2024-25 Season
SCFMusic is excited to announce the 2024-25 performance season
SCF is proud to have a strong music program and to be the only college in the region that offers music courses and a complete 2-year transfer program for students pursuing a degree in music. The music program offers something for everyone including music lessons for community members, opportunities for all college students to participate in ensembles, and a wide array of public concerts featuring SCF music students. Become part of the experience by attending concerts and supporting the next generation of musical artists.
Thank you to all of our supporters, donors, and patrons for your continued support and attendance at SCFMusic events. If you would like to learn about ways to support SCFMusic, please talk to a music faculty member or see below.
Please consider donating to the “Music Theory and Piano” fund which supports tutors and other needs for core music courses.
Support SCFMusic
1) Come to concerts! Your ticket proceeds go directly to the ensemble(s) performing in that concert.
2) Tell your friends. Invite them to a concert and share the SCFMusic app with them.
2) Consider a Donation through the SCF Foundation:
Please consider these current needs of the Music Program:
Music Theory and Keyboards Fund (currently “Piano Studio Fund”) - The current need is to create enough funding to support the Music Theory Tutor scholarships.
Music Enhancement Fund - funds to meet a variety of expenses for the music program, but this year we need to help with the increased travel expenses for the FCSAA Music Symposium.
Music Theatre Ensemble Fund - to support the higher costs necessary to produce large productions.
Click the link below and don’t forget to select or comment your choice of funds.
Unless otherwise specified for a concert, ticket prices are as follows
General Admission: $15 | Students/Staff: $5
Box Office: 941-752-5252 | SCF.edu/Neel
Get the app!
All information on this page and more can be found in the SCFMusic app. Follow the link below or scan the QR code to get the app. The app contains digital concert programs, schedules, maps, a playbill, and more.
Best of the Best
Thursday, January 16, 7:30 p.m.
SCF Recital Hall
Join us for a recital featuring the best of the best SCF Music Program students who have been selected to perform in the Florida College System Activities Association Student Artist Competition at Jacksonville University. Don’t miss the opportunity to hear and see these h
Celebrate the Joy of Music
Thursday, February 20, 7:30 p.m.
SCF Neel Performing Arts Center
The SCF Bradenton Symphony Orchestra and Symphonic Band will each perform a varied repertoire celebrating what a joy it is to perform and listen to music.
A Choral Kaleidoscope
Thursday, February 27, 7:30 p.m.
SCF Neel Performing Arts Center
A concert featuring members of the SCF Chamber Choir and SCF Concert Choir blending voices together in a variety of choral music genres Just as a kaleidoscope can create different visual patterns depending on the way it is rotated, so can individual singers create many different vocal sounds by exploring different combinations of voices and musical styles from duets to large choral ensembles and will feature music composed and conducted by SCF Choir students.
Monday, February 10, 4-6 p.m.
Open-house style scholarship auditions!
Santana Soulfire
Thursday, March 20, 7:30 p.m.
SCF Neel Performing Arts Center
From the heat of the Tijuana streets, a supernatural guitarist would rise to shock the American musical world with his “Coltrane on guitar” approach. Inspired by Miles Davis and John Coltrane, this Mexican guitarist would launch a Latin Rock revolution starting from a small festival at a farm in upstate New York. From Woodstock to Saigon, Santana defined the 1970s. Join the SCF Jazz Orchestra and Hot Tonic, voted “Best of Tampa Bay,” for a fiery musical journey through the iconic sounds of the 70s. From Santana’s signature Latin rock anthems, to Chicago and Weather Report, these funky tunes defined the ten years after Woodstock.
Pianopalooza!
Saturday, march 22
SCF Performing Arts (11A)
9 a.m. Student Scholarship Competition Checkin Begins (SCF Performing Arts bldg. 11A). To register for the competition or get more information about deadlines, fees, and requirements, visit the SMC website at https://sarasotamusicconservatory.org
11 a.m. Masterclass with Dr. Agnieszka Zick for students through 7th grade in the Studio for the Performing Arts (11A), room 112.
12 p.m. Masterclass with Fernando Lopez for students in 8-12th grades in the Studio for the Performing Arts (11A), room 112.
TBD Student Winner’s Recital. The time for the winner’s recital will be announced before the competition begins, based on the number of entrants.
Community Piano Recital
Monday, March 24, 7 p.m.
SCF Recital Hall
We welcome students of all experience levels and ages to perform in this free community-based recital. This popular event is your chance to hear what is going on with the talented students in your own community. Teachers with students who have prepared repertoire can enter their students by contacting Don Bryn with the performance information.
Spring Guitar Recital
Thursday, March 27, 7:30 p.m.
SCF Recital Hall
Experience enchanting melodies and captivating rhythms as the SCF Guitar Ensemble takes the stage to perform a diverse selection of musical treasures. This concert promises an evening of musical delight for all.
Creative Beginnings
Thursday, April 10, 7 p.m.
SCF Recital Hall
We present the charm, beauty and excitement of SCF student composers featuring original pieces written for both the Music and Music Technology Programs. This creative mix of live and music-for-film pieces will be sure to inspire you.
Musical Theatre Showcase
Monday, April 14, 7:30 p.m.
SCF Neel Performing Arts Center
Join the members of SCF’s Music Theatre Ensemble for an exciting evening of musical theatre scenes and choreography featuring your favorite Broadway showtunes and new music sure to inspire! Each student will have their moment to shine in the limelight and join the rest of the ensemble in group numbers. Get your jazz hands ready and come join the fun at this free concert!
Beethoven’s Ninth!
Thursday, April 17, 7:30 p.m.
SCF Neel Performing Arts Center
SCF Bradenton Symphony Orchestra and Choir perform Beethoven’s monumental ninth symphony!
