South Carolina School of the Arts

knowledge for the journey

[You are here.]

at The South Carolina School of the Arts.

And this may be your day.

journey, n.

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originally from Latin diurnus: of one day a lso, for over half a century: one day’s work or travel for more than 800 years: one’s path in life

knowledge for the journey

“Mentoring you on your educational and spiritual journey is our job. It’s also our joy.”

— Evans P. Whitaker, Ph.D.

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President, Anderson University

The day when you accept the challenge.

When you go beyond what you thought you could do.

When you suddenly “get it”—and you’re all in.

The day when you glimpse what’s possible.

When you can envision your life’s work.

When you stop following a path, and begin to make one.

On this day, you’ve discovered exactly what this School of the Arts exists to offer.

In your mind, heart, soul, and spirit, You’ve become inspired.

And you can start inspiring.

inspire, v.

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to infuse or breathe into

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to animate with purpose

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to stimulate to creative activity

INTRODUCTION

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This very day This day—and every day. At The South Carolina School of the Arts, your opportunities are ubiquitous and continual.

We’ve heard it from our students: Any day here, when you are engaged and open, can reveal a life-changing signpost on your journey, telling you what really matters to you, why it matters, or what your next step should be.

The gift of such insights is yours to claim, with joy.

This is the day that the Lord has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.

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“Creation images the Creator. That’s a form of worship, and it requires a selfless giving. The best actors, musicians, and visual artists, rather than living in the context of “me, me, me,” pour themselves into their work completely. You’re called to pursue your gifts as an act of service.

It’s a huge responsibility—and a wonderful privilege.”

— David Larson, Ph.D. Dean, The South Carolina School of the Arts

[You are here.]

In this place Walking through our Rainey Fine Arts Center, you might first look into three of our excellent spaces for rehearsing and performing: beautiful Henderson Auditorium, with seating for 1,000; Merritt Theatre, historic and cozy, with 400 seats; Daniel Recital Hall, our 223-seat acoustic venue.

You might hear the Wind Symphony rehearsal, watch a dance class, acting class, or opera workshop, even stay to admire a student violinist, practicing alone onstage with fierce virtuosity.

Downstairs you find a graphic design class absorbed in typography; nearby are studios filled with paintings, drawings, prints, sculpture, and newly fired pots. In our intimate, black box Belk Theater, you meet students working on the set for an upcoming play. And there’s still time to see the current exhibit in Vandiver Gallery, just across the driveway in the Thrift Library.

With these people

In the hallway, you enjoy the sounds of a choir rehearsal, or the mellow harmonies of Orff instruments played by music education students taking the role of fourth graders. You pause near an open door, eavesdropping on a class in stage management, or a critique of students’ art projects, or a discussion of Baroque painting.

Who are they, these companions on your journey?

In our faculty and students alike, you can be sure of two things: They work within a context of faith, and they are willing to set—and stretch to meet— high standards in the development and practice of their art. Our professors are highly skilled, widely recognized, and readily accessible mentors, deeply committed to preparing you for a life of happy, useful service as a professional artist.

A variety of musical sounds comes from the practice rooms: a soprano’s classical solo, the bright notes of a flute, a contemporary worship song on guitar, a buoyant show tune. As you listen, you notice the current display of art projects along the hallway—explorations of color, texture, composition, perspective.

Within the easy proximity of Rainey Fine Arts Center’s cross-disciplinary “neighborhood,” students and professors from art, design, music, theatre, and dance naturally become not only friends but avid colleagues in arts projects and productions. Both students and faculty often say that these interactive departments feel like family.

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Leading the way: our arts faculty Art & Design •R ecently

had artwork accepted at Artfields, “a uniquely Epic Southern Artfest Competition and Celebration” in Lake City, SC (two professors).

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passionate advocate of 2D Digital work within the fine art community, has been included in more than 50 group and solo exhibitions over the past five years.

•M entored

AU Typography students whose work, at the request of SCAD faculty, was reproduced and used both as environmental graphics on SCAD campuses in Savannah, Atlanta, Hong Kong, Lacoste, France, in international SCAD print, and online recruiting materials.

•D elivered,

at the recent FATE Conference (Foundations of Art Theory and Education), two presentations (two professors): one on painting, and one on the uniqueness of our two-semester Foundations art program.

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had a photograph accepted for “My Aim Is True,” a fundraising photography exhibition and auction at the Frostig Center, Santa Monica, CA, curated by actress Jamie Lee Curtis and featuring 36 of the leading photographers of our time.

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recipient of multiple awards for excellence in teaching, has shown works in more than 70 invitational solo and group exhibitions and more than 30 juried shows, and is included in numerous private collections throughout the country.

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presented an academic paper in England at Durham Cathedral.

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done professional graphic design work with clients including The Cartoon Network, Habitat for Humanity, The American Cancer Society, The Fox Theatre, Petrobras, and Shell Brazil.

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2-D and a 3-D artist and craftsperson, has had work featured in Ceramics Monthly Magazine as well as locally, regionally, and nationally in more than 80 solo, group, juried, or invitational exhibitions, where it has won numerous awards.

•D id summer research in Florence, Italy, on the burgeoning field of vernacular typography, documenting several historic sites (typographically speaking) including Santa Croce and Santa Maria Novella, both major depositories of Renaissance-era typographic forms.

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has been published nationally in two archaeology texts; is a practicing archaeologist, maintaining a lively blog (“Old News”) about archaeology, art history, and travel in the ancient and modern world; while traveling, has often served as a guest lecturer on cruise ships.

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Music •R ecently

was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship to work with a university in Peru, March–June 2014, on curriculum development, music, and pedagogy of music theory.

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national and international concert artist, performed as the featured baritone soloist in the concert version of George Gershwin’s opera Porgy and Bess with the USC Symphony Orchestra, and also in that opera’s debut with Brevard Philharmonic, Brevard College, SC.

public school music for 20 years and has served as a worship leader; currently serves with the South Carolina Music Educators Association as president of the Higher Education Division. of numerous awards and honors, has served as a guest lecturer with Eastman School of Music’s Summer Piano Festival and has been the featured soloist with the Imperial Symphony Orchestra, among others.

