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Department of Performing Arts and Technology

About

We're here to help you continue performing, listening, creating and connecting.

Our Mission

The mission of the Department of Performing Arts and Technology is to provide an environment where all NC State students have opportunities to develop skills and knowledge, which prepare them for a lifetime of arts engagement and a variety of careers. We cultivate this environment through excellence in teaching, performance, service, outreach and creative and scholarly work in arts entrepreneurship, dance, music and music technology.

Our Goals

  • Promote belonging and well-being in an accessible, student-centered environment through arts entrepreneurship, dance, music and music technology.
  • Cultivate an understanding of artistic concepts and processes through investigation, innovation and collaboration.
  • Create a dynamic department through impactful artistic and scholarly activity.
  • Serve as a cultural resource through performances, scholarship, partnerships and other programming with the university and community.

20+ Performance Groups

Our performance courses and student organizations offer opportunities for all NC State students plus some community members.

50+ Concerts
Every Year

Don’t miss our a cappella groups, choirs, dance companies, a cappella groups, concert bands, jazz bands and orchestras performing several times each year in Stewart Theatre.

60+ Courses
Available to You

All of our courses are open to any student at NC State regardless of their major, and many will satisfy your GEP requirements. Follow your interests where they lead.

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“[The department] is one of the beautiful facets of NC State University that make this place feel like home.”

Riley Stephenson, ’21

Vocal performance minor, pictured above

Get to know the Department of Performing Arts and Technology

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Get Involved

Whether through formal study, ensemble performance or weekly club gatherings, you can explore all aspects of music and dance at NC State.

Perform in our athletic bands, choirs, concert bands, dance companies, jazz bands, orchestras or student-run vocal ensembles and find your Pack while doing what you love.

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Academics

Pursue a minor in music or arts entrepreneurship, learn a new musical skill, or complete your general education requirements by learning about the history of jazz, women in music, or world music.

Feed your musical curiosities while you pursue your degree in another discipline for a truly interdisciplinary education.

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Our People

Our faculty collaborate across disciplines to develop and integrate new technologies into the classroom and the concert hall.

They engage in research that brings new music to new audiences, design sustainability-focused models for teaching arts entrepreneurship, and explore how music and its institutions can respond to the climate crisis and its inequalities.

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Follow Along

Follow us on social media to keep up with everything going on in the music department. Our student-performers make their voices heard, in support of the department and each other, on the university’s annual Day of Giving and every day. You’ll find us @ncstateartstech on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Soundcloud.

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Two amazing days for dance! Today is the day for the State Dance Company Concert at 7pm, tomorrow morning at 10am there is a matinee for PDP and SDC, and Panoramic Dance Project performs at 7pm tomorrow. All concerts are in Stewart Theatre. Join us for these amazing concerts!

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Two amazing days for dance! Today is the day for the State Dance Company Concert at 7pm, tomorrow morning at 10am there is a matinee for PDP and SDC, and Panoramic Dance Project performs at 7pm tomorrow. All concerts are in Stewart Theatre. Join us for these amazing concerts!

Two more days until the State Dance Company presents What the Wind Remembers, a concert based on refugee stories from the novel The Wind Knows My Name by Isabel Allende. Choreographers include Amy Love Beasley, Tara Z. Mullins, Francine E. Ott, and Tracey Durbin.
Photo by: LilyGrace Wolfe

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Two more days until the State Dance Company presents What the Wind Remembers, a concert based on refugee stories from the novel The Wind Knows My Name by Isabel Allende. Choreographers include Amy Love Beasley, Tara Z. Mullins, Francine E. Ott, and Tracey Durbin. Photo by: LilyGrace Wolfe

This week is an absolute powerhouse for the NC State Department of Performing Arts and Technology. From multimedia dance inspired by literature to world-premiere orchestral works, the schedule is packed with student talent.

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This week is an absolute powerhouse for the NC State Department of Performing Arts and Technology. From multimedia dance inspired by literature to world-premiere orchestral works, the schedule is packed with student talent.