The School of Performing Arts houses both the Music and Theatre Departments which perform on UCF campus and in the Central FL community.
Thriving Through the Arts is a free-form, collaborative art-making event that recognizes, reinforces and celebrates the causality between mental health and creative expression. Through immersive “happenings” involving drumming, drawing, dancing and more, Theatre UCF and UCF’s Counseling and Psychological Services invite you to explore the intersectionality between the arts and wellness in this immersive event for all ages. Through drumming, …
UCF School of Performing ArtsIn this competitive session, students will present posters about service learning projects they completed with community partners and arts organizations. Learn more about the event and reserve your tickets here. UCF Celebrates the Arts is an annual showcase of creativity, innovation and collaboration, featuring performers and artists from across the university. Highlights of the 2019 festival include a Tony Award-winning …
UCF School of Performing ArtsIn Station Eleven, a novel by Emily St. John Mandel, the author explores mankind’s need to continue the arts even in the most dire times of civilization. At this event, students, faculty and alumni from Theatre UCF will present pieces, scenes and monologues from Shakespeare to modern plays that seek to answer the question of why theatre, art and music …
UCF School of Performing ArtsEnjoy original music by UCF student, faculty and alumni composers inspired from documentary video, personal journeys and social bonds in this concert of world premieres. The Collide Contemporary Music Series presents the student-based New Music Ensemble in a concert of world premieres of original music by UCF student, faculty, and alumni composers, performed by UCF musicians. Learn more about the …
UCF School of Performing ArtsTeams of artists from the UCF School of Visual Arts and Design, armed with black markers, race against the clock to create artwork in live action. The theme will be announced seconds before the start of the event, so come cheer on the artists and help choose a winner at the end of the competition. The finished artworks will be …
UCF School of Performing ArtsNEA Big Read at UCF presents award-winning author Emily St. John Mandel for a discussion of her post-apocalyptic novel Station Eleven lead by UCF faculty member, David James Poissant. Book signing to follow at 7 p.m. Emily St. John MandelEmily St. John Mandel is the author of four novels, most recently Station Eleven, which was a finalist for a National …
UCF School of Performing ArtsFREE with UCF I.D. or if 18 & under if reserved by April 5 at 5 p.m.! UCF choirs return with an eclectic program of music centered on the theme of building bridges. The program concludes with the Florida premiere of Lou Harrison’s La Koro Sutro, a setting in Esperanto of the Buddhist Heart Sutra for chorus and gamelan, a …
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