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Side by side image of a young woman with dark hair on the right and a young man with dark hair on the left

Two composition students’ music selected for dean’s alumni video series relaunch

November 25, 2025

Arts and Architecture GivingTuesday campaigns help student success, scholarships

November 14, 2025

School of Music Choirs present a day of performances on Nov. 16

November 13, 2025

Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Chamber Orchestra to present joint concert Nov. 19

November 11, 2025

Campus and Philharmonic Orchestras to perform Nov. 10 at Eisenhower Auditorium

November 04, 2025

Penn State Glee Club to present Fall Concert on Nov. 14

November 04, 2025

Portrait of Joanna Kieran-Mendez

Undergrad research project explores neurophysiology of people with perfect pitch

November 04, 2025

Mosaic 2024 Group

School of Music to present Mosaic 2025

November 03, 2025

Marissa Guarriello

Music educator reflects on experiences, success of last decade

October 28, 2025

Fox Graduate School hires new associate dean for graduate academic affairs

October 21, 2025

President's Concert Opera

Penn State Opera and the State Theatre partner to enrich local opera experience

October 21, 2025

School of Music to showcase student talent during Family Weekend, Oct. 17-19

October 08, 2025

Internationally renowned pianist Greg Anderson headlines Spirio piano dedication

October 06, 2025

Six young South American children posing with string instruments and packs of strings

School of Music sends used strings to South American youth music programs

September 30, 2025

Dominic DiFrancesco sings next to a piano

Fourth year Schreyer Scholar finds harmony in marketing and music 

September 19, 2025

Penn State School of Music presents free 'Tails & Tales' family concert Sept. 28

September 08, 2025

PSU Recital Hall

School of Music announces 2025–26 'Rhapsody Series' of faculty recitals

August 20, 2025

White man with light brown hair smiling

Q&A with Luke Gall, music education alumnus and co-founder of Ultimate Drill Book

June 27, 2025

A group of elementary school students perform an opera scene at an school assembly

Music grad students partner with elementary school to present a day at the opera

June 16, 2025

Old Main viewed through Armillary Sphere

Big Ten Academic Alliance announces 2025-26 Academic Leadership Program fellows

June 09, 2025

Funny depiction of Shakespeare with bruises and black eye and yelling Ouch

Penn State Centre Stage ignites summer with the launch of Firefly Rep

June 03, 2025

Music in the Gardens

Penn’s Woods Music Festival returns for vibrant, intimate celebration June 20–22

May 28, 2025

An outside view of a recital hall with grand windows photographed at sunset

New-Music Festival and Symposium showcases talent to international community

May 07, 2025

College of Arts and Architecture spring 2025 student marshals

College of Arts and Architecture names spring 2025 student marshals

May 05, 2025

SWE Mosaic 2024

Symphonic Band and Symphonic Wind Ensemble present final concert of the semester

April 15, 2025

A young woman with short hair at a marimba and a young woman with long hair in a studio with paint cans behind her

Graduate students in theatre, music win Professional Master’s Excellence Awards

April 14, 2025

Nittany Lion Shrine

17 academic unit leads complete 2025 Excellence in Academic Leadership program

April 11, 2025

35th annual Frühling Posaunen Festival to be held at School of Music on April 13

April 09, 2025

Penn State Jazz Combos to perform at Nittany Lion Inn on April 16

April 03, 2025

Choir Mosaic 2024

Penn State School of Music presents two choir concerts April 6

April 01, 2025

Sun streaming through Penn State's Old Main bell tower

Penn State Emeritus Academy welcomes distinguished Spring 2025 inductees

March 26, 2025

Classical guitarist Cinzia Milani to perform April 2 at Penn State

March 24, 2025

Classical guitarist Massimo Delle Cese to perform April 9 at Penn State

March 24, 2025

Large vertical video screens hang above a band and a choir.

