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From the Headmaster In our 12 years at Lovett, Penny and I have had the pleasure and privilege of attending many arts performances at Lovett. We could not be more impressed with this school’s great tradition in the arts and the fact that the arts hold a central place in our educational mission and in the life of our community. Under the outstanding leadership of our director of the Fine Arts Department, Jay Freer, the arts continue to thrive and grow at Lovett. And, our Friends of the Arts give Jay and his colleagues and their students enormous support and encouragement. Our facilities, programs, and accomplishments in the arts would not be possible without the support and generosity of the Friends of the Arts and people throughout the Lovett and Atlanta community. We sincerely appreciate what our supporters make possible for our community and students in this essential area of school life. We thank you for attending our performances and for your ongoing devotion to the arts at Lovett. The spirit and soul of our school are all the deeper and richer because of the arts!
William S. Peebles IV, Headmaster
Nondiscriminatory Policy Statement The Lovett School admits students of any race, color, gender, religion, sexual orientation, and national or ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. The Lovett School does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, religion, sexual orientation, and national or ethnic origin in administration of its employment practices, educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic or other school-administered programs.
About this Program This program for the 2015–16 Fine Arts season was produced by The Lovett School program co-chairs Lori Kennedy and Michelle Neville, and printed by Keystone Press, Inc. They were assisted by Jennifer Boomer, Lovett’s Communications Department; and Beverly Hamrick and Rena Lyle, Lovett’s Fine Arts Department. The Fine Arts class and event photos were taken by Karey Walter, Lovett’s photography instructor, and the cover design was produced by graphic artist Kay Hocutt. This program was printed on recycled paper that is processed chlorine-free.
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Vision Statement The Lovett Fine Arts Department promotes the development of student talent, both individually and/or collectively, while striving to provide an education that promotes creative learning and excellence in the arts. The means to achieve these goals rests upon professional and experienced faculty and staff, adequate facilities, and consistent overall growth in the Fine Arts Program.
Hendrix-Chenault Theater Etiquette
No flash photography or video/audiotaping is permitted at any time.
Food, drinks, tobacco products, and gum are not permitted in the Hendrix-Chenault Theater.
Please turn off all watch alarms and cellular phones.
The house opens for seating 30 minutes prior to the performance. Please do not enter until the House Manager opens the theater doors. All late seating will be at the discretion of the House Manager.
Anyone leaving the theater during the performance will be permitted to re-enter at intermission at the discretion of the House Manager.
The show begins as soon as the lights start to dim. Please cease talking at that time.
Please refrain from talking while the performance is in progress.
Please wait for a pause or intermission before removing items from pockets or handbags.
Crying children should be brought to the lobby where they may compose themselves. If you have brought a child, please make sure etiquette is part of the learning experience.
A typical intermission lasts 15 minutes. Please return to your seat in time for the performance to begin.
Please note that it is discourteous to leave before the performance is over.
In no case are audience members permitted to walk upon the stage. We ask that you wait and meet the performers in the lobby after the show.
Please be understanding. Our House Management volunteers are working hard to keep the performance running smoothly.
Please check for personal belongings before leaving the event.
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Table of Contents Letter from the Fine Arts Director........................................................ 6 Letter from the Friends of the Arts President .................................... 7 Friends of the Arts Board .................................................................... 8 Friends of the Arts Membership ....................................................... 11 Fine Arts Partnership.......................................................................... 20 Fine Arts Events ................................................................................ 22 Fine Arts Faculty ............................................................................... 25 Applied Lessons ................................................................................. 27 Choral ................................................................................................. 33 Lower School General Music ............................................................. 40 Dance ................................................................................................. 42 Instrumental Music ............................................................................ 50 Theater Arts ....................................................................................... 61 Visual Arts ......................................................................................... 70 Follow Lovett Fine Arts ..................................................................... 75 Fine Arts Awards & Accolades .......................................................... 76 Kate F. Edwards Art Award ............................................................... 77 Visual Arts Gallery Exhibits .............................................................. 77 The Arts in Education......................................................................... 79 Past Presidents .................................................................................. 80 Why the Arts?...................................................................................... 81 Advertiser Index ................................................................................ 83
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From the Fine Arts Director
The fine arts program is a crucial part of Lovett’s
philosophy of educating “the whole child.” If your child is not actively participating in sustained study of an art form throughout their educational career, they are missing the key to invaluable emotional and intellectual development. Scientific studies have proven the arts promote critical thinking skills, self-expression, self-confidence, discipline, and understanding of group dynamics. Students also attain higher SAT scores and gain an unparalleled edge entering college–see page 81. Mrs. Lovett understood the importance of the arts in education, and I urge you to carefully examine our Fine Arts curriculum with your child and encourage their commitment and sustained study. Taught by professional artists, Lovett students are afforded exceptional opportunities and resources in visual and performing arts—band, chorus, dance, drama, film, orchestra, technical theater, and applied lessons in piano, voice, and band and orchestral instruments. The Friends of the Arts volunteer parent organization (headed by Vanessa King), our Headmaster Billy Peebles, our dedicated trustees, and our parents and students all combine to make Lovett a very special school. How can you help? Join Friends of the Arts today (http://bit.ly/1IIFQgx) and help support the vital component that allows the arts to grow and flourish at Lovett. Membership information is available online at www.lovett.org/fota. Thank you for supporting the arts at Lovett by attending this performance.
