August 2023
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Buy TicketsDouble Exposure proudly presents two world premieres by internationally acclaimed choreographers Nicola Wills of Australia/Belgium, and Lior Lazarof of Israel. Created exclusively for the KSU Dance Company, the works represent the culmination of the Eleo Pomare-Glenn Connor Summer Residency. This evening of original concert dance promises to be richly innovative and surprising.
Buy TicketsDouble Exposure proudly presents two world premieres by internationally acclaimed choreographers Nicola Wills of Australia/Belgium, and Lior Lazarof of Israel. Created exclusively for the KSU Dance Company, the works represent the culmination of the Eleo Pomare-Glenn Connor Summer Residency. This evening of original concert dance promises to be richly innovative and surprising.
Buy TicketsSeptember 2023
A retelling of Frankenstein like you’ve never seen it before. BKBX (Broken Box Mime Theater) is a contemporary physical theater company that tells original stories beyond any language barrier. Set to rich lighting and a heart-thumping soundtrack, A BKBX Frankenstein remixes and riffs on the themes found in Mary Shelley’s Gothic horror classic: technology, creation, and modern monsters. The show’s centerpiece is an ode to sci-fi cinema, Starship Excelsior, which brings a new space opera twist to that famous moment when creator and creation meet for the first time. Even without the words “it’s alive,” audiences will leave buzzing with new ideas about the dangers of creation, hubris, and what is out of our control.
Buy TicketsA retelling of Frankenstein like you’ve never seen it before. BKBX (Broken Box Mime Theater) is a contemporary physical theater company that tells original stories beyond any language barrier. Set to rich lighting and a heart-thumping soundtrack, A BKBX Frankenstein remixes and riffs on the themes found in Mary Shelley’s Gothic horror classic: technology, creation, and modern monsters. The show’s centerpiece is an ode to sci-fi cinema, Starship Excelsior, which brings a new space opera twist to that famous moment when creator and creation meet for the first time. Even without the words “it’s alive,” audiences will leave buzzing with new ideas about the dangers of creation, hubris, and what is out of our control.
Buy TicketsA retelling of Frankenstein like you’ve never seen it before. BKBX (Broken Box Mime Theater) is a contemporary physical theater company that tells original stories beyond any language barrier. Set to rich lighting and a heart-thumping soundtrack, A BKBX Frankenstein remixes and riffs on the themes found in Mary Shelley’s Gothic horror classic: technology, creation, and modern monsters. The show’s centerpiece is an ode to sci-fi cinema, Starship Excelsior, which brings a new space opera twist to that famous moment when creator and creation meet for the first time. Even without the words “it’s alive,” audiences will leave buzzing with new ideas about the dangers of creation, hubris, and what is out of our control.
Buy TicketsVirtual RSVP Faculty Recital Series. The Summit Piano Trio. Bailey School of Music faculty artists Helen Kim, violin, Charae Krueger, cello, and Robert Henry, piano presents an evening of chamber music.
Buy TicketsVirtual RSVP Orchestras Series. The KSU Symphony begins their 2023-2024 season with a program entitled “Tragedy & Triumph.” Brahms’s Tragic Overture opens the first half of the program followed by the Bassoon Concerto by Andrzej Panufnik, featuring guest artist Dr. Jeffrey Lyman, professor of bassoon at the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance. A powerful reflection on the tragedy of political violence, Panufnik’s concerto memorializes Father Jerzy Popiełuszko, an anti-communist Polish Catholic priest who was abducted and brutally murdered by Polish secret police in 1984. In contrast, the second half of the program celebrates the triumph of a master composer writing his first symphony. Completed when he was just 18 years old, Camille Saint-Saëns’s Symphony No. 1 is full of joy, youthful optimism, and craftsmanship indicative of his future stature as one of the great French composers of the late-Romantic Era. KSU director of orchestral studies Nathaniel F. Parker conducts the Brahms and Panufnik; guest conductor Dr. Jacob Harrison, director of orchestras at Texas State University, leads the Saint-Saëns.
Buy TicketsVirtual RSVP Faculty Recital Series. Enjoy an evening of works for brass and piano featuring Bailey School of Music faculty artists Jason Casanova, euphonium, and Judith Cole, piano.
Buy TicketsVirtual RSVP Faculty Recital Series. Enjoy an evening of music featuring the viola performed by Bailey School of Music faculty artist Julia Bullard and friends.
Buy TicketsVirtual RSVP Friday Night Spotlight Series. The Trey Wright Trio performs a program of original, modern jazz compositions written by Bailey School of Music faculty artist Trey Wright and featured on his recent Blue Canoe Records releases Begin Again and Where I'm Calling From. Wright (guitar) is joined by BSOM faculty artists Marc Miller, bass, and Justin Chesarek, drums.
Buy TicketsVirtual RSVP Bands & Percussion Series. Enjoy a performance by the KSU Wind Ensemble under the direction of Bailey School of Music Director of Bands David T. Kehler.
Buy TicketsBands & Percussion Series. Enjoy a performance by the KSU Wind Symphony under the direction of Bailey School of Music Assistant Director of Bands Daniel Lee. Virtual RSVP
Buy TicketsArtsKSU Series, Friday Night Spotlight Series. ArtsKSU proudly presents Imani Winds. Celebrating over two decades of music making, the twice Grammy-nominated ensemble has led both a revolution and evolution of the wind quintet through their dynamic playing, adventurous programming, imaginative collaborations, and outreach endeavors that have inspired audiences of all ages and backgrounds.
