In this issue of the Symphony’s newsletter, we share exciting news about the Jacksonville Symphony’s 2023/24 Season and all of the boundless possibilities in store. You’ll also learn about Music Director Courtney Lewis travelling abroad to Paris to conduct The Dante Project and five Symphony musicians who have been granted tenure. On top of it all, we spoke with Florida … Read More
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With clear artistic vision, subtle musicality and innovative programming, Courtney Lewis has established himself as one of his generation’s most talented conductors. The 2021/22 season marks his seventh as music director of the Jacksonville Symphony.
Jacksonville Symphony Extends Contract with Music Director Courtney Lewis
Jacksonville Symphony Extends Contract with Music Director Courtney Lewis The Jacksonville Symphony proudly announces that Courtney Lewis, Music Director, and the Board of Directors have agreed to extend his contract through June 30, 2027. Lewis has served as the Jacksonville Symphony’s Music Director since 2015, a position permanently endowed by Haskell in 2009. This will be his third contract … Read More
Meet the Musicians
Violin Adelya Nartadjieva, concertmaster Isabelle T. Davis Endowed Chair Ingang Han, acting associate concertmaster Melissa Barrett, assistant concertmaster Aurica Duca, principal 2nd Christopher Chappell, associate principal 2nd Andrew Bruck Clinton Dewing Patrice Evans Ann Hertler George V. Grune Endowed Chair †Max Huls *Jessica Hung Jeehee Kang Igor Khukhua Ilana Kimel Jonathan Kuo Piotr Szewczyk Carol Whitman *Siyu Zhang … Read More
Bernard Holcomb
Tenor Bernard Holcomb has “already made a name for himself in the world of opera” with his “delicate and flexible” voice (Opera Wire) and the “appealing sweetness and clarity [of] his tone” (New York Times). Katy Walsh of Chicago Theater Beat said it best: “Although everyone [at Lyric Opera of Chicago] can sing, Holcomb reminds us why we come to … Read More
Joélle Harvey
A native of Bolivar, New York, soprano Joélle Harvey has established herself over the past decade as a noted interpreter of a broad range of repertoire, specializing in Handel, Mozart, and new music. During the 2020-2021 season, Ms. Harvey was to make her company debut with the Opernhaus Zürich as Aristea in Pergolesi’s L’Olimpiade. Additionally, she filmed a performance of Villa-Lobos’ Bachianas Brasilieras No. 5 with The Cleveland … Read More
Composer Highlight: Tarik O’Regan
Digital Marketing Manager Nicholas V. Hall shares what he believes to be an important part of orchestral repertoire: new music with living composers. By speaking directly to the artists of today, we learn what it means to be a living composer. Composer Highlight: Tarik O’Regan “Write for your peers: people around you, people you know, people studying with you, friends … Read More
Chloé van Soeterstède
Chloé van Soeterstède is attracting the attention of orchestras across the globe for her intuitive, sensitive, expressive music-making and her charming and positive presence on the podium. She is praised repeatedly for her attention to detail, her energy and enthusiasm, and efficiency in rehearsal, and the coming seasons bring many debuts across Europe and North America, as well as many … Read More
Stuart Chafetz
Stuart Chafetz is the Principal Pops Conductor of the Columbus Symphony and the newly appointed Principal Pops Conductor of the Chautauqua and Marin Symphonies. Chafetz, a conductor celebrated for his dynamic and engaging podium presence, is increasingly in demand with orchestras across the continent and this season Chafetz will be on the podium in Detroit, Houston, Milwaukee, Naples, Philly Pops, Cincinnati Pops, Pittsburgh, San Diego, and Winnipeg. He enjoys a special relationship with The Phoenix Symphony where he leads multiple programs annually.
Jordan Donica
Jordan Donica is currently starring as Jordan, a mysterious law student/amateur boxer in the upcoming second season of the CW’s Charmed. He recently guest starred in the award-winning police procedural drama Blue Bloods. Jordan originated the role of Freddy Eynsford-Hill in the 2018 Tony-nominated Lincoln Center Theater production of My Fair Lady. Jordan starred as Marquis de Lafayette and Thomas Jefferson in the Los Angeles and San Francisco companies of Hamilton.