Jay Freer, Director of Fine Arts Jay Freer, a 1978 Lovett graduate, received a bachelor of fine arts degree in acting from The University of North Carolina School of the Arts and was a Kenan Scholarship winner. He has taught and directed more than 78 plays and musicals at Lovett over the last 29 years. He won the Woodward Award for Excellence in teaching in 1992, the Alumni Excellence in Teaching Award in 2006, and accepted the position of director of Fine Arts in 2007. Professionally, Jay has directed at The Alliance Theatre, Aurora Theatre, Theatrical Outfit, and Theatre in the Square, and was also the Founder and Producing Artistic Director of Actors Theatre of Atlanta (ATA)—an all-equity professional theatre company that operated from 2000–2006. Among the shows he directed for ATA are The Good Doctor, Collected Stories (Abie Award nominated in 2001), Underneath the Lintel (Southeastern premiere and chosen as the number one play of 2003 by the AJC & Creative Loafing), Talley’s Folly, and Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol. Jay has also taught acting at The North Carolina School of the Arts and The South Carolina Governors School for the Arts, as well as numerous professional classes. He studied in New York with Uta Hagen, considered “one of the greatest actresses and acting teachers of the 20th Century” and continues to study acting with her protégé Ted Brunetti. Together Jay and Ted have founded Ted Brunetti Studios-South, a training resource for professional actors located here in Atlanta. In 2008, The Charles Loridans Foundation recognized Jay for excellence and leadership in theater education. 6 • Lovett
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From the Friends of the Arts President Welcome to a new school year and another season celebrating the arts here at The Lovett School. According to the College Board, “The arts are creative modes by which all people can enrich their lives both by self-expression and response to the expressions of others.” Not everyone can score a touchdown, hit a homerun, or win a race. However, everyone can be touched by a piece of music or song, seeing a play and laughing or Vanessa, Penny ’20, JT ’89, Palmer ’20 crying, dancing to one’s own beat or cherishing a child’s first drawing. Lovett aims to emphasize the “whole child.” In fact, several of our athletes are also accomplished musicians and painters. The Fine Arts program at Lovett allows for our students to have a creative outlet in which to express one’s self and give others an opportunity to experience and interpret that unique expression. Friends of the Arts (FOTA) is the volunteer parent organization dedicated to creating awareness of the arts, as well as supporting our Fine Arts students and faculty. It is my hope to continue to increase arts awareness in our community and work together with other parents and faculty to grow our appreciation of the arts—in all of its forms. Along with FOTA, I hope you will look forward to watching our talented students grace our stages and captivate us as we view their performances in music, theater, and dance. We hope you will be as excited as we are when we see their paintings, photographs, drawings, and pottery on display, too. At the same time, it is hoped that you notice the many creative backdrops and sets that our Design and Production students design for our shows. In order to be able to support our Fine Arts students and faculty, this year FOTA must raise funds through membership, events such as the Faculty Art Show & Sale, and the ad sales in this performing arts program brochure. At the same time, we are always grateful for the time and energy of our countless volunteers that help us provide so much support. We invite you to become a member and volunteer for FOTA and join us for many spectacular concerts, performances and visual arts exhibits. With a great love for the arts, I welcome you to another fabulous year celebrating the various talents of our students and faculty!
Vanessa King, Friends of the Arts President
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Friends of the Arts Board
Executive Committee President: Vanessa King Past-President: Lisa Wargo Secretary: Courtney Lewis Treasurer: Allen Buckley
Board of Directors Concessions: Rena Lyle Events/Social Chair: Anne Marino Fine Arts Newsletter/FOTA Flash: Lara Smith-Sitton Fine Arts Program: Lori Kennedy and Michelle Neville Hospitality and Receptions: Mary Millians Liaison Coordinator: Patricia Ulrich Membership: Page Connolly, Mace Hall, and Mary Jane Kirkpatrick Committee Chairs Faculty Art Show & Sale: Vanessa King and Lisa Wargo Lower School Art Project: Cherie Duffield and Mary Millians Spring Arts Festival/FOTA’s Week of the Arts: Amanda Arnold, Heyward Fougerousse, and Giang Ward A Special Thank You To the more than 100 Lovett parents who work to support our Fine Arts faculty and staff by volunteering as liaisons, hospitality hosts, and committee workers for the Lower School Art Project, Spring Arts Festival, and Faculty Art Show & Sale. The Friends of the Arts Board sincerely thanks you for your time, energy, ideas, and dedication.
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High Museum of Art Thanks to the generous support of Lovett’s Friends of the Arts (FOTA) and the Lovett Parent Association (LPA), the High Museum of Art recently established a partnership with The Lovett School. The threeyear collaboration allows for unique access to the many resources of the High and further integrates visual arts into Lovett’s curricula. Lovett has access to the High’s special exhibitions, collections, programs, and museum staff. During this affiliation, Lovett receives the following from the High: Free admission for students and chaperones for school sponsored field trips, as well as free admission for students to attend lectures; Lovett family discounted memberships for purchase at the High and Family Nights to be scheduled later this year; Student internships, career workshop participation, and access to the High’s catalogues in the Lovett libraries; and Professional development programs for faculty designed to foster discussion and idea sharing to further integrate resources from relevant exhibitions into Lovett’s curricula.
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Fine Arts Events October 8 7:00 pm Middle School Play, Superheroes: With Great Power Comes Ordinary Responsibility October 20 7:00 pm Upper/Middle School Orchestra Fall Concert November 5–7 7:00 pm Upper School Play, Noises Off!, reserved seating—tickets $8.00 November 8 5:00 pm Lovett/Paideia Upper School Choral Concert, Spivey Hall in Morrow November 16 7:30–10:00 pm Upper School Ellington performance, Café 290, Atlanta November 17 6:30–8:00 pm Opening Reception, Faculty Holiday Art Show & Sale, Rogers & Westmoreland Activity Center November 18–21 11:00 am–4:00 pm Faculty Holiday Art Show & Sale, Rogers & Westmoreland Activity Center November 19 7:00 pm Lower/Middle/Upper School Dance Concert December 1 6:30 pm Middle School Lessons and Carols Service, Alston Memorial Chapel December 2 6:30 pm Middle School Lovett/Paideia Orchestra Holiday Concert, reserved seating—no charge December 3 5:30 pm Lower School Orchestra Holiday Concert 7:00 pm Upper School Candlelight Lessons and Carols Service, All Saints’ Episcopal Church December 4 6:00 pm Middle School Improv Night, This is a Test, Middle School Drama Room 7:00 pm Lower School Choral Holiday Concert, Alston Memorial Chapel December 8 7:00 pm Middle School Band and Upper School Band & Orchestra Holiday Concert December 10 7:00 pm Lower School Band Holiday Concert December 16 7:00 pm Lower School General Music Holiday Musical, Camel Lot, reserved seating—tickets $5.00 January 30–April 24 Lovett Student Art Show The High Museum of Art February 11–13 7:00 pm Upper School Musical, Cinderella, reserved seating—tickets $10.00 February 15 7:30–10:00 pm Upper School Ellington performance, Café 290, Atlanta February 23 7:00 pm Lower/Middle/Upper School Orchestra String Spectacular Concert All performances are in the Hendrix-Chenault Theater unless otherwise indicated.
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Fine Arts Events March 17 7:00 pm Middle School Choral Showcase, Alston Memorial Chapel March 20 2:00 pm Lower/Middle/Upper School Band Prism Concert 7:00 pm Upper School Choral Showcase, Alston Memorial Chapel April 2 9:00 am Upper School, Georgia Shakespeare Competition April 6–8 7:00 pm Upper School Play, TBD, Woodward Theater, seating limited—tickets $8.00 April 9 11:00 am & 2:00 pm Applied Lessons Recital, Alston Memorial Chapel April 10 2:30 pm Upper School Play, TBD, Woodward Theater, seating limited—tickets $8.00 April 14 7:00 pm Lower/Middle/Upper School Dance Concert April 18 5:00 pm Applied Lessons Recital, Alston Memorial Chapel April 23 11:00 am The Lovett Singers’ Recital, Alston Memorial Chapel 2:00 pm Applied Lessons Recital, Alston Memorial Chapel April 24 5:00 pm Upper School Band Swing Concert April 26 5:00 pm Applied Lessons Recital, Alston Memorial Chapel April 30 1:00 & 4:00 pm Applied Lessons Recitals, Alston Memorial Chapel May 1 5:00 pm Chamber Music Recital, Woodward Theater May 5 7:00 pm Middle School Spring Show, Game of Tiaras May 6 3:00–8:00 pm Middle School Band Festival, Band Rooms and Woodward Theater 6:30 pm Middle School Choral Festival, Alston Memorial Chapel May 7 6:30 pm Lovett Film Festival May 12 8:30 am Lower School Band and Orchestra Concert May 20 9:00 am Kindergarten–Grade 1 Grade Spring Musical, TBD May 25 7:00 pm Lower School musical, My Son, Pinocchio, reserved seating—tickets $5.00 All performances are in the Hendrix-Chenault Theater unless otherwise indicated.
