Concert Schedule
Jacksonville Jazz Festival
- Saturday, May 25, 2013, at 7 p.m.
RACHELLE FERRELL
With the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra
Michelle Merrill, conductor
Location: Swingin' Stage presented by the Jacksonville Aviation Authority (Monroe Street between Main and Ocean streets)
The Heart of Downtown Jacksonville is the home of the Jacksonville Jazz Festival, May 23 through 26, 2013.
Concert on the Green
Concert On The Green
- Sunday, May 26, 2012
Gates open at 4 p.m.
Jacksonville Symphony concert at 8 p.m.
Fabio Mechetti, conductor
Featuring Young Artist Competition winners as soloists
The Concert On The Green, now in its 26th year, will be held at Magnolia Point Golf and Country Club in Green Cove Springs.
Gershwin & Tchaikovsky
- Thu, October 3, 2013 at 7:30 pm
Fri, Sat, October 4, 5, 2013 at 8pm
Teddy Abrams, conductor & piano *
GERSHWIN An American in Paris
RAVEL Piano Concerto in G*
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 4
A Rising Star
- Fri, October 11, 2013 at 11 am
Nicholas Palmer, conductor
Will Hagen, violin
Music by Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Gershwin, Bernstein, John Williams and more.
Midtown Men
- Fri, Sat, October 18, 19, 2013 at 8 pm
Michael Krajewski, conductor
Christian Hoff, Michael Longoria, Daniel Richards, J. Robert Spencer, vocalists
Direct from Broadway - the original cast members of Jersey Boys reunite to harmonize the hits of the 1960s: The Four Seasons, The Beach Boys, The Beatles, The Motown Sound, and more.
Brahms Symphony No. 1 - Coffee
- Fri, October 25, 2013 at 11 am
Ward Stare, conductor
Susanna Phillips, soprano*
HAYDN Symphony No. 96 "Miracle"
BARBER Knoxville: Summer of 1915*
BRAHMS Symphony No. 1
Brahms Symphony No. 1
- Fri, Sat, October 25, 26, 2013 at 8 pm
Ward Stare, conductor
Susanna Phillips, soprano*
HAYDN Symphony No. 96 "Miracle"
BARBER Knoxville: Summer of 1915*
BRAHMS Symphony No. 1
Simply Sinatra
- Fri, Sat, November 8, 9, 2013 at 8 pm
Steve Lippia, guest artist Come fly to Jacoby Hall for a special salute to Old Blue Eyes - Frank Sinatra. The Jacksonville Symphony is joined by the swingin' voice of Steve Lippia for all your Sinatra standards. It takes you back to the time when a great voice and a great song came together...and there was magic.
Classical Mystery Tour - The Music of The Beatles
- Sat, November 16, 2013 at 8 pm
Sun, November 17, 2013 at 3 pm
Roll up for the "Classical Mystery Tour." All your Beatles memories performed LIVE by the Jacksonville Symphony and members of the original cast of Broadway's Beatlemania! Fab Four hit after Fab Four hit!
Beethoven's Eroica
- Thu, November 21, 2013 at 7: 30
Fri, Sat, November 22, 23, 2013 at 8 pm
Robert Moody, conductor
Christina Major, soprano*
Troy Cook, baritone*
Jacksonville Symphony Chorus*
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3 "Eroica"
V. WILLIAMS Dona Nobis Pacem*
Beethoven's Eroica (Coffee)
- Fri, November 11, 2013 at 11 am
Robert Moody, conductor
Christina Major, soprano*
Troy Cook, baritone*
Jacksonville Symphony Chorus*
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3 "Eroica"
V. WILLIAMS Dona Nobis Pacem*
First Coast Nutcracker
- Fri, Dec 6 at 8 p.m.
Sat, Dec 7 at 2 p.m. & 8 p.m.
Sun, Dec 8 at 2 p.m.
Times-Union Center, Moran Theater
James Lowe, conductor
Rhonda Stampalia, choreographer
Featuring principal dancers Yumelia Garcia and Ogulcan Borova from the Joffrey Ballet
Enter the magical world of childlike imagination at one of Jacksonville’s greatest holiday traditions, with live music by your Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra.
Holiday Pops - Encore
- Thu, December 12, 2013 at 7:30 pm
Sun, December 15, 2013 at 3 pm
Michael Butterman, conductor
Jacksonville Symphony Chorus
It's Jacksonville's favorite Holiday music tradition! Your family will thrill to the spectacle of the season as the Jacksonville Symphony and their special guests perform this sparkling holiday celebration. Carols, sing-alongs and more.
