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| September Poet Laureate Donald Hall Creative Writing Workshop 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 17 Building 7, room 736, Pensacola campus Free Donald Hall was appointed the Library of Congress’ 14th Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry in 2006. He has published numerous books of poetry, most recently “White Apples and the Taste of Stone: Selected Poems 1946-2006;” “The Painted Bed” and “Without: Poems.” Honors include two Guggenheim fellowships, the Poetry Society of America’s Robert Frost Silver Medal, a Lifetime Achievement award from the New Hampshire Writers and Publisher Project and the Ruth Lilly Prize. He also served as Poet Laureate of New Hampshire 1984-1989. Poet Laureate Donald Hall Reading 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 18 Ashmore Fine Arts Auditorium $10; $8, seniors, children, non-Pensacola State College students; $6, Senior Club members, Pensacola State College staff/faculty/retirees; free, Pensacola State College students |
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Guitarist Gabriel Bianco Master Class 1 to 4 p.m. Friday, Sept. 18 Sydney Kennedy Rehearsal Hall, Building 8, room 884 Free
French guitarist Gabriel Bianco won first prize in the 2008 Guitar Foundation of America International Solo Competition, adding to his list of first-place honors. He has earned first prize in multiple international competitions in Austria, Germany, France, Poland and Portugal. His most recent win at the GFA competition earned him the coveted 50-concert tour in the United States, Mexico and Canada with additional concerts in China, Colombia and Brazil.
Guitarist Gabriel Bianco Concert 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 19 Ashmore Fine Arts Auditorium $10; $8, seniors, children, non-Pensacola State College students; $6, Senior Club members, Pensacola State College staff/faculty/retirees; free, Pensacola State College students |
| International Tenors
7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 13 Ashmore Fine Arts Auditorium $10; $8, seniors, children, non-Pensacola State College students; $6, Senior Club members, Pensacola State College staff/faculty/retirees; free, Pensacola State College students
The International Tenors – Michael Toby, Mitch Seekins and Darrel Hicks – deliver everything you could hope to hear in a three-tenor concert: opera, musical theater, operetta and pop – performed with authenticity and even a little humor. This is an incredible show coupled with a multimedia video. The tenors perform on stage with a big screen showing scenes and footage of Italy, Spain and France. |
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Xiaolun Chen Pensacola State College Faculty Recital 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 24 Ashmore Fine Arts Auditorium Free
Xiaolun Chen is director of Choral Activities, Concert Chorale and Jazz Choir. He teaches voice and music appreciation and conducts the Choral Society of Pensacola. He received his Bachelor of Music from the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, China and his Master of Music from Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester, N.Y.
ComposerFest 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 27 Ashmore Fine Arts Auditorium Free
The annual contemporary music event features a variety of original music by local and regional composers.
“The Sound of Music” Auditions 7 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, Sept. 28-29 Ashmore Fine Arts Auditorium
The final collaboration between Rodgers & Hammerstein was destined to become the world’s most beloved musicals. |
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SWERVE Dance Co. 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Oct. 2-3 Ashmore Fine Arts Auditorium $10; $8, seniors, children, non-Pensacola State College students; $6, Senior Club members, Pensacola State College staff/faculty/retirees; free, Pensacola State College students
SWERVE is a Northwest Florida modern dance company in which each dancer and collaborator is on his own creative journey. The company aims to create high quality, experimental dance theatre that is exciting and accessible to a wide audience. |
Pensacola State College Wind & Jazz Ensembles
7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 8
Ashmore Fine Arts Auditorium
Free, tickets required
Guitarist Lynn McGrath Master Class 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 10 Sydney Kennedy Rehearsal Hall, Building 8, room 884 Free
In addition to U.S. concerts, Lynn McGrath has played in festivals in Italy, Montenegro and Peru. Combining interests in Spanish literature, storytelling and classical guitar, McGrath’s newest project is garnering international attention. She performs Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco’s “Platero y yo” as soloist and narrator.
Guitarist Lynn McGrath Concert 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 10 Ashmore Fine Arts Auditorium $10; $8, seniors, children, non-Pensacola State College students; $6, Senior Club members, Pensacola State College staff/faculty/retirees; free, Pensacola State College students |
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Pensacola State College Concert Chorale with
Pensacola State College Jazz Choir “The Entertainers”
7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 15
Ashmore Fine Arts Auditorium
Free
Choral Society, “Crescendo!”
