Pensacola Symphony Orchestra

Leave it to the brass players to disturb the silence at the library! Join us this Tuesday at 3 p.m. at West Florida Public Libraries’ Tryon Branch as the PSO’s Jonathan Martin, trumpet; Stuart Kinney, horn; and Wess Hillman, trombone; join the summer reading program for an event about friendship.

We're in for another fun-filled week here at your WFPL!

We have quite a few special guests visiting WFPL this week!
🎵Pensacola Symphony Orchestra, Tuesday at the Tryon Library at 3 p.m.
🍎Florida Department of Health Visits Story Time at the Molino Library at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday
🎼The Pensacola Little Theater is stopping by the Bellview Library at 4 p.m. on Wednesday
🐠Escambia County Natural Resources at the Pensacola Library at 10:30 a.m. on Friday
🐩Michelle's Magical Poodles at the Southwest Library at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday

See you at the library! 📚

To view all events happening this week at WFPL, please visit MyWFPL.com/Events 🦉

Please Note:

The Craft Supply Community Swap will be held on July 22! We apologize for the misinformation and confusion! The event will appear on MyWFPL.com/Events here in the days to come!

This season, the Pensacola Symphony Orchestra Guild celebrated its 50th anniversary! This group of passionate volunteers support the mission of the orchestra by volunteering for musician hospitality and music in education efforts. As one of the biggest financial supporters of the PSO, they also host fundraising events throughout this year. At our year-end leadership meeting, President Sue Flanders and Treasurer Charlotte Cheney presented the orchestra with a donation of $32,500, made possible by the generosity and support of each member. Interested in learning more about how you can become involved? Reach out to us, and we will connect you with the Guild’s membership chair!

Drumroll, please! Only one more day until Tchaikovsky Discovers America! Join us at the Saenger Theatre this Saturday, May 20, at 10 a.m. for a special event for all ages. Part play, part ballet, part concert, this performance shares the story of the great composer’s arrival in New York and features two dozen excerpts from his celebrated music. Afterward, our musicians will host an instrument petting zoo, and there will be a variety of hands-on activities with Blues Angel Music, Brush and Sketch, Making Waves Music Therapy, Pensacola MESS Hall and West Florida Public Libraries- WFPL. We hope that you will join us!

Tickets are $5 and can be purchased online or at the door. Doors open at 9:30 a.m.

Tickets: https://pensacolasymphony.com/product/mff-2023/

Our 97th season comes to a close this Saturday evening at the Saenger Theatre! Join us for a finale featuring composer Quinn Mason as our special guest. Quinn will share his inspirations with us from the stage, and we’ll perform his “Inner City Rhapsody” and other pieces that have inspired him, including Dvorak’s Seventh Symphony, Barber’s First Essay and Brahms’ “Tragic” Overture. Enjoy the music in person with tickets from $23 or virtually for $20.

Learn More: https://bit.ly/SeasonFinale2023
In-Person Tickets: https://bit.ly/SeasonFinale2023Tickets
Virtual Tickets: https://bit.ly/SeasonFinale2023VirtualTickets

We enjoy experiencing powerful musical moments together at each concert, but every few years, we invite an artist of special historic significance to perform on the Saenger stage. Tonight is one such evening as we welcome acclaimed pianist Yefim Bronfman for Rachmaninoff’s Third Piano Concerto, and the orchestra performs Stravinsky’s “Petrushka.” Join us in person at the Saenger Theatre or virtually for this landmark concert!

Learn More: https://bit.ly/BronfmanPlaysRachmaninoffsThird
In-Person Tickets: https://bit.ly/BronfmanPlaysRachmaninoffsThirdTickets
Virtual Tickets: https://bit.ly/BronfmanPlaysRachmaninoffsThirdVirtual

Photos from The Residence's post

“We’ve GOT to make noises in greater amounts!
So, open your mouth, lad!
For every voice counts!” – Dr. Seuss

As students across the country celebrated Read Across America (and Dr. Seuss’ birthday) last week, the students at Dixon School of Arts & Sciences participated in instrument petting zoos, musical demonstrations, drum circles and cafeteria concerts with our musicians and our friends from the Blues Angel Music Foundation. Oh, the places you will go, when music is part of your life!

Eight years in the making, and rehearsals are finally here for the chorus, the soloists and the orchestra for Verdi’s Requiem. On Saturday evening, more than 200 artists will share the Saenger stage for one incredible evening of music. We can’t wait for the privilege of experiencing it with you.

In-Person Tickets: https://bit.ly/VerdiRequiem2023Tickets

Virtual Tickets: https://bit.ly/VerdiRequiem2023VirtualTickets

We loved sharing music together at last night’s brass quintet performance at Artel Gallery! “Word,” the visual art exhibition that inspired the program, will be on view until February 24. Don’t miss your chance to see it!

