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The next bus is Friday, January 10th

Gershwin & Tchaikovsky

January 2025

Don’t let the distractions of the holidays cause you to overlook the next ARIAS bus to Jacksonville Symphony’s first Florida Blue Classical Series concert in 2025, featuring music from Gershwin and Tchaikovsky, on Friday, January 10th.

The evening will bring in the New Year under the baton of Robert Spano, Music Director Laureate of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. The program will open with American music from GRAMMY award-winning composer Carlos Simon, with his energetic and dynamic Motherboxx Connection, the first movement of a four movement work. The American theme will be continued with Gershwin’s PianoConcerto in F, a blend of classical, jazz and the blues, in which the symphony will be joined by the Marcus Roberts Trio on piano, drum and bass. 

The program will be anchored by Tchaikovsky’s popular Fifth Symphony, a dramatic soul searching exploration. The Jacksonville Symphony’s program notes describe its character as changing ‘from gloomy and menacing in the first movement, to gentle in the Valse, then ultimately victorious in the last movement’. 

Further details on this exciting presentation of music can be found at https://www.jaxsymphony.org/gershwin-tchaikovsky-program-notes/

The ARIAS bus will pick up passengers at two Nassau County sites – AMC Theatre in Yulee and Harris Teeter on Amelia Island. It will deliver you to the doorstep of Jacoby Hall in plenty of time for the concert. The return trip is equally convenient, taking all the worry out of night time driving for the trip to Jacksonville.

Bus tickets can be purchased at ariasnassau.org/bus, where you will find further information about the price, pick up locations and ARIAS membership discounts/rebates. 

Keep in mind that the bus ticket is separate from your concert ticket, which you can get through the Jacksonville Symphony website https://my.jaxsymphony.org/gershwin-tchaikovsky/3535 or box office at 904-354-5479.

If you know that you wish to ride the bus, please don’t delay in purchasing your ticket, as we need to confirm with the bus company the week prior to the concert. Tickets are not refundable, but can be transferred to another rider for the night of the trip.