05/18 @ 5:30 p.m.: Music @ Main

Piotr Szewczyk's Violin Futura II

Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra violinist Piotr Szewczyk returns to the Hicks Auditorium, performing new music for solo violin written especially for him by composers from around the country.

Featured composers/works include:

• Jason Bahr – Ephemeral Rhapsody
  
• Richard Belcastro - Buyer's Remorse
  
• Tyler Capp - Scatterbrain
  
• Lisa Coons - Coming Undone
  
• Jianjun He - Yang-Ge Dance
  
• Sydney Hodkinson - RUSH
  
• Kari Juusela - Red Bull #3
  
• John Oliver - Tossing and Turning
  
• Philip Pan - Thrash
  
• William Schirmer - Lyric
  
• Adam Schoenberg - Swoosh
  
• Laurence Sherr – Midnight Dance
  
• Gary Smart - Benediction
  
• Suzanne Sorkin – Toward the Other Shore>/li>

Music @ Main concerts are presented in the Main Library's Hicks Auditorium, located on the Conference Level of the Library near the Main Street entrances. About the MAIN LIBRARY

Concert Parking
Library customers who use the public garage at the corner of Duval Street and Main Street may take their garage tickets to the ground-floor Popular Services Desk to get validation for free parking weekday evenings when entering after 5 p.m., and on weekends. Free on-street parking is also available on weekends and evenings after 6 p.m.

Main Library
303 North Laura Street
Jacksonville, FL 32202
904-630-2665
TTY for the hearing impaired: 904-630-2740

CLICK HERE for complete information

03/24/2010 @ 6:15pm: Music @ Main

Laura Nocchiero & Krzysztof Biernacki

Dr. Krzysztof Biernacki, head of vocal studies at the University of North Florida, joins Italian concert pianist Laura Nocchiero for a special evening of music and song.

CLAUDE DEBUSSY
9 Préludes (1er livre)
Danseuse de Delphes--Voiles--Le vens dans la plaine--Les collines d'Anacapri--La fille aux cheveux de lin--Ce qu’a vu le vent d’ouest--La cathédrale engloutie--La danse de Puck--Minstrels

CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Pour le piano
Prelude--Sarabande--Toccata

FRANCIS POULENC
Four Mélodies
Voyage à Paris--Hôtel--Rosemonde (texts: Guillaume Apollinaire); Mazurka (text: Louise Vilmorin)

Complete concert information,program notes, and English translations of the song texts are available at http://mainconcerts.blogspot.com/2010/03/05242010-615pm-laura-nocchiero.html
Concert Parking
Library customers who use the public garage at the corner of Duval Street and Main Street may take their garage tickets to the ground-floor Popular Services Desk to get validation for free parking weekday evenings when entering after 5 p.m., and on weekends. Free on-street parking is also available evenings & weekends.

Main Library -- Hicks Auditorium
303 North Laura Street
Jacksonville, FL 32202
904-630-2665
TTY for the hearing impaired: 904-630-2740

02/22/2010 @ 6:15 p.m.: Music @ Main

Noteworthy Duo

Flutist Lisa Schroeder and classical guitarist Michael Nigro present a program of Latin American music.

Lisa Schroeder and Michael Nigro join their musical talents to create Noteworthy Duo. Their vision is to reach a non-classical audience, inspire the classical listener, and to touch just one life with a "noteworthy" performance. Noteworthy’s interest in South American Music can be heard throughout their extensive flute and guitar repertoire.

This past year, the duo toured to 23 states in the U.S., playing concerts, live television programs, and radio shows. Their debut CD, entitled “Between Guitar and Flute” was released in February 2009. Lisa and Michael are both on faculty at Vanguard University of Southern California.

Complete concert information and program notes at http://mainconcerts.blogspot.com/2010/01/02222010-615-pm-noteworthy-duo.html
Main Library / Hicks Auditorium
303 North Laura Street
Jacksonville, FL 32202
904-630-2665

02/12/2010 @ 11a.m. & 7:30p.m.: Friday Musicale

Philip Pan violin & 7 string Viper
& Scott Watkins, piano

Violin & Piano

Schumann: Sonata in A minor, Op. 105

Beethoven: Sonata in G, Op. 96

On the 7 string Viper

Bach: Toccata in D minor

Gnarls Barkley: "Crazy"

Mark Woods: "Vivaldi Rocks"

Friday Musicale concerts are presented for the enrichment of the Jacksonville community and are free and open to the public.

