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Takács String Quartet

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Center for the Performing Arts
Four smiling musicians stand in a row and hold their string instruments.

Takács Quartet
with Julien Labro, bandoneónist

Date: 
7:30 pm Thursday, April 20, 2023
Event Description: 

Now in its forty-eighth season, the Grammy Award-winning Takács Quartet earns widespread acclaim as one of the world’s best chamber ensembles.

Our Planet Live in Concert

Presenter: 
Center for the Performing Arts
An orchestra sits on a stage below an overhead projection of an image of Earth from space.

Our Planet Live in Concert 
Featuring members of the Penn State Philharmonic Orchestra

Date: 
7:30 pm Tuesday, April 11, 2023
Event Description: 

The landmark Emmy Award-winning Netflix series that took the world by storm is now a live concert event. Our Planet Live in Concert combines breathtaking HD cinematography with all-new orchestrations by Oscar Award-winning composer Steven Price performed live by a touring ensemble enhanc

FLIP Fabrique | Muse

Presenter: 
Center for the Performing Arts
An acrobat does an aerial flip with a goalpost in the distance.

FLIP Fabrique 
Muse

Date: 
7:30 pm Tuesday, March 28, 2023
Event Description: 

What inspires you to be your true self? What motivates you to try things you never thought possible? 

Soul Science Lab | Make a Joyful Noize

Presenter: 
Center for the Performing Arts
Two men wearing similar sunglasses, hats, and pose with enthusiasm.

Soul Science Lab
Make a Joyful Noize

Date: 
7:30 pm Thursday, March 23, 2023
Event Description: 

Soul Science Lab — a duo featuring emcee and songwriter Chen Lo and composer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Asante Amin — specializes in music and multimedia production, live performance, and culturally responsive arts education. 

Music from Copland House

Presenter: 
Center for the Performing Arts

A Standing Witness
with Susan Graham, mezzo-soprano
and Music from Copland House

Date: 
7:30 pm Tuesday, February 21, 2023
Event Description: 

A Standing Witness is a monumental collaboration between Grammy Award-winning composer Richard Danielpour and Pulitzer Prize-winning author and former U.S. Poet Laureate Rita Dove. 

In the Year of the Boar

Presenter: 
Center for the Performing Arts

In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson
Honolulu Theatre for Youth

Date: 
2:00 pm Sunday, February 5, 2023
Event Description: 

In 1947, the Year of the Boar, a young girl leaves China with her parents for a new beginning in the United States. But it’s harder than she expected. Though her classmates in Brooklyn come from a variety of backgrounds, Shirley is the only one who doesn’t speak English.

Soweto | Hope

Presenter: 
Center for the Performing Arts

Soweto Gospel Choir 
Hope: It’s Been a Long Time Coming

Date: 
7:30 pm Tuesday, November 29, 2022
Event Description: 

Winner of the 2019 Grammy Award for Best World Music Album, Soweto Gospel Choir brings its Hope: It’s Been a Long Time Coming concert to North America for the first time.

Kings Return

Presenter: 
Center for the Performing Arts

Kings Return

Date: 
8:00 pm Thursday, November 10, 2022
Event Description: 

A band of vocal brothers, Kings Return is a Dallas-based a cappella group created in 2016 by Gabe Kunda, Vaughn Faison, J. E. McKissic, and Jamall Williams.

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