The Board of Directors and Musician Members of the Civic Orchestra of Jacksonville, in conjunction with Hancock Whitney Bank, are proud to present The Orchestra Strikes Back!
Join us for a FREE 60 minute, family-friendly concert that includes Copland’s Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo, Goldmark’s Scherzo in A Major, Cole Porter Suite and the Star Wars Suite for Orchestra by John Williams. All donations from the May 14 concert will be shared with the Women’s Center of Jacksonville and the May 15th donations will be shared with Jewish Family & Community Services to support free and sliding-scale mental health services.
Please enjoy some of our past performances as described below.
Previous performances included:
March 12 and 13, 2022
The Sound of Music
March 12 – St. Pauls by the Sea; March 13 – St. John’s Cathedral
- Overture to the Wasps – Vaughan Williams
- The Moldau – Bedrich Smetana
- Blue Tango – Leroy Anderson
- West Side Story – Leonard Bernstein, arr. Jack Mason
- Waltz from Masquerade – Aram Khachaturian, arr. H. Swarsenski
- Hungarian March from the Damnation of Faust – Hector Berlioz
- The Sound of Music – Rodgers and Hammerstein, arr. R. R. Bennett
March 8, 2020
Deep Exploration
St. Pauls by the Sea – Jacksonville Beach (MAP) •
- Introduction to Also sprach Zarathustra, op. 30 (excerpt) – Richard Strauss
- The Planets, op. 32 – Gustav Holst
- ET Adventures on Earth – John Williams
December 8, 2019
Winter Dreams
Terry Concert Hall – Jacksonville University (MAP) •
- Les Patineurs (The Skaters) – Emile Waldteufel
- Selections from the Nutcracker – Peter Tchaikovsky
- Finale from Symphony No. 5, op. 82 – Jean Sibelius
October 13, 2019
From the New World
St. Anastasia Catholic Church, St. Augustine (MAP) •
- Cortege et Litanie, op. 19, No. 2 – Marcel Dupré
Peter Morin, organ - Symphony No. 9 in E minor, From the New World, op. 95 – Antonin Dvorak
October 6, 2019
From the New World
St. Johns Cathedral (MAP) • 5pm •
- Cortege et Litanie, op. 19, No. 2 – Marcel Dupré
Tim Tuller, organ - Symphony No. 9 in E minor, From the New World, op. 95 – Antonin Dvorak