2016-2017
FINE & PERFORMING ARTS Welcome to the Fine & Performing Arts at the MKA Upper School – We hope you will attend some of our upcoming events this year.
ARTS UNDER THE STARS This new event will be an arts kickoff night to start the whole season as well as to officially open the new amphitheater. The night will include: • Music from a Jazz Trio • Refreshments • Performance from Chamber Singers • A String Quartet
• Student Artwork Displayed • Performances by our actors of select Shakespearean scenes
Friday, September 16, 7:30 p.m. / Rain Date: Saturday September 17 Upper School Campus / No Tickets Necessary
MUSIC
Concert Band/Jazz Band/Pep-Band
Whether you are a serious musician or an instrumentalist looking to have fun making music with friends, the MKA Band Program invites you to join us. Our award- winning Concert Band meets during the school day and offers Band students the opportunity to perform all genres of music and receive regular and specific instruction for all band instrumentalists with opportunities for private lessons and master classes from accomplished professionals musicians. The Pep-Cats (MKA’s Pep Band) provides entertainment for all home football games and gives students the opportunity to have fun in an informal and spirited performance environment. The MKA Jazz Band is for more accomplished band students who want to take on the challenging world of Jazz. With more than a dozen performances throughout the school year, as well as an annual adjudication at the “Trills ad Thrills Music Festival” at Six Flags Great Adventure, MKA Band students have many opportunities to shine.
For more information, contact Chuck Olsen at colsen@mka.org Pep-Band
Strings This upcoming school year is promising to be another very exciting musical season for the MKA Strings Program. With over 140 students enrolled across all three campuses, we are looking forward to our annual strings gala, Opus 22 which once again will take place at the prestigious Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall in New York City on Saturday, May 13, 2017 at 3 p.m. In addition to Opus, there will be several exciting performing opportunities for the MKA orchestras including in-house concerts at the Middle and Upper School. Students will be competing at the “Music in the Parks” competition at Six Flags Great Adventure in early May and selected players from the Middle School and Upper School Orchestras will also be featured at our annual Open Houses and other official school events.
For more information, contact Dimitri Hadjipetkov, at dhadjipetkov@mka.org
The Pep-Cats perform at all home Varsity Football games.
Winter Band/Jazz Band Wed., December 14 – 8:00 p.m., Weiss Auditorium
Jazz Band Tue., January 31 – 7:30 p.m., Middle School Dining Hall
Elder Care Homes/Four Jazz Band Concerts Spring CONCERT Band/Jazz Band & Strings Wed., April 26 – 8:00 p.m., Weiss Auditorium
Trills and Thrills Music Festival Fri., April 28, All Day, Six Flags Great Adventure
2016-2017
FINE & PERFORMING ARTS Welcome to the Fine & Performing Arts at the MKA Upper School – We hope you will attend some of our upcoming events this year.
THEATER November 3 – 7 p.m. November 4 & 5 – 8 p.m. November 6 – 3 p.m. Deetjen Theatre $10/Ticket Email: nhoppe@mka.org March 3 & 4 – 8 p.m. March 5 – 2 p.m. Weiss Theatre; $15/Ticket Email: nhoppe@mka.org
FALL PLAY: Rumors by Neil Simon A farce set in New York City shows a dinner party gone topsy-turvy. This enjoyable romp is one of Simon’s most celebrated comedies, but it carries a subtle undertone of sadness that becomes clearer when set alongside the events of the playwright’s life.
Cougar Improv Night
As if you’re seeing the show ‘Whose Line Is It Anyway”, live. Friday, May 26 – 7:00 & 8:15 p.m., Deetjen Theatre; $5/ticket Email : nhoppe@mka.org
WINTER MUSICAL: Guys & Dolls This is Nicole Hoppe’s 9th year and show at MKA. The musical is MKA’s largest production. Over the last few years, it has involved almost 20% of the student body as cast & crew. Set in the 1940s New York City, with music and lyrics by Frank Loesser and book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows, Guys and Dolls is a celebrated musical comedy about rolling the dice and falling in love under the bright lights of Broadway.
May 11 – 7 p.m. May 12 & 13 – 8 p.m. May 14 – 3 p.m. Deetjen Theatre; $10/Ticket Email: nhoppe@mka.org
IMPROV
SPRING PLAY: Lost in Yonkers by Neil Simon This coming-of-age play centers around two brothers who experience an untraditional and challenging upbringing. Over the course of the play, the young boys learn lessons about love, responsibility and the importance of family that will carry them into adulthood.
DANCE CONCERT SERIES MKA’s dance concert features students from all four grades, as well as a few select Middle School students. Most of what is seen in the dance concert is original work by the students in the program. Wednesday, May 24 – 7p.m., Weiss Auditorium All styles and varieties of dance and music. Admission is free, no tickets necessary.
ART EXHIBIT Leftovers September 7 – November 15 Features student work from the spring of last academic year.
Wet Paint November 20 - January 15 Featuring current student work from all classes.
TBD January 20 - March 15
Spring Fling March 20 - May 9 Featuring student work from all classes
2017 AP Art Exhibition May 11 - June 9 (Reception May 11 at 3-4pm) Features the work of students completing AP Art Studio. All exhibits in Weiss Gallery. Admission is free Email: nschutsky@mka.org
CHORUS
This year the US Choral Program will focus on works that span from the 16th Century through contemporary music. Students will have the opportunity to collaborate with the US Strings Program at concerts as well at Carnegie Hall in the spring. Jazz, classical pieces, spirituals, a cappella music, soloists and more will be featured in performances. We’re looking forward to an exciting year celebrating the many talents of our Upper School music students!
Winter Choral Concert
SPRING Choral Concert
Music in the Parks Festival, Jackson, NJ
Friday, December 9 – 8:00 p.m. Weiss Auditorium, Admission is free
Friday, May 5 – 8:00 p.m. Weiss Auditorium, Admission is free
Event date and time to be announced.
Once again this year the choir will attend and participate in this festival and receive adjudication.