Faculty Start-Up Meeting
School of Music
Location Details (Venue Name/Virtual Platform): Esber Rehearsal Hall. AA - Will you be using piano? FALSE.
Wednesday, August 19, 2026, 8:30 AM – 11:00 AM.
UP: Music I 121 Esber Rehearsal Hall.
New Graduate Student Orientation
School of Music
Location Details (Venue Name/Virtual Platform): Esber Rehearsal Hall. AA - Will you be using piano? FALSE.
Wednesday, August 19, 2026, 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM.
UP: Music I 121 Esber Rehearsal Hall.
Common Hour
School of Music
Location Details (Venue Name/Virtual Platform): Recital Hall. AA - Ticketed Event? Free Admission. AA - Livestreamed Event? FALSE.
Friday, August 28, 2026, 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM.
UP: Music I 130 Recital Hall.
Director's Distinguished Performance Award Recital
School of Music
Location Details (Venue Name/Virtual Platform): Recital Hall. AA - Admission Type: Free, no registration or ticket required. AA - Ticketed Event? Free Admission. AA - Livestreamed Event? TRUE.
Friday, August 28, 2026, 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM.
UP: Music I 130 Recital Hall.
Rhapsody Series: The Soldier's Tale
School of Music
On August 30th, audiences will experience The Soldier's Tale, Igor Stravinsky’s theatrical masterpiece. This witty and poignant fable weaves together music, narration, and theatrical staging to explore themes of temptation, ambition, and destiny in a performance that feels both timeless and strikingly fresh. .
Location Details (Venue Name/Virtual Platform): Recital Hall. AA - Admission Type: Free, no registration or ticket required. AA - Ticketed Event? Free Admission. AA - Livestreamed Event? TRUE.
Sunday, August 30, 2026, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
UP: Music I 130 Recital Hall.
Faculty Meeting
School of Music
Location Details (Venue Name/Virtual Platform): Room 110 Music Building I. AA - Will you be using piano? FALSE.
Tuesday, September 1, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:15 PM.
UP: Music I 110 (Choral).
Bach's Lunch - School of Music Voice Area Noontime Concert: Voice Honors
School of Music
Bach’s Lunch – School of Music Voice Area Noontime Concert,
Voice Honors,
Voice students who have shown substantial improvement over the course of the previous semester perform a program of songs and arias .
Location Details (Venue Name/Virtual Platform): Eisenhower Chapel - Pasquerilla Spiritual Center. AA - Admission Type: Free, no registration or ticket required. AA - Ticketed Event? Free Admission. AA - Livestreamed Event? FALSE.
Thursday, September 3, 2026, 12:10 PM – 12:45 PM.
UP: Pasquerilla/Eisenhower Chapel.
Common Hour
School of Music
Location Details (Venue Name/Virtual Platform): Recital Hall. AA - Ticketed Event? Free Admission. AA - Livestreamed Event? FALSE.
Friday, September 4, 2026, 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM.
UP: Music I 130 Recital Hall.
Home Football Game vs. Marshall
School of Music
Location Details (Venue Name/Virtual Platform): West Shore Home Field at Beaver Stadium.
Saturday, September 5, 2026, 3:30 PM – 7:30 PM.
UP: School of Music On-Campus.
Rhapsody Series: Voices of Conflict
School of Music
In times of turmoil, art serves as a mirror that reflects the feelings of peoples involved. Music offers powerful examples of such perspectives, giving voice to emotions in a way that words often cannot. In this program, the oboe takes the role of narrator in works that focus on societal and global conflicts from the 20th and 21st centuries. From the Syrian refugee crisis to the atrocities of the Holocaust, each piece offers a unique lens for understanding issues of our past and present while sharing a dire - but hopeful - message for the future. Join Andreas Oeste, Melody Quah, and friends in this program featuring works by composers including Benjamin Britten, Pavel Haas, Judith Shatin, and Diana Syrse. .
