NDSU Performing Arts

10/09/2026

What a wonderful woodwind-filled day! Thank you to everyone who joined the NDSU Challey School of Music for Woodwind Day today, and an especially big thank you to our guest artists for coming to campus to share their wisdom and expertise! Go Bison! 🤘

10/09/2026

10/07/2026

Challey Hall was a sea of yellow this past weekend for our 37th annual NDSU High School Choral Festival! 💛 We were thrilled to host 560 students from 46 regional high schools on campus to learn from our choral faculty and guest conductors, then perform a concert in Festival Concert Hall. Thank you to everyone who traveled near and far to participate! And a big Bison thank you to our conductors Dwight Jilek, Nicki Toliver, Shelley Zietz, and Steve Hoemberg for making all of this magic possible.

Here's a roundup of some fun photos from the weekend, courtesy of Sara Gedrose Lichtblau, Rugby Music Boosters, Wyndmere Music Department, Fargo South Bruin Booster Club, Central Cass Friends of Fine Arts, and May-Port CG School District.

Do you have photos from Choral Festival to share? Post them below! 🤘🎶

10/06/2026

Another amazing shot of our Jane Doe (Hannah Lawrence) captured by photographer Justin Eiler for Theatre NDSU's "Ride the Cyclone." 🔮 The show opens Thursday, Oct. 15! Get your tickets to ride at ndsu.showare.com. 🎢

10/06/2026

Have you ever heard the sound a harpsichord makes?

For 50 years, the Hubbard harpsichord at North Dakota State University has filled performances with its bright, distinctive sound. When age began to take its toll, a team of Bison combined craftsmanship, music, and 3D-printing technology to help bring it back to life.

“I believe musical instruments have their own character and story that live within them,” music major Zakk Volk ’27 said. “We are just one part of preserving this one for the next few decades.”

Hear the harpsichord in the video below and read “Mechanics Behind the Music” from the newest edition of Herd to discover how Zakk and others helped restore an old instrument at NDSU: https://ndsufoundation.com/magazine/2026/09/mechanics-behind-the-music

📸: Kensie Wallner Photography
📹: Xyle André Rubianes Altura ’26

10/05/2026

Thank you to Red River Market for having Theatre NDSU as part of the entertainment for Harvest Fest on Saturday! Grab your tickets to "Ride the Cyclone" at ndsu.showare.com or call 701-231-7969!

10/02/2026

Two more days until Choral Fest! Can't make it to the concerts in person? Both performances will be streamed online: ndsu.edu/music/stream

Our Bison have a busy week ahead! After Homecoming, our choral faculty and students go straight into hosting our annual High School Choral Festival Oct. 4 and 5 in Festival Concert Hall. Join us for the NDSU Concert Choir and Madrigal Singers concert on Sunday and the high school choir concert on Monday. 🤘