ArtOut: Creative Thinking Strategies and Practices

ArtOut
Creative Thinking Strategies and Practices

Date:

4:00 pm Monday, September 12, 2016

Location:

Penn State Downtown Theatre Center’s Woskob Family Gallery
146 S. Allen St., State College

Members of Penn State’s In Memoriam Sketch Comedy will break down components of improv games to develop comedy sketches, particularly related to digital shorts. Students will respond to prompts focused on building energy around developing ideas. No comedy/improvisation experience required. Participants should wear clothes comfortable for moving. Light refreshments will be served.

ArtOut: Open Mic

ArtOut
Open Mic

Date:

4:00 pm Monday, August 29, 2016

Location:

Penn State Downtown Theatre Center’s Woskob Family Gallery
146 S. Allen St., State College

Penn State students are invited to perform songs, text, or movement. Sign-up recommended. Walk-ups will be accommodated depending on availability. Not interested in performing? Audience members are welcome. Support your peers sharing their creative talents. Light refreshments will be served.

An Evening with Sphinx Virtuosi

Date:

7:30 pm Wednesday, September 28, 2016

Location:

Penn State Altoona
Misciagna Family Center Wolf-Kuhn Theatre

The Sphinx Virtuosi orchestra performs selections from its repertoire.

Free tickets, required for the evening concert, are available at the Misciagna Box Office, Monday through Thursday 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., or at the door. Free parking is available after 3 p.m. in the Misciagna lot. For more information, phone the box office at 814-949-5452 or visit Penn State Altoona online.

A Conversation with Sphinx Musicians and Tim Melbinger

Date:

3:00 pm Wednesday, September 28, 2016

Location:

Penn State Altoona
Misciagna Family Center Titelman Study

A group of Sphinx Virtuosi musicians will participate in a forum, Marginalized Communities and the Arts, led by Penn State Altoona faculty member Tim Melbinger. The musicians will perform excerpts from their repertoire and take part in a conversation about access to the arts in minority communities.

coolBlue Concert and Conversation

Date:

1:00 pm Wednesday, September 28, 2016

Location:

The Penn Stater Hotel and Conference Center Courtyard

The public is invited to hear a quartet of Sphinx Virtuosi musicians perform a brief concert. The one-hour session also includes conversation with the musicians and an ice cream social.

Classical Coffeehouse | Bang on a Can

Classical Coffeehouse
featuring Bang on a Can All-Stars
musicians Ashley Bathgate and Robert Black

Date:

8:00 pm Wednesday, March 29, 2017

Location:

Hintz Family Alumni Center’s Robb Hall

The Bang on a Can All-Stars sextet, known for dynamic live performances and recordings of innovative music, crosses genres among classical, jazz, rock, world, and experimental. Ashley Bathgate is the band's cellist. Robert Black plays the bass. Julia Wolfe, Bang on a Can co-founder and composer of the Pulitzer Prize-winning oratorio Anthracite Fields, will participate in the discussion portion of the event.

Classical Coffeehouse | Han Setzer Finckel

Classical Coffeehouse
featuring Wu Han, piano
Philip Setzer, violin
David Finckel, cello

Date:

8:00 pm Tuesday, February 21, 2017

Location:

Hintz Family Alumni Center’s Robb Hall

Wu Han and David Finckel are 2012 winners of Musical America’s Musicians of the Year honor. Philip Setzer is a founding member of Emerson String Quartet.

Refreshments will be served. Each attendee receives a Classical Coffeehouse mug, while supply lasts. Each Penn State student in attendance receives—at the end of the coffeehouse—a voucher for a serving of Berkey Creamery ice cream.

Seating is limited.

Classical Coffeehouse | Roomful of Teeth

Classical Coffeehouse
featuring Roomful of Teeth

Date:

8:00 pm Wednesday, November 16, 2016

Location:

Hintz Family Alumni Center’s Robb Hall

Roomful of Teeth will share excerpts of its work, demonstrate vocal techniques from around the world with participation from the audience, and reflect on the group’s intercultural research. The Grammy Award-winning vocal ensemble incorporates elements of Tuvan and Inuit throat singing, yodeling, Korean P’ansori, Persian singing, Hindustani music, and more.

Artistic Viewpoints | ANNIE

Artistic Viewpoints

Date:

6:30 pm Tuesday, April 18, 2017

Location:

Eisenhower Auditorium

Artistic Viewpoints, an informal moderated discussion featuring ANNIE cast members Mallory King (Lily St. Regis) and Jeffrey B. Duncan (FDR), is offered in Eisenhower one hour before the performance and is free for ticket holders. Artistic Viewpoints regularly fills to capacity, so seating is available on a first-arrival basis.

ANNIE

Presenter:

Center for the Performing Arts

ANNIE

Date:

7:30 pm Tuesday, April 18, 2017

Event Description:

Leapin’ lizards! The world’s best-loved musical returns. Directed by original lyricist and director Martin Charnin and choreographed by Liza Gennaro, this production of ANNIE is a brand-new incarnation of the iconic original.

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