Location Details (Venue Name/Virtual Platform): Recital Hall. AA - Admission Type: Free, no registration or ticket required. AA - Ticketed Event? Free Admission. AA - Livestreamed Event? TRUE.
Sunday, September 6, 2026, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
UP: Music I 130 Recital Hall.
FAC Meeting
School of Music
Location Details (Venue Name/Virtual Platform): Green Room.
Tuesday, September 8, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:15 PM.
UP: Music I 118 (Green Room).
Bach's Lunch - School of Music Voice Area Noontime Concert: Faculty Favorites
School of Music
Bach’s Lunch – School of Music Voice Area Noontime Concert,
Faculty Favorites,
The voice faculty present a joint program.
Location Details (Venue Name/Virtual Platform): Eisenhower Chapel - Pasquerilla Spiritual Center. AA - Admission Type: Free, no registration or ticket required. AA - Ticketed Event? Free Admission. AA - Livestreamed Event? FALSE.
Thursday, September 10, 2026, 12:10 PM – 12:45 PM.
UP: Pasquerilla/Eisenhower Chapel.
School of Music Season Kick-Off Concert
School of Music
Location Details (Venue Name/Virtual Platform): Arboretum. AA - Admission Type: Free, no registration or ticket required. AA - Ticketed Event? Free Admission. AA - Livestreamed Event? FALSE.
Thursday, September 10, 2026, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM.
UP: School of Music On-Campus.
Common Hour
School of Music
Location Details (Venue Name/Virtual Platform): Recital Hall. AA - Ticketed Event? Free Admission. AA - Livestreamed Event? FALSE.
Friday, September 11, 2026, 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM.
UP: Music I 130 Recital Hall.
RAIN LOCATION ONLY SoT Season Preview
School of Music
Location Details (Venue Name/Virtual Platform): Recital Hall. AA - Ticketed Event? Free Admission. AA - Livestreamed Event? FALSE.
Thursday, September 17, 2026, 12:00 PM – 9:00 PM.
UP: Music I 130 Recital Hall.
Bach's Lunch - School of Music Voice Area Noontime Concert: 4th–year & Graduate Voice Students
School of Music
Bach’s Lunch – School of Music Voice Area Noontime Concert,
4th–year & Graduate Voice Students,
Voice students present a program of songs and arias.
Location Details (Venue Name/Virtual Platform): Eisenhower Chapel - Pasquerilla Spiritual Center. AA - Admission Type: Free, no registration or ticket required. AA - Ticketed Event? Free Admission. AA - Livestreamed Event? FALSE.
Thursday, September 17, 2026, 12:10 PM – 12:45 PM.
UP: Pasquerilla/Eisenhower Chapel.
Common Hour
School of Music
Location Details (Venue Name/Virtual Platform): Recital Hall. AA - Ticketed Event? Free Admission. AA - Livestreamed Event? FALSE.
Friday, September 18, 2026, 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM.
UP: Music I 130 Recital Hall.
Home Football Game vs. Buffalo
School of Music
Location Details (Venue Name/Virtual Platform): West Shore Home Field at Beaver Stadium.
Saturday, September 19, 2026, 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
UP: School of Music On-Campus.
Rhapsody Series: Cassandra Weeps
School of Music
On September 20th, “Cassandra Weeps” is a dynamic program of baroque works by Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe, Arcangelo Corelli, Johann Schenk, JS Bach, and Marin Marais performed on historical instruments. Lily Schrantz (viola da gamba) is joined by Patricia Ann Neely (viola da gamba), Brian Kay (lute/theorbo), William Rehwinkel (harpsichord), and Cole Denton (countertenor), plus guest speaker Nikki Crawford. This program reflects on the connection through grief between us today and the composers of the distant past, and it is dedicated to all victims of war and inhumane treatment under unjust laws. .
Location Details (Venue Name/Virtual Platform): Recital Hall. AA - Admission Type: Free, no registration or ticket required. AA - Ticketed Event? Free Admission. AA - Livestreamed Event? TRUE.