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Jay Freer...............................................................................Director of Fine Arts Beverly Hamrick..................................................................................... Associate Director of Fine Arts Susan McCluskey.....................................................................................Assistant Director of Fine Arts Charissa Gransden...................................................................................Assistant Director of Fine Arts Rena Lyle...........................................................................................Fine Arts Assistant Office Manager Marianne Beverly................................................................. Lower School General Music (Grades 2–5) Jan Boner..............................................................Lower School General Music (Kindergarten–Grade 1) Eric Brannen.................................................................................................... Upper School Theater Arts Ted Brunetti..................................................................................................... Upper School Theater Arts Pete Ciaschini................................................................................ Upper and Middle School Orchestra Sally Crouse................................................................................Upper School Visual Arts (Art History) Seth Decker..................................................................................................... Upper School Theater Arts Chris Ekholm.................................................................................................Middle School Theater Arts Charissa Gransden...............................................Lower School Band; Assistant Director of Fine Arts Rhoda Griffis................................................................................................... Upper School Theater Arts Rebecca Metzger Hirsch........................................ Upper and Middle School Dance; Choreographer Katie Keough.................................................................................................................. Technical Theater Lynn King....................................................................................................................Middle School Band Susan McCluskey............................................. Theater Facilities Manager; Productions Coordinator Katy McDougal............................................................................................... Middle School Visual Arts Anne Page...................................................................................... Lower and Middle School Orchestra Brian Patterson....................................................................Technical Director, Design and Production Joy Patty...................................................Lower School Visual Arts (K–Grade 2); Gallery Coordinator Robert Ray.....................................................................Sixth Grade Chorus Assistant/Choreographer Ashley Schick..............................................................................................................................Visual Arts Katherine Schneider.................................................................... Lower School Visual Arts (Grades 3-5) David Silverman............................................................................................ Upper School Film Studies Jessica Stinson............................................................................................ Applied Lessons Coordinator Amy Story.................. Upper School Visual Arts (Foundations, Painting, Drawing, and Mixed Media) Deborah Ulrich........................................................................Upper and Middle School Choral Music Jerry Ulrich...............................................................................Upper and Middle School Choral Music Karey Walter....................................... Upper School Visual Arts (Photography, Portfolio Development) Kyle Walton.........................................................................................Lower School Orchestra Assistant Stutz Wimmer............................................................................. Upper School Band (AP Music Theory) Tom Zwierlein................. Upper School Visual Arts (Ceramics/Sculpture, Foundations, Arch. Design) Lovett
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Jessica Stinson...................................................... Applied Lessons Coordinator Adam Bernstein......................................................................................................................................Bass Beverly Blouin......................................................................................................................................Voice Adam Cole........................................................................................................................................... Piano Barney Culver....................................................................................................................................... Cello Marilee David.......................................................................................................................................Voice Adrian Davis......................................................................................................................................... Viola Jacob Deaton.......................................................................................................................................Guitar Timothy Fitzgerald.......................................................................................................................... Clarinet Timothy Hsu........................................................................................................................................ Piano Candace Keach..................................................................................................................................... Flute Joel Morris................................................................................................................................... Percussion Nathan Munson...................................................................................................................................Voice Ed Nicholson............................................................................................................................... Trombone Madoka Ohshima................................................................................................................................ Piano Andie Pool............................................................................................................................................ Piano Nicholas Rosen.................................................................................................................................... Piano Sam Skelton.................................................................................................................................Saxophone Jessica Stinson......................................................................................................................................Violin Laura Tidwell....................................................................................................................................... Piano Yvonne Toll...................................................................................................................................... Trumpet Kyle Walton..........................................................................................................................................Violin Stephen Wood...................................................................................................................................... Piano Wanda Yang-Temko.............................................................................................................................Voice Violinist Jessica Robinson Stinson has been hailed by both The State and Free Times (Columbia, S.C.) as a “thrilling and spectacular” performer with “remarkably mature musicianship.” Jessica has performed throughout the United States and Europe as a solo, orchestral, and chamber musician. Career highlights include performing Sibelius’ Violin Concerto with the University of South Carolina Symphony Orchestra, participating in the critically acclaimed world premiere of the opera Amistad as part of the Spoleto Festival USA Orchestra, and performing in the Zephyr Music Festival in Italy. She is currently a member of the Greenville (S.C.) Symphony Orchestra. As an educator, Jessica has served as faculty of the American Festival for the Arts and Franklin Pond Chamber Music 2, in addition to maintaining a private teaching studio. As an administrator, Jessica directed elementary after-school programs and the applied lessons program at The Paideia School for three years before coming to Lovett as the Applied Lessons Coordinator. Jessica received her bachelor’s degree in violin performance from the University of South Carolina and received her master’s in performance from Rice University. Jessica currently resides in Atlanta with her husband, McKinley Stinson, Jr. Lovett Fine Arts, 2015–16• 29
