After some warm up exercises, students in Theater Professor Kelly Morgan's Voice II class recite an excerpt in a dialect of their choice and are given feedback. This course expands the fundamentals of Voice I that included breath, diction, relaxation, articulation and resonance. This involves work on verse and lyric vocal education with works of Shakespeare, Restoration, Moliere and The Greeks. Techniques gained from these classical structures are applied to various forms of character voice work, dialect and commercial voice-over techniques.

Topics: Communications/Media, Theater Program, Creative Arts Therapies, Creative Arts Enterprise

Fresh off their recent performance at this weeks Fall Music Mega Mix, the Fitchbyrds Modern Jazz Band practices in Conlon Fine Arts for their next performance.  Learn more about our Music Programs here.

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

Students in Andrea Olmstead's Ceramics continue working on vessels  using the coil method of pottery. Coil pottery is a method of handbuilding pottery where a potter forms a base, walls, and style by combining clay coils (or cylinders). The potter rolls the clay into coils, stacks the coils together, and joins the coils through pressure creating a vessel. Learn more about our Fine Art Program here.

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

Fitchburg State University’s instrumental and choral ensembles performed a joint concert last evening in Weston Auditorium. The concert program served as  a showcase of “bite-sized” performances by the Community Orchestra, Concert Band, Concert Choir, Chamber Choir, the new Falcon Drumline, and the Fitchbyrds Modern Jazz Band. Ensembles included Fitchburg State students, community members, faculty and staff. Faculty members Jonathan Harvey, Amy McGlothlin, and Hildur Schilling hosted and performed with their respective group. Learn more about our Music Programs here.

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

Our Fitchburg State Choirs, under the direction of Dr. Jonathan Harvey, practice for this evening's Fall Music Mega Mix in Weston Auditorium. The concert program is a showcase of “bite-sized” performances by the university’s choirs, bands and orchestra. Performers will include Fitchburg State students as well as faculty members. Learn more about our music programs here.

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

Students in Andrea Olmstead's Ceramics class work on their projects in Conlon Fine Arts. This course introduces students to the basic methods and techniques of designing and creating with clay as a medium. A variety of hand building and glazing techniques are introduced through the study of both sculptural and functional form. Learn more about our Fine Art Program here.

Topics: Humanities, Fine Art, Digital Media Innovation, Creative Arts Enterprise

To celebrate LGBTQ+ History Month, the Gay Straight Alliance (GSA) club and Fitchburg State Choirs collaborated to host a Queer Arts Showcase in the Ellis White Lecture Hall. Artists of any kind were welcome to participate, including but not limited to musicians, visual artists, filmmakers, poets, and actors.

Topics: Clubs and Organizations, Creative Arts Therapies, Creative Arts Enterprise

Director of Bands & Creative Arts Therapies Program Director, Professor Amy McGlothlin's Jazz Band class worked on a piece the in Conlon Fine Arts building.

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

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.

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

Students in Theater Professor Mary Vreeland's Stage Movement course hone their powers of observation as the observe a classmates movements. This workshop-oriented course utilizes the basis techniques of movement with emphasis on developing each student's potential for effective physicalization of a character on stage.

Topics: Communications/Media, Theater Program, Creative Arts Therapies, Creative Arts Enterprise