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The EMIT series is dedicated to the presentation of adventurous music. EMIT has partnered with the Subtropics New Music Festival, Studioat620, The Florida Orchestra, BONK, Al Downing Tampa Bay Jazz Association, The Gulf Coast Art Museum, New College-USF, The Palladium Theatre, SPIFFS, Salvador Dali Museum, WMNF-FM, Leepa-Rattner Museum, Subtropics New Music Festival, C.O.R.E., St. Petersburg College, Eckerd College and private galleries and businesses to present concerts of innovative and adventurous music. 

Excerpts of our concert history follow:


11/17/95 - SHIM at the Salvador Dali Museum

3/19/96 - ROVA Saxophone Quartet & SHIM at the Salvador Dali Museum

4/12/96 - Davey Williams, Luc Hautkamp, Philip Gelb & SHIM at the Salvador Dali Museum

7/30/96 - Ken Filiano & SHIM at the Salvador Dali Museum

9/27/96 - Joe McPhee, Philip Gelb & SHIM at the Arts Center

11/8/96 - Sam Rivers Trio & SHIM at the Salvador Dali Museum

2/7/97 - Birdsongs of the Mesozoic with David Greenberger at the Salvador Dali Museum

3/14/97 - The Shaking Ray Levis & SHIM at the Salvador Dali Museum

4/11/97 - Luc Hautkamp, Abbey Rader & SHIM at the Salvador Dali Museum

5/8/97 - Melted Men at the Salvador Dali Museum

10/24/97 - Jill Burton at the Salvador Dali Museum

11/17/97 - Eugene Chadbourne & The Insect & Western Party at the Salvador Dali Museum

11/22/97 - Sam Rivers Trio at the Salvador Dali Museum

12/12/97 - LaDonna Smith at the Salvador Dali Museum, clinic at Eckerd College 

1/16/98 - Annie Gosfield & Roger Kleier at the Salvador Dali Museum

2/13/98 - Ned Rothenberg & SHIM at the Salvador Dali Museum

3/27/98 - Amy Denio at the Salvador Dali Museum

4/27/98 - Day & Taxi at the Salvador Dali Museum

4/30/98 - SHIM at the Red Star in Ybor City

5/25/98 - Gerry Hemingway Quartet at the Salvador Dali Museum

6/19/98 - Gustavo Matamoros, Drew Krause & SHIM at the Salvador Dali Museum

9/20/98 - Pamela Z at the Salvador Dali Museum

10/12/98 - John Lindberg & SHIM at the Salvador Dali Museum

11/6/98 - Billy Bang & Abbey Rader at the Salvador Dali Museum

11/7/98 - Billy Bang & Abbey Rader at the Red Star

12/4/98 - Neil Leonard & SHIM at the Salvador Dali Museum

1/9/99 - EMIT Avant-A-Thon with Sir Millard Mulch, Destination Out & SHIM at the Fusion Gallery

1/22/99 - Philip Gelb & Chris Brown at the Salvador Dali Museum

2/12/99 - Saturnalia String Trio with Daniel Carter at the Salvador Dali Museum

2/12/99 - Tim Berne & Mike Formanek at the Décor8 Gallery

3/12/99 - Derek Bailey & SHIM at the Salvador Dali Museum

5/6/99 - Glass Orchestra at the Salvador Dali Museum

5/9/99 - SHIM at the Atomic Age Cafe in Ybor City

9/16/99 - Other Dimensions in Music at Eckerd College

10/1/99 - Jon Rose at the Fusion Gallery

1/28/2000 - Eugene Chadbourne & SHIM at Budious Maximus

2/23/2000 - Ken Vandermark & DVK at Budious Maximus

3/3/2000 - Peter Kowald at the Gulf Coast Museum

3/29/2000 - SHIM at the Globe Coffeehouse

4/7/2000 - John Lindberg at the Fusion Gallery

6/16/2000 - Johannes Bauer & Fred Van Hove at the Palladium Theater

7/10/2000 - Gustavo Matamoros & David Manson at the Fusion Gallery

12/3/2000 - Handshake Squad & SHIM at Eckerd College

1/12/2001 - Amy Denio at the Gulf Coast Museum

1/13/2001 - Amy Denio at Budious Maximus

1/30/2001 - Dave Douglas with Charms of the Night Sky & SHIM at Club More

2/28/2001 - USF Percussion Ensemble with Robert McCormick at the SPC Music Center

