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SUMMARY:Masterclass: Aristo Sham\, piano
DESCRIPTION:Step inside the artistic process as internationally acclaimed pianist Aristo Sham works one-on-one with talented young pianists in this free public masterclass. More than a lesson\, a masterclass offers a rare glimpse into how a world-class musician shapes interpretation\, technique\, and musical expression. Whether you’re a pianist\, music student\, educator\, or simply curious about what goes into preparing a great performance\, you’ll leave with a deeper appreciation for the artist behind the music. \nThis free\, public masterclass will take place at:\nAmelia Baptist Church\n961167 Buccaneer Trl\nFernandina Beach\, FL 32034-5352 \nNo RSVP is required.
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LOCATION:Amelia Baptist Church\, 961167 Buccaneer Trail\, Fernandina Beach\, Florida\, 32034\, United States
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SUMMARY:Masterclass: Dover Quartet
DESCRIPTION:One of the world’s leading chamber ensembles\, the Dover Quartet shares its expertise with the next generation of musicians during this free public masterclass at the University of North Florida. Watch talented student string ensembles receive personalized coaching as the Quartet explores ensemble communication\, interpretation\, and performance. An inspiring experience for musicians and music lovers alike\, this behind-the-scenes look at the rehearsal process reveals how great chamber music comes to life. \nThis public masterclass will take place at: \nUniversity of North Florida School of MusicFine Arts Center\, Building 451 UNF Drive\, Jacksonville\, FL 32224 \nNo RSVP is required.
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LOCATION:University of North Florida\, 1 UNF Drive Building 45\, Fine Arts Center\, Suite 2004\, Jacksonville\, FL\, 32224
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SUMMARY:Dover Quartet
DESCRIPTION:Once regular Festival performers\, the Dover Quartet have become one of the world’s most acclaimed string quartets. Their long-awaited return reunites them with the Amelia Island audience that has cheered them on from the beginning. \nProgram\n*This program will run a little over 2-hours\, including a 15-minute intermission. \nQuartet No. 1 in G minor\, Op. 27 by Grieg\nQuartet in D minor\, “Voces Intimae\,” Op. 56 by Sibelius\nQuartet No. 12 in E-flat major\, Op. 127 by Beethoven \nDover Quartet\nJoel Link\, violin\nBryan Lee\, violin\nJulianne Lee\, viola\nCamden Shaw\, cello \nNamed one of the greatest string quartets of the last 100 years by BBC Music Magazine and “the next Guarneri Quartet” by the Chicago Tribune\, the two-time GRAMMY-nominated Dover Quartet is one of the world’s most in-demand chamber ensembles. \nThe group’s awards include a stunning sweep of all prizes at the 2013 Banff International String Quartet Competition\, grand and first prizes at the Fischoff Chamber Music Competition\, and prizes at the Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Competition. Its honors include the prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant\, Chamber Music America’s Cleveland Quartet Award\, and Lincoln Center’s Hunt Family Award. The members are on faculty at the renowned Curtis Institute of Music. \nThe Dover Quartet’s 2025–26 season features collaborative performances with preeminent artists including Marc-André Hamelin and Edgar Meyer\, and performances in internationally renowned venues from Carnegie Hall to Kennedy Center to Konzerthaus Berlin. The quartet’s most recent commission is from Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate\, a citizen of the Chickasaw Nation and a leading composer of American Indian classical music. His new piece\, Abokkoli’ Taloowa’ (Woodland Songs)\, is featured on Woodland Songs\, the group’s most recent album\, which also includes Tate’s new string-quartet orchestration of Rattle Songs by the Indigenous singer Pura Fé\, originally for her a cappella vocal group Ulali. Dvořák’s “American” Quartet\, a classic of the repertoire\, completes the album\, released in August 2025 on the Curtis Studio label. \nRecent collaborators of the ensemble include Leif Ove Andsnes\, Emanuel Ax\, Inon Barnatan\, Ray Chen\, Anthony McGill\, the Pavel Haas Quartet\, Roomful of Teeth\, and Davóne Tines. The quartet has also recently premiered works by Mason Bates\, Steven Mackey\, Marc Neikrug\, and Chris Rogerson. \nThe Dover Quartet’s highly acclaimed three-volume recording\, Beethoven Complete String Quartets (Cedille Records)\, was hailed as “meticulously balanced\, technically clean-as-a-whistle and intonationally immaculate” (The Strad). Other discography highlights are Encores (Brooklyn Classical)\, a recording of 10 popular movements from the string quartet repertoire; The Schumann Quartets (Azica Records)\, which was nominated for a GRAMMY for Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance; Voices of Defiance: 1943\, 1944\, 1945 (Cedille Records); and an all-Mozart debut recording (Cedille Records)\, featuring Michael Tree\, the late\, long-time violist of the Guarneri Quartet. The quartet’s recording of Steven Mackey’s theatrical-musical