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Experience the powerful and dramatic soundscape of The Innocents.

Now the subject of an award-winning documentary film, The Innocents is social justice advocacy through performance art that cuts to the emotional core of the human experience. Using a variety of found-object and homemade instruments, electronic soundscapes and spoken texts, the work is an effort to delve deeply into the current issues surrounding the subject of wrongful imprisonment and exoneration, as well as a commitment to connect with the communities in which it is performed.

The Innocents: social justice advocacy through performance art
📅 Wednesday, Oct. 28 | 7:30 PM
📍 Lincoln Recital Hall
✨ Free and open to the public
🔗 See events link in bio

@portlandstate @psu_artpractice @go2psu @kpsu_radio @psuvanguard @oregonmusiceducation @chris_s_whyte @psupercussion

#portlandstateuniversity #arts #music #schoolofmusic #performingarts #portland #pdxconcerts #pdxlivemusic #pdxarts #socialjustice #contemporaryart by @psu_somt

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Smile. Nod. Try not to scream...

We're excited because last week was our first read-through for PSU Theater Arts' Production of "Do You Feel Anger?" There was also a presentation by the creative team. Check out the costume concepts being presented by Costume Designer Lily Morris (@happikemper)! Follow Portland State Theater Program to see more behind-the-scenes peeks at the creative process.

Do You Feel Anger?
By Mara Nelson-Greenberg
Nov. 12-21, 2026
Lincoln Hall Boiler Room Studio, LH room 55
Get tickets, link in bio.

@portlandstate @go2psu @psu_somt @psutheater @meloryjasmin @theimprofessor

#portlandstateuniversity #performingarts #theater #portland #pdxarts #psutheatre #arts #psuvanguard #downtownpdx #goseeaplay #DoYouFeelAnger by @psu_somt

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Unexpected Careers You Can Build With An Arts Degree

Hear from professionals who bilt careers beyond the traditional paths associated with their degrees and learn how they turned their creative skills, experiences, and education into unexpected opportunities across industries.

Wednesday, October 14, 4PM - 5PM
Art Building, room 260
2000 SW 5th Ave, Portland, OR 97201

@psucareercenter @portlandstate @psu_arts @psuchoirs @psuchamberchoir @psuopera @psupercussion @psutheater @jazzvoiceatpsu @portlandstatejazz @psu_samp @portlandstatebands @psuflutes @psuguitarseries @psucnafme by @psu_somt

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Be the first to listen to songs from George Colligan’s latest album “Be in the Right Now” live in concert, featuring vocalist Zyanna, Trumpeter Noah Simpson and an amazing ensemble of former PSU Jazz Students.

George Colligan featuring Zyanna Album Release Concert
📅 Thursday, Oct. 15 | 7:00 PM
📍 The Old Church Concert Hall
🎟️ $25
🔗 See events link in bio

@portlandstate @psu_arts @go2psu @kpsu_radio @psuvanguard @oregonmusiceducation @portlandstatejazz @george.colligan @pdxjazz @portlandjazzcomposers @kbooradio @whitehotmagazine @downbeat_mag @zyannamusic

#portlandstateuniversity #arts #music #schoolofmusic #performingarts #portland #pdxconcerts #pdxlivemusic #pdxarts #portlandjazz #pdxjazz by @psu_somt

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Learn about Quijotadas and the process of learning a contemporary piece and working with a composer from the Takács Quartet during their one-hour workshop. This is a great event for chamber musicians and student composers.

Takács Quartet Workshop
📅 Tuesday, Oct. 13 | 12:00 PM
📍 Lincoln Recital Hall
✨ Free and open to the public
🔗 See events link in bio

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#portlandstateuniversity #arts #music #schoolofmusic #performingarts #portland #pdxconcerts #pdxlivemusic #pdxarts #classicalmusic #violin #cello #composing by @psu_somt

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Join us every Friday during this fall term for a diverse program of concerts featuring many guest artists, students and faculty from the School of Music & Theater.

