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Commencement Profile:
Tevondre Kemari Bryant BFA – Drama: Musical Theatre

December 2, 2021

Stage and screen: Tevondre Kemari Bryant has dipped his toes into both at UNC Greensboro and they have been a winning combination for him. The BFA in Drama: Musical Theatre major from New Bern, North Carolina started doing theatre when he was in middle school, and it was then that… Continue reading…

Commencement Profile:James Stryska BM Performance: Composition

April 28, 2021

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… Continue reading…

Commencement Profile:Jordan Speas BFA Drama: Acting

April 28, 2021

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… Continue reading…

Commencement Profile: Erika Lowrance BFA Studio Art: Painting, BA Communication Studies

April 28, 2021

https://news.uncg.edu/student-paints-the-town-positive/

Commencement Profile: Cortney Vartanian BFA Dance: Choreography/ Performance w/K-12 Licensure

April 28, 2021

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…. Continue reading…

School of Art Alumna Awarded Guggenheim Fellowship

April 23, 2021

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… Continue reading…

Transformational Gift to Miles Davis Jazz Studies

April 16, 2021

https://uc.uncg.edu/magazine/newsfront/new-at-uncg-robinson-family-fund-in-jazz-studies/

Television, Film, and Stage Actor Chris Chalk ’01 Gives Advice to UNCG Theatre Students

April 16, 2021

https://news.uncg.edu/chris-chalk-01-gives-acting-advice-to-students/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Chris%20Chalk%20&utm_campaign=CW_2021-04-07

James Keith ’08 MM Vocal Performance, ’13 DMA Choral Conducting, Owner of Double Oaks Bed & Breakfast

April 1, 2021

Long before “nimble,” “flexible,” and “pivot” became the buzzwords of the pandemic, one segment of the workforce already had those things down pat. The career path of an artist is full of twists and turns. Just ask School of Music alumnus James Keith: “There are lots of ways to make… Continue reading…

Alexandra Joye Warren ’06 MFA Dance, Founder of JOYEMOVEMENT

April 1, 2021

For Alexandra Joye Warren, starting her own dance company was not so much an act of entrepreneurship as it was a calling. It just took her some time to listen to it. Warren was in her senior year, completing a BA degree in Drama with a concentration in Dance/Pre-Medicine from… Continue reading…