Tom Hesketh, events manager for Penn State’s Center for the Performing Arts, oversees many of the setups that happen at Eisenhower Auditorium. Between five and eight or more volunteers help Hesketh assemble and put into place the various elements needed for any given performance approximately a day or two before the event. On Nov. 3, 2014, Hesketh and crew maneuvered large sound shell panels to create a backdrop for the next day’s performance of Nittany Valley Symphony. / Photo by Mary Clarke

Tom Spalding, a volunteer worker, adjusts the rigging on stage at Eisenhower Auditorium. / Photo by Mary Clarke

Another volunteer worker, Harold Taddy, secures a tapestry of black fabric to a beam that will serve as the background to Bandorama, a show featuring Penn State University’s Symphonic Band and the Blue Band on Nov. 14, 2014. / Photo by Mary Clarke

Taddy attaches one of the legs to a riser that will be used as part of the Bandorama show. / Photo by Mary Clarke

An inventory list for a Nittany Valley Symphony performance on Nov. 4, 2014 sits on a stool at Eisenhower Auditorium. Many of the items needed for concerts are stored under the stage of itself, reachable only by a moving platform that can also be used for extra seating when needed. / Photo by Mary Clarke

Jack Dobbins, a volunteer worker, moves sets of risers into place and fastens them together for Bandorama on Nov. 12, 2014. Photo by Mary Clarke / Photo by Mary Clarke

Spalding reads instructions as to where to place the stands and seats needed for a Nittany Valley Symphony performance on Nov. 3, 2014. / Photo by Mary Clarke

Mike McNeil, also a volunteer worker, works on the lights up along the catwalks of Eisenhower Auditorium for a Nittany Valley Symphony performance on Nov. 3, 2014. / Photo by Mary Clarke

An encouraging message is attached to a stool on stage at Eisenhower Auditorium. / Photo by Mary Clarke