Showing posts with label Jacksonville Public Library. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jacksonville Public Library. Show all posts

05/18 @ 5:30 p.m.: Music @ Main


Piotr Szewczyk's Violin Futura II


Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra violinist Piotr Szewczyk returns to the Hicks Auditorium, performing new music for solo violin written especially for him by composers from around the country.

Featured composers/works include:
  • Jason Bahr – Ephemeral Rhapsody
  • Richard Belcastro - Buyer's Remorse
  • Tyler Capp - Scatterbrain
  • Lisa Coons - Coming Undone
  • Jianjun He - Yang-Ge Dance
  • Sydney Hodkinson - RUSH
  • Kari Juusela - Red Bull #3
  • John Oliver - Tossing and Turning
  • Philip Pan - Thrash
  • William Schirmer - Lyric
  • Adam Schoenberg - Swoosh
  • Laurence Sherr – Midnight Dance
  • Gary Smart - Benediction
  • Suzanne Sorkin – Toward the Other Shore>/li>


Music @ Main concerts are presented in the Main Library's Hicks Auditorium, located on the Conference Level of the Library near the Main Street entrances. About the MAIN LIBRARY

Concert Parking
Library customers who use the public garage at the corner of Duval Street and Main Street may take their garage tickets to the ground-floor Popular Services Desk to get validation for free parking weekday evenings when entering after 5 p.m., and on weekends. Free on-street parking is also available on weekends and evenings after 6 p.m.

Main Library
303 North Laura Street
Jacksonville, FL 32202

904-630-2665
TTY for the hearing impaired: 904-630-2740

CLICK HERE for complete information

05/15 @ 12:30 p.m.: Baroque n’ Flutes




Regency Regional Library presents ...

Flutists Anne McKennon & Gia Sastre


in a delightful afternoon concert of Baroque flute duets featuring Works by J.S. Bach, Boismortier, Telemann, Quantz, and Vivaldi

Reception to follow

Regency Square Regional Library
9900 Regency Square Blvd.
Jacksonville, FL 32225
(904) 726-5142

03/24/2010 @ 6:15pm: Music @ Main


Laura Nocchiero & Krzysztof Biernacki



Dr. Krzysztof Biernacki, head of vocal studies at the University of North Florida, joins Italian concert pianist Laura Nocchiero for a special evening of music and song.

CLAUDE DEBUSSY
9 Préludes (1er livre)
Danseuse de Delphes--Voiles--Le vens dans la plaine--Les collines d'Anacapri--La fille aux cheveux de lin--Ce qu’a vu le vent d’ouest--La cathédrale engloutie--La danse de Puck--Minstrels

CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Pour le piano
Prelude--Sarabande--Toccata

FRANCIS POULENC
Four Mélodies
Voyage à Paris--Hôtel--Rosemonde (texts: Guillaume Apollinaire); Mazurka (text: Louise Vilmorin)

Complete concert information,program notes, and English translations of the song texts are available at http://mainconcerts.blogspot.com/2010/03/05242010-615pm-laura-nocchiero.html
Concert Parking
Library customers who use the public garage at the corner of Duval Street and Main Street may take their garage tickets to the ground-floor Popular Services Desk to get validation for free parking weekday evenings when entering after 5 p.m., and on weekends. Free on-street parking is also available evenings & weekends.

Main Library -- Hicks Auditorium
303 North Laura Street

Jacksonville, FL 32202
904-630-2665
TTY for the hearing impaired: 904-630-2740

02/22/2010 @ 6:15 p.m.: Music @ Main


Noteworthy Duo

Flutist Lisa Schroeder and classical guitarist Michael Nigro present a program of Latin American music.

Lisa Schroeder and Michael Nigro join their musical talents to create Noteworthy Duo. Their vision is to reach a non-classical audience, inspire the classical listener, and to touch just one life with a "noteworthy" performance. Noteworthy’s interest in South American Music can be heard throughout their extensive flute and guitar repertoire.

This past year, the duo toured to 23 states in the U.S., playing concerts, live television programs, and radio shows. Their debut CD, entitled “Between Guitar and Flute” was released in February 2009. Lisa and Michael are both on faculty at Vanguard University of Southern California.

