Performing Arts




You want to perform!
It’s in our blood too! We dance. We act. We compose and practice and play. It’s about connecting with an audience, and setting the stage. The College of Arts and Architecture’s majors, minors, and graduate programs will prepare you to succeed in the limelight.
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Alumni Spotlight

Alumni Spotlight
Alex Meixner
Master of Music 2001Meixner is a nationally acclaimed musician, performer, bandleader, educator, and a leading advocate of polka music. Formally trained in classical, jazz, and ethnic music, he has cross-pollinated his versatile playing styles through pop music, funk, jazz, and polka. Photos: Chris Spiegel and Michael G. Stewart.


Venues Galore


Eisenhower Auditorium

Pavilion Theatre

Penn State Downtown Theatre

Playhouse Theatre

Recital Hall
In the spotlight...
Faculty Spotlight
Naomi Seidman
Assistant Professor of Music
Assistant Professor Naomi Seidman joined the School of Music faculty in 2012. An accomplished solo performer, she has won the Mid-South Flute Competition and the Frank Bowen Young Artist Competition, and was first runner-up in the Myrna Brown Young Artist Competition. She was also a semi-finalist in the Beijing Nicolet International Flute Competition. She has performed as a soloist with the Pennsylvania Centre Orchestra, Santa Fe Symphony, Kingsville Symphony, and Ballet Austin. She has also been an invited performer, judge, and presenter at National Flute Association (NFA) conventions and is a member of the NFA Cultural Outreach Committee.

Events
Go. Explore.Bach’s Lunch – School of Music Voice Area Noontime Concert Lyric Diction Class
Pasquerilla/Eisenhower ChapelBach’s Lunch – School of Music Voice Area Noontime Concert Trost Studio
Pasquerilla/Eisenhower ChapelBach’s Lunch – School of Music Voice Area Noontime Concert Opera Theatre
Pasquerilla/Eisenhower ChapelNews from A&A
Displaced: Composers Who Left Their Homelands Because of Political Turmoil - A faculty recital by Christopher Guzman, piano
Join Penn State Professor Dr. Christopher Guzman on Sunday, Feb.5 at 4:00 p.m. in the Recital Hall of the School of Music as he presents an afternoon piano recital of