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Drake Arielle Penn State Centre Stage

Things to Do at Penn State: Oct. 3-10

October 02, 2024

An artistic collage of different modes of transportation including railroad tracks, legs, a highway, and a train

Altoona to present ‘Flights of Fancy, and Other Modes of Transportation’

October 02, 2024

Penn State School of Music's 20th annual OcTUBAfest to run throughout October

October 02, 2024

Supaman, a hip-hop artist and Native American dancer, is pictured in Indigenous clothing

Libraries welcomes hip-hop artist Supaman for songwriting workshop, Oct. 14

October 01, 2024

Eddie Palmieri smiling and playing the piano

On your feet for lifetime jazz legend Eddie Palmieri Salsa Orchestra Oct. 23

September 30, 2024

An indigenous man wears Native American tribal regalia in a stylized portrait.

Supaman performs mashup of hip-hop, Native American culture in events Oct. 13–14

September 30, 2024

Four white musicians hold their string instruments in a bird's-eye view photo.

Le Consort ensemble lifts up the sonata genre in events Oct. 21–22 at Penn State

September 26, 2024

Students from the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences cheer at the parade

Things to Do at Penn State: Sept. 26-Oct. 3

September 25, 2024

New School of Music recital series to begin on Oct. 15

September 25, 2024

Side by side images, one of a Philadanco dancer and the other of Martha Redbone Roots Project

Kulkarni Cultural Series announces fall performances at Penn State Harrisburg

September 25, 2024

Alumna makes $1 million estate gift to support students in the School of Music

September 23, 2024

A group of diverse young people dance and play instruments on a stage.

Blippi ‘turning it up to 11’ in new, live-band concert event at Penn State

September 23, 2024

Gerardo Edelstein

Penn State Chamber Orchestra to present concert on Sept. 29

September 18, 2024

Two students picking flowers

Things to Do at Penn State: Sept. 19-26

September 18, 2024

A woman leading a demonstration about pollinators at a previous year's fair.

Things to Do at Penn State: Sept. 12-19

September 11, 2024

A Black woman with teased hair raises her hands in the air while she dances.

‘The Tina Turner Musical’ to make Penn State debut Oct. 6

September 11, 2024

A group twelve diverse me wearing tuxedos stand and look in the same direction.

12-voice ensemble Chanticleer to visit Penn State on Sept. 26

September 04, 2024

Rhapsody Series Banner showing the silhouette of a person with musical notes all around their head

Things to Do at Penn State: Sept. 5-12

September 04, 2024

A group of five Latin American musicians hold their traditional Mexican instruments.

Sonia De Los Santos kicks off children's event series with 'School-Time Matinee'

August 30, 2024

Man surrounded by percussion instruments

Free concert at Abington features the sounds of Afro-Brazilian culture

August 28, 2024

Band members posing for a photo.

WPSU music festival and benefit canceled due to low ticket sales

August 26, 2024

A man wearing a crocheted sweater and pants holds a microphone with both hands as he sings into it.

BJ The Chicago Kid will headline free Move Mix Festival on Sept. 14

August 21, 2024

Pennsylvania Chamber Orchestra presents 'Dance and Folk Music' concert

August 21, 2024

A silhouette of a cowboy against a Western backdrop with the text "American Mavericks, Malcontents, and Mischief-Makers, a recital series presented by the Penn State School of Music."

School of Music to present 'American Mavericks' recital series starting Sept. 3

August 20, 2024

Kickoff Concert

Penn State School of Music presents a fall semester Kickoff Concert on Sept. 3

August 20, 2024

A spacious hall with seats and a single grand piano on the stage

Penn State School of Music presents: The Rhapsody Series

August 20, 2024

Audience members listen in at the Hard Freight Cafe event

Penn State Altoona ‘Hard Freight’ submissions deadline set for Oct. 29

August 19, 2024

The Wolf Kuhn Theatre of the Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts

Penn State Altoona announces fall 2024 performing arts auditions

August 08, 2024

A group of diverse young people dance and play instruments on a stage.

Penn State Center for the Performing Arts 2024–25 season is on sale now

July 31, 2024

School of Music alum named Country Music Association music teacher of excellence

July 25, 2024

Hidden Gems: Smith Carillon Concert Series at Penn State Behrend

July 25, 2024

The Smith Chapel at Penn State Behrend

Behrend’s Smith Carillon Concert Series to begin July 11

June 29, 2024

A 3-D miniature model depicts the design intended for a performing-arts venue.

Take a closer look at Eisenhower Auditorium’s design

June 12, 2024

Archival photos and ephemera from local bands are pinned to an illustrated cork board.

‘Flashback Forward’ on June 22 kicks off Eisenhower Auditorium anniversary

June 11, 2024

Lead vocalist performs on stage for Hollywood Nights: The Bob Seger Experience.