Buy TicketsOctober 2023
Virtual RSVP Jazz Series. Enjoy an evening of student jazz ensemble performances led by Bailey School of Music Director of Jazz Studies Sam Skelton and faculty artist Wes Funderburk.
Buy TicketsA Pulitzer Prize-winning collision of race, class, and friendship at a pivotal moment in America. Filled with warm humor and tremendous heart, Sweat tells the story of a group of friends who have spent their lives sharing drinks, secrets, and laughs while working together on the factory floor. But when layoffs and picket lines begin to chip away at their trust, the friends find themselves pitted against each other in a heart-wrenching fight to stay afloat. Broadway playwright Lynn Nottage (Ruined) developed this play by interviewing numerous residents of Reading, Pennsylvania during a time when it was considered one of the “poorest cities in America” (2011).
Buy TicketsVirtual RSVP Faculty artist John Warren presents an evening of works for clarinet by British composers. Prof. Warren will be joined by other BSOM faculty artists, including Judith Cole, piano, Kenn Wagner, violin, Adelaide Federici, violin, Julia Bullard, viola, and Charae Krueger, cello.
Buy TicketsA Pulitzer Prize-winning collision of race, class, and friendship at a pivotal moment in America. Filled with warm humor and tremendous heart, Sweat tells the story of a group of friends who have spent their lives sharing drinks, secrets, and laughs while working together on the factory floor. But when layoffs and picket lines begin to chip away at their trust, the friends find themselves pitted against each other in a heart-wrenching fight to stay afloat. Broadway playwright Lynn Nottage (Ruined) developed this play by interviewing numerous residents of Reading, Pennsylvania during a time when it was considered one of the “poorest cities in America” (2011).
Buy TicketsVirtual RSVP Choral & Opera Series. Enjoy an evening of choral music performed by the KSU Treble Choir, Men's Ensemble, Chorale, and Chamber Singers.
Buy TicketsA Pulitzer Prize-winning collision of race, class, and friendship at a pivotal moment in America. Filled with warm humor and tremendous heart, Sweat tells the story of a group of friends who have spent their lives sharing drinks, secrets, and laughs while working together on the factory floor. But when layoffs and picket lines begin to chip away at their trust, the friends find themselves pitted against each other in a heart-wrenching fight to stay afloat. Broadway playwright Lynn Nottage (Ruined) developed this play by interviewing numerous residents of Reading, Pennsylvania during a time when it was considered one of the “poorest cities in America” (2011).
Buy TicketsA Pulitzer Prize-winning collision of race, class, and friendship at a pivotal moment in America. Filled with warm humor and tremendous heart, Sweat tells the story of a group of friends who have spent their lives sharing drinks, secrets, and laughs while working together on the factory floor. But when layoffs and picket lines begin to chip away at their trust, the friends find themselves pitted against each other in a heart-wrenching fight to stay afloat. Broadway playwright Lynn Nottage (Ruined) developed this play by interviewing numerous residents of Reading, Pennsylvania during a time when it was considered one of the “poorest cities in America” (2011).
Buy TicketsA Pulitzer Prize-winning collision of race, class, and friendship at a pivotal moment in America. Filled with warm humor and tremendous heart, Sweat tells the story of a group of friends who have spent their lives sharing drinks, secrets, and laughs while working together on the factory floor. But when layoffs and picket lines begin to chip away at their trust, the friends find themselves pitted against each other in a heart-wrenching fight to stay afloat. Broadway playwright Lynn Nottage (Ruined) developed this play by interviewing numerous residents of Reading, Pennsylvania during a time when it was considered one of the “poorest cities in America” (2011).
Buy TicketsA Pulitzer Prize-winning collision of race, class, and friendship at a pivotal moment in America. Filled with warm humor and tremendous heart, Sweat tells the story of a group of friends who have spent their lives sharing drinks, secrets, and laughs while working together on the factory floor. But when layoffs and picket lines begin to chip away at their trust, the friends find themselves pitted against each other in a heart-wrenching fight to stay afloat. Broadway playwright Lynn Nottage (Ruined) developed this play by interviewing numerous residents of Reading, Pennsylvania during a time when it was considered one of the “poorest cities in America” (2011).
Buy TicketsDavid Antonio Cruz will speak about his artistic practices and discuss his paintings currently on view in the exhibition {UNDER}flow at the ZMA. This event will occur in association with Atlanta Art Week.
Buy TicketsA Pulitzer Prize-winning collision of race, class, and friendship at a pivotal moment in America. Filled with warm humor and tremendous heart, Sweat tells the story of a group of friends who have spent their lives sharing drinks, secrets, and laughs while working together on the factory floor. But when layoffs and picket lines begin to chip away at their trust, the friends find themselves pitted against each other in a heart-wrenching fight to stay afloat. Broadway playwright Lynn Nottage (Ruined) developed this play by interviewing numerous residents of Reading, Pennsylvania during a time when it was considered one of the “poorest cities in America” (2011).
Buy TicketsVirtual RSVP Faculty Recital Series. KSU professor of music and internationally renowned cellist Jesús Castro-Balbi is joined by two extraordinary guest artists, Venezuelan flutist Orlando Cela and Peruvian-American pianist Carmen Rodríguez-Peralta, for an evening of musical gems by Latin American composers in honor of Columbus / Indigenous Peoples Day and National Hispanic Heritage month. Music by Gabriela Frank (Peru-USA), Alberto Ginastera (Argentina), Camargo Guarnieri (Brazil) Edgar Valcárcel (Peru), Heitor Villa-Lobos (Brazil), and Samuel Zyman (Mexico).
