Commencement Profile:James Stryska BM Performance: Composition
James Stryska came to UNC Greensboro wanting to make music—not just play music—but create it: “I’ve always been interested in composition because I have this astonishment about how music is constructed. As far back as sixth grade band, after we played a piece in class, I would go home and look up the score online […]
Commencement Profile:Jordan Speas BFA Drama: Acting
It all started in kindergarten. Five-year old Jordan Speas walked into his music class, struck a pose, and joyfully and loudly announced, “This is where we come to sing!” And now, many school years later, Speas is still singing. And dancing. And acting. The spark that started in elementary school has grown stronger with each […]
Commencement Profile: Erika Lowrance BFA Studio Art: Painting, BA Communication Studies
UNCG student ‘paints the town positive’
Commencement Profile: Cortney Vartanian BFA Dance: Choreography/ Performance w/K-12 Licensure
Dance is an art form that, in many cases, requires performers to move as an ensemble. Cortney Vartanian knows the importance of esprit de corps, but she’s also learned the value in making the choreography your own. “Our professors preached individuality. They encouraged us to find our own voice here. We are all going through […]
School of Art Alumna Awarded Guggenheim Fellowship
UNCG Greensboro’s College of Visual and Performing Arts (CVPA) alumna Jane South has been awarded the prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship. South is currently the Chair of Fine Arts at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York, and before that she taught at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). She studied Painting and Sculpting in the […]
Message from Dean bruce d. mcclung
April 20, 2021 Dear CVPA Colleagues, Students and Families, and Alumni: I am heartened by the guilty verdict in the murder trial of Derek Chauvin. Justice has been served in this case, and the police officer who swore an oath to protect has been held accountable for the senseless death of George Floyd while in […]
Transformational Gift to Miles Davis Jazz Studies
New at UNCG: Robinson Family Fund in Jazz Studies
Television, Film, and Stage Actor Chris Chalk ’01 Gives Advice to UNCG Theatre Students
Chris Chalk ’01 gives acting advice to students
“Spartan New Musicals”: Two World Premiere Films
The UNC Greensboro School of Theatre is pleased to present Spartan New Musicals, featuring Flatbush Avenue, with music, lyrics, and book by Madeline Myers, and Radio: A Musical Ghost Story, with music and lyrics by Murphy Taylor Smith and book by Emerson Mae Smith. Spartan New Musicals will be available for streaming April 22-24. Flatbush Avenue tells the story […]
UNCG Proctoring Website is Live
From UNCG Online: This new website is intended to support students and instructors with information on proctored testing services at UNC Greensboro, including instructions, best practices, FAQs, news, and a help form. Students can check out steps to prepare themselves for proctored tests, including their space, technology, and equipment. Instructors can view a quick start […]