Opera at the Carolina, a partnership between UNCG’s School of Music and Greensboro Opera, has reached over 180,000 Guilford County fifth graders since it began in 2010. It started when Greensboro Opera Board President Barbara A. Peters approached Professor David Holley about establishing The Barbara Ann Peters Write Your Own Opera! contest. This partnership has… Continue reading…
A December collaboration between Dr. Ryan Reynolds, Assistant Professor of Bassoon and Chamber Music at UNCG, and the C.E. Jordan High School Bands in Durham, N.C., transformed a winter concert into a powerful fundraiser addressing a critical need: access to reliable instruments for young musicians. Dr. Reynolds joined the Jordan… Continue reading…
Staying Power: Initiative for Public Art and Aging is a community and arts-based research project that has grown out of the Creative Aging Network-NC Art Initiative developed by School of Art Professor of Sculpture Kasia Ozga alongside interdisciplinary UNCG faculty and community partners. The team’s research focuses on activating movement in older adults through… Continue reading…
From playing the piano to painting to pirouettes, UNCG’s College of Visual and Performing Arts opens its doors each summer to youths and adults for camps and arts intensives. This year, the School of Music will host the 43rd annual Summer Music Camp, the largest university music camp in the United States. The School of Art will offer the 13th annual Summer Arts and Design… Continue reading…
In the spring semester of 2025, a collaboration between the Theatre for Young Audiences graduate cohort and Peacehaven Farm explored the development and execution of a Sensory Friendly (SF) theatrical model. Peacehaven Farm is a residential community farm in Whitsett, NC serving adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. In Phase I of the project,… Continue reading…
“Aging in Space” is a free, community-engaged, intergenerational exploratory movement project that began in the Fall of 2024. It is led by local choreographer and UNCG School of Dance Professor Janet Lilly and is held in collaboration with CVPA community partner, the Creative Aging Network-NC (CAN-NC). The project is a… Continue reading…
The Institute for Community and Economic Engagement’s two partnerships for its seventh cohort center around public art and entrepreneurship.
On March 1, 2024, the UNC Greensboro (UNCG) School of Dance will host Community Dance Day, welcoming students from high schools across North Carolina and Virginia. The initiative aims to engage the broader community by offering a comprehensive program encompassing various dance classes, performances, workshops, and discussions.
“Music got me through a lot of things at home and school. Music can change moods and create moods. It fulfills me, and I want to make it my life. I want to be a band director and a performer—I want to do it all.” Avery Beckham’s love for music… Continue reading…
The College of Visual and Performing Arts’ (CVPA) contemporary art gallery Greensboro Project Space (GPS) has partnered with Peacehaven Community Farm to create a mini-museum featuring a continuous, free, tiny art exchange between GPS, the UNCG community, Peacehaven, and the local Greensboro community. The mini-museum opened with an installation and … Continue reading…
