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!

  • Nov
    12
    11:15 a.m. - 11:45 a.m., Interested in education and study abroad? Come stop by Hamilton Smith Suite 149 to meet Clíodhna Martin from the Marino Institute of Education in Dublin, Ireland. 
  • Nov
    12
    Multispecies Brown Bag Speaker Series 1 p.m. - 2 p.m., Multispecies Brown Bag Guest Lecture SeriesHosted by the UNH Department of Anthropology Join us this fall for a series that brings together scholars from across UNH who work, research, and teach at the nexus of animals and other-than-human species. The series is meant to build community and spark dialogue about our relationships with the animals around us, from lions and bears to sharks and horses. All talks take place Thursdays, 1-2 PM, in Huddleston 224B, and light…
  • Nov
    12
    3:30 p.m. - 5 p.m., The featured speaker is Psyche Loui, Associate Dean for Research and Professor, Department of Music, Northeastern University.  Her research focus is on the neuroscience of music perception and cognition.   Reception to follow talk in McConnell 456.
  • Nov
    12
    The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus Performance 7 p.m. - 9 p.m., By Christopher MarloweDirected by David Kaye PRICE: $22 General Public  |  $18 Senior (65+)  |  $12 UNH ID Holder/Youth (17 & under) PURCHASE TICKETS PLEASE NOTE: There will NOT be a performance on Wednesday, November 11.  The original deal with the devil! This shocking tale of the brilliant but disillusioned Dr. Faustus is as relevant today as it was when Christopher Marlowe’s masterwork was first seen in 1593. Driven by a desperate need for knowledge and the power such…
  • Nov
    12
    8 p.m. - 10 p.m., Paul Creative Arts Center. Bratton Recital Hall, M-135
  • Nov
    13
    The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus Performance 7 p.m. - 9 p.m., By Christopher MarloweDirected by David Kaye PRICE: $22 General Public  |  $18 Senior (65+)  |  $12 UNH ID Holder/Youth (17 & under) PURCHASE TICKETS PLEASE NOTE: There will NOT be a performance on Wednesday, November 11.  The original deal with the devil! This shocking tale of the brilliant but disillusioned Dr. Faustus is as relevant today as it was when Christopher Marlowe’s masterwork was first seen in 1593. Driven by a desperate need for knowledge and the power such…
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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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