Tremon Kizer Will Oversee UCF Athletic Bands
June 16, 2016 As the University of Central Florida’s new Associate Director of Bands and Director of Athletic Bands, Tremon Kizer will oversee all aspects of the athletic band program and teach courses in music education. Kizer is well-versed in university band programs. Previously, he oversaw the University of Dayton Marching Band, as...
Welcome SPA Faculty Member: Shawn Boyle
June 13, 2016 The UCF School of Performing Arts is pleased to introduce assistant professor Shawn Boyle. Boyle will be part of the Theatre faculty, teaching lighting design and working on Theatre UCF’s productions starting in August. He’s excited to become part of the community at the University of Central Florida, which was...
UCF's The World Goes 'Round is a Song-and-Dance Extravaganza
June 09, 2016 The UCF School of Performing Arts opens The World Goes ‘Round, a musical revue of songs by songwriting team John Kander and Fred Ebb. The production runs June 23 through July 2 on the Theatre UCF Main Stage. Conceived by Scott Ellis, Susan Stroman and David Thompson, Kander and Ebb’s...
Music Professor Rupert Honored by UCF Board of Trustees
June 02, 2016 Music Professor Jeffrey Rupert has been honored as a “foremost scholar” by the UCF Board of Trustees and has been granted one of eight “Trustee Chair” awards. Designed to both retain and attract exceptional faculty, the five-year Trustee Chair appointments offer an annual stipend of $50,000. In order to be...
University's Early Theatre Troupes to Stage Reunion
May 25, 2016 In the early days of UCF – when it was known as Florida Technological University with the overriding mission to provide personnel for the U.S. space program – there also was a small group of dedicated theatre students, faculty and staff on campus. In that space-dominated era, that handful of...
Almost, Maine is a welcomed respite from the Florida heat
May 25, 2016 Orlando, Fla. (May 25, 2016) – Theatre UCF opens John Cariani’s play Almost, Maine on Thursday, June 2. The play is a series of vignettes about love in a northern town and runs through June 11 in UCF’s Black Box theater. Almost, Maine tells nine stories of love in a...
UCF Names New Dean of the College of Arts & Humanities
May 20, 2016 After an extensive national search that began in October, the University of Central Florida has selected Jeffrey Moore, director of UCF’s School of Performing Arts, as its new dean of the College of Arts & Humanities. He will start his new role Aug. 8. Moore joined UCF in 1994 as...
Theatre UCF Student First to Win National Environmental Playwriting Award
May 05, 2016 University of Central Florida student Alex Hehr has been awarded the National Planet Earth Arts Award at the Kennedy Center for the American College Theatre Festival, for his original piece Biodegradable Seagulls. He is the first recipient of the national award. The award is given to a play that address...
Exposure to the Arts at Young Age Fosters Creativity in Children
April 27, 2016 I recently ignored the cardinal rule of parenthood and kept my 2-year-old, Huck, awake during his normal naptime. I knew it was risky, but then, so is suggesting he wear a shirt that isn’t his favorite color orange, so I was willing to take my chances. The reasons for my...
One-act plays take stage at UCF's Project Spotlight
April 27, 2016 Project Spotlight, the only student-run theater development organization at UCF, performed its biannual one-act festival this past weekend. Four one-act plays, which are usually between 30 and 50 minutes in length, were presented as part of the festival, which ran from April 21 to April 24 at the Theatre UCF...
UCF Celebrates the Arts Week sees students perform 'Life is a Dream'
April 13, 2016 UCF students and faculty presented a theater production titled “The Life is a Dream Project” on April 9 at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts in Orlando as part of the “UCF Celebrates the Arts” week. To read more, please visit Central Florida Future.
UCF Creates Entertainment Management Degree with $5 Million Donation
March 29, 2016 The Rosen College of Hospitality Management at the University of Central Florida has received a $5 million private donation to establish a Bachelor of Science degree in Entertainment Management starting Fall 2016. The donor wishes to remain anonymous. This four-year undergraduate program will focus on the managerial aspects of entertainment...
Chiu Wins 2016 Performance Excellence Competition
March 29, 2016 Percussionist and music major Calvin Chiu won the 2016 Performance Excellence Competition. The contest is hosted annually by the UCF School of Performing Arts. You’ll be able to see him perform at the UCF Honors Convocation on Thursday, April 21.
UCF Celebrates the Arts to Experience 'The Warped Side of the Universe'
March 29, 2016 An out-of-this-world collaboration of music, science and visual effects will fuse when the story creator and artists of the science fiction film Interstellar will present a star-studded event with UCF musicians April 9 at the UCF Celebrates the Arts festival. The multimedia performance, The Warped Side of the Universe, will...
UCF Celebrates the Arts' Musical Performances to Feature Variety of Tastes
March 07, 2016 The music performances at the second UCF Celebrates the Arts will take you on a journey across the globe. The variety is sure to appeal to many, including those who might not normally attend a classical concert. The April 8-16 festival at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts...
UCF Celebrates the Arts to Join 400th Anniversary Observance of Shakespeare
February 29, 2016 As part of UCF’s second annual UCF Celebrates the Arts in April, the university’s orchestra and choruses will team up with Orlando Shakespeare Theater to present a program in collaboration with the worldwide 400th anniversary observance of William Shakespeare’s death. The free program, Patrick Doyle’s Music of Shakespeare, will feature...
WUCF Artisodes Takes the Stage with Michael Feinstein
February 23, 2016 On this week’s WUCF Artisodes, meet a University of Central Florida student training with five-time Grammy nominated recording artist, Michael Feinstein. The popular sing mentors youth through his “Songbook Academy.” “Young people come from all across the United States to take week long intensives, that better acquaint them with classic...
UCF Jazz Studies student to be featured with Josh Groban
February 22, 2016 When internationally acclaimed pop vocalist Josh Groban takes to the stage in three Central Florida performances, he will be joined by Alex Lewis, a senior UCF Jazz Studies trumpet major. When UCF music professor Dr. Kelly Miller was alerted that Groban’s management was seeking a talented Central Florida music student...
Clarinetist Julian Bliss to Perform with UCF Musicians
February 08, 2016 Clarinetist Julian Bliss will visit UCF for three events including the UCF Wind Ensemble concert on Friday, Feb.26, and UCF Clarinet Day and the Youth Band of Orlando concert on Saturday, Feb. 27. Bliss has performed in the world’s leading venues and festivals as a soloist and chamber musician. The...
State Recognition of the UCF Music Department
February 02, 2016 Alondra Bahls, BME/BM student, received an Arts Advocacy Award from the Florida Higher Education Arts Network on January 26. The award was presented at the state capitol in Tallahassee for National Arts Advocacy Day. Alondra was also asked to play a duet with another award recipient from the University of...