St. Augustine Music Festival: Bach to Blacknotes

The St. Augustine Music Festival hosts a fundraiser featuring pianist Kyle Walker, with his "Bach to Blacknotes" concert on Sunday, February 11, from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. at the St. Augustine Waterworks.

Kyle Walker received the 2021 Chamber Music America "Ensemble Forward" career grant. In 2023, he became the first classical pianist to perform at the SXSW Music Festival. Mr. Walker serves on the piano faculty at several top organizations, including New York University and Lucy Moses School at the Kaufman Music Center. His "Bach to Blacknotes" concert juxtaposes works by J.S. Bach with the music of composers whose work has been neglected due to oppression or inequality.

The program will include Keyboard Partita No.1, by J.S. Bach, and works by composers Cecile Chaminade, Irene Britton Smith, Margaret Bonds, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, and Florence B. Price.

This fundraising concert supports the St. Augustine Music Festival, which presents music to a diverse audience with free concerts at the Cathedral Basilica in St. Augustine in June.

Admission: $20.00 per person. To purchase tickets in advance go to the SAMF website, here.

When: Sunday, February 11, 2024, from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m.

Where: The St. Augustine Waterworks is located at 184 San Marco Avenue, St. Augustine, Florida 32084. See below for directions by vehicle.

Getting There: While the address is 184 San Marco Avenue, the only driveway on San Marco is Exit Only, so it is not available to access the Waterworks. Access to the Waterworks is through the St. Augustine Main Library parking lot, on the opposite side of the complex. (Use 1960 North Ponce de Leon in your GPS.)