Academy of Contemporary Music at the University of Central Oklahoma faculty, staff, and founder/CEO Scott Booker celebrate the class of 2020 in this special message.
Learn more about ACM@UCO at acm.uco.edu.
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March 25, 2020: UCO Physical Campus to Close; Virtual Campus Open
A message from University of Central Oklahoma President Patti Neuhold-Ravikumar:
Consistent with governmental action designed to slow the spread of the virus, the UCO physical campus will close to all but essential employees at 5 p.m., Thursday, March 26 through at least April 15.
Please read the full update on our UCO website: uco.edu/coronavirus.
Two ACM Students Earn Top Songwriting Prizes in Jimmy LaFave Songwriting Contest
Two students at the Academy of Contemporary Music at the University of Central Oklahoma (ACM@UCO) recently earned two top awards in the annual Jimmy LaFave Songwriting Contest.
Dallas Parker
Three of the four finalists, selected from 74 entries as finalists in the second annual Jimmy LaFave Songwriting Contest in April, were ACM students: “Breathless” by Chloe-Beth Campbell, “Angels Lullaby” by Ashliann Rivera and “Abilities” by Dallas Parker (Faux Draco). The fourth finalist was “Hollyhocks and Morning Glories” by longtime Tulsa singer-songwriter Scott Aycock.
The four performed April 30 in Stillwater. Parker won first place, which secured a lineup slot in the Bob Childers’ Gypsy Café festival on May 1, along with a $500 cash prize plus a $500 donation made in his name to the nonprofit Red Dirt Relief Fund. Campbell won the People’s Choice award, earning her a $100 prize.
Chloe-Beth Campbell
Parker, who performs under the name Faux Draco, is a freshman contemporary music production student at ACM and a rapper from Oklahoma City. Campbell is a freshman ACM contemporary music production student from Enid, and released her debut full-length album, Remnant, last year.
Rivera is freshman contemporary music performance major at ACM. The singer-songwriter was born in Brooklyn and raised in Oklahoma City. She has released three EPs in the last three years.
OKF+MO Seeks Applicants for 2019 Summer Internship Program
The Oklahoma Film + Music Office (OF+MO) is now accepting applications for the 2019 Summer Internship Program. OF+MO seeks to provide selected interns with an understanding of the film and music industries in a professional state agency setting by involving them in diverse projects throughout the summer.
OF+MO supports our state’s thriving film and music industries by administering the Oklahoma Film Enhancement Rebate Program and connecting filmmakers and musicians with jobs, local businesses and diverse locations. Located on Film Row in Oklahoma City, OF+MO is a division of the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department, which includes Oklahoma Today, Discover Oklahoma, Oklahoma State Parks and Travel.
The Oklahoma Film + Music Office is particularly interested in candidates with experience in or enthusiasm for film, music, public relations or marketing for specialized projects. Interns will be selected based on previous experience, professionalism and university level. Priority will be given to those in their junior or senior year. Previous office experience is a plus.
Position Details
Intern responsibilities will include researching and compiling film and music events throughout Oklahoma for our website and our monthly newsletter, Now Playing. Chosen candidates will gain valuable experience in the development of OF+MO’s Production Directory, Locations Directory and Music Directory by assisting in research and data input.
Interns will also support the office by locating and archiving press articles, conducting research, assisting with marketing inventory and/or other various special projects.
Interns may be given the opportunity to participate in locations scouting and set visits, experience special events sponsored by OF+MO and will be exposed to other divisions within tourism. Assistance with general office opening and closing duties is required and expected on a daily basis. Internships are not production-based.
All internships are unpaid and open to those seeking college credit toward graduation. It is the responsibility of the intern and the student’s advisor to track their hours and complete all enrollment and coursework requirements in accordance to their college or university.
This internship will last nine weeks, beginning the week of June 3. If interested, please submit a resume and cover letter to Jeanette Stanton at jeanette.stanton@travelok.com.
Deadline for submission is Friday, May 10.
Please include, “OF+MO Intern Application – Your Name” in the subject line of your email.
Check Out the Steamroller Festival Saturday in Deep Deuce
The Steamroller Festival showcases the printing of large-scale woodblocks carved by local professional artists, collegiate artists and 108 high school students in Artspace’s Mentorship program.
