BYU College of Fine Arts and Communications
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BYU College of Fine Arts and Communications
The College of Fine Arts and Communications (CFAC) is one of nine colleges at Brigham Young University
, a private university operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and located in Provo
, Utah
. Founded in 1925, the college has grown from a small college of the arts with minimal faculty and only 100 students to the second largest college on campus.
With more than 3,800 students and 141 full-time faculty, the expansive college has spread across the university’s campus and occupies six buildings (Franklin S. Harris Fine Arts Center
, George H. Brimhall Building, Jesse Knight Building
, Stephen L. Richards Building, B66, and the BYU Museum of Art).
With four departments (Communications, Dance, Theatre and Media Arts, and Visual Arts) and one school (Music), the CFAC offers 14 undergraduate degrees (with 38 emphases) and eight graduate degrees.
Through its performances, exhibitions, newspaper, and broadcast channels, CFAC students have shared their creative work and scholarship with the world. Since 1971, BYU performing groups have performed more than 12,000 shows in all 50 states and 100 countries before audiences totaling more than 7 million. Moreover, radio and television broadcasts of their performances have reached hundreds of millions additional listeners and viewers. Individual student accomplishments include top awards at national and international performance competitions and festivals.
Brigham Young Academy was organized in 1875 and shortly after its establishment, a choir was organized to sing at events and religious services. By 1883 the Department of Music was organized as an extracurricular body and by the early 1900s the Academy had a band, orchestra, and choir; music was being integrated into the school’s core curriculum and departments of art and speech were both organized.
In 1925, under the direction of BYU President Franklin Stewart Harris, the College of Fine Arts was organized with Gerrit de Jong as its first dean. The new college became the first fine arts college in the western United States and brought together the pre-existing departments of music, art and dramatic arts and speech.
The music department was initially composed of a vocal and instrumental division. At the time the college was created, the department had limited full-time faculty (Robert Sauer, Franklin Madsen, Florence Jepperson Madsen, and Margaret Summerhays). Each of these faculty members was responsible for conducting all the classes for the department and the school’s group ensembles.
The art department consisted of Bent Franklin Larsen and Elbert Hindley Eastmond. Within the next decade the faculty gained the skills of Verla L. Birrell, Lynn Taylor, and J. Roman Andrus. The department not only managed the instruction of the arts, but also began a standing collection of art pieces to be housed at the university. By the end of Franklin’s administration, the department had accumulated roughly 700 pieces on behalf of the university. The department of public speaking and dramatic arts was originally headed by T. Earl Pardoe
.
The organization of the college was a major accomplishment for the arts at BYU but the programs lacked a central building. Musicians in need of practice space would often congregate in bathrooms. Rehearsals for plays and productions were held in the Joseph Smith Building in shifts (one in the afternoon, one in the evening, and one starting around midnight). Musical productions struggled to overcome the poor acoustics and lighting in the Smith Fieldhouse
however, despite the many space issues, the programs were academically strong and continually succeeded. After attending several rehearsals the 1956 University Accreditation Team reported the arts instruction to be of superior quality and the college began its path to national and international recognition.
In the 1958, the university allotted a portion of its budget to construct a fine arts center. The building was projected to cost $5,000,000, 80 percent of which came directly from the Church. Internationally acclaimed architect William L. Pereira was hired to design the building and construction on the Franklin S. Harris Fine Arts Center (HFAC) began in 1962. It was completed in 1964 at a cost of $7,000,000 making it the most expensive building on campus at the time.
While the HFAC was under construction, another major change was made to the college – the university’s administration approved the addition of a Department of Communications to the growing college. The department’s addition to the college officially changed its name to the College of Fine Arts and Communications. The new department adopted the former Department of Journalism
(formerly housed in the College of Humanities
and Social Sciences
), the broadcasting
program (formerly housed in the Department of Dramatic Arts and the photography program (formerly housed in the Department of Visual Arts.
Responding to a request from the university’s administration, the college piloted an academic advisement program. In 1973, the College Advisement Center opened its doors. It was the first center of its kind on campus, offering one-on-one consultations to students regarding their class schedules and graduation plans. The pilot program was successful and the College of Fine Arts and Communications Advisement Center became the model for similar centers started across campus.
From 1968 to 1974 the Department of Theatre operated the Brigham Young University Touring Reparatory Theatre. The program was set up like professional reparatory theaters with actors learning multiple parts for multiple productions. The program toured regularly and had a total of approximately 200,000 spectators.
In 2003 the BYU Adlab
was created and has won numerous student advertising awards.
The college continued to undergo numerous changes and transitions over the years, but two of the most significant changes in recent past occurred in 2009 when the university’s administration removed BYU Broadcasting from under the college’s umbrella and added the Department of Dance (The department had previously been housed in the former College of Health and Human Performance prior to its dissolution in the summer of 2009.).
