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3 top picks on the Tampa Bay arts scene for April Maggie Duffy, Tampa Bay Times © Luis Santana/Times Members of the Florida Orchestra perform their first concert since the pandemic shut down their live performances for months at the Mahaffey Theater in St. Petersburg in October. Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg Spring brings new exhibitions to the museum. Opening April 10, “Antioch Reclaimed: Ancient Mosaics at the MFA” features five restored mosaics from the second to fifth centuries from the museum’s collection. The exhibition includes details about the 1930s ex...

ST. PETERSBURG — One year after the coronavirus brought our world to a standstill, The Florida Orchestra has hit a milestone filled with hope: TFO has now performed more than 50 concerts for live audiences at the Mahaffey Theater since October, all following CDC guidelines for health and safety. To pause and reflect as the Tampa Bay community continues to heal, the orchestra will perform “Serenity,” a concert instilled with precious moments of beauty and peace, set for Saturday and Sunday, March 13 and 14, with Michael Francis, music director, conducting. “We have experien...

ST. PETERSBURG — The Florida Orchestra recently announced a full schedule of concerts for the third and final phase of its reimagined 2020-21 season running mid-February through May. After a successful return to the stage in October, the orchestra will continue to offer concerts for a live audience ranging from Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto to Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue exclusively at the Mahaffey Theater in St. Petersburg following CDC guidelines for health and safety. TFO also will continue to offer live-stream and on-demand video for free so everyone has access to the music...

– This year, plans are in the works to bring the orchestra to Lake Placid July 7 through Aug. 15. “We have the six Park Concerts slated for Wednesdays beginning with July 7 and are planning six Sunday concerts at the LPCA on Sunday evenings,” Deborah Fitts, executive director, said. “We also plan to perform in the ballroom at the Hotel Saranac on July 22. This said, we are simultaneously preparing alternative programs and venues if there are restrictions on size of audience or how many musicians we can have perform together at one time. “We’re expecting that we will have to be...