NOVEMBER 2019




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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Sunday, November 3 @ 3pm
Lawson Ensemble with principal violist DJ Cheek

Dr. Nick Curry (cello), Clinton Dewing (viola), Aurica Duca (violin), and DJ Cheek (viola) performing Mozart: "Dissonance" Quartet and Beethoven: String Quartet opus 59. No. 3
* UNF -Recital Hall
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Sunday, November 3 @ 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 as we celebrate all the saints in our lives – especially those that have passed away this year. Music of Dyson, Drinkell, Bullock, Parry, and Walmisley. A nursery is available during the service. Wine and cheese reception following.
* St. Mark's Episcopal Church
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Sunday, November 3 @ 6pm
Fauré Requiem Memorial Concert

Featuring orchestra with choir comprised of Southside United Methodist Choir, Voices of Jacksonville and members of the JCC Touring Choir.
* Southside United Methodist Church (3120 Hendricks Ave, 32207)
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Sunday, November 3 @ 7pm
SMCMS Goes for Baroque

The annual San Marco Chamber Music Society's all-Baroque concert! This year we feature bassoonist Conrad Cornelison, oboist Eric Olson, and flutist Les Roettges in works by Heinichen, Fasch, and Vivaldi. Plus a Corelli concerto grosso with strings and harpsichord.
* St. Mark's Evangelical Lutheran Church
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Tuesday, November 5 @ 7:30pm
Baritone Kyle Ferrill with Pianist Denise Wright

The Cummer Family Foundation Chamber Music Series presents
* UNF - Recital Hall
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Wednesday, November 6 @ 5:30pm
November Art Walk Ensembles

Three symphony ensembles will again perform at the November Art Walk! Patrons will be given an Ensemble Passport card at the first ensemble location they attend, those who attend all three ensembles can redeem their Passport card for a voucher for two tickets to attend a concert in the Symphony's 2019-2020 season.
* Downtown Jacksonville Art Walk, at Regions Bank, MOCA, and the Vystar Tower Lobby.
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Friday, November 8 @ 7:30pm
Beaches Fine Arts presents Spanish Brass & Timothy Tuller, organ

In 1989 five Spanish musicians created Spanish Brass—an innovative project that quickly gained world renown for its performances, educational activities and creative collaborations, and won the First Prize in the 1996 Narbonne (France) International Brass Quintet Competition, the most prestigious event of its kind in the world. Since 2007, Tim has been the Canon for Music at St. John’s Cathedral in Jacksonville, Florida. As Canon, Tim’s duties include playing the Cathedral’s magnificent 1983 Austin organ for all Cathedral services, conducting the 40-voice Cathedral Choir, and presiding over an extensive music series of secular and sacred performances.
* St. John's Episcopal Cathedral
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Sunday, November 10 @ 3pm
Chamber Music Benefit Concert

Free, but donations will be gratefully accepted, and all funds received will go towards the restoration of the church's historic 1929 Skinner organ. Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra musicians Melissa Barrett, Megan McClendon Rios, DJ Cheek, Ellen Olson, and Alexei Romanenko will perform masterpieces by Beethoven, Martinu, Bartok, and Mendelssohn. The concert will last approximately one hour with no intermission.
* Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd
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Sunday, November 10 @ 3pm
Two Piano Concert

Duo performances by Alan K Ragan & Rose S Grace; and, Andrew Clarke & Michael G Dell
* Riverside Presbyterian Church
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Sunday, November 10 @ 3pm
Seven Decades of Composition

Faculty and students perform compositions by Professor Emeritus Dr. William Schirmer.
* JU - Terry Concert Hall
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Monday, November 11 @ 7pm
Veterans' Day Concert

A magnificent event to honor our Veterans and support the music program of St. Paul's by-the-Sea, featuring TEN members of the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra!
* St. Paul's by-the-Sea Episcopal Church
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Sunday, November 17 @ 3pm
Intermezzo Sunday Concerts: Jonathan Kuo, Violin