The Department of Dance has been tied closely to the college for years and prior to its addition to the college, the department had been one of the few dance departments in the country that was not housed under the fine arts.
, Utah
, approximately 45 minutes from Utah’s capital, Salt Lake City.
The college is principally housed in the Franklin S. Harris Fine Arts Center
(HFAC). Dedicated in 1965, the HFAC is located immediately south of the Brigham Young University Museum of Art north of the Wilkinson Student Center.
The HFAC houses the college’s administrative offices, the School of Music, the Department of Theatre and Media Arts, the Department of Visual Arts, BYU Broadcasting, and the Division of Design and Production.
The HFAC has well over 100 rooms of various types, including 53 practice rooms and four art galleries. The building also has seven pipe organs that are considered to be among the most notable in Utah. The building also has two concert halls, three theatres, and two art galleries.
The George H. Brimhall Building was built in 1918 and is located in the southwestern corner of campus and houses the Department of Communications. Recently renovated in 2005, the building previously served as the Student Army Training Corps, blacksmithing and wood working facility, mechanics’ garage, storage, and eventually journalism and art classes.
Today, the building hosts the Advanced Advertising Lab (BYU Adlab
), Bradley Public Relations (BYU’s nationally-affiliated, student-run, PRSSA firm), The Daily News (daily, student produced broadcast that airs on BYU Television), The Daily Universe (student-produced campus newspaper with an approximate readership of 18,000) the Eye Tracking Lab, as well as three floors of classrooms, computer labs, graduate study rooms, student organization offices, conference rooms, and faculty and administrative offices.
Jesse Knight Building
(JKB) was built in 1960 and was first occupied by the BYU Commercial College (or business school). After the Tanner Building was built, the JKB became the location of the College of Humanities. However, with the completion of the new Joseph F. Smith building in 2005, most humanities functions were shifted to the new facility and other institutions moved into the building. Currently the JKB is the home of the BYU Police, Freshman Academy administration, Human Resource Development, the Department of Visual Arts, the English Writing Center, the Humanities Publications Center, School of Management computer laboratories, and many classrooms.
The Stephen L. Richards Building, built in 1971, was named for Stephen L. Richards, a proponent of physical education and good sportsmanship, Richards also served on the BYU Board of Trustees, as assistant commissioner of Church education and as a counselor in the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The facility includes three Olympic-size heated swimming pools, numerous dance studios, administrative offices, basketball, volleyball, and racquetball courts, locker rooms, and classrooms. The facility also houses the CFAC’s Department of Dance and portions of the School of Music.
B66 is an industrial-style
building that houses some classrooms and the Department of Visual Arts’ ceramic studios.
The BYU Museum of Art (MOA) is one of the best attended university-campus art museums in the United States. The museum, which had been discussed for more than fifty years, opened in a 10,000-square-foot (930 m2) space in 1993. According to a 2004 survey, the museum ranked first in attendance among university campus art museums with 334,774 visitors. Among all art museums, the museum comes in 31st in attendance out of 157 member art museums from the United States, Canada and Mexico.
The museum displays paintings, drawings, prints, sculptures, installations, video, and photography. The permanent collection contains works of art from many renowned artists including Carl Bloch, Maynard Dixon
, Rembrandt, Norman Rockwell
, and Minerva Teichert
. The MOA also houses a café, gift shop, and a small theatre.
The department is composed of five different emphases: Advertising, Broadcast Journalism, Print Journalism, Public Relations, and Communications Studies. Each of these programs are staffed by some of the top communicators in the world and also offer hands-on lab experiences to provide students opportunities to gain practical, real-world experience prior to graduation by working with real clients. For example, students in the Advertising lab have worked with clients like Doritos
, NikeiD
, Häagen-Dazs
, and others.
The Department of Dance provides an academic dance program so extensive in its offering that it is unmatched by any other university in the world. More than 13,000 students take classes every year in one or more of the department’s four areas of emphasis: ballet
, ballroom
, modern dance
, and world dance. The department also has offerings in tap
, jazz
, and aerobic dance.
The Department of Dance has received international acclaim as touring groups, including the Ballroom and Folk Dance Team
s, have performed across the globe. Not only have the performers enriched lives through dance, but also through their testimonies and the spirit that they carry with them.
See also BYU Ballroom Dance Company
.
.
The school is also home to internationally acclaimed audition choirs, bands, and orchestras that have traveled the world over sharing their time and talents with broad international audiences.
The School of Music also runs the New Horizons Orchestra, a program for adults 40 years old and above to teach playing of string instruments.
