Dive into a whirlwind of creativity and innovation as the Rochester Institute of Technology School of Performing Arts presents a series of captivating events. Experience the unorthodox charm of Virginia Woolf's 'Freshwater,' witness the blossoming talents of RIT students in the 'Ovation' showcase, and bid farewell to seasoned DAN School faculty with an unforgettable retirement concert. These events promise a unique blend of historical reflection, contemporary performance, and heartfelt celebration, weaving a rich tapestry of artistic expression.

A Celebration of Artistic Innovation at RIT & Beyond

Freshwater is the only play Virginia Woolf ever wrote, and it is unlike anything you’d expect from her. It’s a farce, a romp through the Victorian past. It’s an inside joke she wrote for and performed with her friends. The play takes aim at the cultural elite of the 19th century, including Woolf’s own great aunt the renowned photographer Julia Margaret Cameron, as well as celebrated actor Ellen Terry, and famed poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson. The Bloomsbury group, Woolf’s artistic circle, has their fun through a send-up of an artistic group very much like theirs, two generations earlier. Both groups were filled with painters, actors, poets, and writers, looking to innovate and prove themselves as artists. Rarely produced, and often imagined as unstageable, Freshwater is a rollicking good time.

Unstageably Fresh Gynt

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Piano Studio Recital

Clarenceville High School

RIT Jazz Ensembles

Cello Studio and String Chamber Music Recital

Schmitt Interfaith Center

Brass Ensembles

The Freedom Trio is committed to creating thoughtful, playful ways of exploring modern music, while keeping melody in the forefront. They incorporate jazz, rock, classical, blues, gospel, and Indian classical musics into our original compositions. As they create, they are always improvising. Something new always emerges. Their music is groovy and sometimes weird, but you will get it, and they think you’ll love it, like they do!

RPO at RIT - Herb Smith and The Freedom Trio

In time for Halloween, Concord Floral is an ensemble piece that packs a theatrical and emotional punch, a topical ghost story… The Decameron meets I Know What You Did Last Summer in this supernatural suburban gothic thriller. Rosa Mundi, Nearly Wild, and their friends spend a lot of time at Concord Floral, a one million-square-foot abandoned greenhouse, and a refuge for neighborhood teens; a place all to themselves where they can throw parties, experiment, dream, and come of age. But hidden there is a secret no one wants to confront, and when Rosa and Nearly stumble upon it they set off a chain of events that include phone calls from the grave. In 2019, CBC Arts named playwright Tannahill as one of sixty-nine LGBTQ Canadians, living or deceased, who has shaped the country's history. 

Concord Floral

RIT Performing Arts will showcase various events throughout Brick City Weekend including RIT Chamber Orchestra, RIT Dance Collective, Popular Music Collective, RIT Tiger Steel, Rochester City Ballet, Unstageably Fresh Gynt Production Preview, RIT Singers, RIT West African Percussion & Dance Ensemble, RIT Jazz Ensembles, Concord Floral Production Preview, RIT Philharmonic Orchestra, RIT Chamber Singers, and RIT Concert Bands. Visit the Brick City Weekend website for more details on each event!

Performing Arts at Brick City Weekend

The annual Immersion & Minor Fair is Wednesday, October 9, 2024 in the SAU-Fireside Lounge. This is a great time to gather more information on your immersion, minor and double major options. 

Immersion and Minor Fair

Fireside Lounge

Based on farmworker interviews in California, this excerpt honors the sacred hands that feed us and was filmed on Avila Garcia Farms with support from Ayudando Latinos a Soñar (ALAS), a non-profit advocacy organization for farmworkers in Half Moon Bay, CA. A full-length dance theater production of Ghostly Labor will premiere in 2023.