Holiday Pops - Coffee
- Fri, December 13, 2013 at 11 am
Michael Butterman, conductor
Jacksonville Symphony Chorus
It's Jacksonville's favorite Holiday music tradition! Your family will thrill to the spectacle of the season as the Jacksonville Symphony and their special guests perform this sparkling holiday celebration. Carols, sing-alongs and more.
Handel's Messiah
- Sat, Dec 21, 2013 at 8 p.m.
Sun, Dec 22, 2013 at 3 p.m.
Michael Butterman, conductor
Twyla Robinson, soprano
Sandra Piques-Eddy, mezzo-soprano
Javier Abreu, tenor
Philip Cutlip, baritone
Jacksonville Symphony Chorus
(Donald McCullough, director)
Handel’s masterpiece to this day is one of the most famous oratorios ever written. Hallelujah!
Toast! To the New Year!
- Tues, Dec. 31, 2013
8:30 p.m.
Stuart Chafetz, conductor
Ring in the New Year with your Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra. The party continues with live music and dancing overlooking the St. Johns River.
Brahms Symphony No. 2
- Thurs, January 9, 2014 at 7:30 pm
Fri, Sat, January 10, 11, 2014 at 8 pm
Cristian Macelaru, conductor
BARBER Symphony No. 1
BRITTEN Peter Grimes: Four Sea Interludes
BRAHMS Symphony No. 2
Stars of the Symphony - Coffee
- Friday, January 17, 2014 at 11 am
Sunday, January 18, 2014 at 3 pm
Michael Butterman, conductor
Philip Pan, violin
Peter Wright, clarinet
Les Roettges, flute
Jeffrey Peterson, trombone
See members of your Jacksonville Symphony take center stage in a dazzling display of virtuosity!
Winter Dance Party
- Fri, Sat, January 24, 25, 2014 at 8 pm
John Mueller
Ray Anthony
Jay Richardson
Break out the Brylcreem and put on your poodle skirts! Celebrating the pioneers of Rock and Roll. This winter dance party presents the biggest hits of Ritchie Valens ("La Bamba"), The Big Bopper ("Chantilly Lace"), and the legendary Buddy Holly ("That'll Be the Day," "Words of Love," "Peggy Sue," "True Love Ways") and more. "Oh, baby, you know what you like!"
Dark Side of the Moon - The Music of Pink Floyd
- Sat, February 1, 2014 at 8 pm
Brent Havens, conductor The rock. The sound. The music of Pink Floyd. Zebra's Randy Jackson, his rock band and the full sonic force of the Jacksonville Symphony, perform The Music of Pink Floyd. The biggest hits from one of rock's most powerful supergroups. "Us and Them," "Dark Side of the Moon" and "The Wall."
Mozart's Opera - The Marriage of Figaro
- Sat, Febraury 8, 2014 at 8 pm
Fabio Mechetti, conductor Perhaps the most perfect opera ever written. Mozart's comic masterpiece of love, jealousy and infidelity. The Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra presents "The Marriage of Figaro." Fully produced with English supertitles.
Romeo and Juliet - Valentine's Weekend!
- Thurs, February 13, 2014 at 7:30 pm
Fri, Sat, February 14, 15, 2014 at 8 pm
Andre Raphel, conductor
Pilippe Quint – violin*
PROKOFIEV Romeo and Juliet (Selections)
MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto*
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 2 "Little Russian"
Romeo and Juliet - Valentine's Weekend! (Coffee)
- Friday, February 14, 2014 at 11 am
Andre Raphel, conductor
Pilippe Quint - violin*
PROKOFIEV Romeo and Juliet (Selections)
MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto*
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 2 "Little Russian"
The Barbra Streisand Songbook - Coffee
- Friday, February 21, 2014 at 11 am
Ann Hampton Callaway, guest artist Singer-Songwriter Ann Hampton Callaway celebrates the music of barbra Streisand, a loving musical portrait of the icon's Broadway years (Funny Girl) to her smash film hits (A Star is Born) to her gold-certified albums.
The Barbra Streisand Songbook
- Friday and Saturday, February 21 - 22, 2014 at 8 pm
Ann Hampton Callaway, guest artist Singer-Songwriter Ann Hampton Callaway celebrates the music of barbra Streisand, a loving musical portrait of the icon's Broadway years (Funny Girl) to her smash film hits (A Star is Born) to her gold-certified albums.
