Usdan Blog
News | Jun 21, 2020
The show must go on! This time of social distancing couldn't dim the lights of our incredibly moving UNDER THE LIGHTS fundraiser on June 17th. Theatermania and 6sqft shared details in advance.
News | Aug 20, 2019
Two Long Island organizations recently gave the gift of music to students attending Usdan Summer Camp for the Arts in Wheatley Heights.
Bob Murphy’s Violin Shop , a Melville-based shop that offers repair and restoration, as well as rentals sales and more, presented two young musicians—...
News | Aug 7, 2019
Usdan welcomed the über talented Jazz musician Grace Kelly to campus on August 5th.
The colorful Kelly performed as part of the Usdan Festival, before an engaging improv session and chat with Jazz students.
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News | Aug 7, 2019
Viral recording artist and U.N. Celebrity Youth Activist Meredith O'Connor visited campus on August 6th.
The Long Island-born singer/songwriter sat down with Usdan Institute students to talk share about her life and career -- and to continue to spread her anti-bullying message.
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News | Aug 7, 2019
TV Producer and Usdan alum Richie Jackson returned to camp on August 1.
Jackson, who attended Usdan in from 1979-1981, had a chance to take in a performance of Drowsy Chaperone and to sit down with some of the theater students backstage. He reminisced to the aspiring performers that...
News | Aug 5, 2019
Arts and crafts aren’t the only way that Usdan bas been reusing and upcycling. This spring, educator and mom, Georgeanne Rousseau generously donated a collection of over dozens of alphabet books to our early childhood Discovery program. The Georgeanne Rousseau Alphabet Book Collection contains...