Peter Steenblik - DMA Conducting
Director of Choral Activities
University of West Florida
Dr. Peter Steenblik is Director of Choral Activities at the University of West Florida and Chorus Master for the Pensacola Opera. Prior to coming to the gulf coast, he was the director of the Women's Chorus and Assistant to the Director of Choral Studies at the University of North Texas, where he completed a doctoral degree in choral conducting with Dr. Jerry McCoy. Additionally, he holds a master’s degree in choral conducting and a bachelor’s degree in choral music education from the University of Utah and was Director of Choral Music at Jordan High School (Utah) for 10 years.
Dr. Steenblik has served as the head of choral activities for the Utah Music Educators Association (2010-2012) and on the Utah ACDA board as R & S Chair for Men's Choruses. He has been a presenter at the following conferences: FMEA, FLACDA, Georgia ACDA, Utah ACDA, ACDA Western Division Conference in Reno, NV, and prepared a Brahms Requiem chorus for the 2020 ACDA Southern Division Conference in Mobile, AL; he has conducted various honor choirs in Utah, Alabama, Tennessee, Oklahoma, and Northwest Florida. His international work has recently taken him to China and Indonesia. Dr. Steenblik’s students have appeared in concert with the Pensacola Opera, Mobile Symphony Orchestra, Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Women’s Chorus of Dallas, Utah Symphony, Ballet West, Pensacola Children's Chorus, and Pensacola Symphony Orchestra.
A former member of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Dr. Steenblik made frequent solo appearances with the group. With training in musical theater, he often provides music direction for community productions. He is an experienced handbell director 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 Director of Choral Activities at the University of West Florida and Chorus Master for the Pensacola Opera. Prior to coming to the gulf coast, he was the director of the Women's Chorus and Assistant to the Director of Choral Studies at the University of North Texas, where he completed a doctoral degree in choral conducting with Dr. Jerry McCoy. Additionally, he holds a master’s degree in choral conducting and a bachelor’s degree in choral music education from the University of Utah and was Director of Choral Music at Jordan High School (Utah) for 10 years.
Dr. Steenblik has served as the head of choral activities for the Utah Music Educators Association (2010-2012) and on the Utah ACDA board as R & S Chair for Men's Choruses. He has been a presenter at the following conferences: FMEA, FLACDA, Georgia ACDA, Utah ACDA, ACDA Western Division Conference in Reno, NV, and prepared a Brahms Requiem chorus for the 2020 ACDA Southern Division Conference in Mobile, AL; he has conducted various honor choirs in Utah, Alabama, Tennessee, Oklahoma, and Northwest Florida. His international work has recently taken him to China and Indonesia. Dr. Steenblik’s students have appeared in concert with the Pensacola Opera, Mobile Symphony Orchestra, Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Women’s Chorus of Dallas, Utah Symphony, Ballet West, Pensacola Children's Chorus, and Pensacola Symphony Orchestra.
A former member of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Dr. Steenblik made frequent solo appearances with the group. With training in musical theater, he often provides music direction for community productions. He is an experienced handbell director 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
