Calendar of Free* Concerts in Jacksonville
*Listings of Jacksonville concerts advertised as FREE are compiled chiefly from online calendars, and could be subject to change or cancellation. || Most venue addresses are given at left.
Friday, March 2 @ 11am & 7pm
Mary L'Engle Ensemble
Timothy Edwards & Swantje Biernacki,violins
Angelo Goderre, viola; Linda Minke, cello; Tugci Tari, piano
Friday Musicale
Friday, March 2 @ 7:30pm
Julie Detweiler, clarinet. Michelle Huang, piano
Guest Clarinet and Piano Recital
UNF - Recital Hall
Sunday, March 4 @ 10:45am
Sunday Music: In Celebration of Women's History Month
Brittnee Siemon, mezzo; Brent Bevis, guitar
UUCJ
Sunday, March 4 @ 7pm
Brahms and Friends
With mezzo-soprano Jane Christeson, baritone Bobb Robinson and pianist Michael Rickman.
Lakewood Presbyterian Church
Monday, March 5 @ 7:30pm
UNF Cummer Family Foundation Chamber Music Series presents
Mezzo Soprano Aidan Soder with Pianist Lee Thompson
Dr. Guy Yehuda, Artistic Director
UNF- Recital Hall
WEEKNIGHT VISITOR PARKING FEE: $3
Tuesday, March 6 @ 7:30pm
Concerto Showcase Concert
Featuring Members of the UNF Orchestra, Dr. Simon Shiao, conductor
UNF - Robinson Theater
WEEKNIGHT VISITOR PARKING FEE: $3
Tuesday, March 6 @ 7:30pm
Hot off the Press!
Join the JU Orchestra and JU faculty composers for an evening of newly composed orchestral music in this biennial event, a community favorite. Also featured will be compositions by the 2010 and 2011 student winners of the Delius Prize in Composition. Following the concert, “get into the heads” of the composers in an informal audience Q & A.
JU - Terry Concert Hall
Wednesday, March 7 @ 7:30pm
Composition Majors Concert
Varied Orchestration performing new works by some of Jacksonville University’s most talented young composers.
JU - Terry Concert Hall
Wednesday, March 7 @ 7:30pm
Guest Violin Recital with Dr. Sarah Gentry
Dr. Simon Shiao, coordinator
UNF Recital Hall
WEEKNIGHT VISITOR PARKING FEE: $3
Thursday-Saturday, March 8-10
UNF Cummer Family Foundation Chamber Music Series presents
4th Annual Florida Clarinet Extravaganza!
Dr. Guy Yehuda, Artistic Director
Check UNF Calendar for complete Events Schedule
UNF - Fine Arts Center
Thursday, March 8 @ 7:30pm
Guy Yehuda & Michael Bovenzi Recital “Wood and Gold”
UNF - Recital Hall
THURSDAY NIGHT VISITOR PARKING FEE: $3
Friday, March 9 @ 7:30pm
Beaches Fine Arts: Ian Bostridge, tenor
St. Paul's by the Sea
Friday, March 9 @ 7:30pm
Sean Osborn, Clarinet
UNF - Recital Hall
Saturday, March 10 @ 7:30pm
JU Percussion Ensemble Concert
Rags, Rags, Rags featuring the music of George Hamilton Green, Sammy Herman, Harry Breuer, Zez Confrey and others. This is a concert that is perfect for old and young alike.
JU - Terry Concert Hall
Saturday, March 10 @ 7:30pm
Michael Norsworthy, clarinet “The Color of Sound”
UNF - Recital Hall
Sunday, March 11 @ 10:45am
Sunday Music: In Celebration of Women's History Month
Jena Huebner, doublebass; Jeanne Huebner, piano
UUCJ
Sunday, March 11 @ 2:30pm
Intermezzo Sunday Concert, with Flint River Trio
Russell Brown, clarinet; Boyan Bonev, cello; Mimi Noda, piano
HANDBILL
JPL Main Library - Hicks Auditorium
Sunday, March 11 @ 3pm
New Music Improvisations
Dr. Jeff Agrell, horn, Dr. Gary Smart, piano
UNF - Recital Hall
Sunday, March 11 @ 5pm
Bobb Robinson Studio Recital
Featuring the voice students of Dr. Bobb Robinson:
Nick Boucher, Raquel Lopez, Ellen Marini, Zeek Smith, Kelly Wolfe, Alex Rodriguez, Michelle Mestas, Erick Crow, Claire C. Futo, Leanna Brown, Ciaran Sontag, Rachel Harding, Brittany Carter and Dean Winter; Stephen Fennell, Keyboard
There will be a wine and cheese reception following the concert. Please bring a donation of a non-perishable food item for Arlington Community Services.
