School of Fine Arts
Professor Vince Tycer stars in hit film, Chappaquiddick
Chappaquiddick is a ripped-from-the-headlines story about the tragic car accident that took the life of Mary Jo Kopechne when Senator Ted Kennedy was at the wheel in the summer of 1969. After driving off a bridge, the young Kennedy panics and leaves the scene of the accident, leaving the 28-year-old Kopechne to die. It isn’t […]
UConn Choirs: Singing Where the Songs Were Created
The UConn Choirs spent nine days in Austria and Italy, including memorable performances in Salzburg, the birthplace of Mozart, and under Michelangelo’s most famous painting, the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome.
Let Them Play Steinways!
UConn students will not just be playing pianos, they will be playing Steinways! That’s thanks to generous donors who are purchasing Steinways with the goal of UConn joining the elite ranks of all-Steinway institutions.
UConn Voices Serenade Michelangelo’s Most Famous Painting
The Concert Choir and other UConn music groups spent nine days over Spring Break performing in the American Celebration of Music in Austria and Italy.
A Steinway School
Tour the famed Steinway & Sons piano factory to learn how UConn is becoming a "Steinway school," and what that means for the School of Fine Arts.
African Rhythms, Ideas of Sin, and the Hammond Organ: Gospel Music’s Evolution
The melding of African rhythmic ideas with Western musical ideas laid the foundation for a genre of African-American music, in particular spirituals and, later, gospel songs, writes UConn's Robert Stephens.
Band Camp
Marching Band newcomers and old guard alike have just 12 days in September to get into midseason form.
All That Jazz
Student photographer Garrett Spahn takes us to this week's 'Jazz Night at the Ballard.'
UConn Archives to House Maurice Sendak Artwork
The finished artwork for his published books and other materials created by leading children's book artist the late Maurice Sendak will be hosted and maintained at the University.
Open Borders: an Interview with Professor Earl MacDonald
Pianist Earl MacDonald, Director of Jazz Studies in the School of Fine Arts, released his fifth album, Open Borders, on November 21, 2017. Involving collaboration at its core, from the diverse band to the wide range of UConn School of Fine Arts faculty members that united to assist in Earl’s creative process, the premise of […]