Free Jacksonville Concerts scheduled for December, 2010 & January, 2011
Wednesday, December 1 @ 12:30 pm
Wednesday Happening: Andrew Clarke, organist The "More Wednesday" music programs last 25 minutes.
Riverside Presbyterian Church • www.rpcjax.org
849 Park St. (corner of Post) • Jacksonville, FL • Phone 904-355-4585
Friday, December 3 @ 11:00 am
Friday Musicale: CHRISTMAS CONCERT ~ THE FRIDAY MUSICALE CHORUS
Friday Musicale concerts are presented for the benefit of the Jacksonville community and are free.
Friday Musicale • www.fridaymusicale.com
645 Oak Street, Jacksonville, FL • Phone 904-355-7584
Contact: CHRISTOPHER HEACOX, executive director, at 904-232-2601
Friday, December 3, 2010 @ 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Jacksonville University Terry Concert Hall
"A Classical Christmas"
The First Coast Wind Ensemble and the Don Thompson Chorale present a holiday concert titled “A Classical Christmas.” This annual event has become a community holiday favorite.
Each group will perform popular seasonal music. The concert will end with two combined selections, “Three Noels” and “A Christmas Festival.”
This concert is sure to put you in a holiday mood!
www.fcwe.org
Jacksonville University Terry Concert Hall
2800 University Blvd. North Jacksonville, FL 32211
Sunday, December 5 @ 8:45 am & 11:00 am
St. Mark’s Concert Series: Lessons and Carols
Our morning Lessons and Carols Service is another wonderful tradition at St. Mark’s. Its general format goes back to 1918 at King’s College, Cambridge, where it has been sung on Christmas Eve ever since. It has been adapted around the world, including here at St. Mark’s, where it has been sung for decades. Join us for all the festive seasonal music led by the St. Mark’s Choir and Choristers.
For more info about the St. Mark's Concert Series, see Fall 2010 Concert Series Brochure. Free and Open to the Public
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church • www.stmarksjacksonville.org4129 Oxford Avenue, Jacksonville, FL • Phone 904-388-2681
Sunday, December 5 @ 5:00 pm
Riverside Community Concert: A Festival of Christmas and Advent Music
Featuring the combined choirs of Riverside
Riverside Presbyterian Church • www.rpcjax.org
849 Park St. (corner of Post) • Jacksonville, FL • Phone 904-355-4585
Sunday, December 5 @ 5:00 pm
Hendricks Avenue Baptist: Handbell Concert ~ Christmas Ring
Handbell concert with ringers from Hendricks Avenue Baptist (directed by Tommy Shapard), All Saints Episcopal (directed by Zach Klobnak), St. Marks Lutheran (directed by Tony Cruz), and Southside United Methodist (directed by Jon Carlson).
Hendricks Avenue Baptist Church • www.habchurch.com
4001 Hendricks Avenue, Jacksonville, fl 32207-6231 • Phone 904-396-7745
Sunday, December 5 @ 7:00 pm
Handbell Concert at the beach
This concert will have individual performances by the following:
* Handbell Ensemble from St. Paul's by the Sea Episcopal Church, under the direction of Jonathan Easter
* Southside Handbell Ensemble mostly from Lakewood UMC under the direction of Valerie Stephenson (a quartet)
* The Highland Ringers from Highland Presbyterian feature both a quartet ensemble, an eight person ensemble and a vocal solo under the direction of De An Winton.
* A solo/duet ringer from Community Presbyterian, Joy Litton.
* These groups will also feature piano, flute and voice.
* For more information contact Cindy Anderson at cindyandersonadr@gmail.com
Community Presbyterian Church • www.cpcab.org
150 Sherry Dr, Atlantic Beach, FL 32233 • Phone: (904) 249-8698
Friday, December 10 @ 7:30 pm
Beaches Fine Arts: Chris Norman Ensemble with David Greenberg
For more info about Chris Norman (and duo with David Greenberg), visit chrisnorman.com
Free and open to the public
Sponsored by Beaches Fine Arts • www.beachesfinearts.org
St. Paul’s By-the-Sea Episcopal Church • www.spbts.net
1150 Fifth St N, Jacksonville Beach, FL 32250 • Phone 904-249-4091
Sunday, December 12 @ 11:00 am
Messiah at Southside United Methodist
Excerpts from The Christmas Portion of The Messiah by George Frideric Handel
with The Chancel Choir • Southside Chamber Orchestra • Jon O. Carlson, conductor • Charlotte Miller, organ
Hugh Patterson, tenor • Bobb Robinson, bass • Margaret Hershey, Molly Miller, altos • Rebecca Garner, Carol Porfilio, sopranos
Southside United Methodist Church • www.southsidemethodist.org
3120 Hendricks Avenue, Jacksonville, Florida 32207 • Phone: (904) 396-2676
Sunday, December 12 @ 2:30 pm
Main Library / Hicks Auditorium
Intermezzo: Flutation: A Flute Duo
Chamber music featuring flutists Anne McKennon ( www.aemckennon.com ) & Gia Sastre ( giasastre.com ).
