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Eric Juth Joins School of Art

College of Visual and Performing Arts Dean bruce d. mcclung has announced the appointment of Eric Juth as Academic Professional: Assistant Professor of New Media & Design/Assistant Digital Director.  Eric Juth is an educator and artist based in Winston-Salem. He is from the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area and before moving to North Carolina, he worked at the Andy Warhol Museum, The Mattress Factory… Continue reading…
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Gina Kim Joins School of Art

College of Visual and Performing Arts Dean bruce d. mcclung has announced the appointment of Gina Kim as Assistant Professor of East Asian Art History.  Dr. Kim is an art historian whose research focuses on modern and contemporary East Asian visual culture and media in transnational circulation. Her work engages broader questions of borderland imperialism, diaspora, and feminist… Continue reading…
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Varun Saxena Joins School of Art

College of Visual and Performing Arts Dean bruce d. mcclung has announced the appointment of Varun Saxena as Lecturer in Game Design and Production. Varun Saxena is a game designer, writer, and educator currently based in Greensboro, where he is a Post-MFA Fellow in Interactive Media at UNCG, teaching classes… Continue reading…
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Opera at the Carolina: A LongStanding Community-Engaged Event

Opera at the Carolina, a partnership between UNCG’s School of Music and Greensboro Opera, has reached over 180,000 Guilford County fifth graders since it began in 2010. It started when Greensboro Opera Board President Barbara A. Peters approached Professor David Holley about establishing The Barbara Ann Peters Write Your Own Opera! contest. This partnership has… Continue reading…
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New Course Helps Students Prepare for Sustainable careers in the Arts

“This course has been a source of inspiration and affirmation that doing what I am passionate about really can become a career. As arts students, that’s something we struggle with a lot,” says Leah Dickinson with a big sigh. “Everyone’s telling you all the time you’re not going to make… Continue reading…
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Bassoon Professor Partners with High School to Expand Access

A December collaboration between Dr. Ryan Reynolds, Assistant Professor of Bassoon and Chamber Music at UNCG, and the C.E. Jordan High School Bands in Durham, N.C., transformed a winter concert into a powerful fundraiser addressing a critical need: access to reliable instruments for young musicians. Dr. Reynolds joined the Jordan… Continue reading…
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Franco Romero plays the saxophone in a darkly lit music hall.

Never Stop Dreaming: Forward-Thinking Saxophonist Thrives on Jazz Culture

Saxophonist Franco Romero is charting a remarkable musical journey at UNCG. After beginning his training in Cuba’s conservatory system, a pivotal mentorship at UNCG helped him refine his artistic path. Today, supported by scholarships from the Latin GRAMMY Cultural Foundation, Romero continues to grow as a forward‑thinking artist in the UNCG Jazz Studies program—embracing new opportunities, deepening his craft, and living out his dream in jazz.
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Zachary Hobin Joins School of Music

College of Visual and Performing Arts Dean bruce d. mcclung has announced the appointment of Zachary Hobin as Assistant Professor of String Bass.  Zachary Hobin is an artist-pedagogue whose work spans orchestral performance, chamber music, and musical entrepreneurship. As an orchestral performer, he appears with the Atlanta Opera, Charleston Symphony, Charlotte Symphony, and North Carolina Symphony. Past ensembles include the Civic… Continue reading…
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Film production students working in a classroom, with one person operating a camera, another holding a boom microphone, and a monitor displaying the scene being recorded while others sit at tables in the background.

Lights, Camera, Action in the Schools of Dance and Theatre 

Since its invention in the late nineteenth century, film has been intertwined with live performance, making it perhaps the most interdisciplinary of art forms. In the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ Schools of Dance and Theatre, the medium of film is a tool for artistic expression, teaching, and providing career preparedness.   Professor of Dance Robin Gee explains that film and dance are a natural fit:  “The notion that film and dance… Continue reading…
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Ian LeRoy Joins School of Theatre

College of Visual and Performing Arts Dean bruce d. mcclung has announced the appointment of Ian LeRoy as Assistant Professor of Musical Theatre (Music Directing).  Ian LeRoy is a music director, pianist, composer, and educator whose work spans professional theatre, higher education, business, and technology. LeRoy has served as music director for productions and concerts with NYU Tisch… Continue reading…
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