Bob Seger tribute 'Hollywood Nights' to perform free show at Penn State Fayette

June 03, 2024

Interior of a recital hall with a grand piano at center stage.

School of Music partners with worldwide distributor to help Penn State composers

May 28, 2024

Graphic containing photos of musical artists who are featured in the podcast In Their Own Words..

Behind the music: Artists from the African diaspora share their journey, impact

May 22, 2024

Gary Viebranz, teaching professor of music at Penn State Behrend, smiles while conducting the commencement band.

Behrend professor writes coda after 25 years with jazz, concert and pep bands

May 10, 2024

A large audience in an auditorium

Dear Old State: Eisenhower Auditorium celebrates 50 years

May 07, 2024

A master of ceremonies standing at a lecturn addresses a seated audience.

Eisenhower Auditorium gets the gold treatment

May 07, 2024

Vinyls on display in the University Libraries' multimedia collection

Hidden Gems: Walter and Doris Goldstein Music and Media Center

May 06, 2024

A man of color stands and plays an acoustic guitar while a woman stands and sings near a microphone.

Performance artists invited to audition for Sept. 14 'Move Mix Festival'

April 23, 2024

Cast of Falsettos PSCS

Things to Do at Penn State: April 18-May 10

April 17, 2024

Album cover with the head shot of a middle-aged man with brown hair and glasses

School of Music professor releases rare percussion concerti album

April 16, 2024

Penn State Harrisburg to present spring concert, April 17-18

April 16, 2024

Exterior photo of Recital Hall

'Evening of Creative Inquiry in Music' to feature undergraduate researchers

April 11, 2024

A collage shows archival images of local bands The Screaming Ducks, Pure Cane Sugar and Famly Brew.

Tickets on sale now for June 22 Eisenhower Auditorium anniversary concert

April 10, 2024

Things to Do at Penn State: April 11-18

April 10, 2024

Political Song-a-Palooza fist holding guitar neck, graphic

Libraries’ Political Song-a-Palooza returns to State Theatre on April 20

April 10, 2024

A sign in New York City reading Broadway

Penn State Altoona's Ivyside Pride to present 'Sunrise Over Broadway'

April 09, 2024

a close-up of a saxophone being played

Penn State Altoona's University Jazz Band to perform April 27

April 05, 2024

A group of six Korean musicians wearing monochromatic outfits stand and look in the same direction.

Coreyah to perform kaleidoscope of Korean sounds April 24 in Alumni Hall

April 04, 2024

a violinist playing in an orchestra

Penn State Altoona professor, alumna to perform with Altoona Symphony Orchestra

April 03, 2024

Early Music Ensemble

Early Music Ensemble performance highlights marginalized voices

April 01, 2024

Image of handl holding a roll of toilet paper with a plunger in the background and the words "Urinetown the Musical"

Things to Do at Penn State: March 28-April 4

March 26, 2024

A Black man stands and plays a trumpet while a string quartet and jazz band perform nearby.

Terence Blanchard, E-Collective, Turtle Island Quartet reflect on ‘Absence’

March 21, 2024

Musicians standing on a stage with the text "2024 President's Concert and Reception, March 23, 2024, Pullo Center in York, PA" and the Alumni Association mark and URL.

Registration last call: President's Concert set for March 23 at the Pullo Center

March 19, 2024

A young man smiles as he stands in a satin fashion jacket and backward baseball cap.

Things to Do at Penn State: March 21-28

March 19, 2024

Graphic of tango dancers with date and time of concert

Tango music highlights free performance at Penn State Abington

March 15, 2024

Hard Freight Editor-in-Chief Aidan Pellegrino welcomes the crowd.

Penn State Altoona hosts spring 2024 Hard Freight Café open mic event

March 14, 2024

Zach Bryan Sold Out Crowd

Zach Bryan's 'The Quittin Time Tour' breaks records at the Bryce Jordan Center

March 13, 2024

Three men stand with their string instruments while a woman sits with hers.

Cellist Camden Shaw: ‘In Six Parts’ a layered composition without rules

March 12, 2024

A woman of color sits with her knee pulled up to her chest and rests her chin in her hand.

Things to Do at Penn State: March 14-21

March 12, 2024

Three men stand with their string instruments while an Asian woman sits on a leather armchair cradling her instrument.

Dover Quartet, pianist Haochen Zhang to perform March 21 in Recital Hall

March 08, 2024

A group of people of all ages wearing loose clothing and costumes stand in two facing rows on a grassy lawn and make dance poses.

