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UNCSA

The Installation of Chancellor Brian Cole

UNCSA Campus | October 1, 2021

The live audience for the Installation of Chancellor Brian Cole has reached capacity. We invite you to watch online Friday, Oct. 1 at 10:30 a.m.

Join us as a new era begins for UNCSA with the installation of our ninth chancellor, Brian Cole. The evolution of the nation’s first public arts conservatory will be marked by a focus on interdisciplinary arts, innovative curricular changes, diversity, mental health and wellness, as our passionate community of artists strive to create, innovate and effect positive cultural change. We invite you for an exclusive look at the distinction and excellence UNCSA brings to the world of arts and entertainment.

Please contact Erin Baker at 336-770-3202 or bakere@uncsa.edu with questions.

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Throughout history artists have activated their talents to refocus perception, move hearts and change minds.
Brian ColeNinth Chancellor of UNCSA
Meet Brian Cole
Brian Cole

Brian Cole, an innovative, experienced and bilingual arts leader, is the ninth chancellor of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA). UNCSA is the nation’s first public arts conservatory, one of 17 constituent campuses in the University of North Carolina System, and home to some of the top-ranked professional artistic training programs in the world. Cole leads nearly 1,300 students from high school through graduate school, as well as 700 summer and 500 community school students, and more than 600 faculty and staff.

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School of Dance
 
School of Dance

Exclusive partner of American Ballet Theatre

School of Design and Production
 
School of Design & Production

Preparing students for careers in theater, live and themed entertainment

School of Drama
 
School of Drama

Ranked No. 4 of drama schools in the world

School of Filmmaking
 
School of Filmmaking

Ranked No. 10 of top film schools in the nation

School of Music
 
School of Music

More than 200 performance opportunities a year

Division of Liberal Arts
 
Division of Liberal Arts

Educating the whole artist to think critically and collaboratively

High School
 
High School Academics

Exceptional value and top-tier academics that complement the arts

Summer Intensives
 
Summer Intensives

Hands-on experience and performance opportunities

Community Programs
 
Community Programs

Programs for children, high school students and adults

Welcome to UNCSA

The University of North Carolina School of the Arts provides gifted emerging artists with the experience, knowledge, and skills needed to excel in their disciplines and in their lives, and it serves and enriches the cultural and economic prosperity of the people of North Carolina and the nation.

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