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June 2012

 

Calendar of Free* Classical Concerts in Jacksonville



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


Sunday, June 3 @ 10:45am
Sunday Music

Ken Anoff, drums, timetodrum.com
11 am: The Joyful Singers, Dr. Sharon Scholl, director
UUCJ

Sunday, June 3 @ 3pm
Barbee Monk, soprano
Shirley Elliott, Piano

A recital to benefit Barbee Monk's upcoming summer studies in Salzburg. Admission is free, donations are appreciated. Even if you cannot provide financial support, come support with your presence!
Music by: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Richard Strauss Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Charles Gounod, George Frideric Handel, Ernst Bacon, Richard Hundley, Jerome Kern, Stephen Sondheim, and Noel Coward
St. Mark's Episcopal Church

Friday, June 8 @7:30pm
Serafini Brillanti: Ginger Meets Curry

Rhonda Nus Tinnin, soprano, Randy Tinnin, trumpet, and Erin Bennett, piano
Baroque to Broadway
  • Love is Where You Find It / Herb Brown
  • Concerto for Trumpet Mvt.1 / Molter
  • Cradle Songs / Bob Moore
  • Irving Berlin Medley
  • Three Hymns / Andrew Clarke
  • The Girl in 14-G / Jean Tesori
  • Cornet Man / Jules Stine
    Admission is Free, with a love offering to help Camille Tinnin defray expenses towards her summer internship in India.
    Jacksonville Church of Christ, 6118 Bowden Road Jacksonville, FL 32216 (904)998-0060

    Sunday, June 10 @ 10:45am
    Sunday Music

    Aron Mujumdar, violin; Joe Engel, cello, Henson Markham, harpsichord
  • Vivaldi: Violin Sonata in C Minor
    UUCJ

    Sunday, June 10 @ 2:30pm
    Intermezzo Sunday Concert, with pianist Jost Van Dyke
  • CHOPIN: Prelude in C# minor, Op. 45
  • J.S. BACH: English Suite No. 5, in E minor, BWV 810
  • ALBÉNIZ: El puerto, and, El Albaicin (from Iberia)
  • BRAHMS: 3 Intermezzi and 2 Capriccios
    A student of Edward Kilenyi, Thaddeus Sadlowski, Regina Shamvilli and Daniell Revenaugh, pianist Jost Van Dyke had to interrupt his concert career in the early 1990s, due to the onset of focal dystonia, a muscular condition that has hindered or ended the careers of many distinguished musicians. This performance marks not only the Jacksonville concert debut of Mr. Van Dyke, but his first public recital in nearly two decades.
    JPL-Main Library Hicks Auditorium

    Sunday, June 10 @ 6pm
    Summer Organ Recital Series
    Shannon Galliger, Organist. Music of Mendelssohn, Dupre, Wright, and Bach. Reception following in Craig Hall.
    Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd

    Saturday, June 23 @ 11:30am
    Prelude Chamber Music Camp Concert

    Hendricks Ave. Baptist Church

    Monday, June 25 @ 7pm
    A COLLABORATIVE REUNION, PART I

    David Graham, flute; Johnathan Robinson, clarinet; Anthony Felton, piano
    Click Here for concert guide.
    Friday Musicale


    ALSO OF INTEREST (free, but not local)
    June 21-23 and June 28-30
    St. Augustine Music Festival [click for details]

  • May 2012


    Calendar of Free* Classical Concerts in Jacksonville



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


    Friday, May 4 @ 11am
    The Philanthropic Concert

    THE FRIDAY MUSICALE CHORUS and 2012 COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP LAUREATES
    Friday Musicale

    Friday, May 4 @ 7pm
    Lamentations

    Jacksonville Masterworks Chorale
    Hendricks Avenue Baptist Church

    Sunday, May 6 @ 10:45am
    Sunday Music: Tyrone Tidwell, violin and Michelle Huang, piano
    Liszt, Kreisler, Bach
    UUCJ

