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The University of West Florida and the Dr. Grier Williams School of Music will present the Jazz Ensemble in concert on Thursday at 7:00 p.m. The concert will be held in the Great Hall of the UWF Commons, an informal gathering space in the Commons on the Pensacola campus in Building 22.

Join the UWF Jazz Ensemble under the direction of Dr. Joseph T. Spaniola for an evening of instrumental jazz at the University of West Florida. The Ensemble will present works by Gerry Mulligan, Fred Sturm, Steely Dan, Patty Darling, Jerry Nowak and more. 

This event is free and open to the public, but tickets are required. 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 the Jazz Combo in concert on Tuesday, February 7 at 7:30 p.m. The concert will be held in the Rolfs Music Hall at the Center for Fine and Performing Arts, Building 82, on the Pensacola campus.

Join the UWF Combo and UWF Jazz Ensemble under the direction of Dr. Joseph T. Spaniola for an evening of instrumental jazz at the University of West Florida. The Combo will present works by Wayne Shorter, Rodgers & Hammerstein, Duke Ellington, Chick Corea and more. 

This event is free and open to the public, but tickets are required. For tickets or 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 Aleksandra Pereverzeva, cello, on Monday, February 13 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.
 
Aleksandra Pereverzeva will be joined by special guest Andrew Gregg, piano and will be performing works by Chopin, Leplin, and Franck. This program will be an incredible journey in music from Baroque to Classical and Romantic to 20th Century.

Dr. Aleksandra Pereverzeva was born in St. Petersburg, Russia. She began studying cello at the age of six. Through her musical journey, she has been a recipient of many awards and distinction, among them: laureate of the St. Petersburg International Chamber Competition, winner of Ohio University Concerto Competition, and Konstantin Pluzhnikov Foundation award to receive a new violoncello. Currently she is currently an adjunct cello instructor at the University of West Florida. In addition, Dr. Pereverzeva is a principal cellist of the Pensacola Symphony, Pensacola Opera, and North-West Florida Symphony.

While attending St. Petersburg Conservatory from 2007 - 2012, she was a member of Baltic Sea Philharmonic, undertaking international tours and performing at the prestigious Young Euro Classic Festival in Berlin, Usedom Music Festival in Peenemünde, Estonian Glasperlenspiel Music Festival in Tartu, and Bremen Music Festival. She also performed concerts in Polish Baltic Frédéric Chopin Philharmonic (Gdansk, Poland), Pärnu Concert Hall (Pärnu, Estonia), Great Guild Concert Hall (Riga, Latvia), Tivoli Concert Hall (Copenhagen, Denmark), and Kauno Filharmonija (Kaunas, Lithuania).

Dr. Pereverzeva has performed chamber music with such renowned musicians as Francis Goya, Goran Bregovic, and Bella Hristova. She had participated in master classes of Alexander Suleiman, Orli Shaham, Miami String quartet, Shanghai string quartet and Joel Smirnoff. Her former teachers and mentors include Andres Diaz, Christopher Adkins, Michael Carrera, Alexey Massarsky, Svyatoslav Zagursky, Mark Reizenshtok, and Greg Sauer. As a soloist and chamber musician Aleksandra has also performed in prestigious venues in Russia, such as Mariinsky Concert Hall, Saint Petersburg Philharmonia, Grand Concert Hall “Oktyabrskiy”, St. Petersburg Kapella.

Dr. Pereverzeva holds a Bachelor’s degree in music from St. Petersburg Conservatory, Performer’s certificate from Southern Methodist University, Master’s degree from Ohio University, and a Doctoral of Musical Arts degree from Florida State University.

Andrew Gregg, pianist, is a Pensacola native who started playing piano at age 5. Graduating from Escambia High School and receiving his Bachelor of Music Performance from the University of West Florida, he currently studies piano with Dr. Hedi Salanki-Rubardt.

Andrew Gregg has received numerous awards in local piano competitions, including the Doris Jean Kahn scholarship of the Pensacola Music Study Club, the PMTA Graduating Senior scholarship for piano, and the Pensacola Jazz Society Student Competition. He is a two-time winner of both the UWF Concerto and Collaborative competitions. In 2018, he won 2nd prize at the Lancaster International Piano Festival. In 2019, he attended the Great Lakes International Summer Music Institute. Andrew has also received the FBA Henry Fillmore Composition Award for his piano solo, “Stellar Radiance.” In 2022, he performed his piece "Ancient Starlight" with the Pensacola Civic band in collaboration with Douglas Holsworth.

