speaker 2 (02:03):
He is in Albany, New York, conducting the national famous
Albany Pro Musica. He succeeded the founder of that choir
that was there for thirty years, and then he's really
made an empire of choral music in the Northeast. Okay,
and he keeps expanding. Tell me again, he is Albany
(02:24):
Pro Musica. Is the choir?
Speaker 1 (02:28):
Is that online? Do you think?
Speaker 2 (02:29):
Yes? On YouTube? You just type Albany Promusica and you're
going to see my little giant brother conducting incredible masterpieces
of all kinds.
Speaker 1 (02:41):
Okay. That's for listeners who maybe didn't know hoo say Daniel,
or would like to see what we're talking about.
Speaker 2 (02:48):
Absolutely, I'm so proud of him, and.
Speaker 1 (02:51):
I'm sure he's proud of you. I can't believe you've
been here that long. Honestly incredible.
Speaker 2 (02:58):
He brought you here from from Arizona. I was finishing
my doctoral degree at Arizona State University. And they actually
went to his church when they were searching for a
music director at Christ the See, and my brother said
a bunch of names except mine, And at the end
he said, oh, by the way, perhaps my brother might
be interested in the position. And that's how we all
(03:21):
got started in this beautiful journey.
Speaker 1 (03:24):
Yeah, okay, twenty one years. How long you going to
keep going forever?
Speaker 2 (03:29):
Until God? Says I found God's lead.
Speaker 1 (03:33):
Okay, you're going to at least November twenty third.
Speaker 2 (03:38):
Right, at least, I'd better. I'd better. We have an incredible,
wonderful news season of concerts and cantatas at Christ by
the Sea. This is actually the twentieth anniversary of the
concert series and it's going to be launched on November
twenty third at three pm. And this is anniversary in
(04:05):
the sense that the first concert we ever did at
christa the Sea with the concert series was with me
myself and I on the cold stage at the piano.
So we are recalling those times and I'm back. Of course,
for some reason, the clothing kept shrinking, and for some reason,
yes I have a little bit less hair than twenty
(04:28):
years ago. But the passion that started all these new
ministry and the arts sharing that with the community is
still in hot flames. And if you really want to
see me losing twenty pounds, this is the event. To
see someone losing twenty pounds in one hour is quite
(04:48):
a program.
Speaker 1 (04:50):
Okay. I have the question, yes, when they brought you
into the church twenty one years ago, Christ by the Sea,
were they aware viewer passion for maybe forming a concert
series like this or did they bring you in as
the organized.
Speaker 2 (05:08):
They brought me in as a music director the director
of Worship arts too, in hopes to change the direction
of the music department. But once I was in discussions
in the interview, I laid out my vision which stated
that I would love to launch not only the worship
(05:29):
music service, but also big projects that are go in
line with the church philosophy. And part of that was
established a concert series that would be sharing arts in
general and also big productions of cantatas, which she is
one hundred percent evangelistic, but using like Martin Luther advocated
(05:53):
all the arts to worship God. And those cantatas are
full of orchestra musicians, literal dancers, a big choir, soloists
and this year we're bringing opera singers from out of state.
I mean, we started with middle schoolers in Verovich and
now we're bringing out of state professional opera singers to
(06:15):
be fisher as soloist, plus musicians from all over the
state of Florida. Literally people musicians are driving for three
four hours to get to the little town of Bethlehem,
I mean the little town of Verovich to play with us,
and we all share the magic of being together doing
music and of course worshiping God in his holy home
(06:39):
for the cantatas.
Speaker 1 (06:40):
Okay, I don't have information on the cantata on my paper.
Here is it on the website.
Speaker 2 (06:45):
Yet everything is at Christ by the c United Methodist
Church in letters c bts UMC dot org and the
entire concert series and cantatas is there. The cantat that
is going to be December thirteenth, Saturday, and it's so popular.
We do two performances in one day, fourth thirty and seven,
(07:09):
so no tickets are needed. I guarantee you once you
come the one hour production will leave a beautiful smile
and uplifted spirit.
Speaker 1 (07:20):
And I'm going to suggest people get there early. Yes, yeah,
you know what, yep, Oscar.
Speaker 3 (07:25):
He's a great, absolutely amazing.
Speaker 1 (07:28):
Yeah. So once again, the date.
Speaker 2 (07:31):
The date of the cantata, the Christmas Cantata, Saturday, December thirteenth,
four thirty and seven.
