Photo above: Chamber Orchestra playing the Brandenburg Concerto on June 24, 2023

Scroll down for more photos from the first week of concerts.

Friday, June 30

Saturday - Sunday July 1-2

Doors open at 7:00 PM

Concerts begin at 7:30 PM

Cathedral Basilica on the Plaza de la Constitucion

* Concerts Free to the Public - Donations Encouraged and Welcomed *

Click on the names of the composers below

to read about their lives and music.

Tim Tuller

Members of the Brass Quintet:

Kevin Karabell and

Jonathan Swygert, Trumpet

Mary Beth Orr, French Horn

Alexis Regazzi, Trombone

Bernard H. Flythe, Tuba

Adams

Nigel Armstrong

Beethoven

• • Read the SAMF Program Booklet • • 

You can read the entire Program Booklet, including short bios

of the Performers by clicking on the picture below.

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.

If you are unable to attend the concerts in person,

you can attend the concerts online on the website

of the Cathedral Basilica beginning at 7:30 PM.

Click here to view: https://thefirstparish.org/.

• • Short Survey During Concerts • • 

During the concert, we will be asking attendees to fill in an anonymous short survey to identify how our audience learned of our concerts and to identify their resident zip code.

This information is important when applying for grants, which, in addition to our generous donors, enable SAMF to continue to offer chamber music concerts free to the public.

• • Become a SAMF Donor • • 

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

• • Some First Week 2023 Concert Photos • • 

• • Because musicians need to rehearse • • 

Hours of rehearsal time is necessary in order to offer this exceptional music experience!

Some behind the scenes photos below.

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

Office: 904 342-5175 Mobile: 904 982-0146

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St. Augustine Music Festival

P.O. Box 833

St. Augustine, FL 32085-0833