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Cat Links Conducting Electricty, Jacksonville Symphony

Opening week has arrived

Posted on Courtney Lewis

Autumn is here and it’s with great excitement that we are beginning a new era at the Jacksonville Symphony. Last week I was in New York for the opening of the Philharmonic’s season. In a fortuitous coincidence, I assisted Alan Gilbert as he conducted Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7, the same inexorable masterpiece with which we will showcase the Jacksonville Symphony this weekend in a series of free community concerts. We start at the St Augustine Amphitheatre on Thursday night, move to the sleek new Unity Plaza at 220 Riverside Avenue on Friday, and open the doors of Jacoby Hall on Saturday. As part of the Year of the River celebration we’re beginning these concerts with Smetana’s impassioned hymn to one of Bohemia’s great rivers, the

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Cat Links Conducting Electricity, Jacksonville Symphony

Try something out of your comfort zone this season

Posted on Courtney Lewis

I’m back in Jacksonville, settling into a new apartment and getting ready for the beginning of the season, which is fast approaching. It’s my first experience of the city in late summer, and as I write this a thrilling thunderstorm is pelting rain against the windows as lightning bolts dart across the sky above the St. Johns River. Hopefully by now you’ve seen the Jacksonville Symphony’s new logo. I’m really excited about it. It’s amazing how something as simple as a logo can change one’s impression of an organization. For me, ours captures a sense of artistic energy and innovation alongside elegance and poise. That’s exactly what the Jacksonville Symphony is all about: presenting great music in a way that inspires our community, whether in

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