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.
"Celebrating Bach": Beaches Fine Arts Series
Join us Friday, October 4th, as we open our 47th season with harpist, Bridget Kibbey, and The Dover Quartet in "Celebrating Bach". Reception follows the concert with art exhibit by the Beaches Photography Club.
* St. Paul’s by-the-Sea Episcopal Church
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Sunday, October 6 @ 3pm
Jacksonville Symphony Open House & Free Concert
With Gonzalo Farias, Associate Conductor. Join us for a free concert and open house to kick off the season! Come early for a backstage tour of Jacoby Hall, take a turn at the conductor’s podium conducting Symphony musicians, and visit our Instrument Zoo! Doors open at 1:30 PM.
* Robert E. Jacoby Symphony Hall (300 Water St., 32202)
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Sunday, October 6 @ 5pm
Nathan Kyle Lively Organ Concert
Works by Widor, Hakim, Sowerby, Saint-Saens, and others, including Rubenstein's Rêve angélique. With Michael Clark (piano).
* Riverside Presbyterian Church
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Sunday, October 6 @ 5pm
Civic Orchestra with Timothy Tuller, organ
Reception following in Taliaferro Hall
* St. John's Episcopal Cathedral
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Thursday, October 10 at 7:30pm
Choral Invitational
The JU Choirs share the stage with outstanding high school choruses from greater Jacksonville in this annual celebration of choral music.
* JU - Terry Concert Hall
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Friday, October 11 @ 7:30pm
One Evening: Two Concerts
Featuring the Symphonic Band, under the direction of Dr. Paul Weikle, and the Choral Concert, under the direction of Tommy Shapard, featuring The Men's Chorus, Women's Chorus and The Chorale. The Symphonic Band will perform at 7:30 p.m. and the choral groups will follow after intermission.
* FSCJ South Campus-Nathan H. Wilson Center for the Arts, Main Stage
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Sunday, October 13 @ 3pm
Intermezzo Sunday Concert
Featuring members of The First Coast Wind Symphony
* JPL - Main Libary Hicks Auditorium (Enter via the main entrance on Laura St.)
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Sunday, October 13 @ 5pm.
Trombone and Flute Recital: Voyage Through the Americas
Featuring works written by American and South American composers. Teresa Perrin, flutist, will be accompanied by classical guitarist, Mike Delorean. Cesar Pimentel, trombonist, will be accompanied by the pianist Danielle Duncan.
* St. John's Episcopal Cathedral - Taliaferro Hall
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Thursday, October 17 @ 7:30pm
Symphonic Dances
The JU Wind Ensemble and the First Coast Wind Symphony combine to present a Masterwork Series Partner Concert featuring the five Symphonic Dances of Clifton Williams, which have rarely been played as a complete set.
* JU - Terry Concert Hall
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Sunday, October 20 @ 5pm
Hymn Festival
The theme of the festival will be "All Nature Sings." Featured players will include Lee Gwozdz, Jane Daugherty, Glendon Frank, Jean Spyksma, Bette Mattox, and James Freeman. Refreshments will follow the festival.
* Southside Baptist Church (1435 Atlantic Blvd, 32207)
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Sunday, October 20 @ 6pm
Choral Evensong
Contemplative in nature, the choir is the main component of Choral Evensong, singing Psalms, responses (Ebdon), canticles (Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis-Stanford in C) and anthems (When Rooks Fly Homeward-Baynon) on behalf of the congregants who are invited to join in the hymns. Reception follows.
* Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd
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Tuesday, October 22 @ 7:30pm
Soprano Millicent Scarlett with Pianist Denise Wright
Included in The Cummer Family Foundation Chamber Music Series.
* UNF - Recital Hall
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Tuesday, October 22 @ 7:30pm
JU Orchestra Fall Concert
The Jacksonville University Orchestra, under the direction of Dr. Marguerite Richardson, opens its season with a concert of orchestral masterworks, featuring JU alumna and Kinne Endowed Guest Artist Haley Russell, oboist, in the Concerto in C minor for Oboe and Strings by Benedetto Marcello.
* JU - Terry Concert Hall
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Thursday, October 24 @ 7:30pm
Honors Recital
The Student Honors Recitals feature outstanding student musicians nominated by their professors in recognition of distinguished performance.
* JU - Terry Concert Hall
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Saturday, October 26 @ 7:30pm
Vocal Studies Recital
JU Voice Faculty perform solos and scenes from opera to musical theater.
* JU - Terry Concert Hall
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Sunday, October 27 @ 6pm
Pergolesi Vespers: Stabat Mater
Pergolesi's Stabat Mater, an emotional song of the weeping mother at the foot of the cross, will be conducted from the organ console by Director of Music Zeek Smith, featuring soprano Adina Diehl and countertenor Hector Smith, and with violinists Timothy Edwards and Edward Latimer, violist Joseph Henderson, and cellist Alexander Downs. The service is free and open to the public. Offerings collected at the conclusion of the service will support the music program at San Jose Episcopal.
* San Jose Episcopal Church (7423 San Jose Blvd, 32217)
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Sunday, October 27 @ 6pm
Howard Hanson: A Lecture Recital
Dr. Scott Watkins, Professor of Piano, presents his recent research on American composer Howard Hanson in this unique lecture-recital featuring rare photographs of the composer from his earliest days as Dean of the College of the Pacific Conservatory of Music. Watkins’ presentation concludes with Hanson’s recently discovered “Symphonic Rhapsody” on the 100th anniversary of the work’s premiere.
* JU - Terry Concert Hall
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Sunday, October 27 @ 7pm
RareSong Concert
Music of the Renaissance
* St. Mark's Evangelical Lutheran Church
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Tuesday, October 29 @ 7:30pm
JU Oktoberfest!
The First Coast Wind Symphony hosts Jacksonville’s Douglas Anderson Wind Symphony in a concert of band favorites.
* JU - Terry Concert Hall
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Thursday, October 31 @ 7:30pm
Nosferatu (1922) for Halloween
JU Percussion Ensemble performs “Nosferatu,” the original vampire movie from 1922 directed by F.W. Murnau, which brings to life (sort of) the story of Count Orlok. This is the perfect way to spend All Hallows’ Eve. Wear a costume and enjoy the evening.
* JU - Terry Concert Hall
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