December 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, December 1 @ 7:30pm
JU Chamber Ensembles
Features varied chamber music performed by top students groups, including the Honors Chamber Ensemble.
* JU - Terry Concert Hall

Wednesday, December 2 @ 12noon
Music at Noon
Andrew Clarke, Christmas Piano and Organ Improvisations
* Riverside Presbyterian Church

Thursday, December 3 @ 7:30pm
Piano Play-Off Concert
Dr. Erin Bennett, coordinator
* UNF Recital Hall

Friday, December 4 @ 7:30pm
Orchestra Holiday Concert
* JU - Terry Concert Hall

Friday, December 4 @ 7:30pm
Student Chamber Music Concert
Dr. Erin Bennett, coordinator
(Print calendar had incorrect time of 4 p.m.)
* UNF Recital Hall

Friday, December 4 @ 7:30pm
Beaches Fine Arts Series: Calmus
A perfect blend of sound, precision, lightness and wit. These are the hallmarks of Calmus, now one of the most successful vocal groups in Germany. The ensemble has forged a refined sound which few groups achieve. The wide range of sound colors, the joy in performing that musicians convey on the concert platform, and their varied and imaginative programs are praised by the press time and time again.
* St. Paul’s by-the-Sea Episcopal Church

Saturday, December 5 @ 7:30pm
Make We Joy: Songs of the Season
* JU - Terry Concert Hall

Sunday, December 6 @ 5pm
A Festival of Advent and Christmas Music
The Choirs, Hand Bells and soloists of Riverside Celebrate the Season.
* Riverside Presbyterian Church

Sunday, December 6 @ 6pm
Make We Joy: Songs of the Season
Join the Jacksonville University Choirs and Brass Ensemble for their annual holiday concert featuring a magical tapestry of seasonal music from around the world, including Pinkham’s beloved Christmas Cantata. Don’t forget to bring your voice for the carol sing-along. A reception follows sponsored by and featuring music performed by the All Saints Handbell Ensemble.
* All Saints Episcopal Church

Monday, December 7 @ 7pm
JSYO Holiday Concert
Enjoy Holiday music with a free concert by the musicians of the Jacksonville Symphony Youth Orchestras!
* Times-Union Center/Jacoby Hall, 300 Water St. 32202

Wednesday, December 9 @ 12Noon
LUNCH @ THE LOUNGE, featuring Meridian
Bring your lunch and catch the holiday spirit with Celtic Christmas carols performed by Meridian, an acoustic folk band featuring Martha Hotz, Arnold Graham Smith and Al Poindexter.
* JPL - Lounge at 303 North (just inside the Main Library's Laura St. entrance)

Friday, December 11 @ 7pm
Heavenly Peace Concert
De Profundis (Bob Moore, Joe Yorio & Tony Steve)
* Episcopal Church of Our Savior

Friday, December 11 @ 7:30pm
Sounds of the Season
In what has become a Jacksonville holiday tradition, the Don Thompson Chorale and the First Coast Wind Symphony will again combine to present their 17th annual Christmas event! The program will include many holiday favorites. The concert finale will feature both groups in a performance of two Christmas medleys: “It’s A Wonderful Christmas” and “Irving Berlin’s Christmas.”
* Riverside Baptist Church, 2650 Park Street

Saturday, December 12 @ 2pm
21st Annual Tuba Christmas
More than 150 tubas join together to play some of your favorite holiday classics.
* Jacksonville Landing

Sunday, December 13 @ 8:30am & 11am
Lessons and Carols
The Advent and Christmas Story presented in Word and Music! Join the Palms‘ Chancel Choir, The CAMP Choir, The Children’s Choir, soloist Destiny Guerra, organist Cathy Fortson, 28 members of The Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra and conductor Dr. Ronn Cummings as we celebrate the season. Bring a friend! Nursery provided.
* Palms Presbyterian Church

Sunday, December 13 @ 3pm
Intermezzo Concert with the Florida Brass Ensemble
Seasonal Fanfare
* JPL - Main Library Hicks Auditorium

Wednesday, December 16 @ 6pm
Lessons & Carols
Lessons and Carols is a 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. We will have a lovely, candlelight service very close in format to that original 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. A nursery is available during the service.
* St. Marks Episcopal Church

Sunday, December 20 @ 8:30am & 12noon
An Early American Service of Lessons and Carols
Ranging from Shaker hyms to African-American spirituals accompanied by piano, string quartet and hammered dulcimer
* Lakewood Presbyterian Church

