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Dr. Lynne Conner, chair of the Department of Theatre, delivered the closing keynote address for the inaugural symposium of the International Network for Audience Research in the Performing Arts at the University of Leeds, England, on September 14. Her address, “Getting to a Culture of Arts Talk: A Call to Arms,” was based on research […]

The Department of Art & Art History presents Sean Caulfield: Air Bleeder in Rowe Galleries, October 2-20. The Department will host an artist lecture on Monday, October 2, at 4:00 pm, followed by an opening reception from 5:00 to 7:00 pm. Sean Caulfield is a Centennial Professor in the Department of Art and Design at […]

Associate Professor of Conducting Shawn Smith, Director of Bands for the Department of Music, has been invited to conduct the Montana All-State Band at the 2017 Montana All-State Band, Chorus and Orchestra Festival, to be held in Bozeman, MT, October 18-20. The annual festival brings the finest high school musicians from around the state together […]

This fall, MAX, the College of Arts + Architecture Mobile Arts & Community Experience, will host programming for ourBRIDGE for KIDS, a local nonprofit organization that serves refugee children. Set up as a mobile outdoor classroom on the campus of Aldersgate Senior Living Community, MAX will serve as an after-school and weekend learning center where […]

The Paul Taylor 2 Dance Company will perform Tracer, a 1962 work by Paul Taylor that was reconstructed by Associate Professor of Dance Kim Jones, at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City on Wednesday, September 6. Tracer is one of three works to be performed in the program “Dance Among Friends: […]

Members of the School of Architecture faculty will present papers nationally and internationally this fall. Marc Manack’s paper, “Good|Fast |Cheap Inventive Project Delivery Methods that Expand Audiences for Design-Build,” will be presented at the 2017 International Association of Architectural Educators Conference at Oxford Brooks, England, September 6-9. Chris Beorkrem and Eric Sauda, with Jack (Michael-Paul) […]

This year’s Department of Dance Faculty Concert is a rich and varied program that features diverse dance techniques, esteemed guest performers, multimedia presentation, and live music. For the performances, which take place September 15 and 16 in the Anne R. Belk Theater in Robinson Hall, the dance faculty welcome colleagues from the UNC Charlotte departments […]

The College of Art & Architecture’s Digital Arts Center (d-Arts) is pleased to announce the presentation of two faculty research projects funded by 2016-2017 d-Arts Faculty Digital Making Grants: the dance film Shouting Echoes: A Reconstruction of Ring Shout Traditions and the multimedia performance With Signs Following. During the Faculty Dance Concert (September 15 and […]

Dr. Evelyn Orman, professor of music education, is the lead author for the article “Feasibility of Using an Augmented Immersive Virtual Reality Learning Environment to Enhance Music Conducting Skills” published recently in the Journal of Music Teacher Education. The article reports on the latest of Dr. Orman’s investigations into the use of immersive virtual reality […]

The Department of Music announces the 2017-18 Masterclass Series. The Masterclass Series will bring seven esteemed instrumentalists, vocalists, and ensembles to campus to work with music students this academic year. As always, the clinicians represent top-notch local musicians, as well as guest artists performing with the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra and Opera Carolina. Students in the […]