Speaker 1 (07:40):
Okay, well, I don't know why I didn't get along
my notes, because we were talking about the anniversary program perhaps,
which let's go back to that November twenty thirty three o'clock.
What are you playing?
Speaker 2 (07:55):
Well? Every time I asked, I'm asked that question, I
cannot receive and I say, I'm playing the piano right.
But of course it's like, how do you get to
Carnegie old practicing? Well, this program call me old fashioned,
but it's mostly nineteenth century music and one early twentieth century.
(08:18):
The nineteenth century program is big works and also small
works that are familiar. One of them, the big, the heavyweight,
is the Sonata in B minor by France list Bethoven
wrote thirty two sonaras. Frans List only wrote one, but
let me tell you it's like thirty two sonaras. In
(08:39):
one is a noninterrupted piece of thirty three minutes. It's
like four movements into one and is bold, dramatic, acrobatic.
So he gives so lyric You're going to see the
full genius of a composer down in ten fingers, all
(09:02):
the power that music can bring to humankind. So I'm
very humble to try to attempt to play this incredible masterpiece.
Speaker 1 (09:10):
Is that going to be the first piece you play?
Speaker 2 (09:12):
It's going to be like the third piece actually, and
there will be no intermission, so because I don't want
people to flee, No, I'm kidding. I want people to
just go with the flow. Since this is a big,
heavy piece. The remainder of the program is on the
lighter side. I'm playing the world famous Claire Dealon by
(09:35):
Claude WC. I'm playing two Puerto Rican dances that are
very famous in Puerto Rico and they are always cute
to hear, and they are very short forms. And then
I'm playing a very Spanish sounding piece called Malaganya. Some
(09:56):
people call it Malaguena here, but it's Malaganya Ernesto Lequona,
who people think he was from Spain, but actually he
was from Cuba. Yeah, but he's very Spanish, very eloquenna,
and he's got airs of Flamenco. And turns out I
went to see Flamenco last summer, so I'm into it.
(10:17):
And then I'll close the program with the incredible of
all times world beloved Polonies in a Flat by Frederick
Schaupan the Oppus fifty three one. It's so heroic, it's
so incredibly enchanting, and all of this program is definitely
challenging in so many ways, not only technically but emotionally
(10:40):
and spiritually. So I'm hoping that twenty years have done
something so that we could actually bring the arts and
the passion and the beauty of being together listening to
music in this beautiful space with the consequence teme way
that they actually get to meet twenty years ago.
Speaker 1 (10:59):
Okay, that's November twenty third, three o'clock one show only.
Speaker 2 (11:04):
Coow RG and Thinkers are available at the church and
online in the website, okay, and at the.
Speaker 1 (11:09):
Door, And quickly I'm going to say that on February fifteenth,
you got the eight Piano Monster Concert. We don't have
time to talk about it. And then March twenty second,
you have the Piano Quintet Chamber Orchestra with a lot
of very familiar names. Correct, great, great season, very exciting,
very excited, twentieth anniversary.
Speaker 2 (11:29):
Yes, I can wait to go back to practicing.
Speaker 1 (11:34):
Okay, Marcus Flores, thanks so much from Christ by the
Sea United Methodist Church. And that is the Sunday November
twenty third, three o'clock Piano Concert. Thank you, so great
to see you. I'm here, Okay, now we are going
to take a break. I can get my paper separate.
Oh like see when you when you get this heavyweight paper,
(11:56):
it doesn't want to art. I got it. Thanks thanks
for helping, Oscar. Okay, I'm looking for some fresh ideas.
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Speaker 6 (14:00):
A live music's playing, people are dancing and the dance floors.
It's the Sunset Saturday Concert, Fun every for All on
Ocean Dry with live music by Stacy Soul, food, wine
and beer, presented by Gjo Holmes, the Vero Beach Chamber
of Commerce, Millennian Cremation Service in Mangrove Sands Golf Club
and Restaurant. The Sunset Saturday Concert Saturday, November fifteenth at
(14:23):
five pm at Homeiston Park on Ocean Drive, Viera Beach.
Now that's the life.
Speaker 1 (14:30):
Ed Boy. We are back with arts plaster on the air,
and I'm talking with Oscar Salas or Oscar Sales as
many people know him from Riverside Theater. He knows every
single thing that's going on over there, and he better
because you're in charge of letting other people know, right,
(14:53):
you're the.
Speaker 3 (14:53):
Marketing d well. It is my hope that I do
know everything, But there is constant motion and constant activity
at the theater, so I'm hoping that all that great
information that is happening at the theater gets out to
the community.
