Past Events

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    Visiting Artist Series

    Fresh and Diverse programming that brings professional entertainment to our vibrant arts community. Touring dance companies, comedy shows, and other exciting forms of entertainment are brought to your backyard.

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    University Theatre and Dance

    From blockbuster musicals to brilliant dance concerts, contemporary plays to original, student-created works, the Department of Theatre and Dance performances are known to make audiences gasp, cry, belly laugh, and wonder.

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    University Music Concerts

    Presenting delightful music concerts in the beautiful Mission Santa Clara and intimate Music Recital Hall, the Department of Music’s Chamber Singers and Concert Choirs, Jazz Bands and Combos, Orchestra, Wind Ensemble, and SCLork perform several concerts a year!

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    Visual Arts & Culture

    The Department of Art and Art History and the de Saisset Museum mount several exhibitions by well-known professional artists every year. Additionally, every spring the Art and Art History gallery hosts the capstone exhibition of work by graduating art majors and showcases student scholarship in the annual Art History Student Research Symposium

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    Film Screenings

    The Department of Communications and SCU•Presents Performing Arts Center bring a variety of popular films, documentaries, and student-created films to the big screen.