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Professor Discusses His Book in Music Podcast Interview
Dr. Dylan Savage’s “The Transposed Musician” demonstrates life skills learned through music.
   January 30, 2022

Professor of Piano Dylan Savage was the featured guest in Episode 122 of the podcast Enhance Life with Music, which aired on January 25. In the interview, he explained how the skills necessary for learning music effectively are transferable to many settings and situations throughout one’s life.

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Professor Wins Competition to Author Next “Pamphlet Architecture”
Catty Dan Zhang has won first prize in the Pamphlet Architecture competition.
   January 28, 2022

Assistant Professor of Architecture Catty Dan Zhang has won first prize in the Pamphlet Architecture competition, an international competition that will award Zhang a $5,500 honorarium to develop her proposal and the opportunity to produce the next book in the Pamphlet Architecture series.

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Shakespeare in Action Presents Semester-long Study of Merchant of Venice
Shakespeare and Inclusivity project includes lectures, readings, workshop and film screening.
   January 28, 2022

Shakespeare in Action, an interdisciplinary initiative housed in the College of Arts + Architecture and guided by faculty in the Theatre and English departments, has organized a semester-long case study of Shakespeare’s play, The Merchant of Venice. Beginning with a lecture on February 2 by Robinson Distinguished...

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New Jazz Dance Book Includes Chapter by Dance Professor
Karen Hubbard’s chapter presents strategies for teaching jazz dance in higher education.
   January 27, 2022

A new book published this month by University Press of Florida includes a chapter by Associate Professor of Dance Karen Hubbard. Hubbard’s “Valuing Cultural Context and Style: Strategies for Teaching Traditional Jazz Dance from the Inside Out" appears as Chapter 15 in Rooted Jazz Dance: Africanist Aesthetics and Equity in...

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Voice Professor Joins Opera Carolina Cast
Sequina DuBose will sing the role of Donna Elvira in a new production of Don Giovanni.
   January 17, 2022

Assistant Professor of Voice Sequina DuBose, lyric soprano, will sing the role of Donna Elvira in Opera Carolina's upcoming production of Mozart's Don Giovanni. Performances will take place February 3, 5, and 6 at the Belk Theater in the Blumenthal Performing Arts Center. It is DuBose's debut in the virtuosic role of...

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Professor is New Mint Museum “Constellation CLT” Artist
Andrew Leventis’s paintings will be on view in the Mint Museum Uptown through May 8.
   January 9, 2022

Thirteen paintings by Assistant Professor of Art Andrew Leventis will be in exhibition at the Mint Museum Uptown, January 14-May 8, in the museum’s Constellation CLT series. The series celebrates work by local artists, spotlighting three artists each year.

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Clarinet Professor’s New CD Celebrates Diverse Collection of Contemporary Composers
Jessica Lindsey is one half of Spatial Forces Duo, which has created “Little Spectacle."
   January 5, 2022

Associate Professor of Clarinet Jessica Lindsey, with her musical partner Christy Banks, recently released a new CD of electroacoustic music – the first for the pair of clarinetists, who have performed together as Spatial Forces Duo since 2008....

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Faculty, Alums Receive Artist Support Grants from ASC
Eight faculty and four alumni are among the Arts & Science grant recipients.
   December 15, 2021

Eight College of Arts + Architecture faculty and four CoA+A alumni are among the 74 recipients of 2022 Artist Support Grants awarded by the Arts & Science Council in conjunction with the arts councils of Cabarrus, Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln and Rowan counties....

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Rowe Gallery to Host New Work by Johannes Barfield
"my sun is black as the glowing sea by night" opens January 10.
   December 13, 2021

Rowe Gallery is pleased to host my sun is black as the glowing sea by night, an exhibition featuring new work by Johannes Barfield. The work was commissioned by UNC Charlotte College of Arts + Architecture Director of Galleries, Adam N. Justice, with curation and creative direction by Justin Smith, founder/curator of Afrovisualism, and will be on view January 10-February 25. Barfield...

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Book by Professor, Alums, Examines Effects of Social Media on Urban Space and Community Action
Eric Sauda and two alumni of SoA graduate programs co-wrote the study.
   December 8, 2021

Professor of Architecture Eric Sauda and School of Architecture alumni Alireza Karduni and Ginette Wessel recently published their book, Social Media and the Contemporary City (Routledge). The book focuses on the interplay between social media, local communities, and urban space in a variety of political and economic settings related to social activism, informal economic activity,...

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