{"id":396863,"date":"2026-09-11T13:00:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T13:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/396863\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T13:00:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T13:00:11","slug":"the-florida-orchestra-plays-the-music-of-taylor-swift-on-saturday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/396863\/","title":{"rendered":"The Florida Orchestra plays the music of Taylor Swift on Saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-perfmatters-preload=\"\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"520\" data-attachment-id=\"1862\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/music-2\/review-in-first-outdoor-eras-show-taylor-swift-took-tampa-to-a-pristine-almost-perfect-fantasyland-photos-15462984\/attachment\/prd09426\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/prd09426.webp?fit=1200%2C800&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"prd09426\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Taylor Swift plays Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida on April 13, 2023.&lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/prd09426.webp?fit=780%2C520&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/prd09426.webp\" alt=\"A high-energy concert photograph of Taylor Swift performing at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida on April 13, 2023. Swift stands on stage holding a microphone in her right hand, wearing a shimmering pastel-colored bodysuits encrusted with pink, blue, and silver sequined sparkles. Stranding with long blonde hair and red lipstick, she is backlit by vibrant pink and blue stage lighting featuring large silk-like fabric props in the background.\" class=\"wp-image-1862\"  \/>Taylor Swift plays Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida on April 13, 2023. Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone \/ Creative Loafing Tampa Bay<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Taylor Swift may be in her honeymoon era, so fans can dive into this immersive orchestral concert instead.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stevehackman.com\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.stevehackman.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Composer Steve Hackman<\/a> is no stranger to mashups (he\u2019s given Radiohead the Brahms treatment and done the same to Kendrick Lamar and Stravinsky), and recently told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wusf.org\/arts-culture\/2026-09-04\/florida-orchestra-giving-taylor-swift-music-symphony-feel\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.wusf.org\/arts-culture\/2026-09-04\/florida-orchestra-giving-taylor-swift-music-symphony-feel\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WUSF<\/a> that if he wanted to stay relevant he needed to do the same for the most popular songwriter of our generation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Explicitly not a tribute, and not sanctioned by Swift herself, the show is almost theatrical and broken down into themes all delivered with the help of singers, a chorus from the Master Chorale of Tampa Bay, and members of The Florida Orchestra.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/floridaorchestra.org\/event\/steve-hackmans-taylor-swift-the-symphony-era\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/floridaorchestra.org\/event\/steve-hackmans-taylor-swift-the-symphony-era\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tickets to see The Florida Orchestra: The Symphony Era at Mahaffey Theater in St. Petersburg on Saturday, Sept. 12 are still available and start at $43.50.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1789131611_448_hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Youtube video\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" nopin=\"nopin\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/altnewsfoundation.org\/cl-tampa\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pitch in to help make the Tampa Bay Journalism Project a success.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/tampa-newslettersignup-page\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe to Creative Loafing newsletters.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow us:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAiECLjru3gB6BLYKOKFLfkVZsqFAgKIhAi467t4AegS2CjihS35FWb\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Google News<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbreak.com\/@c\/1599764?s=01\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NewsBreak<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/CreativeLoafingTampa\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reddit<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/cltampabay\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/cltampabay\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/cltampabay.bsky.social\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BlueSky<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"collection-link has-small-font-size\">This article appears in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/collections\/september-10-16-2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">September 10 \u2013 16, 2026<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead his 2016 intro letter\u00a0and disclosures from 2022 and 2021.\u00a0Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief&#8230;\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"author-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/author\/rroa\/\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMore by Ray Roa\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Taylor Swift plays Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida on April 13, 2023. 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