Seventy Students from the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami Take the Stage to Perform at a Sold-Out Concert in Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center

The Frost Symphony Orchestra, Under the Direction of Gerard Schwarz, Played "San Juan Hill: A New York Story," Composed by Frost School Professor Etienne Charles, Presented as Part of the Legacies of San Juan Hill Festival at Lincoln Center

CORAL GABLES, Fla., Oct. 24, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- In a testament to the excellence of the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami and the Frost Symphony Orchestra, 70 Frost School students traveled from Miami to New York City to perform "San Juan Hill: A New York Story," with Etienne Charles & Creole Soul, under the direction of Frost Symphony Orchestra Director Gerard Schwarz, to a sold-out crowd in Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center, on Thurs., Oct. 23. Composed by Frost School Professor Etienne Charles, "San Juan Hill: A New York Story" commemorates the people and cultures of San Juan Hill, the neighborhood that once filled the area where Lincoln Center is now located. The work was commissioned by Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts for the New York Philharmonic to celebrate the reopening of David Geffen Hall in 2022. Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts is presenting the second performance of "San Juan Hill: A New York Story" as one of the central events of the Legacies of San Juan Hill Festival, which is aimed at celebrating the artistic legacy of this historic neighborhood with a multi-day festival of live performance, film, and interactive events that shine a light on the artists who created there and the community that inspired them.