The Gearan Center for the Performing Arts
The Gearan Center for the Performing Arts
The Gearan Center for the Performing Arts, which brings together music, dance, theatre and media and society in a unified academic space.
The opening of the Gearan Center for the Performing Arts with President Emeritus Mark D. Gearan L.H.D. '17, P'21 and Mary Gearan L.H.D. '17, P'21.
A Chorale performance in Froelich Hall.
Associate Professor of Music Mark Olivieri plays a Steinway grand piano in the Gearan Center for the Performing Arts.
Students relax in the Gearan Center for the Performing Arts.
Students perform the play She Kills Monsters in McDonald Theatre. HWS Theatre hosts three productions each year and all community members are encouraged to attend.
A rehearsal for Twelfth Night in the McDonald Theatre.
Associate Professor of Theatre Chris Hatch speaks with Audio Technician Kelly Walker during rehearsal for HWS Theatre's production of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.
In her class Medieval and Renaissance Music History, Associate Professor of Music Katherine Walker discusses the development of polyphony (multiple voices singing independent lines) during the ninth century in the Roman Catholic Church.
Associate Professor of Media and Society Leah Shafer leads a class in the Fish Screening Room.
Students in a Laban studies class.
Forlorn, choreographed by Katie Pratt '23
Working on homework outside the Gearan Center for the Perfoming Arts.
Associate Professor of Media and Society Lisa Patti speaks with students during Media Industries and Alternatives in the Gearan Center for the Performing Arts.
Students rehearse in the Gearan Center for the Performing Arts.
Cello practice in Froelich Hall.
Rehearsal for Duchess in the McDonald Theatre of the Gearan Center for the Performing Arts.
A rehearsal for HWS Theatre’s production of Waiting for Godot, a tragicomedy by Samuel Beckett.
The L. Thomas Melly '52 Lobby of the Gearan Center for the Performing Arts has become a favorite location to host events. Here, attendees of the Colleges' Multicultural Career and Networking Conference gather for a reception.
Crown Rising arranged by Kelly Johnson
Students watch their classmates perform a hip-hop dance routine with guest dance instructor Kimberly Trimlett '10, MAT'11 in the Dance Studio of the Gearan Center for the Performing Arts.
On Earth Day, Senior Project Manager Chris Button gives a tour of the Gearan Center for the Performing Arts highlighting the areas in the building that contribute to the facility's advanced sustainability. The building was designed to meet LEED silver or above certification requirements.
An HWS String Ensemble concert in Froelich Hall of the Gearan Center for the Performing Arts.
An HWS String Ensemble concert.
Lights illuminate the Gearan Center for the Performing Arts.
Canticle in Darkness and Light choreographed by Cynthia Williams
While visiting campus, Emmy award-winning 60 Minutes correspondent and Trustee Bill Whitaker '73, L.H.D. '97 discusses his experiences at Hobart and William Smith and the work necessary to advance the Colleges.
Working on an assignment inside the Gearan Center for the Performing Arts.
Students walk in front of the Gearan Center for the Performing Arts on a crisp fall day.
In the Dawn of the Cold Season choreographed by Olive Prince '99
Members of the HWS Jazz Guitar Ensemble open for the soul-jazz trio Paradigm Shift in the Hilayama-Williams Family Ensemble Hall in the Gearan Center for the Performing Arts.
HWS theatre students take a group photo while preparing set designs for an upcoming production.
An admissions Open House event begins in the Melly Lobby.
Crown Rising arranged by Kelly Johnson
Students practice their lines in the foyer of the Gearan Center for the Performing Arts.
Guitar Instruction in the Gearan Center for the Performing Arts.
Piano lesson in a practice room in the Gearan Center for the Performing Arts.
Surround Sound choreographed by Bliss Doney '22
Forlorn choreographed by Katie Pratt '23
In the Dawn of the Cold Season choreographed by Olive Prince '99
The critically acclaimed Irrera Brothers perform in Froelich Hall of the Gearan Center for the Performing Arts.
The Classical Guitar Ensemble, directed by Ben Ellis, performs in Froelich Hall.
A metal sculpture stands in front of the Gearan Center for the Performing Arts. Hellmund, who recently received his MFA from the University of Alberta in Canada, also has two sculptures on display in Geneva's Lakefront Park.
Crown Rising arranged by Kelly Johnson
Canticle in Darkness and Light choreographed by Cynthia Williams
Hard at work in the Melly Lobby of the Gearan Center.
Members of the Colleges Chorale gather for a group photo following a concert in Froelich Hall of the Gearan Center for the Performing Arts.
Fireworks fly over the Gearan Center for the Performing Arts.