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UNF School of Music

Name: UNF School of Music
Address: 1 UNF Drive, Jacksonville, FL, 32224, US
Telephone: +19046202961
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The School of Music brings a focused commitment to excellence and the artistic and intellectual preparation of music students, providing a high level of professional training that is relevant to musicians pursuing musical careers in the 21st Century. The University of North Florida School of Music brings a focused commitment to excellence and the artistic and intellectual preparation of students f

or the diverse and challenging world in which we live. It aims to provide a high level of professional musical training as well as a sense of relevance regarding the value of music to our society through an active, pluralistic musical environment encompassing western European traditional art music through contemporary music including world music and jazz.

11/16/2024

🎼Join us next Monday, November 18 at 7:30 PM in the Lazzara Performance Hall for UNF Orchestra's presentation of "The People Could Fly" with special guests Marie Douglas and Cathedral Arts Project, and performing music by Marie Douglas, Kevin Day, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and George Walker!✨

This concert is in collaboration with Dr. Maureen McCluskey, Dr. Tru Leverette Hall, Naijah Cox, UNF Student Directing Team, and the cast of Water Stories: A River Harvest.

Jeremy McKinnies, guest conductor
Dr. Erin Bodnar, conductor

Register and donate online: https://tinyurl.com/y32yed9c

11/16/2024

🎼✨The UNF Opera Lab invites you to its presentation of "The Bohemians" an abbreviated version of Puccini's La bohème by Stephen Lusmann on Friday, Nov. 22 at 7:30 PM and on Saturday, Nov. 23 at 3:00 PM!✨

By: Giacomo Puccini
Libretto by: Gueseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
An opera in four acts
Conductor: Jack Sumrall III
Stage Manager: Gianna Gomez
Director: John Daugherty
Collaborative pianist: Denise Wright

Casts:
Mimi: Gisselle Salinas, Cora-Grace Smith
Rodolfo: Esteban Cano, Michael Palmisano
Marcello: Landon Jin, Ben Archer
Musetta: Alexis Greene, Lauren Boyle

This performance is free and open to the public!

Register and donate online: https://tinyurl.com/yck87szc

11/15/2024

🎼Come and experience the Soulful Sounds of the UNF Wind Symphony and Concert Band on Tuesday, November 19 at 7:30 PM in the Lazzara Performance Hall! With special guest composer, Marie Douglas and performing music by Marie Douglas,
Nkeiru Okoye, Benjamin Horne, Fred Stride, Joshua Tomlinson, Andrea Venet, Donald Grantham, Cait Nishimura, Todd Stalter, Dwayne Milburn and Omar Thomas✨

Conductors: Dr. Erin Bodnar and Dr. Kristen Zelenak

This concert is free and open to the public! Register and donate online: https://tinyurl.com/5ypra59x

11/14/2024

🎼Join us TONIGHT at 7:30 PM for Flutes in Fall with performances by the UNF Flute Ensemble and UNF Flute Studio. Come and hear flute chamber and solo works by Beeftink, Bozza, Debussy, Clarke, Gossec, Kohler and more! The ensemble will also present music from the musical Wicked and the premiere of Link to the Future: A Legends of Zelda Medley, arranged by UNF flutist, Jordan Haripersad. 🍂✨

Gia Sastre, director

This is event is free and open to the public!

11/13/2024

Composer Marie Douglas will be joining the UNF Bands and Orchestra for the next week as our composer in residence!

We are thrilled to have her on campus working with our students! All events below are free and open to the public!

We are thrilled to welcome composer Marie Douglas to campus for the next few days! The UNF Wind Symphony and UNF Orchestra will be performing her works at our concerts next week!

While she is here, she will be working with our students! We will be having open rehearsals with Marie, including Q&A sessions after.

Join us! All events are in the UNF Fine Arts Center.

*Orchestra Open Rehearsal: Thursday, 11/14 2:30pm-4:20pm Room 1420

*Wind Symphony Open Rehearsal: Monday, 11/18 2:30pm-4:20pm Lazzara Hall

*UNF Orchestra Concert: Monday, 11/18 7:30 pm in Lazzara Hall

*UNF Wind Symphony (and Concert Band) Concert: Tuesday, 11/19 7:30 in Lazzara Hall

11/13/2024

🎼Join us tomorrow night at 7:30 PM for Flutes in Fall with performances by the UNF Flute Ensemble and UNF Flute Studio. Come and hear flute chamber and solo works by Beeftink, Bozza, Debussy, Clarke, Gossec, Kohler and more! The ensemble will also present music from the musical Wicked and the premiere of Link to the Future: A Legends of Zelda Medley, arranged by UNF flutist, Jordan Haripersad. 🍂✨

Gia Sastre, director

This is event is free and open to the public!