3/1/2001 - Odd Appetite (Ha-Yang Kim, Nathan Davis, David Manson) at The Lobby

4/16/2001 - Evan Parker & Sam Rivers at The Lobby

4/17/2001 - Sam Ashley & Jens Brands at the Gulf Coast Museum

5/25/2001 - Marco Eneidi Trio at the Center of Radical Empowerment

9/21/2001 - David Liebman & Abbey Rader at the Gulf Coast Museum

10/1/2001 - Bogus Pomp at The Lobby

11/5/2001 - Vinny Golia, Scott Fields & Toshi Makihari at The Lobby

11/19/2001 - Stefan Poetzch & Ha-Yang Kim at The Lobby

12/1/2001 -EMIT Avant-A-Thon with Lumena, David Manson, SHIM & Dahlia at Central Stage

1/12/2002 - Avant-A-Thon with Dub Gabriel, Trace Elements, Neshilo & SHIM at Central Stage

3/25/2002 - Holland Hopkins & Thomas Judson at St. Petersburg College

4/27/2002 - Destination Out, Bradley Moorewood at the Leepa-Rattner Museum

8/22/2002 - Jonathan Powell, Yayoi Ikawa & David Manson at St. Petersburg College

9/26/2002 - Sam Rivers Trio at the Palladium Theater

10/12/2002 - Charlie Kohlhase & Scott Barnum at Arts Center

11/14/2002 - Gerry Hemingway, John Lindberg & Frank Gratkowski at the Salvador Dali Museum

1/9/2003 - Moving Current Dance Collective at the Palladium Theater

3/27/2003 - Molr Drammaz at Café Adagio

4/12/2003 - Ayako Kato & Jason Roebke at the Gulf Coast Museum

5/1/2003 - Nexus/Plexus at T.W. Curtis Gallery

7/1/2003 - Fluid Motion w. Sam Rivers at the Palladium Theater

9/30/2003 - Tom Heasley, Moving Current Dance Collective, PoOg, at the Palladium Theater

2/6/2004 - ROVA Saxophone Quartet at the Salvador Dali Museum

3/27/2004 - Bogus Pomp Acoustic Band at the Palladium Theater

5/2/2004 - Steven Bernstein and the Sex Mob at The Lobby

5/15/2004 - Gabriela Frank at St. Petersburg College

6/10/2004 - Norman Teale, Anoikis, Leissa Pasut & If/Then at the Palladium Theater

7/24/2004 - O Som Do Jazz, Treehorn, The Ugly Sound of Music at The Green Room

10/2/2004 - Tone Road Ramblers at St. Petersburg College

1/15/2005 - Jazz Brasil with Haroldo Mauro & O Som Do Jazz at St. Petersburg College

2/2/2005 - Philip Gelb at Studio at 620

2/22/2005 - Han Bennink & Eugene Chadbourne at the Salvador Dali Museum

3/5/2005 - Dionisio Martinez, David Manson, Oluyemi & Ijeoma Thomas at Studio at 620