Jonathan Kuo joined the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra in 2016. He is a graduate of The Julliard School (Bachelor’s) and the Manhattan School of Music (Master’s). Mr. Kuo will perform with Symphony colleagues Yuping Zhou (violin) and Alexei Romanenko (cello).
* JPL - Main Library Hick's Auditorium
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Sunday, November 17 @ 3pm
American Landscapes

The JU Wind Ensemble presents a program of music that captures the emotional images of the vast and varied American landscape. Clarinet soloist Kevin Clasen will be featured in the operatic special La Sonnambula: Fantasia for Clarinet.
* JU - Terry Concert Hall
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Sunday, November 17 @ 7pm
Bach Vespers: Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Sagen

Choral cantata with chamber orchestra; soloists: Kimberly Beasley, Timothy Keatley, & Clinton M.H, Weinberg; Tony Cruz, conducting. Free; an offering will be taken.
* St. Mark;s Evangelical Lutheran Church
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Monday, November 18 @ 12noon
A Little Lunch Music: Welcome Center

JU’s string chamber music ensembles, under the direction of Dr. Marguerite Richardson, Dr. Shannon Lockwood, and Mr. Brian Magnus, perform favorites of the chamber music repertoire.
* JU - Frisch Family Welcome Center Lobby
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Tuesday, November 19 @ 7:30pm
Jax Cello Quartet

An evening of favorites with members of the Jacksonville Symphony cello section.
* JU - Terry Concert Hall
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Thursday, November 21 @ 7:30pm
Symphonic Band Concert

Under the direction of Dr. Paul Weikle, the Symphonic Band performs a diverse musical selection that will have you rockin' in your seats and humming to the beat.
* FSCJ - Nathan H. Wilson Center for the Arts
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Thursday, November 21 @ 7:30pm
JU Chamber Ensembles

Chamber music performances by JU student groups, including the Honors chamber ensembles.
* JU - Swisher Theater
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Friday, November 22 @ 7:30pm
Choral Concert

The Men's Chorus, Women's Chorus and The Chorale will lift their voices and sing from their hearts.
* FSCJ - Nathan H. Wilson Center for the Arts
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Friday, November 22 @ 8pm
Tech Ensemble Concert

Michael Taylor, coordinator
* UNF - Robinson Theater
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Sunday, November 24 @ 5pm
St. Andrew's Day Evensong

Reception following in Taliaferro Hall
* St.John's Episcopal Cathedral
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UNF's "Suggested Donation $10" Concerts
Friday, November 15 @ 7:30pm
Fall Choral Showcase

Featuring Chorale, Osprey Treble and 5 O’clock Singers; Cara Tasher, Holly Hammond, Tommy Shapard, conductors
* UNF - Recital Hall
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Sunday, November 24 @ 4pm
G.F. Handel’s Messiah

Featuring Chamber Singers, Lawson Ensemble and Friends; Cara Tasher, conductor
* Hendricks Avenue Baptist Church
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Saturday, November 30 @ 12:30pm
Jacksonville Symphony Youth Orchestras" Holiday Performance

Members of The Jacksonville Symphony Youth Orchestras will be giving solo holiday performances for Main Library customers, their families and friends. This event is free and open to the public.
* JPL - Main Library, Hicks Auditorium
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Friday Musicale's "Suggested Donation $20" Concerts
Thursday, November 7 @ 7pm
Fanya Lin, Piano

"An avid soloist, Fanya promotes classical music to the general public by creating innovative concert programs and engages her audience by presenting interactive performances. Her solo recitals have been featured in numerous prestigious concert series, including the Schubert Club Musicians on the Rise, Stecher and Horowitz Young Artist Series, and Eslite Emerging Artist Series. "
* Friday Musicale
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Friday, November 8 @ 11am
Fanya Lin, Piano

