ensemblenewSRQ, which plays Studio@620 in St. Petersburg, Florida on December 4, 2018. Credit: ensemblenewSRQ

ensemblenewSRQ, which plays Studio@620 in St. Petersburg, Florida on December 4, 2018. Credit: ensemblenewSRQ


✔️= Critic’s Pick

✔️ Goblin It’s been about four decades since Italian horror film Suspiria established itself as a classic, and Claudio Simonetti’s Goblin wants to mark the occasion by playing the score to Dario Argento’s 1977 film, live, as part of a show that also includes a screening of the film, along with other music. Thom Yorke recently took on the task of soundtracking a 2018 remake of Suspiria, but here’s a chance to witness the very big shoes that the Radiohead frontman had to try to fill. (Orpheum, Ybor City) INFO

✔️ ensembleNEWSRQ presents: Metal, Wind and Wood Vibraphone, oboe and strings demand listeners’ attention when an adventurous Sarasota collective, ensemble​NEWSRQ, visits downtown St. Petersburg for performances of “Sequenza IV” (composed by Italian Luciano Berio), “Omar” and “Arpege” (composed by another Italian, Franco Donatoni) plus works by American composers Kevin Puts and Melinda Wagner. (Studio@620, St. Petersburg) INFO

The Texas Tenors: Deep in the Heart of Christmas Publix plays sponsor as “handsome hombres from the Lone Star State” pay homage to the star of Bethlehem in a Texas-style “go big or go home” concert of carols, hymns, holiday pop songs and beloved Christmas classics. The Straz Center’s Patel Conservatory Youth Choir will also join The Texas Tenors on stage for three songs. (Ferguson Hall at David A. Straz Center for the Performing Arts, Tampa) INFO

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ALSO PLAYING

The Ruth Eckerd Hall Chorus Holiday Concert (Capitol Theatre, Clearwater) INFO

UT Wind Ensemble and Jazz Ensemble (Falk Theatre at University of Tampa, Tampa)  INFO

Jazz Dead Tuesday (The Ale & the Witch, St. Petersburg) INFO

Danfield (Hideaway Café, St. Petersburg) INFO

Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief...