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The brainchild of former N.C. Gov. Terry Sanford and author John Ehle, the North Carolina School of the Arts was established by the N.C. General Assembly in 1963. The Enabling Act directed the primary purpose of the School to be "the professional training, as distinguished from the liberal arts instruction, of talented students in the fields of music, drama, the dance and allied performing arts, at both the high school and college levels of instruction, with emphasis placed upon performance of the arts, and not upon academic studies of the arts."
The North Carolina School of the Arts is a free-standing campus within the University of North Carolina, and is quite different from its 15 sister institutions. Truly a cluster of conservatories, the School is a complex institution with a single, bold mission: to train talented young people for professional careers in dance, music, drama, filmmaking, and theatrical design and production. This training, coupled with the requisite liberal arts education, enables the School to offer undergraduate degrees as well as master’s degrees and the Professional Artist Certificate. In addition, the School offers the high school diploma with arts concentration in dance, drama, music, and visual arts. While courses are offered that give students an historic perspective and context in each of the arts disciplines, the primary emphasis in all programs is on performance and production. The School strives to foster an environment akin to that of an artistic colony where students are encouraged to develop their artistic abilities to the fullest. The School also provides a professional training ground in which students actively and realistically are involved in preparing for the practical aspects of making a living as artists.
The premise upon which the School was founded in 1963 was indeed unique. Many good ideas, including the establishment of this special conservatory, coalesced during the tenure of Gov. Terry Sanford. State funds were appropriated to begin a performing arts school and an Advisory Board of Artists was established to recommend to the governor a site for the School. In preliminary reports, the board recommended that "the host city should obligate itself to support the school." In return, "the school must serve the city as an arts center." Not surprisingly, there was considerable rivalry among the major cities of the state to be the site of the new school. The citizens of Winston-Salem, home of the first municipal arts council in the nation, vied for the school with particular zeal. In a two-day telephone campaign, volunteers raised nearly a million dollars in private funds to renovate the old Gray High School building — the city’s contribution to the effort. An enticing incentive to the final host city was the possibility of receiving a challenge grant from the Ford Foundation to prompt the Legislature to appropriate public dollars to support the operation of a performing arts school.
Composer Vittorio Giannini of The Juilliard School served as the School of the Arts' first president. It was his vision that shaped the School in the beginning and continues to make the School unique among its peers: utilizing a resident faculty of professional artists; beginning training at the age that talent first becomes evident; having a true community of artists, living together in a conservatory environment; and emphasizing learning by doing, with performance as an integral part of instruction. During its formative years, the School also was guided by people of vision, particularly its board of trustees, which was chaired by Dr. James H. Semans and included Smith Bagley, Hugh Cannon, Wallace Carroll, James McClure Clarke and R. Philip Hanes, among others.
Robert Ward, Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and former member of the faculty of Juilliard, succeeded Giannini as the second president after Giannini’s untimely death in November 1966. Ward led the School through its first decade, when policies and programs were still being developed. During his tenure, the School more than doubled its faculty and enrollment; established a School of Design & Production, separate from the School of Drama; and created a high school Visual Arts Program. Ward also presided over the incorporation of the School into the University of North Carolina in the early 1970s, when 16 public senior institutions — including the North Carolina School of the Arts — became constituent institutions of the University of North Carolina. The title of "president" at the School was subsequently changed to "chancellor."
A third composer, Robert Suderburg, became chancellor of the School in 1974, following Martin Sokoloff, the administrative director, who served as acting chancellor from 1973-1974. Suderburg’s tenure was marked by major capital improvements at the School, financed through increased contributions from the state and private sources. Among these improvements were the completion of the Workplace and the opening of the Semans Library; the partial renovation of the old Gray High School building; the acquisition of the former Mack Truck facility; and the renovation of the old Carolina Theatre, now the Stevens Center.
Dr. Jane E. Milley, a pianist and former dean of the School of Fine Arts at California State University at Long Beach, assumed her post as chancellor at the School of the Arts in September 1984, following Lawrence Hart, former dean of music at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, who was interim chancellor during the 1983-84 school year. During her tenure, faculty salaries were increased; the School received funding from the North Carolina General Assembly for construction of Performance Place and renovation of the Gray Building and Design & Production facilities. She secured increased state funding to operate the Stevens Center; acquired additional student housing; enhanced the visiting artists program; and received approval to develop a Master of Music program and to begin planning for a new School of Film.
In the spring of 1990, Alex C. Ewing was appointed chancellor. He assumed the position in July 1990, following Philip R. Nelson, former dean of music at Yale University, who served as interim chancellor during the 1989-90 school year. Ewing had been associated with NCSA since 1985, when he became chairman of the Board of Visitors. In 1988 he established the Lucia Chase Endowed Fellowship for Dance at the School, in memory of his mother, a co-founder and principal dancer with American Ballet Theatre. A graduate of Yale University, Ewing came to the School with a unique background as a former journalist, arts administrator and owner of one of the largest herds of champion Hereford cattle in the country. Chancellor Ewing spearheaded the establishment in 1993 of a fifth arts school, the School of Filmmaking, filling the need for training in the growing field of the film and television arts. During his tenure, student life on campus was improved with the establishment of the position of vice chancellor for student life and the opening of a 20,000-square-foot fitness center. Early in his administration, Ewing saw a critical need to improve the campus environment and worked with local and state leaders to form the Southeast Gateway Initiative, a neighborhood improvement plan. The first comprehensive campus plan designed to unify and enhance the entire campus was created after much fact-finding, discussion and analysis. Ewing successfully lobbied for the rerouting of Waughtown Street (a major city thoroughfare that divided the campus) and the creation of a new main entrance to the campus. Ewing increased enrollment by 40 percent, established a full-time alumni and career services office, and was instrumental in bringing the Thomas S. Kenan Institute for the Arts to the School. As chancellor, he also oversaw the success of the School’s $25 million campaign for scholarships and endowment, which was increased from $4 million to $15 million under his leadership.
After Ewing's retirement, Wade Hobgood, dean of the College of the Arts at California State University at Long Beach, became chancellor in 2000. A native of Wilson, N.C., Hobgood worked to secure passage of $42.5 million in higher education bonds – approved by N.C. voters in the fall of 2000 – that allowed the School to build a new School of Music Complex, a new Welcome Center, a new “connector building” between the two high school residence halls, a new School of Filmmaking Archives, an addition to Performance Place, and a new wig and makeup studio and costume shop. Hobgood also initiated a proposal to provide free tuition, room and board for North Carolina high school students accepted to NCSA; the initiative was approved by the N.C. General Assembly in the fall of 2001.
On July 1, 2005, Gretchen M. Bataille, senior vice president for academic affairs of the 16-campus University of North Carolina, was named interim chancellor of the North Carolina School of the Arts. A noted scholar in the field of Native American literature, Bataille had served as UNC’s top academic officer since 2000. She assisted in developing a multitude of new policies for the campus. Dr. Bataille secured $1 million from the Kenan Trust for a new scholarship program that became known as the Kenan Excellence Award.
After a yearlong search, John F. Mauceri became NCSA’s seventh chancellor on July 1, 2006. One of the world’s most accomplished conductors, writers, arrangers, and recording artists, Mr. Mauceri has enjoyed a long and varied career that spans music, theatre, film, and academia.
During his first year as chancellor, he reorganized the structure of the upper management so that the deans reported directly to the chancellor, recognizing their administrative and artistic roles. He successfully completed the search for the new deans of the School of Filmmaking, the School of Dance, and the Chief Advancement Officer.
Chancellor Mauceri encouraged regular meetings of the chairmen of the BOT, BOV, Foundation and the Kenan Advisory Board to promote communication and a sense of optimism. His Vision 20/20 speech at his installation not only recognized the vision of the founders of the school, but also set innovative goals for the future of NCSA.
Interaction with the students is vital to the chancellor. He conducted rehearsals and performances with students, including all performances of West Side Story. On a number of occasions he was able to bring students with him to learn and observe professional circumstances on the highest level. His first year ended as 150 students journeyed with him to Ravinia to perform West Side Story and 21 high school ballerinas performed with him on stage of the Hollywood Bowl, to a standing ovation of 17,000 people. Throughout the year he appeared on local and national television and radio, bringing the name and achievements of NCSA to millions of people.
As NCSA chancellor, he will continue to work with the greatest artistic institutions in the world, while creating projects at the School that will enable its students to collaborate with performers and creators at the very forefront of their fields.