BYU's Opera Workshop is run by the School of Music. The Opera Workshop was begun in 1947 under the direction of Dol L. Earl. Earl directed the Opera Workshop until 1963, when he was succeeded by Brandt Curtis. Clayne Robison
became the director of the opera workshop in 1973.
BYU has had an orchestra since at least 1925. It was at that time that Leroy Robertson
became the director of the BYU Symphonic Orchestra. He served in that position until 1946 when he was succeeded by Lawrence Sardoni. In 1951, Sardoni inaugurated a touring program for the orchestra. From 1964–1966 Crawford Gates
was the conductor of the orchestra. He was succeeded in 1966 by Ralph G. Laycock. Under Laycock's leadership the orchestra was renamed the Brigham Young University Philharmonic Orchestra, which is its current name.
Currently, Kory Katseanes
holds the title of Director of Orchestras within the School of music. He directs both the 98-member Philharmonic Orchestra and the 47-member chamber orchestra, all of whose members are also in the Philharmonic Orchestra. There is also a Symphony Orchestra which functions as the preparatory orchestra for the Philharmonic Orchestra. There are also two non-audition orchestras that are open to any student enrolled at BYU.
See also BYU bands and ensembles
, BYU Young Ambassadors and BYU choirs
.
BYU's theatre students have performed in Broadway
casts of Mama Mia!, Les Misérables
, Miss Saigon
, Thoroughly Modern Millie
, Hair
, and 42nd Street
. Additionally, students have been with the Broadway national tours of Cats
, Fosse
, Footloose
, Titanic
, Sunset Boulevard
, and Annie Get Your Gun
. Graduates have also worked with the Boston Ballet
, Milwaukee Repertory Theater
, and the Sacramento Ballet.
Film students from the department have created several successful independent films (Napoleon Dynamite
, God's Army
, Saints and Soldiers
, The Singles Ward
, Out of Step
, Brigham City
, and Charly
). Many students have competed in film competitions including the Sundance Film Festival
and Slamdance
. Students have also worked on the crews for national television programs (Touched by an Angel
and Everwood
).
The College of Fine Arts and Communications (CFAC) is one of nine colleges at Brigham Young University
Brigham Young University
Brigham Young University is a private university located in Provo, Utah. It is owned and operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints , and is the United States' largest religious university and third-largest private university.Approximately 98% of the university's 34,000 students...
, a private university operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and located in Provo
Provo, Utah
Provo is the third largest city in the U.S. state of Utah, located about south of Salt Lake City along the Wasatch Front. Provo is the county seat of Utah County and lies between the cities of Orem to the north and Springville to the south...
, Utah
Utah
Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the...
. Founded in 1925, the college has grown from a small college of the arts with minimal faculty and only 100 students to the second largest college on campus.
With more than 3,800 students and 141 full-time faculty, the expansive college has spread across the university’s campus and occupies six buildings (Franklin S. Harris Fine Arts Center
Franklin S. Harris Fine Arts Center
The Franklin S. Harris Fine Arts Center is the main location for the BYU College of Fine Arts and Communications. , housing most of the colleges departments and divisions...
, George H. Brimhall Building, Jesse Knight Building
Jesse Knight Building
The Jesse Knight Building, also known as the JKB, is a building that houses classrooms on the Brigham Young University campus in Provo, Utah....
, Stephen L. Richards Building, B66, and the BYU Museum of Art).
With four departments (Communications, Dance, Theatre and Media Arts, and Visual Arts) and one school (Music), the CFAC offers 14 undergraduate degrees (with 38 emphases) and eight graduate degrees.
Through its performances, exhibitions, newspaper, and broadcast channels, CFAC students have shared their creative work and scholarship with the world. Since 1971, BYU performing groups have performed more than 12,000 shows in all 50 states and 100 countries before audiences totaling more than 7 million. Moreover, radio and television broadcasts of their performances have reached hundreds of millions additional listeners and viewers. Individual student accomplishments include top awards at national and international performance competitions and festivals.
History
Owned and operated by The LDS Church, BYU’s CFAC has close ties to The Church’s religious history and its members’ passion for the arts. As Mormon Pioneers crossed the plains in the efforts to reach the Great Salt Lake Valley, many pioneer men and women renewed themselves through music and dancing. Following their arrival in the valley, Church leaders established several different communities and the arts were central to the settlements they erected and were equally important to the pioneers’ individual lives.Brigham Young Academy was organized in 1875 and shortly after its establishment, a choir was organized to sing at events and religious services. By 1883 the Department of Music was organized as an extracurricular body and by the early 1900s the Academy had a band, orchestra, and choir; music was being integrated into the school’s core curriculum and departments of art and speech were both organized.
In 1925, under the direction of BYU President Franklin Stewart Harris, the College of Fine Arts was organized with Gerrit de Jong as its first dean. The new college became the first fine arts college in the western United States and brought together the pre-existing departments of music, art and dramatic arts and speech.
