The March issue of City & Shore PRIME begins on a high note, with an exclusive conversation with soprano Renée Fleming on the eve of her appearances this weekend at the Festival of the Arts Boca, https://www.qgdigitalpublishing.com/publication/?i=816451
Fleming spoke with us just after the telecast of the 46th Kennedy Center Honors in December, in which she was among five honorees — with Dionne Warwick, Queen Latifah, Barry Gibb and Billy Crystal — celebrated for their enduring contributions to American culture.
Her more recent collaborations with the scientific and medical communities investigating and espousing the healing power of music — indeed, her international championing of its acceptance as a clinical therapy — have developed into a side-by-side symbiosis with her musical career. Such is the case when she performs a recital at Festival of the Arts Boca on March 3 and returns the following night to host a presentation and panel discussion with local health practitioners titled, “Music and Mind.”
“She uses her voice to call out for change, helping us understand the intersection of music, health and neuroscience,” said actress Sigourney Weaver in a presentation honoring Fleming’s non-diva accomplishments. “It all springs from that amazing voice.”
About her upcoming performance in Boca Raton, Fleming says, “The audiences in Florida and especially southern Florida are reminiscent of the audiences in New York and the major Eastern capitals. So I feel like I’m at home.”
Also close to home in this issue, we’ll meet five remarkable women History Fort Lauderdale will honor this month as Broward County Women Trailblazers; look back on 40 years at SunFest, “the world’s largest waterfront arts and music celebration,” in West Palm Beach; recommend some old world wines that are a delicious detour from the same-old and listen to readers who sound off loud and clear about the rise of noise in South Florida restaurants.
All this and much more in the March issue of City & Shore PRIME, now in print, online and digital, https://www.qgdigitalpublishing.com/publication/?i=816451