Franz Joseph Hayden’s “The Seasons”
Featuring soprano Carla Connors, tenor Leo Day and bass/baritone Mark Walters
7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 24
Olive Baptist Church
Season tickets, $50; individual tickets, reserved section, $15; general admission, $12; students, $5. *Call 484-1806
Pensacola Civic Band
7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 27
Ashmore Fine Arts auditorium
Tickets $5
November
“The Sound of Music”
Nov. 13-15, 19-22 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday 2:30 p.m. Sunday
Ashmore Fine Arts Auditorium
$12; $8, seniors, children, non-Pensacola State College students; $6, Senior Club members, Pensacola State College staff/faculty/retirees; free, Pensacola State College students
The Tony Award-winning musical starts with Maria – a sweet young postulant whose love of freedom makes it obvious to her superiors that she is not suited for religious life. Thus, she is sent off to be the governess to Captain von Trapp’s seven troublesome children. Due to their mutual love of music, Maria becomes friends with the children. Soon, even the strict Captain begins to admire her. Eventually, the Captain and Maria fall in love and are married. Unfortunately, when the Nazis invade their homeland, Austria, the whole family is forced to flee over the Alps.
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Singer Elisabeth von Trapp 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 18 Ashmore Fine Arts Auditorium $10; $8, seniors, children, non-Pensacola State College students; $6, Senior Club members, Pensacola State College staff/faculty/retirees; free, Pensacola State College students
For Elisabeth von Trapp, the sounds of music are part of her earliest memories. Born and raised in Vermont, Elisabeth is the granddaughter of the legendary Maria and Baron von Trapp, whose story inspired “The Sound of Music.” Singing professionally since childhood, Elisabeth has enthralled audiences from European cathedrals to Washington D.C.’s Kennedy Center. Inspired by her father Werner von Trapp’s guitar playing and singing, Elisabeth has carried on the legacy of the internationally renowned Trapp Family Singers. |
December
Choral Society, “Crescendo!”
George Frederic Handel’s “Messiah”
Featuring soprano Jane Redding and baritone Kyle Marrero
7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 5
St. Paul Catholic Church
Season tickets, $50; individual tickets, $20
* Call Pensacola Symphony Orchestra at 435-2533
Pensacola State College Wind & Jazz Ensembles
7:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 7
Ashmore Fine Arts Auditorium
Free
Pensacola State College Concert Chorale with Pensacola State College Jazz Choir “The Entertainers”
7:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 10
Ashmore Fine Arts Auditorium
Free
Pensacola Civic Band Holiday Concert
7:30 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, Dec. 14-15
Ashmore Fine Arts Auditorium
$5
January
“Doubt”
Auditions
7 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, Jan. 11-12
Ashmore Fine Arts Auditorium
In this powerful and brilliant drama, Bronx school principal Sister Aloysius Beauvier takes matters into her own hands when she suspects Father Brendan Flynn of improper relations with one of the male students.
Guitarist Scott Tennant Master Class 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 23 ***Please note date change*** Sydney Kennedy Rehearsal Hall, Building 8, room 884 Free
Scott Tennant is one of the world’s most recognized guitarists. He is the author of a best-selling book and video on guitar technique, “Pumping Nylon,” and he is a founding member of the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet, which is now well into its second decade as a groundbreaking ensemble. Their album “Guitar Heroes” won a 2005 Grammy Award. Tennant’s performances as a soloist and with the LAGQ have taken him all over the world several times over. He is in the process of recording the complete solo guitar works of Joaquin Rodrigo.
Guitarist Scott Tennant Concert 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 23 Ashmore Fine Arts Auditorium $10; $8, seniors, children, non-Pensacola State College students; $6, Senior Club members, Pensacola State College staff/faculty/retirees Free, Pensacola State College students |
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Rolfs Piano Series
Sara Daneshpour
2:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 30
Ashmore Fine Arts Auditorium
$10; $8, seniors, children, non-Pensacola State College students; $6, Senior Club members, Pensacola State College staff/faculty/retirees; free, Pensacola State College students
Sara Daneshpour has performed worldwide and has been featured nationwide on 160 radio stations, including WGBH in Boston. She performed with Billy Joel and other pianists as part of the Smithsonian’s 300-year anniversary of the piano. Daneshpour has received many awards at local, national and international piano competitions.
February
Rolfs Piano Series
Ning An
2:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 6
Ashmore Fine Arts Auditorium
$10; $8, seniors, children, non-Pensacola State College students; $6, Senior Club members, Pensacola State College staff/faculty/retirees;
free, Pensacola State College students
Ning An made his concerto debut at the age of 16, performing Sergei Rachmaninov’s “Second Piano Concerto” with the Cleveland Orchestra. He has appeared with many orchestras worldwide including the London Symphony Orchestra, Warsaw Philharmonic, Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Taipei Symphony Orchestra. The New York Concert Review praised his Carnegie Hall debut for "the almost sculpted clarity of his playing, and his ability to maintain balance and tension in large-scale dramatic forms.”