Buy TicketsVirtual RSVP The Bernard A. Zuckerman Museum of Art, a unit of the School of Art and Design, will present INTERCHANGE, an annual collaboration featuring faculty from all disciplines of the College of the Arts. This unique presentation celebrates the creativity that all artistic disciplines share with one another and celebrates the many talents of our COTA faculty. Watch as eight ArtsKSU faculty perform in response to the exhibited works in the Zuckerman Museum of Art’s galleries. Attendance is free and open to the public.
Buy TicketsVirtual RSVP Orchestra Series, Bands & Percussion Series. Enjoy performances by the KSU Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Bailey School of Music faculty Nancy Conley and the KSU University Band under the direction of BSOM faculty Daniel Lee.
Buy TicketsVirtual RSVP Music, Nature & Sustainability Festival, Faculty Recital Series. Join Bailey School of Music faculty artists for an evening of chamber music inspired by the natural world and the desire to sustain it for future generations.
Buy TicketsVirtual RSVP Music, Nature & Sustainability Festival, Faculty Recital Series. Join the Bailey School of Music's Faculty Jazz Parliament for an evening of jazz inspired by the natural world and the desire to sustain it for future generations.
Buy TicketsVirtual RSVP Music, Nature & Sustainability Festival, Faculty Recital Series. Join Bailey School of Music Coordinator of Piano Studies Robert Henry for an evening of music inspired by the natural world and the desire to sustain it for future generations.
Buy TicketsInspiring, celebratory, and thought-provoking, this performance features coming-out stories from KSU and metro area communities, performed by KSU students.
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Inspiring, celebratory, and thought-provoking, this performance features coming-out stories from KSU and metro area communities, performed by KSU students.
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Virtual RSVP Music, Nature & Sustainability Festival, Orchestras Series. Join the KSU Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Bailey School of Music Director of Orchestral Studies Nathaniel F. Parker for an evening of orchestra music inspired by the natural world. The program will feature BSOM piano faculty artists Robert Henry and Julie Coucheron performing Camille Saint-Saens's Carnival of the Animals and conclude with Beethoven's masterpiece, Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral."
Buy TicketsVirtual RSVP Faculty Recital Series. Enjoy an evening of French art songs performed by Bailey School of Music voice faculty artists and Eric Jenkins, piano.
Buy TicketsUndergraduate student presentations from the School of Art & Design, Bailey School of Music, Department of Theatre and Performance Studies, and the Department of Dance.
Buy TicketsVirtual RSVP Chamber Music Series. Enjoy an evening of performances by some of the most talented student performers in the Bailey School of Music, as they compete in the final round of the annual BSOM Concerto Competition.
Buy TicketsNovember 2023
This Tony Award-winning musical is the sweeping, universal tale of Ti Moune, a fearless peasant girl in search of her place in the world, and ready to risk it all for love. Guided by the mighty island gods, Ti Moune sets out on a remarkable journey to reunite with the man who has captured her heart. With a score that bursts with life through its Caribbean rhythms and instruments, Once on This Island is a timeless testament to theatre’s unlimited possibilities and that a beautiful story simply told has the power to inspire and heal all.
Buy TicketsThis Tony Award-winning musical is the sweeping, universal tale of Ti Moune, a fearless peasant girl in search of her place in the world, and ready to risk it all for love. Guided by the mighty island gods, Ti Moune sets out on a remarkable journey to reunite with the man who has captured her heart. With a score that bursts with life through its Caribbean rhythms and instruments, Once on This Island is a timeless testament to theatre’s unlimited possibilities and that a beautiful story simply told has the power to inspire and heal all.
Buy TicketsVirtual RSVP Friday Night Spotlight Series, Choral & Opera Series. Enjoy a performance by the KSU Opera Theater.
Buy TicketsThis Tony Award-winning musical is the sweeping, universal tale of Ti Moune, a fearless peasant girl in search of her place in the world, and ready to risk it all for love. Guided by the mighty island gods, Ti Moune sets out on a remarkable journey to reunite with the man who has captured her heart. With a score that bursts with life through its Caribbean rhythms and instruments, Once on This Island is a timeless testament to theatre’s unlimited possibilities and that a beautiful story simply told has the power to inspire and heal all.
Buy TicketsVirtual RSVP Friday Night Spotlight Series, Choral & Opera Series. Enjoy a performance by the KSU Opera Theater.
Buy TicketsThis Tony Award-winning musical is the sweeping, universal tale of Ti Moune, a fearless peasant girl in search of her place in the world, and ready to risk it all for love. Guided by the mighty island gods, Ti Moune sets out on a remarkable journey to reunite with the man who has captured her heart. With a score that bursts with life through its Caribbean rhythms and instruments, Once on This Island is a timeless testament to theatre’s unlimited possibilities and that a beautiful story simply told has the power to inspire and heal all.
Buy TicketsVirtual RSVP Faculty Recital Series. Join Bailey School of Music faculty artist Eric Jenkins for an evening of piano music by American composers from the late-20th and 21st centuries.
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Buy TicketsVirtual RSVP Apfelbaum will speak about her artistic practice and artworks on view at the ZMA in a virtual lecture on Thursday, November 9 at 7 p.m. NIRVANA features large-scale installations of ceramics, prints, and textiles by artist Polly Apfelbaum.
Buy TicketsVirtual RSVP Enjoy an evening of performances by Bailey School of Music student jazz combos.
