This spring, the University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA) will conduct auditions and interviews for its high school programs in dance, drama, music, and visual arts for fall 2011 enrollment.

Students interested in attending the School of Dance (grades 9-12) may audition March 26.

Students interested in attending the School of Drama’s high school program for 12th-graders may audition April 9, 16 and 23.

Students interested in attending the School of Music (grades 9-12) may audition April 8 and May 6. (Brass applicants should call the School of Music at 336-770-3260 to schedule an audition.)

Students interested in attending the high school Visual Arts Program for 11th- and 12th-graders may interview March 25 and April 1, 8, 15 and 22.

North Carolina students should note that the state of North Carolina pays the full cost of attending UNCSA (tuition, fees, and room and board) for in-state students who are accepted into the high school program.

The auditions and interviews will be conducted on the UNCSA campus, located at 1533 South Main St. in Winston-Salem. For more information, e-mail the office of admissions at admissions@uncsa.edu; visit the school’s website at www.uncsa.edu; or call 336-770-3290.

All high school programs require academic courses through UNCSA’s High School Academic Program and award a high school diploma upon graduation.

The University of North Carolina School of the Arts is the first state-supported, residential school of its kind in the nation. Established as the North Carolina School of the Arts by the N.C. General Assembly in 1963, UNCSA opened in Winston-Salem (“The City of Arts and Innovation”) in 1965 and became part of the University of North Carolina system in 1972.

More than 1,100 students from high school through graduate school train for careers in the arts in five professional schools: dance, design and production (including a visual arts program), drama, filmmaking and music. UNCSA is the state’s only public arts conservatory, dedicated entirely to the professional training of talented students in the performing, visual and moving image arts.