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Striking a chord
Inaugural music composition competition brings student-created music to center stage.
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Dance Company goes 'Home'
The Dance Company shined with three performances of its spring production at Goel Center.
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Gilbert Concert Series
Ruth Moody of Wailin’ Jennys fame performs with her band in The Bowld on Friday.
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Equity and America's pastime
With baseball as the backdrop, on-campus events spark conversations about race, sexual identity and equality.
![Exeter students gather around poet Elizabeth Alexander as she shows them images from her phone.](https://exeter.edu/sites/default/files/styles/et_news_thumbnail/public/media/Elizabeth-Alexander-cell-phone-3.jpg?itok=lpPHjaJv)
Elizabeth Alexander reads from her work
Award-winning writer, educator and cultural advocate concludes the 2018-2019 Lamont Poetry Series.
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‘When the voice visits, you’ve got to open the door’
English Instructor Willie Perdomo reads from his recently released poetry collection, “The Crazy Bunch.”
Inside Lamont Gallery’s latest exhibit: [E]mission[s]: Critical
Contemporary artists raise awareness of environmental issues in paint, mixed media, sculpture and photography.
Sixteen Exeter students win national writing honors
The honorees combined for 31 medals in the 2019 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards.
![Some of the cast of The Wizard of Oz perform on the Goel Center's mainstage.](https://exeter.edu/sites/default/files/styles/et_news_thumbnail/public/news/woz-goel.jpg?itok=CGIja97e)
Bravo! Goel Center plays leading role in winter performances
New theater's space and resources make understudy, hip hop dance productions possible.
![Fine Arts Quartet Master Class at Phillips Exeter Academy](https://exeter.edu/sites/default/files/styles/et_news_thumbnail/public/news/News-Fine-Arts-Quartet-Master-Class-2.jpg?itok=h80ofLE_)
Masters of music
Internationally acclaimed Fine Arts Quartet shares chamber music expertise during master class in The Bowld.
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Live at Westminister Abbey!
Exeter's Concert Choir and Chamber Orchestra capped their London tour with a concert at the hallowed site.
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Photography takes students beyond black and white
“Southern Rites” exhibition at the Lamont Gallery sparks dialogue about racism, inclusion and equity.
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The Goel Center grand opening
A celebration worthy of the building's great beauty and promise.
![Dacha (left) and Sava Thurber have been playing violin since the age of 3.](https://exeter.edu/sites/default/files/styles/et_news_thumbnail/public/newthurbers.jpg?itok=SGHXQs_O)
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“Before I knew it, I had gone from fetching coffee to shooting Britney Spears and U2 videos."
Philip Andelman ’95
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Catching up with Exeter’s 2018 Vocal Competition winner
Nate Sassoon’s playful approach to music making has taken him to Paris, Vienna, Oxford and beyond.
![Allison Duke in The Goel Center for Theater and Dance.](https://exeter.edu/sites/default/files/styles/et_people_feed/public/news/EP-Allison-Duke.jpg?itok=HzNeGhRA)
“Dancing feels like the easiest way to express myself.”
Dance Instructor Allison Duke
The Goel Center
The David E. and Stacey L. Goel Center for Theater and Dance has elevated Exeter’s performing arts to a whole new level.