Chamber musician, soloist and teaching artist Michael Compitello joins Arizona State University's School of Music, Dance and Theatre as assistant professor of percussion beginning this fall. Compitello is an advocate for the efficacy of contemporary music in contemporary society and for building community around the arts.
One of the great things about the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts at Arizona State University is the chance for designers and artists from different fields to work together.
Students from The Design School and the School of Music, Dance and Theatre recently collaborated to create the lobby displays for the ASU Theatre production of “the living’life of the daughter mira.”
When most people think of Dallas, they think barbecue, big hats and bigger buckles, not Black theater innovators. As the first Black man to earn a PhD in theater with an emphasis on youth and community from Arizona State University, Rev. Dontá McGilvery’s trailblazing onstage represents only one of the many paths he has carved for himself.
Arizona State University Professor Micha Espinosa has been named the 2022 recipient of the Professor Alberto Ríos Outstanding Literary/Arts Award by the Victoria Foundation. A longstanding member of the Screen Actors Guild, Espinosa is known as a national and international presence and a leading voice for social justice in the classroom.
Sven Ortel, professor of practice at Arizona State University, is designing two Broadway shows while completing his first semester teaching at ASU.
Editor’s note: This story is part of a series of profiles of notable fall 2022 graduates.
Sheilah Utley started her college journey in her hometown of Flagstaff, Arizona, at Northern Arizona University. She said she “major hopped” through a variety of STEM fields, but none of them made her happy.
Editor's note: This story is part of a series of profiles of notable spring 2021 graduates.
Benjamin Cortez has been playing music for most of his life. He grew up in a musical family and took classical piano lessons from age 3 to 6, but his training and coursework at Arizona State University has completely changed the way he now approaches music.
Editor's note: This story is part of a series of profiles of notable spring 2021 graduates.
Eliana O’Brien thrives in environments that require personal engagement and creative flexibility.
In May, she will graduate with a Bachelor of Music in music learning and teaching.
Early in February, small live events with the School of Music, Dance and Theatre’s Bachelor of Fine Arts candidates in dance took place at Arizona State University’s Margaret Gisolo Dance Theatre and included performances of original work created by the students, artist discussions and art installations. Recordings from the two days of events will stream March 12 at 7:30 p.m.
“Undoing Time: Art and Histories of Incarceration,” the social justice exhibition at the ASU Art Museum, asks viewers to do more than contemplate the artworks that address mass incarceration.
The show, the first ever to take over the entire museum, wants visitors to be actively engaged in thinking about the history, the future and their own relationship to the crisis.