Thursday, December 24 @ 8pm
Christmas Music Meditations
A thirty minute program of Christmas music, a prelude to 8:30pm, Christmas Eve candlelight worship.
* Riverside Presbyterian Church

Sunday, December 27 @ 3pm
Friday Musicale Scholarship Laureates
Doors open 30 minutes in advance of concert.
* Friday Musicale

November 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, Nov. 1 @ 3 pm
The UNF Orchestra: Simon Shiao, conductor
* Palms Presbyterian Church

Sunday, Nov. 1 @ 3 pm
Violinist Sergiu Schwartz and Pianist Tao Lin
Thanks to the generosity of Henson Markham, this event is free for the entire community. MORE INFO
* Jewish Community Alliance, 8505 San Jose Blvd, 32217 [Mandarin]

Sunday, Nov. 1 @ 5 pm
All Saints’ Day Choral Evensong
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 during this brief service and immediately afterwards for a potluck in Leatherbury Hall. Music of Harwood, Wood, Ebdon, Parry, and Walmisley. A nursery is available during the service.
* St. Mark’s Episcopal Church

Sunday, Nov. 1 @ 6 pm
Choral Evensong: Remembering our departed loved ones
Featured musical offerings include Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in B Flat by Charles Villiers Stanford; Versicles and Responses by Thomas Ebdon; Ubi Caritas by Ola Gjeilo; and We Come Unto Our Savior God by Jane Marshall, all sung by the Chancel Choir under the direction of Donald McCullough, Organist and Choirmaster. A special feature of the service provides an opportunity for congregants to offer the names, mementos, and/or photos of their departed loved ones at the Altar of Remembrance. A memorial votive may also be lighted at the altar. (Mementos may be retrieved after the service.)
* Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd

Monday, Nov. 2 @ 7:30 pm
The Cummer Family Foundation Chamber Series presents Hugo Wolf Quartet
Weekday parking rates may apply
* UNF -Recital Hall

Thursday, Nov. 5 @ 7:30 pm
Faculty Selection Honors Recital
* JU - Terry Concert Hall

Friday, Nov. 6 @ 7:30 pm
Beaches Fine Arts Series: Montrose Trio
Accomplished soloists and chamber musicians, pianist Jon Kimura Parker joins forces with violinist Martin Beaver and cellist Clive Greensmith (both formerly of the Tokyo Quartet) in an exciting new piano trio that showcases their impeccable playing and captivating performance style. “Poised to become one of the top piano trios in the world.” The Washington Post
* St. Paul’s by-the-Sea Episcopal Church

Saturday, Nov. 7 @ 2 pm
Fair Winds Woodwind Quintet from Navy Band Southeast
An open-air concert in the Library's courtyard. Take in the vibrant sounds as a part of the 10th Anniversary celebration of the Main Library. This program will be preceded by "Teen Battle of the Bands" in Hemming Park beginning at noon.
* JPL-Main Library, Lovett Courtyard

Sunday, Nov. 8 @ 3 pm
Intermezzo with the JU Piano Trio
Jacksonville University faculty artists Marguerite Richardson (violin), Shannon Lockwood (cello) & Scott Watkins (Piano) in a free concert including Piano Trio No. 2 in G Major by Beethoven, Sad Minuet by local composer Edward Lein, and Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor by Mendelssohn.
* JPL- Main Library Hicks Auditorium

Sunday, Nov. 8 @ 5 pm
Organ Recital
[No details supplied]
* St. John's Episcopal Cathedral

Sunday, Nov. 8 @ 7 pm
"Halloween is Not Over Yet"
The San Marco Chamber Music Society will present a concert of spooky music, ranging from the famous Toccata and Fugue in D minor of J. S. Bach to a string quartet arrangement of Danse Macabre by Saint-Saens. Especially ghoulish and creepy will be Andre Caplet's The Mask of the Red Death for string quartet and harp, which will be performed by JSO harpist Kayo Ishimaru and narrated by the Jacksonville Symphony's new music director, Courtney Lewis! Performers for this concert will be Rodney Cleveland, organ, Melissa Barrett and Andy Bruck, violins, Ellen Olson, viola, and Betsy Federman, cello. Here's a chance to get more mileage out of your Halloween costume this year! Audience members are welcome to come to this concert in costume! So why limit yourself to just one day of Halloween? Come to this free concert and afterwards enjoy a delicious reception with the performers!
* St. Marks Evangelical Lutheran Church

Wednesday, Nov. 11 @ 1 pm
First Coast Wind Ensemble Veteran's Day Concert
* Unity Plaza, 220 Riverside Blvd, 32202 [Riverside]

