Tom Szaroleta

tszaroleta@jacksonville.com

The Jacksonville Symphony has canceled all concerts through the end of March, but that doesn’t mean they won’t play.

The symphony announced Friday afternoon that it will livestream its “Give My Regards to Broadway” and “SHIFT: Kennedy Center Bound” shows, which have been canceled.

The “Broadway” show is scheduled for 8 p.m. Saturday, March 14. It’s an abbreviated version of the show the symphony would have been playing without the cancellations.

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The symphony will perform in the Jacoby Symphony Hall at the Times-Union Center in downtown Jacksonville, with no audience in attendance.

Fans can watch the performance online by going to http://jaxsymphony.org/live, visiting the symphony’s Youtube channel or going to its Facebook page. There is no charge to watch. The links won’t go live until the performance begins.

The symphony will also perform “SHIFT: Kennedy Center Bound” at 8 p.m. Friday, March 20, on the same streaming sites. That’s a program that the symphony had planned on performing in Washington, D.C., at a prestigious music festival, which has since been canceled. The program includes two original pieces about Jacksonville written specifically for the symphony, including one written by Duke Ellington.

“Providing greater accessibility to symphonic music has always been one of our priorities,” said Courtney Lewis, music director of the symphony. “We are happy to have the opportunity to continue sharing music with Jacksonville even under these circumstances.”

Other symphonies around the world, including the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Seattle Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra and the Berlin Philharmonic, are taking similar steps, broadcasting their music to patrons who cannot see live performances.

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