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The National Association of Schools of Theatre (NAST) has granted full membership to UNC Charlotte’s Department of Theatre. Gained through an intensive peer review process, membership is granted only to institutions that meet all of the rigorous accreditation standards established by NAST. Founded in 1965, the National Association of Schools of Theatre (NAST) is an […]

Four UNC Charlotte music students have placed in the National Association of Teachers of Singing Mid-Atlantic Regional Competition. Founded in 1944, National Association of Teachers of Singing, Inc. (NATS) is the largest professional association of voice teachers in the world. NATS celebrates the art of singing through a series of competitions and programs that are […]

The UNC Charlotte Wind Ensemble welcomes guest conductor Simão Francisco from Portugal for “An Iberian Celebration,” an evening of Spanish and Portuguese music. The concert will take place on April 15 at 7:30 pm in the Anne R. Belk Theater of Robinson Hall. An accomplished flutist and conductor, Simão Francisco is chief conductor of the […]

The UNC Charlotte Percussion Ensemble will welcome CPCC Dance Theatre and special guests for a performance of Stravinsky’s ballet, Les Noces (“The Wedding”) on Monday, Apr. 8. The work is scored for soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor, and bass soloists, mixed chorus, and two groups of percussion instruments, including four pianos. Leonard Bernstein once called Les Noces […]

The Department of Dance is proud to announce that three recent dance alumni will attend excellent graduate programs in Fall 2019. Lillian Willis has been offered a position with Transitions Dance Company at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance in London, which includes acceptance into the Master of Arts in Dance Performance. Trinity Laban […]

Professors Maja Godlewska and Marek Ranis of the Department of Art & Art History have been announced as the 2019 University of Tasmania Cradle Coast Campus Artists in Residence. They will travel to Tasmania in May to begin their project Landscape: A Place Remembered and Imagined. From a press release issued by the University of […]

The School of Architecture is pleased to announce the 2019 Scholarships in Practice: C DESIGN Scholarship in Practice: Mariel Hamer BB&M Scholarship in Practice: Cameron Day CLARK NEXSEN Scholarship in Practice: Devin Waddell The SoA Scholarship in Practice program was established in 2015. Each Scholarship in Practice provides the recipient with a full-time summer internship, […]

Students from the Department of Theatre will perform THEATRE SHORTS: Scenes, Monologues and Dramatic Storytelling from the Department of Theatre on April 2 from 5 to 6 pm in the Halton Reading Room of J. Murray Atkins Library. This program, hosted by theatre major Isabel Gonzales, is part of Atkins Out Loud, a program presented […]

The UNC Charlotte community is pleased to welcome Brook Muller as dean of the College of Arts + Architecture beginning September 2019. Muller joins us from University of Oregon, where he is a professor in the Department of Architecture and director of the University of Oregon Portland Architecture Program. Muller’s leadership experience includes appointments as […]

Kevin Brawley, an alumnus of the Department of Music, has been named a 2019 Music Teacher of Excellence by the Country Music Association Foundation. Brawley was one of 30 music teachers nationally who have received recognition “for their commitment to shaping the next generation through music.” He will receive the award and $5,000 ($2,500 for […]