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Speaker Charlyle Parrish will present the meaning of a no or yes vote for the three proposed constitutional amendments that will appear on the November ballot. Additional information for voters will be discussed.

The Naval Aviation Museum Foundation (NAMF) will host its 3rd annual Onward & Upward Virtual Race throughout October to celebrate the U.S. Navy’s TOPGUN pilots and program. Open to participants nationwide, the Onward & Upward Virtual Race registration portal was originally set to open on October 1.
The U.S. Navy Strike Fighter Tactics Instructor program, also known as TOPGUN, is an elite strike fighter air division that started in 1969 as the United States Fighter Weapons School. This program selects and trains our nation’s best strike fighter pilots, currently training in F/A-18 jets.

The Navy’s TOPGUN program received worldwide recognition after the 1986 film, “Top Gun,” set box office records. The elite fighter jet training program received international spotlight, once again, more than 30 years later in this year’s movie sequel, “Top Gun: Maverick.”

The Onward & Upward virtual race allows participants to choose the distance, time and place to complete the race, anytime between October 1-31. Participants can register online for the 1 mile, 5K or 10K distance for a $35 registration fee. All participants will receive a sliding F/A-18 jet and pilot aviators race medal and a digital race bib.

Participants are asked to use #OnwardUpward and tag @navalaviationmuseum for all social media posts. All proceeds support the Naval Aviation Museum Foundation which helps support the National Naval Aviation Museum, National Flight Academy, DoD STARBASE, and the Flight Adventure Deck —which advances STEM education for our nation’s youth. We promote the history and heritage of Naval Aviation for current and future generations.

To register for the Onward and Upward Virtual Race, visit https://navalaviationfoundation.org/virtualrace/ or contact the Museum Foundation for more information at namfoffice@navalaviationmuseum.org.

Walk the labyrinth, March 6-8. A full-size canvas replica of that labyrinth floor, housed in the UWF Student Commons Auditorium, will be open for the public to walk on Sunday, March 6 (2 p.m.- 6 p.m.); Monday, March 7 (9 a.m. - 6 p.m.) and Tuesday, March 8 (9 a.m. - 4 p.m.). The public is welcome to visit, walk the labyrinth, and experience for themselves the calm and meditative atmosphere. Labyrinth designs have been formed, inscribed and built for different purposes over millennia. Today, many turn to labyrinths as spiritual, therapeutic and/or meditative aids. In existence since prehistory, labyrinth designs gained a new meaning in classical Greece as the home of the Minotaur.

Join Tuesday, March 8, for "Finding Focus: The History, Use, and Benefits of the Labyrinth." The event will begin at 5:30 p.m. with a reception and another opportunity to walk. (Walk reservations advised.) The program will begin at 6:30 with performances and a panel discussion.

Free and open to the public. A well-fitted face covering should be worn in all shared indoor spaces. Face coverings are not required, however the University, as well as the CDC, highly recommends the use of face coverings indoors.

Info: mchampagne@uwf.edu or uwf.edu/downtownlectures

The University of West Florida and the Dr. Grier Williams School of Music will present the Runge Strings Orchestra in concert on Thursday, Feb. 24 at 7:30 p.m. The concert will be held in the Rolfs Music Hall at the Center for Fine and Performing Arts on the Pensacola campus.

For their first performance of the spring semester the Runge Strings Orchestra will present a concert entitled “Incurably Romantic.” The program will include music by Tchaikovsky and Smetana. The Runge Strings Orchestra is led by Leonid Yanovskiy, director and Aleksandra Pereverzeva, assistant director.

This event is free and open to the public, but tickets are required. Face coverings are not required, however the University, as well as the CDC, highly recommends the use of face coverings indoors. This will allow us to keep our on-campus and off campus communities safer and healthier. For more information or to reserve tickets, please contact the CFPA Box Office at 850.857.6285.

The University of West Florida’s Dr. Grier Williams School of Music is proud to sponsor the UWF Singers as they present ‘“Collaborations”’ on Tuesday, March 1 at 7:30 p.m. in the Rolfs Music Hall at the Center for Fine and Performing Arts on the Pensacola campus.

