UCF Celebrates the Arts News

UCF Celebrates the Arts 2023 welcomed audiences of all ages, abilities and interests with more events than ever before.

UCF Celebrates the Arts was awarded by the Downtown Orlando Partnership in the category of Arts & Culture on May 2, recognizing the festival’s economic and community impact on downtown Orlando.

For UCF Celebrates the Arts 2023, former ballet dancer Sabrina Landa has choreographed a dance that is inspired by her personal struggles and aims to make others feel seen.

Returning to the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, which included a new acoustically perfect venue, UCF Celebrates the Arts featured an incredible variety of creative talent.

Pegasus Professor Stella Sung’s composition Oceana: Sounds of the Sea will invite patrons at UCF Celebrates the Arts into a story they will never forget.

Chung Park, director of UCF’s Symphony and Chamber Orchestras, shares his gift and passion for teaching, insight on UCF Celebrates the Arts, and how you can learn to purposefully integrate music into your life.

Erika Clippinger will present her findings about South Korea’s music education practices and their impact.

After two years of cancelled or modified programming, UCF Celebrates the Arts returns bigger and brighter than ever before. Tickets are now available for the annual festival, running April 5–16 at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts.

Although UCF Celebrates the Arts looked a little different this year, the heart of the annual festival remained the same: the arts are built on community.