Family Fest The Ocean Lives There

This concert brings together South Florida music and literature for a family-friendly exploration of tropical culture. Following a statewide call for artists in the summer of 2022, the Greater Miami Youth Symphony and Arsht Center commissioned Broward County composer Ethan Soledad to write a piece inspired by Haitian-born Miami author M.J. Fievre’s picture book The Ocean Lives There. A beautifully illustrated story about a little girl’s dreams of her Haitian homeland, The Ocean Lives There will come to life in Greater Miami Youth Symphony’s world premiere performance of Soledad’s vibrant composition.