    Sunday, May 6 @ 2:30pm
    Melodies from the Heart
    Singers by the Sea, a 60 member chorale that sings in 4 part harmony, accompanied by banjo, flute, drums, cello and piano. A reception will follow the concert.
    Palms Presbyterian Church

    Sunday, May 13 @ 10:45am
    Sunday Music: In Celebration of Mother's Day
    Jaime and Skye Sanborn, sopranos and Sharon Scholl, piano
    UUCJ

    Sunday, May 13 @ 4pm
    Ritz Chamber Players' Mother's Day Recital
    Alison Buchanan, soprano, and Robert Sims, baritone
    Friday Musicale

    Friday, May 18 @ 11am and 7:30pm
    Rebecca Zapen and Friends
    Friday Musicale

    Friday, May 18 @ 6pm
    JSYO Young Artist Concerto Competition Finals
    Listen to the top JSYO musicians in recital as they compete for the chance to solo with the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra.
    Times-Union Center for the Performing Arts

    Sunday, May 20 @ 8:30am and 11:00am
    Part III of Handel’s Messiah
    LPC’s Chancel Choir and Chamber Orchestra
    Lakewood Presbyterian Church

    Sunday, May 20 @ 2:30pm
    Intermezzo Sunday Concert, with Gia Sastre, flute and Katherine Roberts, piano
    JPL Main Library - Hicks Auditorium

    Sunday, Sunday, May 20 @ 3pm
    Spring Handbell Concert
    The three handbell choirs of the church will perform a variety of repertoire. Mr. Rodney Cleveland will be the guest organist. A nursery will be provided.
    Riverside Park United Methodist Church

    Sunday, May 27 @ 10:45am
    Sunday Music: Timothy Edwards, violin, Michelle Huang, piano, Rob McKennon, trumpet, and Jeremy Lucas, narrator
    UUCJ

    Sunday, May 27 @ 6pm
    Voices in Upper Air - Hymn Festival
    Presented by the Mayse-Turner Fund for Anglican Hymnody and the Jacksonville Chapter of the American Guild of Organists All members of local choirs are invited to join the Festival Choir, made up of the combined choirs of Good Shepherd, All Saints', St. Mark's, and St. John's Episcopal Cathedral.
    Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd

    ALSO OF INTEREST:
    Friday, May 25 - Sunday, May 27
    Jacksonville Jazz Festival

    April 2012



    Calendar of Free* Concerts in Jacksonville



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


    Monday, April 2 @ 7:30pm
    Electronic Music: Retrospective and Prospective
    Methods of Synthesis & Sampling students will perform classic electronic music pieces during the first half of the program. During the second half, current techniques used in electronic music will be demonstrated through student and faculty compositions.
    JU - Terry Concert Hall

    Thursday, April 5 @ 7pm
    Organ and Piano Music with Bette Mattox and Gwen Hernandez

    The free concert featuring classical and religious music will be followed with a reception in the Maguire Fellowship Hall. Donations will be accepted.
    Southside Baptist Church, 1435 Atlantic Blvd. 396-6633

    Thursday, April 5 @ 7:30pm
    JU Student Chamber Ensembles

    From saxophones to string quartets, enjoy an evening of chamber music performed by the JU student chamber ensembles, including the Honors chamber ensembles.
    JU - Terry Concert Hall

    Friday, April 6 @ 7pm
    Marcel Dupré’s Stations of the Cross (Le Chemin de la croix)

    Timothy Tuller, organ, with poetry by Paul Claudel preceding each movement, recited by Hayley Zeller.
    St. John's Cathedral

    Sunday, April 8, 10:45 am
    Sunday music with Julian Toha, piano

    Villa Lobos, Scriabin
    UUCJ

    Monday, April 9 @ 7:30pm
    Borromeo String Quartet
    UNF Cummer Family Foundation Chamber Music Series
    Dr. Guy Yehuda, Artistic Director
    UNF - Recital Hall
    WEEKNIGHT VISITOR PARKING FEE: $3

    April 10 at 7:30 PM
    Pictures at an Exhibition
    Piano Studio Annual Spring Recital.

