The premiere season of Sound Choices at IUP continues Sunday, December 7, with the Holiday Music Festival. The family concert begins at 3 p.m. in Gorell Recital Hall, located on the second floor of IUP’s Sutton Hall.

Music Theater at IUP will present Gian Carlo Menotti’s Pulitzer Prize-winning opera The Consul. Directed by Sarah Mantel, The Consul will be showing four nights from Wednesday December 3, through Saturday, December, 6, at 7:00 p.m. on the Waller Hall Mainstage.

The Lively Arts at IUP will present the Pittsburgh Symphony Chamber Orchestra and the Pittsburgh Camerata. This all-Vivaldi program, including the popular choral work “Gloria,” will be held on Friday, November 14, at 8:00 p.m. in Fisher Auditorium of IUP’s Performing Arts Center.

The Jazz Band, Jazz Ensemble and IUP Alumni Jazz Band will present concerts November 8 and 9, 2008, in Fisher Auditorium.

On Monday, November 10, in the majestic atmosphere of Pittsburgh’s Heinz Hall, enjoy a dessert reception before a performance by IUP’s highly acclaimed music ensembles.

The Lively Arts at IUP presents the group Universes in Live From the Edge on October 29, 2008, at 8:00 p.m. in the IUP Hadley Union Building Ohio Room.

English sculptor Alastair Noble will present a talk at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 22, 2008, in Sprowls Hall, Room 301, in conjunction with his installation currently being exhibited in Kipp Gallery.