Bang on a Can All-Stars to perform David Lang’s ‘Before and After Nature’

March 19, 2025

Exterior photo of Recital Hall

Penn State Rock Ensemble makes its debut performance on April 29

March 19, 2025

Penn State to host North American Saxophone Alliance Regional Conference

March 18, 2025

A promotional graphic for a pianist concert

Pianist Christopher Guzman returns to give free recital at Penn State

March 18, 2025

Three dresses and a men's suit displayed on mannequins as part of an exhibition.

Arts and Architecture’s Golumbic Scholarship exhibition opens March 18

March 17, 2025

Penn State Early Music Ensemble

Early Music Ensemble to present concert on March 31

March 06, 2025

2025 President's Concert and Reception set for April 3 in Philadelphia

March 05, 2025

Penn State Recital Hall

School of Music to host 2025 Penn State New-Music Festival and Symposium

March 05, 2025

Black and white drawing with three-dimensional geometrical, diamond shapes.

Woskob Gallery reception: ‘Incident and Accident: Daily Drawings’ on March 7

February 28, 2025

Penn State Concert and Symphonic bands to present concert on March 6

February 25, 2025

Centre Dimensions Mosaic 2024

Penn State School of Music presents Mardi Gras Concert on March 5

February 25, 2025

Cassie Mansfield and Charles Youmans

Elizabeth Mansfield and Charles Youmans named Penn State distinguished professors

February 21, 2025

Church of the Holy Trinity Ritenhouse Square

Penn State School of Music presents 2025 President's Concert in Philadelphia

February 20, 2025

Nittany Lion Shrine

Penn State names 10 new distinguished professors for 2025

February 17, 2025

Philharmonic Orchestra

Philharmonic to perform works by Wagner, Stravinsky, Paganini and Debussy

February 13, 2025

Recital Hall interior with empty audience seats and a piano on stage in the center

School of Music presents final installment of 'Mavericks' Recital Series

February 11, 2025

Patrick Williams Philadelphia Orchestra

Principal Flutist of Philadelphia Orchestra residency at School of Music

February 11, 2025

Former Blue Band Director O. Richard Bundy Jr. poses for a portrait in a tuxedo.

Alumnus, former Blue Band director Bundy to receive Distinguished Alumni Award

February 07, 2025

Image of a colorful face on the symphonic wind ensemble poster

Penn State Symphonic Wind Ensemble presents 'Voices in Our Head' on Feb. 20

February 05, 2025

Cover of Taylor Greer's book

Music professor to discuss book on Charles Griffes with Arts and Architecture dean

February 03, 2025

School of Music presents 2025 Jazz Festival featuring bassist Matthew Garrison

January 30, 2025

Penn State Opera Theatre presents 'The Miller’s Daughter,' Feb. 27 to March 1

January 27, 2025

Penn State School of Music hosts inaugural Athena Summit for Young Musicians

January 24, 2025

Ann Marie Stanley

School of Music director to serve as featured clinician at Texas conference

January 24, 2025

'Cut from a different cloth’: Penn State mourns passing of Anthony Leach

January 14, 2025

AAMF Cyrus Chestnut DK Harrell

School of Music presents Cyrus Chestnut and D.K. Harrell at State Theatre Feb. 7

January 07, 2025

Image of a white man with a bald head wearing black framed glasses with his arms casually crossed.

School of Music alum’s arts entrepreneurship podcast celebrates 200th episode

December 12, 2024

Symphonic Wind Ensemble graphic

Symphonic Band and Symphonic Wind Ensemble present semester closer, 'RENEWED'

December 03, 2024

Interior of School of Music Recital Hall

Penn State's Vocal Dimensions and Inner Dimensions present Fall Concert Dec. 5

November 22, 2024

Music professor wins American Musicological Society’s Noah Greenberg Award

November 19, 2024

A group of students wearing virtual reality headsets in a classroom

VR app aims to improve interpersonal communication within helping professions

November 18, 2024

Penn State Philharmonic Orchestra

Penn State Philharmonic Orchestra to perform Anton Bruckner's Symphony No. 4

November 15, 2024

School of Music's 'Mosaic' concert to return to Eisenhower Auditorium on Dec. 8

November 12, 2024

Latest News

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Side by side image of a young woman with dark hair on the right and a young man with dark hair on the left

