October 28, 2011
Michael Marinaccio, who received his B.F.A.–Acting in 1998 from the University of Central Florida, has been hired as the producer for the Orlando Fringe Festival. Michael has contributed greatly to the Central Florida theatre community since his days at the university, working on and off stage with local theatres including the Orlando Shakespeare Festival, the…
October 19, 2011
Dr. Laszlo Marosi will shortly be en route to Argentina as guest conductor of the Banda Sinfónica de la Provincia. The band, together with two choirs, the Coro Polifónico de Córdoba and the Coro "Delfino Quirici", and four soloists will perform the Requiem by Frigyes Hidas. The performance will take place in the "Teatro Libertador"…
September 26, 2011
On September 28th Dr. Laszlo Marosi flies to Cordóba, Argentina where he has been invited to take part in the First International Conference of Conductors, Composers and Performers of Youth Bands. Among his duties will be a masterclass on score presentation and rehearsal technique. He will also direct the conference youth band in the closing…
August 31, 2011
It was the “BRPPBBBB” sound that blasts from a trumpet—“so appealing to a 5th grader”— that got Donny Allen hooked on music. Today, as the director of the Marching Knights and the Jammin’ Knights, it is music’s power to inspire and connect that keeps him playing his passionate tune. “94% of our band members are…
August 15, 2011
On Sunday evening, September 11, UCF Music faculty members Kimberly Saunders Randall and Thomas Potter will be featured soloists in a special concert to remember and honor those who perished on “9-11” ten years ago. This First United Methodist Church of Orlando Chancel Choir and orchestra concert, entitled “We Remember Them,” is free of charge…
July 27, 2011
Recent Music M.A. graduate Chris Belt has organized a contemporary music festival in downtown Orlando. The Accidental Music Festival will take place September 4-13, featuring ten days of concerts, public discussions with composers, open rehearsals, and a workshop for middle school and high school composers. Several UCF faculty members and alumni will perform, and two…
July 8, 2011
Robert Reedy and Thomas Potter are featured in the July/August 2011 edition of Orlando Arts Magazine. The latest issue profiles Reedy as a fine artist and a teacher and spotlights Potter’s professional career as well as the local outreach events he organizes through the UCF Opera program. Orlando Arts Magazine, the official publication of United…
June 30, 2011
David Knoell, who received his M.F.A. in Acting in 2006 from the University of Central Florida, has been accepted to the Directing Program at The Second City, the leading improv-based sketch comedy company. The competitive program is a year-long intensive program that will have Knoell teaching classes, working as the assistant director for mainstage shows,…
June 14, 2011
John Shafer’s play Hunting the Basilisk is currently being performed by the Looking for Lilith Theatre Company at The Rudyard Kipling in Louisville, KY. The play was first introduced at UCF as part of Women’s History Month. The UCF Women’s Studies and Theatre departments were sponsors and UCF students originated the roles. Shafer describes Hunting…
May 4, 2011
The Knight Winds ensemble and Nora Lee García-Velázquez have been invited to perform at The National Flute Association Annual Convention in Charlotte, NC. The Knight Winds will perform in the evening on Saturday, August 13, while García-Velázquez will perform the following afternoon. Find out more about the Flute Studio at UCF.