Looking for a rainy day activity? Join us at the Pensacola Museum of Art from 12 - 3 p.m. today!

Here’s the exciting lineup on Saturday afternoon, February 11th! Free admission for Youth Arts Day from 12-3pm. PMA is offering a few hands-on activities in addition to the “69th annual Youth Art Focus” exhibition currently on view upstairs. We look forward to seeing you!

Pensacola Opera, Pensacola Little Theatre, Pensacola Children's Chorus, Pensacola Symphony Orchestra

Happy 267th birthday to Mozart!

“Mozart Madness,” our annual celebration of the great composer, takes place Saturday, February 4, at 7:30 p.m. at First United Methodist Church. We’ll forgo the birthday cake, but can all delight in the composer’s Symphony No. 33, Oboe Concerto featuring Matt Fossa, as well as the charming Adagio and Fugue in C Minor. General admission tickets are $10!

Learn More & Purchase Tickets: https://bit.ly/MozartMadness2023

Jolly Old St. Nicholas is coming soon, and members of the PSO brass section joined the students at S. S. Dixon Primary School in Pace to celebrate! Special opportunities like this are made possible through the generous donations of our community.

Experience one of Pensacola’s best holiday traditions, and celebrate the new year with the Pensacola Symphony Orchestra!

This year, we’ll be joined by Broadway vocal stars performing music from “Wicked,” “West Side Story,” “South Pacific” and more on December 31 at 7 p.m. Whether you celebrate with a group or prefer a smaller affair, we hope that you will make your plans to join us soon, while there are still a few good seats available!

Learn More: https://bit.ly/CelebrateTheNewYear2022
Tickets: https://bit.ly/CelebratetheNewYear2022Tickets

A love of music often comes from your family, and that is certainly the case for Celebrate the New Year vocalist Madison Claire Parks! She is the granddaughter of Broadway and MGM film star Betty Garrett and Academy Award-nominated actor Larry Parks. Her mother, Karen Culliver, performed on Broadway in “The Phantom of the Opera,” “Meet Me in St. Louis” and “Show Boat.”

We are thrilled to welcome Madison Claire for Celebrate the New Year on December 31 at 7 p.m. at the Saenger Theatre, where she will perform favorites from “South Pacific,” “Les Misérables,” and “The Phantom of the Opera.”

Learn More: https://bit.ly/CelebrateTheNewYear2022
Tickets: https://bit.ly/CelebratetheNewYear2022Tickets

Decades before revelers first crowded Times Square for new year celebrations in 1907, they congregated farther downtown at Wall Street’s Trinity Church for the customary practice of ringing in the new year. Pensacola has enjoyed its own celebrations through the years, but one enduring tradition has been our concert at the Saenger Theatre. For more than two decades, we have celebrated each new year with timeless music.

Whether joining us has become your tradition or you are looking to establish something new, we invite you to Celebrate the New Year! with us on December 31 at 7 p.m. at the Saenger Theatre! This year, we will be joined by Broadway vocals stars Mamie Parris, Madison Claire Parks and Bronson Norris Murphy, performing some of musical theatre's biggest hits.

Learn More: https://bit.ly/CelebrateTheNewYear2022
Tickets: https://bit.ly/CelebratetheNewYear2022Tickets

Working with young musicians in our community is such a privilege. This week, Principal Cellist Aleksandra Pereverzeva and Violinist Molly Hollingsworth coached string students at Tate High School on musicality and technique for their upcoming music evaluations. We couldn’t be happier to be back in our area schools and working with Orchestra Instructor Cathy McConnell to share in this musical education partnership.

Celebrating 40 years of powerful performances and meaningful service, Pensacola Opera is an integral part our artistic community. We are thrilled to join them on stage this Saturday for Forty Forward, a spectacular performance recognizing this milestone year. You won’t want to miss this incredible event, featuring 16 thrilling vocalists along with our friends from The Choral Society of Pensacola, Pensacola Children's Chorus and Ballet Pensacola.

🎵If you love opera, love our company, love the Foo Foo Festival, or just love the arts in our community…you don’t want to miss Forty Forward. Happening this Saturday, Nov. 12, at 6 PM! Come hear sixteen thrilling vocalists along with the Pensacola Symphony Orchestra, The Choral Society of Pensacola, Pensacola Children's Chorus, Ballet Pensacola, and Pensacola Opera Chorus! Tickets start at just $25 - don't miss out on this special anniversary gala!
Tickets: https://pensacolaopera.com/event/forty-forward/

The late Joe Gilchrist said it best, “Music brings people together and makes the world a better place.” Joe was a longtime patron of the PSO and the originator of the Frank Brown International Songwriters' Festival.