Ghostly Labor: A Dance Film (Screening and Director Q&A)

In 1871, a remarkable group of singers from Nashville, Tennessee, embarked on a groundbreaking journey that would forever change the landscape of music and history. Known as the Fisk University Singers, these students, born into slavery, carried with them a music that had never before been heard in public. Through soloists, a narrator, gospel choruses, and a jazz combo, audiences will be transported back in time to witness the indomitable spirit of these freed slaves as they paved the way for future generations.

Freedom Song: When Gospel Came to the Empire

Rochester Institute of Technology is proud to be a sponsor of the 2024 Rochester Fringe Festival. RIT is renowned for intertwining the arts with technology and innovation. And the campus is home to three world-class galleries. Now you can see RIT’s arts community come to life at the Fringe with numerous performances and exhibits. The festival runs from September 10 – 21.

RIT in the Rochester Fringe Festival

Piano studio recital from the studio of E-Na Song.

More than just your average musical theatre showcase! This mix of scenes and songs will revolve around two themes: food and competition.

Broadway Bake Off

The Sklarsky Glass Box Theater

The RIT Philharmonic Orchestra presents Wizards and Wonders. Featuring the music of Piazzolla, Dukas and Mozart, and music from Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts.

Wizards and Wonders

The RIT Singers present Earthsong: Wake Up! as part of Imagine RIT

Earthsong: Wake Up!

Join the Jazz Ensemble, directed by Karl Stabnau in the SHED Atrium.

Jazz Ensemble

Join the College of Science and the School of Performing Arts for an afternoon of Science and Song, as Madrigalia, now in its 46th concert season, will present its 'Earthkeeping' program in conjunction with the RIT Singers featuring choral works concerning our planet and its future.  Following the concert, there will be a reception including College of Science student researchers and environmental and sustainability-focused campus groups.

Madrigalia: Earth Keeping Concert

Featuring performances by RIT’s Percussion Ensemble, WADAIKO, and Drumline.

Percussion Showcase

Join the West African Percussion Ensemble as they perform in Ingle Auditorium as part of SpringFest.

West African Percussion Ensemble

Join the Steelband in Ingle Auditorium as they perform as part of SpringFest.

Steelband

The RIT Popular Music Collective in the School of Performing Arts presents the Unlabeled Music Festival. This year's festival features 40+ RIT acts with 200+ student performers on 4 stages throughout the SHED.

Unlabeled Music Festival

Chamber strings recital and cello and chamber music recital from the studio of Joan Kinsella.

Chamber Music and Cello Recital

The Munson Music Loft

NTID Performing Arts presents Deaf Creators Play Festival. The Deaf Creators Play Festival will feature one act plays by diverse Deaf, deaf, and hard of hearing playwrights.

Deaf Creators Play Festival

RIT Concert Bands Present: Light & Dark. Featuring compositions by Brian Balmages, Carol Britten Chambers, Katahj Copley, Sally Lamb McCune, Robert Sheldon Randall Standridge, Omar Thomas, Frank Ticheli.

RIT Concert Bands Present: Light & Dark

The Immersive Theatre Project is a year-long creation process culminating in a student-made production. Story enthusiasts and artists of all kinds, from actors to game designers to LARPers, will all collaboratively develop a piece "in conversation with" the School for Performing Arts other spring production, Ada and the Engine by Lauren Gunderson. Students will spend the fall semester devising storytelling concepts based on theatrical space, thematic structure, and performance. In the spring semester, these ideas will be transformed into a theatrical showing that connects back to Ada. Throughout the production, students will lead decision-making.

The Machine: An Immersive Theatre Experience

RIT Singers will perform their spring concert My Spirit Sang All Day featuring the Red Brick String Quartet. Directed by Professor Thatcher Lyman with piano accompaniment by Gina Lee.