Speaker 1 (15:08):
Well, you do a great job of getting it out there.
Speaker 3 (15:10):
Well, thank you, right, do my best.
Speaker 1 (15:13):
You've been doing it a few years.
Speaker 3 (15:15):
A few years, twenty years. Marcos has been here twenty one.
I've been here for twenty so we go way back,
Marcus and I.
Speaker 1 (15:24):
It's it's to me, honestly, those number, those that those
numbers are just so I don't know, eterial, I mean,
they're just out of how can anything, because I've been
talking to you guys all that time.
Speaker 3 (15:38):
Well, I think it's a testament, and Marcos can probably
I'm hoping he'll concur We live in such an incredibly
supportive community with regards to the.
Speaker 1 (15:47):
Arts, absolutely, and I agree with you completely both.
Speaker 3 (15:51):
And the way they support christ by the Sea and
the museum and the theater and all the art galleries
and the symphony orchestras that play here. It's just tremendous
that the people that work in the arts and trying
to promote the arts feel so much love from the
community for what we do, and so it's wonderful to
(16:11):
give back the way that we do. Marcus does an
incredible concert series, and I'm excited to hear Mall on
Sunday the twenty third. But it's just incredible that we have.
We feel the passion from the community for what we do,
and we in turn want to give that passion out.
(16:33):
Like what's happening at the theater. You know, you have
me here to talk about Alice in Wonderland Junior, which
happens to be taking place the days before Marcus's concert.
We're having Alice in Wonderland Junior in November twentieth through
the twenty second. Marcus's concert is on Sunday the twenty third,
and Alice in Wonderland Junior has twenty fifty two kids
(16:57):
aged eleven to eighteen, sort of recreating the Disney animated
classic on stage. So it's on the Stark Stage. It's
a big production, huge sets, wonderful costumes. The songs from
the animated movie are part of the show as well.
(17:17):
As I didn't see the twenty ten live movie adaptation
of Alice in Wonderland, but my understanding there are a
couple of songs from that film that are now incorporated
into this show as well. It's a sixty minute show
and it tells the beautiful Lewis Carroll story of little
girl who gets you know, through they're looking out the
(17:40):
rabbit hole, goes down the rabbit hole and finds all
these incredible characters.
Speaker 1 (17:45):
Fifty two. I'm still stuck on that number.
Speaker 3 (17:47):
Fifty two. It's wonderful what Kevin Quillinan, the Director of Education,
has done at Riverside Children a Riverside Theater, the Education
Department and getting all these kids involved and passionate about
the live performing arts. You know, our job is to
not only give the people of the community the great
(18:11):
experiences that we can with regards to the productions, but
it's also fostering the next generation. And Kevin and Emily Olsen,
who you've spoken to is the assistant education director. Both
Kevin and Emily have done a tremendous job of creating
an environment where the kids are just excited to be
(18:32):
part of learning about the performing arts and actually performing.
Speaker 1 (18:36):
I have a question. Are the fifty two kids all
on stage at one time?
Speaker 3 (18:42):
Sure?
Speaker 1 (18:43):
Okay, I've had kids that were younger like that one time,
a long time ago. I had a hard time corralling too.
What did you, seriously, how do you manage the movements
of fifty two kids.
Speaker 3 (18:59):
Well, that's the brilliance of Kevin and his team to
make sure that the kids are where they need to be.
But you're also dealing with young performers who have a
passion to be in this show. So the great thing
about theater education is that you create a sense of teamwork.
(19:20):
You create a sense of camaraderie. Teamwork, camaraderie is sort
of the same thing. But listen, discipline, and you're all
working towards the same goal of becoming these characters that
you are in the show and promoting that to the audience.
Because again, like we mentioned, very appreciative audiences here in Riverside,
(19:42):
at not only Riverside, but in Vero Beach, and the
energy that the audience gives to the performer is palpable.
It really is palpable. And the kids take it and
give it back. It's a lot of fun.
Speaker 1 (19:56):
Wow. Okay, how long has Kevin been at the editor
for Kids.
Speaker 3 (20:03):
He and I joke he's been there for nineteen years.
He got there the year after I started, So I
got at Riverside the year after Mark Marco started. So it's,
you know, a chain reaction of Okay.
Speaker 1 (20:16):
My next question, because it involves all of us. Who's
coming up behind you, guys to carry on this? Not
just you, Oscar. I mean, you've got Alan Cornell, You've
got John Moses, I've got a whole team over there.
Is there a kind of backup waiting behind you?
