This Week at SOTA
NKU School of the Arts - Jan. 25, 2021
Visual Arts collaborates on MLK activity packets
In honor of the life and work of Martin Luther King, Jr., the Visual Arts Program partnered with NKU's Office of Community Connections to create MLK Day activity packets for local school kids. The packets use art to help kids learn about Civil Rights heroes. Creative activities within ask kids to reflect on ways in which they can enact positive change in the world. Packets include hand-drawn portraits, prompts for self-reflection, and an invitation to respond to Dr. King's call to make the world a better place. Over 700 students received packets for at-home and classroom use. They contained an activity zine, MLK Jr. Day of Service sticker, and NKU Visual Arts Pennant.
Prof. Joe Cobbs (Professor, Sports Business & Event Management) said the zine was a great activity for his family to do together on MLK Day, celebrating Dr. King's legacy. He also stated, "It's such a vital topic for kids to understand and your efforts helped us converse as a family about its importance." Pictured with their productions are Finley (age 7), Harper (age 9) and Griffin (age 5). Thanks for sharing your zines with us!
Project coordinated and designed by faculty Julie Mader-Meersman, Randel Plowman, and Julia Sebastian, with production assistance from Visual Communication Design students Madeline Kunkel and Sydney Bryan. The activity zine was printed in two colors on SOTA's new Risograph printer using soy-based inks. The pennants were screen printed by the project team.
Winter Piano Pedagogy Conference
About Scott Price:
Scott Price currently serves as Carolina Distinguished Professor of Music at the University of South Carolina School of Music. He is internationally recognized for his work with students with autism and other special needs and has presented solo recitals and workshops for piano teachers throughout the United States and in Canada, South Korea, Thailand, Singapore, and Malaysia. Dr. Price is creator and editor-in-chief of the on-line piano pedagogy journal Piano Pedagogy Forum, has recorded 39 compact discs of educational piano music for Alfred Publishing Company, and has published educational compositions with Alfred Publishing Company and the FJH Music Company. Awards include the Best of BGSU Outstanding Graduate alumnus award from Bowling Green State University in 2002, the 2008 MTNA Frances Clark Keyboard Pedagogy Award, being named a 2009 Music Teachers National Association Foundation Fellow, the 2012 Southeastern Conference Faculty Achievement Award for the University of South Carolina, and the 2019 Frances Clark Center for Keyboard Pedagogy Outstanding Service Recognition Award. Dr. Price is the founder and director of the Carolina LifeSong Initiative dedicated to providing piano lesson and music experiences for students with special needs, and in fostering best practices in teaching and teacher training.
Dancing into 2021
The students from DAN 375 Choreography class created and filmed their own choreography in the atrium staircase of the Health Innovation Center in the Fall 2020 semester.
Dance at NKU is a highly immersive program with a specialized lens of traditional and cultural genres of dance including African, ballet, modern, jazz, tap, musical theatre, and more. We are focused on a holistic approach to artistic education, studying dance anatomy, choreography, dance history, dance pedagogy, and performance with an inclusive eye toward dance as an ever-evolving art form of expression, education, and community through embodied knowledge and academic inquiry. We seek to discover the artist within the human and the human within the artist to develop a future of what the arts can be for us all. We are artists in the making and we are artists making art.
Chamber Choir Virtual Performance
Women's Choir "Missa Festiva"
Calling All Alumni!
We have revamped our Alumni pages and would love to have you share your story with us! If you graduated from any SOTA program, fill out our Alumni Update form and you may be featured on our website and other publications!
Virtual Events and Performances
Music
- Music Faculty Showcase Concert
- Jazz Studies "Compilation" digital album
- Latin Jazz
- Steel Drum Band
- Keyboard Area Recital
Theatre & Dance
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