The music department was initially composed of a vocal and instrumental division. At the time the college was created, the department had limited full-time faculty (Robert Sauer, Franklin Madsen, Florence Jepperson Madsen, and Margaret Summerhays). Each of these faculty members was responsible for conducting all the classes for the department and the school’s group ensembles.
The art department consisted of Bent Franklin Larsen and Elbert Hindley Eastmond. Within the next decade the faculty gained the skills of Verla L. Birrell, Lynn Taylor, and J. Roman Andrus. The department not only managed the instruction of the arts, but also began a standing collection of art pieces to be housed at the university. By the end of Franklin’s administration, the department had accumulated roughly 700 pieces on behalf of the university. The department of public speaking and dramatic arts was originally headed by T. Earl Pardoe
T. Earl Pardoe
Thomas Earl Pardoe was the first head of the Brigham Young University drama program. One of the main theaters in the Harris Fine Arts Center at BYU is named for him and his wife, Kathryn Bassett Pardoe, who was also an influential drama teacher at BYU.Pardoes was born and raised in Ogden, Utah...
.
The organization of the college was a major accomplishment for the arts at BYU but the programs lacked a central building. Musicians in need of practice space would often congregate in bathrooms. Rehearsals for plays and productions were held in the Joseph Smith Building in shifts (one in the afternoon, one in the evening, and one starting around midnight). Musical productions struggled to overcome the poor acoustics and lighting in the Smith Fieldhouse
Smith Fieldhouse
The George Albert Smith Fieldhouse is a 5,000 seat multi-purpose arena in Provo, Utah. Built in 1951, it is the home of the Brigham Young University Cougars volleyball teams, and was named for George Albert Smith, the eighth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, who died the...
however, despite the many space issues, the programs were academically strong and continually succeeded. After attending several rehearsals the 1956 University Accreditation Team reported the arts instruction to be of superior quality and the college began its path to national and international recognition.
In the 1958, the university allotted a portion of its budget to construct a fine arts center. The building was projected to cost $5,000,000, 80 percent of which came directly from the Church. Internationally acclaimed architect William L. Pereira was hired to design the building and construction on the Franklin S. Harris Fine Arts Center (HFAC) began in 1962. It was completed in 1964 at a cost of $7,000,000 making it the most expensive building on campus at the time.
While the HFAC was under construction, another major change was made to the college – the university’s administration approved the addition of a Department of Communications to the growing college. The department’s addition to the college officially changed its name to the College of Fine Arts and Communications. The new department adopted the former Department of Journalism
Journalism
Journalism is the practice of investigation and reporting of events, issues and trends to a broad audience in a timely fashion. Though there are many variations of journalism, the ideal is to inform the intended audience. Along with covering organizations and institutions such as government and...
(formerly housed in the College of Humanities
Humanities
The humanities are academic disciplines that study the human condition, using methods that are primarily analytical, critical, or speculative, as distinguished from the mainly empirical approaches of the natural sciences....
and Social Sciences
Social sciences
Social science is the field of study concerned with society. "Social science" is commonly used as an umbrella term to refer to a plurality of fields outside of the natural sciences usually exclusive of the administrative or managerial sciences...
), the broadcasting
Broadcasting
Broadcasting is the distribution of audio and video content to a dispersed audience via any audio visual medium. Receiving parties may include the general public or a relatively large subset of thereof...
program (formerly housed in the Department of Dramatic Arts and the photography program (formerly housed in the Department of Visual Arts.
Responding to a request from the university’s administration, the college piloted an academic advisement program. In 1973, the College Advisement Center opened its doors. It was the first center of its kind on campus, offering one-on-one consultations to students regarding their class schedules and graduation plans. The pilot program was successful and the College of Fine Arts and Communications Advisement Center became the model for similar centers started across campus.
From 1968 to 1974 the Department of Theatre operated the Brigham Young University Touring Reparatory Theatre. The program was set up like professional reparatory theaters with actors learning multiple parts for multiple productions. The program toured regularly and had a total of approximately 200,000 spectators.
In 2003 the BYU Adlab
BYU Adlab
BYU Adlab is an American advertising agency housed within the College of Fine Arts and Communications at Brigham Young University. Founded by Jeff Sheets and Doug McKinlay, it is one of the only university-sponsored advertising agencies in the world.-History:...
was created and has won numerous student advertising awards.
The college continued to undergo numerous changes and transitions over the years, but two of the most significant changes in recent past occurred in 2009 when the university’s administration removed BYU Broadcasting from under the college’s umbrella and added the Department of Dance (The department had previously been housed in the former College of Health and Human Performance prior to its dissolution in the summer of 2009.).