Speaker 3 (20:35):
Well, I'm sure there is. When my time comes and
it's time to get my little lawn chair and sit
at the beach all day, I'm sure that there are
many incredible people who can step in and do an
incredible job, maybe even better job than I.
Speaker 1 (20:57):
Well, that will be leave that to be seen, and
hope I will hope to be here still before you
when you retire. We have one big retirement party.
Speaker 3 (21:08):
Absolutely, I love it.
Speaker 1 (21:10):
Okay. That's Disney's Through the looking Glass Junior.
Speaker 3 (21:15):
Alice in Wonderland Junior.
Speaker 1 (21:16):
No, I haven't eightner for kids Disney Through the looking
Glass Junior.
Speaker 3 (21:21):
It's based on Through the looking Glass, okay, but it's
Alice in Wonderland Junior, and it takes place November twenty
through twenty second. Tickets are ten dollars and there are
fifty two young performers on stage, ages eleven to eighteen
and telling the story. That is a classic, classic Carol
(21:44):
Lewis story.
Speaker 1 (21:46):
Okay, that wasn't really his name, Lewis Carroll yep, I
got it.
Speaker 3 (21:52):
Oh his real name? You mean that was that his
pen name?
Speaker 1 (21:55):
Yes, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson. He was an English mathematician, writer
and logician. Haha, I bet he dealt with fifty two kids,
would no problem?
Speaker 3 (22:08):
Maybe?
Speaker 1 (22:10):
Okay. Jabberwocke, you mean he wrote poems as well, Hunting
of the Snark, Aware, the jabberwock my son.
Speaker 3 (22:17):
Okay, I do know that poem, the Joe.
Speaker 1 (22:19):
Jaws that bite, the clause that catch what a kid's poem?
Speaker 3 (22:24):
Amazing?
Speaker 1 (22:26):
Okay, this is a sixty minute stage adaptation, you said.
Speaker 3 (22:29):
Correct, Lots of music, dancing, beautiful sets, costumes you'll all have.
Everyone will have a tremendous time.
Speaker 1 (22:39):
I've noted here that the music and lyrics are by
some film miller sort I mean, if you're into that
sort of thing. Composers Danny Elfman, Sammy Fain, Bob Hilliard,
and a bunch of others. So that this is this
is a big deal.
Speaker 3 (22:56):
It is a big deal. It's a great it's a
great show, great music. Obviously, classic story and the energy
of the cast on stage will definitely give you a
wonderful experience.
Speaker 1 (23:09):
Okay, before we run out of time, I quickly want
to mention it because I'm promoting getting tickets for Gifts
A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder January, Jesus Christ
Superstar nine to five April April. And then there's the
Wax Slax Bobby Olsen series. You got a couple of
good ones coming there.
Speaker 3 (23:29):
Too, Mauritius in February and almost Maine in March.
Speaker 1 (23:34):
Good think without looking at notes, I have to read
all these. Okay, So we got bundles, we got gift cards,
and we didn't talk about the new chef. We'll do
that next time, oh absolutely? And oh can we give
back backstage access and chores for Christmas?
Speaker 3 (23:50):
Sure you can.
Speaker 1 (23:51):
Okay, we have run out of time without talking about
live and loops still on for the whole season. Sure,
how many's own taking a break.
Speaker 3 (23:58):
Taking a break until.
Speaker 1 (24:00):
Okay, I will thank you Oscar Salas or Oscar Sales
and again Marcos for us, and thanks to you out
there for listening as always join us again next week,
but first listen to arts Plaster on the air. Online,
It's a podcast radio show and Alexis gill All, presented
(24:20):
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I'll be here for another edition of arts Plast on
the Air. I'm Willie Miller. Thanks for listening.
Welcome to Arts Blast on the Air. It's a podcast,
a radio show, and an Alexis skill and all presented
by Ballet Vero Beach and Riverside Theater Arts supporting the
arts in Florida. I'm Willie Miller and every week I
talk to people in the arts about the arts on
the Treasure Coast and beyond. Arts. Blast on the Air
(00:24):
is so proud to be supported by Ballet Vero Beach.
Subscriptions and single seats for the exciting coming season are
available online for your holiday giving and maybe your own
letter to Santa. Perhaps tickets for the Nutcracker on the
Indian River yes December eleventh through the thirteenth at Riverside Theater.
(00:45):
It's all at Ballet Vero Beach dot org. And now
on with the show. My guests napping in the studio
this morning are Oscar Sells and Marcos Flores. What what
well you were watching?
