NCSA convocation [sound recording] / address by Robert Ward. 1999.

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NCSA convocation [sound recording] / address by Robert Ward. 1999.

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Recording of Robert Ward's 1968 convocation address at the North Carolina School of the Arts. President Ward discusses the current state of NCSA ; the appointment of Lawrence Carlson as Dean of Academic Studies ; the Festival of Contemporary Art and its relationship to the course of study at NCSA ; new developments in school policies and expansion projects, both physical and academic ; the nature and purpose of NCSA ; the responsibilities of the student body, faculty, and administration ; the nature of the relationship between faculty and students ; and reasons for the establishment of an honor system at NCSA. He addresses the importance of counseling for first-year students ; the relationship between hard work, high standards, and success in the performing arts ; the need for and nature of discipline ; and the use of NCSA as a model for other states wishing to establish performing arts schools.

1 sound disc (46:01) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

eng,

University of North Carolina School of the Arts, Semans Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7438001

University of North Carolina School of the Arts, Semans Library

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Festival of Contemporary Art (1968 : Winston-Salem, N.C.)

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Ward, Robert, 1917-2013

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Originally composed for string quartet, 1937; arranged 1937-40. First performance Detroit, July 1941, Merrill String Ensemble, Celia Merrill conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Andante and scherzo for strings / Robert E. Ward. [1937-1940] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 56906096 Composed 1937 for a symphony in E minor, not completed. First performance Rochester, New York, April 1938, Rochester Civic Orchestra, Howard Hanson con...

North Carolina School of the Arts

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Fifty-five high school seniors filed into the school auditorium for NCSA's first school commencement on June 8, 1966 to hear Dr. Vittorio Giannini, the first president of the school charge the graduates with the responsibility of continuing their growth as artists. More than half were to return in the fall as college students. At the second commencement, in addition to the second high school class, bachelor of music degrees were presented to the college graduates. As the school's graduates left ...