Friday Musicale
645 Oak St., Riverside
Jacksonville FL, 32204
904-355-7584
Christine Clark, president
Henson Markham, 3rd vice-president
Chris Heacox, executive director
www.fridaymusicale.com

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02/13/2010 @2p.m.: Music @ Main

Friday Musicale presents
The Amazing Life of Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges

A Free Concert for the Whole Family!

Violinist Tyrone Tidwell narrates the life of Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges interspersed with several works by the 18th century composer, closing with the Symphony Concertante in E-flat for two violins and orchestra.

A free picture book about Le CHEVALIER de SAINT-GEORGES will be given to the children in the audience for this special program!

Other featured musicians include:
Timothy Edwards, violin
Max Huls, violin
Swantje Biernacki, violin
Angelo Goderre, viola
Larry Rawdon, cello
Jamar Woods, keyboard
Gabrielle Williams, soprano

The narration was prepared by JU Professor Emeritus of Humanities, Dr. Sharon Scholl.

Concert Parking
Library customers who use the public garage at the corner of Duval Street and Main Street may take their garage tickets to the ground-floor Popular Services Desk to get validation for free parking weekday evenings when entering after 5 p.m., and on weekends. Free on-street parking is also available on weekends and evenings after 6 p.m.

Main Library -- Hicks Auditorium
303 North Laura Street
Jacksonville, FL 32202
904-630-2665

02/09/2010 @ 6:15 p.m.: Music @ Main

Wonkak Kim, clarinet

Award-winning clarinetist Wonkak Kim has dazzled audiences with playing that is “virtuosic and stirring” (Journal de Morges, Switzerland). Collaborating with Mr. Kim is pianist Grace Eun-Hye Choi.

Program Selections

Gioacchino ROSSINI : Introduction, Theme and Variations (1812)

Edward LEIN : September

Alban BERG : 4 Stücke, Op. 5

François DEVIENNE : Sonata in E-flat, Op. 28, No. 2

Charles-Marie WIDOR : Introduction et Rondo, Op. 72

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Hailed by critics around the world as “excellent” (The Washington Post) and as a “tour de force” (Classical Voice of North Carolina), clarinetist Wonkak Kim has quickly established himself at the forefront of his generation, concertizing throughout the United States, Costa Rica, South Korea and Europe. Mr. Kim, who began studying clarinet with Kenneth Lee at the age of fifteen, has been a featured soloist with more than a dozen orchestras, performing concertos by Mozart, Nielsen, Spohr, Weber, and Copland. As a prizewinner of numerous national and international competitions, he has appeared in Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, German Embassy in Washington D.C., and Constitution Hall.

CLICK HERE for complete concert information.

Music @ Main concerts are presented in the Main Library's Hicks Auditorium, located on the Conference Level of the Library near the Main Street entrances. About the MAIN LIBRARY

Main Library
303 North Laura Street
Jacksonville, FL 32202
904-630-2665

Concert Parking
Library customers who use the public garage at the corner of Duval Street and Main Street may take their garage tickets to the ground-floor Popular Services Desk to get validation for free parking weekday evenings when entering after 5 p.m., and on weekends. Free on-street parking is also available on weekends and evenings after 6 p.m.

2/1/2010 @6:15p.m.: Music @ Main : Trio Solis

Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time

Trio Solis combines three dynamic virtuosi, Corinne Stillwell (violin), Gregory Sauer (cello), and Read Gainsford (piano), all faculty artists at Florida State University's College of Music. Joining them for a complete performance of Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time is FSU clarinet professor Deborah Bish.

CLICK HERE for complete information

CONTACT INFORMATION
Main Library
303 North Laura Street
Jacksonville, FL 32202
904-630-2665
TTY for the hearing impaired: 904-630-2740

01/16 @ 3:30pm: Music @ Main

Jayoung Kim, cello & JooHyun Lee, piano

Free chamber music recital featuring works by Beethoven, Cassado, Shostakovich & Chopin.

Main Library / Hicks Auditorium
303 North Laura Street
Jacksonville, FL 32202
904-630-2665

Jayoung Kim is a doctoral candidate at Florida State University and is the cellist with the internationally acclaimed chamber music ensemble, enhakē. Collaborating with Ms. Kim is award-winning pianist JooHyun Lee.

PROGRAM SELECTIONS:

Ludwig Van Beethoven : Seven Variations on "Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen" from Die Zauberflöte

Gaspar Cassado' : Solo Suite

Dmitri Shostakovich : Sonata for cello and piano, Op. 40

Frederic Chopin : Introduction and Polonaise Brillante, Op. 3

Concert Parking
Library customers who use the public garage at the corner of Duval Street and Main Street may take their garage tickets to the ground-floor Popular Services Desk to get validation for free parking weekday evenings when entering after 5 p.m., and on weekends. Free on-street parking is also available on weekends and evenings after 6 p.m.

