Suncoast Culture Club

By Suncoast Culture Club

The Suncoast Culture Club podcast is your weekly dose of what’s happening in the performing and visual arts on Florida’s Suncoast, including interviews, reviews, discussions, behind the scene tidbits,... more

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The podcast currently has 118 episodes available.

Suncoast Culture Club episodes:

July 15, 2021 Dr. Jane Hoffman, Principal Flutist for the Pops Orchestra and Instructor of Flute at SCF, Joins the Club
From California to Spain to Florida's Suncoast, from swimmer to skier to flute player, from community music school director to instructor of flute at SCF to principal flutist in the Pops Orchestra, Dr. Jane Hoffman has done it all and even some things in between!
Hear her unconventional journey to the world of flute playing and how she uses all her connections and experiences to enrich the musical lives of so many, including obtaining a grant from the Imre and Vera Hecht Foundation to support the annual "Camping with the Pops" summer camp for area student musicians.
Come along and join the club!

• Dr. Jane Hoffman Facebook & Instagram

• The Pops Orchestra of Bradenton and Sarasota Website & Facebook & Instagram

• State College of Florida Music Program Website & Facebook & Instagram

• Sarasota Opera Website & Facebook & Instagram

• Trader Joe’s Website & Instagram & YouTube

• Aldi Website & Facebook & Instagram & Twitter & YouTube

• Baker and Wife Restaurant Website & Facebook & Instagram

• Lido Key Beach Website

• Marie Selby Botanical Gardens and Historic Spanish Point Website & Facebook & Instagram & Twitter

• Evie’s on the Point Website & Facebook

• Sarasota Orchestra Website & Facebook & Instagram & Twitter & YouTube

• Asolo Repertory Theatre Website & Facebook & Instagram & YouTube
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51min
July 08, 2021 Christine Alexander, Sarasota's Laughter Facilitator, Joins the Club
She may have gotten her start as a founding member of Florida Studio Theatre's Improv Troupe, but that led to Christine Alexander starting her own company called Laugh to Feel Good, through which, using comedy and improvisational skills and games, she runs corporate team building and hosts comedy wellness programs for Parkinson's and cancer patients.
After 20 years on the Suncoast, Christine uses her podcast episode to bid adieu to her beloved Sarasota as she follows her husband to Albany, NY. But don't worry, Christine is reimagining Laugh to Feel Good to reach an even larger audience in the coming days. She's here to tell her story of finding comedy, falling in love with making people laugh, and harnessing the power of laughter for healing and leadership training. All that and more on this week's episode of the Suncoast Culture Club. Come along and join the club!

• Laugh to Feel Good Website & Facebook & Instagram & Twitter & YouTube

• Florida Studio Theatre Website & Facebook & Instagram & YouTube

• The Players Centre for the Performing Arts Website & Facebook & Instagram & YouTube

• Asolo Repertory Theatre Website & Facebook & Instagram & YouTube

• The Suncoast View on ABC-7 Website and Facebook and Instagram and YouTube

• Joey Panek Website and Facebook and Instagram and Twitter

• McCurdy’s Comedy Club Website & Facebook & Instagram & YouTube

• Neuro Challenge Foundation for Parkinson’s Website & Facebook & Instagram & Twitter & YouTube

• Reyna’s Taqueria Website & Facebook & Instagram

• Sunnyside Café Website & Facebook &
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47min
July 01, 2021 Joseph Caulkins, Conductor and Artistic Director of Key Chorale, Joins the Club
He is the recipient of the 2019 Arts Leadership Award for Artistic Achievement for Sarasota County, freelance writer and music critic, author of a new vocal pedagogy text, mountain climber, and conductor and artistic director of Sarasota's symphonic chorus, Key Chorale.

Joseph Caulkins didn't get his start as a singer or choral conductor, but his jazz saxophone major in college wasn't quite working out for him. Hear how his musical journey of choral conducting brought him to the Suncoast of Florida as the musical leader of Key Chorale, his vision that expanded Key Chorale's mission to include music therapy for Parkinson's and Alzheimer's patients, and his new vocal pedagogy book, Developing Choral Sound Through the Warmup.

All that and more on this week's episode of the Suncoast Culture Club podcast. Come along and join the club!

