The Harvard Arts Festival, formerly HARVARD ARTS FIRST Festival, returns May 1–4, bringing four days of music, movement, theater, and visual art to life across campus. Students from CPB, MCB, and Neuroscience are among those showcasing their creative talents as part of this annual arts celebration.
You can see the full festival schedule here. The festival is open to all, family-friendly, and mostly free of charge. (Some ticketed events charge for admission.)
We’re especially proud to recognize our students participating in the Performance Fair on Saturday, May 3:
Molecular and Cellular Biology (MCB) concentrators:
• Adam Bartholomew ’26, Harvard College Steelpan Ensemble, Plaza Tent, 1:30p – 2:00p
• Carly Gelles ’27, DanceFest, Plaza Tent, 2:30p – 4:20p
• Grace Zhang ’27, Harvard Pops Orchestra, Sanders Theatre, 1:30p – 1:50p
• Kobby Owusu ’27, Brattle Street Chamber Players, Adolphus Busch Hall, 1:00p – 1:20p
• Kobby Owusu ’27, HRO Members & Lindenbaum Festival Orchestra, Paine Concert Hall, 1:30p – 1:50p
• Max Semegran ’25, Glee Club Lite, Oxford Street Stage, 3:00p – 3:20p
• Nemeira Lal ’27, DanceFest, Plaza Tent, 2:30p – 4:20p
• Paz Meyers ’25, Handsome Boys Pickin’ Band, Plaza Tent, 1:00p – 1:20p
• Rae Trainer ’26, Harvard Bach Society Orchestra, Sanders Theatre, 2:00p – 2:20p
• Rin Homma ’26, Harvard College Piano Society, Paine Concert Hall, 4:00p – 4:40p
Chemical and Physical Biology (CPB) concentrators:
• Beier Nelson ’26, Harvard Bach Society Orchestra, Sanders Theatre, 2:00p – 2:20p
• Brady Rafferty ’27, Romeo & Juliet, Plaza Tent, 4:30p – 4:50p
• Camille Freedman ’25, DanceFest, Plaza Tent, 2:30p – 4:20p
• Christopher Shin ’27, Harvard College Piano Society, Paine Concert Hall, 4:00p – 4:40p
• Christopher Shin ’27, Paine Concert Hall, 2:40p – 3:00p
• Emma Nagler ’26, DanceFest, Plaza Tent, 2:30p – 4:20p
• Maria Alejandra Cuervo ’26, Collegium Musicum, Memorial Church, 3:40p – 4:00p
• Nadira Simon ’27, Harvard College Steelpan Ensemble, Plaza Tent, 1:30p – 2:00p
• Sayalee Patankar ’25, DanceFest, Plaza Tent, 2:30p – 4:20p
• Will Murray ’26, Hasty Pudding Theatricals, Holden Chapel, 4:30p – 4:50p
Neuroscience concentrators:
- Aiden Bowers ’26, Harvard Bach Society Orchestra, Sanders Theatre, 2:00p – 2:20p
- AJ Yi ’25, Din & Tonics, Mass Ave Stage, 1:30p – 1:50p
- AJ Yi ’25, Ferris Choral Fellows (Harvard University Choir), Adolphus Busch Hall, 4:00p – 4:20p
- Alexa Theofanidis ’25, Rishi Mohan ’25 & Alexa Theofanidis ’25, Phillips Brooks House, 1:00p – 1:20p
- Alissar Dalloul ’27, Callbacks, Harvard Art Museums, 3:00p – 3:20p
- Alvira Tyagi ’25, DanceFest, Plaza Tent, 2:30p – 4:20p
- Amelia Williams ’27, VoxJazz, Adolphus Busch Hall, 3:00p – 3:20p
- Anna Zettelmeyer ’26, DanceFest, Plaza Tent, 2:30p – 4:20p
- Brooke DeJong ’27, Harvard University Band, Mass Ave Stage, 4:00p – 4:20p
- Cadee Lee ’27, Harvard College Opera, Sanders Theatre, 3:00p – 3:20p
- Cam Miller ’26, Hasty Pudding Theatricals, Holden Chapel, 4:30p – 4:50p