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Step Afrika! 7:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 8 Ashmore Fine Arts Auditorium $10; $8, seniors, children, non-Pensacola State College students; $6, Senior Club members, Pensacola State College staff/faculty/retirees; free, Pensacola State College students
Like tap dance without shoes or a band without instruments, stepping is percussive dance that uses kicks, stomps, claps and chants – all linked to African and modern dance traditions. As the first professional company devoted to stepping, Washington DC’s world-renowned Step Africa! brings high-energy performance to the stage. |
Rolfs Piano Series
Petronel Malan
2:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 20
Ashmore Fine Arts Auditorium
$10; $8, seniors, children, non-Pensacola State College students; $6, Senior Club members, Pensacola State College staff/faculty/retirees; free, Pensacola State College students
“Formidable…dizzying…magical.” These words from a New York review vividly illustrate Malan’s uniquely captivating style. Indeed, as a multiple Grammy Award nominee and gold medalist of several international piano competitions, Malan continues to enthrall audiences worldwide. In addition to recording, Malan maintains a full performance schedule as recitalist, orchestral soloist and chamber musician in major venues throughout the world.
“Doubt”
Feb. 26-28, March 5-7
7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday 2:30 p.m. Sunday
Ashmore Fine Arts Auditorium
$10; $8, seniors, children, non-Pensacola State College students; $6, Senior Club members, Pensacola State College staff/faculty/retirees; free, Pensacola State College students
John Patrick Shanley’s play “Doubt” is a moral gunfight set in the Bronx in 1964 between Father Brendan Flynn, a charismatic priest with a common touch, and Sister Aloysius Beauvier, a principal with an uncommon certainty about the failings of the people around her. Sister Aloysius finds herself compelled to challenge Father Flynn after a young nun comes to suspect that the priest’s interest in Donald, the school’s first black pupil, is not altogether wholesome.
March
Dr. Marc Dickman, euphonium master class
3:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 10
Bldg. 8, Room 884
Free and open to the public!
Pensacola State College Wind and Jazz Ensembles
Marc Dickman, euphonium
7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 11
Ashmore Fine Arts Auditorium
Free, tickets required
Choral Society, “Crescendo!”
Maurice Duruflé’s “Requiem”
Giacomo Puccini’s “Messa di Gloria”
7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 13
St. Paul Catholic Church
Season tickets, $50; individual tickets, reserved section, $15; general admission, $12; students, $5.
*Call 484-1806
Pensacola Civic Band
7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 16
Ashmore Fine Arts Auditorium
$5
Pensacola Guitar Orchestra
7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 20
Ashmore Fine Arts Auditorium
Free
April
“Barefoot in the Park”
Auditions
7 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, April 12-13
Ashmore Fine Arts Auditorium
This romantic comedy focuses on newlyweds Corie and Paul as they begin married life in a tiny fifth floor walkup apartment in a mid-Manhattan brownstone. Paul is a strait-laced attorney, Corie a far more spontaneous free spirit.
Pensacola State College Jazz Ensemble
Crestview High School Jazz Ensemble
7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 15
Ashmore Fine Arts Auditorium
Free, tickets required
Pensacola State College Concert Chorale
with Pensacola State College Jazz Choir “The Entertainers”
7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 22
Ashmore Fine Arts Auditorium
Free
Saxophonist Griffin Campbell Master Class 3:30 p.m. Friday, April 23 Sydney Kennedy Rehearsal Hall, Building 8, room 884 Free
Saxophonist Griffin Campbell has appeared to critical acclaim as a performer throughout the United States, China, Italy, Great Britain, Japan and Slovenia. World premieres include concerti, chamber music, electro-acoustic works and smaller pieces.
Saxophonist Griffin Campbell Concert 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 23 Ashmore Fine Arts Auditorium FREE event-no tickets required |
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Pensacola State College Sophomore Recital
7:30 p.m. Sunday, April 25
Ashmore Fine Arts Auditorium
Free
Pensacola State College Wind Ensemble
Pace High School Wind Ensemble
7:30 p.m. Monday, April 26
Ashmore Fine Arts Auditorium
Free, tickets required
May
Choral Society, “Crescendo!”
Bach to Broadway
Pianist Ila Brown
7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 1
Trinity Presbyterian Church
Season tickets, $50; individual tickets, reserved section, $15; general admission, $12; students, $5. *Call 484-1806
“Barefoot in the Park”
May 21-23, 28-30 7:30 p.m.
Friday and Saturday 2:30 p.m. Sunday
Ashmore Fine Arts Auditorium
$10; $8, seniors, children, non-Pensacola State College students; $6, Senior Club members, Pensacola State College staff/faculty/retirees; free, Pensacola State College students
Neil Simon’s “Barefoot in the Park” is all about trouble in paradise. Newlyweds Corie and Paul Bratter return from their honeymoon ready to start their exciting new life together, but things aren’t exactly going as planned. The impulsive Corie’s apartment choice doesn’t meet Paul’s standards. Six exhausting flights, a one-room apartment that lacks a bathtub, furniture and heat, quirky neighbors and a giant hole in the skylight all adds up to lots of laughter – for the audience, not the couple! For more information, call 850-484-1847