Taking a page from poetry to understand the music
Music theorist Matt BaileyShea explores the interrelationship between poetry, lyrics, and music in a new book.
Artist Mizin Shin inspires change with printmaking
To counter anti-Asian hate, the Rochester professor has harnessed her love of a traditional art form combined with a digital sensibility.
Costume-ready for ‘fabulously fun’ glam rock theater
A behind-the-scenes photo gallery shows the International Theatre Program gearing up for its production of Hedwig and the Angry Inch.
Novelist Joanna Scott returns to short stories in Excuse Me While I Disappear
The acclaimed writer and University of Rochester English professor explores the theme of ‘lost stories.’
Inaugural theater production at Sloan Performing Arts Center opens December 2
The International Theatre Program returns to in-person performances as it presents Aaron Posner’s Stupid F*cking Bird, a modern adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s The Seagull.
Dance concert showcases the interplay of lights, music, and action in a brand-new space
The Sloan Performing Arts Center serves as a new campus site for students, faculty, and guest artists to perform original choreography.
University takes the stage at 10th annual KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival
The recently opened Sloan Performing Arts Center on the River Campus gives Rochester’s arts community a new venue to shine.
Mosaic graces walls of new River Campus performance space
Chinese American artist Jay Yan installed a mural made of nearly 8,000 mirrored discs in the University of Rochester’s Sloan Performing Arts Center.
Professor of Japanese remembered as a prolific and creative scholar
David Holloway was a promising assistant professor in Japanese studies and director of the East Asian studies undergraduate program.
‘ARTs + Change’ a formula for transformation
A virtual conference hosted by the University’s Institute for the Performing Arts brings together artists and educators to reimagine the arts.