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We are excited to begin the academic year with new programs, and renewed energy to make Lehman’s performing arts programs a destination for student creativity.

Our undergraduate programs put students in the spotlight. Whether you are a musician, dancer, or actor, we have performance opportunities for you from choral singing, jazz bands, urban and improvisational dance, to contemporary drama. And you don’t have to be a major to perform with us! Our programs prepare the next generation of teachers, composers, playwrights, directors, and arts managers. Our multimedia programs engage the latest in digital audio and video technology with access to one of the finest recording studios in New York City. Courses in Entrepreneurship, Performing Arts Management, Music Therapy, Stagecraft, along with Professional Internships and Practicum provide professional experience and insight to start your career in the performing arts.

                         

Our Performances

When Harlem Was in Vogue-An Appreciation of African American Composers for Black History Month
Lehman College, Community Chorus, Symphony Orchestra - Winter Concert 2024
Daniel In The Lions Den
Reina Hondo Senior Recital

Upcoming Events

Two women choreographers

October 22, 2025

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

The Dance program at Lehman College presents Dance in Dialog

Dance in Dialog is an annual series aiming to start conversations about dance and explore making dances.

New Voices plays

November 12, 2025

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

The Theatre Program at Lehman presents, New Voices: The Student Playwriting Festival

A performance of new plays by Lehman student playwrights.

sweat lynn nottage

November 19, 2025

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

The Theatre Program at Lehman presents Sweat, a play by Lynn Nottage, directed by Felix Otero

Sweat is a Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Lynn Nottage. Set in Reading, Pennsylvania, it explores the lives of factory workers through the lens of a group of friends who work at the Olstead's steel tubing factory. Nottage examines themes of class, race, labor, and the American Dream.