September 2015

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, 9/4 @ 7pm
Music Faculty Showcase
* JU - Terry Concert Hall

Friday, 9/11 @ 6pm
Jacksonville’s Annual September Peace Concert
Sponsored by The Jacksonville Sister Cities Association
UNF Chamber Singers, Atlantic Coast Honor Chorus, DASOTA Concert Chorale, Jacksonville Children’s Chorus. Dr. Cara Tasher, conductor and coordinator
* St. John’s Cathedral

Sunday, 9/13 @ 3pm
Intermezzo featuring Peter Dutilly, viola & Galen Dean Peiskee, piano
The season opener features violist Peter Dutilly, a member of the Orlando Philharmonic who frequently performs with orchestras and ensembles throughout the Southeast. Pianist Galen Dean Pieskee will join him for a lively recital including the world premiere of a sonata by award-winning composer Joshua Burel, plus music by Mr. Dutilly, Samuel Barber, and local composers Edward Lein & Jianjun He
* JPL - Main Library

Thursday, 9/17 @ 7pm
The Cummer Family Foundation Chamber Music Series presents
Percussionist Thomas Burritt
* UNF - Recital Hall (Weekday parking rates may apply)

Friday, 9/18 @ 7:30pm
UNF Faculty Showcase Concert
* UNF - Recital Hall – 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, 9/20 @ 3pm
Anthony Anurca, bassoon 
Performing his transcriptions of:
MAHLER: Leider eines fahrenden Gesellen (Songs of a Wayfarer)
SCHUBERT: Ave Maria
Friday Musicale's Annual Membership Meeting will precede the Concert & a Reception will follow.
* Friday Musicale

Sunday, 9/20 @ 7pm
Annual Benefit Concert for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
The San Marco Chamber Music Society presents its annual benefit concert supporting type 1 diabetes research. Featured performers will be Eric Olson, oboe, Chris Chappell, violin, Ellen Olson, viola, and Bonita Wyke, piano and harpsichord. There will be music by Rebecca Clarke, Hans Gal, Telemann, and Robert Kahn. There is no admission fee. Free will donations will be collected that will go directly to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. Come and enjoy the concert, then feast at the lovely reception afterwards in Hart Hall!
* St. Mark's Evangelical Lutheran Church

Friday, 9/25 @ 7:30pm
Chinese Folk Ensemble
Featuring Nanjing University Traditional Instruments Orchestra
* UNF - Lazzara Performance Hall

Saturday, 9/26 @ 7:30pm
Lawson Ensemble Concert featuring the Beethoven String Trios
Dr. Nick Curry, cello; Clinton Dewing, viola; Aurica Duca, violin
* UNF - Recital Hall

May 2015

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, May 3 @ 2:30pm
Singers by the Sea “Come Alive in Song” 
Program followed by a reception. Free, donations accepted
* Palms Presbyterian Church

Sunday, May 3 @ 3pm
First Coast Wind Ensemble Family Concert
This annual family concert will include music of interest to all ages. The event will feature the winner of the FCWE 2015 Concerto Competition for High School Musicians. The concert will also include a new work written especially to celebrate the First Coast Wind Ensemble’s 25th anniversary by internationally-known American composer Robert W. Smith, titled “Postcards from the First Coast,” and popular music by W.A. Mozart, Percy Grainger, Leonard Bernstein, John Williams and John Philip Sousa.
* JU - Terry Concert Hall

Sunday, May 3 @ 5pm
Festal Evensong for St. George’s Day
Celebrating the Patron Saint of England with music for choir, organ, brass and bagpipes. The Cathedral Choir, The Cathedral Brass.
* St. John’s Episcopal Cathedral

Tuesday, May 5 @ 7pm
Community Standards with the Don Thompson Chorale
Boasting two decades of performances and recordings, the Don Thompson Chorale has long been recognized among the First Coast’s premiere community music organizations. Under the direction of Jay Stuckey and with Terry Stuckey on piano, their Spring Concert will feature more than a dozen choral settings ranging from a traditional Gospel blues arrangement of John the Revelator to Morten Lauridsen’s popular Sure on this Shining Night.
* JPL, Main Library, Hicks Auditorium

Wednesday, May 6 @ 12:30pm
Wednesday Happening
Music Outreach Program of Betune-Cookman University
Lunch Follows Wednesday Concerts RSVP 904-355-4585)
* Riverside Presbyterian Church

Wednesday, May 6 @ 7:30pm
Ritz Chamber Players Season Finale
Featring Kelly Hall-Tompkins, Alison Buchanan, Tahirah Whittington and Orlando Wells performing:
- Antonio Caldara Vi perdei, oh luci belle
- Herbert Willi Kairos Im Kronos 1756/1956 for String Trio
- Holland After the Wailing for Soprano, Violin, Viola, Cello
- W. A. Mozart Divertimento for String Trio in E-flat .
* JPL, Main Library, Hicks Auditorium

Friday, May 8 @ 7:30pm
"A Mother's Love"
North Florida Women's Chorale will sing settings of "Ave Maria" and songs from many cultures that celebrate mothers. This concert will include the St Augustine Youth Chorus as special guests. It is fitting that we combine the voices of women and children to sing about motherhood and family. As part of your celebration, bring your mother to this charming concert.
* Community Presbyterian Church (150 Sherry Drive, Atlantic Beach, FL 32233)

Sunday, May 10 @ 3 p.m.
Intermezzo, with the Maharlika Trio
Valdosta State Faculty Artists Joren Cain (saxophone), David Springfield (trombone) and Maila Gutierrez Springfield (piano) have been performing together for ten years, including recent concerts for the Georgia Music Educators Association, the College Music Society and the Southeastern Composers League. Their repertoire ranges from classical to jazz, and features arrangements and original compositions written especially for them and their unique combination of instruments.
* JPL, Main Library, Hicks Auditorium

Sunday, May 17 @ 11am
Musical Cantata with Iive orchestra
During the regular Sunday morning service.
* Lakewood Presbyterian Church

Sunday, May 17, 3pm
Don Thompson Chorale Spring Concert
* Riverside Presbyterian Church

Tuesday, May 19 @ 7pm.
Tuesday Serenade, with JiWon Hwang, violin & Boyan Bonev, cello
Korean violinist JiWon Hwang and Bulgarian cellist Boyan Bonev each won national and international performance awards while in their respective homelands, and both moved to the United States to continue their studies at the Florida State University, earning Doctor of Music degrees while pursuing their performance and teaching careers. Among the works chosen for their joint recital are unaccompanied sonatas for violin (by Prokofiev) and cello (by Kodaly), and Ravel’s Sonata for Violin and Cello.
* JPL, Main Library, Hicks Auditorium

