North Carolina School of the Arts
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About the School
The School’s mission is to train students from middle school through graduate school for professional careers in the performing, visual, and film and television arts. Performance is an integral part of the training program, and students, faculty and guest artists present more than 400 public performances and screenings annually in the School’s facilities in Winston-Salem, as well as across the state and the Southeast, in major U.S. cities and overseas.Five professional schools make up the North Carolina School of the Arts: Dance, Design and Production (including a Visual Arts Program), Drama, Filmmaking, and Music. With its full academic program, the School is accredited to award the high school diploma, the College Arts Diploma, the Professional Artist Certificate, and bachelor’s and master’s degrees.
Students must audition or interview for admission to NCSA. Of the more than 1,000 students enrolled, half come from two-thirds of North Carolina’s 100 counties. Half come from 45 other states (from New York to California) and nearly two dozen foreign countries (from Germany to Japan).
Students study with resident master teachers who have had successful careers in the arts, such as the New York City Ballet and the Los Angeles Philharmonic and who remain active in their professions. Noted guest artists such as filmmaker Spike Lee and actor Mandy Patinkin bring lessons directly from the contemporary arts world.
School of the Arts alumni have performed in or behind the scenes of Broadway shows, film, television and regional theatre, and are members of the world’s finest symphony orchestras and opera and dance companies. They have won or been nominated for all of the major awards in the entertainment industry, including Tony, Oscar, Emmy, Grammy and others. Among the best-known are Gillian Murphy, principal dancer with American Ballet Theatre; Tony Fanning, art director for theatre and film (War of the Worlds); Mary-Louise Parker, Tony Award-winning actress for Proof; David Gordon Green, filmmaker who made the critically acclaimed George Washington, All the Real Girls, and Undertow; and Lisa Kim, violinist with the New York Philharmonic.
On May 12th, 2006, the UNC Board of Governors unanimously approved the appointment of John Mauceri as the seventh Chancellor of the North Carolina School of the Arts [link].
Mission statement
The North Carolina School of the Arts is the University of North Carolina’s conservatory for the arts, dedicated entirely to the professional training of students possessing exceptional talents in the performing, visual and moving image arts. Students enter NCSA when they are ready for focused, intense professional development at the baccalaureate level and in select programs at the master’s and high school levels in its schools of Dance, Design and Production, Drama, Filmmaking, and Music.Committed to the idea that art combines craft, imagination, passion and intellect, the faculty work with students in a residential setting to create an educational community that is intimate, demanding and performance-centered. Learning is enriched by access to an academic program responsive to a conservatory curriculum; research and creative opportunities in the arts; student life programs and support; dedicated staff; outstanding facilities; community service activities; guest artists and teachers; and distinguished alumni. Students emerge transformed, poised to become leaders and creators in their chosen fields.
Founded by an act of the North Carolina General Assembly to be both an educational institution and a resource enhancing the cultural life of the State of North Carolina and the region, NCSA offers numerous public performances, both on- and off-campus, community education in the arts, as well as faculty and student lectures and workshops. The School collaborates with educational, cultural, civic, business and other partners to promote the universal importance and innovative impact of the arts to our society.
Performance Opportunities
NCSA offers many performance opportunities throughout the course of a schoolyear. Dance students have three seasonal performances: Fall dance, Winter dance, and Spring dance. They also perform the Nutcracker every christmas, and have many other minor performances throughout the schoolyear. Music students have the chance to perform infront of their peers every wednesday at performance hour, and students are usually in a large ensamble, such as jazz band, orchestra, opera, or wind ensamble. These ensambles each perform several times a year.The School of Design and Production is responsible for the scenery, costumes, lighting, sound, and stage management for all shows produced by the School of Drama, two operas that NCSA produces each year through the Fletcher Opera Institute, as well as dance performances, although dance costumes are provided by the School of Dance's own professional costume shop.