1962
Aug. 1
Gov. Terry Sanford appoints North Carolina Conservatory Committee to work for establishment of a state-supported conservatory of music, later broadened to include all the arts.
1963
June 21
N.C. General Assembly passes bill establishing the North Carolina School of the Arts, with a $325,000 appropriation.
1964
April 28-29
Advisory Board of Artists selects Winston-Salem, where more than 5,000 people have pledged more than $850,000 in a two-day telephone drive. Board nominates Vittorio Giannini as president.
1965
April 17-19
First auditions held for prospective students; Alexandra Danilova and Sidney Blackmer assist.
Sept. 7
First classes begin.
1966
Feb. 10
Ford Foundation awards a $1.5 million challenge grant to NCSA.
June 8
President Vittorio Giannini speaks at graduation of first class (55 high school seniors).
June 25
NCSA named North Carolina's "pacemaker" in educational improvement in a nationwide school recognition project sponsored by the National Education Association and Parade magazine.
Dec. 10, 11
School of Dance gives first performances of "The Nutcracker" ballet, at Reynolds Auditorium.
1967
June 26
First NCSA summer session opens.
July 9
International Music Program begins in Siena, Italy.
1968
May 12
Groundbreaking held for new college dormitories.
September
Department of Design and Production created, separate from Drama.
1969
July 13-Sept. 1
First summer session for dance students conducted in Asolo, Italy; beginning of International Dance Program.
1970
September
NCSA inaugurates high school visual arts program.
1972
July 1
NCSA becomes member of the 16-campus University of North Carolina when the state consolidates its institutions of higher learning.
1975
Feb. 3
Guitarist Andres Segovia receives first honorary Doctor of Fine Arts from NCSA.
Feb. 7
Agnes de Mille Theatre dedicated, featuring Miss de Mille restaging her ballet, "Three Virgins and a Devil."
1976
April 7
Paul Green, North Carolina author and playwright, awarded honorary Doctor of Fine Arts.
1980
April 25
NCSA honors seven with honorary doctorates: Agnes de Mille, Jose Ferrer, Gordon Hanes, Rosemary Harris, Nananne Porcher, William Schuman and Oliver Smith.
1981
May 7
Helen Hayes is awarded Doctor of Fine Arts. Benefit performance of "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead" presented for Helen Hayes Scholarship Fund.
Nov. 6
Arthur Mitchell, founder and artistic director of Dance Theatre of Harlem, and North Carolina author John Ehle receive honorary doctorates.
1982
March 26
First NCSA graduate program, in design and production, approved by UNC Board of Governors.
1983
April 22-24
Gala performances celebrate opening of the Stevens Center, named for Roger L. Stevens. Gregory Peck serves as master of ceremonies; Leonard Bernstein, conductor; Isaac Stern, soloist.
Performances by Jean Stapleton, Zoe Caldwell, Mel A. Tomlinson and Heather Watts. Also participating in tribute are Agnes de Mille, Sir Anton Dolin, Cliff Robertson, Oliver Smith, Gov. James Hunt, President and Mrs. Gerald Ford and Mrs. Lyndon Baines Johnson. Performances of Cole Porter's "Kiss Me Kate" round out the celebration. July 12
Formation of the Board of Visitors, a board of national and international leaders in the arts, business and civic affairs which will assist in the School's development, announced.
1985
June 1
W. McNeil Lowry, whose efforts while vice president of the Ford Foundation helped launch NCSA, speaks at commencement and receives honorary doctorate.
1986
Nov. 7
Maya Angelou, Menahem Pressler and Alice Tully receive honorary doctorates from NCSA.
1987
Jan. 14
World premiere of THE BEDROOM WINDOW, a DeLaurentiis Entertainment Group motion picture, held at the Stevens Center as a benefit for NCSA.
April 11
NCSA's first Founder's Day celebration honors 55 founders of the School.
May 30
William C. Friday, president emeritus of The University of North Carolina, speaks at commencement. Friday and national arts leader R. Philip Hanes Jr. are presented with honorary doctorates.
1988
May 8
Dame Margot Fonteyn arrives at NCSA for weeklong residency as first recipient of the Lucia Chase Endowed Fellowship for Dance, which was established by Alex Ewing in memory of his mother.