CLICK HERE for complete information

12/08/2009 @6:15pm: Music @ Main: Julian Toha

Julian Toha, piano

Known for his passionate performances, poetic imagination, and technical command, American pianist Julian Toha has acquired a reputation as an exciting young artist of the 21st century.

Program Selections

FELIX MENDELSSOHN Fantasie in F# minor, Op. 28, “Scottish Sonata”: 1. Con moto agitato

J.S. BACH Prelude & Fugue No. 8 in D# Minor, BWV 877 (WTC, Book 2)

ALEXANDER SCRIABIN Fantaisie in B Minor, Op. 28

FRANZ SCHUBERT Sonata No. 14 in A Minor, D. 784

ALBERTO GINASTERA Suite de Danzas Criollas, Op. 15

Main Library / Hicks Auditorium
303 North Laura Street
Jacksonville, FL 32202
904-630-2665
TTY for the hearing impaired: 904-630-2740

CLICK HERE for more information

11/16/2009 @ 6:15 p.m.: Music @ Main

JACKSONVILLE UNIVERSITY CHAMBER STRINGS
Marguerite Richardson, conductor

Main Library -- Hicks Auditorium
303 North Laura Street
Jacksonville, FL 32202
904-630-2665
TTY for the hearing impaired: 904-630-2740

PROGRAM SELECTIONS

Antonio Vivaldi: L’Estro Armonico, Op. 3: Concerto No. 8 in A minor for two violins and strings, RV 522

Piotr Szewczyk: Summer Music

Edward Lein: Hoodoo
--Jacksonville University Chamber Strings

Antonín Dvořák: Quartet in F Major, Op.96, "American" (1st Movement)
--Jacksonville University Honors String Quartet (Ronald Lagarde & Mallory Bray, violins; Peter Dutilly, viola; Joseph Engel, violoncello)

Peter Warlock: Capriol Suite

Edvard Grieg: Holberg Suite, Op.40
--Jacksonville University Chamber Strings

Much more information at http://mainconcerts.blogspot.com/2009/10/11162009-615-pm-jacksonville-university.html

Tuesday, 10/20/2009 @ 6:15pm: Abbas Abboud, piano

Upon completing studies at the Baghdad School of Music and Ballet and the National Conservatory of Music in Amman, Jordan, Iraqi virtuoso Abbas Abboud attended France's Conservatoire National on scholarship, and was awarded their Gold Medal by unanimous vote of the Jury des Concours. Other awards include first prizes in both the Concours International de Piano and the Foundation Natexis Banque Populaire music competition. In addition to concertizing throughout France, Germany, Switzerland and Jordan, Mr. Abboud performed under contract with the Alsumaria Iraqi Satellite TV Network from June 2007 - May 2008.

PROGRAM SELECTIONS

Mozart : Piano Sonata No. 14 in C–minor, K. 457

Beethoven : Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 ("Appassionata"). 3. Allegro ma non troppo - Presto

Liszt : Funérailles -- Watch Abbas Abboud on YouTube!

Chopin : Scherzo No.1 in B minor, Op. 20 -- Watch Abbas Abboud on YouTube!

Chopin : Scherzo No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 31

Main Library
303 North Laura Street
Jacksonville, FL 32202
904-630-2665
TTY for the hearing impaired: 904-630-2740

Music @ Main concerts are presented in the Main Library's Hicks Auditorium, located on the Conference Level of the Library near the Main Street entrances.

Concert Parking
Library customers who use the public garage at the corner of Duval Street and Main Street may take their garage tickets to the ground-floor Popular Services Desk to get validation for free parking weekday evenings when entering after 5 p.m., and on weekends. Free on-street parking is also available on weekends and evenings after 6 p.m.

EVENT WEBPAGE

Monday, October 5 @ 6:15pm: Music @ Main

Jacksonville Masterworks Chorale

Now in its 20th season and under the direction of Dr. Mark Stallings since 2002, the Jacksonville Masterworks Chorale is comprised of choral enthusiasts who love rehearsing and performing masterpieces of choral literature.

