SEASON 16 - A Look back
SEASON 16 CONCERTS
- FEBRUARY 6 2017 – MONDAY – 7:30 PM – ITZHAK PERLMAN, VIOLIN – FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
- FEBRUARY 8, 2017 – WEDNESDAY – 7:30 PM – DOVER QUARTET– HISTORIC NASSAU COUNTY COURTHOUSE
- FEBRUARY 17, 2017 – FRIDAY – 7:30PM – ANNE AKIKO MEYERS, VIOLIN – AMELIA PLANTATION CHAPEL
- MARCH 5, 2017 – SUNDAY – 5:00 PM – BÉLA FLECK AND ABIGAIL WASHBURN – OMNI AMELIA ISLAND PLANTATION
- MARCH 12, 2017 – SUNDAY – 5:00 PM – CHRISTIANIA TRIO – PRINCE OF PEACE LUTHERAN CHURCH
- MARCH 19, 2017 – SUNDAY – 5:00 PM –CITY OF ANGELS SAXOPHONE QUARTET – WALKER'S LANDING, OMNI AMELIA ISLAND PLANTATION
- MARCH 31, 2017 – FRIDAY – 7:30 PM – DOVER QUARTET – AMELIA BAPTIST CHURCH
- APRIL 8, 2017 – SATURDAY – 5:00 PM – VALENTINA LISITSA, PIANO – AMELIA PLANTATION CHAPEL
- APRIL 21, 2017 – FRIDAY – 7:30 PM – BETH NEWDOME FELLOWSHIP ARTISTS – PRINCE OF PEACE LUTHERAN CHURCH
- APRIL 23, 2017 – SUNDAY - 5:00 PM – TURTLE ISLAND QUARTET – 2017 SEASON CLOSING GALA – RITZ-CARLTON
- MARCH 20, 2017 – MONDAY – 3:00 PM – CITY OF ANGELS SAXOPHONE QUARTET – BOYS & GIRLS CLUB, 1175 LIME STREET
- APRIL 1, 2017 – SATURDAY – 8:00 PM – DOVER QUARTET MASTER CLASS – AMELIA BAPTIST CHURCH
- APRIL 15, 2017 – SATURDAY – 11:00 AM – JACKSONVILLE BRASS CONCERT IN THE PARK – AMELIA PARK
- APRIL 19, 2017 – WEDNESDAY – 1:00 PM – BETH NEWDOME FELLOWSHIP ARTISTS – SAVANNAH GRAND OF AMELIA ISLAND
OUR FEATURED PROMOTIONAL PARTNER
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CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR QUARTET-IN-RESIDENCE - DOVER QUARTET
We’re thrilled to announce that the Dover Quartet has been awarded a 2017 Avery Fisher Career Grant, rewarding their singular, breathtaking talent and joining them with an elite group of musicians who have also been recognized over the years. This recognition follows the Dover receiving both the Cleveland Quartet Award and the Hunt Family Award, one of the inaugural Lincoln Center Emerging Artist Awards.
Since 1976, 145 Career Grants have been awarded (including this year’s grants). Former Career Grant recipients include pianists Kirill Gerstein and Yuja Wang; clarinetist Anthony McGill; violinists Hilary Hahn and Leila Josefowicz; and the Miró and Pacifica Quartets. The Grant is designed to provide substantial professional support to the artists deemed most outstanding. We certainly can’t agree more with this prestigious recognition of the effervescent, deeply talented Dover Quartet. Congratulations to Joel, Bryan, Milena, and Camden!
Since 1976, 145 Career Grants have been awarded (including this year’s grants). Former Career Grant recipients include pianists Kirill Gerstein and Yuja Wang; clarinetist Anthony McGill; violinists Hilary Hahn and Leila Josefowicz; and the Miró and Pacifica Quartets. The Grant is designed to provide substantial professional support to the artists deemed most outstanding. We certainly can’t agree more with this prestigious recognition of the effervescent, deeply talented Dover Quartet. Congratulations to Joel, Bryan, Milena, and Camden!
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