Nov. 9
UNC President C.D. Spangler Jr. speaks at Performance Place dedication ceremonies. Proscenium thrust and arena theatres inaugurated with performances of "Much Ado About Nothing," "The Crucible" and "Holy Ghosts."
1989
April 9
NCSA Symphony Orchestra makes debut at Town Hall in New York under baton of Alexander Schneider.
Fall
NCSA enrolls first students in Master of Music program.
1990
April 26
Agnes de Mille, Lucia Chase Fellow, speaks at opening night of Spring Dance and the performance of her celebrated "Rodeo," by School of the Arts dancers. October
U.S. News & World Report ranks NCSA as the "best buy" of the nation's art, music and design specialty schools, and third overall in the nation among arts specialty schools.
1991
April 25
NCSA Symphony Orchestra and Cantata Singers participate in the Mozart Bicentennial Masses-In-Concert Series in Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall.
May 4
NCSA celebrates 25th anniversary by installing Chancellor Alex Ewing. Concert by alumnus Ransom Wilson, flute, highlights activities.
June
Jean Picker Firstenberg, director of The American Film Institute, agrees to serve as chair of Board of Advisors of the proposed School of Film at NCSA.
1992
January 27
The William R. Kenan, Jr. Fund for the Arts establishes the Thomas S. Kenan Institute for the Arts at NCSA.
March 19
NCSA announces it will open its new School of Filmmaking in the fall, offering a Bachelor of Fine Arts.
May 8
Composer Sherwood Shaffer becomes first NCSA faculty member to receive O. Max Gardner Award, the University of North Carolina’s highest teaching honor.
1993
Kenan Institute for the Arts launches the North Carolina A+ Schools project under the leadership of its founding director, Jeanne F. Butler.
March 11
National Endowment for the Arts awards NCSA $500,000 challenge grant for School of Filmmaking.
May 29
Peter Hedges is first NCSA alumnus to deliver commencement speech.
September
School of Filmmaking opens as fifth arts school at NCSA.
1994
Kenan Institute for the Arts and the Division of General Studies host the first conference of the Consortium for the Liberal Education of Artists.
Sept. 23
School announces a $25 million campaign for endowment.
1995
Oct. 5
School of the Arts saxophone students, faculty member James Houlik, and alumni ensemble the New Century Saxophone Quartet perform at The White House for the National Medal of Arts awards ceremony.
1996
March
Irina Baronova, one of Ballet Russe's "Three Baby Ballerinas," visits NCSA as Lucia Chase Fellow.
May 2-12
NCSA presents all-School production of Lerner and Loewe’s "Brigadoon." Friends celebrate the School’s 30th anniversary at a Highlands-inspired gala on May 4.
November
NCSA hosts Cäcilien Choir of Frankfurt, Germany, which tours North Carolina with the NCSA Symphony Orchestra and Cantata Singers. Performances of Verdi’s "Requiem" rated as "A-Plus."
1997
Jan. 6
Mr. and Mrs. R. Philip Hanes Jr. pledge $1 million to NCSA, to be used for endowment.
May 31
Frank Capra Jr., president and CEO of EUE Screen Gems Studios Ltd. in Wilmington, N.C., speaks at NCSA’s largest commencement, which includes the first graduating class of the School of Filmmaking.
Fall
Two Pulitzer Prize-winning composers visit the School of Music: former NCSA President Robert Ward and Ellen Taaffe Zwilich.
1998
April 16-19
Dedication ceremonies held to celebrate School of Filmmaking’s new “Studio Village.” Filmmakers-in-residence include: Elmer Bernstein, Donn Cambern, Dino and Martha DeLaurentiis, Elliott Kastner, Ted Tally and Robert Wise. Motion Picture Association Chairman Jack Valenti speaks to legislators and corporate friends. Filmmaker Robert Wise and PBS journalist Charlie Rose also attend.
May 30
Academy Award-, Tony Award- and Pulitzer Prize-winner Alfred Uhry speaks at commencement.
Summer
New performing arts series, “Summer Scenes,” inaugurated at Roanoke Island Festival Park in Manteo. Six-week festival includes music and dance performances and will add drama the next summer. More than 150 students, faculty and alumni participate.
September
The Mendelssohn String Quartet, recognized as one of the top chamber ensembles in America, joins the School of Music Faculty as ensemble-in-residence.
