The public is invited to observe soprano Amanda Forsythe coaching Penn State voice students on Baroque and Bel Canto works. Five students are scheduled to perform excerpts of Gioachino Rossini’s Il barbiere di Siviglia, George Frideric Handel’s Giulio Cesare, and Henry Purcell’s Music for a While (part of John Dryden and Nathaniel Lee’s play Oedipus). Jennifer Trost, associate professor of voice and vocal literature, hosts the 90-minute master class.

The public is invited to attend Bilingual Bluegrass, a collaboration between banjoist/singer Abigail Washburn and the Penn State Asian Classical Music Club. 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. Penn State’s Center for the Performing Arts and College of Earth and Mineral Sciences host the one-hour event. A question-and-answer period will follow the presentation. Light refreshments will be provided.

The public is welcome to attend a one-hour presentation in which American composer Lowell Liebermann discusses his work.

The public is invited to observe a master class featuring Emerson String Quartet violinist Philip Setzer working with Penn State violin students. James Lyon, professor and violinist, leads the 90-minute session.

The public is invited to observe a master class featuring composer Lowell Liebermann working with Penn State music composition students. Paul Barsom, associate professor of composition, leads the 90-minute master class.