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toured with Paul McCartney, Tony Bennett, Frank Sinatra, Bette Midler, and Harry Connick, Jr., and has been featured on many TV shows, including Frasier, Roseanne, Full House, The Tonight Show, and Seinfeld.

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served as guest artist and teacher (trombone) for Boston University’s Tanglewood Institute (BUTI), the premier summer training program for aspiring high school-age musicians and the only program of its kind associated with one of the world’s great symphony orchestras (the Boston Symphony Orchestra).

brass workshops and master classes at schools; last year performed a euphonium and trombone recital—including some blues music— at Liberty University.

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served as worship leader in a large church; now, in addition to teaching, works as a commercial musician, regularly producing jingles and ads nationally.

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won numerous awards and honors, has performed in California, New York, Florida, North Carolina, and Canada, and has been the featured piano soloist with orchestras.

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the opening saxophone riff on The Simpsons, and has received 12 Gold and Platinum records from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).

•S tudied

under renowned pianists Rebecca Penneys, Antoinette Perry, and Aube Tzerko.

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as guest conductor and clinician for the South Carolina Music Educators Association choral clinic and Honor Choir, as well as for middle school and high school choirs in Augusta, GA, and Charleston, SC.

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received multiple ASCAP Plus Awards for compositional productivity, including compositions commissioned by churches as well as numerous published musical compositions performed by student Honor Choirs and Vocal Clinics (state and district levels) and at the Society of Composers, Inc (SCI).

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regularly led worship services along with Christian recording artist Nichole Nordeman.

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been appointed the Chair of Acting and Directing for the Southeastern Theatre Conference (SETC)—the largest theatre convention in the nation.

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a certificate of merit for outstanding direction of a play/musical from the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (two professors). the Kennedy Center Award for Choreographer of the Year, Southwest Region.

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worked extensively with regional theatres, including the Spoleto Festival, Charlotte Little Theatre, Playhouse on the Square (Memphis), Kentucky Shakespeare Festival, and the Southern Appalachian Repertory Theatre.

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acting at the Actors Center and HB Studios in New York City. recognized by the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival with a meritorious achievement award for excellence in direction.

a background cast member in the HBO series Homeland and the movie Hunger Games; has done film and TV work in Homicide, Home for the Holidays, Designing Spaces, and Twelve Monkeys. taught in the University of Maryland’s European Division in Nürnburg, Grafenwöhr, and Vilseck, Germany. selected as the first Department Chair of Dance at the University of the Americas in Puebla, México; also served in México as an International Mission Board missionary.

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for over a decade as respondent for Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival productions (two professors).

•W orked professionally as a TV and radio commercial

actor for Lowe’s, American Express, and the State of Florida.

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two graduate degrees from New York University: M.A. in Vocal Performance and Musical Theatre, and Ph.D. in Educational Theatre.

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a recent semester as a visiting professor at Hokuriku Gakuin University in Kanazawa, Japan, focusing on drama as an enhancement for EFL training.

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ART & DESIGN Perhaps you’ve always found satisfaction in creating

We love to count up the phenomenal number of

a visual interplay of patterns, colors, and shapes.

ADDY and AIGA awards that our design students

Through your art, you do the essential work of

win year after year. Annually we’re awed by the

exploring your inner self in relation to the big

senior art show, where each graduating senior

themes of life: love, being, death, sorrow, joy, faith,

presents and integrates four years’ worth of

beauty. We welcome the background and

extraordinary artwork. When we see our students’

commitment that you, as a young artist, bring.

art in juried shows, visit the websites of firms and agencies where our designers are working, and

Expect your art to change here, as your context

hear about the successes of teacher-artists we’ve

widens through the liberal arts and as our art and

mentored, we want to say, with the Creator,

design faculty mentor you into an increasingly

“That’s good.”

sophisticated and more demanding standard. Your art becomes less focused on finding out who you

Degrees & Concentrations

are, more focused on the art or design problem to

Bachelor of Art, with emphases in these areas: • Art Education • Ceramics • Graphic Design • Painting and Drawing

be solved—and on the creative solutions that only you can deliver.

Early on, you may realize, with some consternation, “Art is work!” We hear that phrase often from students during our Foundations projects, and Professor Tim Speaker likes to respond, “Yes, but

“Art and design students here are never

just think, once you graduate and begin a ‘real’ job,

‘dabbling’—there’s a reason we describe our

all your work will be art!”

program as ‘Creativity, with teeth’! Within a warm, close-knit Christian community,

Great news is that your professors here have

our students receive vigorous professional

been through that same process of maturation as

training. They become incisive, creative

artists, and we have found rewarding careers—our

thinkers, focused artists. They get

teaching as well as our artmaking—that nourish our

internships, and they get jobs.”

own work, support a life of faith and ethics, and

help prepare young artists to enhance the world in

— Jo Carol Mitchell-Rogers, Ph.D. Chair, Department of Art and Design

ways beyond our imagination. What you learn here about solving problems transfers not only into the life of a graphic designer, studio artist, or teacher, but also into such fields as arts management, business, administration, and leadership.

Visit the student gallery: www.andersonuniversity.edu/art Visit the student blog: www.auvisualarts.tumblr.com

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Foundations I & II : A course sequence designed for YOU: •

if you’ve had no art training at all

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if you’ve been taking art lessons since age five

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if you’ve done some design on the computer—or not

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if you were the star artist in your high school

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if you’re intrigued by art and design, but know nothing about it

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if you want to begin a career in the fine arts and/or a professional designer (Cont. on page 17)

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Here—and perhaps only here—all freshman and transfer majors in art and design, regardless of prior experience and level of skill, take an innovative, two-semester Foundations sequence. Together.

