Paul Creative Arts Center

Paul Creative Arts Center
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Be wowed. Explore the edge of passion, daring, intellect, power and poetry. The Paul Creative Arts Center (PCAC) is UNH’s center for the fine and performing arts. Visual art, music, dance, and theatre are living and breathing every day at PCAC. Be part of the experience.

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Upcoming Events!

  • Sep
    14
    5 p.m. - 6 p.m., Escape the Winter Cold: Earn Fine Arts Credit in the Dominican Republic this J-Term! Hola students, Are you looking for a way to earn academic credit, experience a vibrant new culture, and escape the January freeze? Join us for an information session to learn about the J-Term 2027 Faculty-Led Study Abroad Program in the Dominican Republic! Program Highlights (January 2–10, 2027): Earn 4 Credits: Fulfills the Fine Arts Discovery requirement OR counts as a cultural elective for…
  • Sep
    15
    8 p.m. - 11 p.m., Faculty Concert Series: Faculty Jazz Ensemble
  • Sep
    17
    J-Term Belize Archaeology Info Session 3:40 p.m. - 5 p.m.,   Open to all students! No pre-requisites, foreign language skills, or specific knowledge needed. All interested should apply! Escape the New England winter for three weeks in tropical Belize Earn 4 UNH credits over the January Term Discover Maya archaeological sites hidden in the jungle and learn archaeological survey, mapping, excavation, and lab analysis Event will take place in Huddleston 118!
  • Sep
    17
    5 p.m. - 6 p.m., UNH's College of Liberal Arts invites sophomores, juniors, and seniors from all majors/colleges to come to central London and take courses in British studies, business, the arts, and an exceptionally wide range of other basic subjects during the spring semester. Students can also opt into a credit-bearing internship at a local organization or business, and gain real-world work experience while studying abroad (additional fees and unique deadlines apply). The site of the UNH…
  • Sep
    17
    5 p.m. - 6 p.m., Rosanna Warren taught in the Committee on Social Thought at the University of Chicago from 2012 to 2023 (now Emerita).  Her book of criticism, Fables of the Self: Studies in Lyric Poetry, came out in 2008. Her most recent books of poems are Hindsight (2025), So Forth (2020), Ghost in a Red Hat (2011), and Departure (2003). Her biography of Max Jacob, Max Jacob: A Life in Art and Letters was published in October 2020. She is the recipient of awards from the Academy of American…
  • Sep
    22
    8 p.m. - 10 p.m., Paul Creative Arts Center. Bratton Recital Hall, M-135
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  • photo of Bryson Badeau
    Secondary Theatre Education and Design & Theatre Technology Major
    Hometown: Dedham, Mass. What made you choose UNH? I was looking for schools that had a secondary theatre education major and when I visited UNH I fell in love with the campus! I found a place where I…
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    Music Education B.M, Conducting M.A. | Graduate Assistant at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    What you are currently doing for work and how did you get there? Currently I am a D.M.A. candidate focusing in wind band conducting at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln where I will be serving as the band graduate assistant. I graduated with my B.M. in music education at UNH before teaching at Paul Elementary School for four years in Wakefield, N.H. I would then return…
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  • Brendan McWalter
    Music Education Major
    Brendan McWalter has enjoyed music since he was a child in Franklin, Mass.: music was his favorite class in elementary school, and he started playing saxophone when he was in 6th grade. “Music was a stress reliever for me,” he says. During high school, as a counselor at a summer music camp, he helped draw out shy campers with musical improvisations. “Working with those students gave me so much…
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  • Kylie Smith with violin
    Refugee Composers of the Twentieth Century: The Impact of Displacement on Musical Identity During World War II
    The spark of interest for Kylie Smith's article entry in UNH's Undergraduate Research Journal Inquiry  began with her first Music History course, taught by Professor Rose Pruiksma. With a new-found interest in long-term research, a Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SEED) grant, and Professor Pruiksma as mentor, Kylie began a deep inquiry into…
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  • photo of Alyssa Ostrowski
    Music Performance Major
    Hometown: Scarborough, Maine What made you choose UNH? During all four years of high school, our jazz ensemble participated in the annual Clark Terry Jazz Festival at UNH, an adjudicated event that welcomes middle high school groups from all…
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