Percussion ensemble performing at concert

2019-2020 School of Music Concert Calendar

The majority of School of Music concerts are free. Registration for free events is encouraged for attendance tracking and marketing purposes. However, printing the e-ticket is not required. Proceeds from sales of ticketed events go to promote talented music students via scholarships. For ticketed event information, contact the Ticket Box Office at (904) 620-2878.

With more than 16,000 students taking classes and many scheduled events for the public, things can get pretty busy at UNF, especially weekdays. Parking regulations are strictly enforced 24 hours a day, seven days a week, first for safety and efficiency, but also to respect students, faculty and staff who have purchased annual or term parking permits. If you are attending music events at UNF, you must purchase a daily virtual permit from the Pay-by-Plate kiosks located on the first and third floors of Building 44, Fine Arts Center Parking Garage. In combination with the kiosks, a program known as Flowbird has been added to create the most efficient and beneficial parking system for our campus community. This program will give you the convenient opportunity to pay for your virtual parking permit online. To purchase, download the free Flowbird mobile app on your smart phone or visit flowbirdapp.com. Parking permits for University guests are required from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Thursday and from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday. No permit is required from 5 p.m. Friday through 7 a.m. Monday unless there is a special event on campus. If you have any questions, please contact Parking and Transportation Services at (904) 620-2815.

To request a printed calendar or to be added to our monthly e-mail newsletter, contact Kolanda Douglas. Events are subject to change without notice. Please check the online calendar the day of your event for cancellations or changes in time or venue. For questions concerning an event, contact the School of Music office Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at (904) 620-2961.

The Cummer Family Foundation Chamber Music Series presents Violinist Chee-Yun Kim and Pianist Alfredo Oyaguez Montero

Tuesday, January 21, 2020

7:30 p.m.

Location: Recital Hall

Cost: Free Admission

Dr. Jimmy Hall, artistic director

Lawson Ensemble with Ellen Olson, viola, Eric Olson, oboe, and Jiayi Huang, viola, featuring works by Mozart and Beethoven

Thursday, January 23, 2020

7:30 p.m.

Location: Recital Hall

Cost: Free Admisison

Dr. Nick Curry, cello; Clinton Dewing, viola; Aurica Duca, violin

UNF Saxophone Day

Saturday, January 25, 2020

Location: Fine Arts Center

UNF Saxophone Day 2020 has been cancelled.

4th Annual Jacksonville Cello Workshop

Friday, January 31, 2020 - Saturday, February 1, 2020

Location: Fine Arts Center

Cost: Varies

Faculty includes Dr. Nick Curry, Alan Rafferty, Dr. Sarah Kim, Avi Friedlander, Mary Beth Bryant, Ji-Hee Kim

Dr. Nick Curry, founder and director

UNF Flute Day

Sunday, February 2, 2020

1 p.m. - 5 p.m.

Location: Fine Arts Center

Cost: $10

Presented by UNF faculty, Rhonda Cassano and Gia Sastre, and UNF graduate student, Melissa Salek

UNF Flute Day will include:

Performance masterclasses for solo and ensemble preparation, where participants will receive professional evaluation and feedback to help play their best.
Techniques for reducing performance anxiety to feel more comfortable and confident when performing
Preparation strategies: how to practice and how to practice performing.

Masterclass with Cellist Alan Rafferty

Sunday, February 2, 2020

5 p.m.

Location: Recital Hall

Cost: Free Admission

Alan Rafferty is professor of cello at the University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music.

Dr. Nick Curry, coordinator

32nd Annual Koger-Matteson Jazz Festival

Tuesday, February 4, 2020

10 a.m.

Location: Lazzara Performance Hall

Cost: Free Admission

There is a $150 fee for each ensemble participating in the festival.

Dr. Clarence Hines, coordinator

UNF Concert Band Outdoor Concert

Wednesday, February 5, 2020

5 p.m.