Our dynamic, team-taught Foundations program is the brainchild of Jo Carol Mitchell-Rogers, Ph.D., chair of the Department of Art and Design, and several colleagues. Whatever your background in art, this unique conceptual research approach builds your skills and augments them.

Beyond delivering basic coverage of tools and techniques, our program teaches you to develop your own process of ideation. That difference supercharges your work immediately, preparing you to break new ground in upper-level studio art and design courses.

As this distinctive way of thinking hones your ability to solve creative problems, your work in art and design becomes smarter, deeper, more striking—and, quite possibly, award-winning. In the job market, it sets our graduates noticeably apart.

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Tim Speaker, assistant professor of art & design Over four years and six courses, Professor Speaker mentored Emily Weiland’s transition from talented freshman to award-winning, professional-level graphic designer.

you see here that’s not right?’ If I responded with “This is pretty strong, just keep working,” she would push back: “No, I want to know what is wrong with this.”

In Foundations, Emily came to understand the value of research immediately, much sooner than most.

In Typography, I began to see her really grow; she reached the turning point that all our art students experience, the moment they understand that you can’t be half an artist, you can’t be half a designer.

That relentless search for excellence informs our entire program. From Day 1, each project in art or design aims to solve a problem, and the solution arises out of the research that leads you to discover deeper meanings. The visual product is just the outside, the skin of the concept. The concept itself is what dictates the form. And the computer—it’s just another tool in your toolbox.

At that “all in” moment, Emily realized that this work was worth giving up even the athletic career that she had pursued for years.

Emily’s biggest breakthrough came in History of Graphic Design, when for the first time she produced a piece that felt like professional work.

She took the leadership role, managing her project team to fashion raw content into a magazine that was appropriate, functional, and exciting—and won a gold ADDY. As Emily matured in her work, often she would bring in a project and say, “Take this apart. What do

“The unprecedented success our Graphic Design students have enjoyed over the past five years by achieving some of the top awards in the industry places our students in the unique position of ‘being in the ring’ with the most prestigious schools in the country.

I don’t know of any other school, anywhere, whose students have won as many ADDY awards as our students have won during this five-year period.”

— Tim Speaker, M.F.A.

Assistant Professor of Art & Design

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Through the lens of the Christian experience, Anderson invites students to discover a structure of meaning that supports and distinguishes every facet of their life. That’s similar to the process that happens in art and design, as our students seek to infuse their lives and their work with meaning and quality. It’s usually only in retrospect, I think, that students realize those two searches, those two journeys, were connected.

— Tim Speaker

Emily Weiland, BA ’13, graphic design For Emily Weiland, “the day” came during her Typography course. She made the huge decision to give up the tennis team, along with her athletic scholarship—because she had fallen in love with graphic design.

In the end, it was the best decision I ever made.

My big ’yes’ was a response to the philosophy of Anderson’s graphic design program: It’s all about teaching you how to think, how to make connections. Your finished product is only as good as the process of questioning and research you go through to get there. One day I realized, ’I can do this. I love it. And I want to do it forever.’

The professors were a big part of it, too. They have all been invested not just in my work, but in me as a person. You don’t find that everywhere. Tim Speaker talked to me like a friend, and he was very honest with me. He never gave me “the idea” in a project, just made comments that helped me rethink what I was doing.

The professors and students I’ve met here are like a new breed of people! I’ve never met people anywhere who are so passionate about what they do.

Nearing graduation, I went through a period where I wasn’t sure anymore about what I believed, when I had all these questions and no answers. I started wondering, “Why am I here? What is my purpose?”

And my professors helped me—again, not telling me the answers, just guiding me enough to help me find my own way. I’m now seeing my spirituality as an ongoing journey. I don’t have to know all the answers right now; I can trust my sense of inner peace.

I’m really proud of work I’ve created, and I’m also proud of the work my classmates have done collectively. The closeness of this community makes you start rooting for everyone to do well. And our alumni are just as passionate about it as we are.

You post on Facebook that you won an ADDY award, and suddenly there are 10 comments and a bunch of “likes” from alumni, saying, “Go, Anderson!”

— Emily Weiland After graduation, Emily was hired as Studio Master for the Master of Fine Arts in Branding at the School of Visual Arts in New York City.

The AU Graphic Design Concentration Awards & Recognition: ADDYing up our students’ successes!

In the past four years, 113 American Advertising Federation (AAF) ADDY ® Awards, the highest honor given in the advertising industry—including: • The

2010 National ADDY Best in Show (top overall winner in the United State, from more than 60,000 entries) • 6 National Gold ADDYs • 2 National Silver ADDYs • 3 District Best in Show ADDYs (the region from Texas to Virginia), 4 local Judge’s Choice ADDYs, and Local Best in Show winners.

In the past four years, 15 National American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) Flux Competition Awards—including:

• 2010

National AIGA Flux Best in Show (top overall winner in the nation) • 2010 National AIGA Flux Best in Website Design • 2011 National AUGA Flux Winner of Merit in Publication Design • 2011 National AIGA Flux Winner of Merit in Packaging Design

In the past four years, 6 American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) InShow-South Carolina Competition Awards—including: • The

2011 and 2012 AIGA South Carolina InShow Best in Show Award (top design in the state) • 4 AIGA South Carolina InShow Award winners A RT & D E S I G N

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MUSIC If music stirs your spirit and draws you toward a career as a serious performer, music teacher, worship leader, scholar, or other music professional, the many opportunities for musical exploration and growth within our welcoming, faith-based community will thrill you. They will also prepare you to excel.

All our music degrees provide a broad foundation in the liberal arts, as well as solid grounding in performance, theory, music history, and your specialized training. Our music ensembles perform frequently on campus and also have been invited to venues including the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the Washington National Cathedral, and the Spoleto Festival, USA. Our alumni have been recognized as award-winning music educators, prominent worship leaders, and successful performers.

As you look through our list of music degrees and performing ensembles, see which options strike a chord with your gifts and career interests.

