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For Immediate Release/March 26, 2008 Media Contact: Scott Carpenter, 336-722-9660, scott@capturevalue.com Marla Carpenter, 336-770-3337, carpem@ncarts.edu NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF THE ARTS TO HOST SECOND ANNUAL UNC FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS, APRIL 12 & 13 Family-Friendly Event is Free and Open to the Public
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. –The second annual University of North Carolina (UNC) Festival of the Arts will be held at the North Carolina School of the Arts (NCSA) on Saturday, April 12, from noon until 6 p.m. and Sunday, April 13, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. The festival will feature performances by groups from most of the universities in the UNC system at various venues on the NCSA campus throughout the weekend. The festival is free and open to the public, and family-friendly. The UNC Festival of the Arts is a unique opportunity to experience a variety of arts performances from the state’s public university system—dance, theatre, poetry, opera, improvisation, music, film, and more—all in one weekend. As of the date of this release, UNC campuses represented will include Appalachian State University, East Carolina University, Fayetteville State University, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, North Carolina Central University, North Carolina State University, University of North Carolina at Asheville, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, University of North Carolina at Pembroke, University of North Carolina at Wilmington, Winston-Salem State University and, of course, NCSA. The first UNC Festival of the Arts was held in conjunction with the installation of Maestro John Mauceri as Chancellor of the North Carolina School of the Arts on April 3, 2007. “Last year’s festival was such a wonderful experience that we decided to make it an annual event,” stated Chancellor Mauceri. “As a performing arts conservatory, NCSA is the perfect place to host a weekend celebrating the artistic endeavors of our sister campuses in the UNC system. It is an honor and a privilege to be able to showcase the extraordinary talents and achievements of these artistic programs.”	Photos by Donald Dietz Scenes from last year's UNC Festival of the Arts at NCSA
The UNC Festival of the Arts represents the first time in a decade that NCSA has opened its campus to the community at large for a “community day” type of event. New visitors to the campus will see extraordinary changes, including new facilities and a pedestrian-friendly, green environment. The North Carolina School of the Arts, located in Winston-Salem (“The City 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 opened in Winston-Salem in 1965 and became part of the University of North Carolina system in 1972. More than 1,100 students from middle school through graduate school train for careers in the arts in five professional schools: Dance, Design and Production (including a Visual Arts Program), Drama, Filmmaking, and Music. The North Carolina School of the Arts is the state’s only public arts conservatory, dedicated entirely to the professional training of talented students in the performing, visual and moving image arts. The chancellor, deans, and 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. Founded to be both an educational institution and a resource enhancing the cultural life of the state of North Carolina and the Southeast, NCSA offers numerous public performances, on- and off-campus, as well as community education in the arts. 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. ###
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For Immediate Release/March 26, 2008
Media Contact: Scott Carpenter, 336-722-9660, scott@capturevalue.com
Marla Carpenter, 336-770-3337, carpem@ncarts.edu

NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF THE ARTS
TO HOST SECOND ANNUAL
UNC FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS, APRIL 12 & 13

Family-Friendly Event is Free and Open to the Public

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. –The second annual University of North Carolina (UNC) Festival of the Arts will be held at the North Carolina School of the Arts (NCSA) on Saturday, April 12, from noon until 6 p.m. and Sunday, April 13, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

The festival will feature performances by groups from most of the universities in the UNC system at various venues on the NCSA campus throughout the weekend. The festival is free and open to the public, and family-friendly.

The UNC Festival of the Arts is a unique opportunity to experience a variety of arts performances from the state’s public university system—dance, theatre, poetry, opera, improvisation, music, film, and more—all in one weekend.

As of the date of this release, UNC campuses represented will include Appalachian State University, East Carolina University, Fayetteville State University, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, North Carolina Central University, North Carolina State University, University of North Carolina at Asheville, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, University of North Carolina at Pembroke, University of North Carolina at Wilmington, Winston-Salem State University and, of course, NCSA.

The first UNC Festival of the Arts was held in conjunction with the installation of Maestro John Mauceri as Chancellor of the North Carolina School of the Arts on April 3, 2007.

“Last year’s festival was such a wonderful experience that we decided to make it an annual event,” stated Chancellor Mauceri. “As a performing arts conservatory, NCSA is the perfect place to host a weekend celebrating the artistic endeavors of our sister campuses in the UNC system. It is an honor and a privilege to be able to showcase the extraordinary talents and achievements of these artistic programs.”

Photos by Donald Dietz

Scenes from last year's
UNC Festival of the Arts
at NCSA

The UNC Festival of the Arts represents the first time in a decade that NCSA has opened its campus to the community at large for a “community day” type of event. New visitors to the campus will see extraordinary changes, including new facilities and a pedestrian-friendly, green environment.

The North Carolina School of the Arts, located in Winston-Salem (“The City 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 opened in Winston-Salem in 1965 and became part of the University of North Carolina system in 1972. More than 1,100 students from middle school through graduate school train for careers in the arts in five professional schools: Dance, Design and Production (including a Visual Arts Program), Drama, Filmmaking, and Music. The North Carolina School of the Arts is the state’s only public arts conservatory, dedicated entirely to the professional training of talented students in the performing, visual and moving image arts. The chancellor, deans, and 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. Founded to be both an educational institution and a resource enhancing the cultural life of the state of North Carolina and the Southeast, NCSA offers numerous public performances, on- and off-campus, as well as community education in the arts.

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.

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