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Baruch Performing Arts Center

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New York 10001

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SOUND & FURY

SOUND & FURY

Feb 20 – Mar 1, 2026

CAT Youth Theatre's 2026 Mainstage Show, SOUND & FURY is a bold and thoughtful exploration of our current moment, as we attempt to make meaning of all the noise. What do all our words and actions amount to? What kind of future are we fighting for? Join us as we examine the...

Baruch PAC presents soprano/pianist Chelsea Guo

FeaturedBaruch PAC presents soprano/pianist Chelsea Guo

Mar 6

Chelsea Guo's talents are equally formidable as both a soprano and a pianist. First-prize winner of the 2022 YCA Susan Wadsworth International Auditions and a 2022 Classic FM Rising Star, Guo has attracted international attention as a pianist and soprano of remarkable gifts. Her...

Baruch PAC presents Vision Duo

FeaturedBaruch PAC presents Vision Duo

Mar 5

Vision Duo (violinist Ariel Horowitz and percussionist Britton-René Collins) perform classical works with a contemporary twist. In their Baruch PAC recital debut, the duo performs Bizet/Hubay's Carmen Fantasy, Misty by the jazz pianist Erroll Garner, Piazzolla's History of...

Smoke & Mirrors

Smoke & Mirrors

Feb 21 – Mar 2, 2025

CUNY Creative Arts Team Youth Theatre presents our 2025 original mainstage show: SMOKE and MIRRORS . Reality & perception, truth & deception; How do we see through the illusions? The show was created by the high school aged members of the youth theatre through playbuilding...

Baruch PAC presents percussionist Michael Yeung

Baruch PAC presents percussionist Michael Yeung

Jan 27

Michael Yeung is winner of the prestigious Susan Wadsworth International Auditions by Young Concert Artists. He has toured the world as a soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral performer. At his Baruch Performing Arts Center recital, Yeung's versatile skills are on full...

La tragédie de Carmen

La tragédie de Carmen

Nov 21 – Nov 24, 2024

New Camerata Opera presents a fresh, gripping take on Bizet’s Carmen . In this modern adaptation, Carmen is a social media influencer with a massive following, and Don José is an obsessed fan who spirals into delusion. Directed by John de los Santos and conducted by Michelle...

Genre bending crossover trio Empire Wild

FeaturedGenre bending crossover trio Empire Wild

Oct 25

Empire Wild is a genre-bending crossover trio featuring Juilliard-trained classical musicians embodying a shared love of musical exploration. The eclectic program at Baruch PAC features the group's unique sound and instrumentation (two cellos, piano and vocals) blending its...

LIVIN' THE DREAM?

LIVIN' THE DREAM?

Feb 24 – Mar 5, 2023

Central to LIVIN’ THE DREAM? is the pursuit of happiness. It is not so simple, especially when we consider the expectations we have for ourselves or feel from others. What are we dreaming? What are our nightmares? What do we want our lives to be? The CAT Youth Theatre members...

Virus Bomb

Virus Bomb

Oct 22 – Oct 23, 2022

Virus Bomb is sure to entertain and perhaps even nourish the fantasy-parched post-covid souls who dare speculate on poetic topics as wide flung and fierce as the viability of Dracula re-imagined, metaphorically de-caped, as an ordinary Wuhan Wet Market ingredient.

US Premiere of William Bolcom Song Cycle

US Premiere of William Bolcom Song Cycle

Mar 24

On March 24, Baruch Performing Arts Center presents the United States premiere of Pomes libres de droits by Pulitzer and Grammy award-winning composer William Bolcom. This marks the New York debut of the internationally acclaimed soprano Rayanne Dupuis, who with pianist Guy...

Clarion Quartet at Baruch PAC: Fate and Genius

Clarion Quartet at Baruch PAC: Fate and Genius

Mar 17

The Clarion Quartet binds artistic virtuosity with humanitarian purpose in presenting great chamber works. The all-female ensemble takes us on a journey through the minds of three masterful composers in the face of creative obstacles: Mendelssohn, grief-stricken following the...

Canellakis-Brown Duo: Distinct Souls

Canellakis-Brown Duo: Distinct Souls

Mar 10

Cellist Nicholas Canellakis and pianist Michael Brown's program travels from intimate vulnerability to unbridled excitement with music by Ginastera, Grieg, Sibelius, Canellakiss virtuosic arrangements of Bulgarian folk tunes, and a premiere by Michael Brown.

