Washtenaw Community College School of Music and Performing Arts.
http://www4.wccnet.edu/academicinfo/creditofferings/programs/schools.php?code=SMPA
Students learn basic creative and performance skills in music, drama and dance and how they are applied in a professional setting. Whether you are exploring your own talents, coordinating the talents of others, or practicing the techniques you will need to make a living at your craft, the School of Music and Performing Arts provides the fundamentals you need.
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Do you feel more alive when you’re on stage, or as part of a creative team? Have you always wanted to act, dance, compose, but have been afraid to try? Then think about WCC’s School of Music and Performing Arts. There’s no other field where you can express yourself to the world. It doesn’t matter what your experience level is. We only care that you grow. The School of Music and Performing Arts is unique. Why? Because it can train you for a career in the arts or provide a background for an appreciation that can last a lifetime. We’ve had students go on to form their own dance companies, perform with the Blue Man Group, write with such artists as Madonna, and transfer to top four-year performing arts programs. You don’t find this level of equipment and rehearsal space in many schools. We have pianos, space for guitar lessons, a soundproof studio, computers set up with all the applications you need to learn sequencing, producing, arranging. We have large dance studios and two theater stages. In Towsley Auditorium, you can learn sound reinforcement and perform in front of hundreds of people. And yes, we have traditional classrooms where you will learn the valuable art of managing your own career as a performer or music engineer. These instructors know what they teach because every single one of them works in the field. They spend their time performing around the country and working with other artists. You get personal, individual attention from these high-caliber instructors, and they know tons of people in the business who can help you. The tuition at WCC is very reasonable — probably what you’d make playing a few gigs. And there are lots of loans, grants,and scholarships that you may qualify for. So whether you want to work on stage or behind the scenes, you can develop an appreciation for the performing arts, and WCC can help make it happen.
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The School of the Arts is divided into Departments of Art History, Music (classical and jazz), Studio Art (painting, drawing, sculpture, printmaking, and photography), and Theatre (including dance), with programs in Arts Management and Historic Preservation and Community Planning. Also included are master programs in Arts Management (offered through the MPA program), Historic Preservation and Community Planning (offered in conjunction with Clemson University), an artist certificate program in Music, a graduate certificate in Arts Management, and a Masters of Arts in Teaching: Choral Music (new this year!). The School has a total of approximately 650 majors, taught by close to 100 full time and adjunct faculty members.
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Washtenaw Community College School of Culinary Arts Video.
Find your passion in food, friends and elegant surroundings. Develop skills for an entry-level position in restaurant, hospitality or institutional settings. Whether your interests lie in pastry and wedding cakes, food preparation and marketing, or management of food service, these are the programs for you.
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Jill Beauchamp I believe that our program here at Washtenaw Community College in Culinary and Hospitality is the program of choice in southeastern Michigan. I know that’s pretty bold, but I just think that if a student wants to learn both theory and practice, we will allow for that. The students are another huge strength of our program.
Andrew Willis I’ve worked in restaurants on and off pretty much my whole life. I’ve worked in the back of the house, the front of the house, I’ve done other things in my career and just came back to what I love.
Cassondra Curtis I feel that I’m getting a lot out of this program. Not only some great friends and a great education, great experience, but just memories that I can have for the rest of my life.
Jill Beauchamp Garrett’s Restaurant is a full service laboratory classroom, where the students learn the art of giving good service while taking the course work along with it.
Cassondra Curtis You actually get to run a restaurant. I know a lot of colleges that have culinary classes, but when I tell them about ours, they’re like, “Wow, that would be so cool.” [Latin music playing]
Zachary Hintalla For the past two years, my most memorable experiences have both dealt with working at Mardi Gras. It’s a blast each year.
Carol Deinzer Mardi Gras is an annual fundraiser at the College for the general scholarship fund. It’s a huge opportunity for our students. Not only do they get real-life experience with serving hundred’s of people, they also get the opportunity to work with chefs from the outside, which just is invaluable.
Jill Beauchamp The most important factor, of course, is the instruction. I think we have top-notch instructors, both full time and part time.
Cassondra Curtis My instructors are actually very wonderful. They are really down-to-earth people, and it makes it so much easier to ask questions and be open and even to be a little silly at times.
Andrew Willis The instructors are just relentless. They’re so tough. I mean, I can’t… I’m just kidding.
Terri Herrera I feel I have to get in with the students instead of standing over lecturing. I have to do it, be involved with them. And I feel as though I get the most out of my students when I teach that way.
Paul McPherson I think what’s important about our program is some of the opportunities that it presents itself, not only a few of our specialty classes, but the individualized attention that our students get here — the counseling and the advice and just the dedication from faculty.
Terri Herrera I still feel as though I’m part of their lives because, hey, I talked to you, I trained you. I feel like they’re my children. It’s just a passion that I have for teaching.
Paul McPherson There’s always an excitement about being a chef or being a pastry chef and being involved in a very active industry.
Gena Parker I feel that I will be sought after I’m done with this program because I’ve learned so much. I have qualities, I have confidence in myself because of the program and what I’ve learned.
Zachary Hintalla The instruction here has definitely prepared me to move on to what I’d like to do later on in life: to run my own restaurant.
Jill Beauchamp When I see a student find a career that they’re passionate about, that is the greatest source of pride for me.
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Meet the faculty, alumni, and students behind Muhlenberg College’s highly ranked Theatre and Dance Department.
The Muhlenberg College experience offers a direct learning partnership among faculty and students in the classroom, the laboratory and the performance studio. Students at Muhlenberg are more than nurtured to succeed. They are encouraged to grow and to take risks. Muhlenberg offers the opportunity to foster the most important goal of the liberal arts education – the education of the whole person.
Theatre and Dance programs at Muhlenberg College are uniquely a cultural resource for the college, an entertainment center for the campus, and a community arts center that is recognized by Lehigh Valley audiences. The Baker Center for the Arts and the companion Trexler Pavilion for Theatre & Dance offer intimate, professional venues for the performing and visual arts that serve audiences of tens of thousands of people from the surrounding communities.
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A short feature on Norco’s program on Game Art.
You may contact NorcoGameArt@rcc.edu to get more information about the Game Art program and the enrollment process in RCC.
Also, you may visit http://www.rcc.edu/NorcoGameArt to view the program’s classes and view some of the students’ artwork.
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Brian Tallarico of Tallarico’s Chocolates in Bethlehem, Pa., provides a tasting of his signature chocolates. Students and faculty from Northampton Community College’s Culinary Arts program joins in on the chocolate tasting.
Video Courtesy: Craig Kapilow, a radio/TV major at Northampton Community College
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