11/12/2024

🎼Join TONIGHT for a special guest artist recital featuring saxophonist Don-Paul Kahl! Dubbed an "artist beyond his time" by distinguished American composer John Corigliano and praised by Brutal New Music Reviews as possessing “the caliber of a soloist with whom composers dream to collaborate”, this concert will start at 7:30 PM in the UNF Fine Arts Center Recital Hall. ✨🎷

Dr. Michael Bovenzi, director

Learn more about Don-Paul Kahl: https://donpaulkahl.com/en/about

Register and donate online: https://tinyurl.com/mp367njy

11/10/2024

🎼Join us next Tuesday, November 12 for a special guest artist recital featuring saxophonist Don-Paul Kahl! Dubbed an "artist beyond his time" by distinguished American composer John Corigliano and praised by Brutal New Music Reviews as possessing “the caliber of a soloist with whom composers dream to collaborate”, this concert will start at 7:30 PM in the UNF Fine Arts Center Recital Hall. ✨🎷

Dr. Michael Bovenzi, director

Learn more about Don-Paul Kahl: https://donpaulkahl.com/en/about

Register and donate online: https://tinyurl.com/mp367njy

11/07/2024

🎼Join us, TONIGHT for the UNF Tech Ensemble's fall concert: "Process and Possibility" starting at 8 PM in the Andrew A. Robinson Theater!

Come and explore music shaped by varying levels of control, whether from the composer, the performers, or chance itself. The concert features both process music (where sound emerges by following a set procedure) and aleatoric music (which embraces elements of chance), creating performances that are unique every time. 🎧✨

Michael Taylor, director

This event is free and open to the public. Register and donate online: https://tinyurl.com/4hdks3at

11/06/2024

🎼Join us tomorrow, Thursday, November 7 for the UNF Tech Ensemble's fall concert: "Process and Possibility" starting at 8 PM in the Andrew A. Robinson Theater!

Come and explore music shaped by varying levels of control, whether from the composer, the performers, or chance itself. The concert features both process music (where sound emerges by following a set procedure) and aleatoric music (which embraces elements of chance), creating performances that are unique every time. 🎧✨

Michael Taylor, director

This event is free and open to the public. Register and donate online: https://tinyurl.com/4hdks3at

11/02/2024

🎼It's the 2024 Jacksonville Electroacoustic Music Festival (jemFEST) with guest artist, Dr. Michael Bovenzi! Join us at 3 PM for an afternoon concert featuring original works by UNF students and an evening performance at 7 PM featuring UNF Associate Professor, Dr. Michael Bovenzi, saxophone. Both events are free and open to the public!🎷✨

Dr. Joshua Tomlinson, director

Register online and make a donation: https://tinyurl.com/24zzw395

11/01/2024

🎼🍂 Join us for our annual Fall Choral Showcase on Sunday, November 3 at 6 PM in the UNF Fine Arts Center Recital Hall! Featuring the UNF choral ensembles and select soloists, this event is free and open to the public!✨

Tony Thornton, guest conductor
Jeremy McKinnies, conductor
Sachiko Frampton, collaborative pianist
Cara Tasher, director of choral studies

Register and donate online: https://tinyurl.com/cjy9e2mm

11/01/2024

🎼Coming up this Saturday, November 2, is the 2024 Jacksonville Electroacoustic Music Festival (jemFEST) with guest artist, Dr. Michael Bovenzi! Join us at 3 PM for an afternoon concert featuring original works by UNF students and an evening performance at 7 PM featuring UNF Associate Professor, Dr. Michael Bovenzi, saxophone. Both events are free and open to the public!🎷✨

Dr. Joshua Tomlinson, director

Register online and make a donation: https://tinyurl.com/24zzw395

10/30/2024

🎷Join us TONIGHT from 5:30-7:30 PM for Jazz at the UNF Boathouse featuring UNF Jazz Ensembles III and II. Come dressed in your spookiest costume and enter our Spooky Costume Contest. Prizes will be given for the spookiest, most creative, and best overall costume!🧟‍♀️🧌🧛‍♂️

Dr. Marc Dickman, director, UNF JEIII
Dennis Marks, director UNF JEII

This concert is free and open to the public.

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Videos

✨SWOOP! Check out our UNF Drumline performing this morning in the UNF Student Union Plaza during Convocation 2024! Zach Miller, graduate student director✨🥁

Meet Gemma Smith and listen as she shares why you should join her as a UNF Music Mentor this summer!

And imagine that this is just JE1’s warm up! Make sure you come out to hear this amazing group perform along with drummer and composer, Dennis Mackrel and featuring an opening performance by UNF JE2, tonight at 7:30 PM in the Lazzara Performance Hall. JB Scott, artistic director. Admission is free and open to the public. Visit our online calendar to register and/make a donation to support the work of our faculty and students: www.UNF.edu/coas/music/events.html #unf #universityofnorthflorida #unfswoop #unfospreys #universityofnorthfloridaospreys #unfospreylife #unfosprey #music #musicacademy #musicislife #musician #unfjazz #jazz #jazzmusic #jazzcombo #jazzband #jazzvibes #jazzensemble #jazzcomposer #jazzcomposition #jazzmajor #jazzmusician #jazzmusicians #jazzeducation #jazzconcert #collegejazz #collegejazzband #collegejazzprogram #collegejazzmusican #universityjazzensemble

