When Sage McBride was a toddler no taller than a musical bow, he cried whenever his mother played the violin.

Turns out, it was pitch-perfect hearing: he only wailed if she struck a wrong note.
After that early portent, it wasn’t surprising to either that Sage would eventually be labeled a violin virtuoso before his 13th birthday.

After taking violin lessons in private preschools, he joined both the Miami String Project and the Hollywood-based Florida Youth Orchestra chamber groups by age 9. Since then, McBride’s career has skyrocketed: now sitting in the principal division of his string section, the violin prodigy has played inside Carnegie Hall alongside his chamber orchestra at age 10 and represented the state of Florida during the 400th anniversary celebration of Jamestown, Virginia.

McBride’s also active in community service, treating retirement homes, condo communities, churches and homeless shelters to violin performances.

The young violinist is unveiling a new performance at Southwest Focal Point Senior Center, 301 NW 103rd Ave., from 10 to 11 a.m. inside the main hall.

For more information, call 954-450-6888.