Performing Arts

The College has a long-standing reputation for excellence in the fine and performing arts, and it continues to build on that reputation. The College’s most recent addition in this area is the John Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts, which includes such outstanding facilities as

• A 420-seat performance hall, with a concert shell and stage extension system for up to 120 performers
• A rehearsal hall accommodating approximately eighty band, orchestral, and choral musicians
• A flexible theatre space seating up to 250 patrons, as well as a performance area designed specifically for student productions
• A dance studio with sprung floor and high ceiling
• A MIDI piano computer laboratory, along with individual and group practice rooms for music
• A technical lighting classroom with lighting grid and theatre tracks for simulating various performing environments

The college has a long-standing reputation for excellence in the fine and performing arts. The Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts houses a 420-seat performance hall, black box theatre, dance studio, and technical lighting classroom. RIC Theatre mounts several major productions annually, ranging from Shakespeare to Broadway musicals, along with performances by the Growing Stage Theatre, a student-directed performance group. There are concerts by the college's Chamber and Symphony Orchestras, Wind Ensemble, Chorus, Concert Jazz Band, and Dance Company. Arts organizations are open to majors and nonmajors.

Bannister Gallery presents eight to ten exhibitions each year, featuring works by professional artists and students.

Arts Organizations

• Art Club
• Chorus
• Concert Jazz Band
• Dance Company
• Symphony Orchestra
• Theatre
• Wind Ensemble

Recent Arts Events

• All Over Blues
• Ballet Concierto de Puerto Rico
• Sharon Isbin
• Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane
• Dance Company
• Marcel Marceau
• I Musici de Montreal
• Muir String Quartet
• National Acrobats of Taiwan
• Royal Shakespeare Company’s Shakespeare Revue
• Urban Bush Women