Center for Arts Leadership

The Center for Arts Leadership creates opportunities for students to apply their curricular knowledge beyond the classroom and grow as young professionals. Through the Center, students can receive grants for professional development, funding for social justice start-up projects, perform community engagement, and have the opportunity to connect with guest artists through workshops and special events.

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Performing Social Justice

Student horn players at Center on Halsted

Through the Center for Arts Leadership, students receive opportunities throughout their education to connect with community in meaningful ways and create impact through their art.

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Get Involved

CCPA student participating in Sharing Notes program with child playing drum

Through the Center, students can receive grants for professional development, funding for social justice start-up projects, perform community engagement, and have the opportunity to connect with guest artists through workshops and special events.

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Center for Arts Leadership Events

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Emerging Artist Award

The annual Aeolian Classics Emerging Artist Award promotes the concert careers of outstanding young artists enrolled at the Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University, presenting each year’s winner in a debut CD album and a concert tour throughout Chicago.

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Sharing Notes

Sharing Notes improves quality of life for Chicago hospital patients through intimate, engaging and uplifting live music performances.

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CAL Blog

Cha Chats with Kamneev Rai: Capitalizing on Two Musical Traditions

2/25/2021

By Kamneev Rai (MM Violin Performance ’21) Welcome to Cha Chats with Kamneev! I am thrilled you are joining me for whatever conversation you drop in on. I realized that all of us have so many interesting experiences and can relate to one another in both obvious and also very odd ways. What better way...

Cha Chats with Kamneev Rai: Reflections on Mental Health

2/17/2021

Health and Wellness Resources for RU and the Chicagoland Area!

2/10/2021

Welcome to a compiled list of resources from Roosevelt and the Chicago area! As a student, I struggled to find resources when I needed them the most. I wanted to put together a page so students could have a one-stop access site for everything health and wellness, and ease the struggle of finding an ER...