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111 Lake Hollingsworth Drive
Lakeland,Florida 33801
863.680.4111
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Bachelor of Arts in Music

Bachelor of Science in Music Management

Bachelor of Arts in Music Performance


Would you like the opportunity to perform alongside the Imperial Symphony Orchestra, or with other regionally recognized musical groups? These highly engaged, hands-on learning environments are available to you as a student in the Bachelor of Arts program in Music at Florida Southern College. Grow your musical skills in a program that emphasizes applied music while providing a solid foundation in theory, music history, and piano proficiency that enables you to explore and express the structure of music and the historical context of musical genres.

Faculty Info:

JEFFREY BENATAR, BRIAN BRINK, FEN-FANG CHEN, MARGARET FLOOD, MARY ELIZABETH GIBBS, JO JOSSIM, MARTHA PLACERES, DIANE WILLIS STAHL, MARK THOMSEN.



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Past Student Productions

SHOW THEATER
The Addams Family
(11/17/23 - 12/3/23)
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Clybourne Park
(4/7/22 - 4/17/22)
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The Liar (Ives)
(11/4/21 - 11/7/21)
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A Doll's House, Part 2
(11/5/20 - 11/8/20)
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Blackbird
(4/27/20 - 4/27/20)
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Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead
(4/19/20 - 4/19/20)
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The Diary of Anne Frank (Goodrich, Hackett)
(4/2/20 - 4/12/20)
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CABARET (1998 Version)
(2/13/20 - 2/24/20)
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The Sound of Music
(11/14/19 - 11/24/19)
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Graceland (Byron)
(4/27/19 - 4/27/19)
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South Pacific
(2/15/18 - 2/25/18)
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I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change
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