RIT Singers: My Spirit Sang All Day

Saxophone Studio and Ensemble Recital from the studio of Professor Colin Crake

Saxophone Studio and Ensemble Recital

As the British Industrial Revolution dawns, young Ada Byron Lovelace (daughter of the flamboyant and notorious Lord Byron) sees the boundless creative potential in the “analytic engines” of her friend and soul mate Charles Babbage, inventor of the first mechanical computer. Ada envisions a whole new world where art and information converge-a world she might not live to see. A music-laced story of love, friendship, and the edgiest dreams of the future. Jane Austen meets Steve Jobs in this poignant pre-tech romance heralding the computer age.

Ada and the Engine

Gates Public Library is hosting the National Endowment of the Arts, Big Read:NTID project celebrating Deaf History Month, in collaboration with the Monroe County Library System and RIT/NTID. Author Ilya Kaminsky will be on hand at 5 p.m. Saturday, April 1, to read and discuss selections from his book, "Deaf Republic." A reception will follow with refreshments and book signing. Gates Public Library 902 Elmgrove Road Rochester, New York 14624.

Big Read: NTID Kickoff event with Ilya Kaminsky at Gates Public Library

Gates Public Library

The ancient cities of Delhi (India) and Kabul (Afghanistan) have long been a crossroads of culture and tradition, cultivating a brotherhood for thousands of years, oftentimes as part of the same empire. Delhi to Kabul is a celebration of that historical bond and a response to recent events– a kaleidoscopic journey of music, dance, and storytelling that unveils the traditional music of both countries and then journeys beyond them in a new cross-genre collaboration.

Sandeep Das and the HUM Ensemble: Delhi to Kabul

As part of the Sandeep Das and The HUM Ensemble Residency. Discover the enchanting world of Indian Bollywood dance, which is renowned for its jubilant music, exciting grooves, and lively motion with guest artists Shonool Malik (Bollywood / Kathak Dance), and Bailey O’Donnell (Tabla).

Bollywood Dance Pop-Up Performance and Workshop

As part of the Sandeep Das and The HUM Ensemble Residency. Join Grammy-winning Tabla maestro Sandeep Das along with Dr. Joel Hunt, Dr. Jay Allen Jackson, Dr. Seshavadhani Kumar and Dr. Erica Haskell for an interdisciplinary discussion on tradition, innovation, communication, and collaboration moderated by Dr. Steven Galbraith. Using his musical journey and his various collaborations as a lens for exploration, the practical application of collaborative skills will be discussed as they relate to professional work across cultures, diverse viewpoints, academic disciplines, and more. The event is applicable to a wide range of disciplines and participants will be invited throughout the event to join the discussion and share their thoughts.

Tradition, Innovation, Communication and Collaboration Panel Discussion

Men will literally learn astrophysics instead of going to therapy. Part stand-up, part science, Dark Matter is like if Mike Birbiglia and Stephen Hawking listened to Dashboard Confessional. If you’ve ever been in a relationship or existed in this known universe, this is the show for you! Dark Matter is written and performed by Matthew Starr.

Dark Matter with Matthew Starr

The RIT Philharmonic Orchestra presents "Her Voice, Her Home" on International Women's Day in association with Asian Music Initiative 2024. The orchestra will be joined by the Cornell University Chorus and Glee Club.

RIT Philharmonic Orchestra presents "Her Voice, Her Home"

Under the direction of Professor Karl Stabnau, join School of Performing Arts in the SHED Atrium for a performance by the RIT Jazz Ensemble.

RIT Jazz Ensemble

The RIT Concert Bands presents "RIT Creators" a celebration of 3 student and faculty premiers, 2 RIT soloists and 1 student guest conductor. The concert will feature pieces by Daccarett, Day, Daugherty, Grainger, Holst, Hunt, Jager, Monti, Saucedo, Whitacre, and Williams.

RIT Concert Bands present "RIT Creators"

Since 1985 Borinquen Dance Theatre as a dance company and school has been teaching all forms of dances from the Latinx and Hispanic cultural experience in the Rochester area. This workshop will teach and explore the Latin traditions in dance as well as highlight cultural connections to dance.

