Beaches Fine Arts continues its 53rd season with the a cappella quintet amarcord in a holiday concert. Admission is free. The performance will be held at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 5, at St. Paul’s by-the-Sea Episcopal Church, 465 11th Ave. N., Jacksonville Beach.
Doors open at 6:45 p.m.
The Signature Concert Sponsor is Publix Supermarket Charities.
Founded in 1992 by former members of St. Thomas’s Boys Choir in Leipzig, amarcord has since become one of the world’s leading vocal ensembles. Their hallmarks include a unique tone, breathtaking homogeneity, musical authenticity and a good dose of charm and humor.
amarcord performs a vast, highly diverse repertoire ranging from medieval plainsong, madrigals and Renaissance Masses, compositions and cycles of works from the European Romantic period and the 20th century to arrangements of a cappella folksongs from all over the world.
Alongside the Gewandhaus Orchestra and St. Thomas Boys Choir, amarcord is now one of the leading representatives of Leipzig’s music scene in Germany and abroad. amarcord regularly appears at important music festivals. Numerous concert tours have taken the singers to more than 50 countries and nearly every corner of the globe. In conjunction with the Goethe Institute, the ensemble has made guest appearances in Australia, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Russia and Central America.
A reception to meet the artists follows the free concert in Christopher Lobby at the rear of the sanctuary.
For further information, go to beachesfinearts.org/Amarcord or call 904-270-1771.