Speaker 2 (01:01):
You were?
Speaker 1 (01:01):
Marcus was sleeping?
Speaker 2 (01:03):
Oh yes, I was in the meditation.
Speaker 1 (01:07):
Okay, okay, okay. Let's talk to anybody. Want to volunteer
to go first Oscars volunteering. Marcus, Marcos Flores, Christ by
the Sea United Methodist Church. Your church has stayed with
the United Yes, okay, how long have you been there?
Speaker 2 (01:29):
Can you believe this is going to be my twenty one,
twenty first year?
Speaker 1 (01:34):
I cannot, honestly I cannot.
Speaker 2 (01:37):
It's amazing. What a journey, what a ride.
Speaker 1 (01:40):
I first met your brother, Daniel Josse Daniel Flora, Daniel right,
and he was at.
Speaker 2 (01:49):
Community Church for about thirteen fourteen years.
Speaker 3 (01:52):
Wow.
Speaker 1 (01:53):
He made so many advances there as we was.
Speaker 2 (01:56):
The one that you stole, the mighty Oregon and the
acous six Church had vision.
Speaker 1 (02:01):
And where is he now?
Speaker 2 (02:03):
He is in Albany, New York, conducting the national famous
Albany Pro Musica. He succeeded the founder of that choir
that was there for thirty years, and then he's really
made an empire of choral music in the Northeast. Okay,
and he keeps expanding. Tell me again, he is Albany
(02:24):
Pro Musica. Is the choir?
Speaker 1 (02:28):
Is that online? Do you think?
Speaker 2 (02:29):
Yes? On YouTube? You just type Albany Promusica and you're
going to see my little giant brother conducting incredible masterpieces
of all kinds.
Speaker 1 (02:41):
Okay. That's for listeners who maybe didn't know hoo say Daniel,
or would like to see what we're talking about.
Speaker 2 (02:48):
Absolutely, I'm so proud of him, and.
Speaker 1 (02:51):
I'm sure he's proud of you. I can't believe you've
been here that long. Honestly incredible.
Speaker 2 (02:58):
He brought you here from from Arizona. I was finishing
my doctoral degree at Arizona State University. And they actually
went to his church when they were searching for a
music director at Christ the See, and my brother said
a bunch of names except mine, And at the end
he said, oh, by the way, perhaps my brother might
be interested in the position. And that's how we all
(03:21):
got started in this beautiful journey.
Speaker 1 (03:24):
Yeah, okay, twenty one years. How long you going to
keep going forever?
Speaker 2 (03:29):
Until God? Says I found God's lead.
Speaker 1 (03:33):
Okay, you're going to at least November twenty third.
Speaker 2 (03:38):
Right, at least, I'd better. I'd better. We have an incredible,
wonderful news season of concerts and cantatas at Christ by
the Sea. This is actually the twentieth anniversary of the
concert series and it's going to be launched on November
twenty third at three pm. And this is anniversary in
(04:05):
the sense that the first concert we ever did at
christa the Sea with the concert series was with me
myself and I on the cold stage at the piano.
So we are recalling those times and I'm back. Of course,
for some reason, the clothing kept shrinking, and for some reason,
yes I have a little bit less hair than twenty
(04:28):
years ago. But the passion that started all these new
ministry and the arts sharing that with the community is
still in hot flames. And if you really want to
see me losing twenty pounds, this is the event. To
see someone losing twenty pounds in one hour is quite
(04:48):
a program.
Speaker 1 (04:50):
Okay. I have the question, yes, when they brought you
into the church twenty one years ago, Christ by the Sea,
were they aware viewer passion for maybe forming a concert
series like this or did they bring you in as
the organized.
Speaker 2 (05:08):
They brought me in as a music director the director
of Worship arts too, in hopes to change the direction
of the music department. But once I was in discussions
in the interview, I laid out my vision which stated
that I would love to launch not only the worship
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music service, but also big projects that are go in
line with the church philosophy. And part of that was
established a concert series that would be sharing arts in
general and also big productions of cantatas, which she is
one hundred percent evangelistic, but using like Martin Luther advocated
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all the arts to worship God. And those cantatas are
full of orchestra musicians, literal dancers, a big choir, soloists
and this year we're bringing opera singers from out of state.
I mean, we started with middle schoolers in Verovich and
now we're bringing out of state professional opera singers to
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be fisher as soloist, plus musicians from all over the
state of Florida. Literally people musicians are driving for three
four hours to get to the little town of Bethlehem,
I mean the little town of Verovich to play with us,
and we all share the magic of being together doing
music and of course worshiping God in his holy home
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for the cantatas.
