RIT Jazz Ensembles
NOVEMBER 21 | 7:00pm
Ingle Auditorium, SAU

Songwriting workshop with
Johnny Cummings
NOVEMBER 23 | 1:00pm
Annex 907

Piano Studio Recital
NOVEMBER 24 | 12:00pm
Allen Chapel, Schmitt Interfaith Center

Performing Arts Resume Workshop
DECEMBER 3 | 6:30pm
NTID Performing Arts Rehearsal
Lab 60-1520

Unstageably Fresh Gynt
DECEMBER 5-8 | 7:30pm
Sklarsky Glass Box Theater, SHED

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

Popular Music Collective Night at Lovin' Cup*
NOVEMBER 20 | 8:00pm
$5 Cover Charge at the Door

*Bussing is not provided for this event. Lovin' Cup is within walking distance from the RIT Campus. 

Mamma Mia!
NOVEMBER 21 | 7:30pm
RBTL Auditorium Theatre
| MUSIC | THEATRE | DANCE |

The Prince of Egypt
DECEMBER 6 | 7:30pm
OFC Creations Theatre
| MUSIC | THEATRE | DANCE |

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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.

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Joel Hunt
Assistant Professor of Music
School of Performing Arts

Currently Teaching
PRFL-272: Electronic Music Production
PRFL-378: Composing for Video Games and Interactive Media
PRFL-489: Special Topics - History of Electronic Music

Joel V. Hunt, Ph.D., is a versatile composer, performer, educator, and scholar with interests spanning jazz, popular music, interactive electroacoustic music, and algorithmic computer music. His recent creative output includes audiovisual installations, modular synthesizer improvisations, generative computer music, and video game music for concert band. His music has been featured at festivals throughout the US and Europe, including the International Computer Music Conference, New York City Electronic Music Festival, Society of Composers Inc., Electroacoustic Barn Dance, Electronic Music Midwest, Primavera Festival of Contemporary Arts and Digital Media, California Electronic Music Exchange Series, and the Ethos NewSound Festival of Contemporary Music.

Dr. Hunt's research and teaching interests encompass electronic music history, data sonification, computational analysis, jazz-pop theory, and sketch studies. His scholarship focuses on the evolution of compositional process in the music of American experimental composer Henry Brant. He has presented his research at meetings of the Society for American Music, Society for Music Theory, Tracking the Creative Process in Music Conference, Canadian University Music Society, and the West Coast Conference of Music Theory and Analysis.

Dr. Hunt is also an accomplished jazz saxophonist, bandleader, and arranger. Currently, he is recording new works for saxophone and electronics and composing for modular synthesizer and robotic drums.

PASC Town Hall
DECEMBER 9  | 1:00pm
Munson Music Loft, SHED

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Questions about this event?
Contact Brandon Faunce. 

Explore these Spring 2025 courses in SIS.

PRFL 283
West African Percussion Ensemble

PRFL 227
Dramatic Theory and Text Analysis

PRFL 240
Acting for Dancers

PRFN 200
Appreciation of Theatrical Design

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RIT's NTID presents 'Peter & the Starcatcher'

FOX Rochester is joined by JW Guido, visiting assistant professor in NTID's Department of Performing Arts, and Serena Rush '24 (psychology) to highlight the upcoming performance of Peter & The Starcatcher.