Lehigh University's Zoellner Arts Center's mission is to create an environment where artists and students of the arts develop and learn; to educate, captivate and inspire performers and audiences by presenting a variety of vibrant, high-quality performing arts events, exhibits and scholastic programs; and to develop new audiences. The Guest Artist series has presented a wide array of excellent multi-disciplinary, multi-cultural performers, ranging from the New York Philharmonic and Itzhak Perlman; to the Tuvan throat singers Huun-Huur-Tu and Laurie Anderson; to Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, MOMIX, the Aquila Theatre Company and Lily Tomlin and Bernadette Peters.