Admission to the event is free and open to the public and includes music, food, drinks and printing demonstrations. It runs 10 a.m.-6:30 p.m. Saturday, April 27 in the Deep Deuce district, near 1 E. Third St. in downtown Oklahoma City.
Steamroller Festival is Artspace at Untitled’s largest community event of the year, drawing hundreds of people from all over the state and region.
This one-day festival is rooted in the printing of large-scale woodblocks carved by local Oklahoma artists! A 5-ton steamroller helps print pre-carved blocks throughout the day on Tyvek paper. Printing also happens inside in a in-house printmaking studio, and demos are done throughout the day.
You won’t want to miss the live music, artist vendors and food trucks at this family-friendly event. All ages are welcome, and the festival also features a kids’ tent filled with activities for younger attendees. It is sure to be a fun, art-filled day as our community supports working and exhibiting Oklahoma artists.
Schedule of events
• 10-11 a.m.: Candlemaking in the Daymaker & Co. vendor tent
• 10 a.m.-noon: Letterpress postcards and coasters in the demo tent
• 10 a.m.-4 p.m.: Woodcarving demonstrations in the garden by Artspace Mentorship students
• 10 a.m.-6p.m.: Outdoor games: Available to play by the youth tent
• 10 a.m.-6 p.m.: FREE kids’ t-shirts: We will print these until the t-shirts are gone!
• 11-11:30 a.m.: MUSIC STAGE — Sweet Yield dance performance
• 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m.: MUSIC STAGE — DJ music
• noon-2 p.m.: Typewriter demonstrations
• noon-4 p.m.: Screenprinting demo. Buy an Artspace tote (or bring your own bandana) and have it printed
• 2-2:50 p.m.: MUSIC STAGE — Leotie, indie folk
• 2-3 p.m.: Printing from leather by Jim Weaver
• 2-3 p.m.: Succulent arranging in the Daymaker & Co. vendor tent
• 2-4 p.m.: Creating letterpress postcards and coasters in the demo tent
• 3-3:50 p.m.: MUSIC STAGE — Chloe-Beth Campbell, folk
• 4-4:50 p.m.: MUSIC STAGE — JIPSI, blues rock, folk and psychedelic rock
• 4-6 p.m.: Interactive monoprints with Laurence Myers Reese
• 5-5:50 p.m.: MUSIC STAGE — Sophia Massad, alternative indie-rock
• 6 p.m.: MUSIC STAGE — Grant Adams, Oklahoma pop/rock
Learn more about Artspace at Untitled and the Steamroller Festival 1ne3.org.
Hip-Hop and Spoken-Word Collective The Space Program Sets April 25 Showcase at ACM@UCO Performance Lab
The Space Program celebrates its first showcase Thursday, April 25 at ACM@UCO Performance Lab, 329 E. Sheridan Ave., in Oklahoma City. Doors open at 7 p.m. and showtime is 7:30 p.m.
Admission is only $5 at the door! Learn more at acm-uco.eventbrite.com.
Come out and support the collective as they put on not just a dope show, but a dope experience. Merch also will be available.
Formed in 2017, The Space Program (TSP) is a Black collegian hip-hop collective from higher education institutions across the state of Oklahoma. It creatively disrupts anti-Black, anti-Semitic, imperialist, white, patriarchal institutions that oppress Black people, through the creation and production of a hip-hop album, Curriculum of the Mind.
The name stems from the track “Space Program” by A Tribe Called Quest, which makes the argument that “There ain’t a space program for ni**as.”
The Space Program Collective sonically, empirically and ingeniously provides a new “Space Program” for hip-hop scholarship and praxis, both in the academy and the community at large. The Collective additionally provides for a community of Black males that currently attend, have graduated, or stopped out at historically white colleges within the past 10 years, who also identify as artists, rappers, musicians, producers, poets, activists, b-boys, disc jockeys (DJ’s), audio engineers, historians, entrepreneurs, graffiti artists, graphic and web designers, campus leaders, scholars, photographers, videographers and/or hip-hop collegians.
New generations call for new voices, and new areas of inquiry, and this is your notice that class is in session. For Dr. View and the Space Program Collective, it always has been.