Borinquen Dance Workshop

This workshop is meant to be a space of sharing and exploring together what songwriting means and can signify in our community. Through analyzing, listening, and working in our and others songs we will derive meaningful tools to keep enjoying the journey of songwriting.

Popular Music Collective: Songwriting Workshop

MT Afro Hip Hop is a dynamic style of Hip Hop dance developed by American Choreographer and music maker Sean McLeod. MT Afro Hip Hop combines the soul of traditional African dance, with the groove and freedom of Urban Social Dance. This exhilarating class includes traditional Jazz and Street Dance styles, and creates a strong sense of rhythm and timing.

MT Afro Hip Hop Workshop with Sean McLeod

Joel Frahm is known to all jazz-lovers as a modern icon of the tenor saxophone. An unsurpassed emotional projection and technical ability always characterize his playing which draws on the breadth the American musical tradition including jazz, funk, rock and blues. "Joel Frahm is widely known in the jazz world for his effusive creativity, rollicking positive spirit, technical fluency and versatility,” says the Ottawa Citizen. Joel's new trio is an international affair, consisting of Toronto's most prolific bandleader Ernesto Cervini (Myriad3, Turboprop) on drums and composer/bandleader/bassist Dan Loomis (of The Wee Trio, TS Monk) on bass. The Joel Frahm Trio released their latest album, “The Bright Side” (Anzic Records) in 2021 to rave reviews across the globe including a 4-star review in Downbeat Magazine and a feature on NPR’s “Fresh Air."

Joel Frahm Trio: Performance and Masterclass

Lyrical Dance Workshop

Millions of people around the world have seen the stage version of Disney's The Lion King. World-renown and Tony awarded choreographer, Garth Fagan created the movement used in the original production. Participants in this workshop will learn basic Garth Fagan Dance techniques that were inspiration for and provided the building blocks used in creating the dances for the Broadway production of The Lion King. Dancers are encouraged to bring
a large sheet and baseball cap as part of the props to be used to emulate the choreography from Lion King. This will be a very exciting one-of-a-kind workshop!

Garth Fagan Workshop: The Lion King Part I

Live Sound and lighting equipment training.

Popular Music Collective: Live Sound Equipment Training

A proud member of Actors' Equity Association with a BFA in Theatre Studies, David draws upon his extensive classical and musical theatre experience to bring characters to life. After starring alongside NFL star Michael Strahan in a popular series of national commercials, his career shifted to voiceover, commercials and film. He now serves voiceover clients around the world from his studio-quality recording booth, using top-of-the-line industry-standard equipment to deliver pitch-perfect results every take.

Two-Part Voice Over Workshop with David Autovino

The showcase is open to all current RIT students (undergraduate or graduate level) who enjoy dance, music, theatre, comedy, juggling, and more. Students may participate as an individual, ensemble or group. There is no fee to register.

Ovation: RIT Performing Arts Showcase

NEW THIS SEMESTER! The School of Performing Arts offers weekly vocal performance sessions with pianist accompaniment by Dane Noble Rosema. These sessions are open for any student who is interested in refining their repertoire, trying out a new vocal styling or simply wanting an opportunity to perform with pianist accompaniment. These new sessions offer an open drop-in style environment for students in Munson Music Loft on Wednesdays between 6:30-8:30pm. Join weekly or as your schedule allows. All are welcome!

Weekly Vocal Performance Sessions

Vocal performances from the studio of Amy Cochrane

Voice Class Final Performance

Join Professor E-Na Song and their piano students in Allen Chapel for their fall studio recital.

Piano Recital from the studio of E-Na Song

Join the RIT Philharmonic Orchestra in Ingle Auditorium as they perform their fall concert.

RIT Philharmonic Orchestra

Join the RIT Concert Bands in Ingle Auditorium as they perform their fall concert Horns for the Holidays.

The RIT Concert Bands: Horns for the Holidays

Join Professor Ted Canning and the Steelband and Percussion Ensembles as they perform their fall concert in Fireside Lounge.

