Pamela McGowne, Staff Accompanist
Contact Information
Email pmcgowne@fhsu.edu
Phone (785) 628-5361
Office Malloy 231
Pam McGowne has been the full-time staff accompanist in Music and Theatre Programs at Fort Hays State University since 2003. She received her bachelor's degree in piano performance from FHSU in 1976. She has also been the full-time accompanist for the Hays USD 490 schools, during which she accompanied all the solos at contests, the choirs and Pop Singers/Chamber Singers. She has also accompanied for the musicians at Thomas Moore Prep High School for many years. Pam has been the accompanist for the Big Apple Choral Festival at Carnegie Hall in New York City in 1987 and 1991, accompanist for Sir David Wilcox in Lincoln Center for the Big Apple Choral Festival in 1989, accompanied choirs at the Worlds of Fun Choral Festival every May and accompanied the Kansas Ambassadors of Music European Tours in 1993, 1998, and 2005. A highlight of her career was being the accompanist for the Salzburg Choral Festival under the baton of Eph Ely and Janos Czifra when the Fort Hays Singers traveled to Salzburg, Austria to be a part of the International Music Festival in 2018. In December 2021, Pam accompanied the Fort Hays Singers when they performed at the 80th Anniversary of Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii. Pam has 2 sons: Jeff and Chris.