Current in Carmel

A 2017 Carmel High School graduate is making musical waves in the Muncie community. As a junior at Ball State University studying music media production, Emma Boyd-Ryan has immersed herself in Whitely, a diverse, low-income neighborhood on the east side of Muncie, by teaching middle school-aged students how to produce music.

A 2018 Carmel High School graduate, Nick Shelton won the Don Childs Award for Excellence and Technology at the Jan. 8-13 Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival regional competition in Madison, Wis.

Story notes Alex Bourdeau, a 2013 Carmel High School graduate, was recently named Ball State University’s Student Employee of the Year. At the same time, he learned he won student employee for the state and midwest region and nationally. Note: Placement due to a story idea developed and distributed by UMC’s media team.

Story notes Amanda Boldt decided to draw heavily on her own experiences when it came time to develop her honors thesis. Boldt, a Ball State University junior musical theater major, wrote and performed in a 50-minute, one-woman show, “The Happiness Project: A Work in Progress” for her thesis.

The story quotes CBER director Michael Hicks.

Study features Ball State graduate.

Carmel Theatre-goers will be in for a treat when Actor’s Theatre of Indiana presents an exclusive engagement of “The Circus in Winter.” The musical is based on a novel by Indiana novelist Cathy Day that details the history of a traveling circus that wintered in Peru, Ind. The script was crafted by 14 students in theatre and dance professor Beth Turcotte’s immersive learning class at Ball State University.