Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Austin Jennings '19 and Luis Figueroa '18 rehearse for Duchess in the McDonald Theatre of the Gearan Center for the Performing Arts.

Cast members of Duchess, a modern adaptation of John Webster's Duchess of Malfi,” rehearse in McDonald Theatre of the Gearan Center for the Performing Arts. Duchess” was written for HWS by award-winning playwright Johnny Drago.

Led by Associate Professor of Theatre Heather May, students in the social justice performance group Mosaic NY perform an environment building exercise in the McDonald Theatre of the Gearan Center for the Performing Arts.

Walden Bass, applied music instructor, works with Ryan Tinklepaugh '16 on the first cello lesson to occur in Froelich Hall.

Grant Shinegawa '18 sings during a Chorale performance on opening night.

On the day of its delivery, Assistant Professor of Music Mark Olivieri plays the new Steinway grand piano in the Gearan Center for the Performing Arts.

This Week in Photos pays tribute to the Gearan Center for the Performing Arts in conjunction with the first anniversary of its opening. Located at the heart of campus, the new 65,000-square-foot facility has brought together music, dance, theatre and media and society in a unified academic space for the first time in HWS history. The photos in this week’s gallery trace some of the accomplishments of the past year.

Major donors join President Mark D. Gearan for the ribbon cutting ceremony in January 2016, officially opening the Gearan Center for the Performing Arts. The Board of Trustees unanimously decided to name the building in honor of Mark and Mary Herlihy Gearan.

German Veras '17, Marie Claire Hamet '19 and Sydney Gomez '17 check out the new spaces in the Gearan Center for the Performing Arts.

Assistant 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,” Assistant Professor of Music Katherine Walker discusses the development of polyphony (multiple voices singing independent lines) during the ninth century in the Roman Catholic Church.

Devyn Workman ’15, MAT ’16 plays Duke Orsino and Casey Cady ’18 portrays Viola/Cesario in “Twelfth Night,” Shakespeare's romantic comedy directed by Assistant Professor of Theatre Chris Hatch.

Natalie Young ’18, Luis Figueroa ’18, Mimi Scott ’16 and Nick Stewart ’15 perform in McDonald Theatre during a rehearsal for “Twelfth Night,” the inaugural theatre production in the Gearan Center for the Performing Arts.

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' first Multicultural Career and Networking Conference gather for a reception.

Bandeja Munir '18 and Tanina Urbanski '17 practice Solace, a work choreographed by Morgan Drake '17.

As part of the 2016 Arts Experience Festival, members of the ARC of Seneca Cayuga and students in Assistant Professor of Dance Kelly Johnson's Jamaican Dance class take part in a drum circle workshop.