In the fall of 2023, he plans on pursuing his Masters in Piano Performance at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, studying under Jon Nakamatsu.

This event is free and open to the public, but tickets are required. For tickets or more information, visit uwf.edu/cfpa or call the CFPA box office at 850.857.6285.

Join former Environment Focus Area members of Pensacola Mayor D.C. Reeves’ Transition Team as they share their findings and recommendations on improving the city’s environmental performance. Kelly Hagen and Christian Wagley report on issues ranging from trees and climate change to water pollution, renewable energy, landscaping, walkability and much more.

The two recently completed three months of work gathering information from city residents and municipal staff in order to assess issues of concern and make recommendations for improvement. Their recommendations are among those of the 29 members of the Transition Team, who released their 102 page report in early January.

Join Healthy Gulf for a beach ecology walk along the shifting sands and waters of Santa Rosa Island at Pensacola Beach. We’ll hike along both the Gulf and Sound side of the Island, exploring the changing plant communities and life along the shoreline. Along the way we’ll learn more about terrestrial and aquatic life by examining what has washed ashore, including seeds, shells, plants, fish, crabs and other items both natural and man-made.

The hike is a total length of about four miles and will take about two hours fifteen minutes to complete. The exact meeting location at Pensacola Beach will be provided upon registration. The Walk is free, but space is limited in order to ensure a quality experience. To reserve a spot or for more information please email christian@healthygulf.org or call (850) 687-9968.

Spring Break fun for the whole family! Check out hands-on activities, Creature Features, sciPad, and more March 15-17 and March 20-24. We're open from 10 am. to 3 p.m. each day.

All activities listed are included with general admission pricing except for Animal Tales show tickets. Military discounts available.

Please note we do have field trip visitors on March 15, 16, and 17 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., so certain areas of the museum like the Reptile Room will only be accessible by field trip guests until noon, and then it will be open for all to enjoy! We appreciate your patience.

Schedule of Events for March 15 & 16: Creature Features & sciPad
• Join us for a Creature Feature from 12:30-1 p.m. and check out some of our awesome Animal Ambassadors! Seating for the Creature Feature is available on a first come, first served basis. No reservations accepted.
• Check out the sciPad and play interactive games on our room-sized iPad from 1-3 p.m. Make your family's reservation when you check in at the front desk! sciPad is open for 20-minute slots for each family/group so that wands can be sterilized between play sessions.

Schedule of Events for March 17: Saint Patrick's Day Workshop
• Come ready to shamrock and roll to celebrate Saint Patrick's Day with us from 1-3 p.m. We'll have hands-on activities the whole family can enjoy together. Create a rainbow or clover suncatcher using chromatography, make your own green or gold leprechaun slime, and join a scavenger hunt around the museum...maybe you'll even find a pot 'o gold! Please note this is not a drop-off workshop.

Schedule of Events for March 20 & 21: Creature Features & sciPad
• Join us for a Creature Feature from 11-11:30 a.m. and check out some of our awesome Animal Ambassadors! Seating for the Creature Feature is available on a first come, first served basis. No reservations accepted.
• Check out the sciPad and play interactive games on our room-sized iPad from 12 to 2 p.m. Make your family's reservation when you check in at the front desk! sciPad is open for 20-minute slots for each family/group.

Schedule of Events for March 22: Baby Crazy Workshop
• Chicks? Piglets? Lambs? Bunnies? All the adorable animals are born in the spring, and we're going baby crazy over it! Join us from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. where we'll have hands-on activities the whole family can enjoy together. Play the Parent Swap matching game and learn how animal parents raise their young and then design your own adorable baby animal in a fun craft. Please note this is not a drop-off workshop.

Schedule of Events for March 23: Animal Adventure Day
• Take a walk on the wild side and discover the many fun, fascinating, and fabulous critters that call the Science Center home. Our educators will be roaming around the museum with animals from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. for you to meet and learn about up close. We'll also have various animal kits set up in our front classroom, so get your paws on those and see what you can discover from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Please note this is not a drop-off workshop.
• Interactive Animal Tales shows will take place at 10:30 and 11:45 a.m. Learn more and register for 10:30 a.m. show or register for 11:45 a.m show. Registration is required and additional fees are included for this show.

Schedule of Events for March 24: Pollination Journey Workshop
• Bee-lieve it or not, we've got some fun new robots to play with! Using our Bee-Bot robots, families get to explore what makes pollination so important by taking Bee-Bot along its pollination journey. You'll also get to pick up a seed bomb take home activity today, too! Can you dig it? Join us from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Please note this is not a drop-off workshop.

