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7 Dec, 2023

5-ish Questions for Rob Mathes

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With just a few days to go until arranger, composer, producer, director, and musician extraordinaire Rob Mathes returns to The Purchase PAC to rock the house with his annual holiday concert, we caught up with him to chat about the [...]

5 Jul, 2023

Join us on a creative journey and experience something real.

By |Jul 5, 2023|2023-2024 Season, PAC News & Notes|Comments Off on Join us on a creative journey and experience something real.

To experience something real is to expect the unexpected — a musical phrase that ignites your imagination, a dance piece that offers a fresh perspective, an encounter with an old friend in the lobby. At The Purchase PAC, a myriad [...]

7 Oct, 2021

Culture Picks: October 7

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Hispanic Heritage Month continues, October is Italian-American Heritage and Culture Month, and Carnegie Hall celebrates its opening night! American Masters presents Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go For It Streaming on-demand now through October 20 Discover how [...]

27 Mar, 2019

5 Questions for Pete Malinverni

By |Mar 27, 2019|2018-2019 Season|Comments Off on 5 Questions for Pete Malinverni

As part of the celebration of the Purchase College Conservatory of Music Jazz Studies program’s 25th anniversary, The PAC will hosting a Jazz at The Center Spectacular on March 30. Jazz star Cyrille Aimée will be performing alongside her steady [...]

22 Mar, 2019

Creating Something Extraordinary: Daniel Kelly’s “Dreams & New Worlds”

By |Mar 22, 2019|2018-2019 Season|Comments Off on Creating Something Extraordinary: Daniel Kelly’s “Dreams & New Worlds”

Day in and day out, artists take to our stages, presenting work that is beautiful, touching, inspiring, funny, smart, and challenging. Frequently, we are simply the presenter, making things happen behind the scenes so that the show can go on. [...]

14 Nov, 2018

Five Questions for Joe Lovano

By |Nov 14, 2018|2018-2019 Season|Comments Off on Five Questions for Joe Lovano

The Performing Arts Center's popular Jazz at The Center series is back for another season, kicking off on December 1 with Joe Lovano headlining a tribute to Leonard Bernstein on the centennial year of his birth. We asked Mr. Lovano [...]

26 Oct, 2017

Jon Faddis – Living a Dream

By |Oct 26, 2017|2017 - 2018 season|Comments Off on Jon Faddis – Living a Dream

Imagine a twelve-year-old trumpet player meeting his life’s hero and – even though he’d studied with a great teacher who introduced him to the best in jazz at age eight – being too afraid to say anything. Imagine that same young [...]