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Faculty News: Lydia Diamond Nominated for 2019 Writers Guild Awards

Congratulations to Professor Lydia Diamond on receiving a nomination for the episodic drama category of the 2019 Writers Guild Awards (WGA). Professor Diamond’s nomination ... continue reading

Faculty Amos Gillespie’s New Album Recognized by Fanfare Magazine

DeBoor Canfield from Fanfare Magazine described the album as “work that packs a sultry sort of wallop,” adding that “Gillespie writes with a distinctive, ... continue reading

One-Off: art in action

“One-Off“ is an OpEd feature of the CADA e-newsletter designed to instigate discussion and debate within the College’s community by presenting a current preoccupation ... continue reading

Music Faculty Elbio Barilari’s Album Release: Paquito Libre

Our very own Elbio Barilari has released a new album along with guitarist/synthesist Julia A. Miller under U.S.A.’s leading blues and jazz record label ... continue reading

UIC Wind Ensemble

10.23.2018 On Friday October 12 the UIC wind ensemble performed at the UIC theatre with works such as Carnival Overture, Ecstatic Waters, Blue Shades, ... continue reading

UIC Senior Morgan Pirtle Wins National Jazz Awards

Each year, DownBeat magazine, one of the nation’s premier jazz publications, singles out exemplary jazz students across the country for their Student Music Awards. ... continue reading

Welcoming a New Head of Music

We’re thrilled to introduce our new Head of Music, Dr. Louis Bergonzi. In addition to all the work he’s going to be doing supporting ... continue reading

Theatre Alum Shines at Goodman

BA Theatre alum Daniel Kyri recently made his Goodman Theatre debut to great acclaim. Kyri performs the role of Shedrick Yarkpai, a Liberian refugee ... continue reading

Valery Beliakovich and International Theatre

In September 1989, after a busy summer of fundraising, 18 theatre students from UIC finally boarded a flight to Moscow to spend two weeks ... continue reading

Yasen Peyankov wins Distinguished Faculty Award

Yasen Peyankov has received the inaugural College of Architecture, Design, and the Arts (CADA) Distinguished Faculty Award. This honorary award acknowledges tenured or clinical ... continue reading

Glengarry Glen Ross: Remix

In 1984 David Mamet received the Pulitzer Prize for his play Glengarry Glen Ross, which chronicles two days in the working lives of four ... continue reading

Memorial for Vincent A. Paglione

10.26.2016 Earlier this year we were saddened to say farewell to a much-loved supporter of the School of Theatre & Music. Please join us in ... continue reading

Learning to Write a Bad Play

Monday’s theatre master class provided something of a twist on the traditional model when Luigi Salerni (retired UIC professor) returned to teach students how ... continue reading

UIC Director of Jazz Studies, Andy Baker, in Downbeat October Issue

UIC Director of Jazz Studies, Andy Baker, praised in the October 2016 issue of Downbeat Magazine for his direction of the album New Standard ... continue reading

Kappa Kappa Psi at UIC

After almost two and a half years worth of work we are thrilled to announce that we have installed the Nu Pi Chapter of ... continue reading