COMMUNITY CONCERT ASSOCIATION BOARD
ANNOUNCES SERIES UNDERWRITER
The Fort Myers Community Concert Association, Inc., Board of Directors has announced that Sanibel Captiva Community Bank has agreed to be the underwriter of the entire 2026 concert season.
“Sanibel Captiva Community Bank has been a wonderful supporter of the Community Concert Association for many years and we are happy to welcome them again as the series sponsor for 2026,” said Community Concert Association President Mary Lee Mann.
Program sponsors include Ellie Fox of South Fort Myers, Raymond James Fort Myers office, and Ron and Anne Peck of South Fort Myers.
The announcements were made at the fall meeting of the Community Concert Association Board November 2 sponsored by FineMark National Bank & Trust Co. and Fran Fenning.
Mary Lee Mann reported to the Board that series tickets are still available for this year’s 76th season that begins in January with five concerts:
● Orchestra Manhattan – January 22, 2026. The newly formed Orchestra Manhattan is an all-star ensemble of musicians from the New York-New Jersey area. They spent the 2024-25 season playing Carnegie Hall and continue their musical journey under the direction of Conductor Oliver von Dohnanyi. Joining the performance will be piano soloist Elisabeth Pion;
● Orpheus Chamber Orchestra – January 29, 2026. The Orpheus Chamber Orchestra was created in 1972 and made Carnegie Hall its home within its first decade. It quickly became a global sensation through tours of Europe and Asia. Their catalog of recordings includes more than 70 albums of chamber music, including Haydn symphonies, Mozart concertos, and 20th Century music by Stravinsky, Schoenberg, Ravel and Bartok.
● Three Italian Tenors – February 24, 2026. Direct from Rome, Italy, the Three Italian Tenors will present the most famously beloved Italian opera arias and songs in their first ever North American concert tour. Tenors Giovanni Maria Palmia, Ugo Tarquini and Alessandro Fantoni will be accompanied by Fabrizio Mocata on piano,
● Barcelona Flamenco Ballet – “Carmen” – March 3, 2026. The Barcelona Flamenco Ballet addresses the ever-present myth of Carmen in their latest project. Known for its unique blending of traditional flamenco and ballet concepts with new elements for today’s audiences, this recreation of Bizet’s Carmen showcases new elements of flamenco that were previously unknown.
● Rodney Marsalis Philadelphia Big Brass – March 19, 2026. The Rodney Marsalis Philadelphia Big Brass is internationally acclaimed for bringing the joyous experience of great music. The group breaks the usual barriers between genres playing everything from Handel and Sousa to New Orleans traditional. The ensemble is composed of some of America’s top brass musicians, who have appeared on the world’s most prominent stages and performed with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and the Boston Brass.
The five performances all begin at 7:30 p.m. at the Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall on the Florida SouthWestern campus.
Tickets for the five-concert series range from $165 for prime orchestra and mezzanine seats to $155 for other orchestra and mezzanine seats, $85 for lower balcony seating and just $65 for upper balcony. There is limited $165 orchestra seating still available, Mann said.
For membership information, visit www.fortmyerscommunityconcerts.org or email [email protected]. Tickets for individual performances go on sale December 1 at the Barbara B. Mann box office.
The Fort Myers Community Concert Association, now in its 76th concert season, is an all-volunteer not-for-profit organization founded by the legendary Barbara B. Mann in 1949 to bring world-class entertainment to Southwest Florida at affordable prices. The association consists of more than 1,200 members, underwriters and sponsors. Performers brought to Fort Myers in the past by the association include The Israel Ballet, Violin Virtuoso Itzhak Perlman, Cleveland Orchestra, Vienna Boys Choir, Pianist Andre Watts, Violinist Joshua Bell with the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields and many others.