From April 30 through May 3, the Harvard Arts Festival returns to campus, showcasing the creativity of students, faculty, and staff across disciplines. This year’s festival once again highlights the vibrant intersection of science and the arts, with concentrators from Chemical and Physical Biology (CPB), MCB, and Neuroscience contributing an impressive range of performances—from music and dance to theater and interdisciplinary collaborations.
Organized by the Office for the Arts at Harvard, Arts Fest invites the Harvard community and the public to experience performances across campus venues, including the Harvard Art Museums, Sanders Theatre, Holden Chapel, and outdoor stages in Harvard Yard.
This year’s festival also features two special programming tracks—Science & Arts and Religion, Spirituality & Ethics—further emphasizing the role of creative expression in exploring complex ideas and human experience.
Faculty, staff, students, and families are warmly invited to attend and support these performers throughout the festival. With events happening across campus over four days, Arts Fest offers something for everyone—whether you are drawn to classical music, contemporary dance, cultural performances, or experimental works.
We are proud of the following students who will be part of the Performance Fair on Saturday, May 2.
CPB students in performance
Chemical and Physical Biology concentrators will be featured across multiple performances, including theater, chamber music, dance, and cultural ensembles. Highlights include:
- Brady Rafferty ’27, Hasty Pudding Theatricals, Holden Chapel, 4:00p – 4:20p
- Christopher Shin ’27, Harvard College Piano Society, John Knowles Paine Concert Hall, 4:30p – 4:50p
- Christopher Shin ’27, John Knowles Paine Concert Hall, 3:00p – 3:20p
- Linda Wnetrzewska ’26 & Christopher Shin ’27, Harvard Art Museums Calderwood Courtyard, 1:00p – 1:20p
- Diego Nunez ’28, Mariachi Veritas, Plaza Tent, 2:00p – 2:20p
- Emma Nagler ’26, Harvard Ballet Company: This, and Then (DanceFest), Plaza Tent, 3:00p – 4:50p
- Lyn Kim ’28, Music 189R Chamber Ensembles Performance: Students of the Parker Quartet, Memorial Church, 10:30 AM –
- Odera Arene ’28, Black Atlantic Funk, Holden Chapel, 2:30p – 2:50p
- Odera Arene ’28, Gliffe Notes Lite, Sever Quad Yard, 4:30p – 4:50p
MCB students take the stage
MCB concentrators will contribute to vocal ensembles, orchestral performances, and DanceFest programming:
- Adina Lippman ’27, ApiChorus, Harvard Art Museums Calderwood Courtyard, 2:00p – 2:20p
- Allison Wu ’27, Flagship: 《淡妆浓抹总相宜》 (DanceFest), Plaza Tent, 3:00p – 4:50p
- Britney Ampadu ’28, River Charles Ensemble, John Knowles Paine Concert Hall, 1:00p – 1:20p
- Ella Borgman ’27, River Charles Ensemble, John Knowles Paine Concert Hall, 1:00p – 1:20p
- Henry Ma ’27, The Noteables, Sanders Theatre, 4:00p – 4:20p
- Jessie Ma ’28, AADT Beyond (DanceFest), Plaza Tent, 3:00p – 4:50p
- Zhixiao Yip ’27, AADT Beyond (DanceFest), Plaza Tent, 3:00p – 4:50p
Neuroscience students across the arts
Neuroscience concentrators will be widely represented across the festival, with performances spanning a cappella, orchestral music, dance, theater, and interdisciplinary collaborations:
- Abe Kohl ’28, ApiChorus, Harvard Art Museums Calderwood Courtyard, 2:00p – 2:20p
- Aiyanna Ojukwu ’26, On Thin Ice, Mass Ave Stage, 2:30p – 2:50p
- Alissar Dalloul ’27, Harvard Callbacks, Yard Stage, 1:00p – 1:20p
- Antonino Libarnes ’28, Crimson Cellos, Sanders Theatre, 3:00p – 3:20p
- Antonino Libarnes ’28, Invasion, Holden Chapel, 1:30p – 1:50p