PROGRAM SELECTIONS

Larry Farrow: Doodlin'
Traditional German, arranged by Robert Swift: Die Musici (Music Shall Live)

Franz Schubert: Mirjams Siegesgesang (Miriam's Song of Triumph) op. 136

Robert Schumann: Zigeunerleben (Gypsy Life) op. 29, no. 3

Traditional American, arranged by John Horman: Follow the Drinking Gourd

Lloyd Pfautsch: Fraulein Bo-Peepen and Jack Der Spratt (from Songs Mein Grossmama Sang)

Traditional Sea Chantey, arranged for Treble Voices by Emily Crocker: The Drunken Sailor

John Rutter: Banquet Fugue (from The Reluctant Dragon)

CONTACT INFORMATION
Main Library
303 North Laura Street
Jacksonville, FL 32202
904-630-2665
TTY for the hearing impaired: 904-630-2740

http://mainconcerts.blogspot.com/2009/07/1052009-615-pm-jacksonville-masterworks.html

Wednesday, June 10 @ 6:15pm: Music @ Main: Huls Clark Duo

HULS CLARK DUO

Max Huls, violin
Christine Clark, piano

BEETHOVEN: "Kreutzer" Sonata

MENDELSSOHN: Sonata in F Major (1838)

Cost: FREE

Where:
Main Library
Hicks Auditorium (Conference Level)
303 North Laura Street
Jacksonville, FL 32202
http://jaxpubliclibrary.org

Concert Parking:
Library customers who use the public garage at the corner of Duval Street and Main Street may take their garage tickets to the ground-floor Popular Services Desk to get validation for free parking weekday evenings when entering after 5 p.m., and on weekends. Free on-street parking is also available on weekends and evenings after 6 p.m.

For more information about Music @ Main programs visit http://jplmusic.blogspot.com/
or call 904-630-2665.

Tuesday, May 26 @ 6:15 pm: Music @ Main

Anne Elise Richie, Mezzo-Soprano
& Bonita Sonsini Wyke, piano
With guest artist Mary Richie, piano

Known for her warm, rich voice, Metropolitan Opera District Winner Anne Elise Richie has toured Italy, France and Germany in addition to her many performances in the United States, distinguishing herself as an opera singer and concert artist, as well as being a devoted teacher. Ms. Richie is joined by Jacksonville University's Bonita Sonsini Wyke, who has enriched the musical life of the First Coast since 1985 and earned the reputation as a collaborative musician of unsurpassed technical skill and artistry. A special performance by pianist Mary Richie completes the evening's line-up.

Program Selections include:

Hector Berlioz: Les nuits d’ été ("The Nights of Summer") (Selections)

Joseph Haydn: Sonata in B minor, Hob. XVI:32

Michael Head: Three Songs of Venice (1977)

Francesco Santoliquido: I canti della sera ("Songs of the Evening")

Richard Pearson Thomas: Ladies of Their Nights & Days (Selections)

Complete program information, including English translations of the French and Italian texts, is available at:
http://mainconcerts.blogspot.com/2009/05/526-615-pm-anne-elise-richie.html

Cost: FREE

Where:
Main Library
Hicks Auditorium (Conference Level)
303 North Laura Street
Jacksonville, FL 32202
http://jaxpubliclibrary.org

Concert Parking:
Library customers who use the public garage at the corner of Duval Street and Main Street may take their garage tickets to the ground-floor Popular Services Desk to get validation for free parking weekday evenings when entering after 5 p.m., and on weekends. Free on-street parking is also available on weekends and evenings after 6 p.m.

For more information about Music @ Main programs visit http://jplmusic.blogspot.com/

or call 904-630-2665.

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Tuesday, 5/12 @ 6:15pm: Music@Main

VnC Duo (Szewczyk & Romanenko)

Main Library / Hicks Auditorium
303 North Laura Street

New American Music for Violin and Cello

Virtuoso string players from the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra perform very new music for violin and cello by American Composers, including three world premieres!

Program Selections:
Alan Beeler: Dance Suite
Warren Gooch: Fauxmanian Dance No. 3
Kari Henrik Juusela: Chasing Karma
Edward Lein: Tangle [WORLD PREMIERE]
Daniel Perttu: Tonospheres
Gary Smart: Street Music [WORLD PREMIERE]
Piotr Szewczyk: The Moon Goddess [WORLD PREMIERE]
Christopher M. Wicks: Duo No.1
Alex Wroten: Realpolitik

http://mainconcerts.blogspot.com/2009/04/5122009-615-pm-vnc-duo.html

Tuesday & Wednesday, April 14-15

Tuesday, April 14, 2009 • 7:30 p.m.

UNF Chamber Orchestra

Dr. Simon Shiao, conductor

Celebrating the spring season with an upbeat score of Milhaud's La Boeuf sur le toit (Ox on the Roof), as well as music by Mozart and other exciting works.

Free - Donations Welcome

Robinson Theater
University of North Florida
1 UNF Drive
Jacksonville, FL 32224
(904) 620-2961

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Wednesday, April 15, 2009 • 6:15 p.m.