Steelband and Percussion Ensemble Fall Performance

Join the RIT Singers in Allen Chapel as they perform their fall concert, Sure On This Shining Night.

RIT Singers Present: Sure On This Shining Night

From the studio of Matias Homar, join the guitar students for their fall recital in Allen Chapel.

Guitar Studio and Ensemble Recital

From the studio of Gina Lee, join piano students as they perform in their fall recital.

Piano Studio Recital 2023

AstroDance II: Across the Universe explores basic concepts of gravitational waves and the interactions between objects in space through a series of vignettes in dance, ASL, music, and digital visual storytelling. This aesthetic, educational, and interactive performance combines ballet, modern dance, tap dance, hip-hop dance, step dance, aerial & circus arts, and astrophysics, along with technologies of motion capture, projection mapping, and augmented reality (AR) interactive experiences for the audience). AstroDance II builds on the success of AstroDance I, nearly 12 years ago, that told the story of the search for gravitational waves, and was funded by the National Science Foundation. This new production is an interdisciplinary and collaborative project with students and faculty from several colleges at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT): College of Science, National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID) Department of Performing Arts, RIT School of Performing Arts, Collage of Art and Design – 3D Design Program (CAD), College of Science – Center for Computational Relativity and Gravitation (COS-CCRG), Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences - School of Interactive Games and Media (GCCIS – IGM). The performance aims to engage both performers and audience on a shared journey of discovery, innovation, artistry, and education. In addition, a documentary film of the design and creation process will be produced by Department of Modern Language and Culture professor, Elisabetta Sanino D’Amanda with students from the School of Film and Animation and NTID.

AstroDance II: Across the Universe

Saxophone Recital from the studio of Colin Crake.

Saxophone Studio Recital

Join the West African Percussion Ensemble in the SHED Atrium for their fall performance.

West African Percussion Ensemble 2023

A panel discussion with Daniel Armbruster from the Rochester-based band Joywave, covering topics from music production and songwriting to business.

Joywave Panel Discussion

Enjoy a performance by Steve Grills, with Tom Hanney and RIT student guest soloists from SOIS' Harmonica and the Blues class!

Steve Grills: Vocalist and Blues Guitar Virtuoso

James E. Booth Hall

Performances from the studios of Joan Kinsella.

Cello Studio Recital and String Ensemble Performances

Produced collaboratively by RIT & NTID Performing Arts, Thy Name is Woman is an immersive adaptation of Hamlet. Set in a modern context, this production explores the character of Ophelia, one of Shakespeare's most under-developed female characters, and yet one of the most well-known and debated of Shakespeare's female roles. Thy Name Is Woman uses multi-sensory experiences and non-linear performance to investigate Ophelia's past, psychology, motivations, and desires, all the while inviting audiences to create their own understandings of her life and her decisions. Thy Name is Woman will offer performances in American Sign Language, spoken English, and Protactile.

Thy Name is Woman

Meet Jerald Creer, our upcoming guest speaker at RIT/NTID. With a diverse background in social work, behavioral health, education, ASL, and the performing arts, Jerald is an active member of the Deaf, BIPOC, and LGBTQ communities. He's a mentor for the Deaf Youth Council and a featured speaker at national conferences. As a thriving Deaf artist, he's currently working at the NTID Performing Arts Center for Sunshine 2.0 and Dance at RIT, embarking on an incredible journey. Food and light refreshments will be provided. SDC 1300/1310, at 7pm-9pm.

NTID Presenter Series: Jerald Creer

The annual Immersion & Minor Fair is Wednesday, October 18, 2023 in the SAU-Fireside Lounge. This is a great time to gather more information on your immersion, minor and double major options.

RIT Philharmonic Orchestra will perform during Brick City Weekend. More details to come!

RIT Philharmonic Orchestra during BCW

RIT Concert Band will perform during Brick City Weekend. More details to come!