- Axel Vega-Mancinas ’27, Harvard Undergraduate Candela Latin Dance Troupe: Un Viaje Por El Mundo (DanceFest), Plaza Tent, 3:00p – 4:50p
- Cadee Lee ’27, Gran Partita, Sanders Theatre, 3:30p – 3:50p
- Cam Miller ’26, Hasty Pudding Theatricals, Holden Chapel, 4:00p – 4:20p
- Cam Miller ’26, The Yard Bops, Plaza Tent, 1:00p – 1:20p
- Cassidy Cheng ’28, AADT Beyond (DanceFest), Plaza Tent, 3:00p – 4:50p
- Cassidy Cheng ’28, Flagship: 《淡妆浓抹总相宜》 (DanceFest), Plaza Tent, 3:00p – 4:50p
- Charlotte Levy ’26, Immediate Gratification Players, Yard Stage, 2:30p – 2:50p
- Damla Yesil ’26, The Harvard-Radcliffe Veritones, Adolphus Busch Hall, 1:00p – 1:20p
- Daniel Jinxi Lian ’27, AADT Beyond (DanceFest), Plaza Tent, 3:00p – 4:50p
- Daniel Jinxi Lian ’27, Flagship: 《淡妆浓抹总相宜》 (DanceFest), Plaza Tent, 3:00p – 4:50p
- Dessa Kavrakis ’27, Harvard Opportunes, Adolphus Busch Hall, 3:00p – 3:20p
- Dessa Kavrakis ’27, Yard Stage, 3:30p – 3:50p
- Eli Abel ’28, Harvard Opportunes, Adolphus Busch Hall, 3:00p – 3:20p
- Elizabeth Norris ’27, Brattle Street Chamber Players, Adolphus Busch Hall, 4:00p – 4:20p
- Emily Chan ’26, The Radcliffe Pitches, Adolphus Busch Hall, 2:30p – 2:50p
- Esper Murray ’27, Harvard Opportunes, Adolphus Busch Hall, 3:00p – 3:20p
- Fieke van der Kamp ’27, Fallen Angels, Yard Stage, 2:00p – 2:20p
- Georgian Hutchinson ’27, Cambridge Common Voices, Sanders Theatre, 4:30p – 4:50p
- Hyunsoo Lee ’28, THUD, Sever Quad Yard, 1:00p – 1:20p
- Ivette Chen ’26, Music 189R Chamber Ensembles Performance: Students of the Parker Quartet, Memorial Church, 10:30 AM –
- Ivette Chen ’26, River West Quintet, Harvard Art Museums Calderwood Courtyard, 1:30p – 1:50p
- JaKayla Harris ’27, Harvard Undergraduate Contemporary Collective Performance (DanceFest), Plaza Tent, 3:00p – 4:50p
- John Kim ’28 & Audrey Sun ’28, Adolphus Busch Hall, 1:30p – 1:50p
- John Kim ’28 & Iris Hur ’28, John Knowles Paine Concert Hall, 4:00p – 4:20p
- John Kim ’28, Music 189R Chamber Ensembles Performance: Students of the Parker Quartet, Memorial Church, 10:30 AM –
- Jose Gomez ’27, Mariachi Veritas, Plaza Tent, 2:00p – 2:20p
- Kevin Lim ’28, Crimson Cellos, Sanders Theatre, 3:00p – 3:20p
- Kevin Lim ’28, Harvard Pops Orchestra, Sanders Theatre, 1:30p – 1:50p
- Krystal Sun ’28, Harvard College Opera, Sanders Theatre, 2:00p – 2:20p
- Krystal Sun ’28, Music 189R Chamber Ensembles Performance: Students of the Parker Quartet, Memorial Church, 10:30 AM –
- Krystal Sun ’28, Schoenfeld Cafe Music, John Knowles Paine Concert Hall, 2:30p – 2:50p
- Maggie Chiappetta-Uberti ’26, Harvard Opportunes, Adolphus Busch Hall, 3:00p – 3:20p
- Mana Tsurata ’28, Mozart Society Orchestra, Sanders Theatre, 1:00p – 1:20p
- Mia Scheneger ’27, Cambridge Common Voices, Sanders Theatre, 4:30p – 4:50p
- Mia Scheneger ’27, Fallen Angels, Yard Stage, 2:00p – 2:20p
- Mia Scheneger ’27, RENT, Sever Quad Yard, 2:30p – 2:50p
- Millie Williams ’27, VoxJazz, Adolphus Busch Hall, 2:00p – 2:20p
- Nate Phillips ’28, Mariachi Veritas, Plaza Tent, 2:00p – 2:20p
- Ozzie Okoro ’28, Mozart Society Orchestra, Sanders Theatre, 1:00p – 1:20p
- Pranathi Ganti ’28, Harvard South Asian Music Association, Yard Stage, 4:00p – 4:20p
- Rachel Lee ’26, AADT Beyond (DanceFest), Plaza Tent, 3:00p – 4:50p
- Reema Guda ’28, Harvard Undergraduate Bhangra (DanceFest), Plaza Tent, 3:00p – 4:50p
- Sophia Ramirez ’28, RAZA Ballet Folklórico (DanceFest), Plaza Tent, 3:00p – 4:50p
- Theo Tobel ’27, The Yard Bops, Plaza Tent, 1:00p – 1:20p
- Vandie Dumaboc ’25, Fallen Angels, Yard Stage, 2:00p – 2:20p
- Yasmine Moussa ’26, Harvard Eleganza (DanceFest), Plaza Tent, 3:00p – 4:50p
