Barcelona Flamenco Ballet and Rodney Marsalis Philadelphia Big Brass to Perform in Fort Myers
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FORT MYERS, Fla. - Floridant -- The Barcelona Flamenco Ballet and The Rodney Marsalis Philadelphia Big Brass will headline the final two concerts of the 76^th season by the Fort Myers Community Concert Association.

Tickets are now on sale for the Barcelona Flamenco Ballet March 3 and The Rodney Marsalis Philadelphia Big Brass March 19. Both performances will be at the Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall on the Florida SouthWestern State College campus in Fort Myers.

"We are so happy to bring these two outstanding performances to Fort Myers to round out our 2026 season," said Community Concert Association President Mary Lee Mann.  "Dance enthusiasts especially will love The Barcelona Flamenco Ballet performing Carmen and everyone will love the big horns of The Rodney Marsalis Philadelphia Big Brass."

The Barcelona Flamenco Ballet addresses the ever-present myth of Carmen in their latest project.  Known for its unique blending of traditional flamenco and ballet concepts with new elements for today's audiences, this recreation of Bizet's Carmen showcases new elements of flamenco that were previously unknown.

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The Rodney Marsalis Philadelphia Big Brass is internationally acclaimed for bringing the joyous experience of great music.  The group breaks the usual barriers between genres playing everything from Handel and Sousa to New Orleans traditional.  The ensemble is composed of some of America's top brass musicians, who have appeared on the world's most prominent stages and performed with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and the Boston Brass.

Tickets may be purchased at the Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall box office at 239-481-4849 or online at www.bbmannpah.com. Prices are $55 for orchestra and mezzanine seats, $35 for lower balcony seats and $25 for upper balcony seats.  Both performances begin at 7:30 p.m.

The Fort Myers Community Concert Association, now in its 76th concert season, is an all-volunteer not-for-profit organization founded by the legendary Barbara B. Mann in 1949 to bring world-class entertainment to Southwest Florida at affordable prices.  The association consists of more than 1,200 members, underwriters and sponsors.  Performers brought to Fort Myers in the past by the association include The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Art National Symphony, Violin Virtuoso Itzhak Perlman, Cleveland Orchestra, Vienna Boys Choir, Pianist Andre Watts, Violinist Joshua Bell with the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields and many others. For membership information, visit www.fortmyerscommunityconcerts.org or email MLMannConcerts@aol.com.

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