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 Entertain, Educate, and Elevate Through Music.     www.SAMFestival.org         Welcome to the St. Augustine Music Festival      
 
SAMF’s Executive Director Bill Boxer talks about the upcoming Marcus Roberts Concert.       • • Don’t wait to order your tickets • • for Marcus Roberts on June 19th!  
Purchase your Juneteenth tickets here.   Marcus Roberts, piano,   The Marcus Roberts              
Purchase your Juneteenth tickets here.     Sponsors of the Juneteenth Marcus Roberts Concert!               • • St. Augustine Music Festival 2024 Concerts • • Free Tickets can now be ordered      
Visit EventBrite to reserve your tickets for one or more concerts.  
  Six Free Performances at the Cathedral Basilica on the Plaza de la Constitución   Doors open at 7:00 PM for 7:30 PM Concerts Donations are Requested.            FIRST WEEK   Chamber Music, Friday, June 21, “Evolution” Join us for a musical tour from German baroque to twentieth century South America Georg Philipp Telemann: Sinfonia Spirituosa in D major Johannes S. Bach: Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor, BWV 1043            featuring Nigel Armstrong and Gabriela Peña Alberto Ginastera: Concerto for Strings   Chamber Music, Saturday, June 22 “Mystic Latin” Enjoy a night of fantasy and dream adventures alongside Don Quixote and sorcery Heitor Villa-Lobos: Sexteto Místico – Mystic Sextet            Flute, Oboe, Alto-Sax, Guitar, Harp, Celesta. Gabriela Lena Frank: Quijotadas for String Quartet Georg Philipp Telemann: Don Quixote Suite Manuel De Falla: “’El Amor Brujo” for Piano Sextet (1926)   Chamber Orchestra, Sunday, June 23 “Mozart and Americana” Relax with a beautiful painted American landscape and the perfect music of Mozart William Grant Still: Enganga for Harp, Strings Quintet and Piano            Justine Tiu – Harp and Evangeliya Delizonas-Khukhua – Piano Arthur Foote: Suite in E major for String Orchestra Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Flute, Harp and Orchestra in C major, K 299Les Roettges – Flute and Mia Venezia – Harp     • • Meet a Few More of our Many Featured Musicians • •  
 
Gabriela Pena-Kim, violin, will be performing during every concert except Saturday, June 29..  
Evangeliya Khukhua, piano, will be performing on Friday, June 21, Saturday, June 23 and Saturday, June 29  
 
Justine Tiu, harp, will be performing on Saturday, June 22 and Sunday, June 29.  
Igor Khukhua, violin will be performing during every concert except June 29.    

SECOND WEEK  Chamber Music, Friday, June 28 “War & Romance” Enjoy two contrasting powers, hate and love all in one night Igor Stravinsky: Soldier’s Tale for Violin, Clarinet and Piano Dmitri Shostakovich: Quartet No.8 Wolf Ferrari: Sinfonia da camara String Quintet, Piano, Flute   

Chamber Music, Saturday, June 29 “Musical Saga” Let music take you in your own musical saga by exploring two musical masterpieces Johannes Brahms: Horn Trio           Igor Khukhua – Violin, Katharine Caliendo – Horn, Evangeliya Delizonas-Khukhua – Piano Jean Sibelius: “En Saga” Original Septet reconstruction for            Flute and Clarinet and strings.   

Chamber Orchestra, Sunday, June 30 “A Reflective Journey” Enjoy one last musical story that will take you back in time Dmitri Shostakovich:  Concerto for Piano, Trumpet and Strings            Featuring Yukino Miyake, piano and Kevin Karabell, trumpet Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 45 in F sharp minor “Farewell”      

Order Your Free Cathedral Concert Tickets Here     • • Reserved Seating at the Cathedral • •   
Have you ever asked who is entitled to sit in the reserved section of the Cathedral during our concerts? These seats are reserved for our donors who have made significant donations. These donors are also entitled to early entry from 6:30 to 7:00 PM. This entry is from the door on the east side of the Cathedral (right side of the building).   This year, there are two categories of reserved seating: Those making donations of $1,000 or more – and concert sponsors – will be seated in the Prime reserved section, in the very first rows.   A donation of $350 or more entitles the donor to sit in the regular reserved seating area   General seating is available to everyone attending our FREE concerts. We do recommend that you go to the website and reserve tickets for guaranteed seating, especially for popular concerts. Click on the link below to reserve.   We apologize that it is necessary to make separate entries to reserve your seats for multiple concerts. EventBrite does not provide an option to fill in your information and indicate multiple dates.  

