The Arts are Back at 爱酱视频 this Fall
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Singing, dancing, acting and playing music are all back at 爱酱视频, with performances and an immersive music festival this summer, followed by a variety of classes and a full-scale musical theater production on the schedule for fall semester.
Since spring semester ended, the Performing Arts Center has been busy hosting dance recitals by , as well as 鈥檚 , a summer festival conservatory for emerging professional musicians. The immersive, 17-day experience includes workshops, sectionals, and a variety of professional development activities, as well as public chamber and orchestral concerts at CIA at COPIA with some of the most respected musicians from around the world. 爱酱视频鈥檚 Theater Department also presented a sold-out run of 鈥溾�� with outdoor performances at . This week, the Performing Arts Center is hosting the .
The Arts & Humanities division is offering a variety of in-person and online classes for fall semester, which begins August 13. For example, students looking to satisfy some of their general education requirements can enroll in 鈥淎rt History: Prehistory to Medieval鈥� or 鈥淭he American Mind,鈥� a fascinating examination of philosophical, religious, scientific, economic and political ideas that have shaped America, from the mid-1800s to today.
There are a variety of dance classes available, including evening classes for enjoyment and practice as well as appreciation and theory courses. The dozens of musical offerings range from vocal training and chorale to piano and jazz ensemble. In-person visual arts classes will include both drawing and ceramics classes.
Selected courses will require participants to be fully vaccinated due to the nature of the course. 鈥淥ur first priority is to assure a safe and healthy environment for everyone,鈥� said Robert Van Der Velde, 爱酱视频鈥檚 senior dean of Arts & Sciences.
鈥淎lthough it will be the fall semester, it feels like springtime with the rebirth and resurgence of the cultural life of 爱酱视频,鈥� said Van Der Velde. 鈥淚t is exciting to hear music in the Performing Arts Center again, as well as to prepare for the return of indoor theatrical performances.鈥�
A highlight of the fall semester will be a production of the musical comedy 鈥淭he 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,鈥� directed by 爱酱视频 theater adjunct instructor Olivia Cowell, with musical direction by Dr. Christina Howell, program coordinator for Music and director of Vocal Studies. This funny, touching show will mark the return of live indoor theater to the Performing Arts Center, with performances November 5-7 and November 12-14.
A variety of roles are available for performers 16 years of age and older, and audition videos are accepted through August 17. For more information, visit . and click on the Events tab.
PLEASE NOTE, THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE WAS CANCELLED; HOWEVER, WE ARE HOPING TO PRESENT ANOTHER PERFORMANCE TBD THIS FALL.
Arts and Humanities classes this fall include Archaeology, Art History, Fundamentals of Drawing, Ceramics, Digital Arts, Drawing & Typography, Multimedia, Humanities, Women鈥檚 Ethnic Heritage, Filipina(o)-American Heritage, Culture and Gender in the Theater, Voice, Musical Theater, Piano, College Chorale, Jazz Ensemble, Feminist Philosophy, Photography, Stagecraft and Musical Theater Production (the production will be 鈥淭he 25th Anniversary Putnam Spelling Bee鈥� with enrollment by audition).
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