Sunday, September 20, 2026, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
UP: Music I 130 Recital Hall.
Bach's Lunch - School of Music Voice Area Noontime Concert: 3rd–year Voice Students
School of Music
Bach’s Lunch – School of Music Voice Area Noontime Concert,
3rd–year Voice Students,
Voice students present a program of songs and arias.
Location Details (Venue Name/Virtual Platform): Eisenhower Chapel - Pasquerilla Spiritual Center. AA - Admission Type: Free, no registration or ticket required. AA - Ticketed Event? Free Admission. AA - Livestreamed Event? FALSE.
Thursday, September 24, 2026, 12:10 PM – 12:45 PM.
UP: Pasquerilla/Eisenhower Chapel.
Common Hour
School of Music
Location Details (Venue Name/Virtual Platform): Recital Hall. AA - Ticketed Event? Free Admission. AA - Livestreamed Event? FALSE.
Friday, September 25, 2026, 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM.
UP: Music I 130 Recital Hall.
Home Football Game Time TBD
School of Music
Location Details (Venue Name/Virtual Platform): West Shore Home Field at Beaver Stadium.
Saturday, September 26, 2026, 8:00 AM – 8:30 AM.
UP: School of Music On-Campus.
Bach's Lunch - School of Music Voice Area Noontime Concert: 2nd–year Voice Students
School of Music
Bach’s Lunch – School of Music Voice Area Noontime Concert,
2nd–year Voice Students,
Voice students present a program of songs and arias.
Location Details (Venue Name/Virtual Platform): Eisenhower Chapel - Pasquerilla Spiritual Center. AA - Admission Type: Free, no registration or ticket required. AA - Ticketed Event? Free Admission. AA - Livestreamed Event? FALSE.
Thursday, October 1, 2026, 12:10 PM – 12:45 PM.
UP: Pasquerilla/Eisenhower Chapel.
Brass Chamber Music Recital
School of Music
Location Details (Venue Name/Virtual Platform): Recital Hall. AA - Admission Type: Free, no registration or ticket required. AA - Ticketed Event? Free Admission. AA - Livestreamed Event? FALSE.
Thursday, October 1, 2026, 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM.
UP: Music I 130 Recital Hall.
Common Hour
School of Music
Location Details (Venue Name/Virtual Platform): Recital Hall. AA - Ticketed Event? Free Admission. AA - Livestreamed Event? FALSE.
Friday, October 2, 2026, 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM.
UP: Music I 130 Recital Hall.
Faculty Recital: Katherine Benson, piano
School of Music
Location Details (Venue Name/Virtual Platform): Recital Hall. AA - Admission Type: Free, no registration or ticket required. AA - Ticketed Event? Free Admission. AA - Livestreamed Event? TRUE.
Friday, October 2, 2026, 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM.
UP: Music I 130 Recital Hall.
Cello Day
School of Music
Location Details (Venue Name/Virtual Platform): Esber Rehearsal Hall. AA - Will you be using piano? FALSE.
Saturday, October 3, 2026, 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM.
UP: Music I 100, UP: Music I 121 Esber Rehearsal Hall, UP: Music Bldg II 101, UP: Music Bldg II 128, UP: Music I 102 (Conference).
DR - Philharmonic Orchestra
School of Music
Location Details (Venue Name/Virtual Platform): Eisenhower Auditorium.
Saturday, October 3, 2026, 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
UP: Eisenhower Auditorium.
Philharmonic Orchestra Concert
School of Music
Location Details (Venue Name/Virtual Platform): Eisenhower Auditorium. AA - Admission Type: Ticket purchase required. AA - Admission Ticket or Registration Link: https://am.ticketmaster.com/psuarts/buy?id=Nzgz.
Sunday, October 4, 2026, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM.
UP: Eisenhower Auditorium.
Faculty Meeting
School of Music
Location Details (Venue Name/Virtual Platform): Room 110 Music Building I. AA - Will you be using piano? FALSE.
Tuesday, October 6, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:15 PM.