December
Stunning new “Nutcracker” sets, costumes and lighting designed by NCSA alumni Campbell Baird and John McKernon. Ballet’s first new sets in 20 years and first new costumes since its Winston-Salem debut in 1966. Special recognition given to Sonja Tyven and Robert Lindgren, who staged the original 1966 production based on the original choreography by Lev Ivanov.
1999
Jan. 15
Officials at NCSA announce they have raised $25.5 million, surpassing the $25 million goal, in the School’s fund-raising campaign, “Creating Our Future,” which ended Dec. 31. Approximately 3,800 individuals, foundations, businesses and organizations participated. Funds raised for endowment, capital improvements and annual operating needs.
May
Randolph Benson, a 1998 film graduate of the North Carolina School of the Arts, becomes the first NCSA’er to win a Student Academy Award, for his student film MAN AND DOG.
May 29
Academy Award-winner Kathy Bates tells graduating students at commencement to “get a life.”
July 10-24
“Shakespeare Lives!” a collaborative project of the Thomas S. Kenan Institute for the Arts, in partnership with the NCSA School of Drama and Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in London. Educators from Forsyth and Catawba counties selected to participate in inaugural program.
Dec 31
Performance by NCSA Symphony Orchestra and Cantata Singers of original work composed by NCSA faculty member David McHugh and commissioned by the Grove Park Inn in Asheville, N.C., as last commissioned symphonic work to be heard in the Second Millenium. Earlier performance in Stevens Center on Oct. 30 celebrates the 50th anniversary of The Arts Council of Winston Salem/Forsyth County.
2000
January
School of Drama Dean Gerald Freedman is first American invited to direct at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in London. Freedman directs rare Jacobean play, “The Antipodes” by Richard Brome, in August.
July 1
Wade Hobgood steps up to become NCSA’s sixth chancellor following the retirement of Alex Ewing.
Sept. 8
UNC President Molly Broad announces a gift of $10 million from the A.J. Fletcher Foundation of Raleigh to establish and endow the A.J. Fletcher Opera Institute at NCSA. It is the largest gift ever given to the School.
Nov. 7
$3.1 billion higher education bond referendum passes. NCSA to receive $42.5 million for much-needed improvements and construction projects.
Nov. 9-12
The School of Filmmaking in collaboration with the Kenan Institute for the Arts, hosts “Cinethics: A National Conference on Ethics in Filmmaking,” which draws faculty and students from 17 film schools across the country. Panelists include Armyan Bernstein, producer of AIR FORCE ONE; Sarah Pillsbury, producer of DESPERATELY SEEKING SUSAN; film critic Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles Times; and U.S. Sen. Fred Thompson.
Nov. 22
Mr. and Mrs. R. Philip Hanes Jr. pledge another $1 million to NCSA for endowment.
2001
April 4
NCSA receives a $1.625 million grant under the Talented Students in the Arts Initiative, a new collaboration of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and the Surdna Foundation.
May 9
NCSA installs Wade Hobgood as its sixth chancellor in ceremonies at the Stevens Center.
June 2
Tony and Emmy Award-winner Mandy Patinkin captivates graduating students with a song at the School’s commencement. Patinkin, along with NCSA founders Dr. James H. Semans and Mary D.B.T. Semans of Durham, receive honorary doctorates.
Fall
N.C. General Assembly approves budget that includes major NCSA initiative to allow its in-state high school students the opportunity to study free of charge.
2002
January 30
A.J. Fletcher Opera Institute debuts with Bellini’s Beatrice DiTenda.
February
NCSA receives $100K grant from Mary Duke Biddle Foundation to endow Opera Scholarship.
May
Kenan Institute for the Arts restructured as a privately funded affiliate of the North Carolina School of the Arts.
June
Kenan Institute for the Arts hosts the first national assembly of conservatory leaders “Preparing Performing Artists for the 21st Century”.
October
School of Filmmaking Dean Dale Pollock announces the RiverRun International Film Festival will move from Brevard and Asheville to Winston Salem in April. Projection and sound equipment will be installed in the Stevens Center to restore it as a working movie theatre. Films on Fourth Series also begins in collaboration with Winston Salem Cinema Society.
November
NCSA receives Treasured Tree Stewardship Award for decision to preserve the 50-year old white oak tree in front of Performance Place.
2003
January
Unity Place, $60M development project, announced as part of downtown revitalization partnership between Krispy Kreme and NCSA to include new headquarters for Krispy Kreme, a performance center, housing, retail and parking.
