DeMeester Recital Hall Series

Join flutist Alicia Kosack and pianist Kenneth Osowski as they present a program devoted to works by American women composers, including Katherine Hoover, Lita Grier, Catherine McMichael, and others.

Collegiate Performing Arts Center

A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry, first produced in 1959, is one of the most important plays in the history of American theatre and the first play by an African-American performed by the Players. The story of a family trying to move to suburbia from a southside Chicago ghetto shows how Walter Younger, Mama’s only son, moves from his misguided values to a sense of courage and dignity.

Collegiate Performing Arts Center

A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry, first produced in 1959, is one of the most important plays in the history of American theatre and the first play by an African-American performed by the Players. The story of a family trying to move to suburbia from a southside Chicago ghetto shows how Walter Younger, Mama’s only son, moves from his misguided values to a sense of courage and dignity.

Collegiate Performing Arts Center

A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry, first produced in 1959, is one of the most important plays in the history of American theatre and the first play by an African-American performed by the Players. The story of a family trying to move to suburbia from a southside Chicago ghetto shows how Walter Younger, Mama’s only son, moves from his misguided values to a sense of courage and dignity.

Perko Playpen Theatre

I Do! I Do! by Schmidt and Jones, creators of The Fantasticks, is a two-character musical based on Jan de Hartog’s play, The Fourposter, dramatizing the love and life of a couple from their engagement through child-rearing to packing and moving 35 years later.

Perko Playpen Theatre

I Do! I Do! by Schmidt and Jones, creators of The Fantasticks, is a two-character musical based on Jan de Hartog’s play, The Fourposter, dramatizing the love and life of a couple from their engagement through child-rearing to packing and moving 35 years later.

Perko Playpen Theatre

I Do! I Do! by Schmidt and Jones, creators of The Fantasticks, is a two-character musical based on Jan de Hartog’s play, The Fourposter, dramatizing the love and life of a couple from their engagement through child-rearing to packing and moving 35 years later.

Perko Playpen Theatre

I Do! I Do! by Schmidt and Jones, creators of The Fantasticks, is a two-character musical based on Jan de Hartog’s play, The Fourposter, dramatizing the love and life of a couple from their engagement through child-rearing to packing and moving 35 years later.

Perko Playpen Theatre

I Do! I Do! by Schmidt and Jones, creators of The Fantasticks, is a two-character musical based on Jan de Hartog’s play, The Fourposter, dramatizing the love and life of a couple from their engagement through child-rearing to packing and moving 35 years later.

Collegiate Performing Arts Center Series

Conducted by Dr. Grace Muzzo, the York College Chorale and Chamber Singers are comprised of students from across campus, both music majors and non-music majors. Open to all students, the Chorale is a large mixed ensemble that performs standard choral literature from a variety of styles and periods. The Chamber Singers is a small auditioned ensemble that branches out from traditional repertoire into vocal chamber music and popular styles.

The Global Humanities Lecture Series - 2010 Scholar in Residence Carol C. Gould 

Humanities 218

Carol C. Gould is professor of philosophy and director of the Center for Global Ethics and Politics at Hunter College. She is editor of The Journal of Social Philosophy and president of the American Section of the International Society for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy and executive director of the Society for Philosophy and Public Affairs.

Humanities 218

Were you moved by the sight of the aged and infirm John and Abigail Adams at the end of the recent HBO mini-series devoted to their lives? Were you horrified by Father Brennan’s gruesome death in the 2006 remake of The Omen? Were you thrilled by the appearance of the fierce tribal warriors in the climactic scenes of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull? If so, it was partly thanks to the work of Emmy-winning make-up effects artist Chris Burgoyne and his team. Although we tend to think of the director as the prime creative force behind a film, cinema is a uniquely collaborative medium; artists like Burgoyne -using prosthetic sculpting, molding, and casting techniques, along with other tricks of the trade -- play an important role in bringing the director’s vision to life on the screen and helping audiences to accept movie illusion as reality. In a unique appearance, Burgoyne will give a live make-up effects demonstration and discuss photographs and clips of his work from the projects mentioned above, as well as from Love in the Time of Cholera, Duma, Last Holiday, CSI, ER, Little Britain USA, and other film and television productions in which he has been involved over the course of his career.

DeMeester Recital Hall Series

The York College Groove Ensemble is a percussion ensemble with a different twist. It includes many traditional percussion instruments as well as guitars, basses, keyboards digital sampler, electronic drum machine and turntable. The Groove Ensemble plays traditional music from around the world, including West Africa, South Africa and Indonesia. The group also performs music in the modern classical style, including the music of Steve Reich and Philip Glass. Student compositions are also featured on a regular basis. A typical concert may feature anything from Zimbabwean dance music to hip-hop.

Collegiate Performing Arts Center Series

Conducted by Professor Wayne Romer, the York College Wind Symphony is comprised of students from approximately eight different states from around the eastern region. Many of the members are music majors, but non-music majors are encouraged to participate as well. The primary objective of this ensemble is to develop a high degree of musicianship for the individual performer, and to gain mastery of group performance skills. The literature performed by this ensemble includes music spanning the 20th century to the present. British band classics, transcriptions, medleys, and contemporary music are performed every semester.