NYC premiere of Gregory Spears' Walden

NYC premiere of Gregory Spears' "Walden"

Mar 13

On Wednesday, March 13 at 7:30 pm, straight from its world premiere at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., the Baruch Performing Arts Center presents Brian Mulligan and Timothy Long performing the NYC premiere of Gregory Spears' song cycle Walden. The program also includes...

Prince of the City: A Tribute to Broadway's Harold Prince

FeaturedPrince of the City: A Tribute to Broadway's Harold Prince

May 17

Type BROADWAY in the discount code section when you buy your ticket, for $5 off! This spring, The Down Town Glee Club brings you "Prince of the City," celebrating Harold Prince, the legendary Broadway director and producer, responsible for such iconic shows as "Damn Yankees,"...

Wild Lines: Improvising Emily Dickinson

Wild Lines: Improvising Emily Dickinson

Apr 13

On Friday, April 13th, we are hosting a collaborative and truly unique performance titled “Wild Lines: Improvising Emily Dickinson.” 2018 Grammy-winner soprano saxophonist Jane Ira Bloom will reimagine the poetry of 19th-century visionary Emily Dickinson, which will be recited...

Free: Canadian Guitar Quartet at BPAC

Free: Canadian Guitar Quartet at BPAC

Mar 26

What has 24 strings, 40 fingers, and lives north of the 49th parallel? The Canadian Guitar Quartet, who are performing on Tuesday, March 26 at 7:30 pm. This free concert takes place at Baruch Performing Arts Center, on East 25th Street between 3rd and Lexington Avenues in New...

From the Baltic to the Danube: Finland & Hungary - Musical Neighbors?

From the Baltic to the Danube: Finland & Hungary - Musical Neighbors?

Mar 4

From the Baltic to the Danube: Finland & Hungary - Musical Neighbors? with WILLIAM HOBBS, piano and KATE MANGIAMELI, soprano The Finnish, Estonian and Hungarian tongues share common roots despite the countries being separated by 1,200 miles. Explore their affinities and their...

Yotam Silberstein Quartet at Baruch PAC

Yotam Silberstein Quartet at Baruch PAC

Feb 9

As a young musician in Tel Aviv, Yotam Silberstein was quickly recognized as a prodigy and was invited to perform with many of the nation’s top musicians. At 21, he performed at Italy’s renowned Umbria Jazz Festival, released a critically acclaimed debut album and set out on an...

Pianist Sara Davis Buechner at Baruch PAC

Pianist Sara Davis Buechner at Baruch PAC

Oct 24

The Baruch Performing Arts Center presents the visionary pianist Sara Davis Buechner in recital on Tuesday, October 24 at 7:30 pm. Admission is free, and reservations (available at BPAC's website) are required. Lauded for her "intelligence, integrity and all-encompassing...

Sonnambula at BPAC

Sonnambula at BPAC

Sep 14

Praised as "superb" by The New Yorker, Sonnambula is a Renaissance ensemble that brings to light unknown music for with the lush sound of the viol and other early instruments. The program features works by the Parisienne composer Jacquet de La Guerre, Henri Dumont, Jean-Baptiste...

Heartbeat Opera performs Carmen and Butterfly

Heartbeat Opera performs Carmen and Butterfly

May 20 – May 28, 2017

May 20-28 the acclaimed indie opera company Heartbeat Opera presents the world premiere of a daring new 90-minute adaptation of Puccini’s iconic romance, BUTTERFLY. The radically staged and re-orchestrated production (stripped down to a string quintet and harp) explodes the...

Heartbeat Opera performs Carmen and Butterfly

Heartbeat Opera performs Carmen and Butterfly

May 21 – May 28, 2017

The acclaimed indie opera company Heartbeat Opera presents the world premiere of a radical new 90-minute adaptation of Bizet’s operatic masterpiece CARMEN. Bizet’s explosive masterpiece is stripped down to the four central characters, and throws Heartbeat’s “crack chamber...

Feb 23: World premiere at Baruch Performing Arts Center

Feb 23: World premiere at Baruch Performing Arts Center

Feb 23

Pianist Yoonie Han performs the world premiere of Theodore Wiprud's Miss Ellen Terry as Lady Macbeth and selections from Enrique Granados' Goyescas. In addition to the performances, composer Theodore Wiprud, pianist Yoonie Han, and Baruch College art historian Professor Gail...

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