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Best Wishes to Lovett’s Choral Directors, Jerry and Deborah Ulrich and the Lovett Choirs for a most successful year. Beth & Ray Chenault Lovett’s Choral Directors (1976–2007)
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Choral
Performances November 8
5:00 pm
Lovett/Paideia Upper School Choral Concert,
Spivey Hall in Morrow
December 1
Middle School Lessons & Carols Service,
6:30 pm
Alston Memorial Chapel
December 3
Upper School Candlelight Lessons & Carols Service,
7:00 pm
All Saints’ Episcopal Church
December 4
Lower School Choral Holiday Concert,
7:00 pm
Alston Memorial Chapel
December 16
Lower School Holiday Musical, Camel Lot,
7:00 pm
Hendrix-Chenault Theater, reserved seating—tickets $5.00
February 11–13
Upper School Musical, Cinderella, Hendrix-Chenault
7:00 pm
Theater, reserved seating—tickets $10.00
March 17
Middle School Choral Showcase Concert,
7:00 pm
Alston Memorial Chapel
March 20
7:00 pm
Upper School Choral Showcase, Alston Memorial Chapel
April 23
11:00 am
The Lovett Singers Recital, Alston Memorial Chapel
May 20
9:00 am
Kindergarten–Grade 1 Spring Musical, TBD,
Hendrix-Chenault Theater
May 25
Lower School Musical, My Son, Pinocchio,
7:00 pm
Hendrix-Chenault Theater, reserved seating—tickets $5.00
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Middle & Upper School Chorus Jerry and Deborah Ulrich, appointed to Lovett in 2011, administer a comprehensive choral program for Grades 6–12. ASCAP award-winning arranger/composer Jerry Ulrich has composed commissioned works for professional choirs and orchestras, including the Grammyaward winning Orchestra of St. Luke’s, colleges and universities throughout the United States, and churches and schools in both the U.S. and abroad. In addition to his position at The Lovett School, Dr. Ulrich is currently associate professor of music and director of choral activities at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Dr. Ulrich came to Atlanta from LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts (the Fame school) in New York City, where his choirs were featured in all major NYC concert venues and on national and international television and radio. Dr. Ulrich’s prior university teaching experience includes positions in Ohio and New York. During 1990–91 he was Visiting Fulbright Professor of Music at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow, Scotland. His early training included four years singing with legendary conductor Robert Shaw in the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus and Chamber Chorus. Additional academic study included a Master of Music degree from Southern Methodist University and the doctor of musical arts degree in choral conducting from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. Deborah Ulrich has served as a Middle School choral director for 15 years. Her Middle School choral teaching experience includes public schools on Long Island and in Cobb County. She comes to The Lovett School from Marietta Middle School. Her choirs have consistently received Superior ratings at GMEA in both performance and sight-reading. She is a recipient of the Georgia Star Teacher Award (2011). She has served in organist and organist/choirmaster positions in Texas, Ohio, New York, and Georgia. She is currently organist at St. John United Methodist Church on Mt. Paran Road in Atlanta. She has also served as adjunct organ instructor and university organist at Ashland University (in Ohio), and adjunct faculty member at the Long Island University. Deborah received the bachelor of music degree in organ performance from Wesleyan College, and the master of sacred music degree from Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University, with further organ study at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. She is a consecrated diaconal minister in the United Methodist Church, and has served in various leadership positions at the conference, state, regional, and national levels. She and Jerry are the parents of three adult children. 34 • Lovett
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Choral Music at Lovett
The choral program at The Lovett School has a rich and distinguished history, dating to the founding of the institution itself. The school’s philosophy of utilizing a comprehensive curriculum that seeks to develop the total child—intellectually, physically, spiritually, socially, aesthetically, and emotionally—is exemplified through emphasis on the visual and performing arts. During the course of any academic year, over 90 percent of Lovett students participate in the arts. Choral/vocal music at Lovett has enjoyed strong and outstanding leadership over several decades. Lovett choral ensembles are represented annually in the Spivey Hall Honor Choirs and the GMEA All-State Choruses. The Lovett Choirs won the highest scores in every choral division (Men’s Chorus, Women’s Chorus, Chamber Choir, and Concert Choir) at the 2006 and 2007 MusicFest Orlando competition. In 2013, the Lovett choral groups and instrumental ensembles received the coveted Spirit of Orlando Award from the Heritage Music Festival. This award is given to the school that demonstrates support and encouragement of one another and other groups in the festival, and best exemplifies a positive model for music education.
Singers
The Lovett Singers is a select group of Upper School singers that was established in 1976. The Lovett Singers represented the United States in 1978 on President Carter’s Friendship Exchange Program to Newcastle, England. They have performed at the World’s Fair in New Orleans and at Disney World, and won the First Place Gold and the Sweepstakes Trophy at the 1991 Heritage Music Festival in New Orleans. They performed under the baton of conductor John Rutter in Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall in November 1991, and sang at Carnegie Hall in November 1996. They won the coveted Grand Choral Championship titles at the MusicFest Competitions in Orlando in 1995, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2005, and 2007. Members of this ensemble participate annually in Spivey Hall High School Honor Choir, the GMEA District Five Honor Chorus, and the GMEA AllState Chorus. In 2013, the Singers won a Gold Medal (Superior) in the 2013 Heritage Music Festival in Orlando. At the same festival, the Singers garnered four additional trophies: Outstanding Choral Group Award, Festival Sweepstakes Award for Choral Program, Adjudicators Award (achieving a score above 95 percent in all categories), and the Worldstrides Heritage Performance Special Invitation to Perform in Carnegie Hall. In 2014, the Lovett Singers traveled to New York City, where they performed the national anthem for a sold-out Brooklyn Nets/Boston Celtics game, and performed the Haydn Nelson Mass in Carnegie Hall under the direction of Anton Armstrong. Lovett
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Women’s Chorus The Women’s Chorus participates in chapel, the Service of Lessons and Carols, the classical concert, and the spring musical. They have performed at Disney World, the Piedmont Driving Club, and for the Atlanta Rotary and Kiwanis Clubs. Members of this ensemble participate annually in the GMEA District Five Honor Chorus, as well as the GMEA All-State Chorus. They won Outstanding Choral Group, first place Gold, and the coveted Adjudicator’s Trophy at the 1991 Music Heritage Festival in New Orleans. They received first place at the 1995, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2004, and 2006 MusicFest Competitions in Orlando. In 2008, this group earned superior ratings in performance and sight-reading at the GMEA Performance Evaluation. The Lovett Women’s Chorus regularly performs for holiday caroling in the Vinings area.
Men’s Chorus The Men’s Chorus sings for special concerts, chapel services, and competitions. They won first place in their division at the 1995 MusicFest Competition in Orlando, as well as the coveted Grand Championship. They also won first place in their division in the 1996, 1998, 2002, 2004, and 2006 competitions, and second place in the 1998 Grand Championship. The Men’s Chorus won first place Gold in the 2000 Southern Star Music Festival and the Sweepstakes title for the highest score of the festival. In 2008, this group earned superior ratings in performance at the GMEA Performance Evaluation, as well as earning a superior rating at Festival Disney.
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The Middle School choirs provide music for the Middle School Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, a Spring Showcase, and the All-School Concert. Individual students are selected by recommendation/audition each year, to participate in the Spivey Hall Treble Honor Chorus, GMEA Sixth Grade Statewide Honor Chorus, and the All-State Chorus. This May, the seventh and eighth grade choruses will host their second annual Lovett Invitational Choral Festival, featuring a nationally recognized choral clinician.