Things to Do at Penn State: Feb. 29-March 14

February 28, 2024

Older white male with gray hair and a suit smiling

Philanthropist’s gifts support Penn State School of Theatre and Blue Band

February 27, 2024

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Drake Arielle Penn State Centre Stage

Things to Do at Penn State: Oct. 3-10

October 02, 2024

An artistic collage of different modes of transportation including railroad tracks, legs, a highway, and a train

Altoona to present ‘Flights of Fancy, and Other Modes of Transportation’

October 02, 2024

Penn State School of Music's 20th annual OcTUBAfest to run throughout October

October 02, 2024

Supaman, a hip-hop artist and Native American dancer, is pictured in Indigenous clothing

Libraries welcomes hip-hop artist Supaman for songwriting workshop, Oct. 14

October 01, 2024

Eddie Palmieri smiling and playing the piano

On your feet for lifetime jazz legend Eddie Palmieri Salsa Orchestra Oct. 23

September 30, 2024

An indigenous man wears Native American tribal regalia in a stylized portrait.

Supaman performs mashup of hip-hop, Native American culture in events Oct. 13–14

September 30, 2024

Four white musicians hold their string instruments in a bird's-eye view photo.

Le Consort ensemble lifts up the sonata genre in events Oct. 21–22 at Penn State

September 26, 2024

Students from the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences cheer at the parade

Things to Do at Penn State: Sept. 26-Oct. 3

September 25, 2024

New School of Music recital series to begin on Oct. 15

September 25, 2024

Side by side images, one of a Philadanco dancer and the other of Martha Redbone Roots Project

Kulkarni Cultural Series announces fall performances at Penn State Harrisburg

September 25, 2024

Alumna makes $1 million estate gift to support students in the School of Music

September 23, 2024

A group of diverse young people dance and play instruments on a stage.

Blippi ‘turning it up to 11’ in new, live-band concert event at Penn State

September 23, 2024

Gerardo Edelstein

Penn State Chamber Orchestra to present concert on Sept. 29

September 18, 2024

Two students picking flowers

Things to Do at Penn State: Sept. 19-26

September 18, 2024

A woman leading a demonstration about pollinators at a previous year's fair.

Things to Do at Penn State: Sept. 12-19

September 11, 2024

A Black woman with teased hair raises her hands in the air while she dances.

‘The Tina Turner Musical’ to make Penn State debut Oct. 6

September 11, 2024

A group twelve diverse me wearing tuxedos stand and look in the same direction.

12-voice ensemble Chanticleer to visit Penn State on Sept. 26

September 04, 2024

Rhapsody Series Banner showing the silhouette of a person with musical notes all around their head

Things to Do at Penn State: Sept. 5-12

September 04, 2024

A group of five Latin American musicians hold their traditional Mexican instruments.

Sonia De Los Santos kicks off children's event series with 'School-Time Matinee'

August 30, 2024

Man surrounded by percussion instruments

Free concert at Abington features the sounds of Afro-Brazilian culture

August 28, 2024

Band members posing for a photo.

WPSU music festival and benefit canceled due to low ticket sales

August 26, 2024

A man wearing a crocheted sweater and pants holds a microphone with both hands as he sings into it.

BJ The Chicago Kid will headline free Move Mix Festival on Sept. 14

August 21, 2024

Pennsylvania Chamber Orchestra presents 'Dance and Folk Music' concert

August 21, 2024

A silhouette of a cowboy against a Western backdrop with the text "American Mavericks, Malcontents, and Mischief-Makers, a recital series presented by the Penn State School of Music."

School of Music to present 'American Mavericks' recital series starting Sept. 3

August 20, 2024

Kickoff Concert

Penn State School of Music presents a fall semester Kickoff Concert on Sept. 3

August 20, 2024

A spacious hall with seats and a single grand piano on the stage

Penn State School of Music presents: The Rhapsody Series

August 20, 2024

Audience members listen in at the Hard Freight Cafe event

Penn State Altoona ‘Hard Freight’ submissions deadline set for Oct. 29

August 19, 2024

The Wolf Kuhn Theatre of the Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts

Penn State Altoona announces fall 2024 performing arts auditions

August 08, 2024

A group of diverse young people dance and play instruments on a stage.

Penn State Center for the Performing Arts 2024–25 season is on sale now

July 31, 2024

School of Music alum named Country Music Association music teacher of excellence

July 25, 2024

Hidden Gems: Smith Carillon Concert Series at Penn State Behrend

July 25, 2024

The Smith Chapel at Penn State Behrend

Behrend’s Smith Carillon Concert Series to begin July 11

June 29, 2024

A 3-D miniature model depicts the design intended for a performing-arts venue.

Take a closer look at Eisenhower Auditorium’s design

June 12, 2024

Archival photos and ephemera from local bands are pinned to an illustrated cork board.

‘Flashback Forward’ on June 22 kicks off Eisenhower Auditorium anniversary

June 11, 2024

Lead vocalist performs on stage for Hollywood Nights: The Bob Seger Experience.

