With some class and good Grammer to back him up, pop-rock icon Gavin DeGraw left a defining mark on Montclair State’s homecoming extravaganza.
Gavin DeGraw and Andy Grammer brought their music and their gratitude to Montclair’s very own Yogi Berra Stadium. Why be anyone other than yourself? Well, after MSU’s memorable homecoming concert last weekend, college students wanted nothing more than to be Gavin DeGraw and Andy Grammer. Two of pop-rock’s most prestigious superstars tag-teamed Yogi Berra Stadium […]
French Circus Performer brings her surreal circus, ‘The Forgotten/L’Oublie(e),’ to the Kasser Theater to kick off a new season of Peak Performances.
A meditation on loss, ‘The Forgotten/L’Oublie(e)’ explores darkness on many levels. On Thursday, Sept. 29, Peak Performances at Montclair State University began their 12th season with the American Premiere of Raphaelle Boitel in The Forgotten/L’Oublie(e). Boitel is well known in France as a circus performer and a contortionist. As a child she attended the National […]
ReelAbilities Montclair will be featuring films that will challenge assumptions and promote discussion about ability and disability.
Join ReelAbilities at Montclair State from Oct. 30-Nov. 5! As part of the largest disability film festival, Montclair ReelAbilities, is dedicated to sharing and providing the cutting edge and sometimes controversial films that challenge assumptions and promote discussion about ability and disability. Montclair ReelAbilities actually began about 8 years ago at the JCC Manhattan as an effort to […]
The Kasser Theater of Montclair State University welcomes audience members to escape the heat all summer long with ‘La Double Coquette.’
‘La Double Coquette’ adds a revitalizing and comedic twist to the typical opera! Peak Performances is gearing up for their summer season with the premiere of La Double Coquette at the Alexander Kasser Theater. The shows will take place during the first weekend of June. La Double Coquette features the Ensemble Amarillis and their updated […]
Students at Montclair State University prove that Relay For Life is so much more than a fundraiser.
Relay For Life events have become a worldwide phenomenon! Each year, Relay For Life at Montclair State University continues to grow. Tables and tents belonging to each team lined Dioguardi Field’s track as participants walked to support the American Cancer Society. This year, the theme was superheroes, and everyone was encouraged to come dressed up […]
Italian music by Montclair State’s School of Music flooded the Alexander Kasser Theater this past weekend.
Montclair State shows off their musical talent of Opera with Symphony Orchestra! The Montclair State University Opera and Symphony Orchestra came together on April 30 and May 1 for one exclusive weekend of Italian operatic works, known as the Italian Double Bill. Hundreds of students, faculty and family members united for two consecutive nights of quality […]
The MSU performance of The Shanghai Quartet with Mozart, Medelssohn and Greig never ceases to engulf the audience in culture during their performances.
The Alexander Kasser Theater had a full house at this weekend’s Shanghai Quartet concert. The critically acclaimed Shanghai Quartet brought their spring concert to the Alexander Kasser Theater this past weekend. The very talented group is made up of only four members: violinists Weigang Li and Yi-Wen Jiang, cellist Nicholas Tzaveras and violist Honggang Li. […]
The Dance Collage 2016 really impressed audiences in this year’s annual production at Montclair State University.
The stage came to life at Dance Collage 2016. This past weekend, Peak Performances brought yet another breathtaking dance show to the Alexander Kasser Theater at Montclair State University. The show was put together by the university’s Department of Theater and Dance, along with assistant program coordinator Maxine Steinman and choreographer Kathleen Kelly, where they […]
The musical talents of the John J. Cali School of Music always leave audience members overly impressed at Montclair State University.
Montclair State University’s jazz students ended the year with a bang at this week’s concert! Students in the John J. Cali School of Music’s Montclair State University’s Jazz Ensemble performed this year’s final concert on April 24 at the Alexander Kasser Theater. The concert’s program consisted solely of Latin Jazz Big Band music, which was […]
‘Portrait of Myself as My Father’ was a one of a kind performance by Peak Performances.
Peak Performances brings another successful show with ‘Portrait of Myself as My Father.’ Dancer, performer and choreographer Nora Chipaumire’s world premiere of her very own piece Portrait of Myself as My Father was brought to the Alexander Kasser Theater at Montclair State University this past weekend by Peak Performances. This one of a kind performance explored […]