Bay News 9 was the only television station to accompany the Florida Orchestra on their historic trip to Cuba.

Bay News 9's Veronica Cintron traveled to Havana with the Orchestra’s five principal wind musicians as part of the Multi-Year Cultural Exchange with Cuba.

• BN9 Special Report: The changing relationship between Florida and Cuba
• Inside the music classroom in Cuba
• Florida Orchestra performs in Cuba
• Day 2: Orchestra's wind quintet teaches young Cuban students
• Florida Orchestra and Bay News 9 travel to Cuba
• Florida Orchestra ensemble in Cuba
• Florida Orchestra's artistic director heads to Cuba
• TIA announces direct flights to Cuba
• PSA for Florida Orchestra's instrument drive
• Instrument drive for Cuba kicks into high gear
• Florida Orchestra kicks off drive to bring musical instruments to Cuba

Summer 2011

Musicians with the Florida Orchestra brought instruments and musical accessories to students at the Amadeo Roldán Conservatory in Havana. The instruments and accessories were collected as part of a drive involving Bright House Networks, Bay News 9 and Sam Ash Music Stores.

September 2011

The Florida Orchestra sent a wind quintet to Cuba for the week of Sept. 29 to Oct. 2.  The ensemble will perform a concert in one of Havana's principal performance venues. They will also offer classes to students who attend the Amadeo Roldán Conservatory and will play with the musicians of the National Symphony Orchestra of Cuba.

May 2012

Enrique Pérez Mesa, the music director of La Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de Cuba, will make his U.S. conducting debut with the Florida Orchestra. The concerts will take place on May 11 at the David A. Straz Jr. Center for the Performing Arts' Carol Morsani Hall, May 12 at the Progress Energy Center for the Arts - Mahaffey Theater in St. Petersburg and May 13 at Ruth Eckerd Hall in Clearwater.