Cécile McLorin Salvant and Soweto Gospel Choir, artists who are part of the Center for the Performing Arts 2018–19 season, are among the 2019 Grammy Award winners. Musicians presented by the Center for the Performing Arts in previous seasons also took home Grammys in a variety of categories.
A Los Angeles Times critic described BodyTraffic as “one of the most talked-about young companies, not just in L.A. but nationwide.” In its first performance at Penn State — at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 26 in Eisenhower Auditorium — the company will perform a selection of dances by its growing roster of affiliated international choreographers.
Penn State Centre Stage will present "Sweet Charity," directed by Erin Farrell Speer and choreographed by musical theatre alumna Alison Morooney, Oct. 3–8 in the Playhouse Theatre. The original Tony Award-winning musical was conceived, staged and choreographed for Broadway by Bob Fosse.
College of Arts and Architecture staff members Catherine Adams and Wanda Hockenberry and faculty members Tony Costa and Jennifer Trost were honored for outstanding service at the college’s annual spring awards ceremony on Friday, April 15.
College of Arts and Architecture faculty and staff were recently recognized at the United States Institute for Theatre Technology national conference in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Banjo duo Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn will contribute the proceeds from merchandise sold at their Oct. 22 concert in Eisenhower Auditorium to the Penn State IFC/Panhellenic Dance Marathon.
The public is invited to attend “Bilingual Bluegrass” -- a collaboration between Abigail Washburn and the Penn State Asian Classical Music Club -- at 2:15 p.m. Oct. 22 in the Deike Portrait Gallery. Washburn will share samples of her music and discuss some of her cross-cultural experiences working in China. Club members will juxtapose her input with examples of Asian musical traditions.
Circa’s 14 extreme acrobats and live accompaniment by the Debussy String Quartet breathe life into the music of Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich in “Opus," scheduled for 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 11 in Eisenhower Auditorium.
A Bleed Blue blood drive, sponsored by the Center for the Performing Arts at Penn State and the Student Bar Association, will take place Oct. 12 in the Eisenhower Auditorium conference room.
The Center for the Performing Arts at Penn State will present “Clifford the Big Red Dog Live!,” a big family musical, at 2 p.m. Oct. 18 in Eisenhower Auditorium.
Ragamala will bring “Song of the Jasmine," created by Ranee and Aparna Ramaswamy, and jazz saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa, to the Center for the Performing Arts at Penn State. The production, inspired by the works of India saint-poet Andal and featuring live music by a group led by Mahanthappa, will take place at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 22 in Eisenhower Auditorium.
The Knights will perform “Music from the Great War Era” at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 1 in Esber Recital Hall. The program will include compositions created mostly between 1914 and 1924 by Maurice Ravel, Igor Stravinsky, Sergei Prokofiev, Ernest Bloch, Anton Webern and Caroline Shaw.
The Alfredo Rodríguez Trio, headed by the Grammy-nominated Cuban-born pianist mentored by legendary music producer Quincy Jones, will kick off the Penn State Center for the Performing Arts' 2015–16 jazz concerts at 7:30 p.m. on Sept. 24 in The State Theatre in downtown State College.
Ragamala Dance Company, celebrating 23 years of a contemporary approach to the classical Bharatanatyam dance method of southern India, will present “Song of the Jasmine” at 7:30 p.m. on Sept. 22 in Eisenhower Auditorium.
Culture and history might have introduced largely white symphonies and musical styles with few chances for minorities to join the party, but Aaron Dworkin — Sphinx Organization founder, musician, spoken-word artist, author, social activist and entrepreneur—said it’s that false sense of ownership that’s threatening the livelihood of classical music today.
