New World Symphony's November and December Are Stacked — Debussy, Mozart's Requiem at the Arsht, Prokofiev, Brahms, and Breakfast with Santa on December 5

New World Symphony's fall-winter calendar at New World Center and the Adrienne Arsht Center is one of the strongest stretches of the season. Here's what's coming.

Violinist Sean Lee — whose sound The New York Times calls "breathtakingly beautiful" — joins New World Symphony Fellows for an afternoon pairing Debussy's Sonata for Violin and Piano with contemporary chamber music from Japan, the U.S. and France. The program includes Camille Saint-Saëns' Septet, Tōru Takemitsu's Rain Spell, Jeffrey Mumford's through a stillness brightening, and Jean Françaix's Quintet No. 2. New World Center, 2 PM.

New World Symphony returns to the Adrienne Arsht Center, joined by the Master Chorale of South Florida, for Mozart's Requiem under conductor Stephanie Childress. The program opens with Ralph Vaughan Williams' Towards an Unknown Region. The myth and mystery surrounding Mozart's swan song — immortalized in Miloš Forman's 1985 film Amadeus — gets fresh energy from the Fellows.

James Ehnes performs both of Prokofiev's Violin Concertos in an all-Prokofiev program under Stéphane Denève, capturing the full range of this giant of 20th-century music. Saturday, November 21 at 7:30 PM; Sunday, November 22 at 2 PM. The program also includes Prokofiev's Classical Symphony and the Suite from The Love for Three Oranges.

New World Symphony Fellows provide live music for Breakfast with Santa, hosted in the Grand Ballroom Foyer of the Fontainebleau Miami Beach on Saturday, December 5, from 9:30 to 11:30 AM. The festive morning includes a seasonal breakfast, holiday entertainment and a visit with Santa. Tickets are $105 per guest (ages 13+) and $65 for children ages 3–12. Maximum 10 guests per reservation.

Stéphane Denève returns for Brahms' romantic Third Symphony, paired with Missy Mazzoli's time-traveling Sinfonia (for Orbiting Spheres) and Kevin Puts' Grammy Award-winning Contact, performed by Time for Three — the self-described "classically trained garage band" that inspired the concerto. Saturday, December 12 at 7:30 PM; Sunday, December 13 at 2 PM.

New World Symphony's BLUE Projects — concerts designed and performed by the Fellows themselves — continue through the season. Music in Motion (November 6, 7:30 PM) explores the feminine through music, dance and film, with tickets from $5. Tunes and Tales (November 17, 7:30 PM) travels through Eastern European folk music and Stravinsky's A Soldier's Tale, pay-what-you-wish from $1. Notes on Being (December 15, 7:30 PM) is an immersive mindfulness concert, free to attend.

New World Symphony. New World Center, 500 17th Street, Miami Beach. Tickets from $5. nws.edu. Breakfast with Santa: December 5, Fontainebleau Miami Beach Grand Ballroom Foyer, $105/$65.