4/30/2005 - Avant-A-Thon with PoOg, Loud Zoo & Vonn New at Sacred Lands

5/15/2005 - Beat Circus at the Salvador Dali Museum

7/24/2005 - Jim Donovan at Java Junction

12/31/2005 - Lights On Tampa in downtown Tampa

2/15/2006 - Brisa Do Brasil at the Studio at 620

2/25/2006 - What We Live at the Salvador Dali Museum

4/4/2006 - Gustavo Matamoros & Charles Recher at Studio at 620

4/21/2006 - SHIM at the Salvador Dali Museum

6/23/2006 - Pauline Oliveros & Ione at the Studio at 620

6/24/2006 - Ringing for Healing with Pauline Oliveros & Ione in downtown Tampa

7/29/2006 - Haroldo Mauro & O Som Do Jazz at St. Petersburg College

8/19/2006 - BrasilArts Festival at the Studio at 620

10/7/2006 - Matthew Shipp at St. Petersburg College

11/4/2006 - The Artistry of Stan Kenton with the Dan McMillion Jazz Orchestra at St. Petersburg College

12/13/2006 - Hadar Ensemble with the USF Percussion at St. Petersburg College

12/13/2006 - O Som Do Jazz at First Night St. Petersburg

3/10/2007 - Jazz Brasil with the Jovino Santos Neto Quinteto and O Som Do Jazz at the Palladium Theater

6/22/2007 - Brasil Arts Festival with Volta au Mundo, O Som Do Jazz and more at the Studio@620

9/29/2007 - Only A Mother... with Jimmy Carl Black, Eugene Chadbourne & Bogus Pomp at the State Theater

10/7/2007 - Matthew Shipp at the SPC Music Center

3/1/2008 - The Rudresh Mahanthappa Quartet at the SPC Music Center

3/28/2008 - The Sam Rivers Quartet at the Hickman Theater in Gulfport

6/22/2008 - Brasil Arts Festival with Volta au Mundo, O Som Do Jazz and more at NOVA 535

7/18/2008 - O Som Do Jazz at the Salvador Dali Museum

7/27/2008 - O Som Do Jazz at the Catherine Hickman Theatre in Gulfport

8/27/2008 - Jazz in the Schools with Butch Thomas & David Manson at Boca Ciega High School & Southside Fundamental

8/28/2008 - Kevin Wilder Trio at St. Petersburg College

8/29/2008 - Jazz in the Schools with Butch Thomas & David Manson at Seminole High School

9/5/2008 - Jazz in the Schools with Butch Thomas & David Manson at Oak Grove Middle School

9/18/2008 - Kym Purling Trio at St. Petersburg College

9/22/2008 - Jazz in the Schools with Butch Thomas & David Manson at the Hoffman Institute at Ruth Eckerd Hall

10/21/2008 - Jazz in the Stacks with the Helios Jazz Orchestra at the West St. Petersburg Community Library

10/25/2008 - Butch Thomas and the SPC Jazz Combo at a Hospice benefit event in Clearwater

11/8/2008 - O Som Do Jazz at the Safety Harbor Wine Festival

11/14/2008 - Alfredo Triff Trio at the Salvador Dali Museum

12/31/2008 - First Night St. Petersburg with O Som Do Jazz

St. Petersburg Jazz Festival

1/29/10 - Helios Jazz Orchestra with Sue Terry

1/30/10 - Manigua & O Som Do Jazz

1/31/10 - Sue Terry Quartet

3/3/2009 - Helios Jazz Orchestra at the Palladium Theater

3/10/2009 - Helios Jazz Orchestra at the First Unity Church

4/14/2009 - Helios Jazz Orchestra at the Catherine Hickman Theater in Gulfport

5/31/2009 - WMNF Jazz Jam with Kevin Mahogany & the Helios Jazz Orchestra

7/12/2009 - Helios Jazz Orchestra at the Palladium Theater

8/16/2009 - Helios Jazz Orchestra – SPC Music Center

9/10/2009 - Jack Rose – Hideaway Café

10/10/2009 - Larry Och’s Sax & Drumming Core – Salvador Dali Museum

10/23/2009 Masik (electronic music) - Salvador Dali Museum

11/24/2009 - Helios Jazz Orchestra - Salvador Dali Museum

1/21/2010 - Ronnie Burrage Quartet (cosponsored concert) – St. Petersburg College

