JAX Chamber: Symphony Announces Free Community Concerts Honoring Essential & Frontline Workers

Press release from the JAX Chamber:

September 17, 2021

The Community Concerts will feature a mix of both classical and popular music favorites. Led by Symphony Associate Conductor Gonzalo Farias, these concerts represent the Jacksonville Symphony’s way of saying “thank you” to the community that continues to support the organization and its mission to enrich the human spirit through symphonic music.

All tickets to these concerts are free and will be available to the public on Thursday, September 16. Parties can reserve up to four(4) tickets. For larger parties, please call the Symphony Box Office at 904.354.5547.

Prior to the public on sale, the Symphony held a private pre-sale for essential and frontline workers. If you are an essential or frontline worker (with proper identification) still interested in reserving seats, please reach out to the Symphony Box Office for more details at 904.354.5547.

“Now more than ever music is an essential part of our lives, providing an outlet to celebrate, remember, and connect to one another,” says Symphony President & CEO Steven Libman. “Yet, even with music’s importance, the work of our heroic essential and frontline workers has been the true unifying connection throughout our community during the COVID-19 pandemic.”

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Health & Safety:  

The Jacksonville Symphony will require the use of masks while in the Times-Union Center for the Performing Arts when the Symphony season opens in the fall. Additionally, Symphony staff, musicians, and volunteers are required to be vaccinated by the start of the season. The necessity of these measures will continue to be evaluated with the hope that they will not be in place for the entirety of the 2021/22 season.  

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 @jaxsymphony, on Instagram at JaxSymphony and on YouTube at JacksonvilleSymphony.  

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