The magic carpet has taken J. Andrew “Jordan” Speas ‘21 to hundreds of cities in the U.S. and Canada, and on October 31st it will bring him to the Steven Tanger Center for the Performing Arts in Greensboro.
If anyone knows how to embrace a theme it’s an artist, so you can bet there are Halloween happenings at UNCG’s College of Visual and Performing Arts. Here are some performances with varying degrees of chills and thrills to help you celebrate the Spooky Season.
UNC Greensboro Professors Lee Walton and Derek Toomes are taking sounds that some may find irritating and turning them into music through their “fingerboard skatepark orchestra.”
Two-time Tony-award-winning Broadway producer and UNCG alumnus Hugh Hysell is now teaching School of Theatre students how to prepare for a variety of careers through a course that he created called “The Business of Show.”
Student ambassadors with UNCG’s Office of Intercultural Engagement took the lead and created a month of festivities and educational opportunities.
Avery Beckham’s love for music goes back about as far as he can remember. But it was the bassoon that brought him to UNC Greensboro through the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ Community Music Lessons program.
From ukuleles and drums to artwork and pom-poms, UNCG brought tons of energy to all the people who visited downtown Greensboro for the NC Folk Festival.
Greensboro Project Space has launched its inaugural student summer residency program, giving UNCG students the unique opportunity to experiment in a professional gallery space.
For Bethany Uhler Thompson, music is a connector and an instrument for change, both of which are needed in her music classes at facilities in the Florida Juvenile Justice system.
TikTok videos are popular now, but UNCG professor Robin Gee says the art of “screen dance” goes back years. Her latest film uses the genre to explore the women’s suffrage movement.
