Organ Series
In addition to its main concert series at the Church of the Good Shepherd, the Riverside Fine Arts Association presents its Pipe Organ Concert Series each spring featuring some of the country’s finest concert organists, each with a unique style, comprising a broad repertoire of magnificent pipe organ music.
Vance Reese and The Phantom of the Opera: Presented with The Jacksonville Film Festival
Sunday, October 17, 2010, 3:00 PM // Jacoby Symphony Hall $20 Adults / $10 Students
Dr. Vance Reese is an organist who lives and works in and around Asheville, North Carolina. He studied organ at Indiana University (Larry Smith, Marilyn Keiser), and also studied with Wilma Jensen, Robert Anderson, and others. He first started playing for silent movies at the Porter Center at Brevard College, NC, and has played for eight different films now, including two showings of Phantom of the Opera. He prepares silent movie scores based partly on public domain musical references, and partly on improvised material, and frequently adds a twist of humor to at least a few scenes.
Woosung Kang
Sunday, January 23, 2011, 3:00 PM // Church of the Good Shepherd $20 Adults / $10 Students
Woosug Kang hails from New Zealand, currently is a candidate of Doctorate in Music degree for Organ performance at renowned Indiana University, Jacobs School of Music. He has studied with Dr. Larry Smith and Todd Wilson and now working on his Doctorate document. He received his Bachelor of Music degree from Auckland University in Organ performance, studying under Dr. John Wells. In 2003, he began his study for Masters Degree in Music at renowned Yale University where he graduated.
The Best of Jacksonville's Organists
Spnsored by the American Guild of Organists
Sunday, February 20, 2011, 3:00 PM //Jacoby Symphony Hall $20 Adults / $10 Students
Back by popular demand! Join us for some of Jacksonville’s most talented organists. This season we are proud to promote Shannon Gallier from The Church of the Good Shepherd, Rodney Cleveland from Lakewood Presbyterian Church, local icon Jim Cripps and a featured student from Stetson University.
Chelsea Chen
Sunday, March 6, 2011, 3:00 PM // Jacoby Symphony Hall $20 Adults / $10 Students
With playing described as “stunning” and possessing “lovely lyrical grandeur” (Los Angeles Times), Chelsea Chen has electrified audiences throughout the United States and Asia. A Juilliard graduate and Fulbright scholar, she is broadening the classical organ repertoire with her own Asian-inspired compositions.
BONUS CONCERT: The Florida State University Choir
Free admission to all concert subscribers
Friday, March 4, 2011, 8:00 PM // Church of the Good Shepherd $10 Adults / $5 Students
The University Singers, founded in 1948 by Dr. Wiley Housewright, is the premier undergraduate touring choir at Florida State University. The audition-only choir consists of students majoring in music and other degree programs.