Verdi Requiem
- Thursday, February 27, 2014 at 7:30 pm
Friday and Saturday, February 28 & March 1, 2014 at 8 pm
Fabio Mechetti, conductor
Jacksonville Symphony Chorus
Fabio mechetti leads the Jacksonville Symphony Chorus for the last time as music director in one of the most monumental choral-orchestral works of our time.
Choral Blockbuster!
- Friday & Saturday, March 7 - 8, 2014 at 8 pm
An artillery of brass. A battery of percussion. Massive orchestra and chorus. Sir William Walton's colossal Belshazzar's Feast is music to be heard. Music to be seen.
Rachmaninoff Third Piano Concerto
- Thursday, March 13, 2014 at 7:30 pm
Friday and Saturday, March 14 - 15, 2014 at 8 pm
Courtney Lewis, conductor
Joyce Yang, piano*
WAGNER Tristan und isolde, Prelude and Liebestod
RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 3*
DVORAK Symphony No. 7
Symphonic Celebration - Coffee
- Friday, March 21, 2014 at 11 am
Michael Krajewski, conductor The Ride of the valkyries...William (Lone Ranger!) Tell...Flight of the Bumblebee... Pachelbel Canon...patriotic favorites and much more.
Symphonic Celebration
- Friday and Saturday, March 21 - 22, 2014 at 8 pm <> Sunday, March 23, 2014 at 3 pm
Michael Krajewski, conductor The Ride of the valkyries...William (Lone Ranger!) Tell...Flight of the Bumblebee... Pachelbel Canon...patriotic favorites and much more.
Indigo Girls
- Saturday, March 29, 2014 at 8 pm
Indigo Girls
Michael Butterman, conductor
Folk music duo, the Indigo Girls join the Jacksonville Symphony in this one-night-only concert.
Virtuoso Liszt
- Thursday, April 3, 2014 at 7:30 pm
Friday/ Saturday, April 4 - 5, 2014 at 8 pm
Andrew Grams, conductor
William Wolfram, piano*
BRAHMS Hungarian Dance No. 1
LISZT Les preludes
John ADAMS The Chairman Dances (Foxtrot for Orchestra)
DVORAK Carnival Overture
LISZT Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2
LISZT Piano Concerto No. 1*
Pops Goes Vegas - Coffee
- Friday, April 11, 2014 at 11 am
Jack Everly, conductor Sail down the Strip as Jack Everly and the Jacksonville Symphony go Vegas. A jackpot of hits from The Rat Pack, Broadway and more. Stars, showgirls, and surprises. Just remember: What happens in Jacoby hall, stays in Jacoby Hall!
Pops Goes Vegas
- Friday and Saturday, April 11 - 12, 2014 at 8 pm
Jack Everly, conductor Sail down the Strip as Jack Everly and the Jacksonville Symphony go Vegas. A jackpot of hits from The Rat Pack, Broadway and more. Stars, showgirls, and surprises. Just remember: What happens in Jacoby hall, stays in Jacoby Hall!
The Firebird
- Friday and Saturday, April 25 - 26, 2014 at 8 pm
Shizuo Z. Kuwahara, conductor
Stewart Goodyear, piano*
SHOSTAKOVICH Tahiti Trot
PROKOFIEV Piano Concerto No. 3*
KHACHATURIAN Masquerade Suite
STRAVINSKY The Firebird Suite
Rock Tenors - Coffee
- Friday, May 2, 2014 at 11 am
Michael Krajewski, conductor
Rob Evan, guest artist
Shem von Schroeck, guest artist
Micah Wilshire, guest artist
The power ballads. The chart-smashing hits. The Jacksonville Symphony pays tribute to Paul McCartney, Sting, Don Henley, Freddie Mercury and more. They will rock you!
Rock Tenors
- Friday and Saturday, May 2 - 3, 2014 at 8 pm
Michael Krajewski, conductor
Rob Evan, guest artist
Shem von Schroeck, guest artist
Micah Wilshire, guest artist
The power ballads. The chart-smashing hits. The Jacksonville Symphony pays tribute to Paul McCartney, Sting, Don Henley, Freddie Mercury and more. They will rock you!
Fabio Mechetti's Finale
- Friday and Saturday, May 16 - 17, 2014 at 8 pm
Fabio Mechetti, conductor
Elise Quagliata, alto*
Jacksonville Symphony Women's Chorus*
Jacksonville Children's Chorus
MAHLER Symphony No. 3*