The IUP Bands will present the 2012 annual Homecoming Concert in Fisher Auditorium of the IUP Performing Arts Center. Ensembles to perform include the Concert Band, Symphony Band, and Wind Ensemble.

The HoodleBug Brass, IUP’s Department of Music faculty brass quintet in residence, will present their Fall 2012 recital on Thursday, October 4, 2012, at Trinity United Methodist Church, located at Fourth and Church streets in Indiana.

One of the most unique and entertaining groups on tour today, the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain is the next performance in the Ovations! series. Tickets are now available through the HUB Box Office, in person or by calling 724-357-1313.

On Thursday, September 27, 2012, Iraqi War hero J.R. Martinez will visit Fisher Auditorium to share his inspiring story. He will appear as this year’s First Commonwealth Bank Endowed Lecturer, presented as part of the Lively Arts’ Ideas and Issues series. The presentation begins at 8:00 p.m. and will be followed by a question and answer session.

The Department of Music will open is 2012–2013 Sound Choices season with the Litton Quartet, IUP’s string quartet in residence. The concert will be presented September 25, 2012, at 8:00 p.m. in Gorell Hall.

The stylish comedy “Hay Fever” opens the Theater-by-the-Grove season on September 27, 2012.

Tickets for “A Chorale Collage,” the IUP Symphony Orchestra Concert, and A Whirlwind to Oz are now available through the HUB Box Office, in person or by calling 724-357-1313.

In addition to a free “fun pack” for every audience member, SingAlong Sound of Music (September 23) will also feature cameo and group appearances, including IUP president Michael Driscoll as the Goatherd; IUP’s first lady, Becky Driscoll, as the “Woman in the Pink Dress”; and Michael Hood, dean of the College of Fine Arts, as Captain Von Trapp.

Maria, the Captain, and all the little Van Trapps will be seen on the big screen in Fisher Auditorium Sunday, September 23, 2012, as the Lively Arts opens its 2012 2013 Ovations series. And in this version, you are invited

Tickets for both the annual Homecoming Concert and for Live at Birdland with Tommy Igoe are now available through the HUB Box Office, in person or by calling 724-357-1313.

SingAlong Sound of Music, an international sensation, will be presented in Fisher Auditorium on Sunday, September 23, 2012, as the opening performance of the 2012–2013 Ovations! season, presented by the Lively Arts.