Friday, May 29, 2015, 7:30pm
Friday Musicale Scholarship Laureates
2010 - Danielle Cheiken, soprano, Graduate of Oberlin College, Recipient of the Friday Musicale Vocal Scholarship
2011 - Elisa Gentry, clarinet, Florida State University, Recipient of the Friday Musicale Scholarship
2014 - Rachel Lovelace, bassoon, University of Missouri, Kansas City Conservatory of Music and Dance, Recipient of the Marian Armington Waterman Poitevent Instrumental Scholarship
2015 - Christy Shelenberger, piano, Florida State University, Recipient of the Marian Armington Waterman Poitevent Instrumental Scholarship
* Friday Musicale

Sunday, May 31 @ 7pm
San Marco Chamber Music Society Season Finale: Woodwind Showcase
Free concert featuring Marci Gurnow, clarinet and bass clarinet, Les Roettges, flute, Eric Olson, oboe and oboe d'amore, with pianist Scott Watkins, plus strings! Music of Saint-Saens, Bruch, Ibert, Lotti, and a piece by York Bowen for bass clarinet and string quartet! Please join us for this eclectic mix of music and enjoy our post concert reception!
* St. Mark's Evangelical Lutheran Church

Sunday, May 31 @ 7pm
Mayse-Turner Festival of Anglican Hymnody
* Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd

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April 2015

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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Wednesday, April 1 @ 12:30pm
Wednesday Happening
Christopher Tam, Piano
* Riverside Presbyterian Church

Tuesday, April 7 @ 7:30‏pm
UNF Cummer Family Foundation Chamber Music Series Presents Pianist YASUKO TASUMI
Program includes works by Stephen Reynolds, Frederick Delius, Edward Elgar, Benjamin Britten, Felix Mendelssohn and others.
* UNF - Recital Hall
WEEKDAY PARKING ISSUES

Friday, April 10 @ 7:30pm
The UNF Percussion Ensemble
Works by Hollinden, Duckworth, Cowell & Gipson. The concert is free and open to all. Bring a buck for the orange scholarship buckets if you want to help a needy percussion student at UNF.
* UNF - Robinson Theater

Sunday, April 12 @ 3pm
Intermezzo with FSU’s Trio Solis
distinguished as solo performers, FSU’s resident faculty artists Corinne Stillwell (violin), Gregory Sauer (cello) and Read Gainsford (piano) formed Trio Solis in 2008. Exploring the piano trio repertoire with a unique synergy of brilliant technique and probing musicianship in venues including Carnegie Hall, their debut recording, Diamonds in a Haystack, was named “Critic’s Choice” by American Record Guide. Please join us in welcoming Trio Solis back to the Main Library’s Hicks Auditorium for a concert featuring works by First Coast composers Piotr Szewczyk (Piano Trio No. 1) and Edward Lein (Dark Eyes Variations), plus Schubert’s magnificent Piano Trio No. 1 in B-flat Major, op. 99.
* JPL - Main Library Hicks Auditorium

Sunday, April 12 @4pm
Kenneth Law – Cello & Stephen Buck – Piano
BEETHOVEN Sonata in G Minor, op. 5, no. 2; FAURE Sonata in G Minor, op. 117, no. 2; RUBINSTEIN Sonata in D Major, op. 18, no. 1
* Friday Musical

Sunday, April 12 @ 3pm
JU Wind Ensemble "Song and Dance"
The Wind Ensemble will feature a concerto soloist and works from the standard and contemporary wind band repertoire.
* JU - Terry Concert Hall

Saturday, April 18 @ 7:30pm
Mozart Requiem Come enjoy a powerful evening of music as Dr. Marguerite Richardson leads the Jacksonville University Orchestra and Jacksonville University Choirs (Dr. Timothy Snyder, Director) in a musical tour de force.
*JU - Terry Concert Hall

Sunday, April 19 @ 3pm
Riverside Concert Series: Eda Shlyam, Piano
* Riverside Presbyterian Church

Tuesday  April 21 @ 7pm
Tuesday Serenade with Scott Watkins, piano
Scott Watkins, Assistant Professor of Piano at Jacksonville University, is well-known to First Coast audiences for his performances with the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra, his numerous solo recitals and his frequent collaborations with many of the areas finest singers and instrumentalists. In addition to repeat appearances at New York’s Carnegie Hall and on NPR, Dr. Watkins’ solo and concerto performances have taken him throughout the Americas, Europe and China. His Tuesday Serenade recital will include selections by Franz Liszt, Mozart’s Piano Sonata No. 17, and the recently-discovered complete version of Howard Hanson’s Piano Sonata, Op. 11.
* JPL - Main Library Hicks Auditorium

Tuesday, April 21 @ 7:30pm
Piano Studio Recital featuring the Students of Erin Bennett and Gary Smart
*UNF - Recital Hall
WEEKDAY PARKING ISSUES

Sunday, April 26 @ 6:30pm
Organ Recital, Choral Evensong and Dinner
* Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd

March 2015

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, March 1 @ 3 p.m.
Troy State Percussion Ensemble
Directed by Dr. Adam Blackstock, they will be performing a concert of music by Bob Becker, Kevin Bobo, Adam Silverman and Ivan Trevino. The ensemble was one of the winners of the 2013 PASIC Collegiate Contest. Come out and enjoy a festive hour long concert of people making great art by hitting inanimate objects not found in nature.
* JU - Terry Concert Hall

Sunday, March 1 @ 7 p.m. 
San Marco Chamber Music Society Presents Percussion Showcase 
JSO Percussionists Steve Merrill and Joel Panian are featured in music by Debussy, Koppel, Douglas, Piazzola, and Piotr Szewczyk. Also with violinist Piotr Szewczyk, cellist Betsy Federman, flutist Les Roettges, oboist Eric Olson, and clarinetist Marci Gurnow. Please join us! Free admission!
* St. Mark's Evangelical Lutheran Church

Sunday, March 1 @ 7 p.m. 
The Mwangaza Children's Choir
This is an inspiring group of 20 hopeful and talented children, ages 8-14, who admirably represent the orphaned and poverty-stricken youth of Uganda. Touring as a ministry outreach of Africa Renewal Ministries, they come to share a special message of hope through authentic Ugandan song and dance. The upcoming performance will be a part of Mwangaza’s tenth international tour!
* Lakewood Presbyterian Church

Tuesday, March 3 @ 7 p.m. 
Emergence, with Piano Students from Douglas Anderson School of the Arts 
Under the guidance of faculty coordinator Vera Watson, talented young pianists will perform favorite selections by Haydn, Beethoven, Chopin and Debussy, among others. More at jplmusic.blogspot.com
* JPL Main Library - Hicks Auditorium

Tuesday, March 3 @ 7:30 p.m.
Elgar and Beethoven
The Jacksonville University Orchestra presents a concert featuring Dr. Shannon Lockwood in Elgar's stunning Cello Concerto in E minor, opus 85, and Beethoven's powerful and uplifting Symphony No. 7 in A major, opus 92. The JU Orchestra, under the direction of Dr. Marguerite Richardson, offers these exceptional performances free of admission charge to the community.
* JU - Terry Concert Hall