"An avid soloist, Fanya promotes classical music to the general public by creating innovative concert programs and engages her audience by presenting interactive performances. Her solo recitals have been featured in numerous prestigious concert series, including the Schubert Club Musicians on the Rise, Stecher and Horowitz Young Artist Series, and Eslite Emerging Artist Series. "
* Friday Musicale
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Thursday, November 21 @ 7pm
Opus Two: William Terwilliger, violin & Andrew Cooperstock, piano

Opus Two first came to international attention as winners of the United States Information Agency’s Artistic Ambassador Auditions in 1993 and has since performed across six continents, including major tours of Europe, Australia, South American, Asia, and Africa. Their US engagements include performances at Carnegie Hall, where they performed Haydn’s Double Concerto for Violin and Piano, Lincoln Center, Merkin Hall and a standing-room-only recital at New York’s Library for the Performing Arts
* Friday Musicale
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Friday, November 22 @ 11am
Opus Two: William Terwilliger, violin & Andrew Cooperstock, piano

Opus Two first came to international attention as winners of the United States Information Agency’s Artistic Ambassador Auditions in 1993 and has since performed across six continents, including major tours of Europe, Australia, South American, Asia, and Africa. Their US engagements include performances at Carnegie Hall, where they performed Haydn’s Double Concerto for Violin and Piano, Lincoln Center, Merkin Hall and a standing-room-only recital at New York’s Library for the Performing Arts
* Friday Musicale
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OCTOBER 2019




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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Friday, October 4 @ 7:30pm
"Celebrating Bach": Beaches Fine Arts Series

Join us Friday, October 4th, as we open our 47th season with harpist, Bridget Kibbey, and The Dover Quartet in "Celebrating Bach". Reception follows the concert with art exhibit by the Beaches Photography Club.
* St. Paul’s by-the-Sea Episcopal Church
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Sunday, October 6 @ 3pm
Jacksonville Symphony Open House & Free Concert

With Gonzalo Farias, Associate Conductor. Join us for a free concert and open house to kick off the season! Come early for a backstage tour of Jacoby Hall, take a turn at the conductor’s podium conducting Symphony musicians, and visit our Instrument Zoo! Doors open at 1:30 PM.
* Robert E. Jacoby Symphony Hall (300 Water St., 32202)
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Sunday, October 6 @ 5pm
Nathan Kyle Lively Organ Concert

Works by Widor, Hakim, Sowerby, Saint-Saens, and others, including Rubenstein's Rêve angélique. With Michael Clark (piano).
* Riverside Presbyterian Church
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Sunday, October 6 @ 5pm
Civic Orchestra with Timothy Tuller, organ

Reception following in Taliaferro Hall
* St. John's Episcopal Cathedral
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Thursday, October 10 at 7:30pm
Choral Invitational

The JU Choirs share the stage with outstanding high school choruses from greater Jacksonville in this annual celebration of choral music.
* JU - Terry Concert Hall
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Friday, October 11 @ 7:30pm
One Evening: Two Concerts

Featuring the Symphonic Band, under the direction of Dr. Paul Weikle, and the Choral Concert, under the direction of Tommy Shapard, featuring The Men's Chorus, Women's Chorus and The Chorale. The Symphonic Band will perform at 7:30 p.m. and the choral groups will follow after intermission.
* FSCJ South Campus-Nathan H. Wilson Center for the Arts, Main Stage
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Sunday, October 13 @ 3pm
Intermezzo Sunday Concert

Featuring members of The First Coast Wind Symphony
* JPL - Main Libary Hicks Auditorium (Enter via the main entrance on Laura St.)
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Sunday, October 13 @ 5pm.
Trombone and Flute Recital: Voyage Through the Americas

Featuring works written by American and South American composers. Teresa Perrin, flutist, will be accompanied by classical guitarist, Mike Delorean. Cesar Pimentel, trombonist, will be accompanied by the pianist Danielle Duncan.
* St. John's Episcopal Cathedral - Taliaferro Hall
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Thursday, October 17 @ 7:30pm
Symphonic Dances

