March 17, 2017
Theatre UCF’s production of Henrik Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler will open on Thursday, March 23 and run through Sunday, April 2. Hedda Gabler is a spellbinding drama of revenge, manipulation, sexual repression, deceit and despair, climaxing in an ending that never fails to shock and surprise. Kate Ingram, the show’s director says that she along with…
March 13, 2017
The ninth annual UCF-Orlando Jazz Festival, occurring March 24 and 25 on the University of Central Florida campus, will showcase the talent of local high school jazz bands and feature performances by renowned jazz musicians. Coming in from New York City, Peter Bernstein and his jazz trio open the festival on Friday, March 24. Guitarist…
February 24, 2017
Theatre UCF students gathered a number of awards at the regional Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival at Georgia Southern University. BFA Design and Technology student Jack Audet won the Regional National Sound Design Award and will be head to the national competition at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. in April. BA Theatre Studies…
February 24, 2017
UCF Celebrates the Arts – the university’s annual showcase of student and faculty presentations – will return April 7-14 to the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Orlando. The eight days of music, performances and visual displays, which are open to the public for free, will feature a production of the musical…
February 9, 2017
Theatre UCF’s production of Romeo and Juliet will open on Thursday, February 16 and run through Sunday, February 26. The Shakespeare classic will be set in the 1930’s, and tell the tale of star-crossed lovers whose families clash in their fight to achieve the American Dream. The prohibition-era setting depicts racial tension in the shady…
February 6, 2017
Orlando, Fla. – On Friday, February 24, Theatre UCF will present the musical Puddin’ and the Grumble, a coming-of-age tale that follows Puddin’, a young girl struggling with starting over at a new school, living with her eccentric, avid singer and yogi of a grandma, and most of all, overcoming childhood hunger. Puddin’ and the…
February 6, 2017
On February 11, 2017, The Orlando Gay Chorus is presenting Love Is…A Fairy Tale, an evening of cabaret performances featuring several UCF staff, alumni and a current student. “I realized as I was putting the show together how many people were part of the UCF School of Performing Arts now and in the past. And…
January 31, 2017
The latest album from UCF’s esteemed jazz faculty has been well received following its release on January 6. Imagination, a live duo recording from Rupert & Drexler, debuted at #16 during its first week on the CMJ chart, made the Top 50 on the Roots Music Report, and landed on CMJ and JazzWeek’s ‘Most Added’…
January 25, 2017
Due to popular demand, virtuoso French-Canadian concert pianist André Laplante returns as the guest artist of the third Annual UCF Piano Day. Laplante will perform a solo recital on Saturday, January 28 at 7 p.m. in the UCF Visual Arts Building Auditorium. General Admission is $25 or $10 with valid UCF I.D. The recital is…
January 12, 2017
Piano professor Yun-Ling Hsu has been invited to review live piano auditions in Beijing, China in January. Hsu will attend the performances of young Chinese pianists and interview potential undergraduate and graduate students for UCF’s School of Performing Arts. During this trip, she will visit the Conservatories of Music in Beijing, Hangzhou, and Xi’an to…