This recital is free and open to the public, and free parking is available. For more information about this and other free Library music programs visit jplmusic.blogspot.com, or call (904) 630-2665.
Jacksonville Main Library • www.jaxpubliclibrary.org
Hicks Auditorium (Conference Level), 303 North Laura Street, Jacksonville, FL 32202
Sunday, December 12 @ 4:00 pm
Friday Musicale / Ritz Chamber Players ~ Artists Recital Series: Alison Buchanan – Soprano
www.ritzchamberplayers.org
Free and open to the public! Suggested Donation $10
Friday Musicale • www.fridaymusicale.com
645 Oak Street, Jacksonville, FL 32204 • Phone 904-355-7584
Sunday, December 12 @ 6:00 pm
Music through the Ages: A Service of Lessons and Carols
The All Saints choir will combine with the Festival Choir from St. Mark's Lutheran Church to present a service of Advent Lessons and Carols. Intended as a preparation for the Christmas celebration, this service will feature carols and readings as we await Christ's birth.
Music through the Ages is a music concert series celebrating 125 years of ministry at
All Saints Episcopal Church • www.allsaintsjax.org
4171 Hendricks Avenue, Jacksonville, FL • Phone 904-737-8488
For more info, contact Zach Klobnak, Director of Music
Saturday, December 18 @ 6:30 pm
Rodney Cleveland and First Coast Ringers Concert
Rodney Cleveland is organist and Music Director at Lakewood Presbyterian Church
First Coast Ringers, under the direction of Jerald Jay
Lakewood Presbyterian Church • www.lpcjax.org
2001 University Boulevard West, Jacksonville, FL 32217 • Phone (904) 733-8055
Sunday, December 19 @ 10:00 am
Good Shepherd: An Advent Festival of Lessons and Carols
Music of Bach, Ravenscroft, Chilcott, and Stanford
Shannon Gallier, Organist-Choirmaster • For more info, visit www.facebook.com
Good Shepherd Episcopal Church • www.goodshepherd23.org
Park & Stockton Streets • Jacksonville • 904-387-5691
Sunday, December 19 @ 10:45 am
Kyle Enriquez & Ben DeAngelis, euphonium duo
11:00 am: The Joyful Singers, Dr. Sharon Scholl, director
Unitarian Universalist Church of Jacksonville
7405 Arlington Expressway, 32211
904-725-8133
Rev. Ron Hersom, minister
Henson Markham, music director, 904-346-0373
www.uujax.org
Sunday, December 19 @ 11:00 am
Riverside Community Concert: A Service of Lessons and Carols
Riverside Presbyterian Church • www.rpcjax.org
849 Park St. (corner of Post) • Jacksonville, FL • Phone 904-355-4585
Sunday, December 19 @ 5:45 pm
Riverside-Avondale Luminaria Christmas Concert
Good Shepherd: Seasonal Carols and Anthems
Shannon Gallier, Organist-Choirmaster • For more info, visit www.facebook.com
Good Shepherd Episcopal Church • www.goodshepherd23.org
Park & Stockton Streets • Jacksonville • 904-387-5691
Friday, December 24 @ 11:00 pm
Good Shepherd
Festival Choral Eucharist in Observance of the Nativity of Our Lord (with Orchestra)
Music of Darke, Britten, and Rutter
Shannon Gallier, Organist-Choirmaster • For more info, visit www.facebook.com
Good Shepherd Episcopal Church • www.goodshepherd23.org
Park & Stockton Streets • Jacksonville • 904-387-5691
Sunday, December 26 @ 10:45 am
Mike Brown, piano
Unitarian Universalist Church of Jacksonville
7405 Arlington Expressway, 32211
904-725-8133
Rev. Ron Hersom, minister
Henson Markham, music director, 904-346-0373
www.uujax.org
Sunday, December 26 @ 4:00 pm
Friday Musicale: SCHOLARSHIP AWARD WINNERS CONCERT
Friday Musicale concerts are presented for the benefit of the Jacksonville community and are free.
Friday Musicale • www.fridaymusicale.com
645 Oak Street, Jacksonville, FL • Phone 904-355-7584
Contact: CHRISTOPHER HEACOX, executive director, at 904-232-2601
Into JANUARY 2011
Wednesday, January 5 @ 12:30 pm
Wednesday Happening: John Urban, pianist
The "More Wednesday" music programs begin at 12:30 and last 25 minutes.