Buy TicketsThis Tony Award-winning musical is the sweeping, universal tale of Ti Moune, a fearless peasant girl in search of her place in the world, and ready to risk it all for love. Guided by the mighty island gods, Ti Moune sets out on a remarkable journey to reunite with the man who has captured her heart. With a score that bursts with life through its Caribbean rhythms and instruments, Once on This Island is a timeless testament to theatre’s unlimited possibilities and that a beautiful story simply told has the power to inspire and heal all.
Buy TicketsFriday Night Spotlight Series, Bands & Percussion Series. Enjoy a performance by the KSU Wind Ensemble under the direction of Bailey School of Music Director of Bands David T. Kehler. Virtual RSVP
Buy TicketsThis Tony Award-winning musical is the sweeping, universal tale of Ti Moune, a fearless peasant girl in search of her place in the world, and ready to risk it all for love. Guided by the mighty island gods, Ti Moune sets out on a remarkable journey to reunite with the man who has captured her heart. With a score that bursts with life through its Caribbean rhythms and instruments, Once on This Island is a timeless testament to theatre’s unlimited possibilities and that a beautiful story simply told has the power to inspire and heal all.
Buy TicketsThis concert features four works by faculty and guest choreographers, performed by our award-winning KSU Dance Company. The program will include both classical and contemporary dance that echoes the traditions in both genres while simultaneously reflecting our quest for innovation and creative exploration.
Buy TicketsThis Tony Award-winning musical is the sweeping, universal tale of Ti Moune, a fearless peasant girl in search of her place in the world, and ready to risk it all for love. Guided by the mighty island gods, Ti Moune sets out on a remarkable journey to reunite with the man who has captured her heart. With a score that bursts with life through its Caribbean rhythms and instruments, Once on This Island is a timeless testament to theatre’s unlimited possibilities and that a beautiful story simply told has the power to inspire and heal all.
Buy TicketsThis concert features four works by faculty and guest choreographers, performed by our award-winning KSU Dance Company. The program will include both classical and contemporary dance that echoes the traditions in both genres while simultaneously reflecting our quest for innovation and creative exploration.
Buy TicketsThis Tony Award-winning musical is the sweeping, universal tale of Ti Moune, a fearless peasant girl in search of her place in the world, and ready to risk it all for love. Guided by the mighty island gods, Ti Moune sets out on a remarkable journey to reunite with the man who has captured her heart. With a score that bursts with life through its Caribbean rhythms and instruments, Once on This Island is a timeless testament to theatre’s unlimited possibilities and that a beautiful story simply told has the power to inspire and heal all.
Buy TicketsVirtual RSVP Jazz Series. Enjoy an evening of student jazz ensemble performances led by Bailey School of Music Director of Jazz Studies Sam Skelton and faculty artist Wes Funderburk.
Buy TicketsVirtual RSVP Enjoy an evening of performances by Bailey School of Music student instrumental chamber ensembles.
Buy TicketsVirtual RSVP Enjoy an evening of performances by Bailey School of Music student instrumental chamber ensembles.
Buy TicketsVirtual RSVP Choral & Opera Series, Orchestras Series. Join the Bailey School of Music choirs and Symphony Orchestra for a performance of the Christmas portion of Handel's monumental oratorio, Messiah.
Buy TicketsVirtual RSVP Choral & Opera Series. Enjoy a performance by the KSU Gospel Choir under the direction of Bailey School of Music faculty artist Oral Moses.
Buy TicketsVirtual RSVP Jazz Series. Enjoy an evening of performances by the Bailey School of Music Vocal Jazz Ensemble, and BSOM jazz guitar and jazz piano students.
Buy TicketsThe KSU Tellers invite you to join them as they present their best solo performances from the fall semester. This event may not be suitable for audiences under the age of 16.
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Virtual RSVP Bands & Percussion Series. Enjoy performances by the KSU Wind Symphony and the KSU University Band under the direction of Bailey School of Music Assistant Director of Bands Daniel Lee.
Buy TicketsVirtual RSVP Chamber Music Series. Enjoy an evening of performances by Bailey School of Music student brass ensembles.
Buy TicketsThe KSU Tellers invite you to join them as they present their best solo performances from the fall semester. This event may not be suitable for audiences under the age of 16.
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December 2023
Join the Bailey School of Music choirs, Symphony Orchestra, and Wind Ensemble for a performance featuring holiday favorites for the whole family. This year’s concert honors a College of the Arts distinguished benefactor, Robert S. (“Bob”) Geer.
Buy TicketsJoin the Bailey School of Music choirs, Symphony Orchestra, and Wind Ensemble for a performance featuring holiday favorites for the whole family. This year’s concert honors a College of the Arts distinguished benefactor, Robert S. (“Bob”) Geer.
Buy TicketsVirtual RSVP Bands & Percussion Series. Experience an evening of percussion music performed by Bailey School of Music percussion students under the direction of BSOM Director of Percussion Studies John Lawless.
Buy TicketsVirtual RSVP Enjoy a performance by the KSU Community & Alumni Choir.
Buy TicketsJanuary 2024
Virtual RSVP Friday Night Spotlight Series. Enjoy an evening of clarinet chamber music performed by guest artist Lisa Raschiatore, clarinet, and Bailey School of Music faculty artists Justin Stanley, clarinet, and Eric Jenkins, piano. The program will include the world premiere of Paul Schoenfeld's new work for two clarinets and piano.
Buy TicketsEnjoy a humorous, heartbreaking, and honest evening of storytelling from a collection of guest artists and KSU alumni. Audiences will relish coming together on a winter’s night to listen, laugh, and learn.
