Articles from:September 2014

  • Music and Dramatic Arts collaborate with the Niagara Symphony Orchestra

    Thursday, September 18, 2014 | By

    Many Canadian orchestras have brought Classical Kids’ Beethoven Lives Upstairs program to their stages over the years, but the Niagara Symphony has brought a fresh new approach to this classic event.  Brock Dramatic Arts student Elizabeth Pereira and alumnus Evan Mulrooney will play the roles of Christoph and the Uncle respectively, in performance with the Niagara Symphony (led by music director Bradley Thachuk) in April 2015.  They earned the roles through competitive auditions at the school, and will be directed by Brock Professor of Drama Virginia Reh.

    It’s part of a many-faceted partnership between the NSA and the university.  The Niagara Symphony is Orchestra in Residence at Brock University, NSO concert notes are prepared by Brock Music Department faculty member Dr. Brian E. Power, the NSO participates in the Community Arts Partnership with the Brock Department of Music, Brock Music Ed Plus ensembles are featured in as part of Spotlight On!, Music Ed Plus students mentor and volunteer at Summer Music Camp, Brock faculty members coach, and adjudicate practice auditions, for students in The Academy @ SMC, NSO musicians Laura Thomas, Brent Adams, Gordon Cleland, Steve Fralick, Zoltan Kalman, Vera Alexeeva and Patricia Dydnansky are on faculty with the Brock Department of Music, and the NSO offers special PSSTnso (post secondary student ticket) pricing for university students.

    from the article posted September 17 in the Orchestra News, Weekly Newsletter
    at http://orchestrascanada.org/2014/09/17/new-partnership-for-the-niagara-symphony/

     

     

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  • DART Co-op experiences in 2014

    Friday, September 12, 2014 | By

    DART Co-op students take their studies in theatre to related work opportunities at some of the best employers in the the GTA and Niagara cultural sector.  Fifteen students began their Co-op studies at DART in the fall of 2014.

    Elena Milenkovski, DART, worked as an intern with SummerWorks Performance Festival, Toronto.  The SummerWorks Festival is an 11-day festival spanning theatre, dance, live art and music that enables approximately 40 – 50 independent productions per year to be staged. SummerWorks supports work that has a clear artistic vision and explores a specific theatrical aesthetic. It encourages risks, questions, and creative explorations while insisting on accessibility, integrity and professionalism. Elena was very excited to add this experience to her resume. She proved to be an invaluable part of the team.  Her organizational skills, initiative and strong interpersonal skills aided the festival in marketing and gaining sponsors for the 2014 event.
    @alesiadane @BrockCoop Ditto! We can’t overstate our love for Elena and her significant contributions to #SW14.
    Emi Forster, SummerWorks Performance Festival, August 19, Twitter
     
    Three DART students worked at the Shaw Festival Theatre for the 2014 season.  Amanda McDonnell, Sarah Bradford and Alexandra Towne worked in various roles in the green room, box office and retail sections of the theatre. Dianne Gibbs, Human Resources Manager, felt that these students had the perfect combination of communication and interpersonal skills mixed with a love of theatre for these roles.

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  • Assistant Professor joins the Centre for Digital Humanities

    Wednesday, September 10, 2014 | By

    The Centre for Digital Humanities is pleased to welcome Dr. Jason Hawreliak to the position of Assistant Professor, Game Studies.

    Hawreliak comes to the Centre for Digital Humanities from the University of Waterloo’s Games Institute, where he was a SSHRC Accelerate Mitacs postdoctoral fellow researching gamification and problem-solving. His research interests include the rhetorical, psychological and cultural function of videogames. He is particularly interested in how games convey meaning and how they can be used for persuasive purposes. Hawreliak is also currently involved in a project which examines playfulness in maker culture and its impact on self-esteem. He ultimately hopes to bridge the gap between game studies (analysis) and game development (production), and believes that each has a great deal to offer the other. Hawreliak is a co-founder and editor of the online game studies periodical, First Person Scholar, which seeks to occupy the middleground between academic journals and personal blogs.

    The Centre for Digital Humanities currently offers an undergraduate program in Interactive Arts and Science (IASC) that supports learning in a wide range of practices and disciplines informed by human-computer interaction, visualization, and simulation. In 2015, pending Ministry approval, IASC will launch the GAME program, a collaboration between IASC, the Brock University Department of Computer Science, and the Game Development Program at nearby Niagara College.
     

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