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Oct 20, 2017
Rollins College and Full Sail University Announce Collaborative Educational Partnership

Rollins College and Full Sail University recently announced an educational partnership whereby students and faculty from both schools collaborate to explore, discuss, analyze, perform and record artistic content.

As part of the partnership, Rollins provides the talent of their Music performance students and ensembles, as well as Music faculty in all disciplines. Full Sail brings the talent of its Music Production and Recording Arts students alongside its faculty to produce and record these live performances. Full Sail’s faculty is comprised of industry professionals and the partnership will utilize Full Sail’s state-of-the art recording studios and facilities for this initiative and for further future educational purposes.

“In early conversations with Full Sail University President Garry Jones, he and I quickly came to the same conclusion that a collaboration between our Music students and Full Sail’s Music Production and Recording Arts students would provide outstanding experiential learning opportunities for all concerned,” said Rollins College President Grant Cornwell. “This kind of collaboration speaks exactly to our mission, and I look forward to watching this partnership develop.”

Full Sail University President Garry Jones further added, “Collaboration is a cornerstone of the educational process, and by joining alongside our friends and neighbors at Rollins we are facilitating learning opportunities that not only span across both institutions, but also extend into the professional realm. Like President Cornwell, I too look forward to watching this partnership flourish, and take great pride in the tremendous educational milestones our two schools are sure to achieve together.”

This new partnership allows Rollins students to experience what it’s like to take part in an actual professional recording session in a state-of-the-art facility. Full Sail students are exposed to music and instrumentation outside of the popular music genre and are given the ability to record a live performance including the intricacies of capturing the sounds and tones of classical instruments in a live setting.

“Our students’ educational experience is greatly enhanced through classroom and performance instruction, ensemble participation, and applied study,” said Professor of Music Daniel Flick, who oversees the student musicians at Rollins. “Now our students also get to benefit from the world-class production facilities offered at Full Sail.”

“We’ve always believed in providing hands-on experiences that can translated into real-world application once our students move into their chosen careers,” said Keith Lay, Full Sail’s Department Chair of Music Industry Studies. “By allowing our students to engage with the students from Rollins during these sessions gives both groups the valuable experience of working together - but more importantly – of learning from one another.”

As an additional facet of the partnership, Rollins and Full Sail University have collaborated with the Dr. Phillips Center for Performing Arts to offer the community a free holiday concert, “Songs of the Season,” on Saturday, December 2, 2017, 6:00 p.m. at the Seneff Arts Plaza at Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. This joint effort further builds on the collaboration between Rollins and Full Sail by joining with Central Florida’s landmark performance venue, the Dr. Phillips Center.

During this festive holiday-themed event, students and faculty from within another Full Sail department - Full Sail’s Show Production degree program - will showcase their prowess serving in production roles in support of Rollins’ music performance students and faculty. The program is designed to appeal to the diverse Central Florida community through the combination of new and existing choral, chamber vocal and instrumental arrangements.


About Rollins College:

Founded in 1885, Rollins College is Florida's oldest college. Located in Winter Park, near Orlando, Rollins is consistently ranked as one of the top regional universities in the South by U.S. News & World Report. In addition to full-time undergraduate programs in the College of Liberal Arts, Rollins offers undergraduate and graduate degree programs for working adults through its evening program at the Hamilton Holt School and graduate business degree programs through its Crummer Graduate School of Business, which has been ranked a top MBA program by Forbes and Bloomberg Businessweek. Rollins serves approximately 3,200 degree-seeking students annually. For more information, visit www.rollins.edu. "Like" Rollins on Facebook and follow on Twitter @RollinsCollege.


About Full Sail University:

Full Sail University is an award-winning educational leader for those pursuing careers in entertainment, media, arts and technology. Founded in 1979, Full Sail has received accolades throughout its history, including most recently: One of the 2017 “Top Graduate & Undergraduate Schools to Study Game Design” by The Princeton Review, one of the 2016 “Top 25 Music Schools” by The Hollywood Reporter, and one of the 2016 “Top 50 Film Schools” by The Wrap Magazine. The Florida Association of Postsecondary Schools and Colleges also named Full Sail the 2016 “School/College of the Year.”

Full Sail University is a graduate and undergraduate degree-granting institution offering on-campus and online degree programs in areas related to Art & Design, Business, Film & Television, Games, Media & Communications, Music & Recording, Sports, and Technology. With over 60,000+ graduates worldwide, Full Sail alumni have worked on countless award-winning projects with individual recognition including OSCAR®, Emmy®, GRAMMY®, ADDY®, MTV Video Music Award, and Video Game Award nominated and winning projects.

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