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DRANOFF 2 PIANO FUSION PRESENTS

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PIANO SLAM 2025 THEME
Music of my past … Sounds of the future
Classical, hip-hop, Spoken Word mashup
featuring Miami’s top young poets


April 23, 2025

Adrienne Arsht Center
Knight Concert Hall

Get ready for
PIANO SLAM 2025

For Teachers

All the rules and opportunities for your students to enter and win the PIANO SLAM poetry competition, and Music & Arts integrated classroom activities.

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PIANO SLAM 2025 composition

Bachanale
By Robert Xavier Rodriguez

Rodriguez has served as Composer-in-Residence of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, the Dallas Symphony, the San Antonio Symphony, among others. He currently holds the endowed chair of University Professor of Music at The University of Texas at Dallas. His composition for two pianos, “Bachanale”, was commissioned by the Dranoff 2 Piano Foundation for the 7th International Two Piano Competition.

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Bachanale I - Robert Xavier Rodriguez
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Bachanale II - Robert Xavier Rodriguez
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Bachanale III - Robert Xavier Rodriguez
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For Students
PIANO SLAM 2025 Competition
FOUR $1,000 1st prizes!

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Hear the music.
Write a poem.
Win cash!

Be the number one poet in Miami-Dade and the number one writer in every class.

PIANO SLAM is a classical performance and education program and annual poetry competition which brings live classical performances to classrooms and uses music and arts-integrated curriculum as a tools for students to learn core subjects in public middle and high schools.

 

PIANO SLAM is a program of The Murray Dranoff Foundation, Inc., dba Dranoff 2 Piano Fusion, a 501(c)(3) tax exempt charitable organization. Donations to 501(c)(3) nonprofits are tax-deductible.

Inspire. Empower. Create.

Piano Slam utilizes music as a tool and inspiration to give
our youth a voice through artistic expression.

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Inspire. Empower. Create.

PIANO SLAM utilizes music as a tool and inspiration to give our youth a voice through artistic expression.

Experience the

PIANO SLAM 2024 Finals

Performed at The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts

Sponsors

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All PIANO SLAM school concerts are in celebration of the life of Elvira Dopico in Miami Dade Public Schools and the world of music.

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