• Bernstein Mass 2013
  • standing line for tickets at Eisenhower Auditorium

Performances & Events

Make music an integral part of your life! With over 350 concerts, recitals, and masterclasses each year, the Penn State School of Music provides a wide variety of excellent events offered at no charge or for a small admission fee. Our talented students work hard to present exciting and interesting performances, and they enjoy seeing full houses of enthusiastic concertgoers!

Concert Calendar

Penn State Music "On the Road"

Name Event Sponsor/Venue Location Date
Flute Choir Performance National Flute Association New Orleans, LA Aug 8 2013
Tom Cody, guitar Performance International Horn Symposium Memphis, TN Aug 1 2013
Christopher Tow
M.M.
Conducting Masterclass Sarteano Chamber Choral Conducting Workshop Sarteano, Italy Jul 27 2013
Anthony J. Costa and David Stambler Recital and Performance International Clarinet Association's CLARINETFEST Assisi, Italy Jul 24 2013
Lisa Bontrager Performance, Millennium Brass Northport Community Arts Center Northport, MI Jul 20 2013
Mary Saunders-Barton keynote speaker International Congress of Voice Teachers Brisbane, Australia Jul 10 2013
Rob Nairn Residency Eastern Music Festival Greensboro, NC Jul 3 2013
Rob Nairn Recording Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra Bremen, Germany Jun 26 2013
Tim Hurtz Recital, Penn State Composers International Double Reed Society Conference University of Redlands, CA Jun 24 2013
Mark L. Lusk Instructor - Valade Fellow Interlochen Summer Arts Camp Interlochen, MI Jun 22 2013
Mark L. Lusk Faculty Member Interlochen Trombone and Tuba Institute Interlochen, MI Jun 16 2013
Rob Nairn Performances Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra Boston, MA Jun 9 2013
Mark L. Lusk Faculty Member Cleveland Trombone Seminar Cleveland, OH Jun 8 2013
Lisa Bontrager Performance, Millennium Brass Great American Brass Band Festival Danville, KY Jun 7 2013
Rob Nairn Recital International Society of Bassists conference Rochester, NY Jun 6 2013
Lisa Bontrager Performance, BBBC Kellogg Auditorium Battle Creek, MI Jun 1 2013
Mary Saunders-Barton Residency Hardin-Simmons University Abilene, TX May 13 2013
Rob Nairn Masterclasses Norwegian Academy of Music Oslo, Norway May 10 2013
Essence of Joy Performance Tour various Spain and France May 8 2013
Pennsylvania Quintet Performance State College Area High School State College, PA May 8 2013
Rob Nairn Baroque Masterclasses University of Gothenberg Gothenberg, Sweden May 6 2013
Rob Nairn Performance Handel and Haydn Society Boston, MA May 3 2013
Glee Club Performance Central Dauphin High School Harrisburg, PA Apr 24 2013
Ted Christopher Opera Direction Empire State Lyric Theater Rochester, NY Apr 23 2013
Tuba-Euphonium Ensemble Performance Northeast Region Tuba-Euphonium Conference Ithaca, NY Apr 19 2013
Glee Club Performance Pennsylvania Music Educators Association Erie, PA Apr 19 2013
Lisa Bontrager Performance, Millennium Brass Harry Jacobs Chamber Music Society Augusta, GA Apr 19 2013
Glee Club Performance Williamsport Area High School Williamsport, PA Apr 15 2013
Lisa Bontrager Residency University of Georgia Athens, GA Apr 15 2013
Lisa Bontrager Featured Guest Artist Western Illinois University Macomb, IL Apr 14 2013
Anthony J. Costa Performance 8th Annual Millersville University Single Reed Symposium Lancaster, PA Apr 12 2013
Graduate Saxophone Quartet Performance, Teaching Artist Initiative State College Area High School State College, PA Apr 9 2013
Horn Ensemble Performance Hollidaysburg Area Senior High School Hollidaysburg, PA Apr 9 2013
Horn Ensemble Performance Altoona High School Altoona, Pennsylvania Apr 9 2013
Graduate Saxophone Quartet Performance, Teaching Artist Initiative State College Area High School State College, PA Apr 8 2013
Horn Ensemble Performance Village at Penn State State College, PA Apr 4 2013
Graduate String Quartet, Max Zorin Masterclass, Performance West Chester High School West Chester, PA Mar 27 2013
Ted Christopher Performance Tupelo Symphony Orchestra Tupelo, MS Mar 24 2013
Tom Cody, guitar Performance Southeast Horn Workshop Richmond, VA Mar 8 2013
Robert Gardner Orchestra Adjudication Clark County Public Schools Las Vegas, NV Mar 8 2013
Trombone Choir Performance Pennsylvania Music Educators Association Region III Band Festival Hollidaysburg, PA Mar 7 2013
Timothy Shafer performance tour various Lancaster and Philadelphia, PA Mar 1 2013
Lisa Bontrager Masterclasses James Madison University Harrisonburg, VA Mar 1 2013
Essence of Joy Performance Tour schools and churches Eastern PA and New York Mar 1 2013
Glee Club Performance Tour schools and churches San Francisco, CA Mar 1 2013
Robert Gardner Orchestra Adjudication American String Teachers Association national conference Providence, RI Feb 28 2013
Graduate Woodwind Quintet Performance, Teaching Artist Initiative Easterly Parkway Elementary School State College, PA Feb 26 2013
Pennsylvania Quintet Performance Twin Valley High School Elverson, PA Feb 13 2013
Pennsylvania Quintet Performance Exeter High School Reading, PA Feb 12 2013
Tuba-Euphonium Ensemble Performance U.S. Army Tuba-Euphonium Conference Fort Myers, VA Jan 31 2013
David Hood
M.M.
Conducting Masterclass and Workshop University of Illinois Chicago, IL Jan 9 2013
Graduate Woodwind Quintet Performance, Teaching Artist Initiative Stone Valley Community Charter School Huntingdon, PA Dec 10 2012
Daryl Durran Bassoon Masterclass West Virginia University Wheeling, WV Nov 8 2012
Naomi Seidman Flute Masterclass West Virginia University Wheeling, WV Nov 8 2012
Graduate String Quartet Masterclass Pittsburgh Creative and Performing Arts High School Pittsburgh, PA Nov 2 2012