Upcoming Events



Penn Symphony Orchestra

Oct 25, 2024 at - | Irvine Auditorium - Main Hall, 3401 Spruce Street Philadelphia, PA 19104

This event is free and open to the public. The Penn Symphony opens their season with two epic symphonic works. It promises to be an evening full of wondrous harmonies, sublime melodies and triumphant endings as the orchestra takes you on a magnificent journey into the sound world of these two symphonic icons.  Please join us for this special evening of glorious music-making!



SOUND TYPE Concert: ASA-CHANG & Junray

Oct 26, 2024 at - | Asian Arts Initiative, 1219 Vine Street Philadelphia, PA 19107

This is a ticketed event: Get Tickets Here. ASA-CHANG & Junray explores the transference of human to machine sounds using a processing device, Junray Tronics, weaving through rhythmic and tonal references of Jakarta, India and Japan. Led by self-taught tabla-bongo player, Asa-Chang (percussion), the band will perform as a trio including Yoshihiro Goseki (saxophone, flute), Sena Oshima (violin), and the “Junray Tronics” soundsystem. 



Penn Flutes

Oct 27, 2024 at - | Houston Hall - Hall of Flags, 3417 Spruce Street Philadelphia, PA 19104

This event is free and open to the public.



Empowering Uses of Hip Hop: From Theory to Practice or From Practice to Theory?

Colloquium Lecture by Raphael Travis Jr
Oct 29, 2024 at - | Penn Music Building - Lerner 101, 201 S. 34th Street Philadelphia, PA 19104

Texas State University and Director of FlowStory Raphael Travis Jr will explore how expressive arts, particularly Hip Hop culture, positively influence mental health and well-being through recent research. The presentation discuss how intentional use of Hip Hop can support personal and community outcomes, and provide interactive exercises demonstrating its applications in education, research, and practice.



Music in the Stacks: Penn Sound Collective

Nov 6, 2024 at - | Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center - Main Lobby, 3420 Walnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19104

Third-year PhD Music Composition candidate Max Johnson presents his jazz trio in a concert at Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center. Advance registration is required for non-PennCard-holders: Please Register Here



Music in the Pavilion: Odean Pope

Nov 8, 2024 at - | Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center - Class of 1978 Orrery Pavilion, Kislak Center, 6th floor, 3420 Walnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19104

Registration is Required for all guests outside of the Penn community and encouraged for all participants: Please register here



A altas e inteligibles voces: Sounds of Blackness in the Christmas Feast in New Spain

Colloquium Lecture by Ireri Chávez-Bárcenas
Nov 12, 2024 at - | Penn Music Building - Lerner 101, 201 S. 34th Street Philadelphia, PA 19104

This talk traces the performance of Blackness in Christmas villancicos from Puebla de los Ángeles in the early 1600s. By situating this polyphonic genre within the listening experiences of the growing Afro-diasporic population in New Spain, the presentation reveals defiant voices and expressions of collective identity and the persistent efforts to silence them.



Baroque and Recorder Ensembles

Nov 14, 2024 at - | Fisher-Bennett Hall - Rose Recital Hall, Room 419, 4th Floor, 3340 Walnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19104

This event is free and open to the public.



Music in the Stacks: Penn Flutes

Nov 15, 2024 at - | Chemistry Laboratories, 1973 Wing - Chemistry Library, 231 S. 34th Street Philadelphia, PA 19104

Penn Flutes take part of the Music in the Stacks series for its first performance in the Chemistry Library.