Meet Natalia Garcia, winner of the 2024 UNF Wind Symphony Concerto Competition who will be “In the Spotlight” tomorrow night as a soloist with the UNF Wind Symphony. Performing Scott McAllister’s composition, ‘Black Dog’, Garcia shares some insights into this piece and what audiences can listen for during tomorrow’s concert that starts at 7:30 PM in the Lazzara Performance Hall. Dr. Erin Bodnar, conductor #unf #universityofnorthflorida #unfswoop #unfospreys #universityofnorthfloridaospreys #unfospreylife #unfosprey #music #musicacademy #musicschool #musicdegree #musicdegrees #collegeeducation #collegemusic #collegemusician #unfwindsymphony #windsymphony #windsymphonyband #windsymphonymusic #windsymphonyconcertprogram #windsymphonyconcert #windinstrument #windinstruments #musiceducation #musicband #musicbands #musicbandlife #musicconductor #conducting #conductor

Dr. Erin Bodnar, Director of Bands and Assistant Professor of Music, talks to us about what we can expect at tomorrow night’s Wind Symphony concert, “In the Spotlight!” starting at 7:30 pm in the Lazzara Performance Hall. This concert will feature Natalia Garcia, winner of the 2024 UNF Wind Symphony Concerto Competition along with Gavin Martellotti, Ciaran Abuan, Jack Beatenhead and Grayson Mills on saxophones performing Michael Colgrass’ Urban Requiem. Dr. Erin Bodnar, conductor #unf #universityofnorthflorida #unfswoop #unfospreys #universityofnorthfloridaospreys #unfospreylife #unfosprey #music #musicacademy #musicschool #musicdegree #musicdegrees #collegeeducation #collegemusic #collegemusician #unfwindsymphony #windsymphony #windsymphonyband #windsymphonymusic #windsymphonyconcertprogram #windsymphonyconcert #windinstrument #windinstruments #musiceducation #musicband #musicbands #musicbandlife #musicconductor #conducting #conductor

Join the UNF Choral Program as it Honors the Diaspora this Sunday, February 18, 2024 at 3:00 PM in the Fine Arts Center Recital Hall with alumnus, Dr. Emorja Roberson, Dr. Cara Tasher, and Megan Tatro, assistant conductor. Experience inspiring gospel works by H.T. Burleigh, Bobby McFerrin, Rosephayne Powell and Dr. Emorja Roberson! #unf #universityofnorthflorida #unfswoop #unfospreys #universityofnorthfloridaospreys #unfospreylife #unfosprey #music #musicacademy #musicschool #musicdegree #musicdegrees #collegeeducation #collegemusic #collegemusician #unfchorale #unfchoirs #chorale #chorales #choralmusic #choralsinging #choralmusiceducation #collegechorale #collegechoralmusic #voiceducation #vocaleducation #classicalmusic #classicalsinger #classicalsinging #classicalsingers

Meet Emily Sandoval, one of the winners of the 2023 UNF Orchestra Concerto Competition, who will perform the first movement of Bruch’s Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 26 tonight at 7:30 PM with the UNF Orchestra in the Andrew A. Robinson Theater. Dr. Simon Shiao, conductor

Meet Khalil Payne, one of the winners of the 2023 UNF Orchestra Concerto Competition who talks to us about his upcoming performance with the UNF Orchestra tomorrow night in the Andrew A. Robinson Theater at 7:30 PM.

You don’t want to miss tonight’s concert presented by the UNF Orchestra featuring the Miami Arts School Orchestra and Dr. Randall Tinnin, trumpet. The program starts at 7:30 PM in the Andrew A. Robinson Theater and under the baton of Dr. Simon Shiao, will showcase works by Vivaldi, Stravinsky, Mozart, Corelli and Beethoven. UNF Orchestra

How’s your rhythm? Check out our UNF percussion majors as they prepare for tonight’s concert, Rhythm Reflections at 6:30 PM in the Lazzara Performance Hall. Tickets: $10 Adults/Students free with I.D. Visit www.UNF.edu/COAS/music/calendar.aspx to register/purchase tickets.

Remember to check out ‘Rhythm Reflections’, the UNF Percussion Ensemble’s Spring Concert tonight at 6:30 PM in the UNF Lazzara Performance Hall. Featuring works by Akiho, Varese, Condon De Mey and Venet! Tickets: $10 Adults/Students free with I.D. Visit www.UNF.edu/COAS/music/calendar.aspx to register or purchase tickets.

Dr. Erin Bodnar, Director of Bands at the UNF School of Music, invites you to “Come Sunday”, the UNF Wind Symphony’s concert happening tomorrow night at 7:30 PM in the Lazzara Performance Hall! Tickets are $10 Adults/ Students free with I.D. Visit www.UNF.edu/coas/music/calendar.aspx to purchase your tickets online.