Last but not least, the Filmmaking school is host to the ACE Exhibition Complex, where students can display their work and watch others. This complex, along with the Steven's Center, is host to the RiverRun Film Festival every spring.
Professional schools
There are five professional schools of the North Carolina School of the Arts:- School of Dance
- School of Design and Production
- School of Drama
- School of Filmmaking
- School of Music
Summer Session
NCSA offers five week summer courses in dance, filmmaking, visual arts, and drama, as well as two week courses in voice and guitar, and a three week course in stage combat, to middle school, high school, and college students seeking intensive study in the arts. All summer programs are highly reputable, and a great introduction to an art form for some, and an opportunity to delve into a discipline for others.Notable alumni
- Diedrich Bader actor
- Gwendolyn Bradley soprano
- Carlo Curley organist
- Peter Hedges writer and director
- David Gordon Green writer and director
- David LaChapelle photographer and music video director
- Joe Mantello theatre director
- Gillian Murphy dancer, American Ballet Theater
- Mary Louise Parker actress
- Chris Parnell actor/comedian
- Jada Pinkett-Smith actress, attended but did not graduate
- Missi Pyle actress
- J. T. Rogers playwright
- Gary Beach Tony Award winning actor (The Producers)
Student Organizations
NCSA has many active student organizations, including, but not limited to, the following:- Pride (NCSA's Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender support organization)
- the NCSA Democrats
- the NCSA Republicans
- the Kudzu Gazette (School Newspaper)
Facts
Founded: In 1963 and opened in 1965, established by the N.C. General AssemblyMission: To train students for professional careers in the arts
Status: Public, coeducational, one of the 16 campuses of the University of North Carolina
Campus: 67 acres in Winston-Salem, N.C., near Old Salem, a national tourist attraction
Accreditation: By the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
Calendar: Three terms (fall, winter and spring, August/September to May/June)
Schools: Five – Dance, Design and Production (includes Visual Arts), Drama, Filmmaking, and Music – plus High School and Undergraduate Academic Programs
Enrollment (fall 2004): 1,057 includes 266 high school/middle school, 684 undergraduate, 96 graduate, 11 special.
Student Profile (fall 2004): 556 from North Carolina; 501, out-of-state. From 66 North Carolina counties, 45 states, 21 foreign countries. 201 in Dance, 196 in Design and Production, 128 in Drama, 240 in Filmmaking, 253 in Music, 37 in Visual Arts. 554 male; 503 female.
Faculty Profile: 172 includes 135 full-time, 37 part-time. Resident faculty is complemented by 200 notable guest artists each year.
Student/Faculty Ratio: 8:1
Average Class Size: 10
Tuition (2004-05): High school: 0 (in-state*), $6,583 (out-of-state) Undergraduate: $2,755 (in-state), $14,035 (out-of-state) Graduate: $3,167 (in-state), $14,601 (out-of-state)
- The state of North Carolina now pays the full cost of attending NCSA (tuition, fees, and room and board) for all in-state students who are accepted into the high school program.
Endowment: $15.3 million (as of June 30, 2004)
Operating Budget: $27.3 million (as of July 1, 2004)
Degrees, Diplomas Awarded: Dance – High School Diploma (8th-12th grades), Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.), College Arts Diploma Design and Production – B.F.A., College Arts Diploma, Master of Fine Arts (three years) Drama – High School Diploma (12th grade only), B.F.A., College Arts Diploma Filmmaking – B.F.A., College Arts Diploma, M.F.A. (two years) Music – High School Diploma (9th-12th grades), Bachelor of Music, College Arts Diploma, Master of Music (two years), Professional Artist Certificate (one year, post-master’s) Visual Arts – High School Diploma (11th & 12th grades)
External links
- [NCSA website]
- [RealMedia Webcast of Mozart Requiem: NCSA Orchestra and Vocal Soloists] from Appalachian State University
- [the Kudzu Gazette] (Student Newspaper)
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