PCC students' work displayed in Raleigh Mar 26, 2008
The North Carolina School of the Arts will conduct auditions and interviews for its high school programs in dance, drama, music, and visual artsfor fall 2008 enrollment. Artwork by Piedmont Community College students and one instructor are among the art selected for the North Carolina Community College System Office art exhibit, at the System Office in the Caswell Building in downtown Raleigh. (Yanceyville Caswell Messenger, NC)
School of the Arts seeking students Mar 26, 2008
The North Carolina School of the Arts will conduct auditions and interviews for its high school programs in dance, drama, music, and visual artsfor fall 2008 enrollment ... The North Carolina School of the Arts will conduct auditions and interviews for its high school programs in dance, drama, music, and visual artsfor fall 2008 enrollment ... The North Carolina School of the Arts, located in Winston-Salem ("The City of the Arts"), was the first state-supported, residential school of its kind in... (Yanceyville Caswell Messenger, NC)
'Great World of Sound' a lesson in the quest for fame Mar 20, 2008
" Zobel, 31, didn't take any easy route, though. He worked on the script for "Great World" during grittier jobs with other productions. His off-camera roles ranged from being the go-to guy for catering orders on set to keeping cast members of a reality dating show from talking to each other when cameras stopped rolling. When Zobel earned enough money to build a film budget, he enlisted the support of other southern filmmakers, many of whom also learned to make movies at the North Carolina School... (Athens Banner-Herald)
'Snow Angels' To 'Pineapple Express': The Year Of David Gordon Green Mar 8, 2008
With that North Carolina School of the Arts team in place, Green has carved out the powerful reputation of an acclaimed filmmaker as independent as they come. His films haven't made a lot of money, but it seems like everyone in Hollywood knows them by heart. (VHI.com -- Music News)
Winston-Salem Foundation awards grant to music festival Mar 5, 2008
The Thomas S. Kenan Institute for the Arts at the North Carolina School of the Arts has received an $18,000 grant from the Winston-Salem Foundation to support the third season of the Magnolia Baroque Festival. The grant will be used to hire musicians and edit musical works, including rare manuscripts from the Moravian Music Archives for the festival. (Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area)
Mary-Louise Parker: You can see her live, but don't ask about her life Mar 3, 2008
In a 2000 article in The New York Times, the director Joe Mantello, a classmate of hers way back when at the North Carolina School of the Arts, remembered her always leaning on some boy or another outside of class and yet being assertive, even rebellious, in class. She doesn't see it as a paradox. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Newhouse | Dean candidate discusses future amidst uncertaintie: Grogg visits from Miami, spends hour answering student questions, concerns Jan 25, 2008
And in terms of preparation for the position, Grogg calls his experience with film "multidisciplinary." His academic experience includes the founding deanship of the film school at the North Carolina School of the Arts, the deanship of the graduate conservatory for the American Film Institute and his current deanship of the University of Miami School of Communication. Grogg also has worked in the industry marketing and producing films. (Daily Orange, NY)
BodyVox: Dance troupe to perform two shows this weekend in Old Town Temecula Jan 17, 2008
Roland is a Connecticut native who has studied at the Alvin Ailey and David Howard studios in New York and the North Carolina School of the Arts. In 1987, she co-founded ISO Dance with Hampton, a company that performed on five continents and for which Roland created more than 30 pieces. (North County Times)
Alpharetta ballet theatre holds auditions for summer programs Jan 3, 2008
North Carolina School of the Arts. Registration: 4:00 p.m.. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
Composer noted for 'Hollywood Sound' Dec 28, 2007
" Even now, "the compositional ideas" of writing music for film derive from Korngold and his contemporaries, the Oscar and Grammy winner told The Associated Press. Mauceri, founder of Los Angeles' Hollywood Bowl Orchestra and chancellor of the North Carolina School of the Arts, calls Korngold's musical legacy "so important they tend to dominate our conversation" about the history of music in cinema. "Millions of people. heard his music through the medium of film," said Mauceri, who conducted the... (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
