Student musicians blossom during spring concerts. 

The 10th annual Lessons and Carols service was among a host of great FPU music events in November and December.

Classical harpsichord, jazz saxophone and flamenco guitar will be just some of the sounds audiences will hear at the 2012-2013 Pacific Artist Series.

Performances of musical masterpieces by Felix Mendelssohn and Johannes Brahms will celebrate the career of Music Faculty Roy Klassen on Sunday, April 25, in Paul Shaghoian Performing Arts Center, Willow and International, Fresno.

The program opens with Mendelssohn's "Elijah" at 4:00 p.m. After a light supper in the lobby, Brahms' "Requiem" follows at 7:15 p.m. Klassen will conduct about 120 singers from the Concert Choir and San Joaquin Chorale. Admission is $10 payable at the door.

After years in the minors, art is becoming a major player at FPU.

This fall the university upgraded its art minor to a full major, with concentrations in art administration, graphic arts and studio arts. Faculty members are Rebecca McMillen and Chris Janzen.

Audiences will hear three premiers for the price of one at the San Joaquin Chorale concert Saturday, May 3, 2008.

The chorale, under the direction of Fresno Pacific University professor Roy Klassen, D.M.A., will perform its spring concert at 7:30 p.m. in the First Congregational Church of Fresno, 2131 N. Van Ness Blvd.

Admission, payable at the door, is $10 for general audiences and $7 students and senior citizens. Call 559-453-2267 for more information.

One spring week brought three plays with spiritual themes to FPU.

The life of the working poor comes to the stage at FPU presents "Nickel and Dimed" as its fall mainstage production.

"Nickel and Dimed" will be at 8:00 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday, November 8-10 and 15-17, in Ashley Auditorium on the FPU campus, 1717 S. Chestnut Ave., Fresno, south of the intersection of Chestnut and Butler. Tickets are $8 for general admission and $5 for students and senior citizens. For more, call the Arts Office at 559-453-2267.  

A new ensemble and a new full-time faculty member will boost the strings program at Fresno Pacific University.

Dances from Latin America and art songs from Germany are just two examples of the fine music included in the 2007-2008 Pacific Artist Series sponsored by Fresno Pacific University.

"Fiddler on the Roof," the classic musical about Tevye, Golde, their family, friends and folkways, comes to Fresno Pacific University Friday and Saturday, March 23, 24 and 30, 31.

Performances will be at 7:30 p.m. in the Special Events Center. The campus is located at 1717 S. Chestnut Ave., south of the Butler intersection.

Admission is $10 for general audiences, $7 for senior citizens and students. For tickets, call 559-453-2267 or go to the website at fresno.edu/performingarts.  

Tradition! Come with us to Anatevka and laugh and cry with Tevye and Golde as they try to raise five daughters while maintaining family and religious traditions in the face of a changing world.

The 10th Annual International Flute Choir Festival takes place Friday and Saturday, February 16-17, 2007, in Ashley Auditorium at Fresno Pacific University, 1717 S. Chestnut Ave., south of the Butler intersection.

A former local resident who has earned a national reputation continues the 2006-2007 Pacific Artist Series sponsored by Fresno Pacific University.