Music Degrees & Programs “Even with our rich variety of existing programs, we continually seek ways to expand our influence on the future of music,” explains Dr. David Perry, chair of the Department of Music. Some future-oriented highlights include our robust and innovative keyboard program, our widely respected emphasis in music education, the exciting new curriculum in Commercial Music, and the professionally crafted program in Worship Leadership— unique in its focus on strong musical fundamentals and flexible application.

Online Masters of Music in Education Degree We also offer South Carolina’s first and only online Master of Music in Music Education, an affordable and manageable degree program tailor-made for music professionals. For details, visit us online: www.auonline.com

Degrees, Majors, & Concentrations •

Online Master of Music in Music Education

“Why do we make music? To honor

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Bachelor of Music Education with an

the Creator. What gives the unique

Instrumental Concentration •

Bachelor of Music Education with a Choral/

Vocal Concentration

flavor here is the way we encourage individuals to develop their own best

Bachelor of Music in Keyboard or

expressions of that honoring. Each

Instrumental Performance

unique expression is a representation of

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Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance

something higher that is shared by all.”

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Bachelor of Music in Worship Leadership

Bachelor of Arts in Music

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— Richard Williamson, D.M.A. Professor of Music

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Commercial Music: Way beyond a garage band with dreams Sure, a garage band is a beginning, and dreams always count. But in today’s world, the stakes are a lot higher than they used to be, and the professions are continually changing. If you hope to break into the intensely competitive world of commercial music, you need an array of professional skills that many of your predecessors never had to consider.

How well can you sight-read? How well—and how fast—can you arrange a piece for four-part harmony, or transpose it for several different instruments? What do you know about recording technology? About networking? Could you and your instrument deliver a solo in three different styles—on the spot? How about on your secondary instrument?

That’s the gap our emphasis in commercial music is designed to fill. Solidly anchored in foundational musicianship, full of practice in everything from musical improvisation to professional entrepreneurship, and enriched by pitch-perfect tips from those who know, this program promises to be both a demanding challenge and a stimulating adventure.

By the time you’ve been through our performance labs, acquired a thorough context for the field, worked in our ensembles, done your recitals, and wrapped up your professional internship, such skills and knowledge will be second nature. And you can confidently take them with you—into the contemporary music marketplace, an educational or business setting, and many other kinds of music-related work.

“We want to take students with a real passion for music, a strong desire to perform it commercially, and a determination to be good at it—and then give them the entire range of knowledge and skills that will make them viable in the contemporary music scene. How do we do that? In the context of Christian ethics.

By professors who’ve been out there in the business. And with the belief that you can do anything you set your mind to.”

— Doug Norwine

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Assistant Professor of Music

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Rachel Blauch, BME ’15, Vocal Concentration Rachel Blauch came to Anderson knowing what she wanted: a small Christian university, with a strong music program to enhance her skills and give her practical experience in teaching. She had no idea that her musical universe was about to move into crescendo.

When you step on this campus, you can just feel it—the community. I fell in love with Anderson on my first visit, talking with Dr. Perry. I could tell that both the education program and the music program were really solid. Not until I got here, though, did I realize how exceptional Anderson is.

There were surprises everywhere—the caliber of the faculty, the talented students, and how comfortable I felt, right away, getting involved with the Reformed University Fellowship. I’m now helping to lead music for that group, so I get to grow my musical abilities while ministering.

The music ed courses—in conducting, diction, piano and vocal pedagogy, and much more—prepare you for so many career options, both in schools and in communities. It’s one of the most practical of all

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degrees for finding a job after graduation. And our classes overlap with those of other students in the arts, so I get to know people majoring in musical theatre, worship leadership, and music performance.

I spend a lot of time with Dr. Kim, because he’s my private piano instructor and theory teacher. He’s extremely knowledgeable, extremely talented. In my lessons, he talks to me not just about the piece itself, but the music history, the theory behind the notes, and techniques that help me play better.

Under his instruction, I’ve become much more self-disciplined.

The faculty encourage me constantly. Their affirmation motivates me to be daring, to try new things: Being the music director for a play. Composing an arrangement of songs from Star Wars, for three pianos, and performing it at the President’s Gala.

I even got to play a solo—Beethoven’s Third Piano Concerto—with the professional musicians in the Anderson Symphony!

Knowing that Dr. Kim thinks I can take on these challenges, that he entrusts that responsibility to me, means so much. Anderson is a place of thriving.

Every day, I grow in confidence, both musically and spiritually.

— Rachel Blauch

Thanks to Professor David Stern’s low brass emphasis—a “pocket of excellence” in our music program — two world-famous low brass soloists recently visited our campus: Steven Mead (euphonium) and Ǿystein Baadsvik (tuba), each arguably the best in the world on his instrument.

Both of these guest artists presented a Master class and a stunning recital.

Dr. Howard Kim, assistant professor of music Dr. Kim knows how to spot talent, nurture it, and steadily refine it—every step of the way. That’s an Anderson specialty, and with Rachel Blauch, it’s been a breeze.

Rachel Blauch is one of the brightest stars I’ve ever worked with. I like to give students a big challenge—along with the opportunity to rise up to it. And Rachel always does, even as the challenges get exponentially harder.

Her work ethic is through the roof, and her influence is profound. Everybody sees how good she is, both in the classroom and on her instrument, yet she’s always humble, eager to learn. From the beginning, no matter what I told her to try, she came back the following week with it done and ready.

I gave her a tough repertoire to learn over the summer, for her junior recital. I suggested she be the musical director for a theatre production, and she jumped at it. Her Star Wars arrangement for the piano ensemble was fantastic.

The Beethoven concerto, another summer challenge I gave Rachel, was a monumental task, requiring months of learning. She struggled greatly, learned it, played it with the orchestra, and came right out on top. I’ve heard that Rachel gets terrified in performing—but she plays as if she loves it.

