Setnor School of Music students visited the Creative Artists Agency in Nashville during Gilbert Week, gaining firsthand insights from top industry leaders.
Editor’s note: This story will be updated with images from the 2026 immersion trips as they become available.
College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) students will travel to both the East and West Coasts—and in between—during Spring Break (March 8-15) for immersion trips that showcase the wide variety of career opportunities in their disciplines. The trips allow small groups of students to visit cultural institutions as well as meet with industry professionals, many of whom are Syracuse University alumni.
Students in the Rose, Jules R. and Stanford S. Setnor School of Music will travel to Nashville for Setnor’s annual Gilbert Week. Founded by Dennis Gilbert ’73 and Nancy Shapiro Gilbert ’74, this trip is held in a different city each year; past locations include New York City and Los Angeles. The 2026 Gilbert Week itinerary includes visits to or tours of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Studio B, Creative Artists Agency, Nashville Symphony, Blackbird Studio, Grand Ole Opry, Warner Music, Sony Music Publishing, Bridgestone Arena, Ocean Way Nashville Studios, Digital Audio Post and Black River Entertainment.
Design Week participants explored spots in New York City like Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.
School of Design students will travel to New York City for Design Week. Their itinerary tentatively includes tours of or visits to TUMI; Olney Gleason; Leibowitz; Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum; Proscenium; Emily Shalant Fashion House; Genspace; Gensler; and the Whitney Museum for the Whitney Biennial. The students will also meet with alumni working in various design fields and see a performance of “Moulin Rouge” at the Hirschfeld Theatre.
Students in the Department of Drama explored the iconic Warner Bros. Studio during the annual Sorkin in LA Learning Practicum.
Department of Drama students will participate in the annual Sorkin in LA Learning Practicum, also known as “Sorkin Week.” The Los Angeles immersion features meetings with numerous alumni in the industry, including program founder and award-winning screenwriter and director Aaron Sorkin ’83 H’12. In addition, the students will tour Warner Bros. Studio, visit the daytime television drama “The Young and Restless” at Television City as well as see “Sylvia Sylvia Sylvia” at the Geffen Playhouse and “Beetlejuice” at Pantages Theatre. They will also attend University’s Jack Oakie & Victoria Horne Oakie Charitable Foundation Annual Comedy Event, featuring a special screening of the sitcom “Little Demon” followed by a panel discussion with key creatives behind the show.