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Alfred University hosts guest artist flute and piano recital
Dec 17, 2025
Alfred University’s Department of Music welcomed a captivated audience to Susan Howell Hall on Saturday, November 15, for a vibrant and artistically rich guest artist recital featuring flutist Jeanne Sperber, current adjunct flute professor at Alfred University, and pianist Michael Salmirs. The event was made possible through the generous support of the David and Elizabeth Graves Miller Fund for Performing Arts.
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Faculty, student present at 2025 ACTFL Convention
Dec 16, 2025
An Alfred University faculty member and student participated in the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Annual Convention and World Languages Expo, held Nov. 20-22 in New Orleans. The conference is the most influential gathering for world language educators in the United States.
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Summer at Alfred 2026 offers something for everyone
Nov 20, 2025
Get ready for an unforgettable summer at Alfred University! Registration is open for Summer at Alfred 2026 which offers an array of exciting activities, including arts-focused workshops and residencies, pre-college programs, and engineering short courses.
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Alfred University students, faculty perform in Golden Night Concert at Lincoln Center
Nov 06, 2025
Alfred University music students and faculty from the Performing Arts Division took the stage recently at one of the world’s most iconic venues, Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, New York City, as invited performers in the prestigious Golden Night Concert 2025.
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Alfred University Performing Arts Division connects 400 area students to the power of live storytelling with Macbeth
Oct 29, 2025
Alfred University’s  Performing Arts Division this week welcomed more than 400 western New York high school students and their teachers for an immersive educational experience centered around Shakespeare’s Macbeth, which was performed last weekend in Miller Theater and will be performed also Friday, Oct. 31, and Saturday Nov. 1.
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Career fairs draw more than 320 students
Oct 02, 2025
Alfred University students last week explored their future steps into the professional world through two events hosted recently by the Career Development Center: the Graduate and Professional School Fair on Sept. 18 and the fall Job and Internship Fair on Sept. 25. Altogether, the fairs drew more than 320 students representing more than 40 different majors.
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Night of Science and Arts coming to Alfred University
Sep 11, 2025
Alfred University will host the third annual Night of Science and Arts on Thursday, Oct. 2, from 5-8 p.m. The event welcomes members of the campus and local communities for fun events and demonstrations focused on science, engineering, and the arts.
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AU Professor Daisy Wu performs at Library of Congress
Aug 27, 2025
Zhongbei (Daisy) Wu, clinical associate professor of Music and Language at Alfred University, recently performed the traditional Chinese instrument guzheng at the Great Hall of the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., marking the opening of “The Arts, Culture, Connection."
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Alfred University dance professor exhibiting artwork at memorial Art Gallery
Aug 22, 2025
Alfred University Professor of Dance D. Chase Angier, Performing Arts Division, is presenting artwork in the 69th Rochester-Finger Lakes Exhibition at Memorial Art Gallery in Rochester. This long-standing juried show highlights artists from across the western New York region and is a major celebration of regional creativity.
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Dance Professor D. Chase Angier pursues new interdisciplinary directions for arts education; will present research at a2ru October conference
Jul 15, 2025
Alfred University Professor of Dance D. Chase Angier, Division of Performing Arts, will present her recent research in interdisciplinary education through the arts at the upcoming a2ru conference in Detroit.
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MostArts Young Pianist Competition finalists announced
Jul 13, 2025
Eight high school students from across the U.S. have been chosen for the 2025 Young Pianist Competition, hosted by the MostArts Festival, which be held on the Alfred University campus from July 13-19.
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MostArts Festival opens Sunday, July 13
Jul 02, 2025
Alfred University’s MostArts Festival, founded in 2014, continues its summer magic beginning with the annual opening Gala Concert Sunday, July 13, at 7:30 pm in the Miller Theater.
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David Pye ’59, ’68 awarded honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree during Reunion Weekend
Jun 30, 2025
Alfred University Professor Emeritus L. David Pye received the honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters at a ceremony Saturday in Holmes Auditorium. Pye received his bachelor’s and doctoral degrees in ceramic science from Alfred University in 1959 and 1968. He joined the faculty of the New York State College of Ceramics (NYSCC) at Alfred University in 1968, beginning an academic career that lasted through 2002 and included serving as dean of NYSCC.
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MostArts Festival welcoming Karén Hakobyan to conduct the International MostArts Orchestra
May 28, 2025
Armenian-American conductor, pianist, and composer Karén Hakobyan will lead the International MostArts Orchestra in a concert featuring Russian pianist Asiya Korepanova on Tuesday, July 15 at 7:30 pm in Miller Theater of the Alfred University campus.
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Orchestra and Concert Band present weekend concerts
May 10, 2025
The Alfred University Orchestra and Concert Band are set to take the stage for a pair of concerts this weekend in Miller Theater. Both shows are free and open to the public.
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Performing Arts students, faculty attend USITT conference: gathering includes job interviews, discussions of new technology
Apr 17, 2025
Seven Alfred University Performing Arts students studying Performance Design and Technology attended the 2025 United States Institute for Theater Technology Powering Live Entertainment Conference, held recently in Columbus, OH.
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This Week in the Arts
Apr 06, 2025
Public events in the School of Art & Design + Performing Arts Division. All events are free and open to the public.