And all of this is while working on her music education major—essentially a double degree, a course-heavy intensive—and in music, which is one of the hardest degrees on campus.

One huge thing Anderson offers is plenty of opportunities. Whatever the student’s goals are, we can expand upon them. The music field is always changing; I like to go with it, see what students want to do, and help them achieve it.

I wanted to let Rachel know that all these opportunities exist, and that she can take them.

One of her goals is to teach high school; she’ll do that beautifully, but there are many routes open to her—teaching, composition, performing. Rachel may not realize yet how versatile she’s going to be. We’re here to help her discover that.

— Howard Kim, D.M.A.

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Even better, visit us in person!

Choirs

Our faculty members, finely tuned to their

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Anderson University Choir

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Contemporary Vocal Lab

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Concert Choir

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Chamber Singers

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Gospel Choir: AU Ensemble

calling and their students, are highly skilled musicians, composers, conductors, teachers, mentors—in fact, treasures, with expertise that has been recognized nationally and internationally. They like nothing better than meeting someone else who wants to share music with the world—in service and in joy,

Instrumental Ensembles •

Anderson Symphony Orchestra

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Anderson University Choir

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AUthenticity Commercial Music/Worship Touring Band

holding to the highest standards—just as they themselves do.

Visit us online: www.andersonuniversity.edu/music

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Brass Ensemble

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Flute Ensemble

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Guitar Ensemble

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Instrumental Chamber Ensembles

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Jazz Ensemble

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Percussion Ensemble

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Piano Ensemble: Noteworthy

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String Ensemble

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String Quartet

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West African Ensemble

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Wind Symphony

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Woodwind Quintet

Noteworthy At a recent President’s Gala, Emily Rinaudo ’14 and seven other members of Noteworthy, our piano ensemble, performed Emily’s new composition, Kaleidoscope—on a single piano, together.

Being part of the piano ensemble has made me realize something important: how much I love writing group pieces for piano and performing together with other pianists. I’ve been talking with Dr. Kim about entrepreneurship; it would be exciting to start piano ensembles elsewhere!

When the President’s Gala was coming up, I started brainstorming about what I could do using many people at one piano: having people come in and go out, gradually adding people. I wanted the piece to be musically intricate and also visually exciting.

Although I already had some ideas about the choreography, all eight of us figured out together how to make it work.

It made me think of that verse from First Corinthians 12, about the collective Body of Christ: “There are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit.” We all have different talents that God has given us, but the one Spirit gave them all; and if we work together, it’s a beautiful thing. The piece also made me think about a kaleidoscope, because it has many mirrors, all angled differently so that they reflect different colors—but all of them reflect one light.

— Emily Rinaudo

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THEATRE One evening when a lot of our theatre students were under stress—a play in performance, exams going on, auditions to prepare—we decided to hold a one-hour “Eat. Share. Pray.” We started with doughnuts, while Dr. McEniry shared some of her stories about auditioning in New York. Other faculty members shared experiences, too, and then we went onto the stage and prayed together that God would bless the audience, the show, and all the students in their auditions and exams.

This example of the close, “family” atmosphere within our theatre program illustrates the kind of support that you and your fellow actors, directors, singers, dancers, and technicians can count on as you move through the rigorous training that our program provides.

Because we’re serious about giving our students competitive preparation in every facet of theatre work, we cover as much as four years can contain: classes to hone your skill and confidence in all the performance concentrations as well as in behindthe-scenes production; liberal arts courses for a

well-rounded context in the arts and in life; experience that spans the major dramatic genres, from the ancient Greek playwrights and Shakespeare to contemporary theatre and musicals.

During a single year, we mount four main-stage productions—including a full-scale, song-anddance musical (Broadway-style)—and both a freshman and a senior showcase. Students are also eligible to participate in two yearly gala events and other productions on campus.

And after graduation? Expect to follow in the footsteps of our alums who have toured nationally, played leading roles in professional theatres nationwide, worked as professional actors and dancers for Disney, held positions as theatre technicians, become teachers of theatre, and entered M.F.A. programs in acting and directing.

To learn more about our faculty, performance facilities, recent shows, competitive successes, auditions, and scholarships, visit: www.andersonuniversity.edu/theatre

Theatre Degrees, Majors, & Concentrations •B achelor of Fine Arts in Musical Theatre

•B achelor of Arts in Theatre, with a

concentration in Acting/Directing

•B achelor of Arts in Theatre, with a concentration in Dance

•B achelor of Arts in Theatre, with a concentration in Design •B achelor of Arts in Secondary English

Education (9-12), with add-on certification in Theatre through AU’s College of Education

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Josh Taylor, BA ’13, acting concentration In a four-year kaleidoscope of shows and roles, Josh Taylor found that doing well in theatre isn’t just about working hard; it’s also about learning to play.

I’ve had a pretty blessed career in theatre at Anderson.

My roles have ranged from a walk-on in Antigone, musical ensemble work in Fiddler on the Roof, minor roles like First Murderer in Macbeth (with knife and sword fights), and also major roles, including the male lead in Thoroughly Modern Millie and Father Flynn in Doubt, my final role and biggest challenge.

It’s been a demanding, well-rounded experience, with classes not just in acting (and music and dance, if you do musicals), but also technical skills: stage managing, stagecraft, stage carpentry. I took two directing classes, and for my senior project I got to direct and produce a story of my own, a play called DOWNFALL, which I’d been working on for a year.

A change that impacted my acting and directing came one day when I was cast as the Ringmaster in Barnum. I had a lot of entrances to make, and Dr. McEniry—who is fantastic—gave me free rein to invent them. She said, “Surprise me, every time.”

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It was so cool to realize that the director trusted me to come up with something creative. When Barnum was nominated for the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival and we went there to perform, I had fun adjusting my entrances to a different stage.

I’ve realized that theatre itself is almost like a mission field. In every show we do, Dr. McEniry finds a Christian message. Sometimes we don’t even think that’s possible, but I’ve learned to look for the deep truth that is always there. Once you find it, you can portray it.

