First Coast Flute Choir returns to Friday Musicale! After last year's fantastic Halloween Nights concert, we're excited for this year's holiday program. Join us for a fun night of music for this elite ensemble of Florida flutes, ranging from bass to piccolo and everything in between!
Friday Musicale is proud to welcome vocalist Dr. James Hall, a faculty member in the UNF School of Music recently awarded with the Gerson Yessin Distinguished Professorship, along with pianist Michael Landrum. Hall enjoys an active and varied performing career that includes opera, oratorio, chamber music and solo recital. A specialist in high tenor repertoire, […]
Dave Meder presents his new extended chamber work “New American Hymnal,” written for piano, bass, drums, and trumpet. The work is not an endorsement of any religion, nor does it deal with religious subject matter. The use of the word “hymnal” is a metaphor describing the structure of the work, referencing names of common hymn collections. In […]
Praised for its authentic, soulful, and orchestral sound, The String Queens (TSQ) is a dynamic trio that creates stimulating musical experiences that inspire diverse audiences to love, hope, feel, and imagine! With an array of repertoire spanning from the Baroque era to the Jazz Age to today’s Billboard Hot 100 Chart, TSQ performs versatile programs […]
Principal Harpist Kayo Ishimaru of the Jacksonville Symphony and Violin Professor Dr. Simon Shiao team up for a special violin and harp duo concert on Feb. 22, 2024. Works on the program include the Fantaisie by Camille Saint-Saens, Meditation from Thais by Jules Massenet, as well as arrangements for harp and violin by Astor Piazzolla, […]
Baritone Jeffery McGhee and pianist Michael Landrum have specialized in sacred songs and spirituals for nearly 20 years. Their presentations of spirituals have taken them to venues in New Jersey, Wisconsin, Mississippi, New York, and Florida. They have been well received at numerous churches and universities. In particular, they have devoted much time to researching the life and career […]
The well-known opera Pirates of Penzance follows the hapless Frederic, who only has a birthday every four years since he was born on February 29th. Join Friday Musicale and First Coast Opera in a special birthday celebration for the fictional Frederic - songs will be sung from the opera, plus more great selections from visiting […]
FRIDAY MUSICALE Being recognized as “one of the most exciting pianists in contemporary jazz,”(The Guardian, UK) pianist Lynne Arriale has performed on the most prestigious international concert stages over the past 30 years. Jazz Police called her “the poet laureate of her generation.” JazzTimes said of her, “Lynne Arriale’s music lies at the synaptic intersection […]
Malian virtuoso Ballaké Sissoko has taken over the mantle of the greatest touring kora player. Derek Gripper is South Africa’s leading guitarist whose love of the kora set him transcribing and recording some of its greatest works, changing the face of classical guitar and giving the instrument its very first African repertoire. Join us for […]
Benny Green possesses the history of jazz at his fingertips. Combine mastery of keyboard technique with decades of real world experience playing with no one less than the most celebrated artists of the last half century, and it’s no wonder Green has been hailed as perhaps the most exciting hard-swinging, hard-bop pianist to ever emerge […]