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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 accessible and inclusive 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 diversity, 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.

[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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It`s almost time for Jazz Combo Night! 🥳

Celebrate your last day of classes with live music! Enjoy your meal in the Talley Student Union`s One Earth lounge as all four jazz combos from the NC State Jazz Program perform an evening of jazz standards and original compositions.

Tuesday, April 23│ 7-9 p.m. │ Talley Student Union, One Earth Lounge

Learn more: go.ncsu.edu/jazzcombo (link in bio).

#NCStateMusic #NCSU #RaleighNC #NCStateConcerts #RaleighArts #NCStateArts #RaleighLiveMusic #NCStateDPAT

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It's almost time for Jazz Combo Night! 🥳 Celebrate your last day of classes with live music! Enjoy your meal in the Talley Student Union's One Earth lounge as all four jazz combos from the NC State Jazz Program perform an evening of jazz standards and original compositions. Tuesday, April 23│ 7-9 p.m. │ Talley Student Union, One Earth Lounge Learn more: go.ncsu.edu/jazzcombo (link in bio). #NCStateMusic #NCSU #RaleighNC #NCStateConcerts #RaleighArts #NCStateArts #RaleighLiveMusic #NCStateDPAT

Great news… We have added one more master class to the series! 🥳

➡️ Accessible Modern Dance
➡️ Thursday, April 11, 5:30 p.m., Carmichael 2307

Open to movers of all experience levels, this class will explore modern dance elements accessible to all bodies in a comfortable and safe environment. Through improvisation, movement exploration, and modern dance fundamentals, dancers will cultivate a sense of connection to their bodies and fellow community members as they build phrase work and relationships throughout the class. People of all abilities are welcome! Instructor Payton Chopp (she/her) is a dance artist and educator based in Raleigh, NC. In her personal practice, Payton explores the idea of “process” in modern dance by integrating improvisation and play with her passion for technique. She currently dances professionally with Black Box Dance Theatre, a nonfiction modern dance company, and works in Vocational Rehabilitation with a focus on justice, accessibility, and dignity.

Register now at go.ncsu.edu/masterclassregister (link in bio).

#NCStateDance #NCSU #RaleighNC #NCDancers #RaleighDancers #NCMasterClass #RaleighArts #NCStateArts #NCStateDPAT

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Great news... We have added one more master class to the series! 🥳 ➡️ Accessible Modern Dance ➡️ Thursday, April 11, 5:30 p.m., Carmichael 2307 Open to movers of all experience levels, this class will explore modern dance elements accessible to all bodies in a comfortable and safe environment. Through improvisation, movement exploration, and modern dance fundamentals, dancers will cultivate a sense of connection to their bodies and fellow community members as they build phrase work and relationships throughout the class. People of all abilities are welcome! Instructor Payton Chopp (she/her) is a dance artist and educator based in Raleigh, NC. In her personal practice, Payton explores the idea of “process” in modern dance by integrating improvisation and play with her passion for technique. She currently dances professionally with Black Box Dance Theatre, a nonfiction modern dance company, and works in Vocational Rehabilitation with a focus on justice, accessibility, and dignity. Register now at go.ncsu.edu/masterclassregister (link in bio). #NCStateDance #NCSU #RaleighNC #NCDancers #RaleighDancers #NCMasterClass #RaleighArts #NCStateArts #NCStateDPAT

You don`t want to miss this! 😎 Visit Price Music Center on Friday, April 5, from 2-6 p.m. for a yard sale to support the Department of Performing Arts and Technology. We will be selling marching band and British brass band instruments, alto saxophones, clarinet, cornet, trombone, trumpets, and more! 🙌

#NCStateMusic #PowerSoundoftheSouth #NCState #NCStateDPAT #YardSale #InstrumentSale #RaleighMusic #RaleighArts #NCStateArts

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You don't want to miss this! 😎 Visit Price Music Center on Friday, April 5, from 2-6 p.m. for a yard sale to support the Department of Performing Arts and Technology. We will be selling marching band and British brass band instruments, alto saxophones, clarinet, cornet, trombone, trumpets, and more! 🙌 #NCStateMusic #PowerSoundoftheSouth #NCState #NCStateDPAT #YardSale #InstrumentSale #RaleighMusic #RaleighArts #NCStateArts