Turn your passion into a profession with Creative Arts Enterprise

Posted by Fitchburg State University on March 19, 2025 at 12:27 PM

Do you love performing music, painting, acting, sculpting, writing songs, but you’ve gotten the message that your art isn’t a “real job”? Fitchburg State’s B.A. in Creative Arts Enterprise (CAE) gives students the opportunity to develop a personalized and flexible set of skills, with which they emerge as creative artists ready to meet the needs of audiences and arts organizations in a shifting global economy.

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Topics: Humanities, Creative Arts Enterprise

Jazz Band Readies for Spring Music Mega Mix

Posted by Andy Cunningham on March 17, 2025 at 12:30 PM

Music Professor Justin Casinghino leads the Jazz Band in a practice session as they get ready for next week's Spring Music Mega Mix.  Learn more about our Music Programs here.

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Topics: Humanities, Music Programs, Creative Arts Therapies, Creative Arts Enterprise

Around Campus - Music Theory

Posted by Andy Cunningham on March 5, 2025 at 11:15 AM

Music Professor Justin Casinghino  examines rhythmic notation, including meters and tempo with students in his Basic Music Theory course. Learn more about our Music Programs here.

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Topics: Humanities, Music Programs, Creative Arts Therapies, Creative Arts Enterprise

Around Campus - Drawing; Still Life & Shapes

Posted by Andy Cunningham on February 27, 2025 at 3:30 PM

Students in Hanna Melnyczuk's Drawing class learn about shapes and light as they work on their still life renderings. This is a studio course that introduces students to the practice of drawing with emphasis on the description of form through means of line, shade, and perspective. Learn more about our Fine Art Program here.

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Topics: Humanities, Creative Arts Therapies, Creative Arts Enterprise

Around Campus - Jazz Band Jam Session

Posted by Andy Cunningham on February 24, 2025 at 2:15 PM

Music Professor Justin Casinghino leads the Jazz Band in a  jam session featuring Dave Brubeck's Take Five in Conlon Fine Arts. Learn more about our Music Programs here.

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Topics: Humanities, Music Programs, Creative Arts Therapies, Creative Arts Enterprise

Around Campus - Jazz Band

Posted by Andy Cunningham on January 27, 2025 at 3:15 PM

Music Professor Justin Casinghino leads the Jazz Band in a  jam session in Conlon Fine Arts. Learn more about our Music Programs here.

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Topics: Humanities, Music Programs, Creative Arts Therapies, Creative Arts Enterprise

Around Campus - Concert Choir Day 1

Posted by Andy Cunningham on January 17, 2025 at 10:15 AM

Meredith Neumann, who is working with our choirs while Dr. Jonathan Harvey is on sabbatical, held a first day meeting of the Fitchburg State Concert Choir in Weston Auditorium. Learn more about our music programs here.

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Topics: Humanities, Music Programs, Creative Arts Therapies, Creative Arts Enterprise

Exhibit Set Up in Hammond Hall Art Gallery

Posted by Andy Cunningham on January 14, 2025 at 2:15 PM

Fine Arts Professor Jessica Robey and Artist Todd Bartel put the final touches on the exhibit entitled On the Edge: Nature and Culture in a Time of Crisis. The gallery will be exhibiting the works of Bartel, Karl Stevens and Ben Cosgrove, Jan. 14 - March 2, 2025.

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Topics: Humanities, Fine Art, Creative Arts Therapies, Creative Arts Enterprise

Piano Class Recital

Posted by Andy Cunningham on December 19, 2024 at 2:45 PM

Students in music faculty member Jane Fiske's, piano class performed as part of their final in Weston Auditorium. Each student performed a classical piece - with each insisting on closing with their own version of the holiday classic Jingle Bells. Learn more about our Music Programs here.

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Topics: Humanities, Music Programs, Creative Arts Therapies, Creative Arts Enterprise

Guitar Class - End of Semester Performance

Posted by Andy Cunningham on December 10, 2024 at 4:15 PM

Students in Edward Troxler's guitar course used today's class session to hold a final performance in the Conlon Fine Arts building. Students performed individual, duet, and ensemble selections.  In this class, students learned the fundamentals of guitar playing including basic chords, scales, arpeggios and techniques for playing a variety of musical styles. Edward Troxler operates Eddy's Music located in Fitchburg, MA.

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Topics: Humanities, Music Programs, Creative Arts Therapies, Creative Arts Enterprise

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