Itzhak Perlman will open the 2017 season of
the Amelia Island Chamber Music Festival
Limited Packages Still Available
YOU CAN STILL Experience Violinist Itzhak Perlman –
Itzhak Perlman will open the 2017 season of the Amelia Island Chamber Music Festival. Website and Online tickets are sold out, but lodging and ticket packages are available through select Amelia Island resorts, hotels and inns.
Itzhak Perlman will open the 2017 season of the Amelia Island Chamber Music Festival. Website and Online tickets are sold out, but lodging and ticket packages are available through select Amelia Island resorts, hotels and inns.
ABOUT ITZHAK PERLMAN
Itzhak Perlman enjoys superstar status rarely afforded a classical musician. The Grammy and Emmy Award-winning violinist has performed with every major orchestra and at venerable concert halls around the globe in a dazzling career extending back to 1958, when the age of 18, he captured public attention with an appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show. He went on to perform on Sesame Street, on the soundtrack of the movie Schindler’s List, and at President Obama’s first inauguration. Here is a clip from a 1980s performance at the White House, and here is another from 2012. Warm, fun-loving and unpretentious, he is the perfect ambassador for classical music. In recent years, he has focused more on teaching (watch masterclass clips here and here) and conducting.
Mr. Perlman also has delighted audiences through his frequent appearances on the conductor’s podium with many leading symphony orchestras.
Mr. Perlman also has delighted audiences through his frequent appearances on the conductor’s podium with many leading symphony orchestras.
SNEAK A PEAK AT OUR 16th SEASON
AICMF QUARTET-IN-RESIDENCE - THE DOVER QUARTet
In 2015 we added a very special component to the Festival, our first Quartet-In-Residence, The Dover Quartet. They, as such, will perform two concerts and a Master Class each year.
Take a look at the accomplishments of this amazing group of gifted musicians: Joel Link, violin; Bryan Lee, violin; Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt, viola and Camden Shaw , cello.
A Few OF OUR INTIMATE VENUES
HISTORIC NASSAU COUNTY COURTHOUSE
The 1891 Nassau County Courthouse, also known as the Old Nassau County Courthouse and the Historic Nassau County Courthouse, is one of only a few remaining courthouses in Florida built in the late 19th century. The two-story red brick building located at 416 Centre Street in Fernandina Beach, Nassau County, Florida is an excellent example of the Italianate style. It features a square domed tower with cupola, brick corbelling, bracketed cornice, brick pilasters, arched windows, granite sills, and arcaded entrances with cast iron columns. Its architect, A.E. McClure, was from Jacksonville, but designed notable buildings throughout Florida, including the Lake City Agricultural College, forerunner of the University of Florida. The building's cornerstone was inscribed with the date 1891 and was scheduled to be laid on December 16 of that year, but the ceremony was delayed until April 12, 1892. Renovations to the courthouse include the 1926 addition of a vault for the recording office and a bell that was cast by Meneely & Co. of West Troy, New York. The bell served as part of the city's fire alarm until the mid-1930s. The clock was added to the bell tower in 1977. In 1989, the Nassau County Courthouse was listed in A Guide to Florida's Historic Architecture, published by the University of Florida Press. In 2002 the building was carefully restored and renovated by the Auchter Company of Jacksonville.
The 1891 Nassau County Courthouse, also known as the Old Nassau County Courthouse and the Historic Nassau County Courthouse, is one of only a few remaining courthouses in Florida built in the late 19th century. The two-story red brick building located at 416 Centre Street in Fernandina Beach, Nassau County, Florida is an excellent example of the Italianate style. It features a square domed tower with cupola, brick corbelling, bracketed cornice, brick pilasters, arched windows, granite sills, and arcaded entrances with cast iron columns. Its architect, A.E. McClure, was from Jacksonville, but designed notable buildings throughout Florida, including the Lake City Agricultural College, forerunner of the University of Florida. The building's cornerstone was inscribed with the date 1891 and was scheduled to be laid on December 16 of that year, but the ceremony was delayed until April 12, 1892. Renovations to the courthouse include the 1926 addition of a vault for the recording office and a bell that was cast by Meneely & Co. of West Troy, New York. The bell served as part of the city's fire alarm until the mid-1930s. The clock was added to the bell tower in 1977. In 1989, the Nassau County Courthouse was listed in A Guide to Florida's Historic Architecture, published by the University of Florida Press. In 2002 the building was carefully restored and renovated by the Auchter Company of Jacksonville.
ST PETERS EPISCOPAL PARISH
The church was organized as a mission in 1858 and was consecrated the following year by the Rt. Rev. Francis Huger Rutledge, first Bishop of Florida. During the War it was used by Federal forces occupying Fernandina and many of its interior possessions were lost. The building was restored to sacred use during the Reconstruction Period, but was destroyed by fire in 1892. The present neo-Gothic church was completed in 1893. Inside the church, often called "The Jewel of Centre Street" is a textbook example of Gothic Revival architecture designed by noted architect Robert Sands Schuyler. It features lancet, arch-shaped windows, a steeply pitched roof, buttressed walls and a tower with a castellated parapet. The tabby walls are 18" thick and overlaid with cement. Besides the beauty of the structure, the church offers concert goers an opportunity to listen to chamber music in an acoustically fabulous environment.
The church was organized as a mission in 1858 and was consecrated the following year by the Rt. Rev. Francis Huger Rutledge, first Bishop of Florida. During the War it was used by Federal forces occupying Fernandina and many of its interior possessions were lost. The building was restored to sacred use during the Reconstruction Period, but was destroyed by fire in 1892. The present neo-Gothic church was completed in 1893. Inside the church, often called "The Jewel of Centre Street" is a textbook example of Gothic Revival architecture designed by noted architect Robert Sands Schuyler. It features lancet, arch-shaped windows, a steeply pitched roof, buttressed walls and a tower with a castellated parapet. The tabby walls are 18" thick and overlaid with cement. Besides the beauty of the structure, the church offers concert goers an opportunity to listen to chamber music in an acoustically fabulous environment.
MEMORIAL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
Construction of the brick Classical Revival style building began in 1926 on property donated by E.W. Bailey and John W. Simmons. The sanctuary was complete by 1930 and the first services were held on the second Sunday in February. Fund raising to complete work on the church was difficult during the Great Depression of the 1930's, and the three-story classroom section at the rear of the building was still unfinished when Bishop Paul Kern dedicated the church in 1940. The work was finally completed in 1951. It is the oldest church in the Florida Conference of the United Methodist Church.
Construction of the brick Classical Revival style building began in 1926 on property donated by E.W. Bailey and John W. Simmons. The sanctuary was complete by 1930 and the first services were held on the second Sunday in February. Fund raising to complete work on the church was difficult during the Great Depression of the 1930's, and the three-story classroom section at the rear of the building was still unfinished when Bishop Paul Kern dedicated the church in 1940. The work was finally completed in 1951. It is the oldest church in the Florida Conference of the United Methodist Church.
PRINCE OF PEACE LUTHERAN CHURCH