RIT Concert Band at BCW

The RIT Singers will perform at Brick City Weekend. More details to come!

RIT Singers at BCW

Be the first to see the SHED courtyard come alive! Join Professor Ted Canning and Tiger Steel for an incredible performance.

Tiger Steel

RIT Dance Director Thomas Warfield and the RIT Dance Program are joined by the Rochester City Ballet for a joint presentation in the newly opened SHED Dance Studio!

Rochester City Ballet / Dance at RIT Program Partnership

Featuring RIT Percussion Ensemble, the Small Mallet Ensemble, and more!

RIT Percussion Showcase

Be the first to see the SHED Dance Studio in action! Join RIT Dance Director Thomas Warfield and Dance Profesor Julia Nguyen for an AstroDance Ballet and Modern Dance rehearsal and presentation.

AstroDance Ballet and Modern Dance Rehearsal and Presentation

The Red Brick String Quartet will perform in the newly opened SHED!

Red Brick String Quartet

RIT Jazz Ensemble and Combos will perform for Brick City Weekend!

Jazz at Noon during BCW

RIT is renowned for intertwining the arts with technology and innovation. More than 2,100 graduate and undergraduate students study the arts at RIT, taught by 135 faculty members. And the campus is home to three world-class galleries.

RIT at Rochester Fringe Festival

The Little Theatre

Join panelists Dr. Jill Bradbury, Fred Beam, JW Guido, and moderator Andy Head for a dialogue about Deaf culture, best practices for working with deaf and hard of hearing people, and basic terminology.

Inclusion in the Performing Arts

The Voice Class performance group will present their semester end songs.

Voice Class Semester End Performances

Imagine RIT: Creativity and Innovation Festival is a campus-wide event that showcases the creative and innovative spirit of RIT students, faculty, and staff. Visitors of all ages experience the breadth and depth of RIT through interactive presentations, hands-on demonstrations, exhibitions, performing arts, and research projects set up throughout campus. Imagine RIT is free and open to the public. No registration or ticket necessary. Please visit rit.edu/imagine for more information.

Imagine RIT - Creativity and Innovation Festival

The Musical Theatre performance group will present their semester end scenes and songs.

Musical Theatre Workshop

RIT Philharmonic Orchestra Spring Performance

RIT Philharmonic Orchestra 2

Join us to discuss this year’s NEA Big Read: NTID, Deaf Republic by Ilya Kaminsky. This short but deeply powerful collection of poems by a Ukrainian author ruminates on themes of war, community, language, and D/deafness. Copies of the book will be available in print at the circulation desk and digitally in the Libby app. ASL interpretation will be provided. Registration is required.

"Deaf Republic" Book Discussion at Henrietta Public Library

Henrietta Public Library

RIT's Gospel Choir will perform their spring concert.

SpringFest: Gospel Choir Spring Concert

Performances by: West African Percussion Ensemble, Tiger Steel, RIT Percussion Ensemble, Wadaiko, RIT Drumline, Awareness in Music.

SpringFest: Percussion Showcase

RIT Jazz Ensemble 2023

Join librarian Katie for the Big Read: NTID book discussion, Deaf Republic, by Ilya Kaminsky as part of the NEA Big Read. Copies of the book are available for checkout at the BML Circulation Desk. “Deaf Republic opens in an occupied country during political unrest. When soldiers breaking up a protest kill a deaf boy, Petya, the gunshot becomes the last thing the citizens hear--they all have gone deaf, and their dissent becomes coordinated by sign language.” –OCLC Review

"Deaf Republic" Book Discussion at Brighton Public Library on Zoom

Featuring, Plus One, Indecision, Real, ShallowSoul, Immortal 6, Pig Out!, Megan Schier, Among Us Birthday Party, Brooks Road, Acid Breath, Singularity, Jaeden Guarrasi, Alonze Aponte, The Loch Ness Monsters, Ear Piercings, PNKY PKN

Unlabeled Music Festival 2023

"Deaf Republic" takes place in an unspecified time of political unrest in an occupied territory. The story unfolds in episodic poems, opening with the shooting of a young deaf boy at a protest. In response, the entire town adopts deafness as a strategy of resistance. The poems explore how language enables resistance to power and how the lives of the townspeople are scarred by political violence.