UP: Music I 110 (Choral).
DR - Symphonic Band
School of Music
Location Details (Venue Name/Virtual Platform): Eisenhower Auditorium.
Tuesday, October 6, 2026, 1:35 PM – 3:30 PM.
UP: Eisenhower Auditorium.
DR - Campus Band
School of Music
Location Details (Venue Name/Virtual Platform): Eisenhower Auditorium.
Tuesday, October 6, 2026, 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM.
UP: Eisenhower Auditorium.
Campus Band & Symphonic Band Concert
School of Music
Location Details (Venue Name/Virtual Platform): Eisenhower Auditorium. AA - Admission Type: Ticket purchase required. AA - Admission Ticket or Registration Link: https://am.ticketmaster.com/psuarts/buy?id=Nzgz.
Wednesday, October 7, 2026, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM.
UP: Eisenhower Auditorium.
Bach's Lunch - School of Music Voice Area Noontime Concert: 1st–year Voice Students
School of Music
Bach’s Lunch – School of Music Voice Area Noontime Concert,
1st-year Voice Students,
Voice students present a program of songs and arias.
Location Details (Venue Name/Virtual Platform): Eisenhower Chapel - Pasquerilla Spiritual Center. AA - Admission Type: Free, no registration or ticket required. AA - Ticketed Event? Free Admission. AA - Livestreamed Event? FALSE.
Thursday, October 8, 2026, 12:10 PM – 12:45 PM.
UP: Pasquerilla/Eisenhower Chapel.
Common Hour
School of Music
Location Details (Venue Name/Virtual Platform): Recital Hall. AA - Ticketed Event? Free Admission. AA - Livestreamed Event? FALSE.
Friday, October 9, 2026, 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM.
UP: Music I 130 Recital Hall.
Others Arts Ensemble with Open Music - Morton Feldman Celebration Concert
School of Music
Location Details (Venue Name/Virtual Platform): Recital Hall. AA - Admission Type: Free, no registration or ticket required. AA - Ticketed Event? Free Admission. AA - Livestreamed Event? TRUE.
Friday, October 9, 2026, 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM.
UP: Music I 130 Recital Hall.
Home Football Game Time TBD
School of Music
Location Details (Venue Name/Virtual Platform): West Shore Home Field at Beaver Stadium.
Saturday, October 10, 2026, 8:00 AM – 8:30 AM.
UP: School of Music On-Campus.
Rhapsody Series: Collaborations
School of Music
Collaborations explores the sound of the violin in combination with various other instruments, featuring violinist James Lyon with Mark Ferraguto (harpsichord), Lily Schrantz (viola da gamba), Lee Hinkle (marimba), Patricia Weitzel (double bass), and Jonathan Gangi (guitar). Works to be performed include Isabella Leonarda's baroque masterpiece Sonata Duodecima, Somei Satoh’s mesmerizing Birds in Warped Time 2, Edgar Meyer’s genre-defying Concert Duo, David Leisner’s art-inspired Dances in the Madhouse, and the world premiere performance of Nalah Palmer’s autobiographical work Turning. .
Location Details (Venue Name/Virtual Platform): Recital Hall. AA - Admission Type: Free, no registration or ticket required. AA - Ticketed Event? Free Admission. AA - Livestreamed Event? TRUE.
Sunday, October 11, 2026, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
UP: Music I 130 Recital Hall.
Fall Visit Day
School of Music
Location Details (Venue Name/Virtual Platform): Recital Hall.
Monday, October 12, 2026, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM.
UP: Music I 130 Recital Hall.
FAC Meeting
School of Music
Location Details (Venue Name/Virtual Platform): Green Room.
Tuesday, October 13, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:15 PM.
UP: Music I 118 (Green Room).
Bach's Lunch - School of Music Voice Area Noontime Concert: Opera Preview
School of Music
Bach’s Lunch – School of Music Voice Area Noontime Concert,
Opera Preview,
Students in Penn State Opera present a sneak-peek of their upcoming program.