Bob Seger tribute 'Hollywood Nights' to perform free show at Penn State Fayette

June 03, 2024

Interior of a recital hall with a grand piano at center stage.

School of Music partners with worldwide distributor to help Penn State composers

May 28, 2024

Graphic containing photos of musical artists who are featured in the podcast In Their Own Words..

Behind the music: Artists from the African diaspora share their journey, impact

May 22, 2024

Gary Viebranz, teaching professor of music at Penn State Behrend, smiles while conducting the commencement band.

Behrend professor writes coda after 25 years with jazz, concert and pep bands

May 10, 2024

A large audience in an auditorium

Dear Old State: Eisenhower Auditorium celebrates 50 years

May 07, 2024

A master of ceremonies standing at a lecturn addresses a seated audience.

Eisenhower Auditorium gets the gold treatment

May 07, 2024

Vinyls on display in the University Libraries' multimedia collection

Hidden Gems: Walter and Doris Goldstein Music and Media Center

May 06, 2024

A man of color stands and plays an acoustic guitar while a woman stands and sings near a microphone.

Performance artists invited to audition for Sept. 14 'Move Mix Festival'

April 23, 2024

Cast of Falsettos PSCS

Things to Do at Penn State: April 18-May 10

April 17, 2024

Album cover with the head shot of a middle-aged man with brown hair and glasses

School of Music professor releases rare percussion concerti album

April 16, 2024

Penn State Harrisburg to present spring concert, April 17-18

April 16, 2024

Exterior photo of Recital Hall

'Evening of Creative Inquiry in Music' to feature undergraduate researchers

April 11, 2024

A collage shows archival images of local bands The Screaming Ducks, Pure Cane Sugar and Famly Brew.

Tickets on sale now for June 22 Eisenhower Auditorium anniversary concert

April 10, 2024

Things to Do at Penn State: April 11-18

April 10, 2024

Political Song-a-Palooza fist holding guitar neck, graphic

Libraries’ Political Song-a-Palooza returns to State Theatre on April 20

April 10, 2024

A sign in New York City reading Broadway

Penn State Altoona's Ivyside Pride to present 'Sunrise Over Broadway'

April 09, 2024

a close-up of a saxophone being played

Penn State Altoona's University Jazz Band to perform April 27

April 05, 2024

A group of six Korean musicians wearing monochromatic outfits stand and look in the same direction.

Coreyah to perform kaleidoscope of Korean sounds April 24 in Alumni Hall

April 04, 2024

a violinist playing in an orchestra

Penn State Altoona professor, alumna to perform with Altoona Symphony Orchestra

April 03, 2024

Early Music Ensemble

Early Music Ensemble performance highlights marginalized voices

April 01, 2024

Image of handl holding a roll of toilet paper with a plunger in the background and the words "Urinetown the Musical"

Things to Do at Penn State: March 28-April 4

March 26, 2024

A Black man stands and plays a trumpet while a string quartet and jazz band perform nearby.

Terence Blanchard, E-Collective, Turtle Island Quartet reflect on ‘Absence’

March 21, 2024

Musicians standing on a stage with the text "2024 President's Concert and Reception, March 23, 2024, Pullo Center in York, PA" and the Alumni Association mark and URL.

Registration last call: President's Concert set for March 23 at the Pullo Center

March 19, 2024

A young man smiles as he stands in a satin fashion jacket and backward baseball cap.

Things to Do at Penn State: March 21-28

March 19, 2024

Graphic of tango dancers with date and time of concert

Tango music highlights free performance at Penn State Abington

March 15, 2024

Hard Freight Editor-in-Chief Aidan Pellegrino welcomes the crowd.

Penn State Altoona hosts spring 2024 Hard Freight Café open mic event

March 14, 2024

Zach Bryan Sold Out Crowd

Zach Bryan's 'The Quittin Time Tour' breaks records at the Bryce Jordan Center

March 13, 2024

Three men stand with their string instruments while a woman sits with hers.

Cellist Camden Shaw: ‘In Six Parts’ a layered composition without rules

March 12, 2024

A woman of color sits with her knee pulled up to her chest and rests her chin in her hand.

Things to Do at Penn State: March 14-21

March 12, 2024

Three men stand with their string instruments while an Asian woman sits on a leather armchair cradling her instrument.

Dover Quartet, pianist Haochen Zhang to perform March 21 in Recital Hall

March 08, 2024

A group of people of all ages wearing loose clothing and costumes stand in two facing rows on a grassy lawn and make dance poses.

Things to Do at Penn State: Feb. 29-March 14

February 28, 2024

Older white male with gray hair and a suit smiling

Philanthropist’s gifts support Penn State School of Theatre and Blue Band

February 27, 2024

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