The ‘Collaborations’ concerts began in 2016 to connect the UWF Singers with other local choirs at the High School and Collegiate levels. For the March 1st concert, the Singers will be joined by the choir from Navarre High School. The UWF Concert Choir will be performing excerpts from the ‘Song of Survival’ collection by Margaret Dryburgh and Norah Chambers, who were interred on Sumatra during World War II. The UWF Singers will be performing an eclectic set including movements from Benjamin Britten’s “Rejoice in the Lamb,”, Bernstein’s “Somewhere” from “‘West Side Story”’ and John Lennon’s “Imagine.”. Navarre High School will be performing their repertoire from the upcoming High School Choir festival season.

This event is free and open to the public but tickets are required. Face coverings are not required, however the University, as well as the CDC, highly recommends the use of face coverings indoors. This will allow us to keep our on-campus and off-campus communities safe. For tickets or more information, visit uwf.edu/cfpa or call the CFPA box office at 850.857.6285.

The University of West Florida and the Dr. Grier Williams School of Music will present a weekend of Bands Saturday, February 26 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, February 27 at 4 p.m. The concerts will be held in the Saenger Theatre, 118 South Palafox Street, downtown Pensacola.

On Saturday, Feb. 26, the UWF Jazz Ensemble will perform followed by the UWF Symphonic Band. On Sunday, Feb. 27, the UWF Honor Band will perform. The UWF Honor Band consists of some of the best high school band students from across Northwest Florida. Conductor and composer, Dr. Jack Stamp, will conduct the UWF Honor Band.

UWF is hosting its second Honor Band after starting the program in February of 2020. Students from across the region will spend Friday through Sunday in masterclasses and workshops as well as rehearsals for the performance on Sunday.

Currently serving as “International Composer in Association” to the world-renowned Grimethorpe Colliery Brass Band, Stamp recently served as visiting professor of music at Luther College in Fall of 2018, where he was acting director of bands and taught conducting. He spent the prior three years as adjunct faculty at UW-River Falls. He recently retired from full-time employment as professor of music and director of band studies at Indiana University of Pennsylvania where he conducted the Wind Ensemble and taught courses in graduate conducting. Stamp received his Bachelor of Science in Music Education from IUP, a master's degree in percussion performance from East Carolina University, and a Doctor of Musical Arts in Conducting from Michigan State University where he studied with Eugene Corporon.

He is active as a guest conductor, clinician, adjudicator, and composer throughout North America and Great Britain. His compositions have been commissioned and performed by leading military and university bands across the United States. He has won the praise of American composers David Diamond, Norman Dello Joio, Ron Nelson, Michael Torke, Samuel Adler, Robert Ward, Robert Washburn, Fisher Tull, Nancy Galbraith and Bruce Yurko for performances of their works. He is also a contributing author to the "Teaching Music Through Performance in Band" series released by GIA Publications.

This event is free and open to the public and no tickets are required. Face coverings are not required, however the University, as well as the CDC, highly recommends the use of face coverings indoors. This will allow us to keep our on-campus and off campus communities safe. For more information, visit uwf.edu/cfpa or call the CFPA box office at 850.857.6285.

The University of West Florida and the Dr. Grier Williams School of Music will present a weekend of Bands Saturday, February 26 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, February 27 at 4 p.m. The concerts will be held in the Saenger Theatre, 118 South Palafox Street, downtown Pensacola.

On Saturday, Feb. 26, the UWF Jazz Ensemble will perform followed by the UWF Symphonic Band. On Sunday, Feb. 27, the UWF Honor Band will perform. The UWF Honor Band consists of some of the best high school band students from across Northwest Florida. Conductor and composer, Dr. Jack Stamp, will conduct the UWF Honor Band.

UWF is hosting its second Honor Band after starting the program in February of 2020. Students from across the region will spend Friday through Sunday in masterclasses and workshops as well as rehearsals for the performance on Sunday.

Currently serving as “International Composer in Association” to the world-renowned Grimethorpe Colliery Brass Band, Stamp recently served as visiting professor of music at Luther College in Fall of 2018, where he was acting director of bands and taught conducting. He spent the prior three years as adjunct faculty at UW-River Falls. He recently retired from full-time employment as professor of music and director of band studies at Indiana University of Pennsylvania where he conducted the Wind Ensemble and taught courses in graduate conducting. Stamp received his Bachelor of Science in Music Education from IUP, a master's degree in percussion performance from East Carolina University, and a Doctor of Musical Arts in Conducting from Michigan State University where he studied with Eugene Corporon.

