During spring break, from March 20 - March 25, the Penn Charter Upper School Performing Arts Department took our a capella group, the Quakers Dozen, and members of the Upper School Jazz Band (named Cali Jazz) to Los Angeles.
Upper School band and chorus achieved remarkable success, receiving the 2024 Hersheypark Music Showcase Festivals Overall High School Instrumental Award.
Middle School and Upper School ensembles performed diverse music from around the world. See photos.
A fairy tale adventure of an unlikely hero, a wisecracking donkey and a princess who resists her rescue.
The whole community will enjoy PC's winter concerts. Don't miss this talent!
In this festival of short plays, three different plays were performed by talented Middle and Upper School students on Nov 3 & 4.
Explore the perils and the comedy of a tempest, an ice storm and a snow day in "Whatever the Weather," a one-act play festival.
Upper, Middle and Lower School talents on display!
More than 50 talented musicians and vocalists, including middle schoolers for the first time since 2020, took the stage on Jan. 24.
Middle School students returned to the Kurtz Center in May to stage Frozen Jr.
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![students receive band trophy]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1715366720/penn/jxpadcnvs9upizmsotlu/IMG_3467.heic","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1715366720/penn/jxpadcnvs9upizmsotlu/IMG_3467.heic","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1715366720/penn/jxpadcnvs9upizmsotlu/IMG_3467.heic","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1715366720/penn/jxpadcnvs9upizmsotlu/IMG_3467.heic","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1715366720/penn/jxpadcnvs9upizmsotlu/IMG_3467.heic","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1715366720/penn/jxpadcnvs9upizmsotlu/IMG_3467.heic","width":2200}])
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