1/29/2010 - Bassist John Lindberg – Salvador Dali Museum

St. Petersburg Jazz Festival

2/4/2010 - Helios Jazz Orchestra (cosponsored concert)

2/5/10 - Guisando Caliente at the SPC Music Center

2/5/2010 - John Lindberg workshop – St. Petersburg College

2/6/10 - The Powell Brothers Quintet at SPC Music Center

4/20/2010 - Jazz in the Stacks with Helios (cosponsored concert) – West St. Petersburg Public Library

5/7/2010 - S.P. Balasubrahmanyam and Orchestra (cosponsored concert) – Centro Asturiano, Ybor City

7/9/2010 - Jazz at the MFA with O Som Do Jazz (cosponsored concert) – Museum of Fine Arts

7/10/2010 - Chihuly Collections “Carnivale of Glass” with O Som Do Jazz (cosponsored) – 400 Beach Seafood

8/7/2010 - Helios Jazz Orchestra – SPC Music Center

11/23/10 - Helios Jazz Orchestra at NOVA 535

12/4/10 - The Thirteenth Assembly with Mary Halvorson at Beck Architecture in Tampa

12/14/10 - Helios Jazz Orchestra at NOVA 535

1/11/11 - Mobile Itinerant Funk Unit (MIFU) at the opening of the new Salvador Dali Museum

St. Petersburg Jazz Festival

1/27/11 - SPC Jazz Festival with Helios Jazz Orchestra & Denise Moore

3/15/11 - Helios Jazz Orchestra at NOVA 535

3/21/11 - Vocal Jazz Workshop with Kathy Kosins

4/15/11 - Jazz in the Stacks with Helios at the St. Petersburg Community Library

4/22/11 - Midday By The Bay Series with O Som Do Jazz at Mahaffey Theater

4/30/11 - Green Thumb Festival with the SPC Jazz Band

5/14/11 - MIFU at the WMNF-FM Tropical Heatwave

6/25/11 - MIFU at the St. Petersburg Pride Promenade

9/20/11 - Helios Jazz Orchestra at NOVA 535

9/23/11 - Jazz Workshop with Chuck Redd at St. Petersburg College

10/18/11 - We Love Brasil! at NOVA 535

1/28/12 - Antonio Adolfo Quartet at the St. Petersburg Jazz Festival

7/1/12 - Helios Jazz Orchestra at the Palladium Theater

11/2/12 - International Folk Festival

St. Petersburg Jazz Festival

2/19/13 - Helios Jazz Orchestra at NOVA 525 for the St. Petersburg Jazz Festival

2/20/13 - Coltrane/Cannonball Celebration at ARTpool for the St. Petersburg Jazz Festival

2/21/13 - O Som Do Jazz at the Side Door for the St. Petersburg Jazz Festival

2/22/13 - Paul Krueger Quintet at the SPC Music Center for the St. Petersburg Jazz Festival

2/23/13 - Marty Morell Quintet at the SPC Music Center for the St. Petersburg Jazz Festival

2/24/13 - Festival Wrap Jazz Jam at Cafe Alma for the St. Petersburg Jazz Festival

4/4/13 - Jazz in the Stacks

4/16/13 - Denise Moore & Helios at NOVA 535

5/5/13 - Latin Music Festival at Vinoy Park

St. Petersburg Jazz Festival

2/18/14 - Helios Plays Spy Music

2/19/14 - LaRue Nickelson Quartet

2/20/14 - St. Pete to Rio at Studio@620

2/21/14 - VIVA CAL! at SPC Music Center

2/22/14 - Antonio Adolfo at SPC Music Center

9/13/14 - O Som Do Jazz at Metro in St. Petersburg

9/30/14 - Helios Jazz Orchestra at the Side Door

10/2/14 - Rio Bossa at Movies in the Park

11/18/14 - Helios at the Side Door

1/20/15 - Helios at the Side Door

St. Petersburg Jazz Festival

2/25/15 - James Varnado Funk/Jazz Group at ARTpool for the St. Petersburg Jazz Festival

