Legendary American jazz and ragtime composer Scott Joplin’s lost opera Treemonisha is premiering in Florida at the Dr. Phillips Center on Friday, May 16, presented by Opera Orlando.
Treemonisha tells the tale of the adopted daughter of former slaves Monisha (NaGuanda Nobles) and Ned (Lloyd Reshard, Jr.). The baby, found by the two under a tree, was named Treemonisha.

Surrounded by family and peers, a senior optics and photonics major was inducted to the Order of Pegasus on Founders' Day during the Student Honors Celebration on April 2.As one of 37 inductees to receive UCF's highest honor for a student, Gabryella Baldaci shared her sentiment toward being awarded.
"I was very happy and nervous while waiting for my for my turn," Gabryella Baldaci said. "I don't remember much once I got on the stage."Her brother Cyro Baldaci, junior finance major, said h...