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 [...]
On Saturday, November 4, The Purchase PAC will present LA-based contemporary dance company BODYTRAFFIC. We were super excited to learn that one of the dancers, Alana Jones, is a Purchase College Conservatory of Dance alum. We love it when alums [...]
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 [...]
Angelique Kidjo is currently on tour, bringing her ultra-high-energy world music vibe to cities around the globe...including a stop right here in Purchase, NY tomorrow night. Despite a whirlwind schedule, she was kind enough to take the time to answer [...]
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra has been a regular and beloved presence on our stages for decades. They return to The Purchase PAC on January 22 with Change the Frame, a program of works by Mussorgsky, Prokofiev, and Hanna Benn, featuring violin [...]
The Performing Arts Center, Purchase College is more than just a building with four stages, more than just a place for professional artists to perform and move on to their next gig. It is a creative hub, an artistic learning [...]
Wishing you a peaceful week and a holiday, if you observe one, of reflection and community. Emmet Cohen presents Live From Emmet's Place Vol. 87 - Ukraine Benefit (Jazz4Ukraine) Now streaming Emmet Cohen - Piano / Russell Hall - Bass [...]
Purchase PAC audiences will remember violinist Kelly Hall-Tompkins from her appearances here with Ted Sperling and the Westchester Philharmonic. Did you know that she also recorded a CD here? See what else she's been up to in this week's Culture [...]
The Facilities Rentals page of our website proudly proclaims: “There is no better place for tech.” Most of us have heard the expression “tech rehearsal” or “the show is in tech,” but what exactly does this mean? Christy Havard, [...]
(February 2022) Speaking at the opening plenary of the Association of Performing Arts Presenters conference recently, Ben Cameron, President of the Jerome Foundation, said that “the lasting impact of the last 22 months may not lie solely in our artistic [...]