Complete concert information and program notes at http://mainconcerts.blogspot.com/2010/01/02222010-615-pm-noteworthy-duo.html
Main Library / Hicks Auditorium
303 North Laura Street
Jacksonville, FL 32202

904-630-2665

02/12/2010 @ 11a.m. & 7:30p.m.: Friday Musicale


Philip Pan violin & 7 string Viper
& Scott Watkins, piano



Violin & Piano
  • Schumann: Sonata in A minor, Op. 105
  • Beethoven: Sonata in G, Op. 96

    On the 7 string Viper
  • Bach: Toccata in D minor
  • Gnarls Barkley: "Crazy"
  • Mark Woods: "Vivaldi Rocks"

    Friday Musicale concerts are presented for the enrichment of the Jacksonville community and are free and open to the public.

    Friday Musicale
    645 Oak St., Riverside
    Jacksonville FL, 32204
    904-355-7584
    Christine Clark, president
    Henson Markham, 3rd vice-president
    Chris Heacox, executive director
    www.fridaymusicale.com

    02/13/2010 @2p.m.: Music @ Main



    Friday Musicale presents
    The Amazing Life of Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges


    A Free Concert for the Whole Family!

    Violinist Tyrone Tidwell narrates the life of Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges interspersed with several works by the 18th century composer, closing with the Symphony Concertante in E-flat for two violins and orchestra.

    A free picture book about Le CHEVALIER de SAINT-GEORGES will be given to the children in the audience for this special program!

    Other featured musicians include:
    Timothy Edwards, violin
    Max Huls, violin
    Swantje Biernacki, violin
    Angelo Goderre, viola
    Larry Rawdon, cello
    Jamar Woods, keyboard
    Gabrielle Williams, soprano

    The narration was prepared by JU Professor Emeritus of Humanities, Dr. Sharon Scholl.

    Concert Parking
    Library customers who use the public garage at the corner of Duval Street and Main Street may take their garage tickets to the ground-floor Popular Services Desk to get validation for free parking weekday evenings when entering after 5 p.m., and on weekends. Free on-street parking is also available on weekends and evenings after 6 p.m.

    Main Library -- Hicks Auditorium
    303 North Laura Street

    Jacksonville, FL 32202
    904-630-2665
  • 02/09/2010 @ 6:15 p.m.: Music @ Main


    Wonkak Kim, clarinet



    Award-winning clarinetist Wonkak Kim has dazzled audiences with playing that is “virtuosic and stirring” (Journal de Morges, Switzerland). Collaborating with Mr. Kim is pianist Grace Eun-Hye Choi.

    Program Selections
  • Gioacchino ROSSINI : Introduction, Theme and Variations (1812)
  • Edward LEIN : September
  • Alban BERG : 4 Stücke, Op. 5
  • François DEVIENNE : Sonata in E-flat, Op. 28, No. 2
  • Charles-Marie WIDOR : Introduction et Rondo, Op. 72



    Hailed by critics around the world as “excellent” (The Washington Post) and as a “tour de force” (Classical Voice of North Carolina), clarinetist Wonkak Kim has quickly established himself at the forefront of his generation, concertizing throughout the United States, Costa Rica, South Korea and Europe. Mr. Kim, who began studying clarinet with Kenneth Lee at the age of fifteen, has been a featured soloist with more than a dozen orchestras, performing concertos by Mozart, Nielsen, Spohr, Weber, and Copland. As a prizewinner of numerous national and international competitions, he has appeared in Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, German Embassy in Washington D.C., and Constitution Hall.

    CLICK HERE for complete concert information.

    Music @ Main concerts are presented in the Main Library's Hicks Auditorium, located on the Conference Level of the Library near the Main Street entrances. About the MAIN LIBRARY

    Main Library
    303 North Laura Street

    Jacksonville, FL 32202
    904-630-2665

    Concert Parking
    Library customers who use the public garage at the corner of Duval Street and Main Street may take their garage tickets to the ground-floor Popular Services Desk to get validation for free parking weekday evenings when entering after 5 p.m., and on weekends. Free on-street parking is also available on weekends and evenings after 6 p.m.
  • 2/1/2010 @6:15p.m.: Music @ Main : Trio Solis


    Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time

    Trio Solis combines three dynamic virtuosi, Corinne Stillwell (violin), Gregory Sauer (cello), and Read Gainsford (piano), all faculty artists at Florida State University's College of Music. Joining them for a complete performance of Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time is FSU clarinet professor Deborah Bish.

