The School of Performing Arts houses both the Music and Theatre Departments which perform on UCF campus and in the Central FL community.

Friday, April 14, 2017

  • UCF Celebrates the Arts 2017

    Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts: Lobby

    UCF Celebrates the Arts 2017 April 7-14, 2017 The Dr. Phillips Center for Performing Arts comes alive with a showcase of UCF music, visual arts, and theatre! “I enjoyed EVERYTHING! The students were amazing and we really enjoyed seeing some familiar faces. Providing free performances allows those who normally wouldn’t be able to come to the theater a chance to …

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  • SVAD Multi-media “Multiples” Exhibit

    Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts: Lobby

    Discover conceptual visual art pieces in unexpected places throughout the Dr. Phillips Center! Taught as an introduction to principals in conceptual, non-narrative visual art, School of Visual Art and Design professor Wanda Raimundi-Ortiz challenges students to produce interpretations that explored repetitive forms, which would be then used to solve site-specific installation art problems. http://arts.cah.ucf.edu/event/svad-multiples-exhibit/

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  • SVAD Banner Art and Arcade Games

    Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts: Walt Disney Theater

    Experience top-of-the-line interactive gaming from the UCF School of Visual Arts & Design’s game design students. Housed in custom-built classic arcade cabinets, patrons will be able to play video games created by undergraduate students. This year’s lobby banners display examples of undergraduate student artworks from the areas of Character Animation, Experimental Animation, Architecture, Ceramics, Drawing, Design, Digital Media, Film, Graphic …

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  • Theatre UCF Costume Exhibit

    Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts: Lobby

    Ooh la la! Get a sneak peek into corsets and petticoats designed and constructed in Theatre UCF’s costume shop. http://arts.cah.ucf.edu/event/theatre-ucf-costume-exhibit/

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  • A Memory Wingding: Nostalgia and Ephemera in UCF Undergraduate Fine Art

    City Arts Factory

    This exhibition features the paintings, photography, and sculpture of eight artists from UCF’s undergraduate BFA program. The show includes works by Gabe Cortese, Emile Mausner, Samantha McCoy, Jordan Pascal, Christopher Rivera, Andrew Snow, Sheherazade Thenard, and Lila Villalobos who all share the theme of the aesthetics of remembrance in psychologically charged spaces. http://arts.cah.ucf.edu/event/a-memory-wingding-nostalgia-and-ephemera-in-ucf-undergraduate-fine-art/

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  • Without Borders

    Gallery at Avalon Island

    “Without Borders” features painting, video, sound, sculpture, photography, and performance art by artists from diverse cultural and ideological backgrounds. This show explores themes of identity, perception, blackness, feminism, gender roles, and interactivity. “Without Borders” is a statement of our unique perspectives. http://arts.cah.ucf.edu/event/without-borders/

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  • In the Eyes of the Hungry: Florida’s Changing Landscape

    Terrance Gallery at Orlando City Hall

    Sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts Big Read and inspired by John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath, In the Eyes of the Hungry: Florida’s Changing Landscape inspires and contributes to conversations about demographic, geographic, and ecological shifts, with an emphasis on human relationships with the environment. The selected artists, which include School of Visual Arts & Design faculty …

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  • The Flying Horse Big Band: The Bat Swings!

    Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts: Walt Disney Theater

    The Flying Horse Big Band, under the direction of Jeff Rupert, premieres new arrangements of music from the beloved 1960s superhero movie and TV show starring Adam West, Burt Ward, Julie Newmar, Cesar Romero, Burgess Meredith, and many others. The original theme was composed by Neal Hefti, while the dynamic incidental music was composed and arranged by Nelson Riddle. http://arts.cah.ucf.edu/event/the-flying-horse-big-band-the-bat-swings/

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  • Collide Contemporary Music Series: Steve Reich’s Drumming

    Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts: Pugh Theater

    The Collide Contemporary Music Series presents Steve Reich’s Drumming, a collaboration between UCF Percussion, Voci Dance, and Theatre UCF. http://arts.cah.ucf.edu/event/collide-contemporary-music-series-steve-reichs-drumming/

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