Visual and Performing Arts Center (VPAC) Construction Update
Groundbreaking for the new $97 million dollar Visual and Performing Arts Center (VPAC) was celebrated on October 17, 2011, and featured inspirational speeches by WCSU President Dr. James Schmotter, Mayor Mark Boughton, Pasquale Salemi (Deputy Commissioner of the CT Department of Administrative Services), CT Board of Regents Interim President Dr. Robert Kennedy, and Governor Dannel P. Malloy. The ceremony featured performances by the WCSU Chamber Singers, Opera Ensemble and Jazz Orchestra, as well as selections from Sweeney Todd and Irving Berlin's I Love A Piano by the Department of Theater Arts, and excerpts from the art exhibition Looking Forward, featuring works by WCSU students, faculty, and alumni.
The new facility has been designed by an award-winning team of architects and technical consultants, led by the architectural firms of Holzzman/Moss/Bottino and Amenta/Emma. The educational and artistic experiences of students, faculty, alumni, and patrons of the arts will be enhanced by the addition of a 350 seat concert hall, a 350 seat theater, an art gallery, a recording studio as well as state-of-the-art rehearsal, classroom, and studio art facilities. Keep checking this website for more updates as the building takes shape, and our dream becomes a reality.
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