Buy TicketsArtsKSU Series, Friday Night Spotlight Series. ArtsKSU proudly presents Band of Other Brothers. Led by renowned saxophonist Jeff Coffin (Dave Matthews Band, Bela Fleck & The Flecktones), this all-star jazz quintet also features drummer Keith Carlock (Steely Dan, Sting), keyboardist Jeff Babko (James Taylor, Toto), Will Lee on bass and vocals (The Late Show with David Letterman, The Brecker Brothers), and guitarist Nir Felder (Keyon Harrold).
Buy TicketsEnjoy a humorous, heartbreaking, and honest evening of storytelling from a collection of guest artists and KSU alumni. Audiences will relish coming together on a winter’s night to listen, laugh, and learn.
Buy TicketsEnjoy a humorous, heartbreaking, and honest evening of storytelling from a collection of guest artists and KSU alumni. Audiences will relish coming together on a winter’s night to listen, laugh, and learn.
Buy TicketsVirtual RSVP Faculty Recital Series. Enjoy a performance by Bailey School of Music faculty artists Cynthia Skelley-Wohlschlager, mezzo-soprano, and Eric Jenkins, piano.
Buy TicketsSince the opening in 2014, the Bernard A. Zuckerman Museum of Art has served as a vital academic resource and cultural center for students, faculty, and members of the community. Conceived by stakeholders as a means of bridging the university’s approximately 7,000-piece permanent collection and the thematic programming of its two expansive modern galleries, the ZMA supports and enhances internal and external communities through public programs, service activities, and leadership. The Museum’s intentionally collaborative environment encourages intellectual and artistic exchange by delivering meaningful content, dynamic programming, and experiential learning engagement opportunities. Featuring a thoughtful and careful selection of works from the Museum’s permanent collection, Reflections expands upon the Museum’s mission through a compelling lens: re-contextualizing and interweaving disciplines and diverse narratives to engage multiple audiences in the celebration of its ten-year anniversary.
Buy TicketsIn pursuit of the most challenging, original, and diverse choreography in the field, Los Angeles-based BODYTRAFFIC has made waves from coast to coast with its far-reaching appeal. Artistic Director Tina Finkelman Berkett leads a masterful troupe, all nimble interpreters of each choreographers’ distinct vision. Surprising and unforgettable, BODYTRAFFIC is “one of the most talkedabout companies nationwide” (Los Angeles Times).
Buy TicketsIn pursuit of the most challenging, original, and diverse choreography in the field, Los Angeles-based BODYTRAFFIC has made waves from coast to coast with its far-reaching appeal. Artistic Director Tina Finkelman Berkett leads a masterful troupe, all nimble interpreters of each choreographers’ distinct vision. Surprising and unforgettable, BODYTRAFFIC is “one of the most talkedabout companies nationwide” (Los Angeles Times).
Buy TicketsVirtual RSVP Faculty Recital Series. Enjoy a performance by Bailey School of Music faculty artists Charae Krueger, cello, and Robert Henry, piano.
Buy TicketsFebruary 2024
A season highlight, the Collage Concert is the signature showcase of the Bailey School of Music. This unique production features over 200 student and faculty performers in jazz, orchestra, choir, band, percussion, opera, chamber groups, and more. Proceeds and donations from this event help make the study of music more affordable to KSU students through scholarships.
Buy TicketsVirtual RSVP Faculty Recital Series. Enjoy a performance by guest artist Nathan Munson, tenor, and Bailey School of Music faculty artist Judith Cole, piano.
Buy TicketsVirtual RSVP Moving Forward, Together: Black History Month Festival, Faculty Recital Series. Enjoy an evening of chamber music that celebrates Black art, artists, and culture, performed by Bailey School of Music faculty artist Julia Bullard and friends.
Buy TicketsVirtual RSVP Black History Month Festival, Friday Night Spotlight Series, Orchestras Series. The KSU Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Bailey School of Music Director of Orchestral Studies Nathaniel F. Parker, presents an evening of music that celebrates Black art, artists, and culture. The program will feature BSOM faculty artist Tyrone Jackson in a performance of Duke Ellington's rhapsody for piano and orchestra, New World A-Comin'.
Buy TicketsVirtual RSVP Faculty Recital Series. Enjoy a performance Bailey School of Music faculty artists Christina Smith, flute, and Robert Henry, piano.
Buy TicketsVirtual RSVP Moving Forward, Together: Black History Month Festival, Choral & Opera Series. Enjoy an evening of choral music that celebrates Black art, artists, and culture, performed by the KSU Treble Choir, Men's Ensemble, Chorale, Chamber Singers, and Gospel Choir.
Buy TicketsInspired by the original 1936 film of the same name, this raucous musical comedy takes a tongue-in-cheek look at the hysteria caused when clean-cut kids fall prey to marijuana, leading them on a hysterical downward spiral filled with evil jazz music, sex, and violence. Reefer Madness is a highly political satire that will go straight to your head and leave you wanting more!
Buy TicketsInspired by the original 1936 film of the same name, this raucous musical comedy takes a tongue-in-cheek look at the hysteria caused when clean-cut kids fall prey to marijuana, leading them on a hysterical downward spiral filled with evil jazz music, sex, and violence. Reefer Madness is a highly political satire that will go straight to your head and leave you wanting more!
Buy TicketsInspired by the original 1936 film of the same name, this raucous musical comedy takes a tongue-in-cheek look at the hysteria caused when clean-cut kids fall prey to marijuana, leading them on a hysterical downward spiral filled with evil jazz music, sex, and violence. Reefer Madness is a highly political satire that will go straight to your head and leave you wanting more!
