Special guest Ann Marie McPhail.

Each year, Cathedral Basilica comes alive the last two weeks in June with six FREE concerts of World Class Music in the beautiful and acoustically superior Cathedral Basilica of St. Augustine, Florida. The St. Augustine Music Festival (SAMF) has grown over the years, recognized as a summer musical gem in St. Augustine and the largest FREE classical/chamber music festival in the USA.   

For the third consecutive year, SAMF will offer a seventh performance, Juneteenth Recognition Concert, Monday, June 19, featuring Ann Marie McPhail, soprano singing spirituals and African-American composers.  Reviews quote the following: “While she excels in singing classical music, she is also supremely skillful in her heart-rending interpretations of the negro spiritual.”

The official 2023 Music Festival program begins on Friday, June 23. Find the Juneteenth program below.

The Ritz Chamber Players and special guest Ann Marie McPhail.

Part I   O Freedom – Traditional arrangement (acapella)
No Mo’ Auction Block for Me – Traditional arrangement
Lift Every Voice and Sing

SAMUEL COLERIDGE-TAYLOR 5 Fantasiestücke for String Quartet, Op. 5

Part II    Ann Marie McPhail
                 John Henry
                 Froggie Went a Courtin’
                 No Harm

COLERIDGE-TAYLOR PERKINSON String Quartet No. 1, “Calvary”

Part III    Sometimes I feel like a Motherless Child
                    – arranged by Maria Corley

                  Soon I will be done – arranged by Maria Corley
Plenty Good Room – arranged by Marie Corley