‘Polar Express’ story will highlight Philharmonic holiday shows Dec 5, 2007
and a graduate of North Carolina School of the Arts. He started this season performing with the New York City Opera in Margaret Garner by Richard Danielpour and Tony Morrison. (The Citizen's Voice, PA)
Faini joins The Robesonian Nov 6, 2007
Faini is a graduate of the North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston-Salem. During the two-year exploratory arts program at NCSA, Faini's love for photography grew and occupied much of his free time while his studio classes focused on drawing, painting, design and sculpture. (Lumberton The Robesonian, NC)
Lowell Dennis Smith, 56; danced with Harlem troupe Nov 5, 2007
he studied dance at the North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston-Salem and then performed as a dancer and actor in Memphis and later with the Eglevsky Ballet on Long Island, New York. He joined the Dance Theatre of Harlem in the late 1970s and danced with the company for 17 years. (Los Angeles Times)
Celebrated Return Nov 4, 2007
At the North Carolina School of the Arts, Murphy fell under the spell of faculty member and former New York City Ballet principal Melissa Hayden. "She was a powerful presence, an amazing person. I admired her honesty and drive," says Murphy. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Early Enchanted Review, Rumour Oct 2, 2007
This review was by a reader with the online handle Bento Ramone, who identifies himself as a "First Year film student at the North Carolina School of the Arts.". He quickly talks about how he saw "a special advanced screening of Disney's Enchanted hosted by Dick Cook, the Chairman of Walt Disney Pictures.". (Suite101.com)
Six decades on, Rosemary Harris' career is still in the 'Pink' Sep 30, 2007
A lifelong North Carolinian, he has also been active in social, educational and anti-poverty projects in his home state and helped found the North Carolina School of the Arts, where he and his famous wife have both taught. Within two years of their wedding, the Ehles were in London, where he could write John can take his head with him, she quipped and she performed in Simon's Plaza Suite. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Walden pacts with Jordan Kerner Sep 18, 2007
Announcement comes in conjunction with Kerner being appointed dean of the School of Filmmaking at North Carolina School of the Arts, where he'll oversee 30 faculty members, 15 staff members and 260 undergraduate and graduate students. He plans to divide his time between Los Angeles and Winston-Salem. (Variety)
Photo of the week Sep 13, 2007
Brunjes graduated from the North Carolina School of the Arts with two Master of Music degrees, one in Violin Performance and the other in conducting. He has a graduate professional diploma in conducting from Connecticut's prestigious Hartt School. (The Seahawk, NC)
'Tripudio' not just ordinary dancing Aug 24, 2007
Burns, a graduate of the North Carolina School of the Arts and a scholarship student from the Joffrey Ballet School, has performed with various dance companies, including a two-year stint with the New York Theatre Ballet. "Coming from the professional dance world, I wanted to provide anyone who wanted with an experience similar to the professional experience," he said. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Miss Michele starts Sept. 4 Aug 23, 2007
She also trained at North Carolina School of the Arts in a summer intensive. Most recently, she studied under Beth LaBaren-Root at Southwestern Michigan College, working on her associate degree in arts with an emphasis on dance. (Dowagiac News, MI)
Main Street Ballet Student Accepted by Alvin Ailey Aug 22, 2007
Two years ago, Main Street alum Victoria Columb went to North Carolina School of the Arts, another prominent college ballet program. Rachel's classmate Cristina Tafuri of Roxbury will be a dance and art history major at Eugene Lang College at New School, also in Manhattan. (Voices, CT)
In step: BodyVox Aug 21, 2007
Roland, 42, was born in Manhattan, grew up Connecticut and attended the North Carolina School of the Arts. After a year, she left school to join Momix, an offshoot of Pilobolus. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Art Notes, June 20 Jun 20, 2007
He has a daughter, Jillian, at Terry Sanford High School, and a son, Joshua, at North Carolina School of the Arts. Dinner with Friends performances run Wednesday-Saturday at 8 p.m. Sunday matinees are at 3 p.m. Tickets are now on sale through Ticketmaster by calling 919-834-4000 or online at ticketmaster. (Up & Coming Magazine, NC)
Leona and James Kobis Jun 14, 2007
