This month, In Performance at Penn State observes Black History Month with an hour devoted to performances of music in the African and African American choral traditions by Penn State’s student choir, Essence of Joy. The program is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Anthony Leach, who leads the choir in all of the performances on this program. We’ll also hear some comments from Dr. Leach from a 2011 interview, and from the concert stage.

In Performance at Penn State is a monthly hour-long program that showcases performances from Penn State's School of Music. This month, hear an opera overture by Domenico Cimarosa from the Penns Woods Music Festival Orchestra; the Penn State Philharmonic in the overture, “From the South” by Sir Edward Elgar; and PSU faculty members Margaret Fey, bassoon and Timothy Shafer, piano in a piece called “Mathematics” by contemporary composer Alyssa Morris.

In Performance at Penn State is a monthly hour-long program that showcases performances from Penn State's School of Music. This month, hear a violin sonata by Cesar Frank, played by two PSU faculty members: Max Zorin, violin and Christopher Guzman, piano; and the Penn State Chamber Orchestra playing Beethoven’s overture to “The Creatures of Prometheus” and Stravinsky’s “Dumbarton Oaks” concerto.

In Performance at Penn State is a monthly hour-long program that showcases performances from Penn State's School of Music. This month, hear the lively suite, “Café Music” by Paul Schoenfield, played by musicians from the Penns Woods Music Festival. Then we’ll hear larger ensembles, led by two young women conductors studying at Penn State: hear the “Romeo & Juliet Fantasy Overture” by Tchiakovsky from the Penn State Philharmonic, conducted by Fernanda Lastra; and the “English Folk Song Suite” by Ralph Vaughan Williams, played by Penn State’s Concert band led by Leila Gil.

In Performance at Penn State is a monthly hour-long program that showcases performances from Penn State's School of Music. This month, hear PSU faculty pianist Christopher Guzman playing Chopin in recital; Franz Schubert’s Symphony No. 5 in B-flat, from the Penns Woods Music Festival; and a prelude and fugue by Bach arranged by Mozart played with period performance practices by members of the Penn State Baroque Ensemble.

In Performance at Penn State is a monthly hour-long program that showcases performances from Penn State's School of Music. This month, from the Penns Woods Music Festival, we’ll hear the “Phantasy Quartet for Oboe and String Trio” by Benjamin Britten and the Symphony No. 1 by Charles Gounod and a performance by Penn State’s Oriana Singers.

In Performance at Penn State is a monthly hour-long program that showcases performances from Penn State's School of Music. This month, hear the Penn State Philharmonic in the “Academic Festival Overture” by Johannes Brahms; a Beethoven String Quartet from the Penns Woods Music Festival; and the Penn State Chamber Orchestra playing Claude Debussy’s “Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun,” as arranged by Arnold Schoenberg.

In Performance at Penn State is a monthly hour-long program that showcases performances from Penn State's School of Music. This month, hear James Cameron Dennis, one of the winners of the 2022 Penn State Orchestra Concerto Competition, playing the first movement of Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3. Then enjoy music by two African American women: “I Dream a World” by Rosephanye Powell, sung by Essence of Joy; And, from the 2022 Penns Woods Music Festival, the Piano Quintet in A Minor by Florence Price.

In Performance at Penn State is a monthly hour-long program that showcases performances from Penn State's School of Music. As we celebrate the 10th anniversary of the show, we hear the Overture on Hebrew Themes by Sergei Prokofiev from the Penns Woods Music Festival; the Penn State Concert Choir, led by Christoher Kiver, singing “Let’s Touch the Sky” by Louise Talma; and the Penn State Philharmonic, conducted by Gerardo Edelstein, in the Symphonic Dances by Sergei Rachmaninoff.

In Performance at Penn State is a monthly hour-long program that showcases performances from Penn State's School of Music. This month, hear a Trio for Flute, Oboe and Bassoon by twentieth century composer Jurriaan Andriessen from the Penns Woods Music Festival, and the students of Penn State’s Philharmonic Orchestra, led by Gerardo Edelstein, in the Symphony No. 8 in G by Antonin Dvorak.