Be prepared to get up close and personal with unique animals like you’ve never seen! We'll have a Madagascar Hissing Cockroach, Kinkajou, Giant African Bullfrog, Agile Wallaby, Fruit Bat, and a Kookaburra in attendance at interactive shows with Animal Tales. You'll even get to touch some of the animals after each show. Talk about a Spring Break photo op to remember for years to come!

Guests will receive wristbands at check in. Space is limited; purchasing tickets in advance is highly recommended. Online ticket price includes one Animal Tales ticket plus general admission per person; active Science Center members will also need to purchase show tickets per person (general admission is free for our members). Simply present your tickets to our front desk associate when you arrive, and they will provide you with the wristbands needed for your group.

Listen...can you hear that? It’s the sound of the Earth! Global Soundscapes takes you on a sound safari to explore the health of our planet...with your ears. Travel the globe with scientists to investigate the spectacular soundscapes of Costa Rica’s rainforests, Hawaii’s coral reefs, and Mongolia’s vast grasslands. Learn how animals use sounds to survive and communicate in lush, but threatened environments. Experience basic acoustics through interactive activities and incredible slow-motion footage of pulsating musical instruments, vibrating vocal cords, and slobbering “raspberries.” With Global Soundscapes’ unique format—combining full-dome imagery, surround sound, and live presentation—you’ll hear the Earth in a whole new way.

Global Soundscapes: Mission to Record the Earth takes viewers on an ear-opening journey into the science of sound and the emerging field of soundscape ecology. Audiences will become physically involved as they journey to faraway lands and investigate the properties of sound. They will learn all about soundscapes: what they are, how scientists record them, and why they are important in learning about the biodiversity of different ecosystems.

Our Planetarium is an inflatable dome. Guests sit on cushions on the floor of the planetarium to view the show. Due to the nature of our planetarium, the rest of the museum's exhibits will not be functional during this event so outside light and sound do not interfere inside the dome. Space is limited to 25 guests per show; reserving tickets in advance is required for this reason. On show night, please arrive at least 10 minutes before your scheduled showing. Please call 850-664-1261, stop by the Science Center, or use our online ticketing option to reserve your tickets.

Shows begin at 5, 6, and 7 p.m. and last approximately 45 minutes.
Our planetarium is sponsored by FPL

The University of West Florida Reubin O’D. Askew Department of Government presents the Seligman First Amendment Lecture Series.

Join us Feb. 15 as Dr. Mark Graber presents, “Talking Insurrection."

Dr. Graber is a regents professor of government at the University of Maryland. He is recognized as one of the leading scholars in the country on constitutional law and politics. This talk will explore the scope of Section Three disqualification for insurrectionary speech in light of the predominant understandings of free speech and insurrection at the time Section Three was ratified.

The program will be held Feb. 15 at Voices of Pensacola, 117 E Government St, Pensacola. A reception will be held at 5:30 p.m. with the talk beginning at 6 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. Seating is limited and will be on a first-come basis.

This lecture series is made possible by a generous gift from the Jane G. and Fred K. Seligman Endowment. As a Jewish émigré from Nazi Germany in 1934, Fred Seligman cherished the freedoms protected by the First Amendment of the United States Constitution.

To learn more about the lecture, visit uwf.edu/seligman or contact casshcommunications@uwf.edu.

The University of West Florida and the Dr. Grier Williams School of Music will present the Runge Strings Orchestra in concert on Thursday, February 16 at 6:30 p.m. The performance will be held at St. Paul Catholic Church located at 3131 Hyde Park Rd., Pensacola.

UWF Orchestra Runge Strings Orchestra will present its post-Valentine-Day concert at St. Paul Catholic Church in Pensacola. The program will include Baroque music by Handel. Sibelius and Grieg. Among the soloists in the concert, will be the music directors of the ensemble Leonid Yanovskiy and Aleksandra Pereverzeva, as well as the young violinist Juan Meza-Jimenez.

Leonid Yanovskiy is Director of Strings at the University of West Florida and Concertmaster of the Pensacola Symphony; Pereverzeva is Principal Cello of the Pensacola and Northwest Florida Symphony Orchestras; and Meza-Jimenez is a junior student in high school and a dual-enrolled student with Leonid Yanovskiy’s violin studio at University of West Florida.

This event is free and open to the public and no tickets are required. For more information, visit uwf.edu/cfpa or call the CFPA box office at 850.857.6285.