School of the Arts News

Community Reactions to Paramount Surmount Expectations

Don Miller of Dorchester, Massachusetts, sits in a seat at the Paramount Mainstage and soaks everything in.

Emerson Junior Scores Big with the National Association of Broadcasters

One hundred twenty students across the United States entered last spring’s National Association of Broadcasters’ Freedom of Speech PSA contest. But only Nathan Firn ’12 came out on top.

Something Funny Happened on the Way to Becoming a Lawyer

When Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich, MFA ’09, moved to Louisiana in 2003 to work with a firm that defended accused criminals on Death Row, she thought that was what she wanted to do for a living. She soon found out she was wrong.

Performing Arts Students Continue a Tradition

Gathering on a cold and rainy day on the Boston Common, a group of Emerson College Performing Arts students brought some much–needed life and activity to the park on an otherwise dreary day.

Alumna Double Crosses Boston Harbor

People have called her crazy thousands of times. She swims in water that is typically below 60 degrees Fahrenheit. Without a wetsuit. For more than six miles (10 kilometers) at a time.

Faculty and Staff Moderate Discussions on Laramie Residency

Emerson Leader in Residence Carole Simpson will moderate a Laramie Project panel discussion on the struggle for GLBT rights and protections September 21 as part of ArtsEmerson's Grand Opening.

Flash Mob: Behind The Scenes

The Office of Communications and Marketing went behind the scenes with flash mob creators Rob Orchard, Executive Director of ArtsEmerson,  and Fraulein Maria Choreographer Doug Elkins, to find out how this unusual event came about.

ArtsEmerson Flash Mob

Julie Andrews’s voice blasts out of hidden speakers in the food court of Boston’s City Place, “high on a hill was a lonely goatherd, lay-od-lay-od-lay-he-hoo....”