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HOUGHTON – Michigan Technological University’s Rozsa Center for the Performing Arts has announced this year’s Visual and Performing Arts Department (VPA) lineup. Consisting of the Michigan Tech Art, Michigan Tech Music and Michigan Tech Theatre Series, the 2025/26 season is full of special events worthy of celebrating this 25th Anniversary of the Rozsa Center along with the 40th anniversary of the Walker Arts Humanities building.

“The 2025-26 season is very exciting for performers and audience members.”, said Jared Anderson, VPA department chair. “There is something for everyone in the season and I can’t think of a better way to celebrate these important anniversaries in our department.”

The three Michigan Tech series bring live musical performances, art exhibitions, and theatre productions to Michigan Tech students, staff /faculty, and the greater Keweenaw community.

The Michigan Tech Art Series will explore the microscopic world with help from neighboring departments on campus. The Rozsa Galleries will also host an exhibit exploring night time photography in combination with a visiting National Geographic photographer. Additional shows highlight historic struggles for human rights as well as thought provoking art work created by students throughout the academic year.

Michigan Tech Theatre performs “Men on Boats”, a unique and true(ish) comical history of an expedition traversing the Grand Canyon. This year’s Haunted Mine Tour, themed “Descent into Madness,” is sure to make visitors squirm. And in February a performance of the popular mystery “Proof” will keep audiences on the edge of their seats.

The Michigan Tech Music Series Starts off with “Music in the Mine” and “New Music Detroit” promising the best music you haven’t heard yet. The Superior Wind Symphony moves and grooves to joyous dance music, revisits fi lm scores from popular movies, and will revisit classic symphonies old and new. The Choirs of Michigan Tech will take on Sergei Rachmaninoff ‘s All-Night Vigil (Vespers). The Michigan Tech Pep band and Jazz ensembles are ready, as always, to entertain with numerous performances throughout the year.

Finally, the Keweenaw Symphony Orchestra will dedicate an entire concert to the works of Richard Wagner while ending the season combined with Michigan Tech Choirs, musicians from the Marquette Symphony Orchestra, and soloists Lara Neves and Kathryn Summersett, for Gustav Mahler’s transcendent Resurrection Symphony. With over 200 musicians on stage, this will be the largest symphony ever performed in the Rozsa Center.

Tickets for Michigan Tech’s Visual and Performing Arts events are on sale now. Tickets are available online at https://mtu.universitytickets.com/, by calling 906-487-1906, or at the Rozsa Box Office; all events are Free or Pay As You’re Able.

The full schedule is available at https://www.mtu.edu/rozsa