Bower School of Music & the Arts

Host to more than 150 local and visiting arts events each year, the Bower School serves as the hub of campus cultural life while preparing students to excel as professionals in the arts and related fields. The Bower School collaborates with other academic disciplines through its innovative programs such as the Crossroads of Art and Science Residency.

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Important Updates About Upcoming Events

We are currently working on the 2020-2021 Season, and look forward to presenting the high quality exhibitions, concerts and theatrical performances that the BSM&A are known for, while adhering to all local, state and national recommendations. This will mean that some of our events will look a bit different in the upcoming season and may include everything from virtual concerts to more intimate performances and limits of people in the galleries. Please continue to visit this page for updates as they unfold.

Thank you for your time, and please do not hesitate to contact Joanna Hoch, Events Coordinator, at jhoch@fgcu.edu with any questions you might have concerning the new regulations and formats for the upcoming season.

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Online Learning in the Arts

Experience one of the ways our faculty and students are adapting to online learning...

Watch the FGCU Choirs perform a world premier virtual piece
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Dr. Trent Brown, Director of Choral Activities, conduct the FGCU University, Chamber and Women's Choirs in a world premier of "I Sing Myself" composed by Shawn Allison based on poem by Walt Whitman. The video features Dr. Brown conducting, Abigail Allison on piano and the members of the three choirs performing their parts individually and remotely.

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ABC 7 and WINK News Features on Music's online learning
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These segments featured Dr. Kyle Szabo, Head of String Studies, and FGCU string students Teal Vickery, Sandra Escribano and Kristin Jarvis as they make the switch to online learning in music performance

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"My name is Teal Vickery. I'm currently pursuing the completion of my bachelor of music in viola performance at FGCU's Bower School of Music as a transfer student from Indiana University's Jacob's School of Music. I'm grateful to be able to still do what I love during this time of unprecedented uncertainty. I'm also grateful to the staff and faculty at FGCU for working around the clock to provide us students with remote instruction and support." (sophomore, B.A. in Music Performance)
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"Studying music in an online environment is definitely an interesting experience that has taught me a lot about flexibility and creativity in the face of abrupt change. I'm especially grateful for the BSM's amazing faculty for continuing to cultivate quality performances and instruction. The supportive community at Bower has shone through even while we cannot meet face to face." ~Grace Anderson (sophomore double major B.A. in Music and B.S. in Biochemistry)
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Teal Vickery (junior) performing at Joyful & Triumphant

