Folk-pop artists to play at lunch
By Karina Yiicel
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
Lucas Carpenter is no stranger
to State College and he can’t wait
to come back and perform.
Carpenter will perform in one of
the last installments of this semes
ter’s Student Programming
Association’s Noontime Concert
Series in the HUB-Robeson Center
on Friday.
Carolyn Lederach, SPA’s
Noontime Concert Series chair
woman, said the committee had an
interest in booking Carpenter since
its members saw him perform last
year.
“He has performed here and in
the area many times before,”
Lederach (senior-advertising) said.
“We liked his music, and when he
said that he wanted to come back,
we were excited to have him per
form.”
Lederach said Carpenter e
mailed the Noontime committee
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saying he wanted to book a concert
this semester because of the large
number of requests from students
he was getting to come back and
perform.
Because of Carpenter’s Penn
State followers, Lederach said she
is hoping more students will come
out to the last few Noontime con
certs.
Carpenter performed at the SoZo
Institute of the Arts last year, SoZo
Director Will Snyder said.
Snyder said Carpenter put on a
great show and brought in a
decent-sized audience for the show.
“I have seen him before. I enjoy
his music and his performances, ”
Snyder said. “[Carpenter] has a
great live show.”
Snyder described Carpenter’s
music as non-traditional folk.
He said Carpenter does a really
good job mixing both folk and pop
music together into a unique com
bination.
“He is a looping genius,” Snyder
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What: Noontime Concert Series
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When: Noon, Friday Nov. 5
Where: Hub-Robeson Center
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said. “But it’s not like looped mad
ness. It’s all well-written and fun to
watch live.”
Some students said they would
put Carpenter into the same cate
gory as easy-listening artists like
Ingrid Michaelson and Jack
Johnson.
Lauren Shields said she listens
to folk-pop music because of its
story-driven lyrics.
“It is much more personal than a
normal pop song,” Shields (senior
communication sciences and disor
ders) said.
Jamie Klump agreed with
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other types of music,” Klump (jun-
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