April 2014


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.




Tuesday, April 1 @ 7:30pm
UNF Percussion Ensemble Spring Concert
Special Guests: Students from Pacetti Bay Middle School
 Charlotte Mabrey, conductor, Charlie Rankin, director
(There will be bucket passing for donations to Percussion Rocks scholarships.)

UNF - Robinson Theater 
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Sunday, April 6 @ 3pm
Intermezzo Sunday Concert with Kimberly Beasley (soprano) & Scott Watkins (piano)
Jacksonville University faculty artists in an afternoon of art songs in Italian (by Wolf-Ferrari), Russian (by Tchaikovsky), German (by R. Strauss), French (by Debussy) & English (by William Bolcom).
JPL - Main Library, Hicks Auditorium

Sunday, April 6 @ 6pm
UNF Pianopalooza
Music for solo piano, duets, and two-pianos by Chopin, Debussy, Saint-Saens, and others.  Students and faculty will perform.
Friday Musicale

Monday, April 7 @ 7:30 p.m.
Faculty Saxophone Recital
“New and Rediscovered Works”

Dr. Michael Bovenzi, saxophone
Dr. Gary Smart, piano
Charlotte Mabrey, percussion

Free admission/ Get E-tickets
UNF - Recital Hall 
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Tuesday, April 8 @ 7:30pm
The Cummer Family Foundation Chamber Series “Generation Series” 
Gloriosa Trio
Free admission / Get E-tickets
UNF - Recital Hall 
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Thursday, April 10 @ 7:30pm
 JUMU: Students Recital
The sixth and final installment in the series of recitals that feature
nominated music students for special recognition as performers
and composers.

JU - Terry Concert Hall

Thursday, April 10 @ 7:30pm
UNF Wind Symphony/Concert Band Concerto Showcase Concert
Dr. Gordon R. Brock, Wind Symphony director
Shawn Barat, Concert Band director

Mandarin High School, 4831 Greenland Rd, Jacksonville, FL 32258

Friday, April 11 @ 11am & 7:30pm
Gloriosa Trio
Friday Musicale

Friday, April 11 @ 6pm
Lenten Sacred Recital at Assumption featuring Pablo Pomales-Ojeda, tenor, Regina Torres, mezzo-soprano, and Bonita Wyke, piano
The program includes a wide range of composers: Bach, Verdi, Mendelssohn, Faure, Casals, Mascagni, Markus Williams, and Gounod. Attendees are welcome to remain for Stations of the Cross at 7pm.
Assumption Catholic Church, 2403 Atlantic Blvd. 32207

Saturday, April 12 @ 7:30pm
JU Percussion Ensemble
Under the direction of Professor Tony Steve, enjoy exciting new
sounds and music from students and area composers.
JU - Terry Concert Hall

Sunday, April 13 @ 3pm
JU Wind Ensemble
The Wind Ensemble will feature a concerto soloist and works from
the standard and contemporary wind band repertoire.

JU - Terry Concert Hall

Sunday, April 13 @ 4pm
Julietta Curenton - Flute, Bridget Kibbey - Harp

Presented by the Ritz Chamber Music Society
Bach, Debussy, Dohnanyi
Friday Musicale

Sunday, April 13 @ 4pm
UNF Orchestra presents Scheherazade by Rimsky-Korsakov
Dr. Simon Shiao, conductor
St. Paul's by the Sea Episcopal Church

Sunday, April 13 @ 7pm

Saint Mark's Chamber Music Society
Season Finale Concert
All of the music on this concert will involve harp and flute, with pieces by Telemann, Mozart, Debussy, and Krouse. This concert runs the gamut from baroque, classical, impressionistic, and Celtic styles of music! Featured musicians are Kayo Ishimaru, harp, Les Roettges, flute, Ellen Olson, viola, Eric Olson, oboe, and Betsy Federman, cello. Please join us for this fun and free concert! Free will donations taken.
St. Mark's Evangelical Lutheran Church

Monday, April 15 @ 7:30pm
Spring Finale - JU Orchestra
From the opening notes of Beethoven’s Egmont Overture until
the final strains linger in the concert hall, the spring finale concert
of the Jacksonville University Orchestra promises to excite and
inspire.

JU - Terry Concert Hall

Wednesday, April 16 @ 7:30 p.m.
Piano Studio Recital Featuring the Students of Dr. Erin K. Bennett and Dr. Gary Smart
Free admission / Get E-tickets
UNF - Recital Hall
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Thursday, April 17 @ 7:30pm
JU Choirs in Concert
The University Singers and the Men’s and Women’s Choruses
wrap up the season with a varied program of choral works highlighting
student and faculty soloists and conductors

JU - Terry Concert Hall

Thursday, April 17 @ 7:30pm
Osprey Choral Showcase Featuring the UNF Chorale, Chamber Singers and the Osprey Choruses
Visiting Professor Frank Watkins, conductor
UNF - Lazzara Performance Hall 

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Friday, April 18 @ 7:30pm
Good Friday Organ Recital and Poetry Reading
The Stations of the Cross by Marcel Dupré, presented by Timothy Tuller, organ 

St. John's Episcopal Cathedral

Wednesday, April 23 @ 7:30pm
JU Chamber Ensembles
From saxophones to string quartets, enjoy an evening of chamber
music performed by JU student groups, including the Honors
Chamber Ensembles.  

