The Frost School of Music’s Choral Studies Program will present a Treasures of the Baroque concert on Saturday, April 10 at 8 p.m. at St. Thomas Episcopal Church, 5690 North Kendall Drive, Coral Gables.

The concert will include the Eastern United States premiere performance of Marc-Antoine Charpentier’s Dies Irae (Prose des Morts), newly edited by John Powell. This setting of the most dramatic of all the liturgical texts (the Sequence in the Requiem Mass) reflects the height of French Baroque style. For double choir, double strings, flutes, and seven soloists, the work has a wide range of sonorities and colors. Powell, of the University of Tulsa, will speak about the work at the concert.

Also on the program are Bach’s organ chorale prelude Valet ich dir gegeben BWV 735, the Alleluia from Bach’s motet, Lobet den Herrn meine Seele, and several favorite arias and instrumental works that are true Treasures of the Baroque.

Artists include Donald Oglesby, conductor of the University of Miami Collegium Musicum and
 Miami Bach Society Chamber Orchestra; Robert Heath, organ; Rebecca Duren, soprano; Karen Neal, soprano; Tony Boutté, tenor and haute-contre; Jeremy Zglobicki, haute-contre; Jonathan Angress, tenor; Jeb Mueller, baritone; and Lloyd Reshard, baritone.

The cost for advance tickets is $30 general admission, $40 preferred; tickets will cost $5 more at the door. Students up to and including 18 years of age are free. Admission for college and graduate students  is $5.

For more information, please contact the UM Choral Studies Program at 305-284-4162, via e-mail at [email protected], or on the Web at www.music.miami.edu/choralstudies.

On Saturday, April 10 the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida will host the Coral Gables Wine and Food Festival, presented by GREY GOOSE® vodka, MARTINI® vermouth, Premier Beverage Company, and Mercedes-Benz of Coral Gables. The event will benefit the University of Miami’s International Bronchitis Center within the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine and the American Lung Association.

Join honorary chairman Marc Buoniconti, Development Advisor for the International Bronchitis Center and President of The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, at this sampling of culinary creations from more than 30 of South Florida’s most exclusive dining destinations. The festival will be held on “restaurant row” in historic Coral Gables (100 block of Giralda Avenue). The VIP Reception begins at 6 p.m. and the street festival kicks off at 7:30 p.m. Tickets for regular admission are $50; VIP tickets are $150. New to the festival this year is the Grey Goose® Lounge and the MARTINI® Terrazza offering an unparalleled sampling experience.

For tickets, call 1-800-LUNG-USA or visit the Web site at www.coralgableswineandfood.com.

Join others on Saturday, April 10 at 10:30 a.m. for the International March to Stop Rape, Sexual Assault, and Gender Violence, at the University Center Rock. The march welcomes male and female students, faculty, and staff, who will walk a short distance in high heels. This important event promotes education, awareness, and prevention of rape, sexual assault, gender violence, and relationship/domestic violence. There will be a speaker and live entertainment immediately following the march. Register at the Counseling Center or any Residential College today. There is a $5 registration fee, which includes a t-shirt, high heels for the men, and refreshments. View and print a flyer here.

Enjoy an unforgettable experience as you cruise aboard the 40-foot John E. Pearson barge through the beautiful aquatic passages of Coral Gables. During the two-hour tour, which will place Sunday, April 10, at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m., local experts Peter Hairston and UM professor Robert Ginsburg will reveal the geological and human history of this picturesque area. Formed on a ‘sea of pearls,’ the bridges and waterways of this outflow of Biscayne Bay have helped to shape our community. Hairston and Ginsburg will offer anecdotes about William Jennings Byrant selling parcels of land aboard a barge, point out George Merrick-inspired overpasses, share facts about the manatees that winter in the region’s warm waters, and more. Sponsored by the Dade Heritage Trust, The Waterway Renaissance Project, Shake-A-Leg Miami, and the Ocean Research and Education Foundation, the tour will depart from a slip at 200 Edgewater Drive, Coral Gables (please carpool!). Space is limited to 30; reservations required. Admission is $35 per person. For more information or to make reservations, please call 305-359-9572 or visit www.dadeheritagetrust.org or www.waterwayrenaissance.org.

Relive the greatest era of feel-good dance music of the ’80s and ’90s as the world’s most famous freestyle performers come together for one spectacular night on Saturday, April 10 at 8 p.m. at BankUnited Center. The Kings and Queens of Freestyle lineup features legendary music icons Stevie B (Spring Love, Party Your Body, Dreamin Of Love, Because I love You), TKA Originals (Louder Than Love, Tears May Fall, X Ray Vision, Give Your Love To Me), Johnny O (Fantasy Girl, Highways Of Love, Memories, Dreamboy/Dreamgirl), Freestyle Evolution (Don’t Stop The Rock, It’s Automatic, Party Has Begun), C&C Music Factory (Gonna Make You Sweat, Thing’s That Make You Go Hmmm), Nice-N-Wild (Diamond Girl), & More (You’ll Never Find Another Love, Materialistic Girl), Trinere (I’ll Be All You Ever Need, I Know You Love Me, Can’t Get Enough, They’re Playing Our Song), Rockell (In A Dream, When I’m Gone), Debbie Deb (Lookout Weekend), Giggles (Love Letter, Come To Me), Lisette Melendez (Together Forever, A Day In My Life Without You), and Nyasia (Who’s Got Your Love, Now And Forever), plus DJs Mickey Garcia and Ciro LLerena. As an added attraction, Power 96’s DJ Laz In The Morning will be in the house to join the party.

Tickets start at just $28.75 for University of Miami employees, including parking and facility fee, and are available at Ticketmaster.com, the BankUnited Center Box Office, or by calling 1-800-745-3000. Use the OFFER Code DANCE to save $5 off each ticket. Offer expires April 9 at 10 p.m.