Studio A, Room 15 Music Building II
The public is invited to observe as Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Caroline Shaw conducts a master class for students of Paul Barsom, Penn State associate professor of music composition.
128 Music Building II
The public is invited to observe as Sō Percussion leads a master class for students of Dan Armstrong, Penn State professor of music.
122 Music Building II
The public is invited to observe as pianist Gilbert Kalish conducts a master class for students of Christopher Guzman, Penn State associate professor of music.
Eisenhower Chapel
The public is invited to observe as soprano Dawn Upshaw leads a master class for selected students in the Penn State School of Music voice program. The two-hour master class includes performances of selections from: Claude Debussy’s Quatre Chansons de Jeunesse with soprano Juliana Alfano; Aaron Copland’s Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson with soprano Kaley Harmon; and George Frideric Handel’s Messiah with soprano Erin McDaniels. Pianist Svetlana Rodionova will accompany each soprano.
Arts and Design Research Incubator
Borland Building ground floor
Hear choreographer and former Philadanco dancer Dawn Marie Bazemore in conversation with Kikora Franklin, associate professor of dance at Penn State. Bazemore created A Movement for Five for Philadanco in 2015. She will discuss the subject of the work—the case of the Central Park Five—and her connections to it. She will also describe the development of the dance and the reasons why socio-political art is vital to the community. Feel free to bring a lunch. Dessert and bottled water will be provided.
Eisenhower Auditorium lobby
A partnership with PENN STATE TAIKO
Free parking is available in the Eisenhower Parking Deck.
Learn about Japanese drumming through a variety of hands-on activities.
No experience required. No need to register in advance.
Doors open at 12:30 p.m.
Questions? Contact Medora Ebersole, education and community programs manager, at mde13@psu.edu or 814-863-6752.
State College Municipal Building
Community Room 201
243 S. Allen Street
A partnership with Penn State Ballroom Dance Club and State College Borough
Learn basic salsa dance moves. This two-hour campus-and-community event is planned in anticipation of the performance by Spanish Harlem Orchestra November 9 at Eisenhower Auditorium. No dance experience, dance partner, or reservation required.
Questions? Contact Medora Ebersole, education and community programs manager, at 814-863-6752 or mde13@psu.edu.
Orchestra members have been invited to attend the social.
Hintz Family Alumni Center’s Robb Hall
Presented by the Center for the Performing Arts at Penn State and the Penn State Alumni Association in partnership with the Blue & White Society and the PSU Music Service Club.
Faculty and students of the Penn State School of Music who have visited Cuba will share their experiences, play music, and provide reflections on the artistic culture of the country.
Hintz Family Alumni Center’s Robb Hall
Presented by the Center for the Performing Arts at Penn State and the Penn State Alumni Association in partnership with the Blue & White Society and the PSU Music Service Club.
Director Ted Christopher and guest performers present a preview of a joint production by the Penn State School of Music and School of Theatre of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s opera Cosi fan tutte.
Hintz Family Alumni Center’s Robb Hall
Presented by the Center for the Performing Arts at Penn State and the Penn State Alumni Association in partnership with the Blue & White Society.
The innovative Brooklyn-based quartet Sō Percussion will show how it has redefined the meaning of “percussion ensemble.”
