Department Archives: School of Performing Arts

Jeff Rupert performs at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. on October 30 with singer Kevin Mahogany. Mahogany will sing one of Rupert’s compositions from his latest album, From Memphis to Mobile. Rupert will provide saxophone accompaniment during the performance. With his gift for bebop, ballads, blues, and swinging jazz, Kevin Mahogany has been called […]

On Saturday, September 25 at the Bob Carr Performing Arts Centre, 113 students in the UCF Choir sang one of the most challenging and beloved symphonies ever composed. Throughout September, the students prepared for the Orlando Philharmonic’s opening night concert. They performed Gustav Mahler’s symphony No. 2, “Resurrection,” alongside the Orlando Philharmonic Opera Chorus and […]

Justin Sargent is joining the Broadway production of Rock of Ages. Though originally cast in the national tour, he has been selected for the Broadway production and is currently in rehearsals. Justin graduated from UCF with a B.F.A. in Musical Theatre in 2008. Since he graduated, Justin has worked professionaly in Florida at Seaside Music […]

Thomas Potter will be featured as soloist in two Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra performances of Handel’s Messiah. The performances will take place on Saturday, December 11 in Celebration, FL and Monday, December 13 at the Margeson Theater, located in the John & Rita Lowndes Shakespeare Centre, as part of the Orlando Philharmonic’s 2010-11 Focus Series.

Thomas Potter will be featured as guest baritone soloist with the Festival Singers of Florida during a performance on October 2 at the First United Methodist Church of Orlando.

The UCF Wind Ensemble has been invited to perform at the American School Band Directors Association‘s 58th Annual Convention and the Florida Bandmasters Association‘s Summer Convention. The two prestigious music conferences are being held concurrently in Orlando. The Wind Ensemble will perform at the Hilton Orlando on Thursday, July 8 at 11am. The performance will […]

UCF-TV features gifted musician Thad Anderson during an installment of UCF Performs, a program dedicated to the best in UCF concerts and musical performances. Anderson performs “Vignette for Solo: Ever Upward.” In an intimate setting, Thad combines his love for music with a multimedia video display that gives the audience a further glimpse into his […]

Lisa Mills’ award-winning documentary, The Young Composers Challenge will make its theatrical debut at the 2010 Florida Film Festival at the Enzian Theatre in Maitland on Sunday, April 11 at 3:45 p.m. and at Winter Park Village Regal Cinema Sunday, April 18 at 1:00 p.m. The Young Composers Challenge is a 94-minute film about five […]

George Weremchuk performs with the Duke Ellington Orchestra on Friday, February 5 at 8:00pm at the Plaza Theatre in Orlando and two shows on February 6 at Largo Cultural Center in Largo, Florida.

George Weremchuk performs Christopher Marshall’s “High Flight” at the North American Saxophone Alliance conference at the University of Georgia on March 4, 2010. The NASA conference features performances, papers, panels, lecture-recitals, master classes, and other presentations that relate to saxophone performance, pedagogy, and research.