Saint Luke’s Episcopal Church
Sunday, March 11 @ 7:30pm
A Journey of the Heart
Orange Park Chorale
Hendricks Avenue Baptist
Monday, March 12 @ 6pm
2012 Young Artists Competition Finals
Jacksonville Youth Symphony
Times-Union Center
Thursday, March 15 at 7:30pm
High School Choral Invitational
The JU Choirs share the stage with outstanding high school choruses from throughout the greater Jacksonville area in a celebration of choral music education in our schools.
JU - Terry Concert Hall
Sunday, March 18, 10:45 am
Sunday Music: Ken Anoff, drums
UUCJ
Sunday, March 18 @ 3pm
Dreamy March Music
Northeast Florida Conservatory Band, Richard Dickson, Director; The Heritage Singers of Jacksonville, Michael Dell, Artistic Director; Cathy Nye, Accompanist
All Souls Anglican Church (4042 Hartley Road)
Sunday, March 18 @ 7pm
San Marco Chamber Music Society Presents Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
We learn about Mozart's financial troubles during the later years of his life through his letters to his wealthy friend, Michael Puchberg. Actor Kevin Roberts will portray Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Featuring Violinist Ruxandra Marquardt, violist Ellen Olson, and cellist Laurie Casseday
Free will offering taken.
St. Mark's Evangelical Lutheran
Tuesday, March 20 @ 7:30pm
UNF Percussion Ensemble Concert
Charlotte Mabrey, director
UNF - Robinson Theater
WEEKNIGHT VISITOR PARKING FEE: $3
Friday, March 23 @ 11am & 7:30pm
Baroque Music, Baroque Instruments
Tammara Phillips, baroque flute; Ann Adams, baroque oboe; Lee Goodhew Romm, baroque bassoon; Boyd Jones, harpsichord
Friday Musicale
Saturday, March 24 @ Times to be determined
John Cage Festival: 100th Birthday Celebration : Opening Event
“Circus of Happening: A Chance-Determined Series of Arranged Convergence (for John Cage)”
Performances by numerous local and regional artists
FESTIVAL WEBSITE
CoRK Arts District (2689 Rosselle St., Jacksonville, FL)
Sunday, March 25 @ 10:45am
Sunday Music: Rob Tudor, baritone; Michelle Huang, piano
UUCJ
Sunday, March 25 @ 6pm,
Kim Beasley Sings Bach Cantatas
Assisted by: Kristin Kusic, oboe; Julian Kaplan, trumpet, Marguerite Richardson, Sam LaGarde, violins, Peter Dutilly, viola; Shannon Lockwood, cello; Scott Watkins, continuo
Good Shepherd - Worsham Hall
Sunday, March 25 @ 7:30pm
Clarinet Recital
Students from the Studio of Dr. Guy Yehuda, coordinator
UNF - Recital Hall
Monday, March 26 @ 7:30pm
John Cage Festival: 100th Birthday Celebration
The Revenge of the Dead Indians: In Memoriam of John Cage
A screening of the documentary film
MOCA-Jacksonville (133 N. Laura St.)
Monday, March 26 @ 7:30pm
UNF String Showcase Concert
Students from the Studios of Dr. Nick Curry, Dr. Simon Shiao, Dr. Jason Lindsay, and Professors Melissa Barrett and Renate Falkner
Dr. Simon Shiao, coordinator
UNF - Recital Hall
WEEKNIGHT VISITOR PARKING FEE: $3
Tuesday, March 27 @ 7:30pm
John Cage Festival: 100th Birthday Celebration
Dutch Sound Artist Jaap Blonk
MOCA-Jacksonville (133 N. Laura St.)
Wednesday, March 28 @ 7:30pm
John Cage Festival: 100th Birthday Celebration
Violinist Tom Chiu,founder of the the esteemed FLUX Quartet, presents a program of rarely heard works for solo stringed instrument.
J. Johnson Gallery (177 4th Ave. N., Jax Beach)
Wednesday, March 28 @ 7:30pm
Evning of Contemporary Music
UNF Brass and Percussion Ensembles
Featuring Concerto for Flute and Metal Orchestra by Randall Croley
Dr. Randall Tinnin, conductor
Rhonda Cassano, coordinator, guest flute soloist
UNF - Fine Arts Center, Room 1404
WEEKNIGHT VISITOR PARKING FEE: $3
Wednesday, March 28 @ 7:30 – 8:30 PM
Peter Dutilly, composition (Senior recital)
JU - Venue not given
Thursday, March 29 @ 7:30pm
Carolyne Scott, harp (Senior Recital)
JU - Venue not given
Friday, March 30 @ 11am & 7:30pm
John Cage Festival: 100th Birthday Celebration
Pianist Louis Goldstein (Wake Forest University)
Friday Musicale
Saturday, March 31
@ 3:30 – Jacob Campbell, viola (Junior Recital)
@ 5:30 – Ronald (Sam) Lagarde, violin (Senior Recital)
@ 7:30 – Alfred Meneses, piano (Senior Recital)
JU - Venues not given