    The popular suite by Russian composer Modest Musorgsky, plus American composer Edward MacDowell’s hauntingly beautiful New England Idyls. Features JU’s piano students.
    JU - Terry Concert Hall

    Friday, April 13 @ 11am & 7:30pm
    Read Gainsford, piano

    • Fantasy in C Minor, K. 457 | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    • 3 Préludes | Claude Debussy
    • Sonata in C Minor, Op. 111 | Ludwig van Beethoven
    Friday Musicale

    Friday, April 13 @ 7pm
    The University of North Florida Chorale - A Spring Choral Festival

    Choral music from the Renaissance to the 21st Century, Dr. Cara Tascher, Director. A freewill offering will support the choir's upcoming tour of South Africa.
    All Saints Episcopal Church

    Sunday, April 15 @ 10:45am
    Sunday Music, with Swantje Biernacki (violin), Linda Minke (cello) & Jeanne Huebner (piano)

    • Elfrida Andrée: Piano Trio in G minor
    UUCJ

    Sunday, April 15 @ 2:30pm
    Intermezzo Sunday Concert, with Lawrence Quinnett, piano
    2011 Winner of the FSU Chapman Piano Competition

    • Haydn: Sonata in E minor, Hob XVI: 34
    • Ligeti: Etudes, Book I
    • Chopin: Polonaise, in A-flat major, Op. 53 “Heroic”
    • Franck: Prélude, Choral et Fugue
    • Rachmaninoff: Lilacs
    JPL Main Library - Hicks Auditorium

    Sunday, April 15 @ 3pm
    Winds Chamber Concert

    JU - Terry Concert Hall

    Sunday, April 15 @ 4pm
    First Coast Chorale, Claire Scott, Director

    Gregorian Chant and Medieval Conductus, Southern Harmony Shape Note songs, works by Craig Courtney, Don Besig, Katie Moran Bart, Thomas Morley and Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck. With Lorraine Roettges and Steven Gonzalez, Recorders, and Michael Dell, organ.
    A freewill offering will be requested.
    St. Paul's By the Sea Episcopal Church

    April 15 @ 6pm
    Chamber Music Society of Good Shepherd presents
    JU Spring Choral Concert
    University Singers, Men’s and Women’s Choruses in a varied program of music from the centuries.
    Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd

    Thursday, April 19 @ 7:30pm
    JU Spring Choral Concert

    Featuring the University Singers, Men’s and Women’s Choruses in a varied program of music from the centuries
    JU - Terry Concert Hall

    Thursday, April 19 @ 7:30pm
    Sing into Spring Choral Sendoff Concert

    Dr. Cara Tasher, conductor
    UNF - Lazzara Performance Hall
    WEEKNIGHT VISITOR PARKING FEE: $3

    Friday, April 20 @ 11am & 7:30pm
    Opera at Friday Musicale: Mozart's The Impressario

    Bella Voce Cabaret, Jim Goodell, producer
    Friday Musicale

    Sunday, April 22 @ 10:45am
    Sunday Music, with Michael Cameron, piano

    UUCJ

    Sunday, April 22 at 3:00pm
    First Coast Wind Ensemble Family Concert
    An educational concert for the whole family. Bring the kids!
    JU - Terry Concert Hall

    Tuesday, April 24 @ 7:30pm
    Exotic Journeys
    During the winter of 1887, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov began work on a symphonic suite based on the exotic book The Arabian Nights, resulting in his most popular work, the dazzling and colorful Scheherazade. Join the JU Orchestra in a performance of this distinctively Russian work in the season finale concert.
    JU - Terry Concert Hall

    Sunday, April 29 @ 5pm
    A Safari Soundlab Benefit Concert

    The local band Safari Soundlab and guests will present a benefit concert to support and raise awareness for both the Invisible Children (Kony2012) and Against Malaria Foundation charities. Though the concert is free, a donation for these charities will be taken at the conclusion of the concert. Also accepting donations of a non-perishable food items for Arlington Community Services.
    St. Luke's Episcopal Church