Wednesday, March 4 @ 12:30 p.m. 
Wednesday Happening
Music Outreach Program of Bethune-Cookman University. Lunch Follows Wednesday Concerts RSVP 904-355-4585.
* Riverside Presbyterian Church

Wednesday, March 4 @ 6 p.m. 
Promenade! with Jacksonville Symphony Players 
Stroll in and enjoy J-Sym instrumentalists performing chamber music against the backdrop of Downtown Jacksonville's First Wednesday Art Walk. More at jplmusic.blogspot.com
* JPL Main Library - The Lounge at 303 North (just inside the Laura St. entrance)

Thursday, March 5 @ 7 p.m.
High School Choral Invitational
The JU Choirs host outstanding choruses from Bishop Kenny High School and the Bolles School in the 5th annual celebration of choral music education in our schools.
* JU - Terry Concert Hall

Friday, March 6 @ 7 p.m.
Student New Music Recital
Innovative student compositions featuring varied instrumentations will be showcased as part of the New Music Festival.
* JU - Terry Concert Hall

Friday, March 6 @ 7:30 p.m.
Beaches Fine Arts Series: The Treble Choristers of the Saint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys
The Saint Thomas Choir School houses, nurtures and educates the boy choristers of the world-renowned choir of Saint Thomas Church Fifth Avenue. Founded in 1919, and located in the heart of New York City, Saint Thomas Choir School is the only church-affiliated boarding school of its kind in the United States.
* St. Paul's-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church

Friday, March 6 @ 7:30 p.m. 
Jacksonville Masterworks Chorale: Dettingen Te Deum by G. F. Handel 
Handel was commissioned by King George II to write a Te Deum, a musical composition of praise and thanksgiving to God, to commemorate the British victory over the French in the Battle of Dettingen. The concert is free, but a good-will donation to help defray costs will be graciously accepted.
* First United Methodist Church, 225 E. Duval St., 32202

Sunday, March 8 @ 3 p.m. 
Intermezzo, with Marguerite Richardson, violin & Scott Watkins, piano
Representing both Jacksonville University and the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra, the wife-husband duo will play sonatas by Beethoven (No. 4) and Brahms (No.1), as well as Dvořák's Sonatina, op. 100. More at jplmusic.blogspot.com 
* JPL Main Library - Hicks Auditorium

Sunday, March 8 @ 6 p.m. 
Pianopalooza 
Event features the UNF piano faculty and students in an evening of multi-piano madness. Coordinated by Dr. Erin K. Bennett, associate professor of piano/pedagogy.
* Friday Musicale

Tuesday, March 10 @ 7:30 p.m.
Faculty New Music Recital
Continuing the long-standing tradition of the Composerfest series, compositions by JU faculty are featured, including Jianjun He, Tony Steve, Dennis Vincent, and Thomas Harrison among others.
* JU - Terry Concert Hall

Wednesday, March 11 @ 12:30 p.m. 
Out to Lunch, Brown-bag Jazz with The Daniel Bennett Group
On tour from New York City and featured on NPR, The Daniel Bennett Group has shared recent concert billings with artists like Bill Frisell, Charlie Hunter, Greg Osby and James Carter. Attendees are invited to bring a lunch while listening to what the Boston Globe describes as "a mix of jazz, folk, and trance." More at jplmusic.blogspot.com 
* JPL Main Library - The Lounge at 303 North (just inside the Laura St. entrance)

Friday, March 13 @ 11 a.m. & 7:30 p.m.
Fabio Montomoli, guitar & Giovanni Lanzini, clarinet
* Friday Musicale

Friday, March 13 @ 7:30 p.m.
Beaches Fine Arts Series: Miloš Karadaglic, guitar
"The last six years have been dizzying times for Miloš Karadaglic, the young classical guitarist from Montenegro launched by Deutsche Grammophon in 2011 with his first commercial solo album” wrote the Sunday Times in February 2014. “It topped the UK classical charts and won awards, making Karadaglic, at 30, probably the biggest classical-guitar phenomenon since John Williams in the 1960s and Julian Bream a decade below.”
* St. Paul's-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church

Saturday, March 14 @ 7:30 p.m.
TENET Vocal Ensemble
TENET is celebrating its sixth year as one of New York’s pre-eminent vocal ensembles. Under artistic director Jolle Greenleaf, TENET has won acclaim for its innovative programming, virtuosic singing and command of repertoire that spans the Middle Ages to the present with a focus on Renaissance and Baroque repertoire.
* Palms Presbyterian Church

Sunday, March 15 @ 3 p.m. 
The Orange Park Chorale Spring 2015 Concert
Featuring music from Eric Whitacre (Five Hebrew Love Songs), Randall Thompson (selections from Frostiana), James Mulholland (selections from four Robert Burns Ballads), in addition to hymns spirutuals, and folks songs.
* Riverside Presbyterian Church

Sunday, March 15 @ 3 p.m. 
Choral Evensong 
Evensong is a lovely 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. This fourth Sunday in Lent, called Laetare Sunday (meaning “rejoice”), is traditionally a “lighter” Sunday compared to the rest of the season. This year, we will be joined by the UNF trumpet ensemble, who will liven things up with a prelude “mini-concert” beginning at 4:30. The service will then start at 5:00 p.m.
* St. Mark's Episcopal Church

Tuesday, March 17 @ 7 p.m. 
Tuesday Serenade, with Jorge Peña, viola & Bonita Sonsini Wyke, piano
Jorge Peña, a member of the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra and Founder and Artistic Director of the St. Augustine Music Festival, will be joined by celebrated collaborative artist Bonita Sonsini Wyke in presenting works for viola and piano by Enescu, Schumann and Mendelssohn. More at jplmusic.blogspot.com 
* JPL Main Library - Hicks Auditorium

Sunday, March 22 @ 6 p.m.
Jax AGO Members Recital
Featuring Rodney Cleveland, Tony Cruz, John Haugen, Ronald Butts-Boehmer, Tim Tuller and Peter DeWitt performing works by J. S. Bach, Alain, and others. Free. Reception to follow.
* All Saints Episcopal Church

Thursday, March 26 @ 7:30 p.m.
Faculty Selection Honors Recital
The final installment in the series of recitals that features nominated music students for special recognition as performers and composers.
* JU - Terry Concert Hall

Friday, March 27 @ 11 a.m. & 7:30 p.m.
Luigi Santo, trumpet, & Daniela Gentile, piano
* Friday Musicale

Friday, March 27 @ 7:30 p.m.
An Evening with Nick Curry and Friends
Featuring the Schumann Piano Quintet in E flat, Haydn Piano Trio in C and Schubert Quartettsatz. Aurica Duca , Violin, Jacksonville Symphony Member; Rimma Bergeron-Langlois , Violin, Concertmaster of the Orlando Philharmonic; Clinton Dewing , Viola, Jacksonville Symphony Member; Nick Curry , Cello, Associate Professor of Cello at UNF; Joey Martin, Piano, Director of Choral Activities at Texas State University.
* UNF - Recital Hall

