Pensacola State College
Department of Performing Arts
1000 College Boulevard, Bldg. 8
Pensacola, Florida 32504
Pensacola State College
Department of Performing Arts
1000 College Boulevard, Bldg. 8
Pensacola, Florida 32504
Mr. Don Snowden has had a long and industrious career at Pensacola State College, having begun as a Music Instructor in 1987. Before working at PSC, Snowden received his bachelor’s degree from Livingston University in 1976 and his master’s from the University of Southern Mississippi in 1981. Since then, he has served as the Director of Bands and the Department Head of the Performing Arts Department.
The concert is titled “Peeks into the Infinite I” and is part of KMA’s concert season. This is the first of two concert programs celebrating the 250th birth year of Beethoven by exploring the genre of the Bagatelle, from Beethoven to the modern-day.
PSC alumnus is new Performing Arts Director When Pensacola State guitar instructor Joe Stallings formed the College’s first guitar ensemble in 1983, Kenny Phillips was a member. Now, 37 years later, Kenneth Phillips is back at the College and though the surroundings are familiar, the job is brand new. Phillips is now the head…
The annual Student Excellence Awards recognizes and honors some of Pensacola State College’s many outstanding students. Over 200 students are recognized this year for their achievements and reflect the theme of a Tradition of Excellence. This year’s theme of “A Tradition of Excellence” is exemplified by the achievements of these students including academic excellence, leadership,…
Michael Coleman was recently named a semi-finalist for the 2020 American Prize in the Instrumental Chamber Music category for his “String Quartet No. 1”. The American Prize is an annual national competition which features several composition and performance categories. Administered by Hat City Music Theater, Inc., a nonprofit organization based in Danbury, Connecticut, The American Prize was…
Members of the PSC Senior Citizens Club recently presented the PSC Foundation with $2,000 targeted for the College’s performing arts programs. “We’ve been to the Lyceum performances so many times and have just been blown away,” says club president Theresa Gels, seen at left in the photo, with James Manara, club founder and former president;…
The 3rd Annual Pensacola Finger Style Acoustic Guitar Competition took place on Saturday, February 15, 2020, at the Pensacola State College Ashmore Fine Arts Auditorium. The competition began at 10:00 am on Saturday morning, with 13 competitors from 9 to 18 years of age, performing on nylon and steel string guitars. Participants came from as…
Please join us this weekend as Dr. Rodney Whatley, Director of Theatre, will be inducted into the FCSAA Hall of Fame! A small ceremony will be held before Saturday’s production of PSC’s fall musical, The Producers. This will be held in the Ashmore Auditorium at 7:30 p.m.
Published: 10-07-2019 By Troy Moon, Pensacola State College Last year, Pensacola State alumnus Eric “Elvis” Jones went to one of his first Lyceum events in years ─ the September 2018 performance by neo-country outlaw Lydia Loveless. He’s tempted to go see Drive-By Truckers frontman – one of the band’s two singer/songwriters – Mike Cooley when…
Dr. Michael Coleman was awarded First Diploma in the 2019 Golden Key International Piano Composition Competition in January and has been invited to perform two of his piano compositions in Vienna, Austria at Ehrbar Hall and at Bӧsendorfer Hall at Mozarthaus on the Golden Key Music Festival at Vienna in August 2019. The competition was…