    CLICK HERE for complete information

    CONTACT INFORMATION
    Main Library
    303 North Laura Street
    Jacksonville, FL 32202

    904-630-2665
    TTY for the hearing impaired: 904-630-2740

    01/16 @ 3:30pm: Music @ Main


    Jayoung Kim, cello & JooHyun Lee, piano


    Free chamber music recital featuring works by Beethoven, Cassado, Shostakovich & Chopin.

    Main Library / Hicks Auditorium
    303 North Laura Street
    Jacksonville, FL 32202
    904-630-2665

    Jayoung Kim is a doctoral candidate at Florida State University and is the cellist with the internationally acclaimed chamber music ensemble, enhakē. Collaborating with Ms. Kim is award-winning pianist JooHyun Lee.

    PROGRAM SELECTIONS:
  • Ludwig Van Beethoven : Seven Variations on "Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen" from Die Zauberflöte
  • Gaspar Cassado' : Solo Suite
  • Dmitri Shostakovich : Sonata for cello and piano, Op. 40
  • Frederic Chopin : Introduction and Polonaise Brillante, Op. 3

    Concert Parking
    Library customers who use the public garage at the corner of Duval Street and Main Street may take their garage tickets to the ground-floor Popular Services Desk to get validation for free parking weekday evenings when entering after 5 p.m., and on weekends. Free on-street parking is also available on weekends and evenings after 6 p.m.

    CLICK HERE for complete information
  • 01/06 @ 6:30 pm: Main Library--ArtWalk with the Symphony



    French Fusion Preview



    Main Library : Hicks Auditorium
    303 North Laura Street
    Jacksonville, FL 32202

    (904) 630-2665
    FREE ADMISSION

    Solo performance preview by clarinetist Peter Wright, accompanied by Ileana Fernandez

    Art Walk with the Symphony continues on Wednesday, January 3 at 6:30 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium with a solo performance by JSO Principal Clarinetist Peter Wright. Peter will give a short preview of Bozza’s Clarinet Concerto, accompanied by Ileana Fernandez, JSO principal keyboardist.

    The piece is featured on the January 29 “French Fusion” concert. The innovative “Friday Fusion” series features food, music and mingling with audience and musicians.

    The Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra does not appear on this program.

    12/08/2009 @6:15pm: Music @ Main: Julian Toha


    Julian Toha, piano


    Known for his passionate performances, poetic imagination, and technical command, American pianist Julian Toha has acquired a reputation as an exciting young artist of the 21st century.

    Program Selections
  • FELIX MENDELSSOHN Fantasie in F# minor, Op. 28, “Scottish Sonata”: 1. Con moto agitato
  • J.S. BACH Prelude & Fugue No. 8 in D# Minor, BWV 877 (WTC, Book 2)
  • ALEXANDER SCRIABIN Fantaisie in B Minor, Op. 28
  • FRANZ SCHUBERT Sonata No. 14 in A Minor, D. 784
  • ALBERTO GINASTERA Suite de Danzas Criollas, Op. 15

    Main Library / Hicks Auditorium
    303 North Laura Street
    Jacksonville, FL 32202
    904-630-2665
    TTY for the hearing impaired: 904-630-2740

    CLICK HERE for more information
  • 11/16/2009 @ 6:15 p.m.: Music @ Main


    JACKSONVILLE UNIVERSITY CHAMBER STRINGS
    Marguerite Richardson, conductor



    Main Library -- Hicks Auditorium
    303 North Laura Street

    Jacksonville, FL 32202
    904-630-2665
    TTY for the hearing impaired: 904-630-2740

    PROGRAM SELECTIONS
  • Antonio Vivaldi: L’Estro Armonico, Op. 3: Concerto No. 8 in A minor for two violins and strings, RV 522
  • Piotr Szewczyk: Summer Music
  • Edward Lein: Hoodoo
    --Jacksonville University Chamber Strings
  • Antonín Dvořák: Quartet in F Major, Op.96, "American" (1st Movement)
    --Jacksonville University Honors String Quartet (Ronald Lagarde & Mallory Bray, violins; Peter Dutilly, viola; Joseph Engel, violoncello)
  • Peter Warlock: Capriol Suite
  • Edvard Grieg: Holberg Suite, Op.40
    --Jacksonville University Chamber Strings

    Much more information at http://mainconcerts.blogspot.com/2009/10/11162009-615-pm-jacksonville-university.html
  • Monday, October 5 @ 6:15pm: Music @ Main

    Jacksonville Masterworks Chorale

    Now in its 20th season and under the direction of Dr. Mark Stallings since 2002, the Jacksonville Masterworks Chorale is comprised of choral enthusiasts who love rehearsing and performing masterpieces of choral literature.

