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University of Northern Colorado College of Performing & Visual Arts

We are a college of artists, musicians, actors, designers, dancers and scholars. We love turning passion into professional skills for meaningful careers.

And our season of arts events shares multiple kinds of art with our community every year! UNC College of Performing and Visual Arts is the home of the School of Art, the School of Music and the School of Theatre and Dance. We are an energetic arts community. Our faculty, staff, and students collaborate and advance the practice of the arts in a dynamic and highly supportive environment. The College is devoted to helping students prepare for careers in the arts and has the facilities and advanced technology, the faculty and staff, and the experience to provide serious students with an engaging education in Music, Visual Arts, Theatre and Dance.

10/01/2026

FACULTY SPOTLIGHT: Music & Theatre Faculty 🌟

Voice faculty Armando Contreras is making his LA Opera debut in May 2027 singing the title role in Paola Prestini's The Old Man and the Sea. He also contributed to an article in Opera America Magazine recently that explores the roots of opera in America.

Music composition faculty Ludek Drizhal is one of five nominees for the Public Choice award in the World Soundtrack Awards for his film score for Starbright.

Lighting design and technology faculty Brian Hapcic won a 2026 Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Training from the University Resident Theatre Association (URTA).

Acting faculty Ken Womble won the Best Short Film at the Myrtle Beach International Film Festival for his short film 'Til Harvest Comes, which was a collaborative project with several other UNC School of Theatre Arts & Dance faculty and alumni.

Congrats, all!! 🥳

09/25/2026

UNC School of Theatre Arts & Dance is hard at work getting ready for Arthur Miller's gripping American drama All My Sons, which opens in 2 weeks on October 8 in Norton Theatre!

09/22/2026

Our faculty recital lineup is in full force this month! Catch Daniel Cosio, trombone, tonight at 6:30 p.m. in Campus Commons Performance Hall. Then hear Tim Gocklin next Tuesday the 29th—same time, same place! 🎶

09/18/2026

Did you know about UNC's Latin Beat Ensemble? Or that you can study Latinx Music at UNC? Come learn all about it next Friday, September 25, at 7:30 p.m. in Campus Commons Performance Hall!

At Celebremos: Three Years of Latinx Music at UNC, you'll hear the amazing UNC Latin Beat Ensemble, awesome UNC faculty and guest artists, and local student music groups Salida Del Sol Academy Mariachi and the Greeley Central High School Latinx Music Club.

It will be a musical journey through Latin America—from mariachi and Cuban rhythms to Brazilian bossa nova, cumbia, and Latin American art song—with a vibrant batucada procession moving through the audience.

Javier Asdrúbal Vinasco Guzmán

09/16/2026

Congrats to our alumni Cora Eastman and Macey Boren and School of Art and Design faculty Samuel D**g Saul for being featured in this year's Weld Walls Mural Festival! Check out the festival now through this weekend.

University of Northern Colorado Alumni Association

09/14/2026

Come Sing with UNC Choirs Nov.21!
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Another UNC Collaboration/ alumni and friends reunion!

UNC Alumni and Friends- Join the UNC Choirs, Orchestra, and Faculty Soloists as a singer in a performance of the spectacular Verdi Requiem! Our guest conductor for this event is Maestra Chloe Dufresne.

This performance is part of our UNC Bailey Choral Festival and is presented in memory of the late Dr. Don Bailey, who, with his wife Karen, has been our festival's primary benefactor for several decades.

For more info, schedule, and for sign up link: https://forms.gle/DHnkFHxCSfZd7rSo8

Please reach out to [email protected] with any questions.

09/11/2026

UNC Staff Pianists Kati Rittner and friends are hard at work getting ready for their recital on September 15. How many pianists can you fit on one piano? How many pianos will be on the stage in Campus Commons Performance Hall? Come to the recital at 6:30 p.m. to find out!

09/04/2026

School of Art and Design faculty Matt McHugh is exhibiting his artwork at Colorado State University in the Curfman Gallery over the next two months. In this solo show entitled Under the Sun, McHugh reflects on the vastness of time and transience of human life. He recontextualizes Paleolithic cave art and uses imagery of celestial bodies to explore the connectedness of humanity while referencing his individual place within it.

Check out his artwork now through November 6!

Artwork shown: Matthew McHugh, The Hounds, 2026, watercolor and gouache, 36x48 inches

08/28/2026

UNC School of Theatre Arts & Dance alum Oscar Whitney, Jr. is on the cast of the North American Tour of the musical Hamilton! Our Musical Theatre professor Ryan Driscoll went to Oklahoma City last week to support him for the opening of the tour.

University of Northern Colorado Alumni Association

08/25/2026

We are thrilled to launch our 2026-27 season of unforgettable arts events! Our lineup is themed Tradition and Transformation, inviting you to revel in both artistic heritage and creative change. Art doesn't exist in a vacuum—join us this season for a concert, play, musical, opera or art exhibition and be a part of our vibrant arts community.

Learn more at https://www.unco.edu/pva/events/season/.

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