Friday, Nov. 13 @ 7:30 pm
JU Percussion Ensemble and University Singers
* JU - Terry Concert Hall

Sunday, Nov. 15 @ 11 am
“In Remembrance”
Worship led by Chancel Choir, Sanctuary. Music by Felix Mendelssohn, Johannes Brahms, and Andrew Clarke.
* Riverside Presbyterian Church

Sunday, Nov. 15 @ 5 pm
Voice Recital
[No further details supplied]
* St. John's Episcopal - Taliaferro Memorial Building

Wednesday, Nov. 18, @ 7:30 pm
Trumpeter Allen Vizzutti with the UNF Wind Symphony and Jazz Ensemble 1
Dr. Gordon Brock, Wind Symphony conductor; J.B. Scott, Jazz Ensemble 1, director
"The Cummer Family Foundation Chamber Music Series and Great American Jazz Series present"
Free admission (GAJS Season ticket holders receive reserved seating) - E-ticket not required, but available. Call the box office at (904) 620-2878.
Weekday parking rates may apply
* UNF - Lazzara Performance Hall

Thursday, Nov. 19 @ 7:30 pm
Osprey Choral Showcase
Osprey Men’s and Women’s Choruses, Yukino Miyake, piano, Tommy Shapard, conductor
Weekday parking rates may apply
* UNF - Recital Hall

Friday, Nov. 20 @ 7:30 pm
Lawson Ensemble Concert with Yukino Miyake
Works by Mendelssohn, Brahms, and Haydn. Dr. Nick Curry, cello; Clinton Dewing, viola; Aurica Duca, violin; Yukino Miyake, piano
* UNF - Recital Hall

Sunday, Nov. 22 @ 7:30 pm
Guest Artist Voice Recital: Raymond Feener, baritone
Natalia Rivera, piano
* UNF - Recital Hall

Monday, Nov. 23 @ 7:30 pm
Student Piano Recital
Dr. Erin Bennett, coordinator
Weekday parking rates may apply
* UNF - Recital Hall

Tuesday, Nov. 24 @ 7:30 pm
Fall Percussion Ensemble Concert
Charlotte Mabrey, conductor.
Weekday parking rates may apply
* UNF - Robinson Theater

October 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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Thursday, October 1 @ 7:30pm
Pops Goes to the Opera
Symphonic Band Pops Concert. Admission is free and open to the public.
* FSCJ Wilson Center

Thursday, October 1 @ 7:30pm
JU Orchestra Hosts Gaither High School String Orchestra
* JU Terry Concert Hall

Friday, October 2 @ 7pm
5th Annual Jacksonville SINGS! Invitational Showcase
An Hour-Long Concert featuring the UNF Chamber Singers with Student and Faculty Performers.  Dr. Cara Tasher, artistic director. Donations accepted
* UNF Lazzara Performance Hall

Friday, October 2 @ 7:30pm
Donal Fox, piano
Internationally acclaimed as a composer, pianist, and improviser, Donal Fox expertly fuses jazz, Afro-Latin and classical idioms into intricate new works and electrifying performances. Praised by The Boston Globe as "unique and utterly commanding," Fox de- and reconstructs Bach, Piazzolla, Schumann, Monk, Schoenberg and more, adding propulsive grooves and using composed themes as springboards for glorious improvisational flights that blend baroque with bebop, twelve-tone techniques with twelve-bar blues.
* St. Paul’s by-the-Sea Episcopal Church

Friday, October 2 @ 8pm
Jacksonville Symphony Free Community Concert
Join the celebration as Courtney Lewis begins his inaugural season as music director. The outdoor concert features Beethoven's exciting Symphony No. 7. Concert preceded by Cocktails (presumably not free) at 7pm.
* Unity Plaza Jax, 220 Riverside Ave./32202 (at Forest St.)

Saturday, October 3 @ 6pm
5th Annual Jacksonville SINGS! Finale Concert
featuring the UNF Percussion Ensemble, Chorale, and Invitational Honor Chorus; Dr. Eugene Rogers, guest clinician; Dr. Cara Tasher, artistic director
* UNF Lazzara Performance Hall – 6 p.m.

