Are you bummed you cannot have a big Halloween party this year due to Covid-19? Well, the JSS is here to lift your spirits, as we plan to bring fun and spooky memories to you right in your home. Join us for a night of music performed by the great musicians of the orchestra, as well as the Illinois College Chamber Singers and Women's Choral! We will be having some iconic spooky classical music including the INFAMOUS Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, by the one and only Johann Sebastian Bach, played on the Rammelkamp Chapel Organ by Nichol DelGiorno. So, put your comfy clothes on, and snuggle up on the couch, and enjoy so fun and spooky music this Halloween! Click HERE for more details!

The Jacksonville Symphony Society is happy to announce that we have hired Hope K. Quarles to be our new Interim Executive Director! We are so excited to see what she will bring to the table, as she has been a part of this symphony for many years! 

She is an Illinois College Graduate, class of 2017, obtaining a Bachelor of Art's degree in Music Performance, and she just recently obtained her Master of Art's Degree from Roosevelt University, Chicago College of Performing Arts, in Performing Art's Administration. Hope has held multiple roles at the JSS over the years, starting off as a substitute clarinet player, and moving through the ranks to VP of the Board of Directors, then to Orchestra Personnel Manager.  Hope brings a unique perspective to the position, and we are thrilled she has come aboard.