Two composition students’ music selected for dean’s alumni video series relaunch

November 25, 2025

Arts and Architecture GivingTuesday campaigns help student success, scholarships

November 14, 2025

School of Music Choirs present a day of performances on Nov. 16

November 13, 2025

Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Chamber Orchestra to present joint concert Nov. 19

November 11, 2025

Campus and Philharmonic Orchestras to perform Nov. 10 at Eisenhower Auditorium

November 04, 2025

Penn State Glee Club to present Fall Concert on Nov. 14

November 04, 2025

Portrait of Joanna Kieran-Mendez

Undergrad research project explores neurophysiology of people with perfect pitch

November 04, 2025

Mosaic 2024 Group

School of Music to present Mosaic 2025

November 03, 2025

Marissa Guarriello

Music educator reflects on experiences, success of last decade

October 28, 2025

Fox Graduate School hires new associate dean for graduate academic affairs

October 21, 2025

President's Concert Opera

Penn State Opera and the State Theatre partner to enrich local opera experience

October 21, 2025

School of Music to showcase student talent during Family Weekend, Oct. 17-19

October 08, 2025

Internationally renowned pianist Greg Anderson headlines Spirio piano dedication

October 06, 2025

Six young South American children posing with string instruments and packs of strings

School of Music sends used strings to South American youth music programs

September 30, 2025

Dominic DiFrancesco sings next to a piano

Fourth year Schreyer Scholar finds harmony in marketing and music 

September 19, 2025

Penn State School of Music presents free 'Tails & Tales' family concert Sept. 28

September 08, 2025

PSU Recital Hall

School of Music announces 2025–26 'Rhapsody Series' of faculty recitals

August 20, 2025

White man with light brown hair smiling

Q&A with Luke Gall, music education alumnus and co-founder of Ultimate Drill Book

June 27, 2025

A group of elementary school students perform an opera scene at an school assembly

Music grad students partner with elementary school to present a day at the opera

June 16, 2025

Old Main viewed through Armillary Sphere

Big Ten Academic Alliance announces 2025-26 Academic Leadership Program fellows

June 09, 2025

Funny depiction of Shakespeare with bruises and black eye and yelling Ouch

Penn State Centre Stage ignites summer with the launch of Firefly Rep

June 03, 2025

Music in the Gardens

Penn’s Woods Music Festival returns for vibrant, intimate celebration June 20–22

May 28, 2025

An outside view of a recital hall with grand windows photographed at sunset

New-Music Festival and Symposium showcases talent to international community

May 07, 2025

College of Arts and Architecture spring 2025 student marshals

College of Arts and Architecture names spring 2025 student marshals

May 05, 2025

SWE Mosaic 2024

Symphonic Band and Symphonic Wind Ensemble present final concert of the semester

April 15, 2025

A young woman with short hair at a marimba and a young woman with long hair in a studio with paint cans behind her

Graduate students in theatre, music win Professional Master’s Excellence Awards

April 14, 2025

Nittany Lion Shrine

17 academic unit leads complete 2025 Excellence in Academic Leadership program

April 11, 2025

35th annual Frühling Posaunen Festival to be held at School of Music on April 13

April 09, 2025

Penn State Jazz Combos to perform at Nittany Lion Inn on April 16

April 03, 2025

Choir Mosaic 2024

Penn State School of Music presents two choir concerts April 6

April 01, 2025

Sun streaming through Penn State's Old Main bell tower

Penn State Emeritus Academy welcomes distinguished Spring 2025 inductees

March 26, 2025

Classical guitarist Cinzia Milani to perform April 2 at Penn State

March 24, 2025

Classical guitarist Massimo Delle Cese to perform April 9 at Penn State

March 24, 2025

Large vertical video screens hang above a band and a choir.