Location Details (Venue Name/Virtual Platform): Eisenhower Chapel - Pasquerilla Spiritual Center. AA - Admission Type: Free, no registration or ticket required. AA - Ticketed Event? Free Admission. AA - Livestreamed Event? FALSE.
Thursday, October 15, 2026, 12:10 PM – 12:45 PM.
UP: Pasquerilla/Eisenhower Chapel.
Common Hour
School of Music
Location Details (Venue Name/Virtual Platform): Recital Hall. AA - Ticketed Event? Free Admission. AA - Livestreamed Event? FALSE.
Friday, October 16, 2026, 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM.
UP: Music I 130 Recital Hall.
Chamber Orchestra & Symphonic Wind Ensemble
School of Music
Location Details (Venue Name/Virtual Platform): Recital Hall. AA - Admission Type: Ticket purchase required. AA - Admission Ticket or Registration Link: https://am.ticketmaster.com/psuarts/buy?id=Nzgz. AA - Ticketed Event? Ticketed Event. AA - Livestreamed Event? TRUE.
Friday, October 16, 2026, 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM.
UP: Music I 130 Recital Hall.
In Low Voice Festival
School of Music
Location Details (Venue Name/Virtual Platform): Eisenhower Auditorium. AA - Admission Type: Free, no registration or ticket required.
Saturday, October 17, 2026, 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM.
UP: Eisenhower Auditorium.
Dimensions in Jazz
School of Music
Location Details (Venue Name/Virtual Platform): Recital Hall. AA - Admission Type: Ticket purchase required. AA - Admission Ticket or Registration Link: https://am.ticketmaster.com/psuarts/buy?id=Nzgz. AA - Ticketed Event? Ticketed Event. AA - Livestreamed Event? TRUE.
Saturday, October 17, 2026, 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM.
UP: Music I 130 Recital Hall.
Choral Collage
School of Music
Location Details (Venue Name/Virtual Platform): Worship Hall, Pasquerilla Spiritual Center. AA - Admission Type: Free, no registration or ticket required. AA - Ticketed Event? Free Admission. AA - Livestreamed Event? TRUE.
Saturday, October 17, 2026, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM.
UP: Pasquerilla/Eisenhower 122 - Pod #1, UP: Pasquerilla/Eisenhower 124 - Pod #2, UP: Pasquerilla/Eisenhower 126 - Pod #3, UP: Pasquerilla/Eisenhower 127 - Worship Hall.
Mosaic Auditions
School of Music
Location Details (Venue Name/Virtual Platform): Recital Hall.
Tuesday, October 20, 2026, 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM.
UP: Music I 130 Recital Hall.
Mosaic Auditions
School of Music
Location Details (Venue Name/Virtual Platform): Recital Hall.
Wednesday, October 21, 2026, 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM.
UP: Music I 130 Recital Hall.
Bach's Lunch - School of Music Voice Area Noontime Concert: SNATS Stages
School of Music
Bach’s Lunch – School of Music Voice Area Noontime Concert,
SNATS Stages,
Our Student NATS (National Association of Teachers of Singing) chapter presents a special program.
Location Details (Venue Name/Virtual Platform): Eisenhower Chapel - Pasquerilla Spiritual Center. AA - Admission Type: Free, no registration or ticket required. AA - Ticketed Event? Free Admission. AA - Livestreamed Event? FALSE.
Thursday, October 22, 2026, 12:10 PM – 12:45 PM.
UP: Pasquerilla/Eisenhower Chapel.
Tubaween
School of Music
Location Details (Venue Name/Virtual Platform): Recital Hall. AA - Admission Type: Free, no registration or ticket required. AA - Ticketed Event? Free Admission. AA - Livestreamed Event? TRUE.
Thursday, October 22, 2026, 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM.
UP: Music I 130 Recital Hall.
Common Hour
School of Music
Location Details (Venue Name/Virtual Platform): Recital Hall. AA - Ticketed Event? Free Admission. AA - Livestreamed Event? FALSE.
