December 2013

Calendar of Free* Classical Concerts in Jacksonville

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*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, December 1 @ 5pm
Advent Procession of Lessons & Carols
The Cathedral Choir singing music by Palestrina, Britten, Willan and Adams
St. John's Episcopal Cathedral

Sunday, December 1 @ 7pm
Church of Our Savior Christmas Concert
 Enjoy the sounds of the season performed by Church of Our Savior choir and music team. Free community concert in the historic Beaches Museum Chapel.Festive dessert reception following.

Beaches Museum Chapel, 505 Beach Boulevard, Jacksonville Beach, FL 32250

Monday, December 2 @ 7:30pm
The Cummer Family Foundation Chamber Series presents Violinist Ara Gregorian and Pianist Thomas Sauer
Dr. Krzysztof Biernacki, coordinator
Free admission Get E-tickets
UNF - Recital Hall
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Tuesday, December 3 @ 7pm

Christ Is the Day, a Advent song cycle for choir, soloists and instruments by Bob Moore.

Premiere performance.

The Episcopal Church of Our Saviour

Tuesday, December 3 @ 7pm

Tuesday Serenade, with cellist Dr. Boyan Bonev

Please join us on Tuesday, December 3, at 7 p.m., when Jacksonville Public Library will host a free recital featuring cellist Boyan Bonev , a faculty artist from the University of West Florida.  Making his fifth Music @ Main appearance, Dr. Bonev will perform virtuoso works for unaccompanied cello by J.S. Bach, Dimitar Tapkoff, Georg Philipp Telemann, and PetarChristoskov.

JPL - Main Library, Hicks Auditorium

Tuesday, December 3 @ 7:30pm
Piano Play-Off: Chopin
This year's Piano Play-off features students from the studios of Dr. Gary Smart and Dr. Erin Bennett in a program of Chopin Nocturnes. Audience members will have an opportunity to vote for their favorite Nocturne performance! This performance is free and open to the public. Get E-tickets
UNF  - Recital Hall
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Wednesday, December 4 @ 5:30pm
Music of the Season with St. Johns River City Band Brass Quartet
Join the St. Johns River City Band Brass Quartet for a holiday concert. Don't miss this great opportunity to enjoy Christmas music with the whole family! The concert will last approximately one hour.
JPL - Main Library / Hicks Auditorium

Thursday, December 5 @ 7pm
Sound Effects
Sound Effects returns with pianist Jihye Chang this December. Join us for a fun and informal concert and engage in a dialogue with the performers. This unique opportunity is appropriate for all tastes and ages. Our previous concert sold out so please RSVP to reserve your seat! Reception with cash bar following the performance. Free and open to the public.
MOCA Jax, 333 N. Laura St., 32202

Thursday, December 5 @ 7pm
Handel's Messiah
UNF Chorale and Orchestra, Dr. Cara Tasher, director of choral activities, Dr. Simon Shiao, director
Ponte Vedra Concert Hall: 1050 A1A North – 7 p.m.

Friday, December 6 @  11am

Friday Musicale Chorus
Michael Dell, Director

Friday Musicale

Friday, December 6 @ 7:30pm 
Beaches Fine Arts Series: Calmus

"Nothing short of remarkable...they, quite simply, bring whatever they sing to glorious life ." (Deseret Morning News) described a concert by Calmus, the First Prize Winner of the 2009 Concert Artists Guild International Competition. This German ensemble will bring their glorious holiday program to the Series.
St. Paul’s by-the-Sea Episcopal Church 

Saturday, December 7 @  9am

Outstanding Young Pianists Competition

Friday Musicale

Saturday, December 7 @ 7:30pm
Make We Joy: Songs of the Season
A Jacksonville holiday tradition not to be missed! Featuring the University Singers and the Men’s and Women’s Choirs in a spirited program of seasonal music spanning the centuries and the globe.
JU - Sam Marks Chapel

Sunday, December 8 @ 3pm (rehearsal at 1:30pm)
Handel's Messiah Sing-along
Jacksonville Masterworks Chorale; bring your own score
Island View Baptist Church
900 Park Ave Orange Park, Florida 32073

Sunday, December 8 @ 6pm
Jacksonville University Chorale in concert
Featuring the University Singers and the Men’s and Women’s Choirs in a spirited program of seasonal music spanning the centuries and the globe.
Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd

Monday, December 9 @ 7pm
Jacksonville Symphony Youth Orchestra Free Holiday Concert
Scott C. Gregg, conductor
Times-Union Center Jacoby Hall, 303 W. Water St. 32202

Sunday, December 15 @ 8:30am & 11am
Saint-Saens Christmas Oratorio
Rodney Cleveland leads the LPC Chancel Choir with guest soloists and orchestra in a special presentation Sunday morning at 8:30 & 11:00. Please join us as we worship to the music of Camille Saint-Saens' Christmas Oratorio.
Lakewood Presbyterian Church

Sunday, December 15 @ 5:45pm
Luminaria Carol Sing-along
Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd

Wednesday, December 18 @ 6pm 

A Festival of Lessons and Carols

The St. Mark’s choirs will lead a beautiful festival service of Lessons and Carols. This is a candlelight service featuring a series of readings that tell the Christmas story interspersed with carols and other choral and instrumental works that highlight the story. Free and open to the public.

St. Mark’s Episcopal Church

Sunday, December 29 @  3pm

Friday Musicale Scholarship Laureates

Allison Watkins, flute; Likai He, violin; Andrew Callahan, piano; Mitchell Kuhn, oboe

Friday Musicale

November 2013

Calendar of Free* Classical Concerts in Jacksonville

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*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, November 1 @ 7:30pm
Thomas Strickland, organist
Music Director at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Denver. For this concert, Tom will perform music by American composers. Freewill offering.
St. John's Episcopal Cathedral

Saturday, November 2 @ 11am
Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra - Musical Storybooks
An early literacy program for pre-K children, presenting a story combined with string quartet to engage them in active listening and foster a love of reading through music. (The full Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra is not performing at this event.)
Southeast Branch Library, 10599 Deerwood Park Blvd.

Saturday, November 2 @ 2pm
Jacksonville Symphony “Cover the Town with Sound”
A free community concert series featuring groups of Jacksonville Symphony musicians (including string, woodwind, and brass quintets) bringing music directly to local residents in neighborhoods throughout Jacksonville.
The Cummer Museum of Arts and Gardens, 829 Riverside Ave.

Saturday, November 2 @ 7:30 pm
Faure Requiem
JU Choir & Orchestra, Dr. Timothy Snyder conducting
JU - Terry Concert Hall

Sunday, November 3 @ 3pm
Jacksonville Symphony - Cover the Town with Sound
JSO chamber music players TBA
Highlands Branch Library, 1826 Dunn Ave.

Sunday, November 3 @ 3pm
The Art of Clarinet
The program will feature members of the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra in works by Mozart, Mahler, Kibbe, Jacob, Gershwin and Lockhart. Performers include Peter Wright, Marci Gurnow, Bruce Marking, Artie Clifton and Rachel Clifton. The concert finale will feature the Jacksonville Festival Clarinet Choir, a group of student and community players who will perform several selections with the JSO clarinet quartet.
JU - Terry Hall

Sunday, November 3 @ 3pm
Synergy Chamber Ensemble
Philip Pan, violin; Rhonda Cassano, flute; Scott Watkins, piano
Friday Musicale

Sunday, November 3 @ 5 pm
Choral Evensong - The St. Mark’s Choir
The St. Mark’s choir will sing an Evensong for the Feast of All Saints featuring beautiful classical organ and choral music. Free and open to the public.
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church

Sunday, November 3 @ 6 pm
Faure Requiem
JU Choir & Orchestra, Dr. Timothy Snyder conducting
All Saints Episcopal Church

Tuesday, November 5 @ 7pm
Tuesday Serenade with the JU Singers

Under the direction of Dr. Timothy Snyder, the JU Singers will perform an eclectic program ranging from a cappella classics and selections from Faure's Requiem to African folksongs and The Beatles' Blackbird.  Complete concert information and program notes are available online, at http://mainconcerts.blogspot.com/2013/08/tuesday-serenade-november-5-2013-7pm.html

Free parking is available, including on-street parking
Main Library - Hicks Auditorium

Tuesday. November 5 @ 7:30pm
JU Chamber Ensembles
Enjoy an evening of varied chamber music performed by our top student groups, including the Honors Chamber Ensembles.
JU - Terry Concert Hall