October 2 - Music Faculty Showcase
October 9 - In Her Own Words: Women-Centered Poetry and Music
October 16 - Joe Manis Quartet
October 23 - Three Clarinets & Piano Concert
October 30 - Kerry Politzer's Bossa PDX
November 6 - Fall 2026 Steinway Piano Series Residency Starring Chad R. Bowles
November 13 - The PSU Chamber Choir
November 20 - Marsh + Titterington Piano Duo: Beyond 176
December 4 - Opera Workshop

Music @ Midday Series: Fall Term
📅 Every Friday | 12:15 PM
📍 Lincoln Recital Hall (LH 75)
✨ Free & open to the public
▶️ All performances are livestreamed on YouTube
🔗 See Music @ Midday link in Bio

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PSU Theater Arts students are stepping into the professional world while they’re still in school! They learn by doing and build valuable connections with potential employers.

One example is PSU Theater Arts’ partnership with the Fertile Ground Festival, which gives students hands-on experience as trained venue technicians at the Lincoln Hall Boiler Room Studio. Through the program, students learn to write and run lighting, sound and projection cues, operate technical systems and work directly with visiting artists, all while earning credit and a stipend.

It’s an opportunity to develop not only the technical skills needed to bring productions to life, but also the bigger-picture thinking that helps creative teams flourish.

At the same time, Fertile Ground brings new work by Portland’s community of theater artists to PSU’s Boiler Room Studio, creating a space where students, visiting artists and audiences can connect and collaborate.

🎭 Now, the venue lottery is open for the 2027 Fertile Ground Festival! If you’re interested in producing a show as part of the festival, submit your application for the venue lottery.

Follow @fertilegroundpdx to learn more and find out how to apply.

@portlandstate @psu_arts @psutheater @psu_somt

#portlandstateuniversity #arts #performingarts #theater #portland #pdxarts #pdxtheatre #theater by @psu_somt

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Choir Auditions are OPEN!!! Check the link in our bio for the signup page! Don’t forget to learn the audition piece! Can’t find a time? Come to our back to school camp and/or our first rehearsal anyway :) See you there!

#backtoschool #choir #portlandstatechoirs #pdx #collegechoir by @psu_somt

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🎭 Announcing PSU Theater Arts’ 2026–27 season!

Get ready for a season of wildly inventive, hilarious and diabolical plays, beginning November 12.

After 2,300 audience members packed the house for Spring Awakening last winter, Oregon ArtsWatch celebrated our thriving Theater Arts program in a feature story. Now we’re ready to take that momentum and run with it, with three wildly different plays that promise to surprise, provoke and delight.

Get your tickets now and join us for all three productions! (Link in bio)

🖨️ November 12 - 21, 2026
"Do You Feel Anger?"
By Mara Nelson-Greenberg
Laugh-out-loud funny and deeply disturbing. An empathy coach arrives at a workplace warped by toxic masculinity. How far can empathy go?

🧙🏿 February 25 - March 6, 2027
"Gretel! The Musical"
Book by Jason Tremblay & Suzan Zeder; music & lyrics by Jenn Hartmann Luck, Zeder & Tremblay
A co-production with Oregon Children's Theatre
The spellbinding journey of a young girl learning to harness her own ferocity, tend to her grief and claim her power.

💬 May 20 - 29, 2027
"Cyrano de Bergerac"
By Edmond Rostand
Freely adapted by Martin Crimp
A dazzling adaptation where skewering wordplay takes the place of traditional swordfighting, while a love triangle, built on borrowed language, sparks questions around truth, identity, and the nature of connection.

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Honoring the legacy of Nancy King: PSU Professor and Jazz & Contemporary Voice Area Coordinator Sherry Alves will perform with three PSU alumni, Hannah DiMolfetto, Sam McGehee and Zach Connolly, as the Four for King quartet at Portland’s Montavilla Jazz Festival, Saturday, September 5, 4:30 PM.

Alves is completing her dissertation this fall on the life and work of the late jazz vocalist Nancy King. The released and unreleased recordings and archival materials she has uncovered will inform and deepen this special performance celebrating King’s legacy.

🎟️ Get tickets: montavillajazz.org/lineup

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Throwback to this premiere of “I Can Be Better” with the PSU Thorn Choir. What a sweet moment during the performance 🥹Thank you, @regwright for blessing me with your talent in this collab 😻 Can wait to work with these wonderful humans again and to hear YOU bring this tune to life!

#icanbebetter #carlfischer #composer #conductor #choir by @psu_somt

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