Peter Steenblik - DMA Conducting
Director of Choral Activities
University of West Florida
Dr. Peter Steenblik is the Director of Choral Activities at the University of West Florida and the Artistic Director of the Choral Society of Pensacola. Previous appointments include Chorus Master for the Pensacola Opera, Director of Women's Chorus at the University of North Texas, and Director of Choral Music at Jordan High School (Salt Lake City). He holds a DMA in conducting and vocal pedagogy from the University of North Texas, an MM in conducting and BME choral music from the University of Utah.
Steenblik is a recent recipient of the Service Award from the Florida Vocal Association, recognizing his work in the state and beyond. He has served as the head of choral activities for the Utah Music Educators Association and on the Utah ACDA board as R & S Chair for Men's Choruses. An active presenter, adjudicator, and clinician, recent appearances have included the Chengdu Children’s Choir Festival, the Xi’an International Choral Festival, the Oklahoma Summer Arts Institute, various ACDA Division Conferences, the Florida Vocal Association State MPA and Summer Convention, Florida Music Educators Association Conference, the Festival Singers of Florida tour to Indonesia, the Utah Music Educators Association State Festival, and ACDA state conferences in Florida, Georgia, and Utah; he has conducted various honor choirs in Utah, Alabama, and Tennessee, and will be conducting the 2023 Florida All-state Reading Chorus. Steenblik’s choirs have performed by invitation at the ACDA Southern Division Conference with the Mobile Symphony Orchestra and will be featured in the upcoming Florida ACDA Conference in Orlando. His choirs have also appeared in concert with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Utah Symphony, Ballet West, Women’s Chorus of Dallas, Pensacola Opera, and Pensacola Symphony Orchestra.
An active baritone, Steenblik is a former member of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir where he also made frequent solo appearances; he has most recently appeared with the Festival Singers of Florida. With additional training in musical theater, he often provides music direction for community productions. He is an experienced handbell director, composer, and clinician, a four-time assistant director for the Utah Ambassadors of Music European tour, and spent six years working in New York with the Louis August Jonas Foundation, a scholarship-based leadership-training program for international youth. He served a two-year LDS mission to the Philippines and is the former music director at First Christian Church in Lewisville, Texas. www.uwfsingers.com
Director of Choral Activities
University of West Florida
Dr. Peter Steenblik is the Director of Choral Activities at the University of West Florida and the Artistic Director of the Choral Society of Pensacola. Previous appointments include Chorus Master for the Pensacola Opera, Director of Women's Chorus at the University of North Texas, and Director of Choral Music at Jordan High School (Salt Lake City). He holds a DMA in conducting and vocal pedagogy from the University of North Texas, an MM in conducting and BME choral music from the University of Utah.
Steenblik is a recent recipient of the Service Award from the Florida Vocal Association, recognizing his work in the state and beyond. He has served as the head of choral activities for the Utah Music Educators Association and on the Utah ACDA board as R & S Chair for Men's Choruses. An active presenter, adjudicator, and clinician, recent appearances have included the Chengdu Children’s Choir Festival, the Xi’an International Choral Festival, the Oklahoma Summer Arts Institute, various ACDA Division Conferences, the Florida Vocal Association State MPA and Summer Convention, Florida Music Educators Association Conference, the Festival Singers of Florida tour to Indonesia, the Utah Music Educators Association State Festival, and ACDA state conferences in Florida, Georgia, and Utah; he has conducted various honor choirs in Utah, Alabama, and Tennessee, and will be conducting the 2023 Florida All-state Reading Chorus. Steenblik’s choirs have performed by invitation at the ACDA Southern Division Conference with the Mobile Symphony Orchestra and will be featured in the upcoming Florida ACDA Conference in Orlando. His choirs have also appeared in concert with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Utah Symphony, Ballet West, Women’s Chorus of Dallas, Pensacola Opera, and Pensacola Symphony Orchestra.
An active baritone, Steenblik is a former member of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir where he also made frequent solo appearances; he has most recently appeared with the Festival Singers of Florida. With additional training in musical theater, he often provides music direction for community productions. He is an experienced handbell director, composer, and clinician, a four-time assistant director for the Utah Ambassadors of Music European tour, and spent six years working in New York with the Louis August Jonas Foundation, a scholarship-based leadership-training program for international youth. He served a two-year LDS mission to the Philippines and is the former music director at First Christian Church in Lewisville, Texas. www.uwfsingers.com
