Happy New Year everyone! We hope that 2018 was as exciting for you as it was here at The PAC. For us, 2018 was a year of celebration (40 years!) and experimentation as we introduced new types of programming, commissioned [...]
The Performing Arts Center's popular Jazz at The Center series is back for another season, kicking off on December 1 with Joe Lovano headlining a tribute to Leonard Bernstein on the centennial year of his birth. We asked Mr. Lovano [...]
What a night. The Concert Hall was full almost to capacity on Friday, October 26, when we presented the stereotype-smashing duo Black Violin. Through their music, which is a high-energy mash-up of classical, pop, and hip-hop, Wil Baptiste (viola) and [...]
Portland-based NW Dance Project is renowned for their dedication to new choreography. They'll be making their Purchase PAC debut one week from today, and we wanted to learn a little more about them. Enjoy our quick little interview! Q: What [...]
Stereotype-smashing duo Black Violin – Kevin Sylvester and Wilner Baptiste, a.k.a. Kev Marcus and Wil B. – return to The PAC for the fifth season running on October 26, and in honor of this milestone we asked the band five questions about [...]
On Thursday, April 19, the Zisson Family Foundation supported a fully immersive arts-in-education program right here at The Performing Arts Center, Purchase College, designed to provide social and emotional education, academic curriculum support through performing arts engagement, and an introduction [...]
Check out our photo gallery of the past couple of days - what a whirlwind! We are so grateful to choreographer Victor Quijada and the dancers from RUBBERBANDance Group for being so generous with their time, allowing us to provide [...]
by Orpheus Chamber Orchestra violinist Joanna Jenner Schubert has always played an important role in Orpheus Chamber Orchestra's performances. In the beginning of our career, we felt very daring to attempt Schubert’s Fifth Symphony; it was one of the first [...]
Q: How did the idea for a program connecting Vienna to Hollywood come about? Q: What do you hope to communicate to the audience with this program? A: We are thrilled to be back at Purchase with a wonderful program [...]
The unorthodox, high-energy, acoustic-based quintet Velvet Caravan has, over the past few years, emerged as one of the shining lights of Savannah’s burgeoning music scene, and they are heading our way this weekend! Looking ahead to their show, we posed [...]
