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March 4, 2003/FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Marla Carpenter, 336-770-3337 NCSA SEEKING HIGH SCHOOL DRAMA, VISUAL ARTS STUDENTS North Carolina Students Attend Free If Accepted Into the High School Program
WINSTON-SALEM – The North Carolina School of the Arts will conduct auditions and interviews for its high school drama and visual arts programs in March and April for fall 2003 enrollment. Students interested in attending the School of Drama’s high school program for 12th-graders may audition April 5, 12 & 19. (For selected candidates, a second interview will be scheduled between April 23 and May 16.) Students interested in attending the high school Visual Arts Program for 11th- or 12th-graders may interview March 28 and April 4, 11 & 18. North Carolina students should note that the state of North Carolina now pays the full cost of attending NCSA (tuition, fees, and room and board) for in-state students who are accepted into the high school program. The N.C. General Assembly approved the NCSA initiative in 2001. The auditions and interviews will be conducted on the NCSA campus, 1533 S. Main St., Winston-Salem. Extensive training and experience are not required. For more information, contact the Office of Admissions, NCSA, 1533 S. Main St., Winston-Salem, NC 27127-2188; e-mail admissions@ncarts.edu; visit the School’s website at www.ncarts.edu; or call 336-770-3290. The high school drama program is an intensive, one-year course of study in the senior year focusing on the craft of acting. The program includes instruction and practice in acting, movement, singing, voice and speech, and workshops in specialized techniques such as stage combat and circus techniques. The high school Visual Arts Program, part of the School of Design & Production, is an exploratory program designed for juniors and seniors who have an artistic interest, dedication and enthusiasm they wish to pursue in a structured course of study. Students take studio classes in drawing, graphics, color theory, two-dimensional design, sculpture, ceramics, and photography, as well as survey classes in art history. Both programs require academic courses through the School’s Division of General Studies and award the high school diploma upon graduation. An arts conservatory of international renown, the North Carolina School of the Arts was the first state-supported, residential school of its kind in the nation. Established by the N.C. General Assembly in 1963, NCSA became part of the University of North Carolina in 1972. More than 1,000 students from middle school through graduate school train for careers in the arts in five professional schools: Dance, Design & Production (including a Visual Arts Program), Drama, Filmmaking, and Music. The School of the Arts is an equal opportunity institution of the University of North Carolina. ###
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WINSTON-SALEM – The North Carolina School of the Arts will conduct auditions and interviews for its high school drama and visual arts programs in March and April for fall 2003 enrollment.

Students interested in attending the School of Drama’s high school program for 12th-graders may audition April 5, 12 & 19. (For selected candidates, a second interview will be scheduled between April 23 and May 16.)

Students interested in attending the high school Visual Arts Program for 11th- or 12th-graders may interview March 28 and April 4, 11 & 18.

North Carolina students should note that the state of North Carolina now pays the full cost of attending NCSA (tuition, fees, and room and board) for in-state students who are accepted into the high school program. The N.C. General Assembly approved the NCSA initiative in 2001.

The auditions and interviews will be conducted on the NCSA campus, 1533 S. Main St., Winston-Salem. Extensive training and experience are
not required. For more information, contact the Office of Admissions, NCSA, 1533 S. Main St., Winston-Salem, NC 27127-2188; e-mail admissions@ncarts.edu; visit the School’s website at www.ncarts.edu; or call 336-770-3290.

The high school drama program is an intensive, one-year course of study in the senior year focusing on the craft of acting. The program includes instruction and practice in acting, movement, singing, voice and speech, and workshops in specialized techniques such as stage combat and circus techniques.

The high school Visual Arts Program, part of the School of Design & Production, is an exploratory program designed for juniors and seniors who have an artistic interest, dedication and enthusiasm they wish to pursue in a structured course of study. Students take studio classes in drawing, graphics, color theory, two-dimensional design, sculpture, ceramics, and photography, as well as survey classes in art history.

Both programs require academic courses through the School’s Division of General Studies and award the high school diploma upon graduation.

An arts conservatory of international renown, the North Carolina School of the Arts was the first state-supported, residential school of its kind in the nation. Established by the N.C. General Assembly in 1963, NCSA became part of the University of North Carolina in 1972. More than 1,000 students from middle school through graduate school train for careers in the arts in five professional schools: Dance, Design & Production (including a Visual Arts Program), Drama, Filmmaking, and Music. The School of the Arts is an equal opportunity institution of the University of North Carolina.