Saturday, October 3 @ 8pm
Jacksonville Symphony Free Community Concert
Join the celebration as Courtney Lewis begins his inaugural season as music director. The concert features Beethoven's exciting Symphony No. 7. For FREE tickets and more information call: 904-354-5547 or visit: www.jaxsymphony.org
* Times-Union Center, 300 Water St./32202

Sunday, October 4 @ 7pm
Sounds of 16th Century Spain
RareSong, Patricia DeWitt, artistic director: Lynne Radcliffe, Tony Cruz, Lucinda Mosher, Barrie Mosher, Marcy Brenner, Peter DeWitt and Patricia DeWitt (vocal, recorder, viola da gamba, sackbut, and harpsichord). Vocal, chamber and instrumental music as heard in Spain in the 16th century, including villancicos and motets by Encina and Guerrero, European music played in Spanish churches by instrumental ensembles, and instrumental solo works.
* St. Mark's Evangelical Lutheran Church

Wednesday, October 7 @ 12noon
Music at Noon: Kamila Shahtakhtinski, piano.
Free Community Concert (formerly Wednesday Happening) in Sanctuary, followed by luncheon in Bittinger Hall.
* Riverside Presbyterian Church

Friday, October 9 @ 7:30pm
Choral Concert
Under the direction of Dr. Timothy Workman, The Men's Chorus, Women's Chorus and The Chorale from will present the Choral Concert. Join us as the students lift their voices and sing from their hearts. Admission is free and open to the public.
* FSCJ Wilson Center

Friday, October 9 @ 7:30pm
Simply Three
Glen McDaniel, violin, Zack Clark, cello, Nicholas Villalobos, bass. Concert is free and open to the public. Doors open 30 minutes in advance of concert.
* Friday Musicale

Friday, October 9 @ 7:30pm
11th Annual Upbeat Pink: A Musical Tribute to Breast Cancer Survivorship
The Wild West through TV and Movies, Dr. Gordon Brock, conductor
* UNF Lazzara Performance Hall – 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, October 11 @ 3pm 
Faculty Recital: Dr. Gary Smart, piano
* UNF Recital Hall

Sunday, October 11 @ 4pm 
Organ Concert
featuring Diane Combs, Daniel Francabandiero, Richard Lewis, Clifford Parrish and Gregory Spiess, all organists of Riverside Park, on the newly expanded Cornel Zimmer organ.
* Riverside Park United Methodist Church, 819 Park St./32204

Thursday, October 15 @ 7:30pm
The Cummer Family Foundation Chamber Music Series presents
Cellist Andrew Smith and Pianist Alfredo Oyaguez
Weekday parking rates apply
* UNF Recital Hall

Friday, October 16 @ 11am & 7:30pm
Andrew Smith, cello & Alfredo Oyaguez, piano
Concerts are free and open to the public. Doors open 30 minutes in advance of concert.
* Friday Musicale

Friday, October 16 @ 7:30pm
High School Choral Invitational
* JU Terry Concert Hall

Sunday, October 18 @ 5pm
First Coast Wind Ensemble
The program includes works for organ and wind symphony, including André Campra’s Rigaudon and Alfred Reed’s celebratory Alleluia! Laudamus Te. Organist Timothy Tuller will also perform two solo works for organ by Elgar and Guilmant.
* St. John's Episcopal Cathedral

Sunday, October 25 @ 3pm
Two Piano and Duo Organ concert
Michael Mastronicola, Alan K. Ragan, Anton Arensky, Suite No.3, op. 33 for two pianos; Andy Clarke and Michael Dell, improvisations for two pianos; Rodney Cleveland and Lois Gurney, organ duo.
* Riverside Presbyterian Church

Sunday, October 25 @ 3pm
Concert to Benefit the Alzheimer's Association
The Don Thompson Chorale will hold its first concert to benefit the Alzheimer's Association, Central & North Florida Chapter. The concert is in honor of Don Thompson, who is suffering from the effects of this disease.
* Riverside Ave. Christian Church, 2841 Riverside Ave./32205

Tuesday, October 27 @ 7:30pm
Faculty Recital: Sunshine Simmons, clarinet
Weekday parking rates apply
* UNF Recital Hall – 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, October 28 @ 7:30pm
Octubafest Recital
Joanna Hersey, tuba
Weekday parking rates apply
* UNF Fine Arts Center, Room 1404

Wednesday, October 28 @ 7:30pm
Jazz Combo Night
Lynne Arriale, coordinator
Weekday parking rates apply
* UNF Recital Hall

Thursday, October 29 @ 7:30pm
Faculty Selection Honors Recital
* JU Terry Concert Hall

Friday, October 30, 2015
Guest Artist Recital: Joel Hastings, piano
Works by Liszt, Scriabin, and Roger-Ducasse
* UNF Recital Hall

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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