The Department of Dance has been tied closely to the college for years and prior to its addition to the college, the department had been one of the few dance departments in the country that was not housed under the fine arts.
Campus
BYU is located in ProvoProvo, Utah
Provo is the third largest city in the U.S. state of Utah, located about south of Salt Lake City along the Wasatch Front. Provo is the county seat of Utah County and lies between the cities of Orem to the north and Springville to the south...
, Utah
Utah
Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the...
, approximately 45 minutes from Utah’s capital, Salt Lake City.
The college is principally housed in the Franklin S. Harris Fine Arts Center
Franklin S. Harris Fine Arts Center
The Franklin S. Harris Fine Arts Center is the main location for the BYU College of Fine Arts and Communications. , housing most of the colleges departments and divisions...
(HFAC). Dedicated in 1965, the HFAC is located immediately south of the Brigham Young University Museum of Art north of the Wilkinson Student Center.
The HFAC houses the college’s administrative offices, the School of Music, the Department of Theatre and Media Arts, the Department of Visual Arts, BYU Broadcasting, and the Division of Design and Production.
The HFAC has well over 100 rooms of various types, including 53 practice rooms and four art galleries. The building also has seven pipe organs that are considered to be among the most notable in Utah. The building also has two concert halls, three theatres, and two art galleries.
The George H. Brimhall Building was built in 1918 and is located in the southwestern corner of campus and houses the Department of Communications. Recently renovated in 2005, the building previously served as the Student Army Training Corps, blacksmithing and wood working facility, mechanics’ garage, storage, and eventually journalism and art classes.
Today, the building hosts the Advanced Advertising Lab (BYU Adlab
BYU Adlab
BYU Adlab is an American advertising agency housed within the College of Fine Arts and Communications at Brigham Young University. Founded by Jeff Sheets and Doug McKinlay, it is one of the only university-sponsored advertising agencies in the world.-History:...
), Bradley Public Relations (BYU’s nationally-affiliated, student-run, PRSSA firm), The Daily News (daily, student produced broadcast that airs on BYU Television), The Daily Universe (student-produced campus newspaper with an approximate readership of 18,000) the Eye Tracking Lab, as well as three floors of classrooms, computer labs, graduate study rooms, student organization offices, conference rooms, and faculty and administrative offices.
Jesse Knight Building
Jesse Knight Building
The Jesse Knight Building, also known as the JKB, is a building that houses classrooms on the Brigham Young University campus in Provo, Utah....
(JKB) was built in 1960 and was first occupied by the BYU Commercial College (or business school). After the Tanner Building was built, the JKB became the location of the College of Humanities. However, with the completion of the new Joseph F. Smith building in 2005, most humanities functions were shifted to the new facility and other institutions moved into the building. Currently the JKB is the home of the BYU Police, Freshman Academy administration, Human Resource Development, the Department of Visual Arts, the English Writing Center, the Humanities Publications Center, School of Management computer laboratories, and many classrooms.
The Stephen L. Richards Building, built in 1971, was named for Stephen L. Richards, a proponent of physical education and good sportsmanship, Richards also served on the BYU Board of Trustees, as assistant commissioner of Church education and as a counselor in the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The facility includes three Olympic-size heated swimming pools, numerous dance studios, administrative offices, basketball, volleyball, and racquetball courts, locker rooms, and classrooms. The facility also houses the CFAC’s Department of Dance and portions of the School of Music.
B66 is an industrial-style
Industrial Style
Industrial Style refers to an aesthetic trend in design that emphasizes sharp lines, abrupt connections and dynamic interactions of motion. It is derivative of the same forces that created the architectural movement Deconstructivism and the anime genre Mecha, and can be seen in such automobile...
building that houses some classrooms and the Department of Visual Arts’ ceramic studios.
The BYU Museum of Art (MOA) is one of the best attended university-campus art museums in the United States. The museum, which had been discussed for more than fifty years, opened in a 10,000-square-foot (930 m2) space in 1993. According to a 2004 survey, the museum ranked first in attendance among university campus art museums with 334,774 visitors. Among all art museums, the museum comes in 31st in attendance out of 157 member art museums from the United States, Canada and Mexico.
The museum displays paintings, drawings, prints, sculptures, installations, video, and photography. The permanent collection contains works of art from many renowned artists including Carl Bloch, Maynard Dixon
Maynard Dixon
Maynard Dixon was a 20th-century American artist whose body of work focused on the American West. He was married for a time to American photographer Dorothea Lange.-Biography:...
, Rembrandt, Norman Rockwell
Norman Rockwell
Norman Percevel Rockwell was a 20th-century American painter and illustrator. His works enjoy a broad popular appeal in the United States for their reflection of American culture. Rockwell is most famous for the cover illustrations of everyday life scenarios he created for The Saturday Evening...
