In the fifth episode of the Center for the Performing Arts at Penn State’s “Meeting the Moment with Michael Mwenso” livestream, the performance artist-historian will talk with clarinetist Anthony McGill, the New York Philharmonic’s first African-American principal player.
“There are charismatic people, and then there’s Michael Mwenso,” NPR said of the multi-genre artist and cultural historian. “The leader of Mwenso and The Shakes is full of energy, charm and most importantly, joy.”
While the search for a new director continues, Penn State College of Arts and Architecture Dean B. Stephen Carpenter II has appointed Center for the Performing Arts Assistant Director Lea Asbell-Swanger as interim director.
