January 2014


Calendar of Free* Classical Concerts in Jacksonville

*Listings of Jacksonville concerts advertised as FREE are compiled chiefly from online calendars. Listed concerts could be subject to change or cancellation, and additional concert listings might be added.
Most venue addresses are given at left.




Tuesday, January 7 @ 7pm
Tuesday Serenade with violinist Dr. Min Young Cho & pianist Eun Mi Lee

The duo will perform compositions by Franz Schubert, Josef Suk and Felix Mendelssohn.
From Seoul, South Korea, Dr. Cho has performed with major orchestras in her homeland and regularly performs with chamber and symphony orchestras in Northeast Florida. Ms. Lee, also a native of South Korea, is a passionate accompanist and teacher currently pursuing her doctoral degree at Florida State University, where she is much in demand as a collaborative artist.   For more information about this and other free concerts at the Main Library, please visit the Music @ Main blog, at jplmusic.blogspot.com, or call (904) 630-2665.
JPL Main Library - Hicks Auditorium

Friday, January 10 @ 11am & 7:30pm
Ritz Chamber Players 
Concerts are both Open & Free to the General Public. Help us to kick off a great start to a great new year! 

Friday Musicale

Friday, January 17 @ 8 pm
Stars of the Symphony Tour

Michael Butterman, Conductor
*Philip Pan, Violin
*Peter Wright, Clarinet
*Les Roettges, Flute
*Jeffrey Peterson, Trombone
"Stars of the Symphony" features the entire Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra, with four virtuoso principal musicians as soloists. Conducted by Michael Butterman, concert highlights include Rimsky Korsakov’s Capriccio Espagnol, Glinka's Russlan and Ludmilla Overture, Sarasate’s Gypsy Airs violin showpiece (featuring Philip Pan), a jazzy clarinet concerto by Artie Shaw (featuring Peter Wright), a concerto inspired by the trombones of Copenhagen’s Casino Theatre Orchestra (featuring Jeffrey Peterson), and an elegy for flute and orchestra composed by an original member of Deep Purple (featuring Les Roettges).
Palms Presbyterian Church

Monday, January 20 @ 7:30pm
The Cummer Family Foundation Chamber Series presents Pianist Ludmil Angelov
Free admission / Get E-tickets
UNF - Recital Hall
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Sunday, January 26 @ 3pm
Intermezzo Sunday Concert, with Dr. James Hall, tenor & Dr. Michael Mastronicola, piano
UNF faculty artists performing
*Franz Liszt: Tre sonetti di Petrarca
*Reynaldo Hahn: Venezia
*Benjamin Britten: Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo
JPL Main Library - Hicks Auditorium


Thursday, January 30 @ 7:30pm
UNF Percussion Ensemble Chamber Music Concert
Charlotte Mabrey, conductor
Free admission (There will be bucket passing for donations to
Percussion Rocks scholarships.) Get E-tickets
UNF - Recital Hall
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Thursday, January 30 @ 7:30pm
JUMU: Students Recital
The fourth installment in the series of recitals that feature nominated music students for special recognition as performers and composers.
JU - Terry Concert Hall