Category : Choir
Music Common Hour Celebrating Our Students Fall 2024
Of all the Music Common Hour events we host each semester, the most anticipated is the Student Celebration Concert at the conclusion of the semester. This is Abington’s opportunity to showcase and highlight the enormous talent amongst our InArt students. Our December 11th concert was no exception!! Click on the performance links below to enjoy […]
MUSIC COMMON HOUR – DENDE & BAND
Did your spirit need some energizing? Did your feet need some tapping and your body some swaying?? If so, and you came to hear Dende Macedo and his amazing bandmates, you had an infusion of high octane energy that pumped your heart and soul full of dynamic Brazilian rhythmic vibes!!! Dendê is a Brazilian percussionist, […]
MUSIC COMMON HOUR – FLORIAN TRIO
It Takes Three to Tango What an amazing concert we were treated to by the Florian Trio. With over 160 community members in attendance, plus faculty and students, we had an amazing turnout to share in some superlative musicianship. This unique ensemble — violin, Pellegrina viola, cello, and guitar — has been delighting audiences with […]
Music Common Hour – Love Is In The Air
“Love Is In The Air” featuring the Tony Miceli Quintet It’s not everyday that a world class vibraphone player comes to campus with a cast of equally outstanding musicians, but that is exactly how we celebrated Valentine’s Day this year. The concert featured a program of great love songs from the American songbook. Featuring Tony […]
Music Common Hour – Chivalrous Crickets
What an amazing musical trip we were able to take last night with our visiting guest artists, The Chivalrous Crickets. This Celtic Americana folk ensemble performed a program entitled:”All Along the Voyage”, a musical tour of the Celtic cultural diaspora from the British Isles and Ireland through America, Canada, Brittany, Galicia and Australia. All 5 […]
Music Common Hour Student Performance
The student concert is always one of inspiration and this week’s performance was no exception. We had an array of music from classical to heavy metal performances, as well as a variety of dramatic performances including an original poetry reading. This is a wonderful gathering of all our InArt faculty and students that shows off […]
Music Common Hour Spring 2024
What an exciting musical semester we have planned for everyone at Abington. We will kick off our season with a special Valentine’s day concert featuring world famous vibraphone jazz artist, Tony Miceli, and the sublime superstar vocalist, Joanne Pascale, along with other members of the Tony Miceli Quintet. Bring your friends!! You will not want […]
Music Common Hour – Uriol
We were so happy to welcome Uriol, a traditional Korean percussion ensemble to our campus this week. The instruments that were played in this ensemble form an important role in Korean musical practices from folk music to royal court music. Based on the traditional Korean performance of Pungmul, Minyo, and Chukjae, these art forms open […]
Abington Campus Choir, Chamber Singers, & Concert Band Performance
The PSU Abington Campus Choir, Chamber Singers, and Concert Band present a spring concert April 26, 2023, at 7:30 pm in Sutherland 9. Every period in history has its challenges with dishonesty, violence, and needless tragedy. The theme of the music the choirs will sing this spring is “innocence.” Repertoire includes Whitacre’s hauntingly beautiful “The […]
MUSIC COMMON HOUR RETURNS LIVE & IN-PERSON!!!
BORN TO CLOG! October 26, 2022 Music Common Hour is back IN-PERSON and LIVE this fall. And what a start we had!! Abington’s own – Corbin Abernathy – promised us a cabaret performance to delight and astound, and WOW did he deliver! Joined by some outstanding musicians including Tim McKinstry, piano; Bill Corvino, guitar; […]