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Riley Lecture features filmmaker Roxy Toporowych as speaker
Mar 27, 2025
Ukrainian-American film director, producer and writer Roxy Toporowych delivered the 2025 Elizabeth Hallenbeck Riley and Charles P. Riley Lectureship in Women's Studies Monday in Alfred University’s Nevins Theater, telling a near-capacity audience, “Making art is doing something. …You get better at what you do; you find collaborators, you find your voice and your theme. If you’re making something, you’re doing something.”
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Alfred University students shine in 2025 Lunar New Year performances in Buffalo 
Feb 13, 2025
Alfred University students last month delivered a series of outstanding and well-received performances during the 2025 Lunar New Year celebrations in Buffalo, NY that showcased their talents in the dragon dance, the guzheng (a Chinese musical instrument), and other aspects of Chinese culture.
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Performance Design, Technology students attend regional meeting and job fair
Feb 06, 2025
Seven Alfred University students studying Performance Design and Technology recently attended the United States Institute for Theatre Technology (USITT) Upstate New York Annual Winter Meeting and Frank Willard Job Fair hosted by the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) and the National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID).
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Alfred University Performing Arts Instructor Ken Luk and the Rochester classical music ensemble fivebyfive have a hit
Dec 27, 2024
When Ken Luk, adjunct instructor in Alfred University’s division of Performing Arts, isn’t in a classroom, he frequently is making music with the Rochester classical music ensemble fivebyfive. The ensemble, entering its ninth year, plays modern chamber music, much of it written by composers writing specifically for the group.
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Alfred University adds new Interdisciplinary BFA degrees in Performing Arts
Nov 24, 2024
Alfred University has added five new Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees, effective for the 2025-26 academic year. Interdisciplinary BFA programs in music-performance, music-sound studies, theatre, performance design and technology, and dance will be housed in the Performing Arts Division.
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Alfred University faculty, students present at Chinese Language Education Conference
Nov 22, 2024
On October 11, Zhongbei (Daisy) Wu, clinical associate professor of music and language at Alfred University, along with two students, Max Rasilla and Angelina Olivera, represented Alfred University and the Division of Modern Languages at the 3rd Annual Chinese Language Education Conference for New York State, held in Buffalo.
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Alfred University String Orchestra to perform Friday with alumnus Aaron Vit ’21
Nov 17, 2024
Aaron Vit ’21, an Alfred University alumnus who studied mechanical engineering in the Inamori School of Engineering, will join the Alfred University String Orchestra Friday night, in Miller Theater, where the orchestra will present an eclectic program ranging from the Baroque era to the modern period and including works by Vivaldi, Michael Haydn, Shostakovich, and Scott Joplin. 
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Jonathan Mei winner of MostArts Young Pianists Competition
Sep 17, 2024
Fifteen-year-old Jonathan Mei of Charleston, SC is the 2024 Grand Prize Winner in Alfred University’s MostArts Young Pianist Competition. Mei, a student at Charleston’s Academic Magnet High School, took home a $10,000 prize at the conclusion of the MostArts Festival, in Alfred, NY, Saturday, July 20.
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Alfred University appoints Jessie Thoman inaugural associate dean, performing arts
Aug 09, 2024
Jessie Thoman has been appointed Alfred University’s first-ever associate dean of the Division of Performing Arts. She began her duties on Monday, July 8.
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Alfred University hosts Allegany All-County Music Festival
Apr 27, 2024
The Music Department/Division of Performing Arts at Alfred University hosted the Allegany All-County Music Festival #3, March 15 and 16 in Miller Theater.
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Daisy Wu completes musical arts residency in Minnesota
Apr 22, 2024
Zhongbei Daisy Wu, master of the guzheng and clinical associate professor of music and language at Alfred University, concluded an enriching musical arts residency at Carlton College and the Twin Cities of Minnesota. The five-day residency, from Feb. 14-18, included four concert performances, a lecture, and a master class.
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Alfred University theatre professor Jonathan Ziese to lead online workshop at NY Thespian Festival
Apr 19, 2024
Jonathan Ziese, assistant professor of theatre at Alfred University, will lead a workshop during the NY Thespian Festival, scheduled for April 5-6 at Long Island University-Brooklyn.
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Alfred University Orchestra, Chorus to perform this weekend in Miller Theatre
Apr 14, 2024
The upcoming weekend will showcase Alfred University’s musical talents with a concert Friday by the Alfred University Orchestra and the spring concert Saturday by the Alfred University Chorus.
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Performing Arts students attend USITT meeting and job fair
Feb 15, 2024
Students from Alfred University recently attended the United States Institute for Theatrical Technology (USITT) Upstate NY Regional Meeting and Job Fair, held Feb. 3 in Syracuse.
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Alfred University dance professor Colleen Wahl publishes paper on choreographing in an icosahedron
Feb 14, 2024
Colleen Wahl, assistant professor of dance at Alfred University, has published a new research paper in the journal Laser that focuses on intersections of math and art.
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Alfred University to present ‘An Evening of Dance’
Feb 13, 2024
Join the Alfred University’s Performing Arts Division for the 2024 Evening of Dance. The event is scheduled for one weekend only, Thursday through Saturday, Feb. 15, 16, and 17. All shows are at 8 p.m. in Miller Theater.
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Daisy Wu, Alfred University music faculty, performs with the Fort Wayne Philharmonic
Feb 13, 2024
Daisy Wu, clinical associate professor of music and language at Alfred University and a master of the guzheng, a traditional Chinese stringed instrument, performed recently with the Fort Wayne (Indiana) Philharmonic.
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