September 25
Charlotte and Philip Hanes Student Commons and Daniels Plaza dedicated.
October 25
School of Music Complex including Watson Hall Chamber Music Hall dedicated.
2004
June
Center for Design Innovation is established as a collaborative digital design project between the Triad’s business, government and educational leadership.
September
Graduate program (MFA) in Performing Arts Management begins in School of Design and Production and is one of only 35 in the country.
2005
April 21
James H. Semans, early champion of NCSA, founding chairman of NCSA’s Board of Trustees, ardent supporter of education and the arts, and noted Duke medical professor and surgeon dies at the age of 94 in Durham, N.C.
May
Chancellor Wade Hobgood announces his decision to step down as of July 1.
May 20
Sneden’s Landing dedicated in honor of retired dean of Design and Production, John Sneden.
July 1
Gretchen M. Bataille, senior vice president for academic affairs at UNC’s Office of the President, is named interim chancellor
Overlook Terrace completed and is dedicated by longtime director of NCSA’s Visual Arts Program, Clyde Fowler, in honor of his parents.
October
John W. and Anna H. Hanes Foundation, other donors give funds for Hurricane Katrina-displaced students to attend NCSA
New Costume, Wig and Makeup Building opens in School of Design and Production.
November 30
Welcome Center is dedicated.
2006
April 5
Richard Hunt “Conversations” Sculpture dedicated; artwork to house cremated remains of artist and
longtime NCSA supporters and art patrons, R. Philip Hanes Jr. and his wife, Charlotte.
April 22
Founders Forum held in Watson Hall to celebrate NCSA’s 40th birthday; panel composed of:
John M. Ehle Jr., R. Philip Hanes Jr., Thomas W. Lambeth, Robert Lindgren, Mary D.B.T. Semans and Robert E. Ward.
May 12
John Mauceri visits NCSA by helicopter from Chapel Hill where he is announced earlier in the day as NCSA’s Chancellor-Elect.
2007
April 3
“Festival of the Arts” celebrates the Installation of John Mauceri as 7th Chancellor of the North Carolina School of the Arts.
May 3-13
“West Side Story” Opening, Symposium and Gala celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the original Broadway work.
Chancellor Mauceri (a protégé of Leonard Bernstein) and Drama Dean Gerald Freedman
(who was assistant director of the original production) lead the world premiere production and
travel with it for one performance at the prestigious Chicago Ravinia Festival on June 8.
NCSA selects Ransom Wilson (’69) as new Orchestra Director; first alum to hold this position.
2008
January 10
The William R. Kenan, Jr. Charitable Trust gives unprecedented $1 million Challenge Grant to the
North Carolina School of the Arts for scholarships; the Mary Duke Biddle Foundation gives $125,000
to NCSA in response to challenge.
2006
April 5
Richard Hunt “Conversations” Sculpture dedicated; artwork to house cremated remains of artist and longtime NCSA supporters and art patrons, R. Philip Hanes Jr. and his wife, Charlotte.
April 22
Founders Forum held in Watson Hall to celebrate NCSA’s 40th birthday; panel composed of:
John M. Ehle Jr., R. Philip Hanes Jr., Thomas W. Lambeth, Robert Lindgren, Mary D.B.T. Semans and Robert E. Ward.
May 12
John Mauceri visits NCSA by helicopter from Chapel Hill where he is announced earlier in the day as NCSA’s Chancellor-Elect.
2007
April 3
“Festival of the Arts” celebrates the Installation of John Mauceri as 7th Chancellor of the North Carolina School of the Arts.
May 3-13
“West Side Story” Opening, Symposium and Gala celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the original Broadway work. Chancellor Mauceri (a protégé of Leonard Bernstein) and Drama Dean Gerald Freedman (who was assistant director of the original production) lead the world premiere production and travel with it for one performance at the prestigious Chicago Ravinia Festival on June 8.
NCSA selects Ransom Wilson (’69) as new Orchestra Director; first alum to hold this position.
2008
January 10
The William R. Kenan, Jr. Charitable Trust gives unprecedented $1 million Challenge Grant to the North Carolina School of the Arts for scholarships; the Mary Duke Biddle Foundation gives $125,000 to NCSA in response to challenge.
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