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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Acclaimed pianist Xun Pan will perform at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 12, at Pensacola State College’s Ashmore Auditorium. Pan’s performance is part of the Sid and Jeannie Kamerman Piano Series and will celebrate Ludwig van Beethoven’s 250th’s birthday. Ashmore Auditorium,…
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…
‘The Portfolio Musician’ free entrepreneurial clinic What: “The Portfolio Musician” with Jeff Conner When: 4 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 7 Where: Pensacola State College’s Ashmore Auditorium Details: www.pensacolacivicband.org or call the PSC Music Department at (850) 484-1800.
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…
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…
Don Snowden, “I was honored to be among these distinguished conductors with the Florida All Community Band. The band really played Julie Giroux composition One Life Beautiful with an emotional depth that was inspiring.” I also played and learned a…
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, July 19-21 and July 26-28, Fridays & Saturdays at 7:30 p.m., Sundays at 2:30 p.m.
The Pensacola State College Guitar Association will present Tengyue Zhang, grand prize winner of the 2017 Guitar Foundation of America’s International Concert Artist Competition, in concert on Friday, April 12. The concert is set for 7:30 p.m. in Ashmore Auditorium,…
Pensacola State College will present the Pensacola Guitar Orchestra at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, March 30, in Ashmore Auditorium. The orchestra, under the direction of Dr. Joe Stallings, will present its 36th Annual Spring Recital. Admission is free. Ashmore Auditorium is in…
Music by Jule Styne, Lyrics by Bob Merrill Auditions: Monday and Tuesday, September 17 and 18 7:00 p.m. PSC Ashmore Fine Arts Auditorium 850-484-1800 Production: November 9-11 and 16-18 Fridays & Saturdays at 7:30 p.m., Sundays at 2:30 p.m.
The Second City Touring Company will bring its world-famous social and political satire to Pensacola State College on Wednesday, Feb. 13. “It’s Not You, It’s Me,” the Chicago-based troupe’s most recent laughter-inducing undertaking will be performed at 7:30 p.m. in…
Imagine strolling into a stadium filled with more than 70,000 people, performing for a worldwide television audience of over 100 million people and sharing the stage with one of the hottest bands of the new millennium. For one member of…
Brenan Woody, a Pensacola State College classical guitar student, received the First Prize in the 2019 Florida College System Activity Association Winter Music Symposium’s Student Artist Competition. Woody, a music major, was awarded a $1,000 per year scholarship to help…
Aged to Perfection, a female quartet of a cappella singers specializing in the barbershop harmony style and affiliated with Harmony Inc. was recently named international quartet champions. The group beat more than 100 quartets from across the United States and…
he second annual Pensacola Fingerstyle Acoustic Guitar Competition is scheduled for 10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 16, at Pensacola State College. The competition will be held in Ashmore Auditorium, Building 8, on the Pensacola campus at 1000 College Blvd. The first-place…
Michael Coleman is just a guy who writes love notes for his wife, Kadisha Onalbayeva. In fact, he fills the page with them. A Pensacola State College adjunct music instructor and award-winning composer, Coleman said he finds inspiration in ordinary…
Pensacola’s own Joshua Kaye was nominated for the 2019 GRAMMY Music Educator Award by the PTA at Hellen Caro Elementary School and is now as a quarterfinalist. Kaye was selected from 2,800 initial nominees for the GRAMMY Music Educator Award.…
A few years ago, you might have happened upon DeWayne Crocker Jr., singing in a local Walmart Supercenter or heard him belt out the National Anthem at a high school basketball game. These days the Pensacola State College music major…
