York College Division of Music

04/09/2026

York College Rock Band (with opening guests: School of Rock House Band)

Friday, April 10, 2026 at 7:30 pm
Waldner Performing Arts Center

Come out to hear The YC Rock Band this Friday at 7:30 pm in the Waldner Performing Arts Center! The concert will open with the York area School of Rock House Band followed by York College's own YC Rock Band, and will feature a wide variety of music from The Rolling Stones, Stone Temple Pilots, The Doobie Brothers, Fall Out Boy, and more! The Department of Visual and Performing Arts welcomes the community to enjoy this free concert. No advance ticketing is required.

11/12/2025

Come enjoy an evening of classic rock with the York College Rock Band! Students will perform music by Ozzy (with a tribute), Black Sabbath, Rush, Heart, Tears for Fears, Foreigner, and many more!

Friday, November 14 at 7:30pm

York College of Pennsylvania Waldner Performing Arts Center

Admission is free!

With special guests: Students from the York School of Rock!

06/23/2024

Join us for the York Summer Music Academy (YSMA) Faculty Recital TODAY (Sun., 6/23) at 4 pm in DeMeester Recital Hall (in Wolf Hall) at York College of Pennsylvania! Free and open to the public. It's just the beginning of what promised to be a fantastic week!

06/23/2024

Hello Friends!

This week, York College will be hosting the 3rd Annual York Summer Music Academy (YSMA), a collaborative endeavor, with artistic and administrative leadership from the York College of Pennsylvania and the York Symphony Orchestra. We will be hosting 47 music students between grades 7-12. These students will work with our faculty in a variety of settings: large ensembles, chamber music ensembles, lessons, studio classes, and a wide range of enrichment courses.

In addition, we will be presenting three concerts that are free and open to the public (to be held in DeMeester Recital Hall inside of Wolf Hall):

Sun., 6/23 (TODAY), 4:00 pm: Faculty Recital (program attached)

Wed., 6/26, 3:00 pm: Nicolas Bourdoncle (guest artist) - Solo Piano Recital

Fri., 6/28, 1:00 pm: Final All-Academy Concert - this is when the students will perform the music they've been working on all week!

It promises to be a fantastic week, full of music-making, learning, and FUN. Please join us for these public performances!

Best,

KO

The YSO provides an opportunity for students to work with musicians and discover a love for music. Through our student programs, the YSO touches many lives!

04/16/2024

Come to DeMeester Recital Hall (Wolf) on WEDNESDAY, April 17th at 7:30 pm to hear our amazing faculty artist Dr. Hyesung Hwang performing TWO massive, iconic works for solo piano: Mussorgsky's "Pictures at an Exhibition" and Beethoven's Sonata op. 111. It's FREE!

10/13/2023

Band/Artists wanted for Basement Dwellers! Paid gig!!!!!!

07/18/2023

Combining production opportunities and experiential learning with solid academic studies, the Entertainment Marketing and Production program at York College allows you to deepen your knowledge and distinguish yourself in a competitive industry that is constantly changing.

Accelerate your career in the global music industry.

06/23/2023

It’s been a fantastic week with an amazing group of kids at the York Summer Music Academy! Come hear their final concert tomorrow (Saturday) at 1:00 pm in York College of Pennsylvania’s DeMeester Recital Hall!

06/20/2023

What an honor to share the stage with the amazing faculty of the York Summer Music Academy. We’ve got a great group of kids with us this year, and it will be a fun and inspiring week of music making!

06/09/2023

We're Back! York College Winds and Voices returned on May 24 from a successful music tour of Eastern Europe!

33 YC students, alumni and faculty performed three concerts and explored the beautiful cities of Prague, Vienna and Budapest.

Enjoy the pics!