Summer break offers a fantastic opportunity for students to explore their creativity and passion for music. Whether they are aspiring musicians or simply enjoy a good tune, engaging in fun music activities can enhance their skills, provide a creative outlet, and make their summer memorable. Here is a variety...
By Will Estell
If you’re a music fan and live or play anywhere along the beaches of Northwest Florida’s Gulf Coast, you likely already know about country music’s biggest party at the beach, Gulf Coast Jam. The festival, which takes place in Panama City Beach annually, is now one of the...
June 12-16 | 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. | Destin High School
Calling all young string musicians to Destin. Sinfonia Gulf Coast Youth Orchestra announces the Sinfonia Beginning Strings Summer Camp, a fun-filled five-day program designed to introduce children ages 7-11 to the world of string instruments. The camp will take place from...
By Will Estell
If you are a lover of the arts, dance and, more specifically, ballet, and you reside anywhere along Northwest Florida’s Gulf Coast, you may already be well aware of Destin’s Studio6Twenty5 and this relatively new school’s efforts to answer the need for instruction in the growing demand...
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...
Mattie Kelly Arts Foundation (MKAF) kicked off its highly-anticipated 2023 Concerts in the Village Thursday, April 20. The area’s first live concert series is held each spring on Thursday evenings at the MKAF Dugas Pavilion in Destin. This year’s 28th annual family-friendly series will run from April 20 to...
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...
Musical Echoes Flute Festival returns to the FWB Landing, 139 Brooks St., Friday, April 21-Sunday, April 23. The festival opens at 9 a.m. each day. Join us as we once again celebrate Native American culture, art, and music. Admission is free! This is a non-alcoholic event for the entire...
From Stages to Schools
By Will Estell
If you’ve experienced The Velcro Pygmies live, then they need no introduction. They’ve performed for years locally at Tailfins, Mattie Kelly Arts Foundation’s Concerts in the Village, Club L.A. and recently at Seaside School’s Taste of the Race. If you’re a fan of 80s...
A Ballet in Three Acts
June 3-4 | Destin Community Center | Tickets: studio6twenty5.com
Director: Rachel Prescott | Assistant Director: Shaye Smith
“Just as Giselle is ballet’s great tragedy, so Coppélia is its great comedy.”
- George Balanchine on the importance of Coppélia
Our story takes place in a small village of Galicia, a...
