"A VIRTUAL CELEBRATION OF WORLD-CLASS MUSIC" While circumstances do not allow us to perform in front of a live audience this year, we are pleased to announce our 2020 St. Augustine Music Festival Program – A Virtual Celebration of World-Class … [Read more...] about A Message from SAMF’s Artistic Director, Jorge Peña
SAMF Notes…
Welcome to the St. Augustine Music Festival (SAMF) quarterly newsletter. We thank you for your loyalty and support of the St. Augustine Music Festival throughout the years. Without your help, we would not have been able to continue bringing you … [Read more...] about SAMF Notes…
In Memory of Colin Kiely
Earlier this month, we lost a dear friend. Colin Kiely was a violist for the Jacksonville Symphony and a regular performer for St. Augustine Music Festival. A husband and father of three, Colin lost his battle with cancer, but never lost his will to … [Read more...] about In Memory of Colin Kiely
Bringing a Musical Vision to Life
Jorge A. Pena and Jin Kim-Pena launched the St. Augustine Music Festival in 2007 with little more than the belief that classical music belonged in St. Augustin amid the city's unique historic treasures, along with a commitment to offering that music … [Read more...] about Bringing a Musical Vision to Life
Educating Musically
SAMF reached out to scores of Sebastian Middle School students in 2018 to share its musicalmissionand to encourage their musical studies. School music instructor Charles Rogers and SAMF Artistic Director Jorge A. Pena collaborated to share string … [Read more...] about Educating Musically
Legendary Pianist Leon Fleisher To Share SAMF Concert With Virtuoso Wife Katherine Jacobson
The Fleisher-Jacobson duo will perform during the first week of the 2017 festival! Leon Fleisher's story is the stuff of legend. When his international concert career was side-tracked by a neurological condition that disabled his right hand, he … [Read more...] about Legendary Pianist Leon Fleisher To Share SAMF Concert With Virtuoso Wife Katherine Jacobson
“La Decada” Celebrates Our Cathedral Basilica Origins
SAMF's 10-year relationship with and inspiration from the historic St. Augustine Cathedral Basilica was honored on our Tenth Anniversary in "La Decada," a stirring chamber orchestra piece written for us by First Coast composer and former Cathedral … [Read more...] about “La Decada” Celebrates Our Cathedral Basilica Origins
SAMF Brings National Attention to Our History and Hurricane Comeback
"St. Augustine Suite for Chamber Orchestra," commissioned and performed in 2015 by SAMF, earned a second airing for a nationwide audience in October, 2016, on Performance Today. The public radio show's 1.4 million listeners (aired locally on WJCT … [Read more...] about SAMF Brings National Attention to Our History and Hurricane Comeback