    PROGRAM SELECTIONS
  • Larry Farrow: Doodlin'
    Traditional German, arranged by Robert Swift: Die Musici (Music Shall Live)
  • Franz Schubert: Mirjams Siegesgesang (Miriam's Song of Triumph) op. 136
  • Robert Schumann: Zigeunerleben (Gypsy Life) op. 29, no. 3
  • Traditional American, arranged by John Horman: Follow the Drinking Gourd
  • Lloyd Pfautsch: Fraulein Bo-Peepen and Jack Der Spratt (from Songs Mein Grossmama Sang)
  • Traditional Sea Chantey, arranged for Treble Voices by Emily Crocker: The Drunken Sailor
  • John Rutter: Banquet Fugue (from The Reluctant Dragon)

    CONTACT INFORMATION
    Main Library
    303 North Laura Street
    Jacksonville, FL 32202
    904-630-2665
    TTY for the hearing impaired: 904-630-2740

    http://mainconcerts.blogspot.com/2009/07/1052009-615-pm-jacksonville-masterworks.html
  • Wednesday, June 10 @ 6:15pm: Music @ Main: Huls Clark Duo


    HULS CLARK DUO

    Max Huls, violin
    Christine Clark, piano


  • BEETHOVEN: "Kreutzer" Sonata
  • MENDELSSOHN: Sonata in F Major (1838)

    Cost: FREE

    Where:
    Main Library
    Hicks Auditorium (Conference Level)

    303 North Laura Street
    Jacksonville, FL 32202
    http://jaxpubliclibrary.org

    Concert Parking:
    Library customers who use the public garage at the corner of Duval Street and Main Street may take their garage tickets to the ground-floor Popular Services Desk to get validation for free parking weekday evenings when entering after 5 p.m., and on weekends. Free on-street parking is also available on weekends and evenings after 6 p.m.

    For more information about Music @ Main programs visit http://jplmusic.blogspot.com/
    or call 904-630-2665.
  • Tuesday, May 26 @ 6:15 pm: Music @ Main


    Anne Elise Richie, Mezzo-Soprano
    & Bonita Sonsini Wyke, piano
    With guest artist Mary Richie, piano


    Known for her warm, rich voice, Metropolitan Opera District Winner Anne Elise Richie has toured Italy, France and Germany in addition to her many performances in the United States, distinguishing herself as an opera singer and concert artist, as well as being a devoted teacher. Ms. Richie is joined by Jacksonville University's Bonita Sonsini Wyke, who has enriched the musical life of the First Coast since 1985 and earned the reputation as a collaborative musician of unsurpassed technical skill and artistry. A special performance by pianist Mary Richie completes the evening's line-up.

    Program Selections include:
  • Hector Berlioz: Les nuits d’ été ("The Nights of Summer") (Selections)
  • Joseph Haydn: Sonata in B minor, Hob. XVI:32
  • Michael Head: Three Songs of Venice (1977)
  • Francesco Santoliquido: I canti della sera ("Songs of the Evening")
  • Richard Pearson Thomas: Ladies of Their Nights & Days (Selections)

    Complete program information, including English translations of the French and Italian texts, is available at:
    http://mainconcerts.blogspot.com/2009/05/526-615-pm-anne-elise-richie.html

    Cost: FREE

    Where:
    Main Library
    Hicks Auditorium (Conference Level)
    303 North Laura Street
    Jacksonville, FL 32202

    http://jaxpubliclibrary.org

    Concert Parking:
    Library customers who use the public garage at the corner of Duval Street and Main Street may take their garage tickets to the ground-floor Popular Services Desk to get validation for free parking weekday evenings when entering after 5 p.m., and on weekends. Free on-street parking is also available on weekends and evenings after 6 p.m.

    For more information about Music @ Main programs visit http://jplmusic.blogspot.com/

    or call 904-630-2665.

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  • Tuesday, 5/12 @ 6:15pm: Music@Main


    VnC Duo (Szewczyk & Romanenko)


    Main Library / Hicks Auditorium
    303 North Laura Street

    New American Music for Violin and Cello

    Virtuoso string players from the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra perform very new music for violin and cello by American Composers, including three world premieres!

