The performing arts and all they entail open up the possibility to any number of opportunities after graduation. While some students continue working on their specific craft, others take the fundamental skills they’ve developed from studying the arts and go in different directions.
Ahead of Commencement this weekend, graduating Tar Heels Christian Boletchek, Nijah Poteat and Isabella St. Onge shared their experiences studying the arts at Carolina and what they’ll be doing next.
Graduating senior Christian Boletcheck. (Courtesy Boletcheck)
Christian Boletchek, music performance major (bass trombone)
When deciding on where to go to college, Christian Boletchek knew he wanted to stay local. He’d grown up in Apex, North Carolina, and had encountered UNC-Chapel Hill’s trombone professor Michael Kris a handful of times. “I already felt like I had a lot of solid connections not just at UNC but in the Triangle area and I wanted to stay local if I could,” he explains.