He is active as a guest conductor, clinician, adjudicator, and composer throughout North America and Great Britain. His compositions have been commissioned and performed by leading military and university bands across the United States. He has won the praise of American composers David Diamond, Norman Dello Joio, Ron Nelson, Michael Torke, Samuel Adler, Robert Ward, Robert Washburn, Fisher Tull, Nancy Galbraith and Bruce Yurko for performances of their works. He is also a contributing author to the "Teaching Music Through Performance in Band" series released by GIA Publications.

This event is free and open to the public and no tickets are required. Face coverings are not required, however the University, as well as the CDC, highly recommends the use of face coverings indoors. This will allow us to keep our on-campus and off campus communities safe. For more information, visit uwf.edu/cfpa or call the CFPA box office at 850.857.6285.

The University of West Florida Dr. Grier Williams School of Music will present Sheila Dunn and Blake Riley in “If I Can Not Fly” a faculty recital celebrating Dunn’s promotion to full professor, on Monday, Feb. 28 at 7:30 p.m. The performance will be held in the Rolfs Music Hall at the Center for Fine and Performing Arts, Building 82, on the Pensacola campus.

Dunn and Riley will be joined by special guests, Jerry Shannon, piano and Richard Jernigan, clarinet and will be performing works by Schubert, Poulenc, Barber, Harold Arlen among others.

Dr. Sheila Dunn, soprano, was promoted to full professor in the summer of 2021 when she was also promoted to director of the Dr. Grier Williams School of Music. She teaches applied voice, vocal pedagogy, vocal literature, opera workshop and women in popular music. She received a Bachelor of Music from Oberlin Conservatory of Music and both a Master and Doctor of Music from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, all in vocal performance.

Blake Riley, assistant professor and director of collaborative piano, teaches class piano, applied piano and foreign language lyric diction. He studied at Mount Allison University and the University of Toronto and received a master's degree in collaborative piano from the University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music (CCCM), where he participated in masterclasses with Warren Jones, Brian Zeger and Stephanie Blythe. He was also an apprentice coach at CCCM’s summer program in Lucca, Italy. In addition to this concert, Dunn will also present her Rite of Passage lecture by the same name on Friday, April 22, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. in the Argo Athletic Club. The Rite of Passage lecture series event celebrates UWF faculty recently promoted to full professor. This series commemorates the work of top academics in achieving the highest level in higher education teaching -- the coveted full professorship. The lecture series gives the professor the opportunity to share with colleagues, students, friends and community members life lessons outside the classroom.

The event is free and open to the public, but tickets are required. Face coverings are not required, however the University, as well as the CDC, highly recommends the use of face coverings indoors. This will allow us to keep our on-campus and off-campus communities safe. For more information or to reserve tickets, please contact the CFPA Box Office at 850.857.6285 or online at uwf.edu/tickets.

The University of West Florida and the Dr. Grier Williams School of Music will present the UWF Chamber Music class in concert on Wednesday, March 2 at noon. The concert will be held at Old Christ Church in historic downtown Pensacola.

The UWF Chamber Music Series at Old Christ Church is celebrating its 15th season. Under the direction of Dr. Hedi Salanki, the UWF Chamber Music Class will perform well-known songs, opera arias and chamber music pieces of Giordani, Gluck, Mozart, Schumann and others. The concert will feature a wide variety of instruments, including, piano, harpsichord, viola, flute, trumpet and three vocalists.

This event is free and open to the public. Tickets are not required for this event. Face coverings are not required, however the University, as well as the CDC, highly recommends the use of face coverings indoors. For more information, call the Dr. Grier Williams School of Music office at 850.474.2147.

Special needs families are invited to join The Starfish Project for the organization's 5th Annual Special Needs Mardi Gras celebrating, taking place Saturday, March 5 at Navarre High School. The event is free for special needs families and begins with lunch and snowballs at 11 a.m. A parking lot parade starts at 12 noon. For more information visit www.thestarfishprojectnwfl.org.