Saturday, March 28 @ 7:30 p.m.
JU Percussion Ensemble
The percussion ensemble will be performing Lansky's, Threads and Reich's, Mallet Quartet. There will be a couple other jewels of the percussion chamber repertoire on tap as well.
* JU - Terry Concert Hall

Sunday, March 29 @ 3 p.m.
Edward Waters College Concert
Guest Artist, Patrick Meighan, professor of Classical Saxophone, FSU. Premiere Performance of Dr. Daniel Fulmer's Song Cycle Canticum Canticorum, for Soprano, Alto Saxophone, Cello, Piano; also Canyone and Rivers Without End in The North Dakota Sky, for Alto sax, Tenor sax & Piano. Inspired from the aurora borealis. Also works by Gershwin and Vivaldi.
* EWC - Milne Auditorium

Tuesday, March 31 @ 7:30 p.m. 
The Cummer Family Foundation Chamber Music Series presents 
 Soprano Juliana Gondek with Pianist Michael Mastronicola
* UNF - Recital Hall

February 2015

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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Tuesday, February 3 @ 7 pm
Emergence,  with JU Chamber Ensembles
Join us for an evening of chamber music performed by talented students from the Jacksonville University Division of Music. Presenting works by Mozart, Lecuona, Mussorgsky, Mintzer, Ewazen and Dvořák, the featured ensembles will include the JU Honors String Quintet, the JU Honors Brass Quintet, the JU Flute Ensemble, the JU Saxophone Quartet, and the JU Student Piano Quartet.
* JPL - Main Library, Hicks Auditorium

Wednesday, February 4 @ 12:30pm – 1:30pm
Wednesday Happening: Alicia Hou, Piano
Lunch Follows Wednesday Concerts, RSVP 904-355-4585.
* Riverside Presbyterian Church

Friday, February 6 @ 11:00am & 7:30pm
Friday Musicale presents Martin Munch, piano
Martin Münch, professor of piano at the University of Bamberg, is the founder of the “turn-of-society”, Heidelberg, first chairman of the company “piano internationally” and artistic director of several international piano cycles, including the PIANORAMA Florence 2005. Doors open 30 minutes prior to concerts. Program information at fridaymusicale.com
* Friday Musicale

Friday, February 6 @ 7pm – 8pm
The University Singers of Jacksonville University and Voice Faculty
Dr. Tim Snyder directs the choir in this FREE "homecoming" concert which ends the choir's recent Florida tour. The ensemble's eclectic repertoire spans centuries and musical styles to include Renaissance polyphony, Baroque and Classical masterworks, and more. Voice Faculty Professor Kimberly Beasley and Dr. Jay Ivey join the choir for this concert.
* St. Mark's Evangelical Lutheran Church

Sunday, February 8 @ 3pm
Intermezzo, with percussionist Tony Steve
Percussionist and composer Tony Steve is an Assistant Professor of Contemporary Music and Percussion at Jacksonville University. Well-known to First Coast music lovers, he has won numerous ASCAP writers awards for his compositions, and his inventive programming never fails to dazzle and delight. With the assistance Dr. Michael James Olson (piano) and the JU Marimba Band, Prof. Steve will present two new original compositions, plus Red Arc/Blue Veil by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer John Luther Adams, and three novelty rags by Harry Breuer.
* JPL - Main Library, Hicks Auditorium

Sunday, February 8 @ 3pm
YCA Clarinetist Narek Aruntyunian in concert at the JCA
We welcome back Narek Arutyunian, an artist who reaches “passionate depths with seemingly effortless technical prowess and beguiling sensitivity” (Washington Post). Born in Gyumri, Armenia, he is the winner of the 2010 Young Concert Artists International Auditions and other music competitions. He lives in New York City where he studies with Charles Neidich at the Julliard School.
* Jewish Community Alliance, 8505 San Jose Blvd., 32217 (904)730-2100

Sunday, February 8 @ 4pm
Sing into Spring
Featuring Osprey Choral Ensembles, Student Conductors and Select Student Soloists, Dr. Cara Tasher, conductor.
* UNF - Recital Hall

Monday, February 9 @ 5-7pm
Lin He Violin Master Class
Dr. Simon Shaio, coordinator
* UNF - Recital Hall
PARKING INFO (see 2nd paragraph)

Tuesday, February 10 @ 7:30pm
JU Chamber Ensembles
JU's top student chamber groups present an exciting concert of varied repertoire.
* JU - Terry Concert Hall

Sunday, February 15 @ 3pm – 4pm
Riverside’s Concert Series: Rose S. Grace, piano; Jason Hastings, clarinet
* Riverside Presbyterian Church

Tuesday, February 17 @ 7pm
Tuesday Serenade, with pianist Heidi Louise Williams
 Heidi Louise Williams has appeared in solo and chamber music performances across the United States and abroad, including recitals at Carnegie's Weill Hall, Lincoln Center, the Kennedy Center and the Taiwan National Recital Hall. An Associate Professor of Piano at FSU, Dr. Williams is the recipient of numerous awards, and her solo debut CD, Drive American, made Fanfare magazine's 2012 Critics' Wants List. Her Tuesday Serenade program will include Busoni’s majestic transcription of J.S. Bach’s Nun komm, der heiden Heiland, Schumann’s dramatic Kreisleriana, and the brilliant Piano Sonata by Charles Tomlinson Griffes.
* JPL - Main Library, Hicks Auditorium

Wednesday, February 18 @ 7:30pm
Tragedy Towards Peace, with the Ritz Chamber Players
Jacksonville Public Library is delighted to host one of the country's finest chamber music ensembles! For their Black History Month Performance the Ritz Chamber Players share a thought-provoking program commemorating the tragic deaths of African-American youth by gun violence. For more information about this free concert, please visit their website.
* JPL - Main Library, Hicks Auditorium

Tuesday, February 24 @ 7:30pm
"Songs of Eve" - Rhonda Nus Tinnin, soprano
Graduate voice recital with by Denise Wright, piano & guests Dr. Erin Bennett, piano & Randy Tinnin, trumpet
* UNF - Recital Hall
PARKING INFO (see 2nd paragraph)

Thursday, February 26 @ [no time provided]
EWC Concert Series
Dr. Quincy Hilliard, EWC High School Honor Band
Featuring the EWC Concert Choir, and EWC Music Department
* EWC - Milne Auditorium

January 2015

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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Saturday, January 3 @ 2pm
J-Sym Cover the Town with Sound
Looking to enjoy some art and music this weekend? This concert series features groups of Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra Musicians.
NOTE: Admission to the museum is free each "Weaver First Satrday," 10am-4pm.
* Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens, 829 Riverside Ave.