Please Note that the St. Augustine Music Festival Program is headed for the printers and we will not be able to add names to additional donors in the program. However, donations of $350 or more received prior to the upcoming concerts will still enable reserved seating during any and all of the concerts.    

• • St. Augustine Music Festival 2024 • • Highlighted on 904 News   Jorge Peña and Bill Boxer were special guests on 904 News on Wednesday, June 12 talking about the St. Augustine Music Festival. Watch the video below to hear more about the history of the festival and the music to be presented over the two weekends.            
• • Support the St Augustine Music Festival • •    
In 2007, the St. Augustine Music Festival (SAMF) was conceived as a free chamber music concert series to celebrate the rich artistic and cultural traditions of St. Augustine. The SAMF Chamber Orchestra concerts, performed in the beautiful and historic Cathedral Basilica, offer exceptional acoustics in an uplifting and welcoming setting.   Celebrating almost two decades of world-class concerts, the SAMF Chamber Orchestra attracts internationally accomplished performers and young rising stars to its series roster each year and continues to be the nation’s largest free chamber music festival.     Click Here to Donate by Credit or Debit Card   Personal and business checks can be made payable to the St. Augustine Music Festival and mailed to:   Saint Augustine Music Festival PO Box 833 St. Augustine, FL 32085-0833        

Visit the following websites for information about upcoming Cultural and Musical Events in St. Augustine  
           

• • Become a SAMF Donor or Continuing Donor • •    Donors are vital to the success of SAMF performances as each donor’s contribution furthers the sense of connection and positive impact within the community as we offer FREE concerts at the Cathedral Basilica.   As you consider your donation, think about the cost of attending a comparable concert… would it be $25, $40, or perhaps much more? Are you planning to attend two or three, or perhaps all six concerts? If so, then consider making a donation to SAMF that you can consider as the cost of your tickets. Sponsor levels of $5,000 or more entitles the donor/organization to be the sponsor of an evening’s concert and $7,500 to be the sponsor of the final June 30 concert.   We Have 8 Sponsor Donor Levels:   Impresario***** $7,500+ Prodigy**** $5,000 – $7,499 Maestro*** $3,000 – $4,999 Virtuoso*** $1,000 – $2,999 Diva** $600 – $999 Concert Master** $350 – $599 First Chair* $150 – $349 Second Chair* Up to $148   *Regular Entry and Recognized Donor in the Program   **Early Entry and Reserved Seating. Recognized Donor on Website and in the Program   *** Early Entry and Prime Seating. Recognized Donor on Website, in the Program and invitation to a Champaign Reception   ****Possible Concert Sponsor with Early Entry, Prime Seating, Recognized Donor Logo on Website and invitation to a Champaign Reception   *****Possible Final Concert Sponsor with Early Entry, Prime Seating, Recognized Donor Logo on Website and invitation to a Champaign Reception    

Click Here to Donate by Credit or Debit Card     Or Use our SAMF QR Code  
   
Personal and business checks can be made payable to the St. Augustine Music Festival and mailed to:   Saint Augustine Music Festival PO Box 833 St. Augustine, FL 32085-0833   Each and every level of donation is important. Please consider the level you wish to contribute.     The St. Augustine Music Festival is a non-for-profit corporation exempt from federal income tax under section 501©(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. We are qualified to receive tax deductible bequests, devises, transfers, or gifts under section 2055, 2106 or 2522 of the Code and can provide you with a copy of our tax exempt status upon request. We greatly appreciate all donations and acknowledge our donors in the festival program and on our website.    
 
Jorge Peña and Jin Kim-Peña Artistic Directors Bill Boxer Executive Director  
         
• • We Appreciate Your Contribution • •           SUPPORT SPONSOR VOLUNTEER     On behalf of the SAMF Board of Directors, we thank you!   Bill Boxer, Executive Director Nell Seymour Toensmann, Board Chair Jorge Peña & Jin Kim-Peña, Artistic Directors St. Augustine Music Festival (SAMF)   billboxer@SAMFestival.org Mobile: 904 982-0146   * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *   St. Augustine Music Festival P.O. Box 833 St. Augustine, FL 32085-0833 904-484-4960   www.SAMFestival.org             Facebook Share This Email   LinkedIn Share This Email   Twitter Share This Email   WEBSITE FACEBOOK   The St. Augustine Music Festival is a not-for-profit corporation exempt from federal income tax under section 501 (c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. We are qualified to receive tax deductible bequests, devises, transfers, or gifts under section 2055, 2106, or 2522 of the Code and can provide you with a copy of our tax-exempt status upon request. We greatly appreciate all donations and acknowledge our donors in the festival program and on our website.

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