Contributors
• Stevie Johnson, DJ and producer
• LaVelle Compton, artist
• Original Flow, artist
• Thomas Who, artist
• Deezy, artist
• Worm, artist
• Jacobi Ryan, artist
• Willie G, artist
• Beety, artist
• think.progress, poet
• Mac Woods, poet
• Day’Quann, poet
Hosted by Jim Conway! Let’s go! #TSP
THE SPACE PROGRAM collective hosts its first showcase 7 p.m. April 25 at ACM@UCO Performance Lab, 329 E. Sheridan Ave., in OKC.
Cover is $5 at the door!
INFO: https://t.co/xmyzdRHbrn!@tspalbum #CurriculumoftheMind @Ok_Sessions @UCOCFAD @wOKelahoma @_Bricktown @DowntownOKC pic.twitter.com/F0bbEp32U9
— ACM@UCO (@acmuco) April 17, 2019
Last Call: Spring 2019 OKF+MO Internship Applications Due Jan. 11
The Oklahoma Film + Music Office (OF+MO) is now accepting applications for the 2019 Spring Internship Program. OF+MO seeks to provide selected interns with an understanding of the film and music industries in a professional state agency setting by involving them in diverse projects throughout the spring semester.
OF+MO supports our state’s thriving film and music industries by administering the Oklahoma Film Enhancement Rebate Program and connecting filmmakers and musicians with jobs, local businesses and diverse locations. Located on Film Row in Oklahoma City, OF+MO is a division of the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department, which includes Oklahoma Today, Discover Oklahoma, Oklahoma State Parks and Travel.
We are particularly interested in candidates with experience in or enthusiasm for film, music, public relations or marketing for specialized projects. Interns will be selected based on previous experience, professionalism and university level. Priority will be given to those in their junior or senior year. Previous office experience is a plus.
Position details
Intern responsibilities will include researching and compiling film and music events throughout Oklahoma for our website and our monthly newsletter, Now Playing. Chosen candidates will gain valuable experience in the development of OF+MO’s Production Directory, Locations Directory and Music Directory by assisting in research and data input. Interns will also support the office by locating and archiving press articles, conducting research, assisting with marketing inventory and/or other various special projects. Interns may be given the opportunity to participate in locations scouting and set visits, experience special events sponsored by OF+MO and will be exposed to other divisions within tourism. Assistance with general office opening and closing duties is required and expected on a daily basis. Internships are not production-based.
All internships are unpaid and open to those seeking college credit toward graduation. It is the responsibility of the intern and the student’s advisor to track their hours and complete all enrollment and coursework requirements in accordance to their college or university.
This internship will last nine weeks, beginning the week of Feb. 4. If interested, please submit a resume and cover letter to Jeanette Stanton at jeanette.stanton@travelok.com. Deadline for submission is Friday, Jan. 11. Please include, “OF+MO Intern Application – Your Name” in the subject line of your email.
About the Oklahoma Film + Music Office
Created in 1979, The Oklahoma Film + Music Office strives to share all that Oklahoma has to offer by welcoming filmmakers and music professionals to the state and by creating a network of support to develop Oklahoma’s film and music industries. For more information about the Oklahoma Film Enhancement Rebate Program or the Oklahoma Film + Music Office please visit okfilmmusic.org.
Album Release Show: Ciara Brook Debuts ‘Diva Diaries’ at Friday event in Bricktown
ACM@UCO Student Organization hosts a Friday album release show for ACM alumnus Ciara Brooke as she debuts her new project “Diva Diaries.” Special guests include Rozlyn Zora and chasertheprince.
The event is 7-10 p.m. Friday, Nov. 9, at ACM@UCO Performance Lab, 329 E. Sheridan Ave., in Bricktown. Admission is $5 at the door or FREE with valid UCO student ID.
Like and follow Ciara on social media:
facebook.com/ciarabrookemusic
instagram.com/ciarabrookemusic
ciarabrooke.com
Hear her new album, “Diva Diaries” on Spotify!
ACM@UCO TEAMS UP WITH CHESAPEAKE ENERGY ARENA TO PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS TO STUDENTS
The Academy of Contemporary Music at the University of Central Oklahoma (ACM@UCO) and SMG-managed Chesapeake Energy Arena have partnered to support scholarships for ACM@UCO students as a way of recognizing the touring artists that perform at the arena.
To kick off the new partnership, the Chesapeake Energy Arena will… READ MORE: http://www2.uco.edu/press/prdetail.asp?NewsID=23162
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