Bang on a Can All-Stars to perform David Lang’s ‘Before and After Nature’

March 19, 2025

Exterior photo of Recital Hall

Penn State Rock Ensemble makes its debut performance on April 29

March 19, 2025

Penn State to host North American Saxophone Alliance Regional Conference

March 18, 2025

A promotional graphic for a pianist concert

Pianist Christopher Guzman returns to give free recital at Penn State

March 18, 2025

Three dresses and a men's suit displayed on mannequins as part of an exhibition.

Arts and Architecture’s Golumbic Scholarship exhibition opens March 18

March 17, 2025

Penn State Early Music Ensemble

Early Music Ensemble to present concert on March 31

March 06, 2025

2025 President's Concert and Reception set for April 3 in Philadelphia

March 05, 2025

Penn State Recital Hall

School of Music to host 2025 Penn State New-Music Festival and Symposium

March 05, 2025

Black and white drawing with three-dimensional geometrical, diamond shapes.

Woskob Gallery reception: ‘Incident and Accident: Daily Drawings’ on March 7

February 28, 2025

Penn State Concert and Symphonic bands to present concert on March 6

February 25, 2025

Centre Dimensions Mosaic 2024

Penn State School of Music presents Mardi Gras Concert on March 5

February 25, 2025

Cassie Mansfield and Charles Youmans

Elizabeth Mansfield and Charles Youmans named Penn State distinguished professors

February 21, 2025

Church of the Holy Trinity Ritenhouse Square

Penn State School of Music presents 2025 President's Concert in Philadelphia

February 20, 2025

Nittany Lion Shrine

Penn State names 10 new distinguished professors for 2025

February 17, 2025

Philharmonic Orchestra

Philharmonic to perform works by Wagner, Stravinsky, Paganini and Debussy

February 13, 2025

Recital Hall interior with empty audience seats and a piano on stage in the center

School of Music presents final installment of 'Mavericks' Recital Series

February 11, 2025

Patrick Williams Philadelphia Orchestra

Principal Flutist of Philadelphia Orchestra residency at School of Music

February 11, 2025

Former Blue Band Director O. Richard Bundy Jr. poses for a portrait in a tuxedo.

Alumnus, former Blue Band director Bundy to receive Distinguished Alumni Award

February 07, 2025

Image of a colorful face on the symphonic wind ensemble poster

Penn State Symphonic Wind Ensemble presents 'Voices in Our Head' on Feb. 20

February 05, 2025

Cover of Taylor Greer's book

Music professor to discuss book on Charles Griffes with Arts and Architecture dean

February 03, 2025

School of Music presents 2025 Jazz Festival featuring bassist Matthew Garrison

January 30, 2025

Penn State Opera Theatre presents 'The Miller’s Daughter,' Feb. 27 to March 1

January 27, 2025

Penn State School of Music hosts inaugural Athena Summit for Young Musicians

January 24, 2025

Ann Marie Stanley

School of Music director to serve as featured clinician at Texas conference

January 24, 2025

'Cut from a different cloth’: Penn State mourns passing of Anthony Leach

January 14, 2025

AAMF Cyrus Chestnut DK Harrell

School of Music presents Cyrus Chestnut and D.K. Harrell at State Theatre Feb. 7

January 07, 2025

Image of a white man with a bald head wearing black framed glasses with his arms casually crossed.

School of Music alum’s arts entrepreneurship podcast celebrates 200th episode

December 12, 2024

Symphonic Wind Ensemble graphic

Symphonic Band and Symphonic Wind Ensemble present semester closer, 'RENEWED'

December 03, 2024

Interior of School of Music Recital Hall

Penn State's Vocal Dimensions and Inner Dimensions present Fall Concert Dec. 5

November 22, 2024

Music professor wins American Musicological Society’s Noah Greenberg Award

November 19, 2024

A group of students wearing virtual reality headsets in a classroom

VR app aims to improve interpersonal communication within helping professions

November 18, 2024

Penn State Philharmonic Orchestra

Penn State Philharmonic Orchestra to perform Anton Bruckner's Symphony No. 4

November 15, 2024

School of Music's 'Mosaic' concert to return to Eisenhower Auditorium on Dec. 8

November 12, 2024

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