Monday morning arts news, April 8
Weekly update of arts events in the week ahead, along with tips and clips.
Category: Music Department
Art of Remembrance
The NC State Crafts Center will host a memorial ceremony commemorating the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
2019-2020 Arts Awards Announced
The annual Arts NC State creative and performing arts awards celebrate NC State students who either create new work and/or perform in dance, music or theatre.
The Randy Foy Music Scholarship Endowment
Join the tribute: From an anonymous gift, the Randy Foy Music Scholarship Endowment has been created in memory of NC State’s former director of orchestral studies.
Student Spotlight: Coleridge Nash
Cole Nash – a senior double-majoring in physics and applied math – knew that he wanted to be involved in music, but never thought his career trajectory would change from becoming a physics professor to performing as an opera singer.
A New Music Scholarship Honors Two Generous Men
Charles Zeugner ’56 thanks those who helped him succeed at NC State with the creation of the Kutschinski-Fulghum Music Scholarship Endowment.
A Lifetime of Music, a Legacy at NC State
After Miriam Bailey Gardner was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s, her husband Bill assembled a scrapbook of her life, so that their children would more fully understand Miriam’s personal and professional accomplishments. In the process, Bill learned much more about his wife’s early life, including the fact that her lifelong love of music was ignited while a student at NC State.
Artful Match
We all know NC State is living proof that chemical engineers can be sensational singers, accountants can really act and software designers can play extraordinary piano. But who knew arts at NC State could also be an incubator for lifelong love matches?
Extraordinary Game Day Experiences: Marching Band member Chandler Marr
Chandler Marr, sophomore from Clayton, majoring in communication, Caldwell Fellow, mellophonist in the marching band.
A Tribute to Led Zeppelin
What better way to start the school year than with a Led Zeppelin tribute concert, featuring The Quadrivium Project, NC State’s faculty rock band. Yes, it’s true. They’re gonna ROCK Stewart Theatre!