Tuesday, January 6 @ 7pm
Emergence with Kaisar Anvar, piano
Soon after moving to Tallahassee in 2013 to study with Dr. Read Gainsford, Uyghur pianist Kaisar Anvar was recognized as one of FSU’s most talented instrumentalists, winning the Young Artist Competition that same year. Among earlier awards, Anvar placed first in both the Michigan Music Teachers Association’s Piano Concerto Competition (2007) and the Georgia Southern University Piano Competition (2011). His Jacksonville debut will include three sonatas by Domenico Scarlatti, Five Bagatelles by Australian composer Carl Vine, and sonatas by Beethoven (no. 16) and Chopin (no. 3).
* JPL - Main Library Hicks Auditorium

Friday, January 9 @ 7:30pm
Friday Musicale Presents Outstanding Young Pianists Concert
* Friday Musicale

Sunday, January 11 @ 3 p.m.
Intermezzo with Cliff Newton, trumpet
Although Cliff Newton retired from the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra after 32 years as Principal Trumpet, he still maintains a busy performance schedule as a solo artist and as Acting Principal Trumpet for the Valdosta Symphony Orchestra. The co-founder of the Ancient City Brass Band and instructor at the Northeast Florida Conservatory will be joined by FSCJ's Bonita Sonsini Wyke, one of the First Coast's most sought-after collaborative pianists, and the multi-talented Dr. Bill Prince, Professor Emeritus from UNF, as well as Jonathan M. Lacey on trombone, and Dennis Hunsicker on accordion.
* JPL - Main Library Hicks Auditorium

Monday, January 12 @ 7:30pm
The Cummer Family Foundation Chamber Series presents Clarinetist J. Lawrie Bloom
J. Lawrie Bloom is a versatile player who has been heard in chamber, orchestral and concerto appearances on soprano clarinet, basset clarinet, basset horn and bass clarinet. In September of 1980, Sir Georg Solti invited Lawrie to join the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in the position of clarinet and solo bass clarinet. Bloom has been a featured performer at numerous International Clarinet Association conferences and at the Ambler, Grand Teton, Ravinia, Skaneateles and Spoleto festivals and the Mostly Mozart Festival in New York. Bloom is a senior lecture in clarinet at Northwestern University and is an artist performer of the Buffet Crampon Company and RICO International. More at http://jlawriebloom.com/
* UNF -Recital Hall - WEEKDAY PARKING RATES APPLY

Tuesday, January 20 @7pm
Tuesday Serenade with oboist Ann Adams
Join us for an evening of chamber music featuring oboist Ann Adams, the Band Director at La Villa School of the Arts and Adjunct Professor of Oboe and Chamber Music at UNF. Sharing the stage with Dr. Adams will be violist Angelo Goderre, also on faculty at La Villa; bassoonist Ted Shistle, Band Director at Douglas Anderson School of the Arts; and pianist Rose Shlyam Grace, an Assistant Professor at Bethune-Cookman University in Daytona Beach. Musical selections will include pieces by local composer Edward Lein, C. M. Loeffler’s Rhapsodies for Oboe, Viola and Piano, and Andre Previn’s Trio for Oboe, Bassoon and Piano.
* JPL - Main Library Hicks Auditorium

Thursday, January 22 @  7pm
Jacksonville Symphony Youth Orchestra Chamber Ensembles
Free recital by the JSYO Chamber Music ensembles, comprised of the top-level Jacksonville Symphony Youth Orchestra musicians, offer an inspiring, close-up performance of a variety of styles.
* UNF - Recital Hall - WEEKDAY PARKING RATES APPLY

Sunday, January 25th @ 2:30pm
Edward Waters College Concert Choir
* Holy Rosary Catholic Church, 4731 Norwood Avenue

Sunday, January 25 @ 3pm
Friday Musicale presents UNF Faculty Woodwind Quintet
Rhonda Cassano, flute; Claudia Minch, oboe; Sunshine Simmons, clarinet; Brad Behr, bassoon; Kevin Reid, horn
* Friday Musicale

Sunday, January 25 @ 4pm
Beaches Fine Arts Series: Chanticleer
Called “the world’s reigning male chorus” by The New Yorker magazine, the San Francisco based GRAMMY® award winning ensemble Chanticleer embarks upon its 37th season in 2014-15, performing in 25 of the United States, Canada, France, Germany, Italy and Sweden.
* St. Paul’s by-the-Sea

Sunday, January 25 @ 7pm
San Marco Chamber Music Society - SMCMS Goes for Baroque 2015
  Telemann: Concerto for oboe d’amore
  Tartini: Concerto for trumpet
  Handel: Concerto for harp
  Vivaldi: Concerto Grosso in D minor, 1st mvmt.
Featuring Julian Kaplan, trumpet, Eric Olson, oboe d’amore, and Kayo Ishimaru, harp
* St. Mark's Evangelical Lutheran Church

Tuesday, January 27 @ 7:30pm
UNF Percussion Ensemble Chamber Concert
Charlotte Mabrey, coordinator
* UNF - Recital Hall - WEEKDAY PARKING RATES APPLY

Thursday, January 29 @ 7:30pm
Faculty Selection Honors Recital
The fourth installment in the series of recitals that features nominated music students for special recognition as performers and composers.
* JU - Terry Concert Hall

Saturday, January 31 @ 7:30pm
Tony Steve, Percussion
Percussion professor Tony Steve provides an evening of works and improvisations for marimba and vibraphone.
* JU - Terry Concert Hall

December 2014

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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Tuesday, December 2 @ 7pm
Music@Main Community Standards
"Winter Gifts, a Choral Offering," with the Heritage Singers of Jacksonville
Under the guidance of Artistic Director Michael Dell, the Singers will celebrate the material and intangible gifts that abound each December. Selections range from traditional Christmas carols and modern classics to jazzy pop tunes, and will include the Jacksonville premiere of Bob Chilcott's Gifts for the Child of Winter. Pieces celebrating Hanukkah and Kwanzaa round out the multicultural choral offering.
* JPL - Main Library, Hicks Auditorium

Tuesday, December 2 @ 7pm 
Handel's Messiah
Presented by the UNF Chamber Singers, directed by Dr. Cara Tasher. In addition to the Christmas section, the choir will perform excerpts from the Passion and Resurrection sections as well.
* St. Mark’s Episcopal Church

Tuesday, December 2 @ 7:30pm
Cummer Family Foundation Chamber Music Series
Robert Saterlee, Professor of Piano at Bowling Green State University in Ohio.
Program selections include Haydn, Rzewski, Ravel and Rachmaninoff.
* UNF - Recital Hall
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Wednesday, December 3 @ 12:30pm
Riverside’s Concert Series: Andrew Clarke, Piano & Organ 
(Lunch Follows Wednesday Concerts RSVP 904-355-4585)
* Riverside Presbyterian Church

