University of North Carolina School of the Arts — Attraction in Winston-Salem

I was a high school student in the mid 2000s. The program was sub par overall, from how it incorporated and promoted my music studies to the high school academia. I often lament not leaving the program and returning to my prior instructors who were top notch by comparison, but I so wanted to branch out and meet new people and explore my freedoms as a young person. The real kick was that the instructor I had auditioned to attend under left shortly after admitting me, and the school itself never sent me that information, so I had packed up and moved into a school believing I was going to study with someone only to find out that his replacement was an absolute nightmare of a person. I barely made it through those two years of my main supervisor and studio instructor who had been the replacement.

The school felt more like a prison for on campus residents than a creative homestead. I met a lot of incredible students and that is what kept me there until I graduated. I auditioned for the college program despite dreading the idea of attending. If you feel like this school isn't giving you what you need, run. I was there under Chancellor Mauceri, another disastrous influence upon the community there. I give the two stars only because of the wonderful student artists I so thoroughly enjoyed...

I AM A STUDENT OF MANY YEARS TO BE WHICH I AM. UNCSA AUDITION UNCSA HOUSING. I AM LEARNING. WHEN DO THE SHOWS OF THE SOCKS AND THING TO RESUME AND BASSOON AND AWESOME FUN GOOD TIMES WITH FREANCH AND FRIENDS AND FUN FAMILY WITH LEANEING AUDITIONS ARE WHERE YO TO GET IN HARD SOMETIMES BUT TO BE GOOD IS HARD SO MAYBE NEXT TIMES. woah. SHANNON THE ESPRESSO MACHINE IS ALWAYS BROCKEN AND I WANT ESPRESSO BUT THAT IS OKAY EBCQYSE ONLY SOMETIEMS ARE WHAT YOH NEED TO BE THAT WHICH YOU NEED. I AM A STUDENT OF MANY YEARS TO...

I graduated and went on to design shows at the top of the business. The design program was top notch and I owe my artistry to the staff of NCSA (U.) You may see a design of mine on permanent display at the Smithsonian Institution but the live performances that I designed at the Kennedy Center are with my soul forever.

After over a decade after my last show I could call the cues and focus in...