Center for thePerforming Arts

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The Center for the Performing Arts (CPA) provides a context, through artistic connections, to the human experience. By bringing artists and audiences together we spark discovery of passion, inspiration, and inner truths. We are a motivator for creative thinking and examination of our relationship with the world.
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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
Faculty Recital: Displaced: Composers Who Left Their Homelands Because of Political Turmoil - Prof. 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
2023 African American Music Festival to take place Feb. 1-4 with full slate of events
The 2023 African American Music Festival will take place Feb. 1-4 on the Penn State University Park campus. Read More
Period instrument Eybler Quartet to perform long-forgotten works by Franz Weiss
The Eybler Quartet, a Toronto period instrument ensemble, will perform two long-forgotten string quartets by 19th-century composer and viola virtuoso Franz Weiss on Jan. 31. Read More