Buy TicketsArtsKSU Series, Moving Forward, Together: Black History Month Festival, Friday Night Spotlight Series. ArtsKSU proudly presents the New York-based Harlem Quartet. Currently quartet-in-residence at the John J. Cali School of Music and the Royal College of Music in London, the ensemble has been praised for its "panache" by The New York Times and hailed in the Cincinnati Enquirer for "bringing a new attitude to classical music, one that is fresh, bracing and intelligent." Their stylistically diverse program will feature works by artists from populations historically underrepresented in concert music: Black, Latin American, and female composers.
Buy TicketsInspired by the original 1936 film of the same name, this raucous musical comedy takes a tongue-in-cheek look at the hysteria caused when clean-cut kids fall prey to marijuana, leading them on a hysterical downward spiral filled with evil jazz music, sex, and violence. Reefer Madness is a highly political satire that will go straight to your head and leave you wanting more!
Buy TicketsInspired by the original 1936 film of the same name, this raucous musical comedy takes a tongue-in-cheek look at the hysteria caused when clean-cut kids fall prey to marijuana, leading them on a hysterical downward spiral filled with evil jazz music, sex, and violence. Reefer Madness is a highly political satire that will go straight to your head and leave you wanting more!
Buy TicketsInspired by the original 1936 film of the same name, this raucous musical comedy takes a tongue-in-cheek look at the hysteria caused when clean-cut kids fall prey to marijuana, leading them on a hysterical downward spiral filled with evil jazz music, sex, and violence. Reefer Madness is a highly political satire that will go straight to your head and leave you wanting more!
Buy TicketsInspired by the original 1936 film of the same name, this raucous musical comedy takes a tongue-in-cheek look at the hysteria caused when clean-cut kids fall prey to marijuana, leading them on a hysterical downward spiral filled with evil jazz music, sex, and violence. Reefer Madness is a highly political satire that will go straight to your head and leave you wanting more!
Buy TicketsVirtual RSVP Jazz Series. Enjoy an evening of student jazz ensemble performances led by Bailey School of Music Director of Jazz Studies Sam Skelton and faculty artist Wes Funderburk.
Buy TicketsVirtual RSVP Orchestra Series, Bands & Percussion Series. Enjoy performances by the KSU Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Bailey School of Music faculty Nancy Conley and the KSU University Band under the director of BSOM faculty Brandon Meeks.
Buy TicketsVirtual RSVP Bands & Percussion Series. Enjoy a performance by the KSU Wind Symphony under the direction of Bailey School of Music Assistant Director of Bands Daniel Lee.
Buy TicketsVirtual RSVP Engage with an evening of thought-provoking performances curated by the Black Musicians Coalition, an award-winning KSU student organization.
Buy TicketsVirtual RSVP Faculty Recital Series. Enjoy a performance by Bailey School of Music Coordinator of Piano Studies Robert Henry.
Buy TicketsVirtual RSVP Faculty Recital Series. Enjoy an evening of jazz performed by the Bailey School of Music's Faculty Jazz Parliament.
Buy TicketsBands & Percussion Series. Enjoy a performance by the KSU Wind Ensemble under the direction of Bailey School of Music Director of Bands David T. Kehler. Virtual RSVP
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Virtual RSVP As an academic and artistic arena, the Zuckerman Museum of Art is pleased to partner with the KSU Research Center for Sustainable Communities during the annual EQUINOX Symposium to facilitate engaging lectures and exhibitions as presented through the lens of artistic practice and visual culture. The 2024 panel will focus on the arts serving as a catalyst for health and well-being. Speakers will include Emmeline Edwards, Director of the Division of Extramural Research at the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, and Susan Magsamen, Founder and Executive Director of the International Arts + Mind Lab, a pioneering neuroaesthetics initiative from the Pedersen Brain Science Institute at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and co-director of the NeuroArts Blueprint in partnership with the Aspen Institute.
Buy TicketsVirtual RSVP Friday Night Spotlight Series. Enjoy an evening of piano music performed by guest artists, Bailey School of Music faculty, and BSOM students. The Bailey School of Music is an All-Steinway School.
Buy TicketsVirtual RSVP Faculty Recital Series. Enjoy a performance by Bailey School of Music faculty artists Helen Kim, violin, and Robert Henry, piano.
Buy TicketsVirtual RSVP Sandy Edwards will discuss her career and work in the museum field. Edwards recently concluded her role as senior director in January 2023, departing after a 15-year tenure with a significant focus on fundraising efforts and key initiatives that furthered the museum’s mission of providing access to all. Edwards’ career exemplifies her deep commitment during her 46-year career to improving quality of life through arts and education. Edwards joined Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in 2007, playing a vital role in the conception, planning, building, and opening of Crystal Bridges.
Buy TicketsVirtual RSVP Orchestras Series. The KSU Symphony begins their 2023-2024 season with a program entitled “Tragedy & Triumph.” Brahms’s Tragic Overture opens the first half of the program followed by the Bassoon Concerto by Andrzej Panufnik, featuring guest artist Dr. Jeffrey Lyman, professor of bassoon at the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance. A powerful reflection on the tragedy of political violence, Panufnik’s concerto memorializes Father Jerzy Popiełuszko, an anti-communist Polish Catholic priest who was abducted and brutally murdered by Polish secret police in 1984. In contrast, the second half of the program celebrates the triumph of a master composer writing his first symphony. Completed when he was just 18 years old, Camille Saint-Saëns’s Symphony No. 1 is full of joy, youthful optimism, and craftsmanship indicative of his future stature as one of the great French composers of the late-Romantic Era. KSU director of orchestral studies Nathaniel F. Parker conducts the Brahms and Panufnik; guest conductor Dr. Jacob Harrison, director of orchestras at Texas State University, leads the Saint-Saëns.
