Three students from the Department of Performing & Fine Arts were awarded national fellowships at the 49th Annual Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival, held April 17-22 at the John F. Kennedy Center of the Performing Arts in Washington, DC. Adele Kennedy, Megan Macker, and Maddie Nguyen were each awarded the top honor in their […]
Performing & Fine Arts
Seven UP Writers, Eight Plays
The popular New Play Festival returns to campus this year with brand new, never-before-heard scripts by outstanding UP writers. Faculty, staff, and students can be part of their first audiences on Wednesday, April 26 and Thursday, April 27, at 7:30 p.m., in the Blair Studio Theater in Mehling Hall. Admission is free. Each evening will […]
53rd Annual UP Jazz Festival, April 12-13
The University of Portland Jazz Festival will take place in the Chiles Center on Wednesday, April 12 (10 a.m. to 4 p.m.) and Thursday, April 13 (8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.). Performance and free and open to all. The UP Jazz Festival showcases excellent student musicians as well as guest artists from around the nation, […]
Hard Times Come Again No More: Social Justice Through Song, April 6
The University of Portland’s Nicole Leupp Hanig and Catherine Jacobs and performing and fine arts students will present a concert, “Hard Times Come Again No More: Social Justice Through Song,” on Thursday, April 6, at 7:30 p.m., in Buckley Center Auditorium. Performances will respond to themes of conflict, displacement, immigration, and equality. Free admission; reception […]
UP Students Shine: Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival
A group of 38 students and five faculty spent February 20-24 at the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival for a week of competitions, workshops and performances. More than 750 theater students from schools across the northwest participated, and a number of UP students came away winners: KCACTF Design Technology & Management, Winner in Scenic Design: Megan Macker (junior). […]
Music at Midweek: Justin Krawitz, Pianist
The next Music at Midweek performance will feature South African pianist Justin Krawitz on Wednesday, March 8, at 12:30 p.m., in Mago Hunt Center Recital Hall. The free performance is open to all. Krawitz is assistant professor of piano and piano pedagogy at the University of Northern Colorado. Previously he served on the faculties of the […]
Music at Midweek: Geno Michaels and Soul City, March 1
The next Music at Midweek performance will feature Geno Michaels (a graduate of UP) and Soul City, an exciting Pacific Northwest group performing classic and new soul, R&B, funk, and jazz, on Wednesday, March 1, at 12:30 p.m., in Mago Hunt Center Recital Hall. The band has been featured at the Portland Rock & Roll […]
Women’s Chorale, University Singers Concert, Feb. 19
The University Singers and Women’s Chorale will present a concert on Sunday, February 19, at 1 p.m., in Buckley Center Auditorium. The concert is free and open to all. For more information contact performing & fine arts at x7228 or pfa@up.edu.
Music at Midweek: Vocal Master Class with Brian Gill
The next Music at Midweek performance will feature a vocal master class with Brian Gill, associate professor of voice at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, on Wednesday, February 15, at 12:30 p.m., in Mago Hunt Center Recital Hall. The event is free and open to all. Gill was previously music associate professor/director of vocal […]
Jazz Band Concert, Feb. 19
The University Jazz Band will perform a concert on Sunday, February 19, in Mago Hunt Center Recital Hall, at 3:30 p.m. The concert is free and open to all. For more information contact performing and fine arts at x7228 or pfa@up.edu.