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On-campus Activities

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November 1 
| MUSIC | 
Vocal Performance Sessions*
*Practice Week

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November 3
| MUSIC |
Weekly Jam Sessions

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November 8
| THEATRE |
400th Birthday Party for Shakespeare's First Folio

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NOVEMBER 8
| THEATRE | TECH |
Behind the Curtain - Thy Name is Woman

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November 8
| MUSIC |
Vocal Performance Sessions*
*Performance Week

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NOVEMBER 9-12
| THEATRE |
Thy Name is Woman

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November 10
| MUSIC |
Weekly Jam Sessions

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November 11
| MUSIC |
Songwriting Sessions

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November 11
| DANCE |
Hip-Hop Workshop

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November 12
| MUSIC |
Cello Studio Recital

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November 15
| MUSIC |
Steve Grills: Vocalist and Blues Guitar Virtuoso

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Off-campus Enrichment Events

All off campus events are free to attend, with round trip bussing provided from the RIT Campus to the off campus destination. 

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TODAY - NOVEMBER 1 
| TECH |
Applied Audio Technology Day of Play

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NOVEMBER 9
| THEATRE | DANCE | MUSIC |
Moulin Rouge

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Reminders and Announcements

Ovation Applications Now Open Through November 17!

Registration forms must be submitted by the deadline of November 17, 2023, via the RIT Performing Arts Department CampusGroups page.
Questions can be submitted to the Director of Imagine RIT, Ann Ielapi, at imagine@rit.edu.

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Joing the PAS Discord channel to stay up-to date on news and events!  Link to join>

*This Discord server is a student run/student led initiative. Please contact the School of Performing Arts at performingarts@rit.edu for any academic related questions. 

Meet the Mentors

Performing Arts is abundant all over campus. RIT's faculty and staff (including those outside of the College of Liberal Arts) have a variety of performing arts interests ranging from bagpipes to bluegrass and stage design to dance. Our mentors are available for you to contact if you have a particular question or if you have an interest in learning more about their performing arts experiences. Meet all of the Performing Arts Mentors > 

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Michael Heagy
School Head
School of Chemistry and Materials Science
College of Science
Areas of Interest: Bagpipes

Michael Heagy has been playing the bagpipe for about eight years,but considers himself a novice. Before transitioning to the investment and skill set for the bagpipe kit, he studied with a practice chanter for a year to gain fingering skills and double-reed experience. He then purchased Highland Bagpipes made in Scotland and attended the Jim Thomson School of Piping and Drumming in Flagstaff AZ for a week to learn pressure control, more advanced techniques, and instrument manipulation.  The School's director is Bruce Hitchens; MBE, BEM, and Queen's piper for several years. At his prior university, New Mexico Tech, he instructed a beginner practice chanter course with enrollment of five students. He participated in the Shriner's Pipeband in Abq, NM for a number of years, before moving to ROC and joining Gates Keystone Club Police Pipes and Drums, the largest band in Rochester and band for RIT ceremonies and many other ROC parades.  

In the News

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Renovations to NTID performing arts spaces increase capacity and accessibility

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Perpetually creating the future of RIT

 
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