Wednesday, November 6 @ 12:30pm
Wednesday Happening: David Scheininger, Baritone
David earned a bachelor of music degree at the College-Conservatory of Music in Cincinnati, Ohio, majoring in voice. Since returning to this city in 1986, he has become one of the most sought-after soloists in the area, singing repertoire ranging from oratorio and operatic arias to Broadway show tunes. Among the ensembles he has appeared with are the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra, the River City Band and the Chancel Choir of Riverside Presbyterian Church.
Riverside Presbyterian Church

Thursday, November 7 @ 7:30pm
Chamber Music by Brahms
Please join pianist Scott Watkins, violinist Marguerite Richardson, cellist Shannon Lockwood, clarinetist Artie Clifton, and hornist Sean Morgan in this program (rescheduled from last season) of some of Brahms’ most vivid works, including his Horn Trio, Clarinet Trio, and his dramatic Quartet in C minor.
JU - Terry Concert Hall

Saturday, November 9 @ 7:30pm
Percussion Ensemble
The percussion ensemble performs a wide variety of songs, styles, and pieces from around the world.
JU - Terry Concert Hall

Sunday, November 10 @ 7pm
San Marco Chamber Music Society: Astronomical Musical Experience
Herschel Oboe Concerto in E Flat (Eric Olson, oboe);  
Ravel Piéce en forme de Habañera (Eric Olson, oboe)
Shostakovich Quintet for Piano and Strings in G minor, Op. 57 (Scott Watkins, piano)
Free. An offering will be taken.
St. Mark's Lutheran Church

Wednesday, November 13 @ 7:30pm
Ritz Chamber Players Opening Concert: Faith & Unity!
Celebrating Bishop Rudolph W. McKissick, Sr.
BACH Flute Sonata in B minor, BWV 1030
SPIRITUAL I'm Going Home on Morning Train
LEE “Night Visions of Kippur” 
McLIN I’m a Soldier in the Army of the Lord
MENDELSSOHN Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor, Op. 66
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, but RSVP: Get Tickets
Times-Union Center - Jacoby Hall

Thursday, November 14 @ 7:30pm
JUMU: Students’ Recital

The third installment in the series of recitals that feature nominated music students for special recognition as performers and composers.

JU - Terry Concert Hall

Friday, November 15 @ 11am & 7:30pm 
JSYM Woodwind Quintet
Les Roettges, flute; Eric Olson, oboe & English horn; Peter Wright, clarinet; Marat Rakhmatullaev, bassoon; Kevin Reid, horn
Friday Musicale

Friday, November 15 @ 7:30pm
Beaches Fine Arts Series: David Finckel and Wu Han
Music for cello and piano
St. Paul’s by-the-Sea Episcopal Church

Sunday, November 17 @ 3pm 
Community Concert - Orange Park Chorale
Riverside Presbyterian Church

Thursday, November 21 @ 7:30pm
Osprey Men's and Women's Choruses' Holiday Concert
Wayne Bailey, conductor
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UNF - Recital Hall

Friday, November 22 @ 7:30pm
In memoriam: President John F. Kennedy
Saint John's Cathedral Choir commemorates the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy with a concert featuring Herbert Howell's masterpiece Take Him, Earth, for Cherishing, which was composed for Kennedy's memorial service. November 22 also happens to be the 100th birthday of composer Benjamin Britten and the feast day of St. Cecilia, the program includes music by Britten as well as Howell's A Hymn to St. Cecilia. The program is rounded out with works by Orlando Gibbons, C. H. H. Parry, Charles Stanford, John Rutter, Christopher Tye, Arvo Part, William Walton, and others. Freewill offering.
St. John's Cathedral

Saturday, November 23 @ 7:30pm
UNF Percussion Ensemble Fall Concert
Charlotte Mabrey, conductor
Free, but there will be bucket passing for donations to Percussion Rocks scholarships.
UNF - Robinson Theater

Sunday, November 24 @ 3pm
JU Wind Ensemble
Conducted by Professor Artie Clifton, the Wind Ensemble features the best brass, woodwind, and percussion players on campus.
JU - Terry Concert Hall

Sunday, November 24 @ 6pm
St. Mark's Evangelical Lutheran Church: Bach Vespers
Cantata BWV 1, Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, sung in the context of a Lutheran Vespers service (Evening Prayer). Singers from St. Mark's and the community with an orchestra of instrumentalists from the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra combine to present this cantata by J. S. Bach.
Free. All Are Welcome.  An offering will be taken.
St. Mark's Lutheran Church

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