Speaker 1 (06:40):
Okay, I don't have information on the cantata on my paper.
Here is it on the website.
Speaker 2 (06:45):
Yet everything is at Christ by the c United Methodist
Church in letters c bts UMC dot org and the
entire concert series and cantatas is there. The cantat that
is going to be December thirteenth, Saturday, and it's so popular.
We do two performances in one day, fourth thirty and seven,
(07:09):
so no tickets are needed. I guarantee you once you
come the one hour production will leave a beautiful smile
and uplifted spirit.
Speaker 1 (07:20):
And I'm going to suggest people get there early. Yes, yeah,
you know what, yep, Oscar.
Speaker 3 (07:25):
He's a great, absolutely amazing.
Speaker 1 (07:28):
Yeah. So once again, the date.
Speaker 2 (07:31):
The date of the cantata, the Christmas Cantata, Saturday, December thirteenth,
four thirty and seven.
Speaker 1 (07:40):
Okay, well, I don't know why I didn't get along
my notes, because we were talking about the anniversary program perhaps,
which let's go back to that November twenty thirty three o'clock.
What are you playing?
Speaker 2 (07:55):
Well? Every time I asked, I'm asked that question, I
cannot receive and I say, I'm playing the piano right.
But of course it's like, how do you get to
Carnegie old practicing? Well, this program call me old fashioned,
but it's mostly nineteenth century music and one early twentieth century.
(08:18):
The nineteenth century program is big works and also small
works that are familiar. One of them, the big, the heavyweight,
is the Sonata in B minor by France list Bethoven
wrote thirty two sonaras. Frans List only wrote one, but
let me tell you it's like thirty two sonaras. In
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one is a noninterrupted piece of thirty three minutes. It's
like four movements into one and is bold, dramatic, acrobatic.
So he gives so lyric You're going to see the
full genius of a composer down in ten fingers, all
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the power that music can bring to humankind. So I'm
very humble to try to attempt to play this incredible masterpiece.
Speaker 1 (09:10):
Is that going to be the first piece you play?
Speaker 2 (09:12):
It's going to be like the third piece actually, and
there will be no intermission, so because I don't want
people to flee, No, I'm kidding. I want people to
just go with the flow. Since this is a big,
heavy piece. The remainder of the program is on the
lighter side. I'm playing the world famous Claire Dealon by
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Claude WC. I'm playing two Puerto Rican dances that are
very famous in Puerto Rico and they are always cute
to hear, and they are very short forms. And then
I'm playing a very Spanish sounding piece called Malaganya. Some
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people call it Malaguena here, but it's Malaganya Ernesto Lequona,
who people think he was from Spain, but actually he
was from Cuba. Yeah, but he's very Spanish, very eloquenna,
and he's got airs of Flamenco. And turns out I
went to see Flamenco last summer, so I'm into it.
(10:17):
And then I'll close the program with the incredible of
all times world beloved Polonies in a Flat by Frederick
Schaupan the Oppus fifty three one. It's so heroic, it's
so incredibly enchanting, and all of this program is definitely
challenging in so many ways, not only technically but emotionally
(10:40):
and spiritually. So I'm hoping that twenty years have done
something so that we could actually bring the arts and
the passion and the beauty of being together listening to
music in this beautiful space with the consequence teme way
that they actually get to meet twenty years ago.
Speaker 1 (10:59):
Okay, that's November twenty third, three o'clock one show only.
Speaker 2 (11:04):
Coow RG and Thinkers are available at the church and
online in the website, okay, and at the.
Speaker 1 (11:09):
Door, And quickly I'm going to say that on February fifteenth,
you got the eight Piano Monster Concert. We don't have
time to talk about it. And then March twenty second,
you have the Piano Quintet Chamber Orchestra with a lot
of very familiar names. Correct, great, great season, very exciting,
very excited, twentieth anniversary.
Speaker 2 (11:29):
Yes, I can wait to go back to practicing.
Speaker 1 (11:34):
Okay, Marcus Flores, thanks so much from Christ by the
Sea United Methodist Church. And that is the Sunday November
twenty third, three o'clock Piano Concert. Thank you, so great
to see you. I'm here, Okay, now we are going
to take a break. I can get my paper separate.
Oh like see when you when you get this heavyweight paper,
(11:56):
it doesn't want to art. I got it. Thanks thanks
for helping, Oscar. Okay, I'm looking for some fresh ideas.
