Music

Dean Adams is presently a Professor in the Department of Theatre and Senior Associate Dean of Performing Arts at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.  From 1989 to 2011, he was the Founding Artistic Director of the Connecticut Theater Festival in Simsbury, Connecticut. As a producer and director, Dean has presented or co-produced productions with […]

Dr. Brian Arreola is Professor of Voice & Opera Workshop at UNC Charlotte. He has appeared in lead and supporting tenor roles with opera companies across the US and Europe, including Minnesota Opera, Opera Theatre of St. Louis, Opera Carolina, Toledo Opera, New Orleans Opera, Grachtenfestival (Netherlands), Iford Opera (UK), and others. His singing of the […]

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A native of Washington, DC, Le Roy graduated from Duke Ellington School of the Arts in June 1997. In 2001 he earned a Bachelor of Music Degree in Jazz Studies and a Bachelor of Arts in Music Education from North Carolina Central University located in Durham, North Carolina. He later obtained a Master of Music […]

Christina Beam is the Costume Lab Manager at UNC Charlotte. Christina holds an MFA in Costume Design from UMass Amherst, having completed an assistantship that included rigorous work in costume construction. She also works as a freelance Costume Designer, having designed productions for Shakespeare & Company (Lenox, MA), Chester Theatre Company (Chester, MA), The Hartt […]

A North Carolina native, Patrick Brown holds a Bachelor of Music in Saxophone Performance from Appalachian State University, a Master of Music in Multiple Woodwind Performance from Winthrop University, and a Doctor of Musical Arts in Jazz Studies from University of Nebraska- Lincoln. He has presented clinics and research at the Jazz Education Network International […]

Originally from North Carolina, Will Campbell is the Director of Jazz Studies and Professor of Saxophone at UNC Charlotte. Prior to this position, he was the Director of Jazz Studies at Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. He holds the Doctor of Musical Arts in Saxophone Performance and Literature degree from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign […]

Meena Carr is the Assistant Technical Director for the Production Arts + Operations unit. Meena has worked in various theaters, including University of Arizona Theater department (degree-seeking carpenter/ welder), University of Arizona Opera department (Assistant Technical Director), Moonlight Amphitheatre (Vista, CA), and Santa Fe Opera (Santa Fe, NM). After graduating with a BFA from The […]