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Guy’s Story: Drama Day Camp Blog, Part 2 “Getting Modernized!”
Day 1: AUDITIONS is all I have to say… My staff and I arrived at Central Plaza on the UCO Campus at 8:15 am.. (too early for summer). We received our scripts and then the campers began to arrive. I hate speaking in front of a crowd and felt butterflies in my stomach but by [...]
Guy’s Story: UCO Student Directs High School Drama Day Camp Part 1
UCO offers students unique real-world opportunities to dive into their career field and challenge them in exciting ways. Guy Mitchel, UCO senior Theatre Arts Education major, is this year’s rehearsal director for High School Drama Workshop. He will be writing a series of posts describing his experiences and challenges in this role. Guy’s story… This [...]
My life in Theatre: The Crazy Italian Chapter (Kelsey Fisher)
“Wait, we’re doing what? This is what we, Central Theatre Arts students, thought upon receiving an email informing us of the 2011-2012 season of shows we would be performing. The list had the usual; a great classical show by Moliere, a contemporary piece by Sam Shepherd, a translated play by Jean Anouilh…..and an improv show…? [...]
Faculty Artist Concert Series: “Rach” Concert
Here at UCO, we have been given great opportunities to hear and be a part of world-class performances! I’m Sallie Pollack, coordinator of collaborative piano here at UCO, and my colleagues, David Forbat, Paul Sweet, Natalie Syring, Linda Owen, Jennifer Mansour, Chindarat Charenoenwongsa-Shaw and Robert Glaubitz are performing an all Rachmaninoff “Rach” concert this Tuesday, [...]
Create A Mural Project
University of Central Oklahoma art students got a chance to prepare for their future as artists while capturing the West’s vivid history through a project by the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum called “Create a Mural.” Under the direction of renowned muralist and Central Art Professor Bob Palmer, students worked on a western-themed mural [...]
New Sculpture on Campus
Did you know that part of receiving a bond in Edmond requires that part of the funds be used towards the installation of new artwork? As a result of that, a new sculpture was installed this March outside of the south-facing entrance to the Center for Transformative Learning (CTL), called “Four Seasons.” “Four Seasons” is [...]
Finding $85,000 on the floor of a storage room…
When galleries and collections director Zina Gelona took over the renovation of the Melton Art Gallery, she never expected to find discarded comics and original pieces lying out of the way, on the ground, in the Melton storage room. She couldn’t have imagined what she would uncover when she enlisted art MFA student, Dustin Boise, [...]
University of Central Oklahoma Wind Symphony CD Reviewed
Dr. Brian Lamb, in the School of Music, received an email from Ira Novoselsky, with “BandWorld Magazine,” to let him know that the Wind Symphony’s Ernest Williams CD was reviewed in the January magazine. Album Title: The Music of Ernest S. Williams: A Legacy Rediscovered Recording: University of Central Oklahoma WInd Symphony Brian Lamb, conductor [...]
UCO School of Music Faculty To Perform ‘Romantic Highlights For Piano Trio’
The University of Central Oklahoma’s School of Music will host a faculty artist concert series performance, “Romantic Highlights for Piano Trio,” at 7:30 p.m., Jan. 18 at the UCO Jazz Lab, located at 100 East 5th Street in Edmond. Dr. Tess Remy-Schumacher, Central professor of cello chamber music, will be joined by Central School of [...]
UCO School of Music Composer-in-Resident Releases New Cello Music CD
University of Central Oklahoma Composer-in-Residence Samuel Magrill, DMA, has released the CD, “Cello Music of Samuel Magrill: Volume II,” featuring collaborations with several Central music faculty members. On the recording, Magrill, a pianist, is joined by cellist Tess Remy-Schumacher, DMA, Central professor of cello and chamber music, violinist Hong Zhu, DMA, Central violin and chamber [...]