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Theatre Chair Discusses Research on Audible’s PITCH
Dr. Lynne Conner, chair of the Department of Theatre, was featured on Episode 9 of PITCH, an Audible Original podcast covering a range of stories that illustrate why music is central to our cultural present and past. Dr. Conner shared information from her book, Audience Engagement and the Role of Arts Talk in the Digital […]
Work by Percussion Professor to be Performed in London
A composition by percussion professor Rick Dior will be performed in January by the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain. The concert, which will take place on January 5, 2019, at London’s Barbican Hall, will also feature music by John Adams and Jean Sibelius. Dior’s 12-minute work, Science Fiction, pays tribute to science fiction and […]
World Premiere of User Agreement: A prepared music field performance
The College of Arts + Architecture at UNC Charlotte is proud to announce the world premiere of User Agreement on Monday, August 20, and Tuesday, August 21, at the Bechtler Museum of Modern Art. User Agreement, by California-based composer Ian Dicke, is scored for soprano, chamber ensemble, and dynamically spatialized audio delivered through a system […]
Play Directed by Theatre Professor Receives Three Jeff Awards
A Chicago production of Cordelia Lynn’s play, Lela & Co., directed by Associate Professor of Theatre Robin Witt, has received three Joseph Jefferson (Jeff) Awards honoring non-Equity Chicago theatre. Lela & Co. was presented July 13 – September 16, 2017, at the Steep Theatre and received glowing reviews from the Chicago press. In December The […]
Theatre Department Chair’s Play To Receive Equity Staged Reading
A play by Dr. Lynne Conner, chair of the Department of Theatre, will receive an Actors’ Equity Association Staged Reading at the Henry Heymann Theatre at the University of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh, PA, on June 22 and 23. The play, The Mother, is a 2018 Eugene O’Neill Theatre Center National Playwright’s Conference semi-finalist. It explores […]
Recent Architecture Graduate Receives 2018 Emerging City Champions Fellowship
Amir Naeem, a recent graduate from the School of Architecture, has received a 2018 Emerging City Champions Fellowship from the John S. and James. L. Knight Foundation. The Emerging City Champions program is open to people between the ages of 19-35 in the 26 communities where Knight invests. The Knight Foundation awarded fellowships to 20 […]
Voice Major Wins First Place in Regional NATS Auditions
Josh Coleman, a student of Dr. Alissa Deeter, won first place in the Second-Year Studio Men category at the Student Auditions hosted by the Mid-Atlantic Region of the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS). James Matens, a student of Dr. Brian Arreola, placed second. Tiffanie Briggs tied for fourth place in the Hall Johnson […]
SoA Announces 2018-19 Faculty Research Grants
The School of Architecture (SoA) announces the 2018-19 Faculty Research Grants. The objective of the grant program is to advance creative inquiry and research in the SoA. Since 2012, this program has allocated more than $125,000 to 15 faculty in support of their creative work. The SoA will fund three awards this academic year. The […]
Band to Present Flag Ceremony Prior to Normandy Departure
On Thursday, May 31, the UNC Charlotte “Pride of Niner Nation” Marching Band will depart for Normandy, France, where the band will officially represent the United States at the 74th-anniversary D-Day commemoration. Prior to its departure from Charlotte, the band will present a flag-planting ceremony at 10:30 am to honor veterans. Each year, one band […]
Art Alumnus Has Solo Show in New York
Art alumnus Austin Ballard’s work is the subject of a solo exhibition at Wave Hill, a public garden and galleries in The Bronx, NY. The show, RUMORS, will run May 19–June 24, 2018. Ballard received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2010. Fabricating furniture using cane webbing and epoxy clay, he has constructed an immersive […]