- Cam Miller ’26, Yard Bops, Plaza Tent, 2:00p – 2:20p
- Camilla Martinez ’26, Harvard Pops Orchestra, Sanders Theatre, 1:30p – 1:50p
- Charlotte Levy ’26, Immediate Gratification Players, Yard Stage, 2:30p – 2:50p
- Charlye Allen ’26, Collegium Musicum, Memorial Church, 3:40p – 4:00p
- Damla Yesil ’26, Veritones, Oxford Street Stage, 2:30p – 2:50p
- Dessa Kavrakis ’27, Opportunes, Adolphus Busch Hall, 3:40p – 4:00p
- Dessa Kavrakis ’27, Oxford Street Stage, 2:00p – 2:20p
- Eli Johnson-Visio ’26, A Folk Odyssey, Mass Ave Stage, 2:00p – 2:20p
- Elizabeth Norris ’27, Brattle Street Chamber Players, Adolphus Busch Hall, 1:00p – 1:20p
- Emily Chan ’26, Radcliffe Pitches, Harvard Art Museums, 3:30p – 3:50p
- Esper Murray ’27, Opportunes, Adolphus Busch Hall, 3:40p – 4:00p
- Ethan Ocasio ’25, Friction & Flowers, Holden Chapel, 2:00p – 2:20p
- Ethan Ocasio ’25, STRYK9, Holden Chapel, 3:20p – 3:40p
- Fahim Ahmed ’25, Ferris Choral Fellows (Harvard University Choir), Adolphus Busch Hall, 4:00p – 4:20p
- Feker Chane ’27, DanceFest, Plaza Tent, 2:30p – 4:20p
- Fieke vanderKamp ’27, Collegium Musicum, Memorial Church, 3:40p – 4:00p
- Harlie Kaligis ’25, Harvard Bach Society Orchestra, Sanders Theatre, 2:00p – 2:20p
- Kevin Cho ’26, Harvard Pops Orchestra, Sanders Theatre, 1:30p – 1:50p
- Lily Bowman ’25, Veritones, Oxford Street Stage, 2:30p – 2:50p
- Maggie Chiappetta-Uberti ’26, Opportunes, Adolphus Busch Hall, 3:40p – 4:00p
- Mia Schenenga ’27, Crimson Cellos, Harvard Art Museums, 1:00p – 1:20p
- Nina Ijomanta ’24, Harvard University Band, Mass Ave Stage, 4:00p – 4:20p
- Peggy Yin ’25, Ferris Choral Fellows (Harvard University Choir), Adolphus Busch Hall, 4:00p – 4:20p
- Rafael Jacobsen ’27, Harvard Bach Society Orchestra, Sanders Theatre, 2:00p – 2:20p
- Raymond Zheng ’25, Collegium Musicum, Memorial Church, 3:40p – 4:00p
- Sage Shurman ’27, Anya Movius ’27 & Sage Shurman ’27, Mass Ave Stage, 1:00p – 1:20p
- Sam Vitale ’25, Harvard Pops Orchestra, Sanders Theatre, 1:30p – 1:50p
- Savannah Cooksey ’25, Harvard Pops Orchestra, Sanders Theatre, 1:30p – 1:50p
- Selorna Ackuayi ’25, Romeo & Juliet, Plaza Tent, 4:30p – 4:50p
- Serin Park ’26, Harvard Pops Orchestra, Sanders Theatre, 1:30p – 1:50p
- Sofia Icke ’24, DanceFest, Plaza Tent, 2:30p – 4:20p
- Suhanee Mitragotri ’25, DanceFest, Plaza Tent, 2:30p – 4:20p
- Tara Guetzloe ’26, Ferris Choral Fellows (Harvard University Choir), Adolphus Busch Hall, 4:00p – 4:20p
- Theo Tobel ’27, Boom Boom Sauce, Holden Chapel, 4:00p – 4:20p
- Theo Tobel ’27, Yard Bops, Plaza Tent, 2:00p – 2:20p
- Toussaint Miller ’25, Toussaint Miller ’25 & Onovughakpor Otitigbe ’25, Harvard Art Museums, 2:00p – 2:20p
- Tyler Kim ’25, Elizabeth Jones ’27 & Tyler Kim ’25, Phillips Brooks House, 2:20p – 2:26p
- Tyler Kim ’25, Hasty Pudding Theatricals, Holden Chapel, 4:30p – 4:50p
- Will Xu ’26, Harvard Bach Society Orchestra, Sanders Theatre, 2:00p – 2:20p
- Yerim Colin ’27, Krokodiloes, Oxford Street Stage, 1:00p – 1:20p