My parents are thrilled with my education here. I’m looking forward to working in the industry—acting, directing, tech, script writing, whatever opens up. I’d like to go to graduate school, too. And I know that in the real world of jobs and competition, I may not have the close bonds that I’ve had here with faculty and students. I’ll miss that.

— Josh Taylor

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Theatre graduate Elyse South played a lead role in Disney’s Hollywood Studios mainstage production of Frozen.

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Sometimes teaching is a lot like parenting…

You cherish your students, invest in them, teach them as much as you can, and then—in faith—let them go.

Josh Taylor made a last-minute decision to come to Anderson, and I was thrilled. I saw so much potential in his audition. I could not have asked for a harder-working actor; he’s committed 100 percent to what he does.

It’s been a joy to watch Josh steadily become more confident in his acting skills. When he played the Ringmaster in Barnum, I wanted to stretch him a little: I asked him to try a different entrance every time he came on stage. It was interesting to watch the choices he made. Suddenly he seemed to understand that it’s okay to play with possibilities.

At the first dress rehearsal of Josh’s senior production—a play he had conceived, written, and directed, called DOWNFALL—I was blown away by his imagination. Josh based the show on Transformers, those toys that kids played with years ago. I knew Josh was a good actor, but on that day I also learned what a good director and creative playwright he was.

Our theatre faculty desire to give students a rich experience in their choice of theatre art: performing, designing, directing, technical production, stage managing, or theatre education. We seek to broaden their ideas about the career opportunities this field offers, encouraging them to realize that through their God-given talent, they can share stories of importance in a variety of ways.

For four years, we teach, coach, challenge, and provide opportunities, helping our students mature in their art form. Then they move on to the next stage of their journey, producing high-quality work as theatre artists.

It will be interesting to see what Josh will ultimately do. He has so many possibilities ahead of him: he could be a playwright, an actor, a teacher, a director. Josh is extremely talented and has been a joy to have as a student. Whatever he pursues in theatre, I can say with assurance that he will commit 100 percent.

“Life is full of spiritual significance, and when we put a story on the stage as we do in theatre, there’s meaning in it for everyone involved: the cast, crew, staff, and audience. What is the playwright trying to say to us? What can we take away from this story that affects our lives? How does the story change us as people?

We can discover many truths through the excellent writing, acting, directing, and designing of a play. With excellence as our goal, this remarkable art form can become a thought-provoking force for both spiritual growth and powerful change.”

— Dr. Deborah McEniry

Chair, Department of Theatre

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— Deborah McEniry, Ph.D.

spirit, n. the breath of life; the soul the essence of God ourage, creativity, •c mental vigor • •

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What’s percolating: NYC Theatre Practicum Experience New York: For theatre artists, those are magic words. Professor Deborah McEniry, wielding her own magic, put them to powerful use as she conceived a plan to offer our theatre upperclassmen the opportunity to spend a good portion of May Term living and studying in NYC. A veteran New Yorker herself, Dr. McEniry has studied at NYU, The Barrow Group, Laban/Bartenieff Institute, The Actors Center, HB Studio, and The Actors Loft, and with various acting coaches and voice teachers in the New York Metropolitan area.

“I went back to New York to sharpen my performing skills and gain new techniques that will enhance my teaching,” she says, “but also to get an idea of how the business has changed in the last 10 years.”

Commuting an hour each day by bus, going to classes, workshops, symposiums, voice lessons, auditions, and attending productions at night, McEniry sought current NYC theatre experiences through the eyes of theatre students who may want to move to NYC when they graduate. Her desire was to implement an experience for AU theatre students that will acquaint them with both the rigors and the joys of NYC. While the students are in NYC, they will study with industry professionals, audition for NYC productions, and attend Broadway and off-Broadway productions. Each day, the group will meet with Dr. McEniry and discuss their experiences.

“NYC is a phenomenal city for theatre artists because of its abundant theatrical opportunities, but it is also extremely competitive and challenging. The students who choose the NYC Practicum Experience will become more familiar with NYC’s theatre offerings and will be able to decide more accurately if moving to the ‘Big Apple’ after graduation is something they desire.”

— Deborah McEniry, Ph.D.

Chair, Department of Theatre

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Points of Distinction The South Carolina School of the Arts, at Anderson University Arts in the University. A broad liberal arts foundation, expanding your context beyond the self. An exciting range of majors in Art and Design, Music, and Theatre. A strong commitment to teaching— and to offering all qualified students the most generous scholarships and grants we can provide.

Arts with Spirit. Everything here is robust and energetic, including faith-based living: We see God-given talents as an opportunity to offer gratitude and service. As sought and shared meaning permeates your study and enriches your relationships, you realize that all work well done honors the Creator.

Arts as professions. Sharpening your talent, gaining confidence, you start reaching for opportunities—and crave more. We aim to shape your talent into transferable skills, making you versatile in the workplace, able to float with changes. Our grads have an excellent placement rate in jobs and graduate schools.

Arts with professionals. That is, our faculty: artists, musicians, actors, dancers, theatrical designers, and scholars; and exemplary working artists themselves. Your highly skilled, professionally

active mentors really know you and your work—and how to push you toward the next level of proficiency.

Arts with teeth. No major at this School is “lite”; there’s an edge of intellect and insight to every facet of your arts education, as you continually practice creative problem solving. You become invested in doing your best—an ethic that’s constantly modeled here. And you achieve beyond your expectations.

Arts worth notice. Our design students routinely sweep the local and regional ADDY competitions, winning nationally as well. In state and regional competitions, our music students consistently win honors. Our critically acclaimed Barnum performed by invitation at the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Regional Festival.

“Our students not only will have successful lives; they will have significant lives.”

— Evans P. Whitaker, Ph.D.

