School of Fine Arts
Sights and Sounds of Commencement 2017
More than 9,000 degrees – both undergraduate and graduate – will be awarded this year, which is the highest number of degrees conferred at UConn in the University's 136-year history.
Student Artists, Athletes Find They Have a Lot in Common
'They call it rehearsal, we call it practice. ... I think there's a lot more similarities than differences.'
Dramatic Arts has Big Showing at USITT Conference
Brighid Deangelis ‘17, a UConn SFA Dramatic Arts student studying Technical Theater and Design with a concentration in Costume Design, attended the The United States Institute for Theatre Technology (USITT) conference and returned with 2nd place in Costuming and 6th place Best Overall Technician in the Tech Olympics after competing against 45 other teams! We […]
‘Star Crossed Lovers’ to be Final Symphony Performance
The UConn Symphony Orchestra’s final concert of the year will be this Thursday, April 27th at 8:00pm in von der Mehden Recital Hall. The concert is called “Star Crossed Lovers,” and features music by Bernstein, Tchaikovsky, Beethoven, and Chopin. We sat down with special guest artist Dr. Angelina Gadeliya, a first year piano professor at […]
Connecticut Repertory Theatre adds “Cabaret Late Night” Event to Nutmeg Summer Series
Connecticut Repertory Theatre (CRT) Artistic Director Terrence Mann and Executive Producer Matthew J. Pugliese announce “Terry’s Cabaret Late Nite.” A special event added to the Nutmeg Summer Series schedule of programming, which will be held on Saturday June 24, 2017 following the performance of “Noises Off”. “This is the first step towards offering more kinds […]
DMD Student to Premiere Comedy TV Pilot, BuyTown
Ivan and Theo are employees in a small grocery store in Eastern Connecticut surviving what appears to be another mundane shift (unruly customers, power failure, wild animals, bathroom duty, etc.) until they discover that the newly hired cashier is not as innocent as he seems to be. BuyTown is a half hour comedic television pilot episode […]
Final Parts of the Complete Beethoven Cycle to Be Performed
UConn’s Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts announces the return of the award-winning Dover Quartet to perform Parts 5 and 6 of the 6-part complete Beethoven Quartet Cycle, comprising all 18 of the composer’s works for string quartet spread throughout Jorgensen’s 2016/2017 concert season. Having completed Parts 1 through 4 in previous Jorgensen appearances, the […]
UConn Junior Named 2017 Goldwater Scholar
Tyler Daddio '18 (CLAS, ENG) is one of four students UConn nominated for the honor. Two others earned honorable mentions in this year's competition.
First-Ever Banners and Cranks Mini-Festival at the Ballard
The Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry will present its first-ever Banners and Cranks Mini-Festival on April 14 and 15, 2017 in conjunction with its current exhibit Banners and Cranks: Paintings and Scrolls in Performance. The Banners and Cranks Mini-Festival will present cranky and cantastoria performances created by puppeteers, musicians, and artists from throughout the […]
‘100 Birds’ to Descend on the Ballard
A magical and whimsical, if not slightly chaotic, group of birds have flocked to the Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry! 100 Birds follows Jada Jones, captain of her middle school’s basketball team, who finds out that her school doesn’t have the money to get the team to their playoff game. The 100 Birds, an […]