Penn State Altoona's University Jazz Band will perform at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, May 1. The student ensemble will present musical selections in a variety of contemporary big-band styles. The performance is free and open to the public via Zoom.
Penn State alumnus Dennis McDonald has made a $1.6 million gift—through an estate commitment and outright support—to promote student opportunities within Penn State Altoona, the Smeal College of Business, the University Libraries and the Penn State Blue Band.
Musicians associated with Jazz at Lincoln Center’s “Jazz for Young People” program recently visited schools throughout central Pennsylvania to present the educational concert “Let Freedom Swing.” The musicians combined American history with live music to provide an interactive experience grounded in the truest form of American artist democracy: jazz.
Hard Freight Café, an open mic event, will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 3, in the Titelman Study of the Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts at Penn State Altoona with a kick-off reading by poet and fiction writer George Looney.
Poet and fiction writer George Looney will read from his work at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 3, in the Titelman Study of the Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts at Penn State Altoona.
Penn State Altoona’s Ivyside Pride choral group will perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 6, and 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7, in the Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts.
Jerry Zolten and Robert Crumb will replicate an original "Chimpin' the Blues" session at 5 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 1, in Paterno Library's Foster Auditorium at University Park.
The concert, featuring Broadway songs and jazz standards arranged by Dan Riddle, will be held Thursday, September 19, 2019, at 7:30 p.m. in the Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts.