Location: The Green (weather permitting)

Cost: Free Admisison

Dr. Erin Bodnar, conductor

32nd Annual Great American Jazz Series presents Guitarist Pasquale Grasso: A Tribute to Bud Powell and Thelonious Monk

Thursday, February 6, 2020

7:30 p.m.

Location: Robinson Theater

Cost: $8/17/25

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J.B. Scott, artistic director

Jazz Combo Night

Tuesday, February 11, 2020

7:30 p.m.

Location: Recital Hall

Cost: Free Admission

Lynne Arriale, coordinator

10th Annual UNF Orchestra Concerto Showcase Concert featuring Ginastera Variaciones concertantes, Op. 23 and concerto soloists

Tuesday, February 11, 2020

7:30 p.m.

Location: Lazzara Performance Hall

Cost: Adults $10/Students free with I.D.

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Dr. Simon Shiao, coordinator

UNF Opera presents The Mikado

Thursday, February 13, 2020

7:30 p.m.

Location: Robinson Theater

Cost: $20

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Adina Diehl, director

UNF Opera presents The Mikado

Friday, February 14, 2020

7:30 p.m.

Location: Robinson Theater

Cost: $20

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Adina Diehl, director

Chamber Singers performing at Seeking Refuge Concert

Chamber Singers: Dancing and Romancing

Saturday, February 15, 2020

7:30 p.m.

Location: Recital Hall

Cost: Suggested Donation $10

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Dr. Cara Tasher, conductor

UNF Wind Symphony Presents: American Murals

Wednesday, February 19, 2020

7:30 p.m.

Location: Lazzara Performance Hall

Cost: Adults $10, UNF faculty, staff and students free with ID

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Performing music by Martin Ellerby, Gordon Jacob, Oscar Navarro, and Nicholas Maw with guest soloist SFC Christopher Buckley, euphonium

Dr. Erin Bodnar, conductor

All-Beethoven Program with Aurica Duca, violin, Nick Curry, cello, and Michael Mastronicola, piano

Monday, February 24, 2020

7:30 p.m.

Location: Recital Hall

Cost: Free Admission

32nd Annual Great American Jazz Series in collaboration with The Beaches Fine Arts Series present Trombonist Wycliffe Gordon: Hello Pops: A Salute to Louis Armstrong

Thursday, March 5, 2020

7:30 p.m.

Location: Robinson Theater

Cost: Free Admission, VIP ticket holders will have their seats reserved

J.B. Scott, artistic director

Franz Schubert’s Mass in G

Sunday, March 8, 2020

4 p.m.

Location: Riverside Park United Methodist Church

Cost: Suggested Donation $10

Featuring the Osprey Treble Chorus

Holly Hammond, conductor
Rich Lewis, organist

Faculty Violin Recital featuring Great Romantic Sonatas: Schubert, Prokofiev and Saint Saens Sonatas for violin and piano

Monday, March 9, 2020

7:30 p.m.

Location: Recital Hall

Cost: Free Admission

Dr. Simon Shiao, violinist

Gonzaol Farias, guest pianist

Percussion students playing at a concert

Magic Time: UNF Percussion and special guest, Escape Ten

Thursday, March 12, 2020

6:30 p.m.

Location: Robinson Theater

Cost: Adults $5/Students free with I.D.

Featuring performances from guest artists Escape Ten, Dr. Andrea Venet and Dr. Annie Stevens (Virginia Tech) and a new composition written for Escape Ten, Magic Time, by Russell Hartenberger (Nexus, Professor Emeritus and former Dean of the Faculty of Music, University of Toronto)

Dr. Andrea Venet, director

Piano Recital

Sunday, March 29, 2020

3 p.m.

Location: Recital Hall

Cost: Free Admission

Pianist Gary Smart performs music by Mozart, Chopin, Liszt and Mussorgsky

The Cummer Family Foundation Chamber Music Series presents Conductor Simon Carrington

Tuesday, March 31, 2020

7:30 p.m.