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Speaker 6 (14:00):
A live music's playing, people are dancing and the dance floors.
It's the Sunset Saturday Concert, Fun every for All on
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Now that's the life.
Speaker 1 (14:30):
Ed Boy. We are back with arts plaster on the air,
and I'm talking with Oscar Salas or Oscar Sales as
many people know him from Riverside Theater. He knows every
single thing that's going on over there, and he better
because you're in charge of letting other people know, right,
(14:53):
you're the.
Speaker 3 (14:53):
Marketing d well. It is my hope that I do
know everything, But there is constant motion and constant activity
at the theater, so I'm hoping that all that great
information that is happening at the theater gets out to
the community.
Speaker 1 (15:08):
Well, you do a great job of getting it out there.
Speaker 3 (15:10):
Well, thank you, right, do my best.
Speaker 1 (15:13):
You've been doing it a few years.
Speaker 3 (15:15):
A few years, twenty years. Marcos has been here twenty one.
I've been here for twenty so we go way back,
Marcus and I.
Speaker 1 (15:24):
It's it's to me, honestly, those number, those that those
numbers are just so I don't know, eterial, I mean,
they're just out of how can anything, because I've been
talking to you guys all that time.
Speaker 3 (15:38):
Well, I think it's a testament, and Marcos can probably
I'm hoping he'll concur We live in such an incredibly
supportive community with regards to the.
Speaker 1 (15:47):
Arts, absolutely, and I agree with you completely both.
Speaker 3 (15:51):
And the way they support christ by the Sea and
the museum and the theater and all the art galleries
and the symphony orchestras that play here. It's just tremendous
that the people that work in the arts and trying
to promote the arts feel so much love from the
community for what we do, and so it's wonderful to
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give back the way that we do. Marcus does an
incredible concert series, and I'm excited to hear Mall on
Sunday the twenty third. But it's just incredible that we have.
We feel the passion from the community for what we do,
and we in turn want to give that passion out.
(16:33):
Like what's happening at the theater. You know, you have
me here to talk about Alice in Wonderland Junior, which
happens to be taking place the days before Marcus's concert.
We're having Alice in Wonderland Junior in November twentieth through
the twenty second. Marcus's concert is on Sunday the twenty third,
and Alice in Wonderland Junior has twenty fifty two kids
(16:57):
aged eleven to eighteen, sort of recreating the Disney animated
classic on stage. So it's on the Stark Stage. It's
a big production, huge sets, wonderful costumes. The songs from
the animated movie are part of the show as well.
(17:17):
As I didn't see the twenty ten live movie adaptation
of Alice in Wonderland, but my understanding there are a
couple of songs from that film that are now incorporated
into this show as well. It's a sixty minute show
and it tells the beautiful Lewis Carroll story of little
girl who gets you know, through they're looking out the
(17:40):
rabbit hole, goes down the rabbit hole and finds all
these incredible characters.
Speaker 1 (17:45):
Fifty two. I'm still stuck on that number.
Speaker 3 (17:47):
Fifty two. It's wonderful what Kevin Quillinan, the Director of Education,
has done at Riverside Children a Riverside Theater, the Education
Department and getting all these kids involved and passionate about
the live performing arts. You know, our job is to
not only give the people of the community the great
(18:11):
experiences that we can with regards to the productions, but
it's also fostering the next generation. And Kevin and Emily Olsen,
who you've spoken to is the assistant education director. Both
Kevin and Emily have done a tremendous job of creating
an environment where the kids are just excited to be
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part of learning about the performing arts and actually performing.
Speaker 1 (18:36):
I have a question. Are the fifty two kids all
on stage at one time?
Speaker 3 (18:42):
Sure?
Speaker 1 (18:43):
Okay, I've had kids that were younger like that one time,
a long time ago. I had a hard time corralling too.
What did you, seriously, how do you manage the movements
of fifty two kids.
Speaker 3 (18:59):
Well, that's the brilliance of Kevin and his team to
make sure that the kids are where they need to be.
But you're also dealing with young performers who have a
passion to be in this show. So the great thing
about theater education is that you create a sense of teamwork.
(19:20):
You create a sense of camaraderie. Teamwork, camaraderie is sort
of the same thing. But listen, discipline, and you're all
working towards the same goal of becoming these characters that
you are in the show and promoting that to the audience.
Because again, like we mentioned, very appreciative audiences here in Riverside,
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at not only Riverside, but in Vero Beach, and the
energy that the audience gives to the performer is palpable.