Beverly Blouin, Lovett’s seventh and eighth grade choral assistant and one of Lovett’s applied lessons voice instructors, has been teaching in the Atlanta area for almost 20 years. She teaches singers with careers on Broadway, professional singer songwriters, and nationally known opera singers. Beverly is a member of the National Association of Teachers of Singing. Beverly’s performing credits range from solo appearances with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Atlanta Opera, Alliance Theater, Horizon Theater, and Theatrical Outfit. She is a two-time regional finalist in the Metropolitan Opera’s Young Artist Competition.
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Sixth Grade Chorus
Robert Ray, Lovett’s sixth grade choral assistant, made his Broadway debut in 1980 and won two New York City Cabaret Awards that year. He has performed in many prestigious theaters, such as the Kennedy Center, Wolftrap, Palace, and Beacon Theaters in New York and Atlanta’s Fox Theatre. In 2005, he produced and directed the”75th Anniversary of the Fox.” He has musically directed shows internationally, nationally, and regionally and enjoys assisting Jay Freer in Lovett’s musical productions. 38 • Lovett
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Lower School Chorus
The Lovett Lower School Chorus is a group of fourth and fifth grade students who delight audiences with their joyful singing and charismatic stage presence. These singers rehearse once a week, after school hours, in preparation for the Lower School Holiday Choral Concert, Holiday Sing-A-Long, Talent Show, the All School Choral Concert, Southern Star Music Festival competition, and the Spring Musical.
Lower School M&Ms
The M&Ms are a group of third and fourth grade boys whose love for singing brings them to rehearsals once a week to enjoy the camaraderie of an all-boy choir. They perform in the Lower School Holiday Choral Concert, Holiday Sing-A-Long, Talent Show, Chapel Services, and the All-School Closing Chapel in May.
Marianne Beverly, Lovett’s Lower School choral director and general music teacher in Grades 2–5, has been a music teacher for 34 years. She received her bachelor’s degree in music education and performance at Converse College. While teaching in the DeKalb County school system in Georgia, she earned her master’s degree in music education at Georgia State University. She has been teaching at Lovett for 22 years. Lovett
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Lower School General Music The goal of the Lower School General Music program is to build a strong foundation of musical literacy. Through singing, playing instruments, listening, moving and creating, children are exposed to a diverse curriculum designed for active and fun music learning. Children gain skill in improvising, reading, and composing their own music, and learn to use music vocabulary to describe what they feel, see, and hear. Focused skills, such as singing on pitch, steady beat competency, instrument recognition, and performance and audience etiquette are also taught. Music elements of rhythm, melody, harmony, and form are sequenced age appropriately throughout the music curriculum. Children experience a well-rounded repertoire of music representing different genres and cultures.
Jan Boner brings to The Lovett School 23 years of experience teaching young children through her business, Musik to Grow in the Cobb County community. Jan is adjunct faculty of Kennesaw State University since Summer 2008. She is a Past President of the international Early Childhood Music & Movement Association whose mission is to promote best practices in all areas of early childhood music and movement. She specifically served with the Editorial Committee developing its journal, Perspectives. She is a Board Certified Music Therapist and specializes in working with young children with developmental delays and autism. Jan completed a masters in education through the Lesley University in Curriculum & Instruction: Integrated Teaching Through the Arts. She earned a bachelors of music in music therapy from Ohio University in Athens, Ohio, and a Bachelors of Theology, with emphasis in Christian leadership training from The Way College of Biblical Research, Emporia Kansas. Jan is certified to teach all Musikgarten curricula, and holds ECMMA Certification Level III and Orff Schulwerk Level II. Jan’s extensive experience and education indicates her passion for the young child and music. 40 • Lovett
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Dance
Concerts
November 19
7:00 pm
Lower/Middle/Upper School Dance Concert, Hendrix-Chenault Theater
April 14
7:00 pm
Lower/Middle/Upper School Dance Concert, Hendrix-Chenault Theater
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The Middle and Upper School Dance Program is taught by Rebecca Metzger Hirsch, and is designed to introduce many styles of dance to the beginning student, but with a focus on ballet as the foundation of all dances. In the seventh and eighth grade dance classes, students are introduced to ballet, hip hop, jazz, and contemporary dance. In the Upper School dance class, students have the opportunity to focus on more detailed aspects of dance, concentrating on the fundamentals of technique (ballet, jazz, and contemporary), proper stretching form, strengthening exercises used in Pilates and Gyrotonics, and the choreographic process. Upper School students also develop their performance ability by performing in the Hendrix-Chenault Theater for a fall and spring dance concert, school assemblies, chapel services, and the Spring Arts Festival. In the Lower School, after-school dance classes are taught by Florence Fitzgerald, where students learn ballet, modern, and jazz movements, and also perform in a fall and spring concert. Rebecca Metzger Hirsch, an Atlanta native, left home at 16 to attend the School of American Ballet on a full merit scholarship. A graduate from the Professional Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s School in New York, she was named a U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts, and was one of two dancers to receive the first ever Mae L. Wein Award for students of outstanding promise. At 18, she joined the New York City Ballet, where she performed a variety of corps, soloist, and principal roles over her eight-year career. In film, she has appeared in the PBS series Dance in America and The Balanchine Essays. Though rehearsing, performing, and touring full-time, she also attended Barnard College, graduating magna cum laude. Following her performing career, Hirsch became the creative director of the New York City Ballet Workout. She has taught ballet to all levels and ages, from the public schools of New York City to elite ballet academies. Rebecca joined Lovett in 2013 and is thrilled to be a part of the Lovett Fine Arts Department, a place that clearly understands the value of integrating academics with the arts. Lovett
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Seventh Grade Dance
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Lower School Ballet
Kindergarten–Second Grade Dance
Florence Fitzgerald received a Ford Foundation Scholarship to attend the School of American Ballet (SAB) at the age of 12. Soon after, she moved to New York City to continue her dance and academic studies and train daily at SAB. Florence then joined the New York City Ballet in 1979. One of her greatest honors was being chosen personally by Mr. Balanchine, artistic director of the New York City Ballet, to be among the last generation to work directly for him. Under the direction of Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, and Peter Martins, her professional career spanned 11 years. Other highlights include performing at the White House; touring extensively through Europe, Asia, and the United States; performing in a feature film and performing, “Live from Studio 8-H,” an ABC Special evening. After her move to Atlanta, she had the privilege of being accepted into the Independent Advanced Program with Romana Kryzanowska to receive instructor certification status in the Pilates Method. Florence became certified in 1998 and has been teaching consistently since that time. Her gift as an instructor is the ability to translate verbal instruction into successful physical execution. Watching a student achieve a movement with their body that they never expected to perform is Florence’s greatest satisfaction and reward. Lovett
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Third–Fifth Grade Dance
Third–Fifth Grade Hip Hop
Jeremy Green began teaching at Dance 411 Studios, which opened the door to his vision of being a choreographer. Not only having one of the most popular classes in the Atlanta area, he has choreographed and creative directed for companies—Coca-Cola, NBC’s Constantine, Marriot Hotels, TNT Networks, Kidz Bop, Flash Mob of America, Univision Networks, and Universoul Circus. He has also been able to choreograph for artists Michelle Williams, Detrick Haddon, R. Kelly, Porsha Williams from Real Housewives of Atlanta, Musiq Soulchild, and the award winning Dance 411 Kids Competition team. 46 • Lovett
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Lovett afternoon enrichment program for Lower School Students
The Afternoon Enrichment Program is fun for your child and convenient for you. Throughout the academic year, Lower School children engage in high-quality programs led by experienced instructors. Classes are offered right after school and right on Lovett’s campus.