Location: Recital Hall

Cost: Free Admission

Featuring UNF Chamber Singers

Holly Hammond, chorus master

Cara Tasher, director of choral studies

Dr. Jimmy Hall, artistic director

NuMix Concert featuring mixed chamber ensembles performing music composed in the last fifty years

Wednesday, April 1, 2020

7:30 p.m.

Location: Recital Hall

Cost: Free Admission

Dr. Erin Bodnar and Dr. Andrea Venet, directors

Woodwind Area Recital

Saturday, April 4, 2020

3 p.m.

Location: Recital Hall

Cost: Free Admission

Dr. Sunshine Simmons, coordinator

The Cummer Family Foundation Chamber Music Series presents Cellist Brannon Cho with pianist Victor Santiago Asuncion

Tuesday, April 7, 2020

7:30 p.m.

Location: Recital Hall

Cost: Free Admission

Dr. Jimmy Hall, artistic director

Tech Ensemble Concert

Thursday, April 9, 2020

8 p.m.

Location: Robinson Theater

Cost: Free Admission

Mike Taylor, director

Lawson Ensemble members posing for a photo

Lawson Ensemble with internationally renowned pianist Victor Asuncion featuring the E flat major piano quartet and the E flat major piano quintet of Robert Schumann

Thursday, April 9, 2020

3 p.m.

Location: Recital Hall

Cost: Free Admission

Dr. Nick Curry, cello; Clinton Dewing, violin and viola; Aurica Duca, violin

UNF Chorale and UNF Wind Symphony present Carmina Burana with guest soloists Dr. James Hall, tenor, Brittany Fouché, soprano, and Tyler Alessi, baritone

Tuesday, April 14, 2020

7:30 p.m.

Location: Lazzara Performance Hall

Cost: Adults $25/ Seniors, veterans, public school teachers with ID $10, Students free with ID

Holly Hammond, chorus master

Cara Tasher, director of choral studies

Erin Bodnar, conductor

UNF Percussion Chamber Showcase Concert

Thursday, April 16, 2020

6:30 p.m.

Location: Recital Hall

Cost: Free Admission

Featuring solo and small chamber works performed by undergraduate and graduate students from the percussion studio

SBC Violin Studio Recital

Saturday, April 18, 2020

3 p.m.

Location: Recital Hall

Cost: Free Admisison

Featuring students of Dr. Simon Shiao, Professors Melissa Barrett and Chris Chappell

Sing into Summer: Osprey Vocal Showcase

Saturday, April 18, 2020

7:30 p.m.

Location: Recital Hall

Cost: Suggested Donation: $10

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Featuring the Chamber Singers, Osprey Treble Chorus and 5 O’clock Singers
Holly Hammond, Tommy Shapard and select student conductors

String Chamber Ensembles Spring Concert

Monday, April 20, 2020

7:30 p.m.

Location: Recital Hall

Cost: Free Admission

Simon Shiao, coordinator

Jazz Combo Night

Monday, April 20, 2020

7:30 p.m.

Location: Robinson Theater

Cost: Free Admission

Lynne Arriale, director

Orchestra violinists playing at a concert

UNF Orchestra presents One Thousand and One Nights

Tuesday, April 21, 2020

7:30 p.m.

Location: Lazzara Performance Hall

Cost: Adults $10/Students free with ID

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Featuring Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade, Glinka’s Overture to Ruslan and Rudmilla, and Borodin’s Nocturne

Dr. Simon Shiao, conductor

Piano Studio Recital

Wednesday, April 22, 2020

7:30 p.m.

Location: Recital Hall

Cost: Free Admission

Featuring the students of Gary Smart, Erin Bennett and Michael Mastronicola

32nd Annual Great American Jazz Series presents JE1 Plays the Music of JE1

Thursday, April 23, 2020

7:30 p.m.

Location: Robinson Theater

Cost: $8/$12

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J.B. Scott, artistic director