    Sunday, April 29 @ 6pm
    Solemn Choral Evensong in observance of Good Shepherd Sunday

    Music of Stewart, Sumsion, Smith, Finzi, and Howells.
    Reception following in Craig Hall. (Incense will be used at this service)
    Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd

    Sunday, April 29 @ 7pm
    On the Riverbank Fine Arts Series: Choral Concert

    The Parish Choir, Dr. Matthew Caine, Director.
    Works by Byrd, Biebl, Brahms, Britten, Parry, and others. A freewill offering will be taken and a reception will follow.
    Episcopal Church of Our Savior



    March 2012



    Calendar of Free* Concerts in Jacksonville



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

    Friday, March 2 @ 11am & 7pm
    Mary L'Engle Ensemble

  • Luigi Boccherini: Quartett Op. 33, No. 6 in A Major
  • Robert Schumann: Piano Quintet, Op. 44
    Timothy Edwards & Swantje Biernacki,violins
    Angelo Goderre, viola; Linda Minke, cello; Tugci Tari, piano
    Friday Musicale

    Friday, March 2 @ 7:30pm
    Julie Detweiler, clarinet. Michelle Huang, piano
    Guest Clarinet and Piano Recital
    UNF - Recital Hall

    Sunday, March 4 @ 10:45am
    Sunday Music: In Celebration of Women's History Month
    Brittnee Siemon, mezzo; Brent Bevis, guitar
  • Monodies of Francesca Caccini (1587- after 1641)
    UUCJ

    Sunday, March 4 @ 7pm
    Brahms and Friends

    With mezzo-soprano Jane Christeson, baritone Bobb Robinson and pianist Michael Rickman.
    Lakewood Presbyterian Church

    Monday, March 5 @ 7:30pm
    UNF Cummer Family Foundation Chamber Music Series presents
    Mezzo Soprano Aidan Soder with Pianist Lee Thompson
    Dr. Guy Yehuda, Artistic Director
    UNF- Recital Hall
    WEEKNIGHT VISITOR PARKING FEE: $3

    Tuesday, March 6 @ 7:30pm
    Concerto Showcase Concert

    Featuring Members of the UNF Orchestra, Dr. Simon Shiao, conductor
    UNF - Robinson Theater
    WEEKNIGHT VISITOR PARKING FEE: $3

    Tuesday, March 6 @ 7:30pm
    Hot off the Press!

    Join the JU Orchestra and JU faculty composers for an evening of newly composed orchestral music in this biennial event, a community favorite. Also featured will be compositions by the 2010 and 2011 student winners of the Delius Prize in Composition. Following the concert, “get into the heads” of the composers in an informal audience Q & A.
    JU - Terry Concert Hall

    Wednesday, March 7 @ 7:30pm
    Composition Majors Concert

    Varied Orchestration performing new works by some of Jacksonville University’s most talented young composers.
    JU - Terry Concert Hall

    Wednesday, March 7 @ 7:30pm
    Guest Violin Recital with Dr. Sarah Gentry

    Dr. Simon Shiao, coordinator
    UNF Recital Hall
    WEEKNIGHT VISITOR PARKING FEE: $3

    Thursday-Saturday, March 8-10
    UNF Cummer Family Foundation Chamber Music Series presents
    4th Annual Florida Clarinet Extravaganza!

    Dr. Guy Yehuda, Artistic Director
    Check UNF Calendar for complete Events Schedule
    UNF - Fine Arts Center

    Thursday, March 8 @ 7:30pm
    Guy Yehuda & Michael Bovenzi Recital “Wood and Gold”

    UNF - Recital Hall
    THURSDAY NIGHT VISITOR PARKING FEE: $3

    Friday, March 9 @ 7:30pm
    Beaches Fine Arts: Ian Bostridge, tenor

    St. Paul's by the Sea

    Friday, March 9 @ 7:30pm
    Sean Osborn, Clarinet

    UNF - Recital Hall

    Saturday, March 10 @ 7:30pm
    JU Percussion Ensemble Concert

    Rags, Rags, Rags featuring the music of George Hamilton Green, Sammy Herman, Harry Breuer, Zez Confrey and others. This is a concert that is perfect for old and young alike.
    JU - Terry Concert Hall