Buy TicketsVirtual RSVP Women in Music Festival, Faculty Recital Series. Join the Summit Piano Trio--Bailey School of Music faculty artists Helen Kim, violin, Charae Krueger, cello, and Robert Henry, piano--for a performance that explores the impact of women in music.
Buy TicketsVirtual RSVP Women in Music Festival, Faculty Recital Series. Join the Bailey School of Music voice faculty artists for a performance that explores the impact of women in music.
Buy TicketsVirtual RSVP Allison Glenn will speak about her work as a curator and writer deeply invested in working closely with artists to develop ideas, artworks, and exhibitions that respond to and transform our understanding of the world. Glenn’s curatorial work focuses on the intersection of art and publics, through public art, biennials, special projects, and major new commissions by a wide range of contemporary artists. Glenn received substantial critical and community praise for her curatorial work in the 2021 groundbreaking exhibition at the Speed Art Museum titled Promise, Witness, Remembrance an exhibition that reflected on the life of Breonna Taylor.
Buy TicketsVirtual RSVP Women in Music Festival, Jazz Series. Join Bailey School of Music student jazz ensemblesÑled by Bailey School of Music Director of Jazz Studies Sam Skelton and faculty artist Wes Funderburk for a program that explores the impact of women in music.
Buy TicketsVirtual RSVP Women in Music Festival, Choral & Opera Series. Join the Bailey School of Music student choirs for a program that explores the impact of women in music.
Buy TicketsVirtual RSVP Choral & Opera Series. Enjoy an evening of performances by some of the most talented student vocalists in the Bailey School of Music.
Buy TicketsLiz Andrews joined the Spelman College Museum of Fine Art as Executive Director in the fall 2021. Prior to joining the Spelman Museum, Andrews was Executive Administrator in the Director’s Office of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Her curatorial projects at LACMA included The Obama Portraits Tour and Black American Portraits, an exhibition covering 200 years of portraiture. Andrews holds a B.A. in American Studies from Wesleyan University, a M.A. in Arts and Politics from Tisch School of Arts at NYU, and a Ph.D. in Cultural Studies from George Mason University.
Buy TicketsUndergraduate student presentations from the School of Art & Design, Bailey School of Music, Department of Theatre and Performance Studies, and Department of Dance.
Buy TicketsThis bold, surprising, boisterous, and timely adaptation of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice for a new era explores the absurdities and thrills of finding your perfect (or imperfect) match in life. This isn’t your grandmother’s Austen! In regency England, love is a serious game, and the Bennet sisters are playing for keeps. This clever comedy offers a decidedly progressive take on the trials of Lizzy, Mr. Darcy, and the whole Bennet clan, with a few dance breaks thrown in for good measure. Literature’s greatest tale of latent love has never felt so theatrical, or so full of life, than it does in this effervescent adaptation.
Buy TicketsThis bold, surprising, boisterous, and timely adaptation of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice for a new era explores the absurdities and thrills of finding your perfect (or imperfect) match in life. This isn’t your grandmother’s Austen! In regency England, love is a serious game, and the Bennet sisters are playing for keeps. This clever comedy offers a decidedly progressive take on the trials of Lizzy, Mr. Darcy, and the whole Bennet clan, with a few dance breaks thrown in for good measure. Literature’s greatest tale of latent love has never felt so theatrical, or so full of life, than it does in this effervescent adaptation.
Buy TicketsThis bold, surprising, boisterous, and timely adaptation of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice for a new era explores the absurdities and thrills of finding your perfect (or imperfect) match in life. This isn’t your grandmother’s Austen! In regency England, love is a serious game, and the Bennet sisters are playing for keeps. This clever comedy offers a decidedly progressive take on the trials of Lizzy, Mr. Darcy, and the whole Bennet clan, with a few dance breaks thrown in for good measure. Literature’s greatest tale of latent love has never felt so theatrical, or so full of life, than it does in this effervescent adaptation.
Buy TicketsThis bold, surprising, boisterous, and timely adaptation of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice for a new era explores the absurdities and thrills of finding your perfect (or imperfect) match in life. This isn’t your grandmother’s Austen! In regency England, love is a serious game, and the Bennet sisters are playing for keeps. This clever comedy offers a decidedly progressive take on the trials of Lizzy, Mr. Darcy, and the whole Bennet clan, with a few dance breaks thrown in for good measure. Literature’s greatest tale of latent love has never felt so theatrical, or so full of life, than it does in this effervescent adaptation.
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Virtual RSVP Chamber Music Series. Enjoy an evening of chamber music performed by Bailey School of Music student recipients of the John & Linda Cooke String Quartet Scholar Awards.
Buy TicketsVirtual RSVP Chamber Music Series. Enjoy an evening of works written by Bailey School of Music student composers--including multiple world premieres--performed by BSOM faculty and students. This concert is student-produced under the mentorship of BSOM composer-in-residence Laurence Sherr.
Buy TicketsThis bold, surprising, boisterous, and timely adaptation of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice for a new era explores the absurdities and thrills of finding your perfect (or imperfect) match in life. This isn’t your grandmother’s Austen! In regency England, love is a serious game, and the Bennet sisters are playing for keeps. This clever comedy offers a decidedly progressive take on the trials of Lizzy, Mr. Darcy, and the whole Bennet clan, with a few dance breaks thrown in for good measure. Literature’s greatest tale of latent love has never felt so theatrical, or so full of life, than it does in this effervescent adaptation.
