Rehearsal and Performance Schedule

2023/24 Concert Season 34

FCWS Auditions: Tues, Aug. 22 & Dec. 12, 7:00 pm, location FSCJ Band Room
Rehearsal Location: FSCJ Band Room 2115, Building 2, 11901 Beach Blvd.


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Program 1 - Fall Concerts Masterworks Series

Rehearsals (7-9:30 pm): Tuesdays Sept. 5, 12, 19, 26, Oct. 3
Rehearsals in JU Terry Hall: Tues. Oct. 10 and Oct. 17, 7-9:30 pm
Rehearsal at FSCJ Wilson Center: Wednesday, Oct. 11, 7-10 pm

Concert: Thursday, October 12, 7:30 pm: Fall Partner Concert with the FSCJ Symphonic Band, Wilson Center, 11901 Beach Blvd.

Concert: Thursday, October 19, 7:30 pm: Partner Concert with the JU Wind Ensemble, JU Terry Hall
James Barnes "Symphony No. 9"  Bill Prince, Kevin Clasen-LeBlanc, clarinet soloists


Program 2 – "Winds of Change" Concert featuring FCWS Small Groups

Rehearsal: Thursday, Nov. 2, 7-9:30 pm, Friday Musicale

Concert: Sunday, Nov. 5, 3:00 pm: FCWS Chamber Ensembles – A Small Groups
Fundraiser, Friday Musicale, 645 Oak St.


Program 3 - Holiday Concerts "Sounds of the Season"

Rehearsals (7-9:30 pm): Tuesdays Nov. 14, 21, 28 (with the Chorale), Dec. 5

Concert: Saturday, Dec. 2, 5:00 pm: 23rd Annual Concert with the Don Thompson Chorale
Riverside Presbyterian, 849 Park St. (3:00 pm rehearsal at the church)

Concert: Sunday, Dec. 10, 5:00 pm: Redeemer Church, Ponte Vedra Beach (3:00 pm rehearsal)
Emily Charleton, vocalist


Program 4 - Winter Concert "Music of Rossano Galante"

Rehearsals (7-9:30 pm): Tuesdays Jan. 16, 23, 30, Feb. 6, 13, 20
Rehearsal at JU Terry Hall (7-9:30 pm): Tuesday, Feb. 27

Concert: Saturday, March 2, 7:30 pm: Rossano Galante, guest conductor/composer
JU Terry Hall (Rehearsal with Galante 2:00-4:30 p.m.)


Program 5 - FCWS 2024 Concerto Competition/Family Concert

Rehearsals (7-9:30 pm): April 2, 9, 16, 23, 30
Dress Rehearsal: Saturday, May 4 (1-4 pm) at JU Terry Hall

Concert: Sunday, May 5, 3:00 pm, JU Terry Hall: Concerto/ Family Concert
Megan McClendon Rios, violin soloist

Concert: Sunday, May 12, 5:00 pm: Mother's Day Concert
St John's Cathedral, 256 E. Church St. (3:00 pm rehearsal)


2024 Band Trip to Vermont July 1-6

Burlington, Shelburne, Middlebury, Ft. Ticonderoga, Lake Champlain and more!