Black Violin
FIM Master
For nearly two decades, Black Violin has been merging string arrangements with modern beats and vocals and building bridges in communities along the way. Members Kev Marcus and Wil Baptiste were classically trained on the violin and viola through their high school and college careers. Post-college, they reconvened to produce beats for South Florida rappers and began building an audience in local clubs. Black Violin’s 2019 album release, Take the Stairs, earned a Grammy Award nomination for “Best Contemporary Instrumental Album”. The band also recently received their second ever Grammy Award nomination in collaboration with The Blind Boys of Alabama.
Institute: FIM Capitol Theatre. Event Type: Music.
Saturday, May 10, 2025, 8:00 PM – 9:30 PM.
For more info visit thefim.org. Faculty Concert
FIM Master
Let's Go Dancing
Michele LaNoue, clarinet
The FSPA Faculty Concerts are free to attend, but a one-time registration is required. Once registered, you'll receive a wallet-sized pass that will serve as your ticket to all six concerts in this series throughout the season.
For more information or to register for your pass, visit tickets.thefim.org or call FIM Ticket Center at 810-237-7333.
Institute: FIM MacArthur Recital Hall. Event Type: Free. Music.
Friday, May 16, 2025, 7:00 PM – 8:15 PM.
Life, Death and Mozart: A Little Night Music and Requiem
FIM Master
Flint Symphony Orchestra
Enrique Diemecke, music director & conductor
Flint Symphony Chorus,Nada Radakovich & Jeffrey Walker, co-directors
Shayla Hottinger Powell, soprano
Abigail Kasenow, mezzo-soprano
Nicholas Music, tenor
Benton DeGroot, baritone
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,
Overture to Don Giovanni, K. 527
Eine kleine Nachtmusik, K. 525 (A Little Night Music)
Requiem, K. 626
The Flint Symphony Chorus joins FSO for this concert of masterworks that pays homage to one of the most celebrated composers in history. In the final performance of the season, the combined ensembles will render the last piece Mozart ever composed — or nearly. After his death at 35, the piece was completed by one of his peers. A funeral rite for the dead, Mozart’s Requiem is also a representation of vitality, the young composer having given life to the piece with his final breaths. The Overture to Don Giovanni, which opens the concert, nods to the great success of Mozart’s work during his lifetime, and the final seren…
Institute: FIM Whiting Auditorium. Event Type: Music.
Saturday, May 17, 2025, 7:30 PM – 10:00 PM.
For more info visit tickets.thefim.org. Flint Art Fair
Institute: Campus-Wide Event. Event Type: Art. Special Event.
Saturday, June 14, 2025 – Sunday, June 15, 2025.
Tina - The Tina Turner Musical
FIM Master
Experience Tina Turner’s triumphant story live on Broadway at the exhilarating, undeniable megahit: Tina - The Tina Turner Musical.
An uplifting comeback story like no other, Tina – The Tina Turner Musical is the inspiring journey of a woman who broke barriers and became the Queen of Rock n’ Roll. Set to the pulse-pounding soundtrack of her most beloved hits, this electrifying sensation will send you soaring to the rafters.
One of the world’s best-selling artists of all time, Tina Turner won 12 Grammy Awards and her live shows were seen by millions, with more concert tickets sold than any other solo performer in music history.
Featuring her much loved songs, Tina – The Tina Turner Musical is written by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Katori Hall, and was called “a celebration of triumph over adversity. This is as good as it gets,” by The Guardian.
Age recommendation: for ages 14+
Runtime: Approximately 2 hours and 40 minutes
Includes intermission
Contains strong language including racism, adult t…
Institute: FIM Whiting Auditorium. Event Type: Broadway. Music.
Sunday, June 22, 2025, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM.
For more info visit tickets.thefim.org.