St. Augustine’s Romanza Festivale of MUSIC and The Arts returns in 2024 with two weeks of daily events

featuring dozens of concerts, shows, exhibits and much more at locations throughout the city. 

Showcasing productions by dozens of St. Augustine’s talented Arts and Cultural nonprofit organizations.

Most events are FREE!

Schedule:

12:00pm - 1:00pm - Chamber Music Series: the 9B Quartet

The 9B Woodwind Quartet was founded in 2020 by Jeff Ackerman with the goal of preserving and performing woodwind chamber music of all genres and musical eras. 9B is composed of four musicians from the North Florida area who have diverse musical experiences and backgrounds. They perform many community concerts throughout the year in venues in the Jacksonville and St. Augustine area and are all members of the St. Augustine Orchestra.

Location: Memorial Presbyterian Church, 32 Sevilla Street

7:30pm - 9:00pm - Isabelle Scott, Harpist with Inspirare!

Isabelle Scott, a harpist based in Northeast Florida, recently completed her master’s degree in harp performance at Florida State University where she was a student of Dr. Noel Wan and the graduate assistant for the harp studio. Ms. Scott completed her bachelor’s degree in instrumental performance at the University of Miami in 2022. As an orchestral harpist, she served during her high school years as harpist with the Jacksonville Symphony Youth Orchestra and the Jacksonville University Orchestra and recently has been a substitute harpist for the Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra and the Coastal Symphony. Ms. Scott made her solo debut with the University Philharmonia as the winner of FSU’s Young Artist Competition in 2023.

Ms. Scott’s program will feature solo works as well as a collaboration with Inspirare!, a Women’s Ensemble conducted by Ms. Kerry Fradley. Inspirare! is an auditioned group of treble singers who enjoy meeting to sing challenging and beautiful music. Members are: Beth Forby, Laura Weiss, Barbara Mielke, Linda Roeser, Mary Kaschub, Monica Hagar, Laurie Keller, Janet Landers, Linda Hickernell, Vera Gallagher, Greer Sullivan and Jan Larson. Their selections include “Four Songs for Women’s Chorus, Two Horns and Harp”, Opus 17 by Brahms and “Two Eastern pictures from a poem of Kalidasa.

Location: The Waterworks, 184 San Marco Ave.

Date: May 3-19, 2024