Thursday, December 4 @ 7pm 
Bob Moore's Evensong 
A setting of Evening Prayer II from the 1979 Book of Common Prayer composed this past summer, performed by the combined choirs of Episcopal Church of Our Saviour and Grace Episcopal (Orange Park), with the composer conducting. (The Evensong will be repeated in Orange Park at Grace Episcopal on Thursday, December 11 at 7pm.)
* Episcopal Church of Our Saviour

Thursday, December 4 @ 7:30pm 
Piano Play-Off Competition: Sonatas
Dr. Erin Bennett, coordinator
* UNF Recital Hall
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Friday, December 5 @ 11am
Friday Musicale Chorus Holiday Sing-Along
Michael Dell, pianist
Concert at 11:00am, Doors open at 10:30am
* Friday Musicale

Friday, December 5 @ 7pm
Heritage Singers of Jacksonville: Winter Gifts, a Choral Offering
Under the guidance of Artistic Director Michael Dell, the Singers will celebrate the material and intangible gifts that abound each December. Selections range from traditional Christmas carols and modern classics to jazzy pop tunes. Pieces celebrating Hanukkah and Kwanzaa round out the multicultural choral offering.
* City Rescue Mission, 426 S. McDuff Ave. 32254

Friday, December 5 @ 7:30pm
Sing We Noel
Jacksonville Masterworks Chorale, Mark Stallings, director
FREE holiday concert with favorites new and old.
* St. Mark's Lutheran Church

Friday, December 5 @ 7:30pm
Student Chamber Music Concert
Dr. Erin Bennett, coordinator
* UNF - Recital Hall

Friday, December 5 @ 7:30pm 
JU Orchestra Holiday Concert 
Kick off your holiday celebrations with an evening of traditional holiday music from classical to pops! Always an audience favorite, this concert will have you laughing and singing along with the Jacksonville University Orchestra! * JU - Terry Concert Hall

Friday, December 5 @ 7:30pm 
A Merry Christmas with Brass
Beaches Fine Arts Series presents The Dallas Brass in "A Merry Christmas with Brass," which will include performances by the La Villa Middle School as well as UNF ensembles. These school ensembles will participate in residencies with the Dallas Brass prior to the event. A reception will follow with art exhibit by George Miller. Doors open at 6:45 PM and seating is first come, first served.
* St. Paul's-by-the-Sea

Saturday, December 6 @ 9am-noon
2015 Outstanding Young Pianists Competition
Students grades 5-12 will audition in solo, ensemble and concerto categories. One winner from each of the six categories will be selected to perform at the Outstanding Young Pianists Concert on Friday, January 9, 2015. Auditions are free and open to the public.
* Friday Musicale

Saturday, December 6 @ 7:30pm
Jacksonville Masterworks Chorale: Sing We Noel
Holiday concert with favorites new and old, directed by Mark Stallings.
* St. John's Episcopal Cathedral

Saturday, December 6 @ 7:30pm 
Make We Joy: Songs of the Season 
Join the Jacksonville University Chorale, Men's Choir, Women's Choir, University Singers and African Percussion Ensemble in a seasonal celebration of song spanning the centuries and the globe. Bring your voices for the audience carol sing!
* JU - Terry Concert Hall

Sunday, December 7 @ 3pm (Singers at 1:30pm)
Community Messiah Sing-Along
Jacksonville Masterworks Chorale, Mark Stallings, conducting.
* ORANGE PARK: Island View Baptist Church, 900 Park Ave.

Sunday, December 7 @ 5pm 
Riverside’s Concert Series: Christmas Concert & Dinner
RSVP 904-355-4585
* Riverside Presbyterian Church

Sunday, December 7 @ 6pm 
Make We Joy: Songs of the Season
 Join the Jacksonville University Chorale, Men's Choir, Women's Choir, University Singers and African Percussion Ensemble in a seasonal celebration of song spanning the centuries and the globe. Bring your voices for the audience carol sing!
* All Saints Episcopal Church

Monday, December 8 @ 7pm
Jacksonville Symphony Youth Orchestra Holiday Concert
Free concert sponsored by Sawcross, Scott Gregg conducting
* Times-Union Center - Jacoby Hall [300 Water St. 32202]

Thursday, December 11 @ 7pm 
Bob Moore's Evensong 
A setting of Evening Prayer II from the 1979 Book of Common Prayer composed this past summer, performed by the combined choirs of Episcopal Church of Our Saviour and Grace Episcopal (Orange Park), with the composer conducting.
* ORANGE PARK: Grace Episcopal Church, 245 Kingsley Ave. 32073, (904) 264-9981

Friday, December 12 @ 7pm
Heritage Singers of Jacksonville: Winter Gifts, a Choral Offering
Under the guidance of Artistic Director Michael Dell, the Singers will celebrate the material and intangible gifts that abound each December. Selections range from traditional Christmas carols and modern classics to jazzy pop tunes. Pieces celebrating Hanukkah and Kwanzaa round out the multicultural choral offering.
* South Jacksonville Presbyterian Church, 2137 Hendricks Ave. 32207 [San Marco]

Saturday, December 13 @ 2pm
Windward Brass 
Join Navy Band Southeast's brass quintet for a holiday concert suitable for all ages.
* JPL - Mandarin Branch, 3330 Kori Rd. [32257], (904) 262-5201

Saturday, December 13 @ 2pm
Tuba Christmas
Think you have heard the best holiday music? You haven’t if you have never been to Tuba Christmas at The Landing. This event features, over a 100 tuba players as they join together to play some of your favorite holiday classics. The tunes coming from these beautiful instruments are sure to put you and your family in the holiday spirit.
* Jacksonville Landing

Sunday, December 14 @ 3 pm 
Music @ Main Intermezzo
"Holiday Excursion" with Gary Smart & Friends 
Join UNF's Gary Smart (piano) for a musical afternoon of Yuletide cheer combining classical, jazz and Dixieland influences. Among the faculty artists joining Dr. Smart are Marilyn Smart (soprano), Dr. Bill Prince (trumpet), J.B. Scott (trumpet), Dave Steinmeyer (trombone) and Dr. Marc Dickman (tuba), as well as award-winning student clarinetist Brandon F. Mosley.  