JU - Terry Concert Hall 

Sunday, April 27 @ 3pm
Intermezzo Sunday Concert with M. Brent Williams (violin) & Douglas Jurs (piano)
Faculty artists from Valdosta performing jazz-inspired works for violin & piano, including sonatas by Ravel & Antheil, and selections from Gershwin's Porgy and Bess arranged by Heifetz
JPL- Main Library, Hicks Auditorium

Sunday, April 27 @ 3pm
Pianist Cristina Altamura
Friday Musicale

Sunday, April 27 @ 4:30pm
Beaches Fine Arts Series presents Ukranian pianist Vadym Kholodenko
2013 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition Gold Medalist
Doors open at 3:15 PM and seating is first come, first served. Reception follows the concert, with art exhibit by Lyn Asselta.
St. Paul's-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church



March 2014


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.



Sunday, March 2 @ 3pm
Alexei Romanenko: Bach Cello Suites 3 & 5
Free. Donations will benefit Music@Grace
* ORANGE PARK: Grace Episcopal Church, 245 Kingsley

Sunday, March 2 @ 3pm
Piano Studio Recital
* JU - Terry Concert Hall

Monday, March 3 @ 7:30pm
Andre Washington's Senior recital

Music for on cello
* UNF Fine Arts Center
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Tuesday, March 4 @ 7pm
Tuesday Serendade with DA Piano Students

Students from the award-winning Piano Department at Douglas Anderson School of the Arts will perform under the guidance of faculty coordinator Vera Watkins. Their varied program includes works by Scarlatti, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Debussy and Rachmaninoff.
* JPL - Main Library, Hicks Auditorium

Wednesday, March 5 @ 7:30pm
Music by Carlisle Floyd & Samuel Barber
Favorite arias from the operas of Carlisle Floyd, plus Floyd’s dramatic Piano Sonata, and Samuel Barber’s Cello Sonata and Dover Beach for Baritone and String Quartet. Features soprano Kimberly
Beasley, baritone Jay Ivey, pianist Scott Watkins, cellist Shannon Lockwood, violinist Marguerite Richardson.
* JU - Terry Concert Hall

Thursday, March 6 @ 7:30pm
Howard Hanson's Merry Mount
Composed in 1930 and rarely heard today, American composer Howard Hanson’s Merry Mount is loosely based on Nathaniel Hawthorne’s short story “The Maypole of Merry Mount.” Featuring soprano Kimberly Beasley and new faculty member baritone Jay Ivey. Concert also includes a premiere performance of a new work for chorus and percussion by composer Donald McCullough. The Jacksonville University Chorus is conducted by Tim Snyder.
* JU - Terry Concert Hall

Friday, March 7 @ 7:30pm
Student New Music Recital
 * JU - Terry Concert Hall

Saturday, March 8 @ 7:30pm
Faculty New Music Recital
 * JU - Terry Concert Hall

Sunday. March 9 @ 3pm
Mario Carbotta, flute
* Friday Musicale

Sunday, March 9 @ 7pm
San Marco Chamber Music Society
Hans Christian Andersen's classic story, with music and narrator. Narrated by Jocelyn Geronimo. Also on the program is the Kodaly Serenade for 2 violins and viola, and Rebonds B for solo percussion. With Les Roettges, flute, Chris Chappell and Aurica Duca, violins, Ellen Olson, viola, Betsy Federman, cello, and Steve Merrill, percussion. This will be a kid-friendly concert! Please come and bring the family! Free admission, free will offering taken.
* St. Mark's Evangelical Lutheran Church

Monday, March 10 @ 7pm
Alexei Romanenko: Bach Cello Suites 1, 2, 4 & 6
Free. Donations will benefit Music@Grace
* ORANGE PARK: Grace Episcopal Church, 245 Kingsley

Monday, March 10 @ 7:30pm
The Cummer Family Foundation Chamber Series presents Flutist Mario Carbotta

Co-sponsored with Friday Musicale
* UNF - Recital Hall
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Monday, March 10 @ 7:30pm
Hot Off the Press
Join the Jacksonville University Orchestra plus faculty, student, and community composers for an evening of newly composed orchestral music in this biennial event. Compositions by the 2012 and 2013 student winners of the Delius Prize in Composition will be featured. Following the concert, enjoy your chance to “get into the heads” of the composers in an informal question/answer session with the audience. This concert caps off the inaugural New Music Festival at JU.
* JU - Terry Concert Hall

Wednesday, March 12 @ 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

Thursday, March 13 @ 7:30pm
JUMU: Student Recital
Another installment in the series of recitals that feature nominated music students for special recognition as performers and composers.
* JU - Terry Concert Hall

Friday, March 14 @ 7:30pm
Baritone Jacob Rothman's  Senior Recital
It will be a night featuring themes of love with Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Finzi, Mozart, Handel, and Ravel. 
* UNF - Recital Hall

Sunday, March 16 @ 3pm
Orange Park Chorale's "Musical History Tour: A Whole Lot of Years of Broadway.”
Musical theater is a passion of ours, and for more than a hundred years so many incredible composers and styles have made their way through the Great White Way. This program will run the gamut of that great variety, with representative pieces from throughout the history of Broadway ranging from Carousel to Guys and Dolls to Candide to Wicked, and everything in between.
* Riverside Presbyterian Church

Sunday, March 23 @ 3pm
Intermezzo Concert: First Coast Community Music School
Faculty Recital

Performers include instructors from Jacksonville University, Stetson University and the University of North Florida. Among the scheduled performers are flutists Laura Dwyer and Angela Muller, oboist Ann Adams, pianist Lynne Radcliffe, violinist Timothy Edwards, and cellist Shannon Lockwood.
* JPL - Main Library, Hicks Auditorium

Sunday, March 23 @ 3pm
David Sadlier, tenor & Lelia Molthrop Sadlier, piano
This husband and wife team specializes in German Lieder and British art song.
* Friday Musicale

Sunday, March 30 @ 5pm
Choral Evensong - The St. Mark’s Choir

The St. Mark’s choir will sing an Evensong for Lent featuring beautiful classical organ and choral music. Free and open to the public.
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church