JOIN THE FRIENDS OF THE BROOKS CENTER
May 6th, 2008 - June 2nd, 2008 at 1:00 pm - We ask you to take a moment to consider your part in our pursuit of excellence as we prepare for our Learn More...
WordBRIDGE Playwrights Laboratory
June 7th, 2008 - June 22nd, 2008 at 1:00 pm - A collaboration between the Clemson’s Department of Performing Arts and the Generous Company, a non- Learn More...
WordBRIDGE • New Play Development: Past, Present and Future in the United States
June 10th, 2008 at 4:30 pm - As part of WordBRIDGE a panel discussion on the development of new plays in the United States is pla Learn More...
WordBRIDGE • Workshop/Lecture with Crosby Hunt
June 11th, 2008 at 4:30 pm - As part of WordBRIDGE Crosby Hunt will lead a workshop/lecture on storytelling. Hunt is a theatre p Learn More...
WordBRIDGE • Presents Daniel Stein in "TIMEPIECE"
June 13th, 2008 at 8:00 pm - As a part of WordBRIDGE, Daniel Stein will perform his one-man mime movement work "Timepiece," a wor Learn More...
Performing Arts News
For the latest news and information taking place in the Department of Performing Arts click on the stories below.
Graduates Set Out To Pursue Their Dreams, Work, And Study
Thirteen senior performing arts majors graduated from Clemson University this spring and a many of them have been accepted to prestigious graduate programs across the country, while others are plan to strike out and pursue their passions in either music or theater. Learn More
Top Performing Arts Students Honored
Three top performing arts students have earned departmental honors for their academic achievements. Jeff McLaren (theatre), Justin Sims (music), and Dan McCoy (audio engineering) each received an Outstanding Student Award in Performing Arts. Learn More...
Piano Professor Teachs and Performs in China
Department of Performing Arts piano professor Linda Li-Bleuel recently performed at the Sichuan (Szechuan) Conservatory of Music in Chengdu, China. Along with her husband, saxophonist John Bleuel, the duo presented two recitals and conducted a series of master classes. Learn More...
Brooks Center Host State Orchestra Weekend
More than 250 of South Carolina’s most talented sixth- through twelfth-grade musicians were recently at Clemson University to participate in the 2008 State Orchestra at the Brooks Center for the Performing Arts. The middle and high school students traveled from all parts of the Palmetto State, including as far away as Hilton Head Island and as close as Greenville. Learn More...
New Sound Booths Enhance Audio Engineering Program
The Department of Performing Arts recently converted a small closet and a rehearsal room into two sound isolation booths. Located inside the ensemble rehearsal room (room 115), the new sound booths are part of the on-going enhancements to the department’s concentration in the area of Audio Engineering. Learn More...
Clemson Students Work With Members
Of The National Symphony Orchestra
Clemson University student musicians and production studies in performing arts majors recently had the opportunity to receive training and mentoring from members of the National Symphony Orchestra (NSO). As part of their visit to Clemson University, some of the world’s most noted musicians and arts administrators took time to conduct master classes and discuss their careers in the performing arts. Learn More...
Performing Arts Hosts Regional Theatre Festival
Hundreds of college actors, scenic designers, sound designers, theatre critics, makeup artists, playwrights, and directors are convening at Clemson University for the Region IV Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival. The festival, which invites college theatre students and faculty from the Southeastern United States, takes place at the Brooks Center for the Performing Arts and other on-campus locations Monday-Saturday, February 4-9. Learn More...
Steel Band Releases New Recording
The Clemson University Steel Band has released “One Small Step for Pan,” the group’s latest recording. Featuring new steel band arrangements of several popular tunes, the new CD includes songs by Jimmy Buffet, Bobby Mc Ferrin, and Brian Wilson. Learn More
Clemson Players Use
Greek Mythology To Explore Beauty
“The Cult of Aphrodite,” an original play developed by the Clemson Players, dramatizing ancient myths that focus on ideas of beauty is taking place at the Brooks Center for the Performing Arts at Clemson University beginning Sunday, November 11, through Sunday, November 18. Learn More...
Meet Viva Voce, Clemson Newest Vocal Ensemble
Viva Voce, Clemson University’s newest vocal ensemble, is making its premiere performance at the Brooks Center on Tuesday, November 13. The 16-member mixed ensemble performs traditional a cappella choral music without a conductor. Learn More...
Tiger Band Gear On Sale At wwwclemsontigerbandgear.com
Tiger Band—The Band that Shakes the Southland—and the Clemson University Tiger Band Association (CUTBA) are pleased to announce the launch of www.clemsontigerbandgear.com, a website where fans of the band can purchase unique items emblazoned with the Tiger Band logo. Learn More...
Gearing Up for 'Jane Erye'
The Clemson Players, the university drama company, is busy gearing up for their presentation of Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre at the Brooks Center for the Performing Arts beginning Saturday, September 29, and continuing through Sunday, October 7. Learn More...
Performing Arts Grads Headed To
Work and Graduate School
Fourteen senior performing arts majors graduated recently from Clemson University and a number of them have accepted full-time positions or internships across the country, while others are headed to graduate schools as far away as San Diego, Calif, or as close as Rock Hill, S.C. Learn More...
Performing Arts Grad and Clemson Players Alum
Star in Chicago Production
Performing Arts graduate Kent Brown was recently featured in the Laboratory Theatre Project’s production of Lee Blessing’s psychological drama “Down the Road.” A 2003 graduate of the Production Studies in Performing Arts programs at Clemson, Brown co-founded the Chicago-based experimental drama company in 2004 while studying at the Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University. Learm More...
