The Northwest Florida Symphony Orchestra, Todd Craven, Music Director/Conductor Featuring the Northwest Florida Symphony Chorale, Darrin Scott Isaac, Music Director Soloists: Stephanie Riegle, flute and Katie Ott, harp
Works by W.A. Mozart, Matthew Fossa and Maurice Duruflé
Experience the beauty of the famous Requiem by French composer Maurice Duruflé performed in...
A Gift to our Community that Keeps on Growing
By Kelly Murphy-Redd, CEcd
Marlayna Goosby, founder and director of Grow Your Gift Conservatory of Music uses her gift to grow the gifts of others.
Born in Louisiana and a military “brat,” Marlayna lived in England, Alaska and Alabama before moving to Fort...
Sinfonia Gulf Coast Link Up Performance Featured 2,000 Local Elementary School Students
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On March 8 the Emerald Coast Convention Center in Fort Walton Beach was transformed into an electrifying concert hall when Sinfonia Gulf Coast — the only fully professional non-profit orchestra on the Emerald Coast founded in 2005 by music and artistic director Demetrius Fuller — presented its 9th live...
Are you a graduating high school senior from Okaloosa, Santa Rosa or Walton County who plans to continue with your music education at the college level? If so, you’re invited to apply for a 2023 Scholarship from the Fort Walton Beach Community Chorus. Applications are being accepted now through...
Mattie Kelly Arts Foundation announces the lineup for its 2023 Concerts in the Village
The 28th annual 10-concert Live Music Series Thursdays from April 20 to June 22 will feature premier musicians and bands performing everything from classic rock reggae and disco to modern pop and a live orchestra performance...
Stage Crafters Community Theatre Opens Its 51st Season With the Hilarious Whodunnit, Clue: On Stage!
By Bobby Parker
Award-winning actor, Laurence Olivier, once stated that he believed that in a great city, or even in a small city or a village, a great theatre is the outward and visible sign of...
Maestro Demetrius Fuller to Conduct Sinfonia Gulf Coast Orchestra
Sinfonia Gulf Coast (SGC) presents award-winning violinist Geneva Lewis as part of its Classical Connections program on Saturday, March 11 at 7:30 p.m. at Destin High School.
Lewis will perform Felix Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64 with the full...
NFB returns to the Mattie Kelly Arts Center stage in the spring on Sat., March 11 at 7:30 p.m. and Sun., March 12 at 2:30 p.m. for a trip to Neverland with Peter Pan. Complete with magical sets and mesmerizing costumes, NFB’s production includes a cast of international guest artists...
By Anna Fisher, Associate Artistic Director, ECTC
Raise your hand if you’ve ever come upon an open grassy field and spread your arms out while twirling and singing, “The hills are alive, with the sound of music?” No one? Just me? Okay even if you ignored that impulse, I know...
The Okaloosa Arts Alliance (OAA) announces the board of directors for the current fiscal year. The executive board of directors are: president, Bill Head, Colonel (Ret.), USAF, MSC; vice president, Marlayna Goosby, Grow Your Gift Conservatory of Music; treasurer, Susan Kneller, chair of the OAA Grants Committee; and secretary,...