JAX Chamber: Cocktails And Concerts With The Jacksonville Symphony

Press release from the JAX Chamber:

October 20, 2021

WHEN: Thursday, October 28 at 6:30 p.m. Happy Hour starts at 5:30 p.m.!

WHAT: Symphony Music Director Courtney Lewis will take you through the music, highlight by highlight. With limited seating available, the PNC Bank Symphony in 60 Series provides an up-close-and-personal experience with the musicians of the Jacksonville Symphony. A massive projection screen hanging above the stage gives a front-row feel to every seat in the house! 

This season, the Symphony is celebrating local organizations and community groups that make our community the cultural gem that it is. Each PNC Bank Symphony in 60 concert will be themed, and we hope you’ll join in! This first performance is celebrating our local media organizations! Show up with your media credentials for special seating and behind-the-scenes access*.

*Please reach out to the Symphony’s Marketing & Communications Director, Sydney Schless, ahead of time if you are interested in interviewing Music Director Courtney Lewis or a Symphony musician prior to the start of the concert.

ABOUT THE PROGRAM: Music Director Courtney Lewis launches this season's PNC Bank Symphony in 60 Serieswith one of the greatest symphonies ever written:  Franz Schubert's Symphony No. 8, "Unfinished," complete with a lively discussion and insights into this masterwork. Plus, don't miss the Symphony's principal oboe, Eric Olson, who opens the program with a piece by living composer Bill Douglas that drops flavors of jazz, Afro-Cuban, American folk, and Celtic music.

WHERE: Jacoby Symphony Hall in the Times-Union Center for the Performing Arts

WHO: The concert will be conducted by Symphony Music Director Courtney Lewis.

For photography, interview requests, or more information, please contact:

Sydney Schless

Marketing & Communications Director

904.354.4513 (w)

904.710.4928 (c)

sschless@jaxsymphony.org 

The Jacksonville Symphony’s 2021/22 season is dedicated to Robert E. Jacoby. An avid supporter of not only the arts, but of Jacksonville, Bob Jacoby’s legacy will forever be felt throughout the First Coast. It is without a doubt that the Jacksonville Symphony is the world-class organization it is today due to his persistent and passionate support of symphonic music.  

The Jacksonville Symphony is North Florida’s leading music nonprofit offering live performances at Jacoby Symphony Hall in the Times-Union Center for the Performing Arts and other venues throughout the area. In addition, the Symphony provides music instruction for youth and operates the Jacksonville Symphony Youth Orchestras. For more information about the Symphony, visit jaxsymphony.org, like them at facebook.com/jaxsymphony; follow them on Twitter @jaxsymphony, on Instagram at JaxSymphony and on YouTube at JacksonvilleSymphony.  

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