Buy TicketsThis bold, surprising, boisterous, and timely adaptation of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice for a new era explores the absurdities and thrills of finding your perfect (or imperfect) match in life. This isn’t your grandmother’s Austen! In regency England, love is a serious game, and the Bennet sisters are playing for keeps. This clever comedy offers a decidedly progressive take on the trials of Lizzy, Mr. Darcy, and the whole Bennet clan, with a few dance breaks thrown in for good measure. Literature’s greatest tale of latent love has never felt so theatrical, or so full of life, than it does in this effervescent adaptation.
Buy TicketsThis bold, surprising, boisterous, and timely adaptation of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice for a new era explores the absurdities and thrills of finding your perfect (or imperfect) match in life. This isn’t your grandmother’s Austen! In regency England, love is a serious game, and the Bennet sisters are playing for keeps. This clever comedy offers a decidedly progressive take on the trials of Lizzy, Mr. Darcy, and the whole Bennet clan, with a few dance breaks thrown in for good measure. Literature’s greatest tale of latent love has never felt so theatrical, or so full of life, than it does in this effervescent adaptation.
Buy TicketsAs part of KSU’s award-winning “Year of” program,the Bailey School of Music and Department of Dance collaborate for an evening of performances celebrating Senegalese culture.
This bold, surprising, boisterous, and timely adaptation of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice for a new era explores the absurdities and thrills of finding your perfect (or imperfect) match in life. This isn’t your grandmother’s Austen! In regency England, love is a serious game, and the Bennet sisters are playing for keeps. This clever comedy offers a decidedly progressive take on the trials of Lizzy, Mr. Darcy, and the whole Bennet clan, with a few dance breaks thrown in for good measure. Literature’s greatest tale of latent love has never felt so theatrical, or so full of life, than it does in this effervescent adaptation.
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Buy TicketsVirtual RSVP Friday Night Spotlight Series, Choral & Opera Series, Orchestras Series. The Bailey School of Music's Opera Theater and Symphony Orchestra join forces to present a semi-staged production of Die Feldermaus by Johann Strauss II.
Buy TicketsVirtual RSVP Choral & Opera Series, Orchestras Series. The Bailey School of Music's Opera Theater and Symphony Orchestra join forces to present a semi-staged production of Die Feldermaus by Johann Strauss II.
Buy TicketsVirtual RSVP Enjoy an evening of performances by Bailey School of Music student jazz combos.
Buy TicketsVirtual RSVP Enjoy an evening of performances by Bailey School of Music student jazz combos.
Buy TicketsVirtual RSVP Choral & Opera Series. Enjoy an evening of choral music performed by the KSU Treble Choir, Men's Ensemble, Chorale, and Chamber Singers.
Buy TicketsVirtual RSVP Chamber Music Series. Enjoy an evening of performances by Bailey School of Music student brass ensembles.
Buy TicketsVirtual RSVP Bands & Percussion Series. "Modern, venturesome, and inexorable...The excitement, intensity, and freshness that characterizes Biedenbender's music hung in the [air] long after the last note was played" (Examiner.com). ArtsKSU proudly presents an evening of music by award-winning composer David Biedenbender performed by the KSU Wind Ensemble--under the direction of David T. Kehler--and the KSU Wind Symphony, under the direction of Daniel Lee. Biedenbender has written music for the concert stage, as well as for dance and multimedia collaborations, and his work is often influenced by his diverse musical experiences in wind, brass, rock and jazz bands, and by his study of Indian Carnatic music.
Buy TicketsVirtual RSVP Jazz Series. Enjoy an evening of student jazz ensemble performances led by Bailey School of Music Director of Jazz Studies Sam Skelton and faculty artist Wes Funderburk.
Buy TicketsVirtual RSVP Enjoy an evening of performances by Bailey School of Music student instrumental chamber ensembles.
Buy TicketsVirtual RSVP Enjoy an evening of performances by Bailey School of Music student instrumental chamber ensembles.
Buy TicketsAto Ribeiro will discuss his artistic practice and his newly commissioned work on view at the ZMA. Ribeiro is a multidisciplinary artist working in a variety of media including sculptural installation, drawing, and printmaking.
Buy TicketsVirtual RSVP Orchestra Series, Bands & Percussion Series. Enjoy performances by the KSU Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Bailey School of Music faculty Nancy Conley and the KSU University Band under the director of BSOM faculty Brandon Meeks.
Buy TicketsVirtual RSVP Jazz Series. Enjoy an evening of performances by the Bailey School of Music Vocal Jazz Ensemble, and BSOM jazz guitar and jazz piano students.
Buy TicketsThe Student Dance Concert features a compilation of student works set on the KSU Dance Company. This juried event celebrates the diversity and creative talents of our students.
Buy TicketsChoral & Opera Series. Enjoy a performance by the KSU Gospel Choir under the direction of Bailey School of Music faculty artist Oral Moses. Virtual RSVP
Buy TicketsThe Student Dance Concert features a compilation of student works set on the KSU Dance Company. This juried event celebrates the diversity and creative talents of our students.
Buy TicketsVirtual RSVP Bands & Percussion Series. Experience an evening of percussion music performed by Bailey School of Music percussion students under the direction of BSOM Director of Percussion Studies John Lawless.
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Virtual RSVP Enjoy a performance by the KSU Community & Alumni Choir.
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