2015–16 Schedule FaLL SeSSion
August 24–November 19 (15 weeks) Winter SeSSion
January 11–February 11 (5 weeks) Spring SeSSion
February 22–April 28 (9 weeks) enrichment offerings include chess, karate, swimming, science, tennis, art, cheerleading, and more!
For more information or to register, please visit
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Instrumental Music
Band and Orchestra Concerts October 20
7:00 pm
Upper/Middle School Orchestra Fall Concert,
Hendrix-Chenault Theater
November 16
7:30-10:00 pm
Ellington performance, Café 290 in Atlanta
December 2
6:30 pm
Middle School Lovett/Paideia Orchestra Holiday Concert, Hendrix-Chenault Theater,
reserved seating tickets—no charge
December 3
Lower School Orchestra Holiday Concert,
5:30 pm
Hendrix-Chenault Theater December 8
7:00 pm
Middle School Band and Upper School Band & Orchestra Holiday Concert,
Hendrix-Chenault Theater December 10
7:00 pm
Lower School Band Holiday Concert,
Hendrix-Chenault Theater February 15
7:30–10:00 pm
Ellington performance, Café 290 in Atlanta
February 23
7:00 pm
Lower/Middle/Upper School Orchestra String
Spectacular Concert, Hendrix-Chenault Theater March 20
2:00 pm
Lower/Middle/Upper Schol Band Prism Concert,
Hendrix-Chenault Theater April 24
5:00 pm
Upper School Band Swing Concert,
Hendrix-Chenault Theater May 1
5:00 pm
Chamber Music Recital, Woodward Theater
May 12
8:30 am
Lower School Band & Orchestra Concert,
Hendrix-Chenault Theater
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Stutz Wimmer, currently in his 29th year at Lovett, is the Upper School Band Director and Advanced Placement music theory teacher. He holds bachelor and master of music education degrees from Appalachian State University and the Eastman School of Music. In addition to his work in the fine arts, Wimmer serves as build coordinator for Lovett’s chapter of Habitat for Humanity. He is the founder of Lovett’s Ellington Jazz Ensemble. Prior to his work at Lovett, Wimmer held teaching positions at Druid Hills High School and Emory University, during which time he served as president for the Georgia chapter of the International Association for Jazz Education. For nearly 40 years Wimmer has remained active as a freelance saxophonist, arranger, and consultant. He has performed with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, on HBO, and has performed and recorded on hundreds of radio and television commercials, film, and record projects alongside many of the industry’s most widely recognized performing artists. Jazz ensembles under his direction have been selected to perform at Georgia Music Educator’s Association Conferences on three separate occasions. His Lovett Jazz Orchestra was selected to perform at the International Association for Jazz Education Conference in 1996. Since its founding, Lovett’s Ellington Jazz Ensemble has gained national recognition, being a four-time top 15 finalist at the Essentially Ellington Competition and Festival sponsored by Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City. The group is a four-time top 12 national finalist at the Swing Central’s High School Jazz Band Competition in Savannah. Wimmer’s teaching honors at Lovett include the Woodward Award for Excellence in Teaching, the Ray and Beth Chenault Teaching Award, and in 2014, he was selected as the inaugural recipient of the Wood Family Distinguished Teaching Fellowship.
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Symphonic Band
The Upper School Band Program is a composite of the concert/symphonic band, jazz ensembles, woodwind, brass, and percussion ensembles. Members of the Upper School band are encouraged to study privately with Lovett’s Applied Lessons faculty or local performing artists. Students are further encouraged to participate in select state and local honor groups, including the GMEA All-State Band, the GISA AllSelect Band, the Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra, the Rialto Jazz Orchestra, and other extracurricular performing ensembles. Members of the Ellington Jazz Ensemble are selected by audition. The Lovett Ellington Band and Symphonic Bands compete in national festivals and competitions. The Concert Jazz Ensemble is an outgrowth of the Concert Band, in which students have the opportunity to develop their understanding of jazz theory, style, and the language of improvisation.
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Chamber Orchestra
The Lovett Chamber Orchestra and Bach Ensemble are the premier string ensembles at The Lovett School. The Chamber Orchestra is a string ensemble that has been recognized for excellence at local and national competitions, conventions, and festivals. Orchestra classes focus on technical and musical growth, provide and introduction to music theory and history, and include the development of compositional skills and creativity; chamber music in quartets and small ensembles is also included in the course of study. Members of the orchestra are encouraged to participate in extra curricular musical activities and have won positions in a variety of ensembles including the AJCO, ASYO, EYSO, MYSO, and the GISA All-Select and GMEA AllState orchestras. The Lovett Bach Ensemble is a small, select ensemble drawn from the membership of the Chamber Orchestra. The group focuses on music of the baroque and those compositions intended for performance by small string ensembles. Students in the Bach Ensemble are expected to prepare more music and present more concerts than students in the Chamber Orchestra.
Pete Ciaschini is a member of the Lovett Orchestra Team and works primarily with students in the Middle and Upper School classes. He trained as a violinist and has taught at all levels.
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Eighth Grade Band
The Lovett Middle School Bands perform numerous times throughout the year, including a holiday concert, the annual Prism Concert, the Six Flags Band Festival, and at other venues. Students perform concert band literature, and in seventh and eighth grade begin a curriculum of jazz studies. The Middle School Bands have received superior ratings, sweepstakes honors, and outstanding soloist awards at numerous band festivals, as well as invitations to perform at the state music convention. They also have produced many All-State band students.
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Seventh Grade Band
Lynn King is the Middle School Band Director, who also assists with the Lower and Upper School Band Programs. Mrs. King received her bachelor’s degree in Music Education from Appalachian State University. Prior to coming to Lovett, Mrs. King taught at Henderson Middle School for the past 11 years. She is a freelance oboe player in the Atlanta area and also plays with the Cobb Wind Symphony. Mrs. King has also been a guest clinician in many metro Atlanta schools. In her spare time she runs full and half marathons.
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Middle School Orchestra
Eighth Grade Orchestra
Seventh Grade Orchestra The Lovett Middle School Orchestra is the result of combining our seventh and eighth grade orchestra classes. The classes meet separately by grade during the school day but work together during extracurricular rehearsals to create a unified ensemble. The Middle School Orchestra is recognized for its tradition of excellence at local competitions and festival appearances.