The JU Wind Ensemble and the First Coast Wind Symphony combine to present a Masterwork Series Partner Concert featuring the five Symphonic Dances of Clifton Williams, which have rarely been played as a complete set.
* JU - Terry Concert Hall
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Sunday, October 20 @ 5pm
Hymn Festival

The theme of the festival will be "All Nature Sings." Featured players will include Lee Gwozdz, Jane Daugherty, Glendon Frank, Jean Spyksma, Bette Mattox, and James Freeman. Refreshments will follow the festival.
* Southside Baptist Church (1435 Atlantic Blvd, 32207)
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Sunday, October 20 @ 6pm
Choral Evensong

Contemplative in nature, the choir is the main component of Choral Evensong, singing Psalms, responses (Ebdon), canticles (Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis-Stanford in C) and anthems (When Rooks Fly Homeward-Baynon) on behalf of the congregants who are invited to join in the hymns. Reception follows.
* Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd
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Tuesday, October 22 @ 7:30pm
Soprano Millicent Scarlett with Pianist Denise Wright

Included in The Cummer Family Foundation Chamber Music Series.
* UNF - Recital Hall
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Tuesday, October 22 @ 7:30pm
JU Orchestra Fall Concert

The Jacksonville University Orchestra, under the direction of Dr. Marguerite Richardson, opens its season with a concert of orchestral masterworks, featuring JU alumna and Kinne Endowed Guest Artist Haley Russell, oboist, in the Concerto in C minor for Oboe and Strings by Benedetto Marcello.
* JU - Terry Concert Hall
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Thursday, October 24 @ 7:30pm
Honors Recital

The Student Honors Recitals feature outstanding student musicians nominated by their professors in recognition of distinguished performance.
* JU - Terry Concert Hall
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Saturday, October 26 @ 7:30pm
Vocal Studies Recital

JU Voice Faculty perform solos and scenes from opera to musical theater.
* JU - Terry Concert Hall
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Sunday, October 27 @ 6pm
Pergolesi Vespers: Stabat Mater

Pergolesi's Stabat Mater, an emotional song of the weeping mother at the foot of the cross, will be conducted from the organ console by Director of Music Zeek Smith, featuring soprano Adina Diehl and countertenor Hector Smith, and with violinists Timothy Edwards and Edward Latimer, violist Joseph Henderson, and cellist Alexander Downs. The service is free and open to the public. Offerings collected at the conclusion of the service will support the music program at San Jose Episcopal.
* San Jose Episcopal Church (7423 San Jose Blvd, 32217)
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Sunday, October 27 @ 6pm
Howard Hanson: A Lecture Recital

Dr. Scott Watkins, Professor of Piano, presents his recent research on American composer Howard Hanson in this unique lecture-recital featuring rare photographs of the composer from his earliest days as Dean of the College of the Pacific Conservatory of Music. Watkins’ presentation concludes with Hanson’s recently discovered “Symphonic Rhapsody” on the 100th anniversary of the work’s premiere.
* JU - Terry Concert Hall
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Sunday, October 27 @ 7pm
RareSong Concert

Music of the Renaissance
* St. Mark's Evangelical Lutheran Church
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Tuesday, October 29 @ 7:30pm
JU Oktoberfest!

The First Coast Wind Symphony hosts Jacksonville’s Douglas Anderson Wind Symphony in a concert of band favorites.
* JU - Terry Concert Hall
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Thursday, October 31 @ 7:30pm
Nosferatu (1922) for Halloween

JU Percussion Ensemble performs “Nosferatu,” the original vampire movie from 1922 directed by F.W. Murnau, which brings to life (sort of) the story of Count Orlok. This is the perfect way to spend All Hallows’ Eve. Wear a costume and enjoy the evening.
* JU - Terry Concert Hall
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