Schedule

Kevin Fitzgerald, Guest Conductor

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Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition Final Round

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Five finalists are chosen to perform in the final round with the Utah Symphony

Cover Conductor for Hollywood Bowl Performances

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Wednesday, July 8, 2026 ‍

Thomas Wilkins, conductor  

Gracie Lawrence, Alex Newell,  Ali Stroker,  vocalists

Valerie COLEMAN Fanfare for Uncommon Times  

STILL Mother and Child  

Shaina TAUB Suffs Song Cycle  

BERNSTEIN Three Dance Episodes from On the Town  

ELLINGTON Harlem  

BERNSTEIN America (Encore)

Thursday, July 9, 2026  

Tito Munoz, conductor  

Randall Goosby, violin

GINASTERA Dances Estancia

BARBER Violin Concerto  

Adam SCHOENBERG Art of the Goal

REVUELTAS Sensemaya  

COPLAND Billy the Kid

Tuesday, July 14, 2026

Cristian Macelaru, conductor

Leonidas Kavakos, violin  

TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto  

BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7

Thursday, July 16, 2026 ‍

Roberto Gonzales-Monjas, conductor  

Mao Fujita, piano

MOZART Piano Concerto No. 19

BRAHMS Symphony No. 4

Jeannette Sorrell conductor
Sonya Headlam soprano
Anthony McGill clarinet

Mozart:  La finta semplice Overture

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Bologne:  “Amour, devient moi propice” from L'Amant anonyme

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Bologne: / Arr. Bermel  Concerto in A major, Op. 5, No. 2 (arr. for clarinet)

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Mozart  “Parto, parto ma tu ben mio,” from La clemenza di Tito

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Mozart  Symphony No. 40

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Kevin Fitzgerald, assistant conductor

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Kevin is one of only twenty conductors selected to compete in the 59th edition of the competition.

Cover Conductor 

GERSHWIN An American in Paris 
SIMON Zodiak (Jacksonville Symphony Commission) 
COPLAND Symphony No. 3

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Offenbach: Overture from Orpheus in the Underworld

Copland: Variations on a Shaker Melody from Appalachian Spring

Puccini: Act III Intermezzo from Madame Butterfly

Tarik O’Regan: Recalcitrance

Stravinsky: Firebird Suite (1919)

Tchaikovsky: Finale from Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64

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The Florida Ballet 

Jacksonville Dance Theater

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Dvořák: Serenade for Strings, Op. 22

Corelli: La Folia

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The Music of Billy Joel

Jean Meilleur, Vocals
John Regan, Piano

Cover Conductor

Program:
DEBUSSY: Nocturnes 
TAO: Piano Concerto (Jacksonville Symphony Commission) 
STRAVINSKY: The Rite of Spring

Jersey Boys and Girls: Whitney Houston, Frank Sinatra, and More

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ELGAR: Enigma Variations 
TCHAIKOVKSY: Symphony No. 5

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Cover Conductor

Matthias Pintscher, music director and conductor

Emmanuel Pahud, flute
Jan Kraybill, organ

CLAUDE DEBUSSY  Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
JACQUES IBERT  Concerto for Flute and Orchestra
MICHAEL TILSON THOMAS  Notturno for Flute, Harp, and Strings
CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS  Symphony No. 3 in C Minor, “Organ Symphony”

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