Soundbox: a playground for musician curators, a catalyst for the worldstage.

Soundbox Ventures presents exceptional programming that tells the stories of our collective past and present through music. Connecting musicians, composers, and audiences through the Soundbox Fellowship Program, our season program of festivals and residencies highlights our commitment to nurturing the next generation of artist-curators.

Our 2026-27 season concerts will be announced shortly!

— WHAT WE DO

Soundbox Fellowship Program: for artists & audiences

Our season programming is anchored by the Soundbox Fellowship Program, which occurs three to four times year-round. Each program is a mini-festival which includes various offerings detailed below.

Upcoming Program Dates

  • This new artistic leadership workshop equips emerging composers with essential pedagogical, advocacy, and collaborative skills, with one standout participant selected to join a future Soundbox program in a resident faculty or administrative role. Structured around an intimate composition and recording residency, the program focuses on building and strengthening artistic partnerships between composers and performers. Through hands-on rehearsal coaching, seminars, and collaborative discussions, participants develop practical confidence in their communication, teaching, and artistic leadership.

    Click here to learn more and apply.

  • This residency focuses on the essential exercise of composing a short chamber music work for an assigned instrumentation. All participants receive a professional video and audio recording of their work after the workshop.

  • This initiative produces a professional, live video recording of composers’ works for university, conservatory, festival, and competition applications. Composers have an opportunity to record a work at a fraction of the cost without attending a residency.

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Performances

Concerts are presented at St. Boniface Episcopal Church, our musical home, and other venues in Sarasota County through our community partners. Most concerts are ticketed and recorded for archival purposes. Programs explore important artistic and philosophical questions and issues, touching on music’s ability to bear witness to history and to tell stories from all walks of life.

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Lectures & Workshops

Composers and musicians at the Soundbox Fellowship Program engage in discussions about various musical and philosophical issues. Some seminars are presented to the public in partnership with the Sarasota Music Archive at Selby Library’s Geldbart Auditorium.

Workshops in which composers and resident musicians rehearse, experiment, and create new music are at the heart of Soundbox Fellowship Program for Composers. Audiences are invited to select workshops to observe this dynamic and exciting process.

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Residencies

Artists are brought together from all over the world in Sarasota, Florida, where Soundbox Ventures programs are based. Artists and audiences have the opportunity to tour internationally, bringing the Soundbox Fellowship Program festival to a wider audience and encouraging conversations about music from around the world. In line with our mission to build a community of curious artists, composers, and audiences, these residency programs ensure the incredibly high quality of performances and recordings that define Soundbox artistry.

— PROGRAMS & INITIATIVES

PERFORMANCE

Beethoven in the Home

Nine concerts exploring all nine Beethoven symphonies arranged for violin and piano as published by Edition Peters in the 1880s reveal the lost culture of music-making in the home before the age of recordings. Presented by violinist Max Tan and pianist TianYi Li, this program has presented three symphonies thus far at Plymouth Harbor on Sarasota Bay.

LECTURES · PARTNERSHIP

Sarasota Music Archive

Resident faculty artists at the Soundbox Fellowship Program present lectures, discussions, open rehearsals and workshops in partnership with the Sarasota Music Archive. Taking place at Selby Library’s Geldbart Auditorium, topics explored include the issues relating to interpretation in consultation with music manuscripts and historical recordings.

RESIDENCY

Soundbox Fellowship Program for Composers

Composers participate in a multi-day residency, receiving intense mentorship from resident faculty and recording a new chamber music work.

RECORDING SERVICE

Composer Prescreening/Portfolio Recording Initiative (CPRI)

This initiative produces a professional, live video recording of composers’ works for university, conservatory, festival, and competition applications. Composers have an opportunity to record a work at a fraction of the cost without attending a residency.

RESIDENCY

Soundbox Fellowship Program for Performers

Performers participate in a multi-day residency, receiving intense mentorship from resident faculty about intense competition and audition preparation for both solo, chamber music, and orchestra oriented careers.

RESIDENCY · TOUR

Soundbox Fellowship Program in Shanghai: International Summer Music Festival and Camp

Composers, musicians, singers, and arts administrators from the North America, Asia, Europe, and Oceania converge in Shanghai’s suburb of Qingpu for the Soundbox Fellowship Program hosted by YueJi Academy in China.

Upcoming Events

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Tickets will become available starting in mid-October. Click on each event for more details.

Catalyzing the future of musical culture and fostering a new generation of artist-advocates

Soundbox Ventures strives to build a new generation of music lovers and advocates by organizing artist residencies and concerts that focus on making the artistic process accessible. Our home base is in Sarasota, FL, but our reach is global!

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