    Program Selections:
    Alan Beeler: Dance Suite
    Warren Gooch: Fauxmanian Dance No. 3
    Kari Henrik Juusela: Chasing Karma
    Edward Lein: Tangle [WORLD PREMIERE]
    Daniel Perttu: Tonospheres
    Gary Smart: Street Music [WORLD PREMIERE]
    Piotr Szewczyk: The Moon Goddess [WORLD PREMIERE]
    Christopher M. Wicks: Duo No.1
    Alex Wroten: Realpolitik

    http://mainconcerts.blogspot.com/2009/04/5122009-615-pm-vnc-duo.html

    Tuesday & Wednesday, April 14-15


    Tuesday, April 14, 2009 • 7:30 p.m.

    UNF Chamber Orchestra


    Dr. Simon Shiao, conductor

    Celebrating the spring season with an upbeat score of Milhaud's La Boeuf sur le toit (Ox on the Roof), as well as music by Mozart and other exciting works.

    Free - Donations Welcome

    Robinson Theater
    University of North Florida

    1 UNF Drive
    Jacksonville, FL 32224
    (904) 620-2961



    Wednesday, April 15, 2009 • 6:15 p.m.

    Music @ Main: UNF String ensemble


    Under the direction of Dr. Simon Shiao, University of North Florida students will present music for piano trio and string orchestra. Additionally, Dr. Nick Curry's UNF Cello Choir will perform music for four cellos.

    PROGRAM SELECTIONS
    SMETANA: Piano Trio in G minor, op. 15
    (Allegro ma non agitato -- Presto)
    SCHUBERT: Marche militaire, D.733
    GOLTERMANN: Romance, op. 119, no. 1
    HETFIELD-ULRICH/TOPPINEN: Nothing Else Matters
    MAHLER: Adagietto (from Symphony no. 5)
    BLOCH: Concerto Grosso no. 1 for strings with piano obbligato
    (I. Prelude -- IV. Fugue)

    Main Library / Hicks Auditorium
    303 North Laura Street

    Jacksonville, FL 32202
    904-630-2665
    TTY for the hearing impaired: 904-630-2740
    CLICK HERE for complete information.

    Wednesday, April 8@6:15pm: Music @ Main


    Clarinet ensemble, chamber music and solo performances from the studio of Dr. Guy Yehuda, director of Woodwind Studies at the University of North Florida

    PIAZZOLLA: Tango Etude no. 3
    STRAVINSKY: Three Pieces for Solo Clarinet
    BUECHE: Fugue for Clarinet Trio
    FARKAS: Ancient Hungarian Dances from the 17th Century
    ROSSINI / PALMER: An Italian in Algiers : Sinfonia
    FRACKENPOHL: Clarinet Rag
    DEBUSSY / HOWLAND: Petite Suite : Ballet
    MOZART / CAILLIET: The Marriage of Figaro : Overture

    Main Library
    303 North Laura Street

    Jacksonville, FL 32202
    904-630-2665

    CLICK HERE for complete concert information.

    Tuesday, February 17 @ 6:15 p.m.: Music @ Main

    Noteworthy Duo : Music for Flute & Guitar by Latin American Composers
    CLICK HERE for complete details.



    Main Library (Hicks Auditorium)
    303 North Laura Street
    Jacksonville, FL 32202

    Wednesday, January 7@6:30pm: Art Walk with the Symphony

    Enjoy a free program at the Main Library during First Wednesday Art Walk">, featuring
    Players from the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra

    Art Walk with the Symphony will feature Jeffrey Peterson, JSO principal trombonist, accompanied by Ileana Fernandez, JSO principal keyboardist, previewing Søren Hyldgaard's Concerto Borealis which Peterson performs with the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra on Friday, January 9. In addition, JSO violinist Piotr Szewczyk, winner of the Fresh Ink 2008 Florida Composers’ Competition, will present virtuoso pieces for violin, accompanied by award-winning pianist Christine Clark

    The Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra (JSO) continues to affirm its place as the leading performing arts organization in Jacksonville, and is a vital part of cultural life on the First Coast. CLICK HERE for Information about upcoming Symphony Concerts

    Recordings of works scheduled for performance by the JSO this season are on display on the 3rd Floor (West Room) of the Main Library.