'War Horse' tour stars UCF grad Michael Wyatt Cox
April 01, 2014 Michael Wyatt Cox’s Florida childhood provided an unexpected boost to his career. The actor, starring in the touring production of “War Horse,” grew up in Jupiter Farms, west of the turnpike in Palm Beach County. “I grew up around horses,” says the University of Central Florida graduate, 26, with a...
Performing Arts Director Performs in Chicago
March 07, 2014 Professor Jeff Moore traveled to Chicago to perform Music for 18 Musicians by Steve Reich at the University of Illinois in Chicago. The ensemble is made up of faculty members from various schools in Illinois, Michigan, New York, Texas and Florida.
Jeff Moore Performs Post-Minimalist Concert in Syracuse
March 07, 2014 Professor Jeff Moore traveled to Syracuse, New York to perform on a post-minimalist percussion ensemble concert that included Steve Reich’s Mallet Quartet, Peter Garland’s Apple Blossom and the New York premiere of Mark Mellits’s Gravity at Storers Auditorium on the Onondaga Community College campus. The ensemble included OCC faculty members...
Performing Arts Director performs and teaches in Australia
March 07, 2014 Professor Jeff Moore was invited to present master classes, clinics, and to perform in concert at the PAS Australia National Drums and Percussion Summer Camp at the University of Adelaide-Elder Conservatory of Music. Moore was among several international percussionists and pedagogues invited from Australia, Austria, and America, including Nebosja Zivkovic...
Director interviewed for Australian Percussion Magazine
March 07, 2014 Professor Jeff Moore was interviewed for an article in Australia’s DRUMscene Magazine, released in January 2014. In the article Professor Moore discusses his background and percussion career. In addition, he discussed the topics for his upcoming sessions at the Australian National Drums and Percussion Camp in Adelaide, Australia.
Jeff Moore interviewed for Orlando Arts Magazine
March 07, 2014 Professor Jeff Moore was interviewed for an article in Orlando Arts Magazine, November/December 2013 issue. In the article he discusses his new position as Director and the goals for the newly formed School of Performing Arts.
Jeff Moore’s Second Percussion Method Book and CD package is Released
March 07, 2014 Professor Jeff Moore second percussion method book and CD package, Fundamental Drumstick Control was published by Alfred Publishing Company, Van Nuys, CA.
Professor Moore teaches at a Yamaha Sounds of Summer Clinic
March 07, 2014 Professor Jeff Moore was the featured clinician at the Yamaha Sounds of Summer Camp at UCONN (University of Connecticut) in Storrs.
New Percussion Ensemble arrangement by Jeff Moore published
March 07, 2014 Alfred Publishing Company, located in Van Nuys, California published Professor Jeff Moore’s percussion ensemble arrangement, A Beatles Medley: 1963-‘64. Professor Moore has over 20 percussion ensemble and steel drum arrangements published and distributed internationally by Alfred.
Destined for the Stage
March 03, 2014 Thanks to having three sisters who liked watching musicals, Rob Stack, ’07, grew up watching them too. As a kid, he found himself drawn to Grease 2. “I know. It’s a horrible movie with a campy, cliché depiction of high school,” he says. “But, I loved every minute of it....
Theatre Lecturer Receives Life @ UCF Award
February 27, 2014 Theatre Lecturer Sybil St. Claire is a recipient of the 2014 Life @ UCF Award for UCF Women Faculty Excellence in Academic Partnerships. She was awarded for the creation of interACTionZ: a queer youth theatre for social change. interACTionZ is a partnership between Theatre UCF, the Zebra Coalition, the Orlando...
Theatre UCF Student Wins Regional Competition for Dramaturgy, Advances to Nationals
February 14, 2014 University of Central Florida student Elle Sullivan has won the Southeast regional competition for dramaturgy at the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival and will be heading to Washington D.C. to compete at the national level this spring. Sullivan, a junior majoring in Theatre Studies and minoring in Music, says...
Adele LaBrake Retires After 35 Years of Service to UCF
February 05, 2014 Adele LaBrake worked at the University of Central Florida for 35 years, and for 25 of those she was a staple in the Music Department. On Friday, January 31, 2014, Adele retired from the university. During her time at UCF she was the Administrative Assistant to more than 10 different...
Adriana Nieves Recipient of Burnett Honors College Scholarship
January 22, 2014 UCF senior music major Adriana Nieves is the recipient of a $ 1,000.00 scholarship award from the Burnett Honors College at UCF for her HIM (Honors in the Major) Thesis proposal, which was submitted during the Fall 2013 semester. Her thesis, “Madama Butterfly: the Mythology, or How Imperialism and the...
Trumpet Ensemble to Perform at FMEA Conference
January 08, 2014 The UCF Trumpet Ensemble has been invited to present a clinic andperformance at the Florida Music Educators’ Association conference in Tampa on January 9. The session, “Superior Choices: A Survey of Exemplary Trumpet Ensemble Literature from the FBA S&E List”, will introduce new works for trumpet ensemble and offer techniques...
Meet UCF Grad Who is Broadway's Spider-Man
November 22, 2013 Who says Knights can’t fly? Justin Matthew Sargent, who graduated from the University of Central Florida in 2008 with a bachelor of fine arts degree in musical theatre, is soaring over New York City audiences in the title role of Broadway’s “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark.” Sargent got his start...
Theatre Graduate Sings Hit Tunes in Latest Peformance
November 05, 2013 Theatre Graduate Natalie Cordone performed along with Shawn Kilgore in their most recent show “It Takes Two” on October 26. The night of popular song took the audience on a relationship journey with tunes from Broadway, television and film. The featured songs included “Our Love is Here to Stay,” “Chapel...
Percussion Instructor Performs on John Luther Adams Upcoming Album
October 07, 2013 UCF Percussion Instructor Thad Anderson performs on an upcoming album release of John Luther Adams’ Inuksuit from Cantaloupe Music. Inuksuit, a CD-length work for 9 to 99 percussionists, has been called “the ultimate environmental piece” by the New York Times. The recording was made in the forest surrounding Guilford Sound...
Theatre Graduate Student Writes and Directs Full Length Play
September 24, 2013 Theatre UCF graduate student Whit Emerson is presenting a new full length play in the UCF Performing Arts Center October 10-13. The comedy, titled All of Chinese Literature Condensed covers 10 major works of literature that contribute to modern day Chinese culture. The play is written in a style reminiscent...
Theatre Professor Receives Estill Voice Lifetime Achievement Award
September 16, 2013 Theatre professor Steven R. Chicurel, DMA, received a Lifetime Achievement Award from Estill Voice International at the Sixth Estill World Voice Symposium at Harvard University, August 2013. The Estill Lifetime Achievement Award “recognizes outstanding individuals who have made significant contributions to the field of voice. Recipients of this award have...