UNCSA Chancellor John Mauceri with Jamie Bernstein (center) and Berstein Excellence Award winner Michael Dwinell at Bernstein on Broadway with the North Carolina Symphony in Raleigh, N.C.

Chancellor John Mauceri and Drama Dean Gerald Freedman with the School of Drama faculty and alumni cast and crew of Hamlet before departing for the 2011 Aspen Music Festival.  Top Row (l-r): Lauren Culpepper (Class of 2008), Drama Dean Gerald Freedman, David van Pelt (Class of 1990), Mary Irwin (School of Drama Faculty), Richard Fullerton (Class of 1996) and director Quin Gordon (Class of 2008).  Bottom Row (l-r): Ted Schneider (Class of 2002), William Connell (Class of 2005) and musical director Chancellor John Mauceri.  Read more about that production here.

Chancellor John Mauceri pictured with American Ballet Theatre (ABT) Executive Director Rachel S. Moore and Artistic Director Kevin McKenzie on the PR Newswire Board in Times Square, New York City announcing the new partnership between UNCSA and ABT.

Chancellor John Mauceri shows University of North Carolina President Thomas W. Ross the costume stock within UNCSA's School of Design & Production.

UNCSA Chancellor John Mauceri with his wife, Betty.

In October, 2010, Chancellor John Mauceri made his debut in Spain at the Bilbao Opera, as musical director of Susannah. He is pictured with Susannah’s composer, Carlisle Floyd (gold tie), UNCSA Music student Leo Hurley (right), who assisted Maestro Mauceri, and UNCSA Music alumnus Ricardo Ruiz (left), who played in the violin section of the opera orchestra.

Chancellor John Mauceri, right, discusses issues raised at a Town Hall meeting on “How Arts and Innovation Impact Communities” held at UNCSA on Sept. 10, 2010, with National Endowment for the Arts Chair Rocco Landesman and N.C. Department of Cultural Resources Secretary Linda Carlisle.

UNCSA Chancellor John Mauceri with Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes.

Photo by Mitch Hanlon

Chancellor Mauceri with Alumni Achievement Award Winners in Washington, D.C.
in March 2010.

Chancellor Mauceri visits with Los Angeles-area alumni for brunch in 2008.

UNCSA alumnus and Board of Visitors member Randy Jones visits with Chancellor Mauceri (wearing a Staples Center hard hat, in honor of Jones' musical group, the Village People).

School of Drama Dean Gerald Freedman left, and Chancellor Mauceri talk with President Erskine Bowles when UNCSA hosted the UNC Board of Governors.

Chancellor Mauceri, Director of External Affairs Jim De Cristo (left) and School of Fillmaking Dean Jordan Kerner visit U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan in Washington, D.C.

Alumni Danny McBride (left) and David Gordon Green visit with School of Filmmaking Dean Jordan Kerner and Chancellor Mauceri while on campus to talk with students. .

Alumna Missi Pyle, Mandy Patinkin and Olympia Dukakis chat with Chancellor Mauceri at the Gerald Freedman Celebration in 2009.

Chancellor Mauceri visits with Chicago-area alumni in 2008.

Assistant Dean Warren Conover, Chancellor Emeritus Alex Ewing and founding Dean of Dance Robert Lindgren join Chancellor Mauceri in honoring former Dance Dean Susan McCullough for her contributions to the school.

N.C. Rep. Earline Parmon, the first Miss Pickle, and Chancellor Mauceri pose with Pickles, the official First Dog of UNCSA, at her first birthday party.

John Travolta, Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens pause with Chancellor Mauceri, who conducted the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra at The Walt Disney Co.'s "rollout" in September 2008.