The $5 ticket includes transportation and admission to the Altoona Symphony Orchestra's performance of "Cirque de la Symphonie" on Saturday, September 15, 2018.
Penn State Altoona’s Ivyside Off the Rails: Glow On music and arts festival will take place April 22 at the Railroaders Memorial Museum in Altoona. Penn State Altoona student band The Roof will kick off the event at 6:30 p.m., followed by rock band New Politics at 8 p.m. and rapper Waka Flocka Flame at 9:30 p.m.
The Center for the Performing Arts Classical Music Project, an initiative that aimed to elevate the profile of the center’s classical music program within the community, recently concluded its six-season commitment.
The Los Angeles Guitar Quartet performed for the Penn State Guitar Club during the spring 2012 season of the Classical Music Project. The club’s members include students from a variety of academic disciplines, including engineering, math and the sciences. According to an end-of-season report, most of the students who attended the mini performance and discussion also bought tickets to see the ensemble’s Center for the Performing Arts scheduled event.
As part of the 2015 spring semester Classical Music Project residency, classical pop trio Time for Three performed an intimate pop-up concert and discussion in the South Halls residence area for the residents of the Schreyer Honors College.
Pianist Jeremy Denk began his 2013—2014 Classical Music Project residency with a master class. The MacArthur Fellowship-winning musician mentored four piano graduates in front of an audience comprising at least 30 students and community members.