Kevin Fitzgerald, Guest Conductor
Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition Final Round
Five finalists are chosen to perform in the final round with the Utah Symphony
Cover Conductor for Hollywood Bowl Performances
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
Presented by the Jacksonville Symphony
Selections from
Bernstein: West Side Story
Bernstein: Candide
Sondheim: Into The Woods
Sondheim: Sweeney Todd
Sondheim: Company
Lloyd Webber: Phantom of the Opera
Meghan Picerno, Soprano
Jay Armstrong Johnson, Tenor
Jacksonville Symphony Chorus
Estelí Gomez, Soprano
Jay Carter, Countertenor
Aaron Sheehan, Tenor
Sidney Outlaw, Baritone
Jacksonville Symphony Chorus
HANDEL: Messiah
Concert given in collaboration with the North Carolina Symphony and Cirque de la Symphonie
Program TBA
Kevin Fitzgerald, guest conductor
Melissa White, violin
PROGRAM:
Benjamin BRITTEN: Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes
Max BRUCH: Scottish Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra
Ludwig van BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 6 in F, op. 68, "Pastorale"
Kevin Fitzgerald, Conductor
Miloš Karadaglić, Classical Guitar
Maurice RAVEL: Alborada del gracioso
Manuel de FALLA: The Three-Cornered Hat Suite No. 1
Joaquín RODRIGO: Concierto de Aranjuez
Maurice RAVEL: Rapsodie espagnol
Maurice RAVEL: Boléro
Cover Conductor
Susanna Mälkki, conductor
Leila Josefowicz, violin
Luca FRANCESCONI Duende: The Dark Notes (NY Premiere)
R. STRAUSS Metamorphosen
RAVEL La Valse
Program:
David LANG: sweet air
MOZART: Violin Concerto No. 5
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 7
Cover Conductor
Program:
MAHLER Symphony No. 2, “Resurrection"
Program:
BERNSTEIN/MASON West Side Story Selections
MADONNA “Vogue”
GERSHWIN/BRUBAKER Overture from Crazy for You
WILLIAMS Selections from Star Wars Suite for Orchestra
STRAVINSKY Selections from Firebird Suite (1919)
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5, IV. Finale
U.S Premiere
Music by Matthew Ricketts
Libretto by Mark Campbell
Karim Sulayman, tenor
Kevin Fitzgerald, conductor
Toomai String Quintet
Daniel Zelibor, piano
Kevin makes his Summerfest Debut at Koka Booth accompanying Cirque de la Symphonie
Stéphane Denève, Conductor
St. Louis Symphony Chorus
Verdi: Messa da Requiem