Shasta College Performing Arts

Mark your calendars now — auditions for Shasta College's fall play, Tom Stoppard's "Arcadia," are at 6pm on August 24th and 25th! For more information, go to shastacollege.edu/ArtsEvents — it's going to be a spectacular production, and we can't wait to see you there.

Shasta College is pleased to announce and proud to welcome our new full-time music faculty member, Julian Dürr, as director of choral activities and instructor of music (Music Appreciation and class piano). Julian, a former Shasta College alumnus, completed his undergraduate and graduate degrees studying conducting, composition, and piano at the prestigious Boston Conservatory at Berklee, where he studied orchestral conducting with Bruce Hangen, choral conducting with Dr. Steve Spinelli, piano with Dr. Jonathan Bass, and jazz piano with Pierre Hurel.

Over the years, Julian’s professional work as a composer, pianist, and conductor has included engagements with the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra, Harvard New Music Ensemble, Boston Lyric Opera, Back Bay Chorale, the Lincoln-Sudbury Civic Orchestra, and the Boston Collegium Choir (as founder), with Grammy-winning ensembles including The Crossing and Cantus, and with institutions such as the New England Conservatory, the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, and the Juilliard School.

Julian began his artistic journey at a very young age, studying piano with the late Steinway artist Duane Hampton and concertizing around the North State. While at Shasta College, he studied conducting with Dr. Jeff Specht and piano with faculty emerita Dr. Elizabeth Waterbury. He was also a TRIO Upward Bound student and McConnell Scholar. We are thrilled that he will be joining our ranks, and we look forward to many years of music-making and building community through music. Welcome, Julian!

Remember, there are three more performances left of "A Midsummer Night's Dream"! Tickets and more information are below — we're so proud of this show, and we hope to see you tonight, tomorrow or Sunday!

The curtain rises! Shasta College is proud to open its Fall 2025 production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" tomorrow evening. For more info, visit shastacollege.edu/ArtsEvents — we can hardly wait to see you there!

Don't miss the Shasta Symphony Orchestra's first F2025 concert, "Scenes — Music That Makes Us Feel"! Tickets are available at shastacollege.edu/ArtsEvents — we'll see you soon!

The curtain rises! Shasta College is proud to open its Fall 2025 production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" tomorrow evening. For more info, visit shastacollege.edu/ArtsEvents — we can hardly wait to see you there!

There's one more round of auditions for "A Midsummer Night's Dream" — just come tonight at 6pm (no preparation needed!). More info below; we hope to see you there. ^_^
https://www.shastacollege.edu/events/event/auditions-quot-a-midsummer-night-039-s-dream-quot/2025-08-26/

We've got one more round of auditions for Shasta College's production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" — just come to our theatre tonight at 6! More info below; we hope to see you there.

https://www.shastacollege.edu/events/event/auditions-quot-a-midsummer-night-039-s-dream-quot/2025-08-26/

We’re just a couple of days away from auditions for Shasta College’s production of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”! If you don’t have enough time to learn a monolog, fear not: one will be provided for you. We want you to feel good about yourself — our goal is always to cast you! See the link below for details; we hope to see you Monday or Tuesday.

https://www.shastacollege.edu/events/event/auditions-quot-a-midsummer-night-039-s-dream-quot/2025-08-25/?fbclid=IwQ0xDSwMXXlBleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHlfi_04vm9cACdALGEqhsLugWHILLoY683CN2-AerY1Gi5XLFEaNJW5o1DBk_aem__eyS6zjmG9qYzxEbxvEbnQ

We're just a week away from opening Shasta College's summer production of GUYS & DOLLS! Tickets are on sale now — we'd like to draw special attention to the evening of Wednesday, July 23rd, a perfect night to attend if your weekends are reserved for travel or revelry.

Just go to shastacollege.edu/ArtsEvents to reserve tickets today — we're tremendously excited about this production! See you soon!

Events

Mark your calendars! On August 25th and 26th, Shasta College will hold auditions for its fall production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream." Our lightly-edited version of the Bard's immortal comedy will run to a breezy 85 minutes or so, and be a feast for the eyes and ears.

Auditions are open to community members and students; more information is on the graphic below. We hope to see you there — for, after all, "the play's the thing"!