The bride graduated from North Carolina School of the Arts, receiving a diploma in classical ballet. She was a former ballet mistress with the Chesterfield School Ballet in Chester, Va. (East Aurora Advertiser, NY)
Van Cliburn's Amateur Piano Contest Underway May 29, 2007
But after realizing his life would take on a single focus, he left after one semester at the North Carolina School of the Arts and later moved to Israel. After learning about conflict in the region while working as a laborer for three years, Hand then "bummed around" Turkey, where he studied the broader Islamic world, he said. (CBS 11, TX)
More of this story Apr 29, 2007
She never pushed me into it, said Shapiro, who trained with the North Carolina School of the Arts and The Royal Ballet before joining BBII in August 2006. Balanchine, who had a lifelong fascination with the waltz, set the haunting creation to Maurice Ravel s Valses Nobles et Sentimentales, followed by La Valse. (Brockton Enterprise, MA)
NCSA installs 7th chancellor Apr 4, 2007
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. John Mauceri (maw-CHAIR'-ee) is the new chancellor of the North Carolina School of the Arts, but his selection is being hailed as just as important as the school's first leader. Sam Neill, the chairman of the school's board of trustees, said Mauceri was the school's most important choice since Vittorio Giannini, a composer who was the school's first chancellor. (FOX Carolina, SC)
Deborah Coleman, 97, talent agent Mar 28, 2007
"She had the respect of every great producer from the 40s to the 80s. They knew her to be a woman of integrity and someone who had an eye for talent...they always took her phone calls," said Gerald Freedman, a former client and now dean of drama at the North Carolina School of the Arts. Coleman is survived by a daughter and three grandchildren. (Variety)
Camden Brown is already a veteran actor at 17 Mar 27, 2007
" This approach to character is a direct result of a summer workshop at North Carolina School of the Arts last year. Before attending, Brown saw experience as the only route to better theater. But since, he's learned education has a lot to offer. "You learn so many different things " different skills and techniques. I learned to juggle. I had classes in movement, relaxation methods, circus, voice, stage-combat. There's just a variety of classes to round you out.". If accepted, he'll be off to... (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Coming of age in the racially troubled South Mar 16, 2007
The play also features Sam King, a graduate of the North Carolina School of the Arts. After working in theater in New York and Los Angeles, King moved to Ashland, where his most recent OSW appearances include "On Golden Pond" and "The Wild Guys.". (Mail Tribune, OR)
N.C. School of Arts agrees to pay $300,000 for cleanup Feb 25, 2007
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- The North Carolina School of the Arts says it will pay up to $300,000 to clean up lead and metal contamination at a storage building once used for a soldering shop. The building is owned by the school's foundation and leased to the school. (Herald Sun)
CHILDREN OF MEN Wins Cinematographer Awards Feb 20, 2007
The ASC John Alonzo Heritage Award was presented to two student filmmakers, Brian Melton from the North Carolina School of the Arts and Lyle Vincent from the NYU Tisch School of the Arts. Alonzo shot such classics as HAROLD AND MAUDE, LADY SINGS THE BLUES, NORMA RAE and SCARFACE.. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
A darker Parker Jan 18, 2007
She took to acting as a teenager, studied at the North Carolina School of the Arts, and after a few lean years in New York in the early 1980s, seems to have been in demand ever since. In addition to the shelf full of awards for Proof, (Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, Drama League and Obie Award), she has pocketed an Emmy and a Golden Globe for her work in Tony Kushner's Angels in America, as well as another Golden Globe for Weeds. (Globe and Mail)
Looking to King for help Jan 15, 2007
"All of us have been discriminated against, picked on," said Carmen Borders, 18, a North Carolina School of the Arts graduate who plays Rose. The cast also said prejudice still exists today but seems not as bad as in the 1960s. (Herald Sun)
Durham civic leader Elna Spaulding dies Jan 9, 2007
" The new organization brought together Durham blacks and whites -- many for the first time -- to focus on basic needs and root causes of poverty and violence. The group played a critical role in negotiating the conclusion of the black buying boycott of 1968-69 and smoothing the way for the 1970 court-ordered desegregation of Durham's public schools. In 1991, Women-In-Action named an annual award for Mrs. Spaulding. Mrs. Spaulding was involved in numerous civic, educational and church... (Herald Sun)
