NACOGDOCHES, Texas – The A Cappella Choir at Stephen F. Austin State University will present the concert program “The Spark Within Us” at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 21 in Cole Concert Hall on the SFA campus.
 
The program features music of Johann Sebastian Bach, Moses Hogan, Wolfram Buchenberg, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Dan Forrest and more.
 

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – The School of Music at Stephen F. Austin State University will present “Celleuphoria” at 4 p.m. Sunday, March 19, in Cole Concert Hall on the SFA campus.
 
“Celleuphoria” is a concert featuring the cello in “an intense emotional state viewed from different angles of time through the eyes of highly regarded composers,” according to Dr. Evgeni Raychev, cello instructor at SFA. The concert will feature compositions from the Baroque, Romantic and post-Romantic periods, as well as the 20th and 21st centuries.
 

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Jamaican-American hip-hop artist Sean Kingston will be the featured performer at Stephen F. Austin State University’s SpringFest planned for 8 p.m. April 14 in Johnson Coliseum. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m.
 
The concert will be hosted by SFA’s Student Activities Association and will serve, in part, to make up for the last-minute cancellation of the fall Homecoming concert.
 

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – Dr. Andrea Denis, assistant professor of horn at Stephen F. Austin State University, will present “New Beginnings,” a recital of works by Paul Basler, Verne Reynolds, Elizabeth Raum, Stephen Lias and John Dickson, at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, March 18, in Cole Concert Hall on the SFA campus.
 

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — If you put your golf clubs away for the winter, it’s time to bring them back out.

The annual Bob Sitton Classic is scheduled for March 24 at Woodland Hills Golf Club at 359 CR 5021 in Nacogdoches. A fundraiser for SFA golf and the SFA Alumni Association, the event honors Sitton, who helped endow hundreds of scholarships during his time as association director from 1972 to 1998.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – Chicago-based ~Nois Saxophone Quartet will bring their signature concert experience combining contemporary chamber music and improvisation to Cole Concert Hall on the Stephen F. Austin State University campus when the ensemble performs at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 17.
 
~Nois has become one of the premier ensembles in the U.S. The group has been awarded top prizes at prestigious chamber music competitions including the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition and the M-Prize International Arts Competition.
 

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – Dr. James Vilseck, adjunct faculty and percussion instructor in the School of Music at Stephen F. Austin State University, will conclude a concert tour of multiple universities with a performance at 6 p.m. Friday, March 17, in Cole Concert Hall on the SFA campus.
 

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — A proclamation event was held Wednesday at Stephen F. Austin State University’s School of Social Work to kick off Social Work Month, as well as a number of events the school will host to honor the social work profession. 

Nacogdoches County Commissioner Robin Dawley delivered the proclamation to the School of Social Work’s faculty members, field instructors, students and others in attendance. 

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – International violinist Dr. Namjoo Oh will collaborate with Dr. Minhae Lee, assistant professor of piano at Stephen F. Austin State University, in a chamber music recital at 6 p.m. Friday, March 17, in the Music Recital Hall, Wright Music Building, on the SFA campus.
 
The concert program will feature Sonata for Piano and Violin No.21 in E minor, K. 304 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Violin Sonata in A major, Op. 100  by Johannes Brahms; and Sonata in A major for Violin and Piano by César Franck.
 

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Stephen F. Austin State University’s Office of Multicultural Affairs is holding the university’s sixth annual Women’s Empowerment Summit from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. March 17 in the Baker Pattillo Student Center Twilight Ballroom.

Students, professional staff, community members and faculty from various institutions across Texas will gather to discuss empowering women from various backgrounds through topics including professional development, education, etiquette, health and body image. The summit features a panel discussion during lunch.