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Join us as we kick off our 129th concert season with the Spanish born duo-pianists ELENA MARTÍN and JOSE MELITÓN have been hailed by critics and audiences alike as one of the most compelling talents of their generation.

“Classic Jazz to Jazzfully Classic”
11am & 7pm
A stellar collection of seven renowned jazz artists based in Jacksonville, Orlando, and Nashville, with years of various memorable playing histories together, who've individually traveled the world performing clubs to major festival stages with many notable legends and legendary bands!

11:00 am & 7:00 pm

Since 2014, the singers and players of RareSong have been immersing their audiences in the European background of the early days of Florida’s First Coast by means of their renditions of sophisticated madrigals, motets, fantasias, sea chanteys, dances, and more. Costuming, narration, and drama enhance the instrumental and vocal performances of these professionally trained musicians from the Jacksonville area, who play modern replicas of instruments such as the Cuban musician Pedro Menéndez would have brought with him to St. Augustine when he participated in Sir Francis Drake’s raid on St. Augustine in the late 16th century.

Backtrack is an award-winning, five-person vocal group based in New York City that explores the power of the human voice through unique vocal arrangements, tight harmonies and world-class beatboxing. They infuse heart and humor into every performance and enhance their vocal-driven performances with guitar and vocal looping elements. Their repertoire includes covers of past and present pop music, original compositions and unexpected genres such as classical and electronic music.

The Friday Musicale Outstanding Young Pianists Competition and Concert showcases the area’s best pre-college pianists. Students from all around the First Coast are nominated by their piano teachers to audition before a committee of judges. Those chosen to be winners perform at a public concert at Friday Musicale. 2019 Competition Winners - Performing in Concert […]

11am & 7pm

11am & 7pm