Lovro Peretić, the 2022 Guitar Foundation of America’s International Concert Artist Competition Rose Augustine Grand Prize winner, will perform at Pensacola State College next month. Presented by the College’s Guitar Association, Peretić’s performance is set for 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 17, in Ashmore Fine Arts Auditorium, Building 8, on the Pensacola campus.
PERFORMING ARTS DEPARTMENT
Offering a comprehensive education in music and theatre, the Pensacola State College Performing Arts Department boasts outstanding faculty and a solid academic and artistic reputation
Whether you enjoy the spotlight or performing behind the scenes you will get hands-on experience both onstage and backstage at Ashmore Auditorium, a working theatre on the main campus.
MUSIC ∙ THEATRE ∙ DANCE
Whether your focus is music, theatre, or dance, you will find the quality of education and support you receive at Pensacola State are top notch. Smaller class sizes allow for more personal instruction, and students receive many opportunities to perform on stage in front of both intimate and large audiences.
Learn to master technique in piano, voice, organ, all woodwind instruments, percussion, all brass instruments, guitar, and strings.
ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT
NEWS
Longtime Pensacola State College music professor Joe Stallings has been inducted into the Florida College System Activities Association Hall of Fame (FCSAA) for the 2023-2024 academic year. A guitar lover, Stallings established the classical guitar program at Pensacola State in 1982 and is currently the director of the College’s Guitar Program. He is also the founder and faculty adviser for the PSC Guitar Association and founder and director of the Pensacola Finger Style Acoustic Guitar Competition.
Enjoy the original music of mostly local composers at Pensacola ComposerFest XVIII set for 2:30 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 24, at Pensacola State College’s Ashmore Fine Arts Auditorium, Building 8, on the Pensacola campus. The free event is open to the public and provides an opportunity to hear various new music written by contemporary composers – many of whom will attend. Eight of the 13 compositions in the concert will be world premieres.
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Friends of Performing Arts make it possible for music students to afford to attend PSC by providing funding for scholarships, new instruments and more.
SHOWCASE YOUR TALENTS
As part of a cast or ensemble, you will spend time performing for live audiences with peers who have the same goals and interests.
Get involved in our transformative programs and immerse yourself in pure creative culture.