SCFMusic and Theatre Scholarship Auditions
Saturday, April 19, beginning at 9 a.m.
SCF Neel Performing Arts Center
You don’t have to be a music major to get a scholarship!
Piano Studio Recital
Monday, April 21, 7 p.m.
SCF Recital Hall
Piano students from beginner to advanced levels perform the pieces they have been preparing all semester. Students include both traditional credited students and lifelong learners. The keyboard faculty teaches students who study piano in preparation for their continued pursuit of a music degree as well as those who study piano for their own enjoyment as an elective. Come discover and support the talent in your very own community.
Celebrate Music
Thursday, April 24, 7:30 p.m.
SCF Neel Performing Arts Center
Join the Symphonic Band, Guitar Ensemble, Concert Choir, Chamber Choir, Jazz Combo and Jazz Orchestra as the SCF music ensembles celebrate a wonderful year of music making with amazing students and appreciative patrons!
Graduation Recital
Monday, April 28, 7:30 p.m.
SCF Recital Hall
Graduating SCF Music students perform their top performance pieces in this swan song collaboration. These students have blossomed throughout their time at SCF and are now ready to spread their wings into the wider world. Come witness this final concert and their legacy on the SCF Music Program and future students who will walk in their footsteps.
CANCELLED due to Storm
Fall Festival of Music
Thursday, September 26, 7:30 p.m.
SCF Neel Performing Arts Center
The SCF Music Program welcomes all to join our music ensembles, Symphonic Band, Concert Choir, Chamber Choir, Guitar Ensemble, Jazz Big Band, and Jazz Combo, at the annual Fall Festival of Music. Celebrate the kick-off to the 2024-2025 season with an evening of inspired music making!
Cancelled due to storm
Community Piano Recital
Monday, October 7, 7 p.m.
SCF Recital Hall
We welcome students of all experience levels and ages to perform in this free community-based recital. This popular event is your chance to hear what is going on with the talented students in your own community. Teachers with students who have prepared repertoire can enter their students by contacting Don Bryn with the performance information.
Cancelled due to storm
A Night at the Movies
Thursday, October 25-27
SCF Neel Performing Arts Center
The SCF Bradenton Symphony Orchestra presents A Night at the Movies. Join us for a performance featuring iconic themes from various music composers including John Williams, Erich Korngold and more.
Despite missing two weeks of rehearsal and a change of venue because of hurricane damage, the SCF Music Theatre Ensemble will still proudly present the perfect Broadway musical comedy, Guys and Dolls, in the SCF Recital Hall on the Bradenton campus. The resilient cast, crew, creative team and orchestra are all committed to making the changes necessary for the production to go on.
October 25 & 26, 7:30 p.m.
October 27, 2 p.m.
SCF Recital Hall
Bustling with gamblers, missionaries, and sassy chorus girls, this perfect Broadway musical comedy follows the unlikeliest of romantic pairings in 1950’s New York City. A notorious gambler, Sky Masterson, attempts to woo a strait-laced, Save-a-Soul mission doll, Sarah Brown, in hopes of winning a bet made by Nathan Detroit, the reluctant fiancée of longsuffering showgirl, Adelaide, who wants to finally get him to the altar. Place your bets on love conquering all!
Note ticket prices!
Tickets: $15 General Admission | $10 Student/Staff
Seating is limited
Spooktacular Sounds
Thursday, October 31, 7:30 p.m.
SCF Recital Hall
Join SCF Music Production, SCF Composers, and SCF Jazz for an unforgettable evening of eerie enchantment and haunting harmonies. This Halloween concert promises to thrill and chill with a spellbinding blend of spine-tingling Cyberpunk music productions, fresh and frightening compositions, and black magic jazz. Get your tickets before they the disappear into the shadows!
Soul Struttin’ Symphony
Thursday, November 7, 7:30 p.m.
SCF Recital Hall
A Jazz, Gospel, and Soul Session featuring the SCF Jazz Orchestra with Synia Carrol
Ever since Buddy Bolden took his Holy Roller trumpet calls out of the church and onto the streets of New Orleans in the 1920s, jazz and gospel music have strutted their way through American music history. Get ready to groove your spirit from Jennifer Hudson to Alicia Keys to Synia Carroll. This concert is a tribute to Soul, born from American Gospel, Blues, and Jazz, featuring the sensational SCF Jazz Orchestra directed by Dr. Pete Carney alongside guest vocalist Synia Carroll.
From the gospel-infused rhythms that echo Mahalia Jackson's powerful hymns to the soulful melodies of Synia Carol, these jazz-inflected arrangements that pay homage to musicians like Ray Charles, John Coltrane and Cannonball Adderley who dared to play the same music on Saturday night and Sunday morning.
Honoring Veterans, our Real Heroes
Thursday, November 14, 7:30 p.m.
SCF Neel Performing Arts Center
Join us for an evening of music celebrating veterans and those who have fought for our rights and freedoms. This concert will feature performances by the SCF Symphonic Band along with our special guests, the Sarasota Concert Band.
Season’s Greetings
Thursday, November 21, 7:30 p.m.
SCF Neel Performing Arts Center
Welcome the holiday season with the SCF Bradenton Symphony Orchestra, Choirs, and Guitar Ensemble! From traditional to contemporary settings, music of the season will fill the air.
Piano Studio Recital
Monday, November 25, 7 p.m.
SCF Recital Hall
Piano students from beginner to advanced levels perform the pieces they have been preparing all semester. Students include both traditional credited students and lifelong learners. The keyboard faculty teaches students who study piano in preparation for their continued pursuit of a music degree as well as those who study piano for their own enjoyment as an elective. Come discover and support the talent in your very own community.
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