CCS STUDENT ACCEPTED TO NCSA DRAMA PROGRAM

Skyler C. of Conover has been accepted for enrollment for the 2005-2006 year at the North Carolina School of the Arts.

Skyler will study Theatre in the School of Drama at the North Carolina School of the Arts, where she will be a high school senior.  Previously a student at Bandys High School in Catawba, Skyler has studied with David Brown, Jonathan Ray and Patricia Hepler.

Established by the N.C. General Assembly in 1963, the North Carolina School of the Arts was the first state-supported, residential performing arts school in the nation. Today, it is a leading conservatory of international renown, offering professional training for careers in the performing, visual, and moving image arts. NCSA became part of the University of North Carolina in 1972.

Five professional school make up the North Carolina School of the Arts: Dance; Design and Production (including a Visual Arts Program); Drama; filmmaking; and Music. With a full complement of academic courses, the School is accredited to award the high school diploma, the college arts diploma, bachelor’s and master’s degrees, and the Professional Artist Certificate.

Students study with resident master teachers who have had successful careers in the arts – from New York City Ballet to the Los Angeles Philharmonic – and who remain active in their professions.  Noted guest artists such as filmmaker Spike Lee and actor Mandy Patinkin frequently bring lessons directly from the contemporary arts world.

Admitted by audition or interview, more that 1,000 students from middle school to graduate school are enrolled annually. They come from two-thirds of North Carolina’s 100 counties, more that 40 states and nearly two dozen foreign countries.

NCSA alumni have performed in or behind the scenes of Broadway shows, film, television and regional theatre, and are members of the world’s finest symphony orchestras and opera and dance companies. Among the best known are Gillian Murphy, principal dancer with American Ballet Theatre; Tony Fanning, art director for theatre and film (THE POLAR EXPRESS); Mary-Louise Parker, Tony and Emmy Award-winning actress (HBO’s ANGELS IN AMERICA); David Gordon Green, director of UNDERTOW; and Jennifer Welch-Babidge, soprano with the Metropolitan Opera.