, and Minerva Teichert
Minerva Teichert
Minerva Bernetta Kohlhepp Teichert was an American painter notable for her art depicting Western and Mormon subjects, including a collection of murals depicting scenes from the Book of Mormon.-Biography:...
. The MOA also houses a café, gift shop, and a small theatre.
Departments
Communications
The 2008-2009 academic school year marked the 75th anniversary of the Department of Communications. What started as a division of the English Department in 1933 has blossomed into a first-class program that is ripe with opportunity for future communications professionalsThe department is composed of five different emphases: Advertising, Broadcast Journalism, Print Journalism, Public Relations, and Communications Studies. Each of these programs are staffed by some of the top communicators in the world and also offer hands-on lab experiences to provide students opportunities to gain practical, real-world experience prior to graduation by working with real clients. For example, students in the Advertising lab have worked with clients like Doritos
Doritos
Doritos is a brand of seasoned tortilla chips created by Arch West and produced since 1964 by the American food company Frito-Lay ....
, NikeiD
NIKEiD
NIKEiD is a service provided by Nike allowing customers to personalize and design their own Nike merchandise. They offer online services as well as physical NIKEiD studios in different countries around the world, including: United Kingdom, France, Spain, Germany, China and the USA.- Description...
, Häagen-Dazs
Häagen-Dazs
Häagen-Dazs is a brand of ice cream, established by Jewish-Polish immigrants Reuben and Rose Mattus in the Bronx, New York, in 1961. Starting with only three flavors: vanilla, chocolate, and coffee, the company opened its first retail store in Brooklyn, New York, on November 15, 1976...
, and others.
Dance
The Department of Dance joined the CFAC on June 1, 2009 after the dissolution of the College of Health and Human Performance bringing all of the arts at BYU under one administrative umbrella.The Department of Dance provides an academic dance program so extensive in its offering that it is unmatched by any other university in the world. More than 13,000 students take classes every year in one or more of the department’s four areas of emphasis: ballet
Ballet
Ballet is a type of performance dance, that originated in the Italian Renaissance courts of the 15th century, and which was further developed in France and Russia as a concert dance form. The early portions preceded the invention of the proscenium stage and were presented in large chambers with...
, ballroom
Ballroom
A ballroom is a large room inside a building, the designated purpose of which is holding formal dances called balls. Traditionally, most balls were held in private residences; many mansions contain one or more ballrooms...
, modern dance
Modern dance
Modern dance is a dance form developed in the early 20th century. Although the term Modern dance has also been applied to a category of 20th Century ballroom dances, Modern dance as a term usually refers to 20th century concert dance.-Intro:...
, and world dance. The department also has offerings in tap
Tap dance
Tap dance is a form of dance characterized by using the sound of one's tap shoes hitting the floor as a percussive instrument. As such, it is also commonly considered to be a form of music. Two major variations on tap dance exist: rhythm tap and Broadway tap. Broadway tap focuses more on the...
, jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
, and aerobic dance.
The Department of Dance has received international acclaim as touring groups, including the Ballroom and Folk Dance Team
BYU International Folk Dance Ensemble
The Brigham Young University International Folk Dancers are a Brigham Young University performing group that performs folk dancers from many parts of the world. They have performed in many locations around the world including at the cultural festival held in connection with the 1988 Olympics in...
s, have performed across the globe. Not only have the performers enriched lives through dance, but also through their testimonies and the spirit that they carry with them.
See also BYU Ballroom Dance Company
BYU Ballroom Dance Company
The BYU Ballroom Dance Company originates in the Department of Dance of the College of Health and Human Performance at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah...
.
Music
BYU’s School of Music embraces the university’s aims of providing an education that is spiritually strengthening, intellectually enlarging and character building. The faculty, administrators and staff all work to help the school’s students think clearly about diverse kinds of music and to create, perform and teach music with excellence. The school explores music within the context of a broad liberal arts education and religious instruction - infusing the lives of students with scholarly and creative experiences. Currently the director of the School of Music is Kory KatseanesKory Katseanes
Kory Katseanes is the director of the School of Music at Brigham Young University as well as its orchestra program, one of the largest collegiate orchestra programs in the United States. He has also been a guest conductor for multiple orchestras....
.
The school is also home to internationally acclaimed audition choirs, bands, and orchestras that have traveled the world over sharing their time and talents with broad international audiences.
The School of Music also runs the New Horizons Orchestra, a program for adults 40 years old and above to teach playing of string instruments.
BYU's Opera Workshop is run by the School of Music. The Opera Workshop was begun in 1947 under the direction of Dol L. Earl. Earl directed the Opera Workshop until 1963, when he was succeeded by Brandt Curtis. Clayne Robison
Clayne Robison
Clayne Robison is a professor of voice at Brigham Young University . He is a specialist in the study of vocal beauty.Robison is a native of Boise, Idaho. He received his bachelors degree from BYU and then received a law degree from Harvard Law School. However, he later took an MMus and then a...
became the director of the opera workshop in 1973.