Courage from cancer: After battling leukemia, obesity and depression, Missoula student reaches for pro dancing dream Dec 27, 2006
McGill attends the North Carolina School of the Arts and is auditioning to study at Juilliard ... It would have been a cruel joke had anyone suggested that McGill, just a few years hence, would have the chiseled body of a professional athlete, have achieved status as a rising dance star, and at 18 would spend his senior year in high school at the prestigious North Carolina School of the Arts and be invited to audition at Juilliard, the famed New York City performing arts school ... In Seattle,... (Missoulian, MT)
James Kobis and Leona Dodd Dec 22, 2006
A graduate of North Carolina School of the Arts, she is a former ballet mistress of Chesterfield School of Ballet in Virginia. She is currently a Sephora store director in Tampa. (East Aurora Advertiser, NY)
Where Music Comes First Oct 11, 2006
His years as a professor at the North Carolina School of the Arts and his music experience gave Brunjes the knowledge and the idea to create the Oleander Chamber Orchestra in 1999. "He (Brunjes) was a great violin student," added Lawrence. (Up & Coming Magazine, NC)
Actor Terrance Mann named professor at Western Carolina Sep 30, 2006
Mann is a graduate of the North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston-Salem. (Herald Sun)
'Waiting' For 'Adventure' Sep 20, 2006
The University of North Carolina at Pembroke will begin its On Stage for Youth series with an original play, The Amazing Adventures of Anna Marie, performed the by Open Dreams Ensemble of the North Carolina School of the Arts, at 10 a.m. on Sept. 25 at the Givens Performing Arts Center. Anna Marie (Megan Cook), is a 12-year-old who has resolved never to go to school again due to having been mocked for asking a question. (Up & Coming Magazine, NC)
Community pitches in to send 220 WWII veterans to Washington Sep 17, 2006
" Miller said. The veterans who will take the trip range in age from their late 70s to 102. Organizers say few of them could make the eight-hour drive from Henderson County to Washington on their own and many could not afford a plane ticket to fly there. So, next Saturday and Sunday, half of them will board a USAirways Boeing 737 about 9 a.m. and land at a priority gate at Reagan National Airport. They'll be greeted by active-duty Marines who will guide them through the airport and the city.... (Herald Sun)
Mauceri's Final Bow Sep 16, 2006
Then he's off to become chancellor of the North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston-Salem. Mauceri is known for his popular and eclectic programming, which shifts easily among classical, Broadway, movie, opera, rock and even country music. (Los Angeles Times)
John Mauceri: Hollywood Bowl Farewell Sep 15, 2006
Last Updated Sept. 14, 2006 10:50PM PT. John Mauceri championed the work of Hollywood composers, restoring lost film scores to be performed in concert. (Variety)
Lyrical Melissa Hayden a homegrown ballet star Aug 15, 2006
From 1983 onwards, she was a faculty member at the North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston-Salem. During a two-year period when she was not dancing with New York City Ballet, Hayden married a businessman, Don Coleman. (Toronto Star -- Arts)
'Weeds' star sees her profile getting hotter Aug 14, 2006
Since moving to Manhattan two decades ago after attending the North Carolina School of the Arts, Parker won a Tony for playing a distraught math genius in Proof, earned nominations for Prelude to a Kiss and Reckless, and can't see herself living anywhere else. Her leisurely drawl belies her quick wit. (USA Today -- Life)
Melissa Hayden, 83; N.Y. City Ballet Principal, Longtime Dance Teacher Aug 10, 2006
After leaving the New York City Ballet, Hayden taught at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. She went on to teach at the North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston-Salem in 1983 and did so until a month ago, school officials said. "Melissa Hayden's life perfectly mirrors the responsibilities and privileges of great artists," school Chancellor John Mauceri said in a statement. (Los Angeles Times)
Updates from Ferry Farm and Hollywood Aug 6, 2006
McBride got in touch last week to say that the movie, in which he acts with some friends from his days at the North Carolina School of the Arts, has been picked up by Will Ferrell's new company and will be released this fall by Paramount. He noted that since Sundance, he's sold two film scripts--one sale involving Ron Howard's company, Imagine. (Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star, VA)
