May 2013


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, April 28 @ 3pm
First Coast Wind Ensemble

This Family Concert will feature the winner of the 3rd annual FCWE Concerto Competition for High School Musicians.
JU - Terry Concert Hall

MAY 2013

Wednesday, May 1 @ 7pm
Promenade! Art Walk Concert with Ken Trimmins & Mimi Noda

Faculty artists from Albany University will perform works by Vidal, Neruda, Tomasi, and Peaslee. Dr. Ken Trimmins has appeared on BET Jazz and the Tonight Show, and was a cultural ambassador for the U.S.State Dept. Dr. Mimi Noda, Assistant Professor of Piano, also performs as keyboardist with the Albany Symphony Orchestra.
JPL - Main Library/Hicks Auditorium

Thursday, May 2 @ 7pm
Jacksonville University Touring Choir

"Goodbye" concert before their week-long tour of France; reception follows
All Saints Episcopal Church

Friday, May 3 @ 11am
Annual Spring Concert

Friday Musicale Chorus
Friday Musicale

Friday, May 10 @ 7:30pm
Scholarship Laureates in Concert

Friday Musicale

Sunday, May 12 @ 7pm
San Marco Chamber Music Society present James Jenkins, Tuba and Les Roettges, Flute and Piccolo

Jacksonville Symphony principals performing works by Balmages, Frackenpohl, Vivaldi and Dennison
St. Mark's Lutheran Church

Friday, May 17 @ 11am & 7:30pm
Grandpa's Cough Medicine

Brett Bass, acoustic guitar and vocals; Mike “Banjo Boy” Coker, 5 string banjo : Jon Murphy, upright bass and vocals
Friday Musicale

Sunday, May 19 @ 3pm
Community Concert: The Heritage Singers

2013 Spring Concert "If Music Be the Food of Love: The Wisdom of the Poets" Featuring, among others, the poetry of Rudyard Kipling, William Shakespeare, Garcilaso De La Vega and Robert Burns. Music composed by Andrew Clarke, Donald McCullough, Eric Whitacre and Morten Lauridsen, among others. If you enjoy poetry and love music, this concert combines both artistic disciplines into one sublime experience.
Riverside Presbyterian Church

Sunday, May 19 @ 6pm
Mayse-Turner Festival for Anglican Hymnody

Led by Bruce Neswick, Associate Professor of Music in Organ and Sacred Music, Indiana University
Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd

April 2013


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.



Monday, April 1@ 7:30pm
Piotr Szewczyk, violin

EVENING PARKING RATES APPLY
UNF - Recital Hall

Tuesday, April 2 @ 7:30pm
Oliver Molina - Guest Percussion Concert

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UNF - Recital Hall

Wednesday, April 3 @ 7pm
Promenade! Art Walk Concerts, featuring Krzystof Biernacki & Denise Wright

Performing Schubert's Die schone Mullerin
MORE INFORMATION
JPL - Main Library Hicks Auditorium

Friday, April 5 @ 11am & 7:30pm
Mary L'Engle Ensemble

MORE INFORMATION
Friday Musicale

Friday, April 5 @ 5pm
UNF Clarinet Studio Recital

UNF - Recital Hall

Sunday, April 7@ 6pm
Pianopalooza: Featuring UNF Piano Faculty and Students in an Evening of Multi-Piano Madness

Dr. Erin K. Bennett, coordinator
Donations welcome.
Friday Musicale

Monday, April 8 @ 7:30pm
Cummer Family Foundation Chamber Music Series presents Jacksonville Symphony Principal Trumpet, Julian Kaplan

EVENING PARKING RATES APPLY
UNF - Recital Hall

Tuesday, April 9@ 7pm
Music @ Main Evening Concert, featuring UNF String Students

Chamber music, including music by Brahms, Bach, Dvorak, Prokofiev, Corigliano and Ives
Dr. Simon Shiao, Coordinator
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JPL - Main Library Hicks Auditorium

Wednesday, April 10 @ 7:30pm
Spring Orchestra Concert "Let's Dance" Featuring Members of the Florida Ballet and the Pine Forest Elementary School Orchestra

EVENING PARKING RATES APPLY
Dr. Simon Shiao, conductor
UNF - Lazzara Performance Hall

Thursday, April 11 @ 7:30pm
JU Chamber Ensembles

From saxophones to string quartets, enjoy an evening of chamber music performed by the JU student chamber ensembles, including the Honors chamber ensembles
JU - Terry Concert Hall

Thursday, April 11 @ 7:30pm
Piano Studio Recital: Featuring the Students of Dr. Erin K. Bennett and Dr. Gary Smart

EVENING PARKING RATES APPLY
UNF - Recital Hall

Saturday, April 13 @ 7:30pm
Scott Watkins, piano

A solo recital of virtuoso works by Johann Sebastian Bach (Toccatas in C minor, E minor, and D major, and the Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue) with Johannes Brahms’ epic Third Piano Sonata.
JU - Terry Concert Hall

Sunday, April 14@ 6pm
Mozart Requiem

University of North Florida Chorale, Mozart Mentors Orchestra: UNF Students and Faculty and Select JSO Musicians
Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd

Sunday, April 14 @ 7pm
San Marco Chamber Music Society Woodwinds Showcase

JSO Winds
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St. Mark's Lutheran Church

Wednesday, April 17 @ 7:30pm
JU Electronic Music Concert

This concert will feature a selection of electronic classics using various electronic music methods, plus original pieces by some of Jacksonville University’s most talented composers.
JU - Terry Concert Hall

Friday, April 19 @ 11am & 7:30pm
Gia Sastre, flute & Katherine Roberts, piano

MORE INFORMATION
Friday Musicale

Sunday, April 21 @ 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

Tuesday, April 23 @ 7:30pm
JU Orchestra Spring Concert

The JU Orchestra wraps up the season with an evening of thrilling orchestral works, including Brahms heroic Symphony No. 1 and Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2, featuring Dr. Scott Watkins at the piano.
JU - Terry Concert Hall

Thursday, April 25 @ 7:30pm
JU Spring Choral Concert

Featuring the Florida premiere of a new work for mixed voices, percussion and soprano soloist by Donald McCullough commissioned by the Jacksonville University Singers.
JU - Terry Concert Hall

Sunday, April 28 @ 3pm
First Coast Wind Ensemble

This Family Concert will feature the winner of the 3rd annual FCWE Concerto Competition for High School Musicians.
JU - Terry Concert Hall