• Joseph Caulkins Website & Facebook & Twitter & YouTube

• Key Chorale Website & Facebook & Instagram & Twitter & YouTube

• Developing Choral Sound Through the Warm-Up Website

• Sarasota Ballet Website & Facebook & Instagram

• Visible Men Academy Website

• Neuro Challenge Foundation for Parkinson’s Website & Facebook & Instagram & Twitter & YouTube

• Circus Arts Conservatory Website & Facebook & Instagram & Twitter & YouTube

• Antoine’s Restaurant Website & Facebook & Instagram

• Mote Marine Website & Facebook & Instagram & Twitter & YouTube

• Big Cat Habitat Website & Facebook

• Marie Selby Botanical Gardens Website & Facebook & Instagram & Twitter

• Two Scoops Ice Cream Website &
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1h 2min
June 24, 2021 Jenny Townsend, President and Owner of the Music Compound, Joins the Club
A fifth generation Sarasotan was working at the Packinghouse Cafe and Leroy Selmon's Restaurant when she noticed that area musicians needed a place to interact, engage, and learn from each other. After several years of research, a business plan was hatched and Jenny Townsend is now in her sixth year of running the Music Compound, a performance-based music school that caters to all ages, any level, and any interest.
Hear her story of entrepreneurship, perseverance, a year of mask making, and all the awesome offerings the Music Compound has for all musicians, young or old!
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• Music Compound Website & Facebook & Instagram

• JR’s Old Packinghouse Café Website & Facebook & Instagram

• Sarasota Orchestra Website & Facebook & Instagram & Twitter & YouTube

• Sarasota Ballet Website & Facebook & Instagram

• First Watch Cafe Website & Facebook & Instagram

• PDQ Website & Facebook & Instagram & Twitter & Snapchat

• Chick-Fil-A Website

• Big Cat Habitat Website & Facebook

• Sky Zone Website & Facebook & Instagram & Twitter & YouTube

• The Bazaar at Apricot and Lime Website & Facebook & Instagram & YouTube

• Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall Website & Facebook & Instagram & YouTube

• Suncoast Blues Society Website & Facebook

• Realize Bradenton Riverwalk Website & Facebook & Instagram &
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46min
June 17, 2021 Ronnie and Avis Romm, Suncoast Music Power Couple, Join the Club
He walked into Music Theory class at Juilliard on day 1, sat next to the prettiest girl in the room, and they have been making beautiful music together for the past 53 years.

In Part II of the Romm Family series, Ronnie Romm, founding and former trumpet player of the Canadian Brass, and wife Avis Romm, collaborative pianist extraordinaire, tell us their stories, share their experiences, brag on their talented sons, and share their love of each other and the Suncoast, living on Siesta Key since 1991...and did I mention Ronnie is the original owner of a 1964 Porsche??? VROOM VROOM!

All that and more on this week's episode of the Suncoast Culture Club.
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• Romm Family Trio Website & Facebook
• Romm Trumpet Academy Website

• Canadian Brass Wikipedia Page

• Dr. Aaron Romm Website & Facebook & Instagram & Twitter & YouTube
• Sun-Young Gemma Shin Website & Facebook & Instagram & YouTube
• Venice Symphony Website & Facebook & Twitter & YouTube

• Siesta Key Beach Website & Facebook & Instagram
• Village Café Website & Facebook

• Café Gabbiano Website & Facebook & Twitter

• State College of Florida Music Program Website & Facebook & Instagram

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1h 4min
June 08, 2021 Rex Willis and Kelly Burnette, Composer and Director of the New Musical "Worthy Souls," Joins the Club
When Rex Willis' son Ryan joined some friends for a "Dumpster Diving" excursion a decade ago, Rex never knew it would lead to him composing his second musical. During the last ten years, Rex's extensive research on homelessness in our area, the real people who experience this plight, and the stories that got them in that situation led him to write a rock opera entitled "Worthy People."

Take a listen to this week's Suncoast Culture Club podcast as we learn about the process of writing, producing, and performing an original musical, as well as the deep passion for this societal issue that Rex has come to champion.

Join Rex Willis as composer and lyricist, Kelly Burnette as director, Logan Martin as music director, Josh Brammer as choreographer, and a cast and crew of State College of Florida alumni, students, and staff as they present a workshop of this decades in the making musical. "Worthy Souls."

Performances are Friday, June 11 and Saturday, June 12 at 7:30 in the SCF Neel Performing Arts Center with food for the SCF Food Pantry being your only expense to enter the show.
All SCF students, staff, and faculty will be admitted to the Neel Performing Arts Center with an SCF ID. All others who wish to attend should email Rex or Kelly at [email protected] or [email protected] to be added to the "Guest List" for admittance.

