The First Coast Wind Symphony Presents "Winds of Change" Chamber Winds Benefit Concert - FL
Sunday, March 8, 2026, 1600 - 1700
The First Coast Wind Symphony will present a FREE chamber winds concert featuring the organization's Small Groups at 4 pm on Sunday, March 8 at St. John's Cathedral Taliaferro Hall, 256 E. Church St. in Jacksonville. Donations are gladly accepted and will support the organization's annual Concerto Competition for High School Musicians, an event open to all Florida students. FREE parking is available!
The First Coast Wind Symphony, Jacksonville's premier community music organization, is a 60-member group led by music director Artie Clifton and conductor Paul Weikle. The organization provides a cultural service by offering free concerts of outstanding wind music throughout the greater Jacksonville area. In addition to the full ensemble, the organization also features several small groups that perform varied programs of chamber music for wind instruments. https://www.fcwinds.org/events/services
The March 8 concert at St. John's Cathedral will feature small groups in a delightful program of chamber wind music. Donations from this special event will support the organization's annual Concerto Competition for High School Musicians, an event open to all Florida students. This 15th annual event supports music education by providing talented high school musicians with an opportunity to perform a concerto with wind symphony. Applications are due March 1, and the concert will be held April 26 at Jacksonville University. The winner receives a $1,500 scholarship; the second-place award is $500. https://www.fcwinds.org/events/concerto-competition
The First Coast Wind Symphony chamber music concert on March 8 will include music by the group's flute, clarinet and trombone groups, and the brass quintet. The featured chamber work is Kurt Weill's "Little Threepenny Music," a suite for wind ensemble drawn from his 1928 play with music titled The
Threepenny Opera, a German theater work with a libretto by Bertolt Brecht. Weill's music, based on 1920's jazz and dance music, includes the hit song "Mack The Knife."
URL:
Website: https://go.evvnt.com/3457358-2?pid=2874
Category: Live Music
The First Coast Wind Symphony, Jacksonville's premier community music organization, is a 60-member group led by music director Artie Clifton and conductor Paul Weikle. The organization provides a cultural service by offering free concerts of outstanding wind music throughout the greater Jacksonville area. In addition to the full ensemble, the organization also features several small groups that perform varied programs of chamber music for wind instruments. https://www.fcwinds.org/events/services
The March 8 concert at St. John's Cathedral will feature small groups in a delightful program of chamber wind music. Donations from this special event will support the organization's annual Concerto Competition for High School Musicians, an event open to all Florida students. This 15th annual event supports music education by providing talented high school musicians with an opportunity to perform a concerto with wind symphony. Applications are due March 1, and the concert will be held April 26 at Jacksonville University. The winner receives a $1,500 scholarship; the second-place award is $500. https://www.fcwinds.org/events/concerto-competition
The First Coast Wind Symphony chamber music concert on March 8 will include music by the group's flute, clarinet and trombone groups, and the brass quintet. The featured chamber work is Kurt Weill's "Little Threepenny Music," a suite for wind ensemble drawn from his 1928 play with music titled The
Threepenny Opera, a German theater work with a libretto by Bertolt Brecht. Weill's music, based on 1920's jazz and dance music, includes the hit song "Mack The Knife."
URL:
Website: https://go.evvnt.com/3457358-2?pid=2874
Category: Live Music
Starting Price Per Person
Free
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Where
St John's Cathedral Taliaferro Hall
256 East Church Street
Jacksonville Florida 32202
United States
( Religious - Church - Temple )
256 East Church Street
Jacksonville Florida 32202
United States
( Religious - Church - Temple )
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