Alumni Selected for GRAMMY® Music Educator Award Semifinals
The UNCG School of Music is extremely proud to announce that two outstanding alumni have been selected as semifinalists for the 2021 Music Educator Award™ presented by the Recording Academy® and GRAMMY Museum®. Both seminfinalists have undergraduate and graduate degrees in music education from the UNCG School of Music. Both are well-respected teachers at Northwest Guilford High School […]
Full Stream Ahead: Fall Dances Performance Pivot
“How do we reconcile that this most physical of art forms, which takes place in space and the space between bodies, now takes place physically distanced with nobody touching each other?” That is a question that School of Dance Director Janet Lilly has been pondering for months as she and faculty, staff, and students plan […]
Respondus Monitor Unlimited
UNCG now has Respondus Monitor Unlimited, which removes the hard cap on the number of available student seats. The current licensing lasts until August 1st, 2021.
School of Music Student Named Winner in 2020 Musical Theatre Songwriting Challenge
School of Music freshman Adam Jones (BM ’24, Cello Performance) was recently named a winner of the 2020 Musical Theater Songwriting Challenge from the American Theatre Wing and the National Endowment for the Arts. This national contest provides each winner with a two-person coaching team—a mentor and a music director—to hone an original song into […]
School of Art Hires New Digital Director
College of Visual and Performing Arts Dean bruce d. mcclung has announced the appointment of Jed Watson to the position of Digital Director in the School of Art. Jed Watson is a new media, video art, and installation artist whose work focuses on environmental and social issues. Working in cinematic arts/media production and animation, both time-based […]
CVPA Alumna Joins Cast of Saturday Night Live
SNL Adds UNCG Alumna Lauren Holt to Cast
At Adynaton Productions Student Filmmakers Say Nothing is Impossible
An adynaton is a figure of speech that describes something that is entirely impossible — for example “when pigs fly” or “raining cats and dogs.” That makes Adynaton Productions an interesting choice of a name for a start-up film company run by people who believe everything is absolutely possible. “If you want to make a […]
First Time Music Teachers Perform in the Key of F: “Flexibility”
Imagine it’s the first day of school — the very first day of school in your very first job as a teacher. Add to that, you are an arts education teacher at a time when so many school districts across the country are facing a budgetary crisis. Now, toss in a pandemic that turns teaching […]
School of Art Has New Foundry Director
College of Visual and Performing Arts Dean bruce d. mcclung has announced the appointment of Kevin Vanek to the position of Foundry Director in the School of Art. Vanek comes to UNC Greensboro from the University of Southern Mississippi (USM) where he was the Studio Technician and an adjunct faculty member in 3D Design, Sculpture, […]
CVPA Welcomes New Faculty and Staff
Welcome New Faculty and Staff! During the spring and summer of 2020, CVPA added ten (10) full-time faculty members and two (2) new staff members. We officially welcomed (pictured L to R) (Top Row) Tannis Boyajian (Scene Shop Supervisor) Mya Brown (Assistant Professor of Theatre–Theatre Generalist in Acting/Directing) Tori Foster (Assistant Professor of New Media […]