Sunday, December 14 @ 4pm
Heritage Singers of Jacksonville: Winter Gifts, a Choral Offering
Under the guidance of Artistic Director Michael Dell, the Singers will celebrate the material and intangible gifts that abound each December. Selections range from traditional Christmas carols and modern classics to jazzy pop tunes. Pieces celebrating Hanukkah and Kwanzaa round out the multicultural choral offering.
* Arlington Congregational Church, 431 University Blvd. N., 32211

Sunday, December 14 @ 6:30pm
Advent Musicale and Hymn Sing
To benefit the Lutheran Braille Work Center #59 and Library. A free-will offering will be taken.
* Holy Cross Lutheran Church, 6620 Arlington Expy, 32211

Sunday, December 14 @ 7pm
Sounds of the Season

The First Coast Ringers (handbell choir) and Rodney Cleveland, organ

* Lakewood Presbyterian Church

Sunday, December 14 @ 7pm
Christmas Concert
Join us for a grand night of singing as we ring in the Christmas season!
* Southside Baptist Church, 1435 Atlantic Blvd, 32207

Tuesday, December 16 @ 7 pm 
Music @ Main Community Standards
"Seasonal Fare" with the Ancient City Brass Band
The Ancient City Brass Band is an ensemble of First Coast musicians spear-headed by retired Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra Principal Trumpet Cliff Newton and retired JU Professor and former J-Sym bassist William McNeiland (euphonium). The group will perform brass settings ranging from traditional Christmas carols to modern holiday songs, with UNF Professor Emeritus Dr. Bill Prince joining as soloist for several selections.
* JPL - Main Library, Hicks Auditorium

Wednesday, December 17, 6pm
Lessons and Carols
Candlelight service led by our Choir and Choristers, featuring beautiful readings, carols, and other music that retell the wonderful Christmas story from Genesis through the Word being made flesh and beyond.
* St. Mark’s Episcopal Church

Sunday, December 21 @ 6pm 
Christmas Cantata: Tom Fettke's God is With Us 
CPC Chancel Choir and Chamber Orchestra.Music by Fauré, Beethoven, Vivaldi, Tchaikovsky, and Billings with some of the world’s most loved Christmas Carols. There will be a reception to follow the concert. A free-will donation will be accepted.
* Community Presbyterian Church
150 Sherry Dr., Atlantic Beach, FL 32233 904-249-8689 ext. 214

Sunday, December 28 @ 3pm
Friday Musicale Scholarship Laureates Concert
Likai He, violin, Andrew Callahan, piano, Elizabeth Gentry, clarinet , Rachel Lovelace, bassoon
Special Guests: Darío Martín, piano, David de la Mora, viola
* Friday Musicale

November 2014

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, 11/2 @ 3pm 
Cover the Town with Sound
The Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra String Quintet
Max Huls & Bernie Vaughan, violin, Jorge Pena, viola, Hovhannes Alankyn, cello, John Wieland, bass
* Palms Presbyterian

Sunday, 11/2 @ 3pm
Soprano Maria Knapik and pianist Michel Brousseau 
 A concert dedicated to Chopin’s most beautiful melodies for voice and piano.
* Friday Musicale

Sunday, 11/2 @ 5pm 
Choral Evensong for All Saints’ Sunday
Evensong is particularly suited to a celebration of the Feast of All Saints’. The imagery of the evening and the passing from one day to the next blends perfectly with the prayers and remembrances of our loved ones who have gone on before us. Join us as we remember all the saints in our lives. Featuring the music of Brewer, Victoria, Ebdon, Parry, and Walmisley.
* St. Mark’s Episcopal Church

Sunday, 11/2 @ 6pm
An Evening of Sacred Vocal Music
Featuring: Hector Gonzalez, Countertenor; Karen Adair, Soprano; Zeek Smith, Piano/Organ Music by Faure, Bach, Durufle, Pergolesi, Haydn, Bernstein, Vivaldi, and Bob Moore. This concert is free and open to the public. A short reception will follow.
* Community Presbyterian Church, 150 Sherry Drive, Atlantic Beach, FL 32233

Sunday, 11/2 @ 6pm 
UNF Orchestra Concert 
Dr. Simon Shiao, coordinator.  Free admission, but donations welcome
* All Saints Episcopal Church

Sunday, 11/2 @ 7pm

San Marco Chamber Music Society presents Back to Bass-ics

Bassist Kevin Casseday is featured in a concert of chamber music involving the double bass as a main voice. Music of Hoffmeister, Andrea Clearfield, Casseday, and Michael Haydn. Also with violinist Aurica Duca, violist Ellen Olson, cellist Laurie Casseday, and oboist Eric Olson. Free admission, donations gratefully accepted.

* St. Mark's Lutheran Church

Sunday, 11/2 @ 7pm
Don Thompson Chorale Fall Concert
* Lakewood Presbyterian Church

Tuesday, 11/4 @ 7pm 
 Music @ Main Emergence
UNF Student Chamber Music Ensembles performing music by Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, Franck, Piazzolla, Granados & Brubeck
* JPL - Main Library - Hicks Auditorium

Tuesday, 11/4 @ 7:30pm 
The Cummer Family Foundation Chamber Series presents 
 Iridium Saxophone Quartet
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* UNF - Recital Hall

Wednesday, 11/5 @ 5pm
First Wednesday Art Walk
with the entire Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra and the Jacksonville Symphony Youth Orchestra
* Hemming Plaza (in front City Hall & the Main Library)

Friday, 11/7 @ 7:30pm 
Reconnect Concert: #reconnect14unf 
Social Media Music Gathering with the Osprey Choral Ensembles and Percussion Ensemble (Bring your mobile devices!) Dr. Cara Tasher/Charlotte Mabrey, co-conspirators
 * UNF - Lazzara Performance Hall

Sunday, 11/9 @ 3pm
Music @ Main Intermezzo
Vivace Trio (Gia Sastre & Carolyn Snyder-Menke, flutes, & Denise Wright, piano)
Music by Vivaldi, Cimarosa, Doppler and Delibes.
* JPL - Main Library - Hicks Auditorium

Sunday, 11/9 @ 6pm 
Music Through the Ages 
Daniel Velasco, flute; Michael Mastronicola, piano
Performing CPE Bach: Sonata in G major; Reinecke: Sonata for Flute; Poulenc: Sonata for Flute
* All Saints Episcopal Church

Sunday, 11/16 @ 3pm
First Coast Wind Ensemble
* JU - Terry Concert Hall

Sunday, 11/16 @ 3pm 
Orange Park Chorale Fall 2014 Sunday Concert
From the athletic sounds of African call-and-response to Billy Joel, Rodgers and Hammerstein, gospel, spirituals, classical European music and contemporary American love songs, our fall concerts meld styles and periods in a compelling mix—our “Songs of the Spirit”. Our fall program will take our audiences, and us, on a journey to send spirits soaring.
* Hendricks Avenue Baptist Church

Tuesday, 11/18 @ 7pm 
 Music @ Main Tuesday Serenade 
TGIF, Navy Band Southeast's New Orleans-style Band
* JPL - Main Library - Hicks Auditorium

Tuesday, 11/18 @ 7:30pm 
The Cummer Family Foundation Chamber Series presents 
 Violinist Charles Castleman
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* UNF - Recital Hall

Wednesday, 11/19 @ 7:30pm 
RITZ CHAMBER PLAYERS Brahms Sonic Splendor
* JPL - Main Library - Hicks Auditorium

October 2014

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, October 3 @ 7pm
Opening Night Concert: Sean Lee, violin & Peter Dugan, piano
* Friday Musicale