"Deaf Republic" Theater Performance

RIT Inn & Conference Center

Grammy-winning Tabla maestro Sandeep Das brings the renowned HUM Ensemble to RIT for Delhi to Shiraz, a musical celebration of the shared heritage of India and Persia. Described as a “roadmap for irresistible aural adventures” by Downbeat Magazine, its breathtaking combination of brilliant artistry, innovative collaboration, and deep-rooted tradition makes for an unforgettable journey through these two megaliths of the ancient world.

Sandeep Das and the HUM Ensemble: Delhi to Shiraz

Poet Kathleen Wakefield will discuss Ilya Kaminsky's "Deaf Republic."

"Deaf Republic" Book Discussion with Poet Kathleen Wakefield

Penfield Public Library

Dr. Jill Bradbury, chair of NTID Performing Arts and NEA's Big Read awardee, will discuss "Deaf Republic" by Ilya Kaminsky. This is a hybrid program being offered in-person and via Zoom Victor Farmington Public Library.

"Deaf Republic" reading at Victor Farmington Public Library

Victor Farmington Library

Deaf Ukrainian poet Ilya Kaminsky, author of "Deaf Republic," will do a reading of his poems. Interpreter and captioning requested. This event is part of Big Read: NTID celebrating Deaf History Month.

"Deaf Republic" Reading by Ilya Kaminsky in Webb Auditorium, RIT

The RIT Student Book Club will meet with Ilya Kaminsky to discuss "Deaf Republic" as part of the Big Read: NTID celebrating Deaf History Month.

"Deaf Republic" RIT Students Book Club Discussion

A noon series that explores the relationship between musicians and the natural world with Composer/EcoMusician Glenn McClure. Friday sessions will be held on March 31, April 7, April 14 from 12-1pm in the Student Alumni Union, A130 Music Room located on the RIT Campus.

EcoMusic: Singing with the Planet

Student Alumni Union

Ordinary Days is a portrayal of four New Yorkers who lives intersect as they search for fulfillment, happiness, love and cabs. When the ever-optimistic Warren finds Deb’s notes for her grad thesis, the two set in motion a series of events that not only change their lives, but the lives of fellow New Yorkers Claire and Jason. When Deb loses her most precious possession—the notes to her graduate thesis—she unwittingly starts a chain of events that turns the ordinary days of four New Yorkers into something extraordinary. Told through a series of intricately connected songs and vignettes, Ordinary Days is an original musical about growing up and enjoying the view.

RIT School of Performing Arts presents "Ordinary Days"

Show off your talents in music, dance, theater, comedy, juggling, and more. The contest is open to all current RIT students (undergraduate or graduate level). Students may participate as an individual, ensemble or group. Please review the rules and regulations for the contest. There is no fee to register. Registration forms must be submitted by the deadline of November 22, 2024, via the RIT Performing Arts Department CampusGroups page.

At the end of the 2024/25 academic year, the following 5 DAN School music faculty members of DAN will be retiring. Collectively representing over one hundred years of teaching and performing at Queen’s University, these upcoming retirees, joined by a few friends, will present a concert of music ranging in styles from classical to jazz. This celebratory event will include a cash bar and a chance to meet the performers in the lobby after the concert.

Rochester Institute of Technology School of Performing Arts

Feb 7, 2025

Ovation: RIT Performing Arts Showcase

Mar 8, 2025

DAN School Faculty Retirement Concert

5 - 8 Dec, 2024

Unstageably Fresh Gynt

Nov 24, 2024

Piano Studio Recital

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