An inside look at a potential music industry internship It’s almost 10:45 a.m. as I wait outside the Home Depot in Lindon, Utah. This is our meeting place. Today, Saturday, Oct. 29, I am going to experience firsthand what it is like to be on tour with a country music star. Charley […]
Music gives listeners an opportunity to escape into the unknown for a while. This same escape can be offered through dance, only dance guides the mind into a specific area through the interpretation of the choreography. UVU’s Synergy Dance Team is offering a way into these unique states of mind through their upcoming performance […]
It’s one of the most popular dances UVU throws and this year was no different. Students flocked to the loud music in hoards, dressed to impress. Pairs of female Marios and Luigis danced to Beyonce. Various kitty cats got down to Ke$ha. There was even a T-Pain crunking to his own songs. Costumes ranged from […]
The Russian Club bands together to help a couple bring a girl into their family. Within the next year a new child will be arriving, but this one won’t be coming by stork. She’ll be coming by airplane all the way from Ukraine to the U.S. This past Tuesday evening, Nov. 1, guests […]
In perhaps one of the most beautiful experiences ever orchestrated by the UVU fine arts department, 300 chorus members, ballet dancers and musicians crowded on the stage of the Covey Fine Arts Center to perform “Carmina Burana.” On Friday night, Nov. 4, the hall was filled with anxious attendees waiting for a unique performance. […]
DST – (Sounds like it’s spelled.) As the golden days of summer fade into memory, we once again are faced with the task of adjusting our clocks to reflect the inevitable fall into fall. Though last week was mostly sunny, and it had been long enough since we sprang forward into spring that I […]
Legs twirled over shoes like spindles to the floor, arms flapped in formation, and bodies thrusted forward to undulate like serpents as they popped their assets to create sizzling performances. Ten dance crews echoed each other’s performances with new beats and styles, some shadowy stilted marionettes, others neon ribboned liquid gyrations of hips and […]
The video game industry is worth $10.5 billion annually. A class at UVU is trying to help students get in on some of that money. The class is Art 426R or Concept Design I. It was designed by Don Seegmiller and Kevin Scholz, who teaches the class. The idea behind the class is […]
The biggest undertaking the fine arts department has ever attempted is being spearheaded by a professor who’s only been on campus two years. Last year, Dr. Reed Criddle, Director of Choral Activities, had the idea of producing “Carmina Burana,” an ambitious performance piece that would involve nearly every part of the fine arts department. […]
Everybody wants to be a rockstar. The adrenaline of playing in front of millions of people, the money and the fame are all parts of the rockstar dream that so many musicians share. Like every teenage boy who picks up a guitar and dreams about being the next Hendrix, or every young girl stepping […]