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California Institute of the Arts

Performing Arts Day

at the California Institute of the Arts

Southern California

CalArts Students perform on stage in a dark room

Join us  on Saturday, October 18, 2025 for Southern California Performing Arts Day, an exciting day of events for emerging dancers, musicians, actors, and theater designers. 

Schedule

10-11:30 am - CalArts Open House with individualized programming for Dance, Music, and Theater attendees

11:30 am - College fair begins

12:30 pm - Panel presentation featuring reps from CalArts and UCLA

2:30 pm - College fair ends

 This is your chance to:

  • Explore the CalArts campus and meet faculty from our Dance, Music, and Theater schools;
  • Hear about the value of an arts education from panelists from CalArts and UCLA;
  • Meet college reps from top dance, music, and theater programs around the world;
  • Have headshots taken by CalArts’ own photographers (open to those who participate in the CalArts Open House at the start of the day); and
  • Meet fellow prospective performing arts students.

Whether you’re starting to consider a career in the performing arts or already know which path you want to take, this event will help you take the next step in your creative career.

Both the event and parking are free.

For emerging dancers, musicians, actors, and theater designers

  • Six CalArts dancers perform on a darkened stage in a rainbow of leotard colors.

  • CalArts musicians perform in a semicircle, facing a conductor all in black.

  • Three CalArts actors perform on stage in a production in front of a black and white projection of clouds.

Participating schools

List will be updated as schools continue registering.

  • Baylor University, School of Music
  • Boston Conservatory at Berklee
  • Cornish College of the Arts at Seattle University
  • Eastman School of Music | University of Rochester
  • Frost School of Music at the University of Miami
  • Jacobs School of Music Indiana University
  • Lamont School of Music University of Denver
  • Marymount Manhattan College
  • New England Conservatory
  • Oberlin Conservatory
  • Roosevelt University’s Chicago College of Performing Arts
  • Shepherd School of Music - Rice University
  • The Juilliard School
  • The San Francisco Conservatory of Music
  • Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music & Dance
  • UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music
  • University of Colorado Boulder
  • University of Colorado Denver - College of Arts & Media
  • University of Houston - Kathrine G. McGovern College of the Arts
  • University of North Texas College of Music
  • University of Oregon; School of Music and Dance
  • University of the Pacific - Conservatory of Music
  • University of Puget Sound
  • University of Redlands
  • University of Toronto Faculty of Music