It really is palpable. And the kids take it and
give it back. It's a lot of fun.
Speaker 1 (19:56):
Wow. Okay, how long has Kevin been at the editor
for Kids.
Speaker 3 (20:03):
He and I joke he's been there for nineteen years.
He got there the year after I started, So I
got at Riverside the year after Mark Marco started. So it's,
you know, a chain reaction of Okay.
Speaker 1 (20:16):
My next question, because it involves all of us. Who's
coming up behind you, guys to carry on this? Not
just you, Oscar. I mean, you've got Alan Cornell, You've
got John Moses, I've got a whole team over there.
Is there a kind of backup waiting behind you?
Speaker 3 (20:35):
Well, I'm sure there is. When my time comes and
it's time to get my little lawn chair and sit
at the beach all day, I'm sure that there are
many incredible people who can step in and do an
incredible job, maybe even better job than I.
Speaker 1 (20:57):
Well, that will be leave that to be seen, and
hope I will hope to be here still before you
when you retire. We have one big retirement party.
Speaker 3 (21:08):
Absolutely, I love it.
Speaker 1 (21:10):
Okay. That's Disney's Through the looking Glass Junior.
Speaker 3 (21:15):
Alice in Wonderland Junior.
Speaker 1 (21:16):
No, I haven't eightner for kids Disney Through the looking
Glass Junior.
Speaker 3 (21:21):
It's based on Through the looking Glass, okay, but it's
Alice in Wonderland Junior, and it takes place November twenty
through twenty second. Tickets are ten dollars and there are
fifty two young performers on stage, ages eleven to eighteen
and telling the story. That is a classic, classic Carol
(21:44):
Lewis story.
Speaker 1 (21:46):
Okay, that wasn't really his name, Lewis Carroll yep, I
got it.
Speaker 3 (21:52):
Oh his real name? You mean that was that his
pen name?
Speaker 1 (21:55):
Yes, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson. He was an English mathematician, writer
and logician. Haha, I bet he dealt with fifty two kids,
would no problem?
Speaker 3 (22:08):
Maybe?
Speaker 1 (22:10):
Okay. Jabberwocke, you mean he wrote poems as well, Hunting
of the Snark, Aware, the jabberwock my son.
Speaker 3 (22:17):
Okay, I do know that poem, the Joe.
Speaker 1 (22:19):
Jaws that bite, the clause that catch what a kid's poem?
Speaker 3 (22:24):
Amazing?
Speaker 1 (22:26):
Okay, this is a sixty minute stage adaptation, you said.
Speaker 3 (22:29):
Correct, Lots of music, dancing, beautiful sets, costumes you'll all have.
Everyone will have a tremendous time.
Speaker 1 (22:39):
I've noted here that the music and lyrics are by
some film miller sort I mean, if you're into that
sort of thing. Composers Danny Elfman, Sammy Fain, Bob Hilliard,
and a bunch of others. So that this is this
is a big deal.
Speaker 3 (22:56):
It is a big deal. It's a great it's a
great show, great music. Obviously, classic story and the energy
of the cast on stage will definitely give you a
wonderful experience.
Speaker 1 (23:09):
Okay, before we run out of time, I quickly want
to mention it because I'm promoting getting tickets for Gifts
A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder January, Jesus Christ
Superstar nine to five April April. And then there's the
Wax Slax Bobby Olsen series. You got a couple of
good ones coming there.
Speaker 3 (23:29):
Too, Mauritius in February and almost Maine in March.
Speaker 1 (23:34):
Good think without looking at notes, I have to read
all these. Okay, So we got bundles, we got gift cards,
and we didn't talk about the new chef. We'll do
that next time, oh absolutely? And oh can we give
back backstage access and chores for Christmas?
Speaker 3 (23:50):
Sure you can.
Speaker 1 (23:51):
Okay, we have run out of time without talking about
live and loops still on for the whole season. Sure,
how many's own taking a break.
Speaker 3 (23:58):
Taking a break until.
Speaker 1 (24:00):
Okay, I will thank you Oscar Salas or Oscar Sales
and again Marcos for us, and thanks to you out
there for listening as always join us again next week,
but first listen to arts Plaster on the air. Online,
It's a podcast radio show and Alexis gill All, presented
(24:20):
by a Riverside Theater and Ballet Vero Beach, covering the
arts online and in arts Plast, the free emailed week
the Florida Arts news magazine, and join us again next week.
I'll be here for another edition of arts Plast on
the Air. I'm Willie Miller. Thanks for listening.
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