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Pensacola Guitar Orchestra to hold 40th Anniversary Spring Recital on April 1

Home page news, NewsBy kcroom March 9, 2023

Pensacola State College will present the Pensacola Guitar Orchestra, under the direction of Dr. Joe Stallings, in its 40th Anniversary Spring Recital on Saturday, April 1. The recital is set for 7:30 p.m. in the Ashmore Fine Arts Auditorium. Admission is free. The recital will feature the nine-member guitar orchestra and soloists from Pensacola State College, the University of West Florida, and recent prize winners of state and regional competitions.

Pensacola State College 2023 Finger Style Acoustic Guitar Competition winners announced

Home page news, NewsBy kcroom March 9, 2023

Three talented musicians captured the top prizes at the Pensacola State College 2023 Finger Style Acoustic Guitar Competition held Feb. 18 in Pensacola State College’s Ashmore Fine Arts Auditorium. The first-prize winner was Donald Hinchman. The 17-year-old received a $600 cash prize. Second-place winner Laws Savage, 18, was awarded a $450 cash prize. Simon Joos,…

Little Women

Home page news, NewsBy kcroom March 3, 2023

Pensacola State College Performing Arts Department is bringing the beloved classic “Little Women” to the Ashmore Auditorium this week, with performances running Thursday through Sunday. It’s playwright Kate Hamill’s retelling of Louisa May Alcott’s Civil War era landmark novel, “Little Women,” published in two parts in the 1860s. Yet the war between two of the…

Guitarist Bokyung Byun performs at Pensacola State College

Home page news, NewsBy kcroom February 24, 2023

The 2021 Guitar Foundation of America’s International Concert Artist Competition Grand Prize winner, Bokyung Byun, will bring her refined musicianship to Pensacola State College next month. Presented by the College’s Guitar Association, Byun’s performance is set for 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 18, in Ashmore Fine Arts Auditorium, Building 8, on the Pensacola campus.

2023 Pensacola State College Finger Style Acoustic Guitar Competition

Home page news, NewsBy kcroom February 20, 2023

The 2023 Pensacola State College Finger Style Acoustic Guitar Competition is set for 10 a.m.-noon Saturday, Feb. 18, in Ashmore Fine Arts Auditorium. The competition is open to all acoustic guitarists who are 18 years old or younger on the date of the competition. Ashmore Auditorium is Building 8 on the Pensacola campus at 1000 College Blvd. There is no application fee.

Lyceum Presents: An Evening with Ketch Secor of Old Crow Medicine Show

Home page newsBy kcroom January 28, 2023

If you’ve heard the song “Wagon Wheel” – and we know you have – you can credit iconic songwriter Bob Dylan and Ketch Secor of the Grammy-winning band, Old Crow Medicine Show. Who knows? Maybe Secor will even play the once-ubiquitous earworm when he performs on Friday, Jan. 27, in Pensacola State College’s Ashmore Auditorium, Building 8, on the Pensacola campus.

Laughing for all the Wrong Reasons

Home page newsBy Roxanne Lavelle October 13, 2022

Fresh, fast and always spectacularly funny. The Second City is celebrating nearly sixty years of producing cutting-edge satirical revues and launching the careers of generation after generation of comedy’s best and brightest.
This event sponsored by ACE (Art, Culture, and Entertainment, Inc.) as part of the 2022 Foo Foo Festival.
Wednesday, November 9 at 7:30 p.m.

Coleman awarded First Degree Diploma in Golden Key International Composition Competition

Home page news, NewsBy Roxanne Lavelle February 4, 2021

Michael Coleman was recently awarded First Degree Diploma in the Golden Key International Composition Competition for 2021. Other composers receiving diplomas and honorable mentions in his division hailed from China, Italy, and Poland. Dr. Coleman is invited to perform his “Four Bagatelles” for solo piano on the World Composers Recital at the Golden Key Music…

Michael Coleman’s piano arrangements to be featured in video

Home page news, NewsBy Frank Asprer January 6, 2021

Michael Coleman will have an original piano cadenza and piano arrangements from Tchaikovsky’s “Nutcracker Suite” featured in a video to be released by Steinway & Sons globally on December 18. The video was shot at the Steinway factory in New York, NY (November 2019) and features performances by Steinway Artist Kadisha Onalbayeva and the Ram:Corps…

Change Makers Dinner performance

Home page news, NewsBy Frank Asprer January 6, 2021

PSC music majors David Christenson and Danielle Sims performed for PSC’s inaugural Change Makers Dinner that was held on December 9th. The event raised $164,000 that will go towards helping our students through the Universal Scholarship Fund and 4 new endowments. Thanks, Danielle and David!

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