Meet the performers Aug 4, 2006
Strasser has served as artist-in-residence for the North Carolina School of the Arts summer program and on the faculties of Madeline Island Music Camp and Macalester College. He developed the viola curriculum at Augsburg College and has taught master classes at the University of Minnesota and the Kansas City Conservatory, among others. (Echo Press)
“The Wild Guys” Jul 21, 2006
King was graduated from the School of Drama at the North Carolina School of the Arts. Terry Kolkey rounds out the cast and has appeared in Gaslight at Camelot Theatre and The Price at ACT.. (Ashland Daily Tidings, OR)
Plans for Southeast Gateway unveiled in Winston-Salem Jul 15, 2006
A 35-acre project designed to reinvigorate the area surrounded by Salem College, Winston-Salem State University and the North Carolina School of the Arts should have its first buildings under construction by the beginning of next year. Chad Davis, president of local developer , and Tom Calloway, CEO of architecture firm Calloway Johnson Moore & West PA, presented the plans for the so-called Southeast Gateway project to a packed auditorium of more than 200 people late Monday. (Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area)
'Now, we're just Parker Posey's parents' Jul 12, 2006
Posey, meanwhile, took an interest in ballet, practiced voraciously and attended the prestigious North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston-Salem, N.C. The experience shows in her work, which often highlights her physical capabilities: gymnastics, breakdancing and cartwheels. "She was always very outspoken and charismatic and persuasive and charming," Lynda said. (The Clarion-Ledger)
Working toward a walk on Broadway Jun 23, 2006
McLeod Bowman, who graduated from the North Carolina School of the Arts in 2005, is heading to Lancaster, Pa. for a role in razy For You. (Lumberton The Robesonian, NC)
Ballerina to polish skills in North Carolina this summer Jun 9, 2006
DONNELLSON A Donnellson girl will have the chance to pursue her dreams this summer as she enrolls in the 2006 summer session at the North Carolina School of the Arts. Stefani Keller, a freshman at Central Lee High School and the daughter of Gary and Kristi Keller, will study ballet at the school this summer. (Keokuk Daily Gate City, IO)
Goodbye Sidetracks readers May 26, 2006
Alex MorattoGraduating from Sacramento Waldorf SchoolAttending North Carolina School of the Arts (School of Filmmaking). Editor's note. (Sacramento Bee -- Lifestyle)
Maecenas XXII ... and the week in review May 22, 2006
A fond farewell was said to music director John Mauceri, who recently resigned from his position to become chancellor of the North Carolina School of the Arts. The Organization of Chinese Americans Youth Performance Ensemble re-created "A Celebration in Qing Palace" and other dances, adding to the evening's exotic flair. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Mauceri named chancellor at N.C. arts school May 13, 2006
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- The director of the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra and the musical director of the Pittsburgh Symphony was named Friday to be the new chancellor of the North Carolina School of the Arts ... "John Mauceri personifies what the North Carolina School of the Arts is all about and what its students aspire to become," UNC President Erskine Bowles said. (Herald Sun)
Opera's music director to lead North Carolina School of the Arts May 13, 2006
Opera's music director to lead North Carolina School of the Arts. Opera's music director to lead North Carolina School of the Arts ... At the end of tomorrow's performance of Mozart's "Cosi fan tutte," John Mauceri will give up his seven-year post as Pittsburgh Opera's music director to become chancellor of the North Carolina School of the Arts, a campus of the University of North Carolina. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Suffolk voter's guide: Hauppauge - Oysterponds May 12, 2006
He has a bachelor of fine arts from the North Carolina School of the Arts and a juris doctorate from Albany Law School of Union University. He and his wife, Maria, have five daughters. (Newsday -- Long Island)
LOCAL ENTERTAINMENT May 5, 2006
Ashland Daily Tidings :: Online Newspaper Edition - Your Community News Source Since 1876. The Rogue Valley Peace Choir performs Saturday. (Ashland Daily Tidings, OR)
NC arts school dedicates sculpture to hold cremated remains Apr 6, 2006
RALEIGH, N.C. -- R. Phillip Hanes Jr. helped to give birth to the North Carolina School of the Arts. Now he will remain with it even in death. (Herald Sun)
