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Fabulous performances during the Tony Awards tonight, alumni Lucas Steele in GREAT COMET & Billy Bustamante in MISS SAIGON 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 #uartsalumni #uartsproud #uarts #brindschool #tonyaward @brindschool @universityofthearts @phillydotcom @thelucassteele @greatcometbway @misssaigonus @bjcb (at Rockefeller Center)

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Slow motion photo booth video has arrived from UArts Day on October 10, 2017!

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'Z' Big Band gathered for dinner following their performance at the 2017 Monterey Jazz Festival 😎#uartsperforms #uartsproud #zbigband #uartsmusic @montereyjazzfestival (at Sapporo Sushi and Steakhouse)

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SEPTEMBER 7th, 2017: "Z" BIG BAND CELEBRATION CONCERT. Please join us! Only a few tickets remain - tickets are FREE with a suggested $25 donation. 🔴 In celebration of their win at the recent Monterey Jazz Festival's Next Generation Jazz Competition, we invite you to an exclusive "Z" Big Band concert event! Join us in a celebration of the musicians before their trip to perform at the legendary Monterey Jazz Festival in California! 🔴 This exciting concert, chaired by The University of the Arts professor emeritus Evan Solot, features performances by the "Z" Big Band and by UArts big band musicians from the past 50 years, as well as a special post-concert alumni jam session. 🔴 7:30p-9:00p, Caplan Recital Hall 211 South Broad Street, Terra Hall 🔴 All attendees are invited to join us for a post-concert reception and alumni jam session immediately following the concert. Please note that there are a very limited number of tickets available and we fully expect this event to sell out quickly. 🔴 To reserve tickets, please contact Emily Bilodeau, Interim Assistant Director for Alumni and Parent Relations, at ebilodeau@uarts.edu or (215) 717-6136 🔴 #uarts #uartsmusic #zbigband #montereyjazzfestival #uartsalumni #uartsperforms #uartsproud

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The UArts School of Dance has stickers to celebrate the start of a new year! Grab 'em while they last - available in their office, 2nd floor of Terra Hall! . . 🔴🔴 🔴🔴 . . #uartsdance #uartsproud (at Terra Building (UArts))

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Junior Design + Tech major Larry is stoked for the first day of classes. #brindschool #uartsproud #👍@lbarnes6444 (at Ira Brind School of Theater Arts)

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Congratulations to Brind School Alum Lee Colston (Acting '09) who has been selected as a Resident Artist by The National Black Theatre: Institute for Action Arts (NBT) for its I Am Soul Playwright Residency Program. The I Am Soul Playwright Residency is the nation's premier theatrical program dedicated solely to the development of Black playwrights, and committed to providing a workshop production of their new works. @natblacktheatre #uartsproud #uartsalumni @universityofthearts

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Connie Koppe, professor of voice and speech at UArts, returns this summer as director for the Delaware Valley Opera's production of LA BOHEME: Aug 5, 9, 13 @ Venice Island Performing Arts Center in Manayunk! 🌹 🌹 🌹 Previous operas that Connie has directed include, The Merry Widow, Carmen, The Marriage of Figaro, Amahl and the Night Visitors, The Magic Flute, La Cenerentola, The Barber of Seville and The Pirates of Penzance. 🍃 🍃 🍃 ℹ️The Delaware Valley Opera Company, based in Germantown, provides opportunities for local singers to learn and perform full length operas as they build their careers or or a chance to perform as they build a family. 💦The Venice Island Performing Arts & Recreation Center, is a perfect performance location for this yearly summer opera season! . . . #uartsfaculty #uartssummer #uartsproud #manayunk @venice_island @manayunkphilly @manayunktavern @delvalopera (at Venice Island Performing Arts Recreation Center)

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🔜Tom Lawton (Jazz Piano Instructor at UArts School of Music) plays today in DC & tomorrow in Pittsburgh with saxophonist Odean Pope! 🎶🎹🎶🎷 6/16: Odean Pope's Sax Choir x Reginald Cyntje :: DC Jazz Loft Series ▪️ 6/17: Pittsburgh JazzLive International Festival 2017 ▪️ 7/6 Tom is the Music Director for People's Jazz Vocal Festival at Hatfield House in Fairmount Park, sponsored by the Philadelphia Jazz Project. 🔸Featured vocalists on July 6 are Lee-Mo, Rhenda Fearrington, and Paul Jost. And some UArts alumni are in the mix! Sam Greenfield on saxophone; Shane Adam Aaserud on bass; and Veteran Dan Monaghan on drums.🔸 ▪️ 7/13: 🎻 Tom has a concert of mostly original music with violinist Diane Monroe & bassist Matthew Parrish at Exuberance in Northern Liberties, a new performance space. 🌐https://musicians.allaboutjazz.com/tomlawton #uartssummer #uartsfaculty #uartsperforms #uartsproud #uarts #uartsmusic #phillyjazz UArts Alumni Association The University of the Arts

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Ira Brind School of Theater Arts students tour through Europe with Joshua Logan Walker's EDISON! Prague ➡️ England ➡️ Scotland Check out their travel blog! 📝 edisonisalie.com @praguefringe @iyaf_kingston @gmfringe @buxtonfringe @edfringe #edisonisalie #tesla #theedisoncru

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UArts Dance in Israel with Project 48 will be LIVE at 1pm! Visit the event "UArts Dance }{ Project 48" on Facebook to stream! #uartsproud #uartsdance #uartsperforms

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Haven't seen Gary Reagan ('15, UArts School of Dance) in Sylvan Esso's music video for KICK, JUMP, TWIST, yet? Here you go - Happy Thursday!

Directed by Mimi Cave Choreography by Danielle Agami (Ate9 dANCEcOMPANY)

For full credits: http://www.mimicave.com/…/mimic…/SYLVAN-ESSO-KICK-JUMP-TWIST

For full music video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wyijgutlSM

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The 2017 Laurie Beechman Award was presented to Sarah Flaim this year! This scholarship is awarded following an extensive audition process to a rising Musical Theater senior. Sarah joins the ranks of previous Beechman awardees Mitchell Hansen, Elexis Morton, Hannah Record, Madison Auch, Joey Bermudez, Brendan Dalton, Rory Donovan, Michael Doherty, Jamison Foreman, Mat Burrow, Artie Sievers, Kelli Barrett, Kati Donovan, Alece DeLuca Demaray, Rob Tucker, Lindsay Wiebe, Vanessa Sonon, Brad Hoff, Wendell Howlett and Brad Loekle. #uartsproud #uartsperforms

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Congratulations to Brind School grad Jaime Jarrett! President Yager presented him with the President's Award at last week's commencement- acknowledging academic and artistic achievements during his time at UArts! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 #uartsproud #uartsperforms

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The journey continues with dancin' in front of Hamilton! #UArtsCommencement2017 #uartsperforms #uartsproud #uartsdance #uartsmusic

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Faculty supportin the grads like whoa. #uartscommencement2017 #uartsproud (at Merriam Theater)