• State College of Florida Music Program Website & Facebook & Instagram
• SCF Theatre Program Website & Facebook Page & Instagram

• State College of Florida Foundation Website & Facebook & Instagram
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32min
June 03, 2021 Suncoast Music Power Couple, Aaron Romm and Sun-Young Gemma Shin, Join the Club
Well, if your dad was one of the founding trumpet players in the Canadian Brass and your mother is one of the foremost collaborative pianists on the planet, your destiny maybe laid out for you. Oh, while you're at it, why don't you marry this brilliant violin player you went to doctoral school with at the University of Illinois and move to the Suncoast to make beautiful music together all the rest of your days?
Want to hear how Suncoast music power couple Dr. Aaron Romm and Dr. Sun-Young Gemma Shin got started in music, eventually met and fell in love, and now are a staple in the music communities of Bradenton and Sarasota? Tune in to Part I of the two part series on the Romm family's musical gifts to our beloved Suncoast. Truly, a family of musical royalty.
All that and more on this week's episode of the Suncoast Culture Club.
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• Dr. Aaron Romm Website & Facebook & Instagram & Twitter & YouTube

• Aaron Romm Voice Over Website

• Sun-Young Gemma Shin Website & Facebook & Instagram & YouTube

• Romm Family Trio Website & Facebook

• Romm Trumpet Academy Website

• Warburton Trumpets Website & Facebook & Instagram & Twitter & YouTube

• The Pops Orchestra of Bradenton and Sarasota Website & Facebook & Instagram

• Sarasota Orchestra Website & Facebook & Instagram & Twitter & YouTube

• Venice Symphony Website & Facebook & Twitter & YouTube

• Chamber Orchestra of Sarasota Website & Facebook & YouTube

• Jimmy Johns Sandwiches Website & Facebook & Instagram & Twitter & YouTube

• Sung Cho’s Tae Kwon Do
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1h 10min
May 20, 2021 Rick Kerby, Producing Artistic Director of the Florida Cultural Group, Joins the Club
From Kentucky, to New York City, to our beloved Florida Suncoast, Rick Kerby, Producing Artistic Director of the Florida Cultural Group, says his whole life has been a rehearsal for this job.
Take a listen at how the events of 9/11 led him to take the helm of the Manatee Players and learn about their amazing upcoming season of shows.
All that and more on this week's episode of the Suncoast Culture Club podcast.
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• Manatee Performing Arts Center Website & Facebook & Twitter & YouTube

• American Association of Community Theatre Website & Facebook & Twitter

• Realize Bradenton Riverwalk Website & Facebook & Instagram & YouTube

• Primo! Ristorante Website & Facebook
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42min
May 13, 2021 Aimee Blenker, Arts and Culture Manager for the Bradenton Area Convention and Visitors Bureau, Joins the Club
Her ancestors came to Manatee County in 1840 and now she works for the Bradenton Area Convention and Visitors Bureau to support arts and culture in her beloved hometown. Hear Aimee Blenker's story of her life, career, passion for Manatee County, and the many ways she champions the arts people, organizations, and events in her home town (and find out the BEST seafood restaurant in Bradenton!).
All that and more on this week's episode of the Suncoast Culture Club podcast.
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42min
May 06, 2021 Dingbat Theatre Project Joins the Club
What does a creative, imaginative theatre junkie do during a pandemic? Well, establishes a new theatre company on the Suncoast, of course!
Come join the founder of the new Dingbat Theatre Project, Luke McFatrich, and the project's choreographer, Brian Finnerty, as they share with us the mission, philosophy, and purpose of the Dingbat Theatre Project, as well as tell us all about Dingbat's second production, Shrek, being performed at the Bazaar on Apricot & Lime May 6 through May 15.
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• Dingbat Theatre Company Website & Facebook & Instagram

• The Bazaar at Apricot and Lime Website & Facebook & Instagram & YouTube

• Venice Theatre Website & Facebook & Instagram & YouTube & Twitter & Trip Advisor

• The Players Centre for the Performing Arts Website & Facebook & Instagram & YouTube

• Music Compound Website & Facebook & Instagram

• Asolo Repertory Theatre Website & Facebook & Instagram & YouTube

• Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe Website & Facebook & Instagram & YouTube

• Urbanite Theatre Website & Facebook & Instagram & YouTube

• Florida Studio Theatre Website & Facebook & Instagram & YouTube

• Manatee Performing Arts Center Website & Facebook & Twitter & YouTube

• Sarasota Ballet Website & Facebook &
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40min

FAQs about Suncoast Culture Club:

How many episodes does Suncoast Culture Club have?

The podcast currently has 118 episodes available.