While keeping a careful eye on the COVID-19 landscape, several PMO ensembles are excited to “hit the road” again this spring!

For the first time in 22 months, the PMO performance calendar is filled with collaborative concerts and performances in unique locales. From Ohio to Hawaii, and from Florida to New York, the PMO students and staff are thrilled to be able to perform for in-person audiences again this semester.

Beginning this month, the Purdue Varsity Glee Club and Purduettes will perform together on Feb. 19 at First Church in Wheatfield, Ind. In March, both ensembles will embark on respective spring break performance tours. The Purduettes will travel to Hawaii, and the Glee Club will begin its spring break in Naples, Fla., before finishing the tour in New York City.

The Purdue Bells have several out-of-state performances scheduled during spring break as well. On March 17, PMO’s only instrumental ensemble will perform a free concert at Grace United Methodist Church in Naperville, Ill. Then on March 20, the Purdue Bells will perform a free concert at Worthington United Methodist Church in Worthington, Ohio.

On March 26, University Choir will perform a collaborative concert with the Indianapolis Children’s Choir at the Cornerstone Lutheran Church in Fishers, Ind. Later that same day, Heart & Soul will perform at St. Mary’s Catholic Church followed by an overnight in Greensburg, Ind.

Rounding out the performance calendar are PMO’s end-of-year concerts in April. The Purduettes will kick off the annual concert series with their Spring Spectacular Concert on April 23, followed by the PMO Spring Show on April 24. Both concerts will be presented in the Long Center for the Performing Arts in Lafayette, Ind.

The following weekend, the Purdue Varsity Glee Club will perform the annual “End of Season” Concert on April 29 in Loeb Playhouse, located inside Stewart Center on Purdue’s campus in West Lafayette, Ind.

PMO invites you to attend an in-person performance this semester, whether in West Lafayette or on the road, so you can see and hear what the students have been working on all year. We look forward to seeing your smiling faces (albeit underneath masks, if necessary) in the audience soon!