Jem FEST

Concert about to begin! 🎷

Ready for a sneak peak of the full program? Bios, notes from the composers about their music...all that?

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Excited to share our impressive lineup of artists featured in the 2024 Listening Room. Their Fixed Media works will be running on loop all afternoon and evening so you can swing by the Fine Arts Building at your leisure and hear for yourself.

LISTENING ROOM is open Sat Nov 2 1:00pm - 9:00pm

You will hear:
Ideological Distortion by Berk Yagli

My Last Tape Piece by Brian Belet (BeletMusic.com)

LUMINOSITA’ MATERICA by Nicola Fumo Frattegiani

shoulder to shoulder by Indigo Knecht

n e v a l a c t a s i by Gil Dori (gildori.com)

The Cycle of Life and Decay by Berk Yagli (berkyagli.me)

A Portrait of the Artist as an Archer by Rodney Waschka II (waschka.info)

Visitations-1 by Jason Wallach

Saturday is almost here... 😎

Sleep in, soak in the morning, grab brunch with friends, then GET TO the UNF Fine Arts Center for two great (free!) concerts, plus a listening room with more great electroacoustic music to hear between shows.

3:00 🎶
Concert features music composed BY STUDENTS just for this event

7:00 🎶
Experience new music for saxophone and electronics from around the world.

Our virtuosic guest artist Dr. Michael Bovenzi will be rocking on his sax both concerts.

See you in a couple days...

A few shots from this morning with Nick Photinos! ☕🍩🎶

Loving this lineup for Saturday night! Please join us for an amazing concert at UNF Fine Arts Center Sat Nov 18 7:00pm. (Free admission and parking.)

Cello + Electronics performed by Nick Photinos Live @ UNF

Tuck this in your pocket. 😎

See you Saturday!

- Joshua Tomlinson, Director [email protected]

We are delighted to share that Micah Dale Pick's work "What We're Given—What We Give" was selected for performance by Grammy award winning cellist !

Come hear it and more great music tomorrow night - Saturday Nov 18 7:00pm at the UNF School of Music UNF Fine Arts Center. (Free admission and parking!)

Micah Pick's piece for solo cello and electronics is "an exploration of the traditions we inherit and what we choose to pass on to following generations. Facing our heritage can come with a mix of joy, discomfort, deep frustration and great beauty and this piece seeks to move through and blur the lines of the many emotions that come with facing our legacies."

A little about Micah:

Micah is a composer, producer, and performer living in Central VA where he works as a collaborative pianist, music director, and music educator. He has an MFA in Music Composition from the Vermont College of Fine Arts. When not writing, performing, or teaching music, he can be found exploring the mountains and rivers of Virginia's Blue Ridge with his daughters.

We're so glad you're joining us this year Micah, thank you for sharing your music!

We are looking forward to so much great music tomorrow night with Nick Photinos Live @ UNF!

One of our featured artists we are delighted to highlight this year is Kirsten Strom - Composer, and her work titled "The Book of Life."

Kirsten shared "The Book of Life" is written in memory of Mrs. Loyer, Van Gogh's landlady in Hackford Rd. "Sonorous strings sing, starry scriptures spiral into the sky and sounds recorded from her neighborhood emerge and dissipate, like an evocation of the famous painting, 'Starry Starry Night.' The ending is a reference to a little prayer and hymn book found in Mrs Loyer’s residence, a small token of the past."

A little about Kristen:

She is an award-winning young composer, conductor and creative writer who hails from New Zealand. From a life-changing encounter with God as a child, she is drawn to sacred works and the creative use of spatial design. Her credo is to glorify God in her work, like Bach before her. She holds a Master of Music with Distinction from the Royal Academy of Music, and she is currently commissioned for Boon Arts Sculpture Trail 2024.

Thank you for sharing your work with us Kirsten!

Hear her music and more this Saturday Nov 18 at 7:00pm UNF Fine Arts Center

Admission is free.

UNF School of Music

We are delighted to share that Ben Gaunt - Composer's piece "Grave Pastures" is one of the selected works Nick Photinos will perform tomorrow night at UNF!

The work is and , and it incorporates sounds recorded at Marramatte Farm in August 2023.

A little about Ben:

Ben Gaunt is a UK-based composer, improviser, professor, and sonic artist. He has collaborated with Grimethorpe Colliery Band, London Symphony Orchestra, Psappha, London Sinfonietta, and many other professional ensembles and soloists, and his music has been performed around the world. He was nominated for a British Composer Award and an Ivor Novello. He is also an associate professor at Leeds Conservatoire.

You're invited to the concert Saturday night, Nov 18 at 7:00pm!

UNF School of Music

jemFEST 2023 launches today with two masterclasses with Nick Photinos Live @ UNF!

2:00-4:00pm - Composition Masterclass

4:30-6:30pm - Cello Masterclass

These are unique opportunities for students to have one-on-one feedback on their work (writing and performance) from someone outside the university.

Today is just for UNF students, tomorrow is for everyone!

Saturday Nick is giving two talks for the whole student body and the community - The Money Talk at 10:00am and Entrepreneurship and the Entrepreneurial Mindset at 11:00am at the UNF Fine Arts Building.

Come early for donuts and coffee beginning at 9:30am!

There will be signs out tomorrow, free parking in the Fine Arts garage, and free admission to the talks and 7:00pm concert.

Hope to see you!

- Joshua Tomlinson, Director
[email protected]