    Saturday, March 10 @ 7:30pm
    Michael Norsworthy, clarinet “The Color of Sound”

    UNF - Recital Hall

    Sunday, March 11 @ 10:45am
    Sunday Music: In Celebration of Women's History Month
    Jena Huebner, doublebass; Jeanne Huebner, piano
    UUCJ

    Sunday, March 11 @ 2:30pm
    Intermezzo Sunday Concert, with Flint River Trio

    Russell Brown, clarinet; Boyan Bonev, cello; Mimi Noda, piano
  • Martinu: Variations on a Theme of Rossini
  • Schumann: Fantasiestücke, Op. 73
  • Beethoven: Trio, Op. 38
    HANDBILL
    JPL Main Library - Hicks Auditorium

    Sunday, March 11 @ 3pm
    New Music Improvisations

    Dr. Jeff Agrell, horn, Dr. Gary Smart, piano
    UNF - Recital Hall

    Sunday, March 11 @ 5pm
    Bobb Robinson Studio Recital

    Featuring the voice students of Dr. Bobb Robinson:
    Nick Boucher, Raquel Lopez, Ellen Marini, Zeek Smith, Kelly Wolfe, Alex Rodriguez, Michelle Mestas, Erick Crow, Claire C. Futo, Leanna Brown, Ciaran Sontag, Rachel Harding, Brittany Carter and Dean Winter; Stephen Fennell, Keyboard
    There will be a wine and cheese reception following the concert. Please bring a donation of a non-perishable food item for Arlington Community Services.
    Saint Luke’s Episcopal Church

    Sunday, March 11 @ 7:30pm
    A Journey of the Heart

    Orange Park Chorale
    Hendricks Avenue Baptist

    Monday, March 12 @ 6pm
    2012 Young Artists Competition Finals

    Jacksonville Youth Symphony
    Times-Union Center

    Thursday, March 15 at 7:30pm
    High School Choral Invitational
    The JU Choirs share the stage with outstanding high school choruses from throughout the greater Jacksonville area in a celebration of choral music education in our schools.
    JU - Terry Concert Hall

    Sunday, March 18, 10:45 am
    Sunday Music: Ken Anoff, drums
    UUCJ

    Sunday, March 18 @ 3pm
    Dreamy March Music

    Northeast Florida Conservatory Band, Richard Dickson, Director; The Heritage Singers of Jacksonville, Michael Dell, Artistic Director; Cathy Nye, Accompanist
    All Souls Anglican Church (4042 Hartley Road)

    Sunday, March 18 @ 7pm
    San Marco Chamber Music Society Presents Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    We learn about Mozart's financial troubles during the later years of his life through his letters to his wealthy friend, Michael Puchberg. Actor Kevin Roberts will portray Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Featuring Violinist Ruxandra Marquardt, violist Ellen Olson, and cellist Laurie Casseday
  • Mozart's Divertimento, K. 563.
    Free will offering taken.
    St. Mark's Evangelical Lutheran

    Tuesday, March 20 @ 7:30pm
    UNF Percussion Ensemble Concert
    Charlotte Mabrey, director
    UNF - Robinson Theater
    WEEKNIGHT VISITOR PARKING FEE: $3

    Friday, March 23 @ 11am & 7:30pm
    Baroque Music, Baroque Instruments

  • Louis de Caix d’Hervelois: Les Vendangeuses for oboe and basso continuo
  • Pietro Antonio Locatelli: Sonata No. 1 for flute and basso continuo
  • Johann Sebastian Bach: Italian Concerto, BWV 971
  • Giovanni Benedetto Platti: Sonata for Oboe, Bassoon, and Basso Continuo
  • Georg Philipp Telemann: Quartet No. 1 in D Major
    Tammara Phillips, baroque flute; Ann Adams, baroque oboe; Lee Goodhew Romm, baroque bassoon; Boyd Jones, harpsichord
    Friday Musicale