BYU has had an orchestra since at least 1925. It was at that time that Leroy Robertson
Leroy Robertson
Leroy Robertson was an American composer and music educator.Robertson was born in Fountain Green, Utah. One of his earliest instructors was Anthony C. Lund. He studied violin, composition, and public school music at the New England Conservatory and in Europe...
became the director of the BYU Symphonic Orchestra. He served in that position until 1946 when he was succeeded by Lawrence Sardoni. In 1951, Sardoni inaugurated a touring program for the orchestra. From 1964–1966 Crawford Gates
Crawford Gates
Crawford Gates is a musician, composer, and conductor known for his contributions to the body of LDS music.- Early life :Gates was born in San Francisco, December 1921, and grew up in Palo Alto, California.-Family:...
was the conductor of the orchestra. He was succeeded in 1966 by Ralph G. Laycock. Under Laycock's leadership the orchestra was renamed the Brigham Young University Philharmonic Orchestra, which is its current name.
Currently, Kory Katseanes
Kory Katseanes
Kory Katseanes is the director of the School of Music at Brigham Young University as well as its orchestra program, one of the largest collegiate orchestra programs in the United States. He has also been a guest conductor for multiple orchestras....
holds the title of Director of Orchestras within the School of music. He directs both the 98-member Philharmonic Orchestra and the 47-member chamber orchestra, all of whose members are also in the Philharmonic Orchestra. There is also a Symphony Orchestra which functions as the preparatory orchestra for the Philharmonic Orchestra. There are also two non-audition orchestras that are open to any student enrolled at BYU.
See also BYU bands and ensembles
BYU bands and ensembles
BYU has a broad array of bands and ensembles. Most of these are part of the programs of the School of Music in the BYU College of Fine Arts and Communications, primarily either in the Department of Bands or the Jazz Studies Department.-History:...
, BYU Young Ambassadors and BYU choirs
BYU Choirs
The choirs at Brigham Young University consist of four auditioned choirs: the Concert Choir, the Men's Chorus, the Women's Chorus, and the Brigham Young University Singers. Each choir is highly accomplished and performs from an extensive repertoire. Together, the choirs have recorded and released a...
.
Theatre and Media Arts
The college’s theatre program is designed to educate students in basic foundations of dramatic literature, theatre history, theory, and performance skills as both an actor and director while providing new, innovative techniques in all areas of theatre design technology and production.BYU's theatre students have performed in Broadway
Broadway theatre
Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 40 professional theatres with 500 or more seats located in the Theatre District centered along Broadway, and in Lincoln Center, in Manhattan in New York City...
casts of Mama Mia!, Les Misérables
Les Misérables (musical)
Les Misérables , colloquially known as Les Mis or Les Miz , is a musical by Claude-Michel Schönberg, based on the novel of the same name by Victor Hugo....
, Miss Saigon
Miss Saigon
Miss Saigon is a musical by Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil, with lyrics by Boublil and Richard Maltby, Jr.. It is based on Giacomo Puccini's opera Madame Butterfly, and similarly tells the tragic tale of a doomed romance involving an Asian woman abandoned by her American lover...
, Thoroughly Modern Millie
Thoroughly Modern Millie (musical)
Thoroughly Modern Millie is a musical with music by Jeanine Tesori, lyrics by Dick Scanlan, and a book by Richard Morris and Scanlan. Based on the 1967 film of the same name, Thoroughly Modern Millie tells the story of a small-town girl, Millie Dillmount, who comes to New York City to marry for...
, Hair
Hair (musical)
Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical is a rock musical with a book and lyrics by James Rado and Gerome Ragni and music by Galt MacDermot. A product of the hippie counter-culture and sexual revolution of the 1960s, several of its songs became anthems of the anti-Vietnam War peace movement...
, and 42nd Street
42nd Street (musical)
42nd Street is a musical with a book by Michael Stewart and Mark Bramble, lyrics by Al Dubin, and music by Harry Warren. The 1980 Broadway production, directed by an ailing Gower Champion and orchestrated by Philip J. Lang, won the Tony Award for Best Musical and became a long-running hit...
. Additionally, students have been with the Broadway national tours of Cats
Cats (musical)
Cats is a musical composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber, based on Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T. S. Eliot...
, Fosse
Fosse
Fosse is a three-act musical revue showcasing the choreography of Bob Fosse. After 21 previews, the original Broadway production, conceived and directed by Richard Maltby, Jr...