Department Holds Annual
Theatre Honors Banquet
The Department of Performing Arts recently held its annual H. Morris Cox Endowment Theatre Honors Banquet at the Madren Conference Center on campus. Production Studies in Performing Arts majors, members of the Clemson Players, faculty and staff, as well as H. Morris Cox attended the celebration that recognized outstanding student contributions to Clemson theatre. Learn More...
Clemson Dance Students
Get One-On-One Training
Regina Willoughby, principal dancer of the Columnbia City Ballet, recently presented a masterclass to dance students in the Department of Performing Arts. Learn More...
Performing Arts Department To Host
Day of Percussion
Clemson University’s Department of Performing Arts will host the 2007 South Carolina Day of Percussion at the Brooks Center for the Performing Arts on Saturday, April 14. Learn More...
University Playwright Has Work Premiered
At Washington's Charter Theatre
“37 Stones,” or “The man Who Was A Quarry,” an original play by Clemson University resident playwright Mark Charney was recently premiered at the Charter Theatre in Washington D.C. Learn More...
Clemson Percussionist Chosen for
Disney All American College Band
Clemson percussionist David Agee has been selected to participate in the Disney All American College Band. A junior majoring in Production Studies in Performing Arts with a concentration in music, Agee is one of 20 students selected from national auditions to performing this summer at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, Calif. Learn More...
Professors Collins and Penna
Recognized For Stage Work
Clemson performing arts professors Carrie Ann Collins and Tony Penna were recently awarded Certificates of Merits by the Region IV Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (KCACTF) for their work on the original Clemson Players' production of Sincerely, which premiered last year. Learn More...
Clemson Female Vocal Group Wins National Recognition
TakeNote, Clemson University’s all-female a cappella vocal ensemble, recently earned an A Cappella Community Awards 2007 for Favorite Female Collegiate Group by the Contemporary A Cappella Society (CASA). Learn More...
Clemson Theatre Students Advance To
Regional Competition
Because of their outstanding work, several members of the Clemson Players, Clemson University’s student theatre company, have advanced to the 2007 Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival-Region IV competition to be held this month. Learn More...
Senior Performing Arts Students
To Participate In '365 Days/365 Plays Festival
A group of senior performing arts majors has been selected to participate in 365 Days/365 Plays Festival, a year-long grassroots theatre event spearheaded by the Pulitzer-prize winning playwright Suzan-Lori Parks and nationally acclaimed theatre director and producer Bonnie Metzgar. Learn More...
Guitar Professor Releases New Recording
“May Arise!” the newest recording by Clemson University guitar professor David Stevenson, is an East meets West collaboration. The recording features Stevenson’s intricate guitar playing with and a variety of global percussion instruments, including the Indian tabla, African talking drum, Tibetan bells, as well as Middle Eastern frame drums. Learn More...
Paranoia Strikes Deep In
Student-Directed Theatre Production
Set in a sleazy Oklahoma motel room, Tracy Lett’s “Bug” is a wild ride into paranoia, drugs and conspiracy theories. Members of the Clemson Players and Alpha Psi Omega, the theatre honor society, are presenting “Bug” in the Bellamy Theatre located in the Brooks Center for the Performing Arts at Clemson University beginning Thursday, Nov. 30 through Sunday, Dec. 3. Learn More...
Theatre Professor Has Classic Adaptation Published
Performing Arts faculty member Alexander Harrington has had his stage adaptation of “The Brothers Karamazov Parts I and II” published in “Playing With Canons: Explosive New Works from Great Literature by America’s Indie Playwrights.” Learn More...
Clemson Professor to Perform in China
Piano professor Linda Li-Bleuel has been invited to perform at Shaanxi Normal University in Xian, China, this fall. Li-Bleuel will be in residence at the university for two weeks, where she will present a number of lectures and masterclasses. Learn More...
New York Director Leads Clemson Players
New York director and actor Paul Savas leads the Clemson Players in a production of the tumultuous drama, “Miss Julie.” The play, an in your face battle of the sexes, opens Tuesday, October 3, in the Brooks Center for the Performing Arts at Clemson University. Learn More...
Tiger Band Spreads the Word About Homelessness
Members of the Clemson University Marching Band are putting down their flutes, drums, trumpets and sheet music and picking up saws, drills and hammers in an effort to bring awareness to the problem of homelessness and poverty in our community. Learn More...
Bluegrass Legend Shares Wisdom
With Performing Arts Students
Before his concert that opened the Brooks Center’s 2006-2007 season, bluegrass legend Ricky Skaggs took the time to speak with Clemson University performing arts students.The 11-time Grammy Award winner answered questions and told stories about his 35 years of playing, recording and touring. He even signed a few autographs.
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The Dameron Project Travels to Scotland
Clemson University’s performing arts department is taking its act on the road, more precisely across the Atlantic Ocean. The Clemson Players will present their original interpretation of Giovanni Boccaccio’s 14th century masterpiece “The Decameron” at the 2006 Fringe Edinburgh Festival, this summer in Edinburgh, Scotland.
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Sincerely Selected for Chicago Theatre Festival
“Sincerely,” an original play developed, written, and produced by Clemson University theatre students has been selected to appear at the 2006 Around the Coyote Fall Arts Festival in Chicago. “This is quite an honor to have been chosen,” said Clemson acting professor Carrie Ann Collins, who directed the play. “The festival has earned a reputation for providing stages for emerging theatre companies and actors, original works, as well as renegade and ambulatory groups.”
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