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Percussion Professor Keeps in Rhythm with UNCG Music Students

The UNCG Percussion Ensemble performs onstage.

Dr. Eric Willie’s percussion students brought home a coveted award in his first year at UNCG. It’s one of many marks of success for music students within the College of Visual and Performing Arts, and one reason Willie is UNCG’s Board of Governors Excellence in Teaching Award winner.


Tug Watson Named Assistant Professor of Musical Theatre

UNCG Assistant Professor Tug Watson

David “Tug” Watson is a musical theatre artist from New York who most recently performed as a cast member in the Broadway revival of Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street. Watson joined the Broadway company of The Phantom of the Opera in 2018 after receiving his MFA.


Faculty Artist Profile: Marielis Garcia

UNCG faculty Marielis Garcia

Assistant Professor of Dance Marielis Garcia has been a teaching artist since she was barely a teenager—a gutsy teenager who knew exactly what she wanted and wasn’t afraid to ask for it.