    Saturday, March 24 @ Times to be determined
    John Cage Festival: 100th Birthday Celebration : Opening Event
    “Circus of Happening: A Chance-Determined Series of Arranged Convergence (for John Cage)”

    Performances by numerous local and regional artists
    FESTIVAL WEBSITE
    CoRK Arts District (2689 Rosselle St., Jacksonville, FL)

    Sunday, March 25 @ 10:45am
    Sunday Music: Rob Tudor, baritone; Michelle Huang, piano
    UUCJ

    Sunday, March 25 @ 6pm,
    Kim Beasley Sings Bach Cantatas
  • Cantata No. 84, 'Ich bin vergnügt meinem Glücke'
  • Cantata No 31, 'Der Himmel lacht'
  • 'Mein gläubiges Herze' from Cantata No. 68
  • Cantata No. 51, 'Jauchzet Gott'
  • 'Mein Freund ist mein' from Cantata No. 140
    Assisted by: Kristin Kusic, oboe; Julian Kaplan, trumpet, Marguerite Richardson, Sam LaGarde, violins, Peter Dutilly, viola; Shannon Lockwood, cello; Scott Watkins, continuo
    Good Shepherd - Worsham Hall

    Sunday, March 25 @ 7:30pm
    Clarinet Recital
    Students from the Studio of Dr. Guy Yehuda, coordinator
    UNF - Recital Hall

    Monday, March 26 @ 7:30pm
    John Cage Festival: 100th Birthday Celebration
    The Revenge of the Dead Indians: In Memoriam of John Cage
    A screening of the documentary film
    MOCA-Jacksonville (133 N. Laura St.)

    Monday, March 26 @ 7:30pm
    UNF String Showcase Concert
    Students from the Studios of Dr. Nick Curry, Dr. Simon Shiao, Dr. Jason Lindsay, and Professors Melissa Barrett and Renate Falkner
    Dr. Simon Shiao, coordinator
    UNF - Recital Hall
    WEEKNIGHT VISITOR PARKING FEE: $3

    Tuesday, March 27 @ 7:30pm
    John Cage Festival: 100th Birthday Celebration

    Dutch Sound Artist Jaap Blonk
    MOCA-Jacksonville (133 N. Laura St.)

    Wednesday, March 28 @ 7:30pm
    John Cage Festival: 100th Birthday Celebration

    Violinist Tom Chiu,founder of the the esteemed FLUX Quartet, presents a program of rarely heard works for solo stringed instrument.
  • Freeman Etudes (1977-90)
  • 26' 1.1499" for solo string instrument (1953-55)
  • Cheap Imitations (1969/1977)
    J. Johnson Gallery (177 4th Ave. N., Jax Beach)

    Wednesday, March 28 @ 7:30pm
    Evning of Contemporary Music
    UNF Brass and Percussion Ensembles
    Featuring Concerto for Flute and Metal Orchestra by Randall Croley
    Dr. Randall Tinnin, conductor
    Rhonda Cassano, coordinator, guest flute soloist
    UNF - Fine Arts Center, Room 1404
    WEEKNIGHT VISITOR PARKING FEE: $3

    Wednesday, March 28 @ 7:30 – 8:30 PM
    Peter Dutilly, composition (Senior recital)
    JU - Venue not given

    Thursday, March 29 @ 7:30pm
    Carolyne Scott, harp (Senior Recital)
    JU - Venue not given

    Friday, March 30 @ 11am & 7:30pm
    John Cage Festival: 100th Birthday Celebration

    Pianist Louis Goldstein (Wake Forest University)
  • 4’33” (1952)
  • ASLSP (1985)
  • Sonatas and Interludes (1946-48)
    Friday Musicale

    Saturday, March 31
    @ 3:30 – Jacob Campbell, viola (Junior Recital)
    @ 5:30 – Ronald (Sam) Lagarde, violin (Senior Recital)
    @ 7:30 – Alfred Meneses, piano (Senior Recital)
    JU - Venues not given


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