Riverside Presbyterian Church • www.rpcjax.org
849 Park St. (corner of Post) • Jacksonville, FL • Phone 904-355-4585
Friday, January 7 @ 11:00 am & 7:30 pm
Friday Musicale: LESLIE AMPER, piano
Friday Musicale concerts are presented for the benefit of the Jacksonville community and are free.
Friday Musicale • www.fridaymusicale.com
645 Oak Street, Jacksonville, FL • Phone 904-355-7584
Contact: CHRISTOPHER HEACOX, executive director, at 904-232-2601
Sunday, January 9 @ 2:30 pm
Main Library Intermezzo Sunday Concert Series
The Sterling Brass
The Sterling Brass ( sterlingbrass.vpweb.com ) is a Jacksonville quintet featuring Alicia Sowders and Jason Boddie (trumpets), Shaun Bennett (horn), Amy Scott (trombone), and Paul Mullen (tuba).
This recital is free and open to the public, and free parking is available. For more information about this and other free Library music programs visit jplmusic.blogspot.com, or call (904) 630-2665.
Jacksonville Main Library • www.jaxpubliclibrary.org
Hicks Auditorium (Conference Level), 303 North Laura Street, Jacksonville, FL 32202
Friday, January 14 @ 7:30 pm
Beaches Fine Arts: Trio Cavatina
For more info about Trio Cavatina, visit www.triocavatina.com
Free and open to the public
Sponsored by Beaches Fine Arts • www.beachesfinearts.org
St. Paul’s By-the-Sea Episcopal Church • www.spbts.net
1150 Fifth St N, Jacksonville Beach, FL 32250 • Phone 904-249-4091
Saturday, January 15 @ 7:30 pm
Palms Fine Arts: Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet
Julianne McCarthy, soprano • David Diehl, tenor • Denise Wright, piano
Julianne McCarthy is a gradute of Jacksonville’s Douglas Anderson School of the Arts and is currently in her junior year at Johns Hopkins’ Peabody Institute of Music. She studies with soprano Ah Young Hong. David Diehl hails from Lancaster, Pennsylvania and studies at Peabody with world-famous bass baritone John Shirley-Quirk. The program’s repertoire will explore themes from Romeo and Juliet through art song, opera and musical theater.
Palms Presbyterian Church • www.palmschurch.org
3410 S. Third Street, Jacksonville Beach, FL • Phone: 904-246-6427
Sunday, January 16 @ 3:00 pm
Riverside Community Concert: Bach’s "Christmas Oratorio" Part VI and "Orchestral Suite No. 3"
sung by the choirs of Riverside and St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
with Orchestra at Riverside
Riverside Presbyterian Church • www.rpcjax.org
849 Park St. (corner of Post) • Jacksonville, FL • Phone 904-355-4585
Sunday, January 16 @ 7:00 pm
San Marco Chamber Music Society
www.sanmarcochambermusic.org
Jacksonville Oboists: Tony Kamnikar (Oboe); Eric Olson (Oboe); Claudia Minch (English Horn, Oboe)
St. Mark's Evangelical Lutheran Church • www.stmarksjax.org
3976 Hendricks Avenue, Jacksonville, FL • Phone 904-396-9608
Friday, January 21 @ 11:00 am & 7:30 pm
Friday Musicale: LE CHEVALIER DE SAINT-GEORGES "The Black Mozart"
Violinist Tyrone Tidwell will narrate the life of Saint-Georges interspersed with several works by the 18th century composer and closing with the Chevalier's Symphony Concertante in E-flat for two violins and orchestra.
Additional musicians on the program will include Timothy Edwards, Max Huls, Swantje Biernacki, Angelo Goderre, Larry Rawdon, Jamar Woods, and soprano Gabrielle Williams.
The narration was prepared by JU Professor Emeritus of Humanities, Dr. Sharon Scholl.
Friday Musicale concerts are presented for the benefit of the Jacksonville community and are free.
Friday Musicale • www.fridaymusicale.com
645 Oak Street, Jacksonville, FL • Phone 904-355-7584
Contact: CHRISTOPHER HEACOX, executive director, at 904-232-2601
Sunday, January 30 @ 3:00 pm
Music through the Ages: "Four Hands & Four Feet" ~ Music for Organ Duet
In recognition of the 30th anniversary celebration of our Austin pipe organ, this recital will feature organ music composed for two performers, for four hands and four feet. Jacksonville organists Rodney Cleveland (Lakewood Presbyterian Church), and Jonathan Easter (St. Paul's by the Sea Episcopal Church), and Zach Klobnak will perform. Don't miss it!
Music through the Ages is a music concert series celebrating 125 years of ministry at
All Saints Episcopal Church • www.allsaintsjax.org
4171 Hendricks Avenue, Jacksonville, FL • Phone 904-737-8488
For more info, contact Zach Klobnak, Director of Music
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