Featured Performances and Events
Starts: April 8, 2020 - 7:30pm
Ends: Apr 8 2020 - 9:00pm
News
Remaining Spring 2020 Recitals, Concerts, Masterclasses are Cancelled
Cook and Guzman honored for CD of premieres
Homecoming Weekend Halftime Show Designed by Doctoral Student in Music Ed, Michquelena Potlunas Ferguson
UPDATE: With Penn State's announcement to move to remote learning until the end of the semester, the School of Music has cancelled all upcoming performances, recitals, and events at this time. As we receive additional information, we will continue to provide updates regarding future performances, recitals, and events. If an event is cancelled, all ticket holders will be notified by phone or email with instructions. We hope to be returning soon!
Kim Cook, distinguished professor of cello, and Christopher Guzman, associate professor of piano, were honored with an award for the Top Five CD Issues for 2018 by critics for Fanfare, one of the premiere journals of musical recordings. The CD, released by Naxos, features eight premieres by composer Paul Reale: Sonatas No. 1 and 2, Séance for Solo Cello, Four Folk Songs and the Wexford Carol. David Canfield from Fanfare praised the CD, saying, “[...
Next weekend, October 4-6, 2019, is Homecoming weekend at Penn State. The halftime show is dedicated to celebrating 120 years of Penn State's Blue Band, and it was designed by Michquelena Potlunas Ferguson, a Ph.D. Candidate in Music Education, and a Penn State Alum (’07, B.S. Music Education)!
The show will feature songs from throughout the ages, and as a traditional component of the Penn State Homecoming festivities, in addition to the Blue Band, the Penn State Alumni Blue...
Student Spotlight
Rising senior Jordana Schaeffer will serve as an intern with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra during summer 2018. She will be participating in their outreach program, OrchKids, a year-round after school program for over 1,300 students in...
Faculty Spotlight
Congratulations to composition professor Baljinder Sekhon on the upcoming premiere of his new work, into emptiness, for saxophone, flute, voice, and electronics. The premiere will take place on August 25th...
Alumni Spotlight
Congratulations to Penn State alumni Luke Nosal (BM performance, ‘18, PPC Orchestral Conducting ’19) will assume the role of Assistant Conductor with the Queer Urban Orchestra beginning on January 1, 2020. Luke has served as the...