2/26/15 - Shawn Brown Quintet at the Side Door for the St. Petersburg Jazz Festival

2/27/15 - The Claudia Quintet at the SPC Music Center for the St. Petersburg Jazz Festival

2/28/15 - Kevin Mahogany & Helios at the SPC Music Center for the St. Petersburg Jazz Festival

3/1/15 - Festival Wrap Jazz Jam at the Casino for the St. Petersburg Jazz Festival

3/20/15 - Drummer Ronnie Burrage workshop at SPC

3/27/15 - GASP! Fringe Fest at the Tampa Museum of Art

4/7/15 - Jazz in the Stacks with O Som Do Jazz at St. Petersburg Community Library

4/22/15 - Jazz in the Stacks with O Som Do Jazz at Seminole Library

7/21/15 - Jazz Education Fundraiser at the SPC Music Center

9/19/15 - Nova Musica with O Som Do Jazz at the SPC Music Center

11/27/15 - Jonathan Powell & nu Sanga at the Side Door

5/21/16 - Crossover  Music Festival sponsorship

5/22/16 - Jovino Santos Neto & O Som Do Jazz at the SPC Music Center

7/26/16 - Helios at NOVA 535

9/13/16 - Helios at the Side Door

9/27/16 - Diego Figueiredo guitar workshop at St. Petersburg College

9/27/16 - Diego Figueiredo & O Som Do Jazz at the Side Door

10/13/16 - composer Hilary Tann workshop at SPC

10/18/16 - Helios at the SPC Music Center

11/27/16 - O Som Do Jazz at the CL Space in Tampa

12/2/16 - Clearwater Jazz Fest education benefit

1/24/17 - Helios at the SPC Music Center

St. Petersburg Jazz Festival

2/22/17 - Robotman at the Side Door

2/22/17 - Martin Bejerano Piano Workshop at the SPC Music Center

2/23/17 - Martin Bejerano Trio at the Side Door

2/24/17 - Joshua Breakstone Trio at the Side Door

2/24/17 - Joshua Breakstone Guitar Workshop

2/24/17 - Fred Johnson Music & Healing Workshop

2/25/17 - Fred Johnson, Whitney James & the Helios Jazz Orchestra at the Palladium Theater

2/26/17 - Jason Lee Bruns & the SPC Jazz Profs at the Side Door

3/4/17 - Awakening Into The Sun with O Som Do Jazz

3/31/17 - Gasp! fringe festival sponsorship of MIFU (Mobile Itinerant Funk Unit) at the Tampa Museum of Art

4/2/17 - Diego Figueiredo & O Som Do Jazz at the Palladium Side Door

4/11/17 - Jazz in the Stacks sponsorship of the Jazz Profs at the West St. Petersburg Community Library

4/28/17 - Jazz in the Schools at Dixie Hollins High School
 
9/7/17 - Dance & Drums of Bahia, Brasil! with Nildinha Fonseca & Ze Ricardo

1/2/18 - Badi Assad at the Studio@620

1/11/18 - Whim Ensemble at St. Peterburg College

1/11/18 - masterclass with Preston Beebe at St. Petersburg College

St. Petersburg Jazz Festival

2/21/18 - Tal Cohen Trio on the St. Petersburg Jazz Festival

2/22/18 - masterclass with the Tal Cohen Trio at St. Petersburg College

2/22/18 - Jeff Rupert Quintet with Veronica Swift on the St. Petersburg Jazz Festival

2/23/18 - Shawn Brown Quintet on the St. Petersburg Jazz Festival

2/24/18 - Chuck Wansley & Whitney James with the Helios Jazz Orchestra on the St. Petersburg Jazz Festival