Friday, October 3 @ 7:30pm
Beaches Fine Arts Series: Italian Saxophone Quartet
* St. Paul's-by-the-Sea

Tuesday, October 7 @ 7pm
Music @ Main: Emergence
Vocal Students from Jacksonville University
Songs and arias plus a preview of their upcoming production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. JU professors Kim Beasley & Jay Ivey accompany.
* JPL - Main Library Hicks Auditorium

Tuesday, October 7 @ 7:30pm
Percussionist Ivan Trevino
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* UNF - Recital Hall

Thursday, October 9 @ 7:30pm 
First Coast Wind Ensemble: Fall Concert “Fiesta!” 
Featuring H. Owen Reed’s exciting La Fiesta Mexicana folksong symphony With the combined forces of the FCWE and the JU Wind Ensemble
* JU - Terry Concert Hall

Friday, October 17 @ 7:30pm
Intercollegiate Choral Festival of Jacksonville
Choirs from UNF, EWC, FSCJ & JU
UNF - Robinson Theater

Saturday, October 18 @ 7:30pm(?)
JU Percussion Ensemble
Directed by Professor Tony Steve, along with the JU Brass Quintet and special guest Professor Chris Creswell, present Nosferatu: Symphony of Horror. F.W. Murnau’s silent film classic from 1922 is set to a new score by Professor Tony Steve.
* JU - Terry Concert Hall

Sunday, October 19 @ 3pm 
Dr. Zachary Johnson - Classical guitar 
Dr. Zachary Johnson is an amazing young guitarist with degrees from Stetson, Yale, and FSU and has performed all over the United States to great acclaim. Join us for this wonderful afternoon of classical guitar music, something different that you're sure to enjoy. This concert will be held in the chapel.)
* St. Mark's Episcopal Church

Sunday, October 12 @ 3pm
Music @ Main: Intermezzo Sunday Concerts
Canciones de Amor: Regina Torre, mezzos & Pablo Pomales-Ojedo, tenor
With Bonita Sonsini Wyke, piano & Joseph Hanson, guitar
* JPL - Main Library Hicks Auditorium

Tuesday, October 21 @ 7pm
Music @ Main: Tuesday Serenade
Dr. Corrine Stillwell & Dr. Deloise Lima, piano
FSU faculty artists performing works by Bach, Bartok, Debussy, Wieniawski and others.
* JPL - Main Library Hicks Auditorium

Tuesday, October 21, 2014 @ 7:30pm(?) 
JU's Fall Orchestra Concert 
An evening of orchestral masterworks and contemporary compositions.
* JU Terry Concert Hall

Sunday, October 26 @ 4pm
Beaches Fine Arts Series: Habaňeros Chamber Ensemble
* St. Paul's-by-the-Sea

Friday, October 31 @ 7:30pm
UNF Percussion Ensemble Halloween Concert
Charlotte Mabrey, coordinator; special guest: Ivan Trevino, percussionist & composer
* UNF - Robinson Theater

September 2014

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, September 5 @ 7:30pm
Piano Recital
Rachmaninoff: Five Preludes; Mozart: Sonata in A minor, K. 310; Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition.
* JU - Terry Concert Hall

September 5, 2014 @ 7:30pm
 “Q” Ensemble presents “Friday Night Movie-Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” (1920) 
Silent movie with live background music
* JU - Mason Hall auditorium
 
Tuesday, September 9 @ 7:30pm
UNF Faculty Recital
Featuring Piano Music by Mendelssohn and Prokofiev, Gershwin Songs, Piano Solo and Duo Music Dr. Gary Smart, piano Marilyn Smart, soprano, special guest Yukino Miyake, piano, special guest
* UNF - Recital Hall
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Thursday, September 11 @ 6pm
September Peace Concert
Sponsored by Jacksonville Sister Cities Association: Annual 9/11 Commemoration Event Includes Performances by UNF Chamber Singers, the DASOTA Concert Choir and the Atlantic Coast High School Honor Chorus with Deborah McDuffie-Doby, conductor Dr. Cara Tasher, coordinator
* St. John’s Cathedral

Friday, September 12 @ 7:30pm
Faculty and Select Student Scholarship Benefit Concert
Featuring UNF Classical Faculty Members in Performance in Special Collaborations with Select Students Dr. Nick Curry, coordinator
Free admission, but donations welcome
* UNF - Recital Hall

Sunday, September 14 @ 2pm
UNF Faculty Recital 
Rhonda Cassano, flute Jihye Chang, pianist
* UNF - Recital Hall

Sunday, September 14 @ 7pm
San Marco Chamber Music Society 
Concert to Benefit the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
Les Roettges, flute, Eric Olson, oboe, Ellen Olson, viola, Rachel Clifton, piano
Free, but donations to combat childhood diabetes gratefully accepted
* St. Mark's Lutheran Church

Tuesday, September 16 @ 7pm
Music @ Main Season Opener & Reception
Max Huls, violin, Alexei Romanenko, cello & Christine Clark, piano
performing chamber music by local composer Edward Lein
The Laura St. entrance closes at 7pm so concertgoers are encouraged to arrive 10 minutes early or to use the Main St. entrance at the corner of Monroe St.
FREE PARKING in the public garage at the corner of Main and Duval st.
* JPL - Main Library Hicks Auditorium

Friday, September 19 @ 7:30pm
The Cummer Family Foundation Chamber Series presents The Brahms Sextets
Featuring Simon Shiao, Aurica Duca, Clinton Dewing, Renate Falkner, Grace Bahng Gavin and Nick Curry; Dr. Krzysztof Biernacki, coordinator
* UNF - Recital Hall

Sunday September 21, 2014 @ 3pm 
Edward Waters College Music Dept. presents Serafini
Rhonda Nus Tinnin, soprano, Randy Tinnin, trumpet, and Erin Bennett, Piano
* EWC - Milne Auditorium

Friday, September 26 @ 7:30pm 
Jacksonville SINGS! Invitational Showcase
Featuring the UNF Chamber Singers, Jazz Ensemble, Student Soloists and Faculty Members Dr. Jimmy Hall, Dr. Gary Smart and Dr. Nick Curry, Dr. Cara Tasher, artistic director
* UNF - Lazzara Performance Hall

Friday, September 26 @ 7:30pm
Julietta Curenton, flute & Soyeon Kim, piano
* Friday Musicale

Saturday, September 27 @ 6:30pm 
Jacksonville SINGS! Finale Concert
Featuring Charlotte Mabrey and the UNF Percussion Ensemble with the UNF Chorale and the 2014 High School Invitational Honor Chorus, Dr. Joey Martin, guest clinician, Dr. Cara Tasher, director of choral activities.
* UNF - Lazzara Performance Hall

Sunday, September 28 @ 6pm
Brian McMillan, piano
Works by Mussorgsky, Copland, Prokofiev, and others.
* All Saints Episcopal Church