Friday, October 23, 2026, 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM.
UP: Music I 130 Recital Hall.
HOLD for Garcia Competition
School of Music
AA - Will you be using piano? TRUE.
Friday, October 23, 2026, 4:00 PM – 10:00 PM.
UP: Music I 130 Recital Hall.
HOLD for Garcia Competition
School of Music
AA - Will you be using piano? TRUE.
Saturday, October 24, 2026, 8:00 AM – 10:00 PM.
UP: Music I 121 Esber Rehearsal Hall, UP: Music I 130 Recital Hall.
HOLD for Garcia Competition
School of Music
AA - Will you be using piano? TRUE.
Sunday, October 25, 2026, 8:00 AM – 3:00 PM.
UP: Music I 121 Esber Rehearsal Hall, UP: Music I 130 Recital Hall.
Faculty Recital: dawn pierce, voice
School of Music
Location Details (Venue Name/Virtual Platform): Recital Hall. AA - Admission Type: Free, no registration or ticket required. AA - Ticketed Event? Free Admission. AA - Livestreamed Event? TRUE.
Sunday, October 25, 2026, 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM.
UP: Music I 130 Recital Hall.
Bach's Lunch - School of Music Voice Area Noontime Concert: Voice Minors
School of Music
Bach’s Lunch – School of Music Voice Area Noontime Concert,
Voice Minors ,
Voice students present a program of songs and arias.
Location Details (Venue Name/Virtual Platform): Eisenhower Chapel - Pasquerilla Spiritual Center. AA - Admission Type: Free, no registration or ticket required. AA - Ticketed Event? Free Admission. AA - Livestreamed Event? FALSE.
Thursday, October 29, 2026, 12:10 PM – 12:45 PM.
UP: Pasquerilla/Eisenhower Chapel.
Common Hour
School of Music
Location Details (Venue Name/Virtual Platform): Recital Hall. AA - Ticketed Event? Free Admission. AA - Livestreamed Event? FALSE.
Friday, October 30, 2026, 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM.
UP: Music I 130 Recital Hall.
Composers' Concert I
School of Music
Location Details (Venue Name/Virtual Platform): Esber Rehearsal Hall. AA - Admission Type: Free, no registration or ticket required. AA - Ticketed Event? Free Admission. AA - Will you be using piano? TRUE. AA - Livestreamed Event? FALSE.
Friday, October 30, 2026, 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM.
UP: Music I 121 Esber Rehearsal Hall.
Home Football Game Time TBD
School of Music
Location Details (Venue Name/Virtual Platform): West Shore Home Field at Beaver Stadium.
Saturday, October 31, 2026, 8:00 AM – 8:30 AM.
UP: School of Music On-Campus.
Oriana Singers
School of Music
Location Details (Venue Name/Virtual Platform): Recital Hall. AA - Admission Type: Ticket purchase required. AA - Admission Ticket or Registration Link: https://am.ticketmaster.com/psuarts/buy?id=Nzgz. AA - Ticketed Event? Ticketed Event. AA - Livestreamed Event? TRUE.
Sunday, November 1, 2026, 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM.
UP: Music I 130 Recital Hall.
Essence of Joy
School of Music
Location Details (Venue Name/Virtual Platform): Recital Hall. AA - Admission Type: Ticket purchase required. AA - Admission Ticket or Registration Link: https://am.ticketmaster.com/psuarts/buy?id=Nzgz. AA - Ticketed Event? Ticketed Event. AA - Livestreamed Event? TRUE.
Sunday, November 1, 2026, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM.
UP: Music I 130 Recital Hall.
Flute Studio Recital
School of Music
Location Details (Venue Name/Virtual Platform): Recital Hall. AA - Admission Type: Free, no registration or ticket required. AA - Ticketed Event? Free Admission. AA - Livestreamed Event? TRUE.
Monday, November 2, 2026, 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM.
UP: Music I 130 Recital Hall.