Tue
Sep 5 |
11:00AM - 1:00PM |
First Friday Lunch Bunch for Artists, Actors, Dancers and Musicians
If you're looking for an opportunity to expand your social network, First Friday Lunch Bunch (FFLB) may be for you. FFLB is an opportunity to dine with and meet artists, actors, dancers and musicians from Jacksonville and the surrounding area. This is a monthly lunch group for artists and musicians to learn about each other's work. Bring your business cards and flyers.
Clara's at the Cathedral
Operated by Clara White Mission, School of Culinary Arts
225 East Duval Street (located at First United Methodist Church), Jacksonville FL
You can view the weekly menu at www.clarawhitemission.org. Price: $7.50. RSVP is not necessary.
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Sun
Sep 7 |
10:45 am |
UUCJ Music for a Sunday Morning
David Milam, folksinger • www.davidmilam.com
Free and the public is invited. Nursery care provided.
Unitarian Universalist Church of Jacksonville • www.uujax.org • 904-725-8133
7405 Arlington Expressway • Henson Markham, Music Director • 904-346-0373
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Tue
Sep 9 |
6:15 p.m. |
MUSIC @ MAIN: Alexei Romanenko ~ Virtuoso Music for Solo Cello
Alexei Romanenko is Principal Cellist with the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra. This exciting program will include the monumental Sonata for Solo Cello, Op. 8, by Zoltan Kodály, as well as works by Max Reger, Paul Hindemith, Jacques Ibert, Sulkhan Tsintsadze and P.D.Q. Bach. More information about this concert is available at jplcalendar.coj.net/evanced/lib/eventsignup.asp?ID=23622
MUSIC @ MAIN concerts are free and open to the public, and reservations are not required.
PARKING INFORMATION: Validation for free evening and weekend parking is available to Library concertgoers and customers who use the public parking garage at 33 W. Duval Street (at the corner of Main Street). Take garage tickets to the Popular Services desk in the Main Library for validation. Free on-street parking is available on evenings and weekends. For more information about parking and links to maps and driving directions visit www.jaxpubliclibrary.org/lib/parking.html.
For information about Music @ Main concerts e-mail music librarian Ed Lein at elein@coj.net.
Hicks Auditorium (Conference Level) • Jacksonville Public Library • www.jaxpubliclibrary.org
303 N. Laura Street, Jacksonville, FL 32202 • Phone (904) 630-2665
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Sun
Sep 14 |
10:45 am |
UUCJ Music for a Sunday Morning
The Jason & Sean Jazz Duo
Jason Anderson, piano; Sean Tarleton, bass
Free and the public is invited. Nursery care provided.
Unitarian Universalist Church of Jacksonville • www.uujax.org • 904-725-8133
7405 Arlington Expressway • Henson Markham, Music Director • 904-346-0373
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Sun
Sep 14 |
2:00 pm |
MOCA ~ Sound Effects: "Roots Revisited"
Featuring Philip Pan, violin, Rhonda Cassano, flute, Grace Mihi Bahng, cello, Jesus Alfonzo, viola and Kayo Ishimaru, harp
In this second concert of the new MOCA Sound Effects series, you will be treated to a variety of 20th century classical compositions inspired by folk music. Works by Marjan Mozetich, Gideon Klein, Mark O’Connor and Astor Piazzolla span three continents and nearly a dozen traditional styles.
This concert will be informal, educational and fun for all tastes and ages. Now you can hear as well as see your contemporary art—don’t miss this unique performance! For more info, visit http://www.mocajacksonville.org/event/sound-effects-music-at-moca
Free for Museum Members / $8 Non-Members
Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville • www.mocajacksonville.org
333 North Laura Street, Jacksonville, FL 32202 • Phone 904-366-6911
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Sun
Sep 14 |
3:00 pm |
Friday Musicale: "Little Red Ridinghood"
LITTLE RED RIDINGHOOD ~ an opera for young audiences
Performed by the Children's Opera Theatre (a division of the Jacksonville Lyric Opera)
The world's most popular fairy tale comes to the Friday Musicale stage in this unique
interactive production. The young audience is introduced to opera in a way that is both
entertaining and fun. Audience participation is the key to warning Little Red of the dangers
in her path.
Free and open to the public! For more info, call: 904-346-0373
Friday Musicale • www.fridaymusicale.com
645 Oak Street, Jacksonville, FL 32204 • Phone 904-355-7584
"Where the Music Begins"
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Sun
Sep 14 |
3:30 pm |
BFA: America's Dream Chamber Artists
www.adcany.org
Free and open to the public
Sponsored by Beaches Fine Arts • www.beachesfinearts.org
St. Paul’s By-the-Sea Episcopal Church • www.spbts.net
1150 Fifth St N, Jacksonville Beach, FL 32250 • Phone 904-249-4091
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Fri-Sat
Sep 19-20 |
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JSO: West Side Story
Fabio Mechetti, conductor • Tod Booth, director
Two New York gangs battle out a modern rendition of the Romeo and Juliet saga. The legendary Bernstein, Sondheim and Laurentis musical has celebrated 50 years of dance, romance and all-time favorite songs like "Maria,""Tonight,""America,""Somewhere" and so many more. The cast of Alhambra Theatre joins the JSO for a fully-staged, fully-symphonic production of the complete musical in the Times-Union Center's Moran Theatre.
Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra • www.jaxsymphony.org • Moran Theatre • 904-354-5547
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Sun
Sep 21 |
10:45 am |
UUCJ Music for a Sunday Morning
To be announced.
Free and the public is invited. Nursery care provided.
Unitarian Universalist Church of Jacksonville • www.uujax.org • 904-725-8133
7405 Arlington Expressway • Henson Markham, Music Director • 904-346-0373
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Sun
Sep 21 |
4:00 pm |
SOUTH JACKSONVILLE PRESBYTERIAN ~ PIPE ORGAN CONCERT SERIES: Mark Coffey
Dr. Coffey’s program will include works by Bach, Franck, Vidor, and Mantz.
Mark Coffey is Director of Music and Organist at First Presbyterian Church in Gainesville, where he oversees an extensive music and fine arts ministry. After completing his Bachelor's degree in Music Education at Towson State University, Baltimore Maryland, he earned the Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees in Organ Performance and Literature at the Eastman School of Music. His research included a dissertation on the renowned mechanical-action organ builder, Charles Fisk. Dr. Coffey studied organ with Richard Wegner and David Craighead and has worked with such noted conductors as Sir David Willcocks, Anton Armstrong and Daniel Moe. Dr Coffey was honored with a Distinguished Alumnus award from his alma mater.
Dr. Coffey served as the consultant on the refurbishment of SJPC’s 1964 Moller pipe organ.
South Jacksonville Presbyterian Church • www.sjaxpc.org
2137 Hendricks Ave, Jacksonville, FL 32207 • Phone 904-396-0567
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Sun
Sep 21 |
6:00 pm |
Chamber Music Society of Good Shepherd Church
Baritone Rob Tudor sings Scarlatti
Handel: Trio-sonata for oboe, violin & continuo
A. Scarlatti: Cantata 'Two darting eyes' for baritone & continuo
David Paul: Walking in Paradise for violin & piano
Bach: Sonata in F Minor for violin & harpsichord
Timothy Edwards, violin; Henson Markham, harpsichord
Linda Minke, cello; David Paul, violin
Caroline Sampson, oboe; Sharon Scholl, piano
Greg Spiess, harpsichord; Rob Tudor, baritone
To benefit the Good Shepherd CEW String Program for grammar school children.
Free and open to the public. Seating limited. Doors open 5:30 pm. Refreshments available.
Good Shepherd Episcopal Church • www.goodshepherd23.org
Park & Stockton Streets • Jacksonville • 904-387-5691
For Info: Henson Markham, Artistic Director 904-346-0373
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Sun
Sep 21 |
7:00 pm |
JDRF Benefit Concert
Eric and Ellen Olson, with friends from the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra, will present a concert to benefit the Juvenile Diabetes Research Fund (www.jdrf.org). Featured will be works by Vieuxtemps, Bridge, Mozart, Halvorsen, and Mullikin. There is no charge for the concert, but the offering will go to JDRF.
Financial support from Thrivent for Lutherans has enabled this concert.
St. Mark’s Evangelical Lutheran Church • www.stmarksjax.org
3976 Hendricks Avenue, Jacksonville, FL • Phone 904-396-9608
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Thu-Sat
Sep 25-27 |
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JSO: Sarah Plays Sibelius
Fabio Mechetti, conductor • Sarah Chang, violin
"Words on Music" one hour prior to concert • "Talkback" follows the Saturday performance
With her prodigious musical insight and virtuosity, Sarah Chang adds esprit to Sibelius' intense Concerto. Brahms' dramatic first symphony bursts triumphonatly out of Beethoven's shadow. Joan Tower's Grammy Award-winning Made in America opens our season with excitement and pride.
TOWER Made in America • SIBELIUS Violin Concerto • BRAHMS Symphony No. 1 in C minor
Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra • www.jaxsymphony.org • Jacoby Hall • 904-354-5547
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Sun
Sep 28 |
10:45 am |
UUCJ Music for a Sunday Morning
Anne McKennon, Rob McKennon, recorders
Henson Markham, harpsichord
Sammartini: Trio-sonata
Free and the public is invited. Nursery care provided.
Unitarian Universalist Church of Jacksonville • www.uujax.org • 904-725-8133
7405 Arlington Expressway • Henson Markham, Music Director • 904-346-0373
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Sun
Sep 28 |
7:00 pm |
JAX AGO: "Water Music: A Hymn Festival for the River City"
Please invite your choir members and congregations!
The service will feature improvisations by Andrew Clarke of Riverside Presbyterian and local organists (members of our chapter) accompanying familiar tunes: Hanson Place (Shall We Gather At the River), Nettleton (Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing), Bunessan (Baptized in Water), Melita (Eternal Fath er, Strong to Save), Pilot (Jesus Savior, Pilot Me) and Kingsfold (I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say). David Emery of St. Matthew’s Catholic Church will play J.S. Bach’s "Christ, unser Herr, zum Jordan kam"
The festival is free and an offering will be taken to further the work of the guild. A reception will follow.
St. Mark’s Evangelical Lutheran Church • www.stmarksjax.org
3976 Hendricks Avenue, Jacksonville, FL • Phone 904-396-9608
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