Last night, the Orchestra shared the stage with three amazingly talented Music City Hitmakers to present songwriters with symphony in a truly special concert. We are grateful for the vision of Peggy Butler and the help and passion of our friends with FBISF and the UWF Foundation. This event was made possible through the generous support of Foo Foo Festival and many sponsors. We hope that we made Joe proud by bringing people together and sharing some songs, stories and symphony for an extraordinary audience. Proceeds from the event will benefit the Larry Butler Memorial Music Scholarship Fund at UWF.

Rehearsing for tonight’s concert at the Saenger Theatre! Doors open at 6:30 p.m., and the concert begins at 7:30 p.m. It promises to be incredible evening of music and storytelling benefiting the Larry Butler Memorial Scholarship Fund at the University of West Florida.

Learn more: https://bit.ly/TheSongsTheirStoriesASymphony
Tickets: https://bit.ly/TheSongsTheirStoriesASymphonyTickets

Celebrating 50 years of the Great Gulfcoast Arts Festival with a special performance at Fountain Park! There is no greater community than the one we enjoy!

A concert is the culmination of years of study, rehearsal and creative exploration. Today, we enjoyed a conversation among soloist, composer and conductor who shared their perspectives on the symphony experience.

We’ll be welcoming each of these talented individuals to the Saenger Theatre this Saturday, November 5 for dress rehearsal at 1:30 and our concert at 7:30 p.m. The orchestra, conducted by Peter Rubardt, will be playing composer Michael Senturia’s “Petra,” and we will be joined by soloist Rachel Lee Priday for “Scottish Fantasy.”

Learn More: https://bit.ly/PSOSchumannSymphonyNo3

2022 Events Archive - Foo Foo Festival

Foo Foo Festival kicks off today, and we couldn’t be more excited to enjoy the culturally creative happenings throughout our city for the next 12 days! This weekend is a busy one for the PSO with our panel discussion Soloist, Composer, Conductor: Three Takes on the Symphony Experience, this Friday, November 4, at noon. On Saturday, we’ll be at the Saenger Theatre for the Schumann Symphony No. 3 dress rehearsal at 1:30 p.m. and concert at 7:30 p.m. On Sunday, we’ll be at the Great Gulfcoast Arts Festival for a free, outdoor concert at 1:30 p.m. at Fountain Park.

We hope that you will join us! For a full list of Foo Foo Festival events, visit the link below!

2022 Events Archive - Foo Foo Festival A 12-day art and culture celebration from Nov. 3 – Nov. 14, 2022. Food, art, theater, music and events served with a side of Southern sophistication.

Today is the final day to enjoy the special ticket price of $29 when you select two or more concerts! We would love for you to join us for any number of upcoming events, from Bronfman Plays Rachmaninoff’s Third to Cirque Spectacular or even this Saturday’s concert, Schumann Symphony No. 3. You can purchase your tickets at the link below, or give us a call at 850.435.2533.

Learn More: http://www.pensacolasymphony.com/29

Due to current weather conditions, the PSO in the Park performance scheduled for Sunday, October 30, has been canceled. Still want to enjoy your PSO? There are several opportunities to join us this week, including a panel discussion on Friday, dress rehearsal and a concert Saturday, and a free performance at the Great Gulfcoast Arts Festival on Sunday. You can learn more about these events at the link below!

About Our Events: https://bit.ly/UpcomingPSOEvents

With undulating themes evoking the water, Felix Mendelssohn’s “The Hebrides (Fingal’s Cave)” is soaked in the composer’s experience in the Scottish sea cave that was formed by an ancient lava flow that fractured upon cooling. Producing columns that amplify sound, the natural wonder became known as the Cave of Melody, a fitting moniker given the piece that it inspired.

Join us on November 5 at 7:30 p.m. for a concert that transports us around the world to enjoy Mendelssohn’s “The Hebrides (Fingal’s Cave)” along with Max Bruch’s “Scottish Fantasy,” Michael Senturia’s “Petra” and Robert Schumann’s Symphony No. 3 at the Saenger Theatre. In-person and virtual tickets are available.

Learn More: https://bit.ly/PSOSchumannSymphonyNo3
In-Person Tickets: https://bit.ly/PSOSchumannSymphonyNo3Tickets
Virtual Tickets: https://bit.ly/PSOSchumannSymphonyNo3VirtualTickets

We’re in the final days of our $29 ticket offer! From the Celebrate the New Year concert to Beethoven & Blue Jeans and Verdi Requiem, the season is filled with exciting opportunities to enjoy live music. Select two or more concerts by October 31 and save 30%!

Learn More: http://www.pensacolasymphony.com/29