Private Schools Honor Band Concert

Terry Concert Hall
February 25 at 7:30 PM

This 19th annual young artist program features the best instrumentalists from eight area private schools: Bishop Kenny, Bishop Snyder, Bolles, Episcopal, First Coast Christian, Providence, Trinity Christian and University Christian.

Bach Recital *
Terry Concert Hall
February 28 at 7:30 PM

Following the church year calendar, Kimberly Beasley, soprano, performs cantatas for soprano voice. Featuring Scott Watkins, harpsichord; Shannon Lockwood, cello; Marguerite Richardson, violin; Austin Clark, oboe.

Hot off the Press!
Terry Concert Hall
March 6 at 7:30 PM

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.

Composition Majors Concert
Terry Concert Hall
March 7 at 7:30 PM

Varied Orchestration performing new works by some of Jacksonville University’s most talented young composers.

Percussion Ensemble Concert
Terry Concert Hall
March 10 at 7:30 PM

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.

Brahms and Friends *
Terry Concert Hall
March 13 at 7:30 PM

Dr. Bobb Robinson, baritone, and Dr. Scott Watkins, piano, join with guest artists for an evening of the music of Johannes Brahms (1833-1897).

High School Choral Invitational
Terry Concert Hall
March 15 at 7:30 PM

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.

Wednesday, March 28, 2012
7:30 – 8:30 PM         Peter Dutilly, composition (Senior recital)

Thursday, March 29, 2012
7:30 – 8:30 PM         Carolyne Scott, harp (Senior Recital)

Saturday, March 31, 2012
3:30 – 4:15 PM         Jacob Campbell, viola (Junior Recital)
5:30 – 6:30 PM         Ronald (Sam) Lagarde, violin (Senior Recital)
7:30 – 8:30 PM         Alfred Meneses, piano (Senior Recital)

Sunday, April 1, 2012
3:30 – 4:30 PM         Rhea Derke, voice and guitar (Junior Recital)
5:30 – 6 PM               Jacob Schuman, guitar (Junior Recital)
7:30 – 8:30 PM         Matt Weldon, composition (Senior Recital)

Electronic Music: Retrospective and Prospective
Terry Concert Hall
April 2 at 7:30 PM

Methods of Synthesis & Sampling students will perform classic electronic music pieces during the first half of the program. During the second half, current techniques used in electronic music will be demonstrated through student and faculty compositions.

JU Chamber Ensembles
Terry Concert Hall
April 5 at 7:30 PM

From saxophones to string quartets, enjoy an evening of chamber music performed by the JU student chamber ensembles, including the Honors chamber ensembles.

Saturday, April 7, 2012
5:30 – 6:30 PM         Austin's Olijar, guitar (Senior Recital)
7:30 – 8:30 PM         John Shannon, piano (Senior Recital)

Pictures at an Exhibition
Terry Concert Hall
April 10 at 7:30 PM

Piano Studio Annual Spring Recital. The popular suite by Russian composer Modest Musorgsky, plus American composer Edward MacDowell’s hauntingly beautiful New England Idyls. Features JU’s piano students.

Jazz Student and Faculty Jazz Concert
Swisher Theater
April 11 at 7:30 PM

The student jazz ensembles and the faculty jazz combo will be performing in their Spring concert that will feature original arrangements by the students and faculty.

The Gondoliers *
Swisher Theater
April 12, 13 & 14 at 7:30 PM

The 12th collaboration between Gilbert and Sullivan, this comic opera concerns the young bride of the heir to the throne of Barataria who arrives in Venice to join her husband. It turns out, however, that he cannot be identified, since he was entrusted to the care of a drunken gondolier who mixed up the prince with his own son. To complicate matters, the King of Barataria has just been killed. The two young gondoliers must now jointly rule the kingdom until the nurse of the prince can be brought in to determine which of them is the rightful king.

JU Chamber Winds Concert
Terry Concert Hall
April 15 at 3:00 PM

Enjoy the music of JU’s student wind groups with a showcase of our best talent!


Monday, April 16, 2012
7:30 – 9 PM               Zeek Smith & Brittany Nickell (Junior Recitals) (two 30-minute recitals with a 15-minute intermission)


Wednesday, April 18, 2012
7:30 – 8:30 PM         Nikki Spies, mezzo-soprano (Senior Music Theatre Showcase)


Spring Choral Concert
Terry Concert Hall
April 19 at 7:30 PM

Featuring the University Singers, Men’s and Women’s Choruses in a varied program of music from the centuries. The program will be previewed April 15 at 6 PM at the Chamber Music Society of Good Shepherd Episcopal Church, Jacksonville.

All-Beethoven Recital *
Terry Concert Hall
April 20 at 7:30 PM

Scott Watkins, piano. An all-Beethoven recital program in partnership with the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra’s Beethoven Festival. Features four favorite piano sonatas: Tempest, Pathétique, Moonlight, Waldstein. Watkins also performs Beethoven’s Third Piano Concerto with the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra April 13.

Family Concert
Terry Concert Hall
April 22 at 3:00 PM

First Coast Wind Ensemble presents an educational concert for the whole family. Bring the kids!

Exotic Journeys
Terry Concert Hall
April 24 at 7:30 PM

During the winter of 1887, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov began work on a symphonic suite based on the exotic book The Arabian Nights, resulting in his most popular work, the dazzling and colorful Scheherazade. Join the JU Orchestra in a performance of this distinctively Russian work in the season finale concert.

Pricing for all JU Performances noted by * (otherwise free)

Adults:                   $10.00
Seniors (62+):       $7.00
Military:                 $7.00
Students:              $5.00
Children (-17):      $5.00
JU:                        Free (per ID)

 

IN THE COMMUNITY:

Alexander Nevsky
Jacoby Hall, Times-Union Center for the Performing Arts
November 17 at 7:30 PM
November 18 and 19 at 8:00 PM

The University Singers, Men’s and Women’s Choruses join the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra and Chorus under the direction of Maestro Fabio Mechetti in performances of Prokofiev’s epic Russian cantata Alexander Nevsky. Tickets available through the JSO box office: (904) 354-5547

Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing: Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Concert
Jacoby Hall, Times-Union Center for the Performing Arts
January 16 at 6:00 PM

The University Singers appear on the annual MLK celebration concert hosted and sponsored by the Jacksonville Children’s Chorale. Tickets available through the JCC box office: (904) 353-1636

University Singers
Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd
February 5 at 6:00 PM

The University Singers present the inaugural concert of the annual Winter Concert Tour, February 6-10.


JU Chamber Strings
Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd
February 19 at 6:00 PM

The Chamber Music Society of the Church of Good Shepherd presents the JU Chamber Strings in a concert of chamber orchestra classics.​

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