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6th Annual Champagne Signature Concert	/concerts/images/ChampagneSignature_webimage.jpg	15	3	2020	3:00 pm	1	1	U. Tobe Recital Hall, Music Building	The Bower School of Music & the Arts at FGCU is proud to present the 6th Annual Champagne Signature Concert in celebration of Ludwig van Beethoven's 250th birthday. More details about this fundraising event are coming soon, including RSVP information.	Champagne Signature Concert Image
When We See Further Special Instagram Live Gallery Talk with the Artists	/cas/bsma/images/whenweseefurther337x261.jpg	11	10	2020	4:00pm	1	3	Instagram	Join us for our first Instagram Live Gallery Talk. Four South Florida artists working in diverse media exhibit their work together for the first time. Heather Couch (West Palm Beach), Marina Font (Miami), Renee Rey (Naples) and Terre Rybovich (Homestead) come together to address themes of impermanence, spirituality and the physical body. Direct body impressions and mark making are a common form of expression as each artist creates unique narratives marking time and place. Sculpture, ceramics, photography, drawing and painting are all represented in this collaborative exhibition. This event can be accessed on the FGCU Art Galleries' Instagram page.	When We See Further
River Sonnets YouTube Premiere	/theatrelab/images/337x261riversonnets.jpg	29	10	2020	7:00pm	1	4	YouTube	A bewildering series of dreams torments a young woman, leaving her isolated in an unfamiliar world. She searches for an interpretation of her shadowy visions with the help of a doctor who is from a disjointed time. River Sonnets is a digital play performed in the time of a great pandemic, a time when language is such an important bridge between people but a time when that linguistic architecture is crumbling and failing. At a time like this, we have to invent new ways of thinking about theater, new ways to question our assumptions about the human condition. River Sonnets is an experiment in language. It is ancient poetry set to contemporary circumstance, it is visual poetry nestled in popular streaming media. River Sonnets features the poems of Edmund Spenser, a 16th century English poet best known for The Faerie Queene, and by Edna St. Vincent Millay, an American poet who, in 1923, became the third woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. River Sonnets is a deep exploration into the desire for love and a timid look into the vagaries of our final transition. It is a universal warning wrapped in a personal metaphor. This event can be accessed on YouTube.	River Sonnets
Taylor Greco: Art Essential	/cas/bsma/images/taylorgreco337x261.jpg	13	11	2020	4:00pm	1	3	Instagram	Live, on Instagram! Senior Dance Major, Taylor Greco from Palm Beach Atlantic University will be presenting her dance performance live in the Wasmer Art Gallery. Her performance entitled Art Essential portrays her experience and connection to the Coronavirus pandemic. The piece has been created during her recovering from COVID-19. This work explores elements of spirit, fragility, and resilience in response to and inspired by the works of Heather Couch, Terre Rybovich, Marina Font, and Renee Rey seen in the exhibition When We See Further. This event can be viewed on the FGCU Art Galleries’ Instagram page.	Taylor Greco
Fjelstul Art Lecture Series presents The Conservation of Paintings: Historical and Technical DiscoveriesBarry Bauman	/cas/bsma/images/bauman337x261.jpg	18	11	2020	5:00pm	1	3	Zoom Lecture	Is it true that a painting conservator is also a detective? According to conservator and art historian Barry Bauman, every painting has its secrets. During his 46 years of experience treating and analyzing damaged paintings, he has uncovered many of them—lost signatures, hidden dates, and entire paintings hidden beneath other works. Two of his discoveries were so phenomenal they landed on the front pages of The New York Times. Barry Bauman is an Elected Fellow of the American Institute for Conservation and former Associate Conservator of Paintings for the Art Institute of Chicago. Registration for this event can be found here or on the Art Galleries’ website.	Barry Bauman

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Directions: From Ben Hill Griffin Parkway, turn onto FGCU Blvd (FGCU's Main Entrance). Drive to the first stop sign and turn right. Follow the curve around to the next stop sign and turn left. There is a parking lot directly on the right and a parking garage on the left as soon as you turn at the stop sign. The Music Building and the Arts Complex are at the northern end of the parking lot. Please park here for all events in the Music Building and the Arts Complex. TheatreLab and the Wasmer Art Gallery are in the Arts Complex. The U. Tobe Recital Hall is in the Music Building on the right once you enter through the sliding glass doors.

The Music Building is #31 on the map

The Arts Complex is #15

Please park in either Parking Lot 7 or Parking Garage 2

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Contact Us

Krzysztof Biernacki, Director | 239-745-4442 Music Building, Room 203

Art Galleries
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John Loscuito, Gallery Director

jloscuito@fgcu.edu

(239) 590-1894

Arts Complex, Room 101

Anica Sturdivant, Assistant Curator

asturdiv@fgcu.edu

(239) 590-7199

Arts Complex, Room 131

Joanna Hoch, Events Coordinator

jhoch@fgcu.edu

(239) 745-4268

Music Building, Room 115
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Patricia Fay, Assistant Director BSM&A and Art Program Coordinator

(239) 590-7229

Arts Complex, Room 141

Mary Cooper, Administrative Specialist for Art and Theatre

mcooper@fgcu.edu

(239) 590-7238

Arts Complex, Room 107

Joanna Hoch, Events Coordinator

jhoch@fgcu.edu

(239) 745-4268

Music Building, Room 115
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Pam Harkins, Music Program Coordinator

pharkins@fgcu.edu

(239) 590-7851

Music Building, Room 204

Alana Nanz, Administrative Specialist for Music

ananz@fgcu.edu

(239) 590-7292

Music Building, Room 202

Joanna Hoch, Events Coordinator

jhoch@fgcu.edu

(239) 745-4268

Music Building, Room 115
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Dan Bacalzo, Theatre Program Coordinator

dbacalzo@fgcu.edu

(239) 590-7404

Arts Complex, Room 117

Mary Cooper, Administrative Specialist for Art and Theatre

mcooper@fgcu.edu

(239) 590-7238

Arts Complex, Room 107

Joanna Hoch, Events Coordinator

jhoch@fgcu.edu

(239) 745-4268

Music Building, Room 115

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