2/25/18 - Gabriel Hernandez Trio on the St. Petersburg Jazz Festival

5/22/18 - Jamie Perlow & the Helios Jazz Orchestra at the Palladium Side Door

6/15/18 - Diego Figueiredo at the Palladium Side Door

11/20/18 - License to Thrill, Helios plays Spy Music at the Palladium Theater

1/22/19 - Mark Hosler, Kersey-Stewart & Anoikis on the EMIT-A-Thon at the Palladium Side Door

2/27/19 - Valerie Gillespie Ensemble on the St. Petersburg Jazz Festival

2/28/19 - Remembering Sam Rivers on the St. Petersburg Jazz Festival

3/1/19 - Nestor Torres Quartet on the St. Petersburg Jazz Festival

3/2/19 - Alexis Cole & the Helios Jazz Orchestra on the St. Petersburg Jazz Festival

3/3/19 - Martin Bejerano Trio on the St. Petersburg Jazz Festival

4/2/19 - Jazz in the Stacks with Helios Swingtet at the West Community Library

6/9/19 - Oba Brazil! with O Som Do Jazz & Jose Valentino Ruiz at First Unity Spiritual Campus

9/10/19 - Helios Jazz Orchestra at the Side Door

10/12/19 - Jazz on the Artwalk with EMIT5tet

10/18/19 - Jazz on the Lawn with O Som Do Jazz & Fusion Beat Latin Jazz at St. Petersburg College

10/27/19 - SPIFFS with O Som Do Jazz at Vinoy Park

10/29/19 - Helios Jazz Orchestra at the Side Door

11/14/19 - Creative Pinellas Arts Annual with EMIT5tet

11/26/19 - O Som Do Jazz with Jose Valentino Ruiz at the Side Door

12/12/19 - Eugene Chadbourne & SHIM at the Springs Theatre in Tampa

2/1/20 - Adolfo Mendonca Trio at Studio@620

2/17/20 - Jazz Clinic with Mario Pavone at St. Petersburg College

2/20/20 - Jazz Clinic with Adolfo Mendonca at St. Petersburg College

2/25/20 - Brazilian Percussion Clinic with Rafael Pereira at St. Petersburg College

2/26/20 - Music Business Clinic with Jose Valentino Ruiz at St. Petersburg College

St. Petersburg Jazz Festival

2/26/20 - O Som Do Jazz with Rafael Pereira & Jose Valention Ruiz on the St. Petersburg Jazz Festival

2/27/20 - The Conglomerate on the St. Petersburg Jazz Festival

2/28/20 - Jazz Clinic with Leon Foster Thomas at the Royal Theater

2/28/20 - Leon Foster Thomas Quartet with Tal Cohen on the St. Petersburg Jazz Festival

2/29/20 - Alexis Cole & the Helios Jazz Orchestra on the St. Petersburg Jazz Festival

3/1/20 - Jason Charos & the Booker Little Project on the St. Petersburg Jazz Festival

8/15/21 - Duane Eubanks "Things of a Particular Nature" Southern tour at the Palladium Theater

9/17/21 - ERG on the Subtropics New Music Festival in Miami

9/21/21 - Scotty Wright & the Helios Jazz Orchestra at the Palladium Theater

10/1/21 - Jazz on the Quad with MJR Latin Jazz Project and O Som Do Jazz at St. Petersburg College

11/30/21 - Synia Carroll & Helios Jazz Orchestra at the Palladium Theater

1/22/22 - Brass Day with Robert Smith, Harold Van Schaik, Jeff Wooldridge & the SPC Jazz Combo

4/7/22 - Jazz in the Stacks with the EMIT6tet at the West Community Library

6/26/22 - St. Pete Pride Fest with O Som Do Jazz

Our Code of Ethics

EMIT pays musicians for performances.  We do not ask musicians to play for free.  That includes local musicians.  We respect their skills and believe that it is our duty to be organized, professional presenters.