work Memoir was released on Bridge Records in 2024. \nThe Dover Quartet draws from the lineage of the distinguished Guarneri\, Cleveland\, and Vermeer quartets. Its members studied at Curtis Institute of Music\, Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music\, New England Conservatory\, and Conservatoire Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris. They were mentored extensively by Shmuel Ashkenasi\, James Dunham\, Norman Fischer\, Kenneth Goldsmith\, Joseph Silverstein\, Arnold Steinhardt\, Michael Tree\, and Peter Wiley. The Dover Quartet was formed at Curtis in 2008; its name pays tribute to Dover Beach by fellow Curtis alumnus Samuel Barber. \nThe Dover Quartet plays on the following instruments and proudly endorses Thomastik-Infeld strings: \n\nJoel Link: a very fine Peter Guarneri of Mantua\, 1710–15\, on generous loan from Irene R. Miller through the Beare’s International Violin Society.\nBryan Lee: Nicolas Lupot\, Paris\, 1810; Samuel Zygmuntowicz\, Brooklyn\, 2020.\nJulianne Lee: Robert Brode\, 2005.\nCamden Shaw: Samuel Zygmuntowicz\, New York\, 2024.\n\nDoverQuartet.comCurtis.edu/DoverQuartet \nOn Facebook\, Instagram\, and YouTube: @DoverQuartet
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LOCATION:Amelia Plantation Chapel\, 36 Bowman Rd\, Fernandina Beach\, FL\, 32034\, United States
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SUMMARY:An Evening with Audra McDonald
DESCRIPTION:An Evening with Audra McDonald \nA Juilliard-trained soprano and Emmy\, Grammy\, and six-time Tony Award winner\, Audra McDonald is the only performer in history to win in all four Tony acting categories. A recipient of the National Medal of Arts and one of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people\, she comes to Amelia Island For an intimate evening with one of the most luminous voices in American music. \nAudra McDonald \nAudra McDonald is unparalleled in the breadth and versatility of her artistry as both a singer and an actor. The winner of a record-breaking six Tony Awards\, two Grammy Awards\, and an Emmy\, in 2015 she was named one of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people and received the National Medal of Arts—America’s highest honor for achievement in the field—from President Barack Obama. In addition to her Tony-winning performances in Carousel\, Master Class\, Ragtime\, A Raisin in the Sun\, The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess\, and Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill—the role that also served as the vehicle for her Olivier Award-nominated 2017 debut in London’s West End—she has appeared on Broadway in The Secret Garden; Marie Christine (Tony nomination); Henry IV; 110 in the Shade (Tony nomination); Shuffle Along\, or\, The Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed; Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune (Tony nomination); and Ohio State Murders (Tony nomination). She earned an unprecedented eleventh Tony nomination in a revival of Gypsy (2024–25)\, becoming the acting categories’ most decorated individual in Tony history and prompting Time to pronounce her “the greatest living stage actor.” \nOn television\, she was seen by millions as the Mother Abbess in NBC’s The Sound of Music Live!\, won an Emmy Award for her role as host of PBS’s Live From Lincoln Center\, and received Emmy nominations for Wit\, A Raisin in the Sun\, and Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill. Having played Dr. Naomi Bennett on Shonda Rhimes’s Private Practice (ABC) and Liz Reddick (formerly Lawrence) on both The Good Wife (CBS) and The Good Fight (Paramount+)\, she may now be seen as Dorothy Scott on Julian Fellowes’s The Gilded Age (HBO). On film\, she has appeared in Seven Servants\, The Object of My Affection\, Cradle Will Rock\, It Runs in the Family\, The Best Thief in the World\, She Got Problems\, Rampart\, Ricki and the Flash\, Disney’s live-action Beauty and the Beast\, the movie-musical Hello Again\, Down Low\, Ava DuVernay’s Origin\, Cinergistik’s documentary Whitney Houston in Focus\, the Obamas’ Higher Ground Productions’ Rustin\, and MGM’s Aretha Franklin biopic\, Respect. \nMcDonald is a Juilliard-trained soprano\, whose opera credits include La voix humaine and Send at Houston Grand Opera\, and Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny at Los Angeles Opera\, where the resulting recording earned her two Grammy Awards. She has issued five solo albums on the Nonesuch label as well as Sing Happy with the New York Philharmonic on Decca Gold. She also maintains a major career as a concert artist\, regularly appearing on the great stages of the world and with leading international orchestras. She is a founding member of Black Theatre United\, board member of Covenant House International\, and prominent advocate for LGBTQIA+ rights\, whose favorite roles are those performed offstage\, as an activist\, wife to actor Will Swenson\, and mother to her amazing children. \n 
URL:https://aicmf.org/event/audra-mcdonald/
LOCATION:The Preserve at The Amelia River Club\, 4477 Buccaneer Trail\, Fernandina Beach\, FL\, 32034\, United States
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