President, Anderson University

Arts as a tribe. Proximity is power: With our recital and performance halls, music practice rooms, art studios, arts classrooms, and arts professors’ offices tucked under one wide roof, you and all your fellow artists naturally become friends, even co-workers. Mutual inspiration abounds!

[our mission]

[our accreditation]

The South Carolina School of the Arts trains

Anderson University is accredited by the Southern

professional visual, musical, and theatrical artists

Association of Colleges and Schools-Commission

who are serious about both their art and Christian

on Colleges (SACS-COC); to award baccalaureate,

faith. Staffed by highly trained and world-class

masters and doctoral degrees. Professional

artists, musicians, actors, dancers, theatrical

accreditation includes the National Association

designers, and scholars, we mentor students to

of Schools of Music (NASM), National Council for

develop their artistry to its fullest potential so

Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE), the

they may thrive professionally and serve others

Association of Collegiate Business Schools and

through the arts.

Programs (ACBSP), the National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD) and the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).

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Arts as a calling.

If God created you to be an artist, this is a great place to find out. Your professors know exactly how that call feels, and will be honored to help you explore it while you mature spiritually and professionally.

Here, on this day or any day, we applaud you as you claim your personal way of living that heartfelt yes.

To learn more, visit: www.schoolofthearts.com

Music graduate Brandon Gilliard - Bassist and Touring/Session Musician - played on Rio 2 soundtrack; toured with Janelle Monae, David Crowder and Erykah Badu.

Bassist for the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church, Atlanta, GA Has performed in the following venues: The White House, Saturday Night Live, The Tonight Show with David Letterman, The Today Show and The Arsenio Hall Show.

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Anderson University Anderson University is an academic community,

Why we’re here. To offer, through our more than

affiliated with the South Carolina Baptist Convention,

50 programs of study, a distinctive education in

providing a challenging education grounded in

which study of the liberal arts and thorough

the liberal arts, enhanced by professional and

preparation for professional careers take place

graduate programs and a co-curricular focus on

within a community that supports Christian faith,

the development of character, servant leadership,

sets high standards, and embraces Christian values.

and cultural engagement. Our diverse community is Christ-centered, people-focused, student-oriented,

Who chooses us. Students, faculty, and staff who

quality-driven, and future-directed.

want to live and work in such a setting, both contributing to this diverse community and receiving

Where we are. On 271 landscaped acres in the

from it. Our more than 3,000 students represent

elegant historic district of Anderson—which has

a wide range of denominations, 38 states, and 34

been recognized as “The Friendliest City in South

countries. Fourteen percent are ethnic minorities;

Carolina.” Our traditional red-brick campus, bounded

72% of our students live on campus.

by sidewalks and neighborhood houses, is within walking distance of the downtown business district and local churches.

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Anderson University (continued) Learning at Anderson. Ongoing exploration,

What you receive. Close personal connections with

expansion, and discovery, within an inspiring array

students and faculty, four years of spiritual maturing

of events and programs that support the interests—

and increasingly professional knowledge and skills,

spiritual, intellectual, cultural, and social—of our

and an education preparing you for work that

diverse student population. Each semester, Anderson

honors God and serves humanity.

averages 150 student activities and athletic events.

Degrees & Concentrations Our best skill. To help you find yours—through intensive mentoring, individualized opportunities, community service, campus organizations, mission and service trips, and short-term study abroad.

We also offer a generous program of competitive

Many more details are available on our web site: www.AndersonUniversity.edu To arrange a visit or to speak with an admission counselor, please contact our Office of Admission: admission@andersonuniversity.edu or call 864.231.2030.

scholarships and financial aid.

knowledge for the journey South Carolina

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Recent National Recognition • U.S. News & World Report recognizes AU as a “Top Tier” (#20) University in the South

• One of “America’s 100 Best College Buys.”

(Institutional Research and Evaluation)

• O ne of “49 Up-and-Coming” universities to watch,(U.S. News & World Report) for progress and innovation for the past five years in a row

• A “Best Christian College”

• AU is ranked by the The Princeton Review among its “Best in the Southeast” 44 | A CN AD ME PR USSON NE U WNSI V E R S I T Y

anked the #1 “Most Efficient” regional • R college in the South (U.S. News & World Report)

Our Affordability In the past eight years, Anderson University has been recognized as one of “America’s 100 Best College Buys” for academic quality, value and affordability.* Recently, Anderson University ranked among the top 11 universities in the South (public & private) for students accumulating the least educational debt. For the 2013-14 year, 99% of AU students received financial aid with an average award of $23,557.

U.S. News & World Report recently selected AU as the #1 “Most Efficient” regional college in the South for academic quality combined with cost efficiency—meaning we’ve done an exceptional job in holding down cost while boosting the quality of the educational experience.

* Institutional Research and Evaluation A N D E R S OC NA U MN P IUVSE R NSEIW TY S

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Preview Event Calendar Arts as a Calling: If God created you to be an artist, we invite you to discover your place in Anderson University’s acclaimed South Carolina

2014 Fall Previews & Auditions

· Fri. Oct. 17th - Music Preview

School of the Arts.

· Fri. Oct. 24th - Theatre Preview

Your South Carolina School of the Arts professors

· Thur. Nov. 20th - Fri. Nov. 21st - Music, Theatre & Art Preview *

know exactly how that call feels, and will be honored to help you explore it while you mature spiritually and

*A ll Access & The South Carolina School of the Arts Preview Event (Music, Theatre & Art)

professionally. The South Carolina School of the Arts features three state-of-the-art performance venues, a music technology laboratory, multiple graphic design

2015 Spring Previews & Auditions

studios, two art galleries, prestigious professional

· Fri. Jan. 30th - Music, Theatre & Art Preview

accreditation and distinguished faculty.

· Fri. Feb. 20th - Music Preview

A South Carolina School of the Arts preview event

· Fri. Feb. 27th - Theatre & Art Preview

allows you to experience an AU overview, campus tour,

· Fri. Mar. 6th - Music Preview

meet students and professors, and complete a scholarship audition or portfolio review with a professor. Choose from one of the dates listed to the right.

