UConn’s Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts kicks off its 70th anniversary season with a diverse Fall 2025 line-up

Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts on the UConn Storrs Campus will celebrate its 70th anniversary season with a schedule of entertainment from chamber music, jazz, classical music, and rock ‘n’ roll to contemporary dance and Disney’s Moana Sing-Along-Film Concert.

The season will open on Thursday, September 18, in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, with a Tribute to Buena Vista Social Club featuring Jorge Luis Pacheco, winner of the Montreux Jazz Piano Solo Competition who is redefining Cuban music while celebrating its rich musical traditions.

The Lenard Chamber Music Series will include performances by Hungarian pianist Valentin Magyar (9/23). violinist Ray Chen (10/17) Phaeton Piano Trio (11/11), and Les Arts Florissants featuring violinist Théotime Langlois de Swarte (11/20).

Special performances will include Jacob Collier (10/18), described as “the colorful Mozart of Gen Z,” the contemporary dance of Compagnie Hervé Koubi: Sol Invictus (10/23) and the annual Holiday Pops concert (12/6) by Boston Pops, led by conductor Keith Lockhart, who is beginning his 30th season with the Pops.

Legacies of three Rock and Roll Hall of Famers will be celebrated with INVINCIBLE: A Glorious Tribute to Michael Jackson, Rainee Blake’s Take Me As I Am: A Joni Mitchell Tribute and ZOSO: The Ultimate Led Zeppelin Experience. The rock celebration will also include the exhibition “Eight Days A Week: An Illustrated Record of Rock ‘n’ Roll” in the Jorgensen Gallery (Sep 27 – Dec 6). The exhibition highlights posters, album covers and photographs by Connecticut photographer Joseph Sia along with promotional materials from the archive of editor, journalist and radio disc jockey Ken Best from his writing about music for newspapers in New Jersey and Connecticut.

“This year’s schedule of performances is as wide-ranging as we’ve presented in our 70 years in existence on the Storrs campus,” said Rodney Rock, longtime Jorgensen Director. “We are especially happy that our beautiful new Steinway Model D Concert Grand Piano will be prominently showcased in a number of performances throughout the 25-26 season.”

Tickets for Jacob Collier (Oct 18) are on sale now. Tickets for all other Fall 2025 events are on sale Monday, July 14 at 10 am. Visit Jorgensen.uconn.edu for the full list of events, programs, updated policies, and procedures, and more.

The Fall 2025 schedule follows:

Jorge Luis Pacheco, Piano

Tribute to Buena Vista Social Club

Thu., Sept. 18, 7:30 pm

*Valentin Magyar, Piano

Tue., Sept. 23, 7:30 pm

INVINCIBLE: A Glorious Tribute to Michael Jackson

Sat., Sept. 27, 8 pm

TAKE ME AS I AM: A Joni Mitchell Tribute with Rainee Black

Sat. Oct. 4, 8 pm

Disney’s MOANA Live-to-Film Concert

Fri., Oct. 10, 7 pm

*Ray Chen, Violin

with Julio Elizalde, Piano

Thu., Oct. 17, 8 pm

An Evening with Jacob Collier

Sat. Oct. 18, 8p m

Compagnie Hervé Koubi – Sol Invictus

Thu., Oct. 23, 7:30 pm

Zoso: The Ultimate Led Zeppelin Experience (Cabaret event)

Sat., Nov. 8, 8 pm

*Phaeton Piano Trio

Tue., Nov. 11, 7:30 pm

*Les Arts Florissants

Featuring Violinist Théotime Langlois de Swarte

Thu., Nov. 20, 7:30 pm

Holiday Pops

Sat., Dec. 6, 8 pm

*Lenard Chamber Music Series

Publicity Photos:  Fall 2025 Press photos 

TICKETS, BOX OFFICE AND OTHER INFORMATION:

Tickets for 2025 performances can be purchased on the Jorgensen website, jorgensen.uconn.edu. Some discounts are available. Ample parking is available in North Garage near Jorgensen. The cost of parking is included in the price of a ticket (North Garage only). (Note: all artists, events, dates, programs, and policies are subject to change.) 

Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts is located at 2132 Hillside Road on the UConn campus in Storrs. The Box Office is open Mon – Fri, 10 am to 5 pm. For questions and assistance, email jorgensen.tickets@uconn.edu or call 860-486-4226.    

ABOUT JORGENSEN:

Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts presents 30 to 35 diverse performances each season, from nationally and internationally acclaimed artists and ensembles ranging from classical music to world music and dance, classical ballet and contemporary dance, comedy, family programming and contemporary entertainment.