The annual Scholarship Luncheon took place on Friday, April 5, in the University Center’s Tennessee Room. The event connected students with donors and honored the generosity of scholarship benefactors.
UTC Symphony Orchestra to perform spring concert on April 21
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Symphony Orchestra will present its annual spring concert at 3 p.m. on Sunday, April 21, in the UTC Fine Arts Center’s Roland Hayes Concert Hall. The concert is free and open to the public.
Trousdale School and UTC music therapy students harmonize with engaging activity swap
Rhythmic sounds of drums, maracas, shakers, tambourines and jingle bells rang out in the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Fine Arts Center on Friday, March 8.
Women in brass: Trumpet Professor Erika Schafer’s Athena Brass Band experience
On Feb. 1, Dr. Erika Schafer performed with the Athena Brass Band at the Ohio Music Education Association Conference in Columbus, Ohio, the third-largest music conference in the country.
‘Full STEAM Ahead’ field trip brings Atlanta academy to UTC
On Friday, Feb. 16, UTC hosted nearly 330 middle and high school students from Coretta Scott King Young Women’s Leadership Academy (CSKYWLA) in Atlanta for a “Full STEAM Ahead” field trip.
An ode to the arts: UTC Black History Month calendar features theatre, dance, art … and even yoga
UTC Black History Month 2024 kicks off on Thursday, Feb. 1, and this year’s theme is “African Americans and the Arts.” Among the event highlights is a three-night reenactment, “Baldwin vs. Buckley” as performed by the New York-based american vicarious theatre group.
UTC Symphony Orchestra to perform concerto concert on Feb. 4
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Symphony Orchestra will present a concerto concert at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 4, in the UTC Fine Arts Center’s Roland Hayes Concert Hall. The concert is free and open to the public.
Musicians, speakers to come together for “O King”
On Thursday, Jan. 25, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Department of Music, the Ruth Holmberg Professor of American Music, the Vice Chancellor for Access and Engagement and the Office of Multicultural Affairs will partner with the Bessie Smith Cultural Center to present “O King.” The free concert, open to the public, will begin at 7 p.m. in the Bessie Smith Cultural Center performance hall (200 E. M.L. King Blvd.). The venue is accessible.
Two solo acts: Music, Theatre to operate own departments
Thanks to programmatic innovations in both divisions, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Department of Performing Arts is being dissolved and replaced with a pair of autonomous units. When students return to campus for the spring 2024 semester, they will come back to the Department of Theatre and the Department of Music.
Marching Mocs travel to London for New Year’s Day parade
Ninety-two Marching Mocs band members will travel to London on Wednesday, Dec. 27, to participate in the London New Year’s Day Parade. The parade will be broadcast in the U.S. on PBS stations starting at 7 a.m. EST.