, Footloose
Footloose (musical)
Footloose is a 1998 musical based on the 1984 film of the same name. The music is by Tom Snow , the lyrics by Dean Pitchford , and the book by Pitchford and Walter Bobbie.-Act 1:...
, Titanic
Titanic (musical)
Titanic is a musical with music and lyrics by Maury Yeston and a book by Peter Stone that opened on Broadway in 1997. It won five Tony Awards including the award for Best Musical...
, Sunset Boulevard
Sunset Boulevard (musical)
Sunset Boulevard is a musical with book and lyrics by Don Black and Christopher Hampton and music by Andrew Lloyd Webber. Based on the 1950 film of the same title, the plot revolves around Norma Desmond, a faded star of the silent screen era, living in the past in her decaying mansion on the...
, and Annie Get Your Gun
Annie Get Your Gun (musical)
Annie Get Your Gun is a musical with lyrics and music written by Irving Berlin and a book by Herbert Fields and his sister Dorothy Fields. The story is a fictionalized version of the life of Annie Oakley , who was a sharpshooter from Ohio, and her husband, Frank Butler.The 1946 Broadway production...
. Graduates have also worked with the Boston Ballet
Boston Ballet
Boston Ballet, founded in 1963 by E. Virginia Williams, was the first professional repertory ballet company in New England. Boston Ballet’s national and international reputation developed under the leadership of Artistic Directors Violette Verdy , Bruce Marks , and Anna-Marie Holmes...
, Milwaukee Repertory Theater
Milwaukee Repertory Theater
Milwaukee Repertory Theater, founded by Mary Widrig John in 1954, as the Fred Miller Theatre Company, is now located on the east bank of the Milwaukee River in the Patty and Jay Baker Theater Complex at 108 E Wells St, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It is home to an eleven member Resident Acting Company...
, and the Sacramento Ballet.
Film students from the department have created several successful independent films (Napoleon Dynamite
Napoleon Dynamite
Napoleon Dynamite is a 2004 comedy film co-written and directed by Jared Hess and Jerusha Hess and stars Jon Heder as Napoleon Dynamite. The film was Jared Hess' first full-length feature and is partially adapted from his earlier short film, Peluca....
, God's Army
God's Army (film)
God's Army is a 2000 film. It was written, directed by and features Richard Dutcher. It is an independent film and was financed by private investors.-Main cast:*Matthew A...
, Saints and Soldiers
Saints and Soldiers
Saints and Soldiers is a 2003 drama-war film featuring Corbin Allred, Alexander Niver, Kirby Heyborne, Lawrence Bagby and Peter Holden.It is based loosely around events taking place shortly after the Malmedy massacre during the Battle of the Bulge where several US soldiers and a downed British...
, The Singles Ward
The Singles Ward
The Singles Ward is a 2002 LDS cinema comedy film directed by Kurt Hale and written by Kurt Hale and John E. Moyer based on his own life as a stand up comedian and single member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints...
, Out of Step
Out of Step (film)
Out of Step is a 2002 film about an LDS young woman from Utah who moves to New York, New York to pursue an education in dance at New York University. There, she receives the affections of two young men and must eventually chose between them.-Plot:...
, Brigham City
Brigham City (film)
Brigham City is a 2001 murder mystery film. It was written, directed by and starring Richard Dutcher in the main role. It is an independent film and was financed by private investors....
, and Charly
Charly
Charly is a 1968 American film directed by Ralph Nelson. The drama stars Cliff Robertson , Claire Bloom, Lilia Skala, Leon Janney and Dick Van Patten and tells the story of a mentally retarded bakery worker who is the subject of an experiment to increase human intelligence...
). Many students have competed in film competitions including the Sundance Film Festival
Sundance Film Festival
The Sundance Film Festival is a film festival that takes place annually in Utah, in the United States. It is the largest independent cinema festival in the United States. Held in January in Park City, Salt Lake City, and Ogden, as well as at the Sundance Resort, the festival is a showcase for new...
and Slamdance
Slamdance Film Festival
As a year-round organization, Slamdance serves as a showcase for the discovery of new and emerging talent in the film industry; it is also the only major film festival fully programmed by filmmakers. Slamdance counts among its alumni many notable writers and directors who first gained notice at the...
. Students have also worked on the crews for national television programs (Touched by an Angel
Touched by an Angel
Touched by an Angel is an American drama series that premiered on CBS on September 21, 1994 and ran for 211 episodes and nine seasons until its conclusion on April 27, 2003. Created by John Masius and produced by Martha Williamson, the series stars Roma Downey, as an angel named Monica, and Della...
and Everwood
Everwood
Everwood is an American drama television series that initially aired in the United States on The WB. The series is set in the fictional small town of Everwood, Colorado, and was filmed in Ogden, South Salt Lake, and Draper, Utah, except the series pilot which was filmed in Canmore, Alberta,...
).