· Fri. Mar. 27th - Theatre Preview · Fri. Apr. 17th - Music Preview

All applicants to the Music and Theatre departments are required to complete an audition in order to be considered for admission to those programs. Auditions and portfolio reviews are also required for South Carolina School of the Arts scholarship consideration.

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The ongoing journey: paths our alums are following Art & Design •G raphic Designer at SeatMe in San Francisco.

•S enior Graphic Designer at M Booth in NYC. •A ssistant Professor of Art, Sterling College.

•C reative Director with Geneologie.

•S tudio Manager for Warner Brothers Studio

in Brooklyn.

•G raphic Design Work Scholar at Aperture

Foundation, NYC. •G raphic Designer, Neiman Marcus in Dallas.

•S enior Web Designer at Erwin Penland in

Greenville, SC. •S tudio assistant for professional artist.

•G D, Graphic Design Manager at World Headquarters

of Kids Against Hunger, in Minneapolis.

•A number of our students have completed

graduate degrees in Fine Arts, Art Therapy, Art Education, and Communications; and all of our Art Education students who have sought teaching positions have landed them.

•P ercussion instructor, T.L. Hanna High School;

the T.L. Hanna HS Percussion Ensemble won the Indoor Percussion SC State Championship Award in 2011.

•C horal director, Pinellas County, FL; co-leader

of district-wide “Real Men Sing” performance event encouraging male students to participate in chorus.

•C horus teacher; served as professional clinician

and conductor for the South Carolina ACDA Elementary Honor Choir, Coastal Carolina University.

The Choir was invited to perform at the Texas State Capitol for Texas Arts Education Day, 2011.

• Tony Award-winning writer (Shenandoah and others) •M usic graduate, Bassist and Touring/Session

Musician - played on Rio 2 soundtrack; toured with Janelle Monae, David Crowder and Erykah Badu.

Bassist for the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church, Atlanta, GA. Has performed in the following venues: The White House, Saturday Night Live, The Tonight Show with David Letterman, The Today Show and The Arsenio Hall Show.

Music

Theatre

•W orship Leader at NewSpring Church, overseeing

•S tage manager, Centre Stage and Warehouse

several worship teams among eight campus churches throughout SC (25,000 attendance weekly); has composed and produced worship albums with the NewSpring worship band.

•C horus teacher, Seneca Middle School, SC;

received the Outstanding Young Music Educator award presented by the SC Music Educators Association.

•M usic Minister, Boulevard Baptist Church;

previously taught Chorus at Westside High School; selected Teacher of the Year, Anderson District Five.

•W orship Leader at Elevation Church, Charlotte,

NC, with thousands in worship each week at several campuses statewide.

•A ctive professional vocal musician; performed

professionally in Hairspray in Ohio, in professional engagement in San Antonio, invited to private audition for Glimmerglass Opera, New York.

Theatre, Greenville, SC. •A uditioning, performing, and studying dance and

voice in NYC: signed with Wilhelmina Agency.

•T echnical director, Greenville Little Theatre, SC. •F ull-time actor, National Players, America’s longest

running touring company, Baltimore, MD. •S tage manager, Upstate Shakespeare Festival,

Greenville, SC. •S igned with a Charlotte, NC, agency for television,

film, and commercials.

•P ursuing a graduate degree in counseling, to use

theatre as a tool for drama therapy in high schools, private practice, or with juvenile delinquents.

•W orking with Cumberland Playhouse, Crossville, TN. •A rts Administrator with Anderson Arts Council, SC. •T echnical director, oneminutenews.com.

•T V/film actor (JAG, The Wonder Years, Happy

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A journey of success, inspiration—and significance When Eric B. Whitlock was a junior in high school, he received his first art award: a bronze medal from Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD).

Now, decades later, Eric sees that his early medal for two still-life drawings may have been the impetus that led him to study Design and Visual Communication at Anderson University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts (now The South Carolina School of the Arts); to complete a B.F.A. and an M.A. degree at SCAD; and to build an award-winning career as a graphic designer known in the industry for an impressive range of skills: rigorous research & insight analysis, brand strategy & positioning, brand identity development, logo design, traditional and word of mouth marketing, brand naming, responsive web design, social media marketing, print design, package design, advertising, typography design, illustration, and photography.

As a design entrepreneur, Eric co-founded Fuel Digital Marketing & Branding in 1999; he also held for 12 years the position of “Design Wizard” at Brains on Fire, a word of mouth marketing and movement igniting company in Greenville, SC. In 2004, Eric and his wife, Carrie S. Whitlock, founded 2/29 Design.

During Eric’s long, reciprocal relationship with Anderson—including three years teaching in the Graphic Design Department—his talent and creativity helped guide this institution through our momentous rebranding. When we became Anderson University, Eric created our University brand mark and wrote our tagline, knowledge for the journey. Most recently, he designed our new mark for The South Carolina School of the Arts and this publication.

Some of the organizations he has worked with include Best Buy, BMW’s North American, Colonial Williamsburg, Confluence Watersports, DeFeet, International Olympic Committee (IOC), Toyota Family Learning, Roost Restaurant & NOMA Square (JHM Hotels), National Center for Families Learning, Ryobi, The Beach Company, Turner Broadcasting (TBS), Upward Sports, WOMMA: Word of Mouth Marketing Association, Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System, Anytime Fitness, Wonderopolis.org., yeah, that greenville, Valor Hospitality, Charleston Parks Conservancy, Anytime Fitness, The Coca-Cola Company, and Love 146.

His works have been published in several editions of Designing Brand Identity, by Alina Wheeler, and LogoLounge, by Cathy Fishel & Bill Gardner.

Eric’s work has received awards from TIME®, Best Websites, a Gold Wommy, ReBrand 100™, National Mobius® Award, and AAF-ADDY®.

For more information, you can find Eric’s work at 229design.com THE ONGOING JOURNEY

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