David Tagliarini
St. Petersburg College (SPC) welcomes David Tagliarini as Adjunct Professor of Flute in the Music Department within Humanities and Fine Arts.
Tagliarini brings a career’s worth of expertise and connections to share with the students of St. Petersburg College.
A Tampa native, Professor Tagliarini holds a BM from the University of Florida in Music Performance, and a MM degree from Indiana University in multiple woodwinds. Hei has toured the United States, Canada, Germany, and Austria performing in the pit orchestras for Broadway tours such as “My One and Only”, “Jekyll and Hyde”, “Beauty and the Beast”, and “Evita”. He has performed in New York, on Broadway, in the orchestra pits for “The Music Man”, “Jekyll and Hyde”, and “The Immigrant”.
He performs regularly with the St. Petersburg Opera orchestra and has performed for over 30 years at the Straz Performing Arts Center in Tampa, and the Bob Carr and Dr. Phillips Performing Arts Centers in pit orchestras for nearly 200 Broadway National tours, most recently including, “The Book of Mormon”, “The Phantom of the Opera”, “Wicked”, and “Aladdin”.
“Mr. Tag” has taught band, orchestra, and chorus in Pinellas County schools for over 30 years and just recently retired from being the Performing Arts Staff Developer for Pinellas County, providing professional development and support for performing arts teachers.
Students interested in being Music Majors at SPC should complete the following survey. https://web.spcollege.edu/survey/30265
Study Music and Music Technology at SPC
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About Music at SPC
Music AA Transfer
SPC’s Music and Music Education AA Transfer degrees (60 credits) are two-year programs that prepare students for transfer to University music programs in Performance, Music Education (Band, Chorus, Orchestra, General Music), and Music Therapy. Students earn Music State Common Perquisite credits in music lessons, music ensembles, music/aural theory, and student recital. Students also earn all 36 general education liberal arts credits.
Music Industry Recording Arts (MIRA) AS Degree
SPC’s Music Industry Recording Arts (MIRA) AS degree (64 credits) is a two-year workforce program with technology focus. It prepares students to work as producers, audio engineers, composers/songwriters in the music industry. The core curriculum includes courses in digital audio workstations, live sound engineering, studio recording techniques, critical listening, legal issues in music, practical music business, and more.
Audio Engineering and Production (AUDIOPE) Certificate
SPC’s Audio Engineering and Production (AUDIOPE) Certificate (24 credits) is a financial aid eligible certificate that includes instruction in digital audio workstations, studio recording techniques, acoustics, live sound and professional audio production. The stand-alone certificate prepares workforce internships and employment. The 24 credits also count towards the MIRA-AS degree.
Donation Opportunities
As a non-profit organization serving our community, charitable contributions are vital to our mission to educating students and engaging our community. Your support makes performances, art shows, and concerts possible and provides invaluable experiences for our students.
Donations impact our music students by providing:
(1) Scholarships for bonus elective courses
(2) Loaner hardware/software kits to those in need
(3) Expansion of facilities
Those wishing to donate to SPC Music and SPC Humanities and Fine Arts should contact Department Chair Nathan Muehl muehl.nathan@spcollege.edu