Music @ Main: UNF String ensemble

Under the direction of Dr. Simon Shiao, University of North Florida students will present music for piano trio and string orchestra. Additionally, Dr. Nick Curry's UNF Cello Choir will perform music for four cellos.

PROGRAM SELECTIONS
SMETANA: Piano Trio in G minor, op. 15
(Allegro ma non agitato -- Presto)
SCHUBERT: Marche militaire, D.733
GOLTERMANN: Romance, op. 119, no. 1
HETFIELD-ULRICH/TOPPINEN: Nothing Else Matters
MAHLER: Adagietto (from Symphony no. 5)
BLOCH: Concerto Grosso no. 1 for strings with piano obbligato
(I. Prelude -- IV. Fugue)

Main Library / Hicks Auditorium
303 North Laura Street
Jacksonville, FL 32202
904-630-2665
TTY for the hearing impaired: 904-630-2740
CLICK HERE for complete information.

Wednesday, April 8@6:15pm: Music @ Main

Clarinet ensemble, chamber music and solo performances from the studio of Dr. Guy Yehuda, director of Woodwind Studies at the University of North Florida

PIAZZOLLA: Tango Etude no. 3
STRAVINSKY: Three Pieces for Solo Clarinet
BUECHE: Fugue for Clarinet Trio
FARKAS: Ancient Hungarian Dances from the 17th Century
ROSSINI / PALMER: An Italian in Algiers : Sinfonia
FRACKENPOHL: Clarinet Rag
DEBUSSY / HOWLAND: Petite Suite : Ballet
MOZART / CAILLIET: The Marriage of Figaro : Overture

Main Library
303 North Laura Street
Jacksonville, FL 32202
904-630-2665

CLICK HERE for complete concert information.

Tuesday, March 3@6:15 p.m.: Music @ Main

Trio Florida

Faculty Artists from UNF
Complete information at http://mainconcerts.blogspot.com/2009/02/332009-615-pm-trio-florida.html

Tuesday, February 17 @ 6:15 p.m.: Music @ Main

Noteworthy Duo : Music for Flute & Guitar by Latin American Composers
CLICK HERE for complete details.



Main Library (Hicks Auditorium)
303 North Laura Street
Jacksonville, FL 32202

Tuesday, February 10 @ 6:15pm: Music @ Main

University of North Florida students from the Delta Eta Chapter of Mu Phi Epsilon Music Honor Fraternity will present a recital featuring pianists, vocalists, and instrumentalists from their chapter. This recital is free and open to the public.

Main Library
Hicks Auditorioum (Conference Level)
122 North Laura Street
Jacksonville, FL 32202

Program Selections

Edvard Grieg : Wedding Day at Troldhaugen
Chris Fry, piano

Francesco Bartolomeo Conti : Il mio bel foco
Barbee Monk, soprano
Jamar A. Woods, piano

Philippe Gaubert : Madrigal
Hannah E. Sharron, flute
Chris Fry, piano

Giacomo Puccini : Donde lieta from “La Boheme”
Elyse Matthews, soprano
Jamar A.Woods, piano

Edvard Grieg : Notturno, Op. 54, no. 4
Quinton Rhodes, piano

Camille Saint-Saens : The Swan from “Carnival of Animals”
Brittany Maroney, cello
Jamar A. Woods, piano

Giacomo Puccini : Chi bel il sogno from “La Rondine”
Sergei Rachmaninoff : Ne poy, krasavitsa, pri mne
Angelique Perretta, soprano
Jamar A. Woods, piano

Franz Liszt : Sonnetto 104 del Petrarca
Jamar A. Woods, piano

Stephen Yarbrough : Heartsong
Anna Wilson, cello
Jamar A. Woods, piano

Richard Rodgers : My Funny Valentine from “Babes in Arms”
Leelynn Osborn, tenor
Jamar A. Woods, piano
Jarell Harris, alto saxophone
Alec Degnats, drums

Monday, January 12@ 6 p.m. : Music @ Main : Trio Solis

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Founded in 2008, Trio Solis combines three dynamic virtuosi, Corinne Stillwell (violin), Gregory Sauer (cello), and Read Gainsford (piano), all faculty artists at Florida State University's College of Music. Joining them is the versatile Karen Pommerich (viola), a violinist with the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra.

PROGRAM SELECTIONS


• Ludwig van Beethoven: Trio in D Major, opus 70 no. 1 "Ghost"
• Arno Babajanian: Trio in F-Sharp Minor (1952)
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quartet in G Minor, KV 478

MORE AT http://jplmusic.blogspot.com/