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Sixth Grade Orchestra
Sixth Grade Band
The Lovett Sixth Grade Orchestra and Sixth Grade Band are comprised of both beginning and experienced players. These ensembles meet four times during the seven-day rotating schedule. The classes emphasize skill development and comprehensive musicianship. The orchestra and band students are heard during in-school performances, community-wide performances, and local music festivals.
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Fifth Grade Band
Fourth Grade Band
The Lovett Lower School Bands offer a unique experience for young instrumentalists. Students enjoy learning the techniques to perform in large and small ensembles. They begin their musical training in the fourth and fifth grades. The bands perform a holiday concert in December, participate in the spring Prism Concert in March, and play for the Lower School in May. Some band students have played their instruments in the annual talent show, chapel services, and even school musicals. Charissa Gransden, director of Lower School bands, studied music education and flute performance at Florida State University. She graduated cum laude with a bachelor of music degree from Georgia State University. Gransden served as the band director at Kittredge Magnet School for High Achievers. This is her ninth year at Lovett, and her 19th year teaching band. Charissa has been a band adjudicator and clinician throughout the metro Atlanta area. She has taught flute as well as chamber ensembles. She is also a freelance flute player who has performed with the Atlanta Pops Orchestra, Orchestra Atlanta, and the Southern Crescent Symphony.
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Fourth Grade Orchestra
The Lovett Lower School Orchestras offer third, fourth, and fifth graders the opportunity to learn the fundamentals of playing the violin, viola, cello, and bass. The Lower School Orchestra members perform a holiday concert in early December, play in the String Spectacular concert in March, and perform for the Lower School in May. Members play in chapel services, and the Fifth Grade Orchestra presents a holiday concert at a local assisted living center. Anne Eichelberger Page is the Lower School Orchestra Director and assists with the Middle and Upper School Orchestra Programs. She received a bachelor of music degree in violin from Florida State University and master of music and master of musical arts degrees from The Yale School of Music. She served as the Orchestra Director at Dunwoody High School and was an affiliate instructor at Mercer University and Emory University. She has performed occasionally with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, played with the Atlanta Virtuosi for their Mexican and European tours and summer residency at Bates College, and was a member of the Atlanta Chamber Players. She has performed numerous times as a guest violinist with the Nashville Chamber Orchestra. Anne is a regular performer in the Atlanta freelance community. Lovett
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Third Grade Orchestra
The Third Grade Orchestra offers students an early opportunity to experience playing the violin and cello. Class members are usually first-year players, but experienced players are welcome to join the class. The class is offered as part of the Lower School curriculum, and meets twice during the seven-day rotation and every Tuesday after school. They perform regularly with the fourth and fifth grade orchestras in all Lower School concerts.
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Theater Arts
Performances October 8
7:00 pm
Middle School Play, Superheroes: With Great Power Comes
Ordinary Responsibility, Hendrix-Chenault Theater
November 5–7
Upper School Play, Noises Off!,
7:00 pm
Hendrix-Chenault Theater,
reserved seating—tickets $8.00
December 4
Middle School Improv Show, This is a Test,
6:00 pm
Middle School Drama Room
April 2
Upper School, Georgia Shakespeare Competition,
9:00 am
Hendrix-Chenault Theater
April 6–8
Upper School Play, TBD, Woodward Theater,
7:00 pm
seating limited—tickets $8.00
April 10
Upper School Play, TBD, Woodward Theater,
2:30 pm
seating limited—tickets $8.00
May 5
Middle School Spring Show, Game of Tiaras,
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May 7
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Theater Arts Department The Theater Arts Department is dedicated to teaching an in-depth, multi-layered approach to the study of theater and its collaborative nature. Through acting classes, design and production, and education as audience members, students learn to communicate and expand their imagination, creativity, thoughts, and emotions. In classes and productions, Lovett students discover self-discipline, self-motivation, self-esteem, and social interaction. They also experience a heightened sense of culture, an ability to make critical value judgments, and skills in acting and technical theater. The Theater Arts Department combines these elements to form a curriculum that allows students to explore and experience the theatrical world, instilling a lifelong love of theater. The Lovett Theater Arts Department also hosts a One-Act Play Festival in the fall.
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Eighth Grade Design and Production
The Design and Production classes are designed to provide and develop the skills needed to succeed in the demanding world of design and production. Offered to Upper School and eighth grade students, this program explores design and production from conceptual design work to the “nuts and bolts” that help make a production happen. Utilizing both hands-on applications as well as in-class projects, each student will be able to explore, expand, and realize his/her own creative potential. The course covers all aspects of backstage work, including stage lighting and carpentry; scenic, lighting, and costume design; stage management; operations; and fundamental sound design and engineering. 62 • Lovett
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Design and Production Susan McCluskey is one of the assistant directors of fine arts, theater productions coordinator, and facilities manager. She works with the Design and Production classes in the Upper School and Middle School. Her greatest pleasure is working with the very talented students, kindergarten through seniors, on the theatrical productions throughout the year. Susan graduated magna cum laude from Culver-Stockton College with a B.S. degree in Arts Management. The combined business/arts degree has lead her to a variety of different opportunites, from theatrical stage management to administrative support of corporate presidents, set dressing to bookkeeping, properties design to marketing design. Susan is active in Atlanta’s professional theatre arena as a stage manager and props designer, having worked with Theatre in the Square in Marietta, and with Atlanta Lyric, Synchronicity, Horizon Theatre, and 7 Stages. Her past experience also included work with the Orlando Opera Company, Walt Disney World, Beers Construction, and The Sports Authority.
Brian Patterson was born in the Orlando, Fla., area, but moved to the North Georgia mountains as an elementary school student. He grew up in Hiawassee, Ga., and is the youngest of two siblings. After graduation from high school, he attended one year of college at West Georgia College prior to transferring to the University of Georgia to complete his degree. He is the proud father of 13-year-old Haley. Brian comes to Lovett after many years in theater around the Atlanta area, as well as technical director for North Metro Church in Marietta, Ga. After graduating from the University of Georgia with a degree in theatre, he moved to the Atlanta area and began working in the Atlanta theatre scene. While freelancing the majority of time, Brian also worked for 14 years as the production coordinator for Theatre in the Square in Marietta, and then served as director of technical services at his church prior to joining Lovett as technical director. He enjoys showing young minds the joy he’s found in a career in theater.
