The IUP Department of Music, Theatre, and Dance has a wide variety of performance ensembles for musicians on every instrument and voice type, as well as theatre production companies.
Music Ensembles
All music ensembles are available to any student currently registered for classes on IUP's main campus. Music majors will receive information about auditions in the summer for fall ensembles and in the winter for spring ensembles. We invite non-music majors to fill out our Ensemble Interest Form to receive more information about auditioning. Any IUP student who has reached 15 credits of classes may participate in additional ensembles for zero credit, so you can be part of the IUP music scene without having to pay additional tuition.
Ensemble Audition Information - Dates, audition repertoire, and links to submit your audition.
Instrumental Groups
- Marching Band, “The Legend”
- Wind Ensemble
- Symphony Band
- Symphony Orchestra
- String Ensemble
- Jazz Ensemble
- Jazz Band
- Brass Ensemble
- Music Theater Pit Ensemble
Vocal Groups
- University Chorus
- Chorale
- Chamber Singers
- Main Stage Productions
- Music Theater Ensemble
- Opera Workshop
- Vocal Repertoire
Studio Ensembles
- String Ensemble
- Flute Ensemble
- Clarinet Ensemble
- Oboe Ensemble
- Bassoon Ensemble
- Saxophone Ensemble
- Trumpet Ensemble
- Horn Ensemble
- Trombone Choir
- Tubaphonium Ensemble
- Percussion Ensemble
- Piano Ensemble
- Organ Ensemble
Extracurricular Ensembles
- Crimson Chords
- Legacy Brass
- Popular Music Ensemble
Theatre and Dance
At the heart of the department is our commitment to putting learning into practice. We do so through our performance companies:
Through these companies, the department has presented:
- Over 150 main season productions under the auspices of Theater-by-the-Grove
- Over 30 major dance productions by the IUP Dance Theatre Company
- Hundreds of student-written, -directed, and -designed one-act and full-length plays, including many experimental and original products, presented under the auspices of the “Acorn Projects”
- Children's theatre productions presented to the community through the summer company, Footlight Players
- Touring productions in both theatre and dance to regional schools
Theater-by-the-Grove
A professionally modeled, resident theatre producing a main season of plays and musicals for the university and community.
IUP Dance Theatre
A professionally modeled, touring company based on a modern style producing dance concerts.
Simulated Patient/Applied Theatre Ensemble
SP/ATE is an ensemble that gives our students experience in the emerging field of simulated applied theatre. We currently provide simulations for nursing and allied health, food and nutrition, and large-scale trauma and crisis response, as well as community-based improvisational performances developed to address specific social issues.
The Acorn Project
An incubator for production development, usually student-directed, and often short works minimally produced.
Footlight Players
A summer theatre-for-youth program directed by theatre faculty, IUP alumni, and upper-division majors.