NOVEMBER 2016




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.

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Tuesday, November 1 @ 7:30pm
Lawson Ensemble Concert

Dr. Nick Curry, cello; Clinton Dewing, violin; Aurelia Duca, violin, with special guests Ellen Olson, viola and Eric Olson, oboe
WEEKDAY PARKING RATES APPLY
* UNF - Recital Hall

Wednesday, November 2 @ 7:30pm
Faculty Recital: The Music of Fats Waller and Spencer Williams

Marc Dickman, trombone, tuba, euphonium; Bill Prince, cornet, clarinet; Dave Steinmeyer, trombone; Gary Smart, piano; Dennis Marks, bass; Danny Gottlieb, drums
WEEKDAY PARKING RATES APPLY
* UNF - Recital Hall

Thursday, November 3 @ 7:30pm
The Cummer Family Foundation Chamber Music Series presents

Saxophonist Katherine Weintraub with pianist Deloise Lima
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* UNF - Recital Hall

Friday, November 4 @ 11am & 7:30pm
Johnandrew Slominski, piano

A child prodigy, Slominski gave his first public performance at age 5, won his first piano competition at age 6, and entered college at age 15. By age 21, Slominski had earned three degrees from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, including a Master of Music in Performance and Literature, a Master of Arts in Pedagogy of Music Theory, and a Bachelor of Music in Performance; his first professorship followed two years later. He was unanimously nominated for (and received) Eastman's coveted Performer's Certificate in recognition of outstanding concert artistry--the youngest individual to have received such an honor. MORE...
* Friday Musicale

Friday, November 4 @ 7:30pm
Percussion Ensemble: Escape Ten PASIC Preview

Dr. Andrea Venet and Dr. Annie Stevens (Virginia Tech), percussion
* UNF - Recital Hall

Saturday, November 5 @ 7:30pm
Percussion Ensemble

* JU - Terry Concert Hall

Sunday, November 6 @ 10:45am
Worship Music: River City Dulcimers and Friends

* UUCJ

Sunday, November 6 @ 3pm
Fall Concert: "Forever Music"

The Don Thompson Chorale, R. Hugh Patterson, director
* Hendricks Ave. Baptist Church

Sunday, November 6 @ 3pm
Rededication Concert

* JU - Terry Concert Hall

Sunday, November 6 @ 4pm
Beaches Fines Arts Series

Fuoco E Cenere (Read about them HERE)
* St. Paul's by-the-Sea Episcopal Church

Sunday, November 6 @ 5pm
Choral Evensong for the Feast of All Saints

One of our most beautiful liturgies, Evensong is a lovely, sung, evening service led by the choir in which we thank God for the day that has passed and ask for peace and protection during the night ahead. Join us on this special day as we celebrate all the saints in our lives, those that have gone on before us and those in our midst now, during this brief service and immediately afterwards stay for a potluck in Leatherbury Hall. Music of Batten, Victoria, Drinkell, Parry, and Walmisley. A nursery is available during the service. No reserved sacrament Eucharist after the service.
* St. Mark’s Episcopal Church

Tuesday, November 8 @ 7:30pm
Honors Recital

* JU - Terry Concert Hall

Thursday, November 10 @ 7:30pm
Douglas Anderson School of the Arts Orchestra, String Chamber Recital

The String Chamber class, offered to all strings students, provides students with a foundation for playing in a chamber ensemble. Playing chamber music allows more interpretive freedom and enhances musicianship as performers communicate with one another in the absence of a conductor.
* St. Mark's Evangelical Lutheran Church

Sunday, November 13 @ 10:45am
Worship Music: Erin Barnes, vocalist

* UUCJ

Sunday, November 13 @ 3pm
Intermezzo, with Gary Smart (piano) & Midori Kugota (violin)

UNF faculty artist GARY SMART is a composer, classical and jazz pianist, and teacher, and may be the only pianist to have studied with Yale scholar/keyboardist Ralph Kirkpatrick, the great Cuban virtuoso Jorge Bolet, and the master jazz pianist Oscar Peterson. Joining Dr. Smart is violinist MIDORI KUGOTA, a visiting Professor from Kyoto City University of Arts and member of the Japan String Quartet. You won't want to miss this engaging afternoon of classical chamber music intertwined with jazz piano stylings!
PROGRAM NOTES (PDF)
* JPL - Main Library, Hicks Auditorium

Sunday, November 13 @ 3pm
Fine Arts Series Kickoff Concert

The Classical Guitar: Music from Spain & South America by Brian Luckett
* Palms Presbyterian Church

Sunday, November 13 @ 3pm
Community Concert

Two Piano Concert
* Riverside Presbyterian Church

Sunday, November 13 @ 4pm
Hymn Festival--“Northern Lights: Hymns of Scandinavia”

Presented by the Jacksonville Chapter of the American Guild of Organists
* St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church (6801 Merrill Road)

Monday, November 14 @ 7:30pm
The Cummer Family Foundation Chamber Music Series presents

Violinist Midori Kugota with special guests Dr. Simon Shiao and Dr. Gary Smart
WEEKDAY PARKING RATES APPLY
* UNF - Recital Hall

Thursday, November 17 @ 7:30pm
Chamber Ensembles Concert

* JU - Terry Concert Hall

Friday, November 18 @ 7:30pm
Guest Artist Piano Recital with Naomi Niskala

* UNF - Recital Hall

Sunday, November 20 @ 10:45am
Worship Music: David Gall, classical guitar

* UUCJ

Sunday, November 20 @ 4pm
Osprey Choral Showcase

Featuring Osprey Women’s Chorus, Osprey Men’s Chorus and select student soloists, Dr. Cara Tasher, director of choral studies, Tommy Shapard, conductor & Yume Omura, collaborative keyboard artist
* UNF - Recital Hall

Sunday, November 20 @ 5pm
St. Andrew's Evensong

* St. John's Episcopal Cathedral

Sunday, November 20 @ 6pm
Choral Evensong

Donald McCullough, organist & choir master
* Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd

Sunday, November 27 @ 10:45am
Worship Music: Tim Edwards, violinist

* UUCJ

Sunday, November 27 @ 3pm
Fall Concert: "Forever Music"

The Don Thompson Chorale, R. Hugh Patterson, director
* Hendricks Ave. Baptist Church

Sunday, November 27 @ 5pm
Advent Procession

* St. John's Episcopal Cathedral

Sunday, November 27 @ 7pm
Music for the Holiday Season

Aaron Brask & Friends: featuring jazz, string ensemble and pipe organ.
(8 strings, 2 percussion, 2 horns, keyboard, bass)
90 min with short intermission; NO offering of any kind taken.
* South Jacksonville Presbyterian Church (2137 Hendricks Ave. 32207)