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Upper School Film Studies Lovett Film Studies is comprised of four classes, Lovett’s own mini film school. Students in history of film explore the rich evolution of the popular art form, from Thomas Edison’s Kinetoscope to today’s Red cameras and Sony 4K projectors. In Critical Approaches to Film, Lovett Film Studies students learn to better analyze, appreciate, and critically evaluate films, crafting articulate written critiques. For those who wish to learn the craft of movie writing, we offer Screenwriting I and II, in which students learn the structure, format, and technique required to pen a feature film script. Additionally, students in Motion Picture Production are taught the entire production work flow, from pre-production planning through the film shoot itself and into the editing suite for post-production. Finally, students in the Film Studies program at Lovett are offered the opportunity to travel with Silverman to Park City, Utah, to participate in one of the most important film events of the year, Robert Redford’s Sundance Film Festival. An award-winning independent filmmaker and graduate of the University of Miami film school, David Silverman teaches four distinct film classes here at Lovett. He also serves as director of The Lovett School High School Film Fest, an international festival held each spring featuring the best work from teen filmmakers worldwide. A successful professional actor, David is a member of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG/AFTRA) as well as Actors Equity Association and was named Best Actor by Atlanta’s Creative Loafing magazine in 2006. David’s recent big screen appearances include work in the MLK biopic, Selma, and opposite Harrison Ford in Anchorman 2. David’s recent TV appearances include Tyler Perry’s The Haves And The Have Nots, Halt And Catch Fire, Survivor’s Remorse, Being Mary Jane, and The Walking Dead. David is married to author and filmmaker Kelly Young Silverman and is the proud father of Evelyn May.
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Upper School Theater Arts The Upper School Theater Arts Program offers four levels of theater arts classes as well as two levels of instruction in screenwriting and motion picture production. Acting students explore a rich variety of techniques and skills through exercises, improvisation, scene study, and performance. Each semester, students will study under several guest theater professionals, enriching the overall experience. The Upper School produces several main productions a year, as well as a one-act play and numerous video productions. Screenwriting students learn to construct solid story outlines, bold characters and believable dialogue in their study of the craft of storytelling. These students also have the opportunity to attend the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, widely considered to be one of the finest film festivals in the world.
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Ted Brunetti is a protégé of acting and teaching legend Uta Hagen (nearly 20 years), and an invited Member of The Actors’ Studio with a B.F.A. from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. He is also an executive producer and the founding director of the recognized on-camera studio, Ted Brunetti Studios in L.A., and teacher and coach of actors, directors, and producers, including a faculty and guest faculty at some of the most prestigious film schools, acting programs and institutions in the U.S. and Australia, including: University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts teaching graduate and undergraduate directors and producers (including the renown Stark Program); The American Film Institute; H.B. Studio (NYC); The American Academy of Dramatic Arts; SAG-AFTRA Conservatory (L.A., Las Vegas, San Diego); University of North Carolina School of the Arts; Elon University, Occidental College; Brooks Institute; Bennington College, Actors’ Centre Australia (ACA); and EQUITY (Actors’ Union) in Melbourne and Sydney. Ted coached Jack Lemon, George C. Scott, as well as James Gandolfini (SOPRANOS) for his last four feature films. Ted is a recipient of an NEA Achievement in the Arts Award, current finalist in Backstage Magazine’s Readers’ Choice Awards in three categories in Los Angeles: Favorite Acting School/Coach, Favorite On-Camera Teacher, and Favorite Audition Technique Teacher, and was previously voted Runner-Up Favorite Acting Coach and Favorite Teacher. Other credits include assistant for ABC Primetime Casting NY for over seven years, The YouTube/Google Creator Institute Pilot Program, and many others. Ted is creator and executive producer of a half-hour comedy for FOX Broadcast Co., as well as multiple other projects. As an actor, Ted has worked with Al Pacino, Whoopi Goldberg, Uta Hagen, Stephen Sondheim, Flaherty/ Ahrens, Diane Paulus, Jerry Zaks, Robbie Marshall, Donald Petrie, Graciella Daniele, James Foley, Paul Gemignani, and Rick Sordelet, and many others. Seth Decker is a Lovett alumnus, and a graduate of Boston University’s Theatre Conservatory with a BFA in classical stage acting. He has been acting professionally since age 8, and has performed all over the country, from Charlotte to San Francisco to Boston. He has appeared in various television shows, commercials, and industrial films in Atlanta. In 2003 he founded Red Door Playhouse, where he teaches acting, playwriting, and improvisation to kids, teens, and adults year round. He hosts the weekly Red Door Improv Show, and offers in-school improv programs and corporate teambuilding workshops across the state. He’s very excited to bring the spontaneous fun of improv to all the theater students at Lovett this year and be part of the theater team.
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Rhoda Griffis has been a professional working actress for over 35 years in film, television, commercials, and voiceovers and print. Holding a B.F.A. from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, she was a member of the Acting Company for seven seasons at the North Carolina Shakespeare Festival on their main stage and toured the east coast teaching Shakespeare in schools. Other theatrical credits include Charlotte Rep, St. Louis Rep, The Alliance Theatre, Theatre by the Sea in Portsmouth, N.H., and Alabama Shakespeare Festival. Griffis has been in numerous feature films, including: The Blind Side, Walk The Line, Mom’s Night Out, 42, What to Expect When You’re Expecting, Road Trip, Mean Girls 2, Big Momma’s House 2, Parental Guidance, The Last Song, Runaway Jury, and the upcoming Kill the Messenger and Loomis Fargo. With more than 50 television credits, Rhoda has been seen on Satisfaction, Army Wives, and Drop Dead Diva, in which she enjoyed recurring roles, as well as numerous television films, such as My Fake Fiancé, Girl Positive, and Teen Spirit. At Lovett, Ms. Griffis is focusing her instruction on “Auditioning in Front of the Camera” and voice-overs to give students a view into our ever-growing professional Southeast Market!
Eric Brannen taught at The Westminster Schools for the past 30 years, where he served as director of forensics and director of theatre arts. He also served as chair of the performing arts department for 12 years. His debate teams won two national championships in 1988 and 1991, as well as 15 state championships. The Westminster Players were chosen to present 12 plays at the International Thespian Festival. The most recent was Master Harold and the Boys by Atol Fugard in 2009. It was reviewed by Charles Isherwood in the New York Times, where he said, “I was awed by the performances of James Franch, Omar Ingram, and Hampton Fluker. It took me a full hour to recover.” Brannen was elected national president of the Educational Theatre Association in 1995 and inducted into the National Theatre Educators Hall of Fame in 2004. He is the recipient of the Loridans Fellowship for excellence in teaching. He received The Westminster Schools’ Lynx annual dedication in 1991, the Star Teacher award in 1996, and the Presidential Scholars’ Distinguished Teacher of Theatre Arts award in 1997. He has a master of arts degree with a concentration in directing from The Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University.
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Middle School Theater Arts Middle School Theater Arts classes are offered for seventh and eighth grade students, and as part of the Lovett Life Lessons rotation for sixth grade students as public speaking. In seventh grade, students are taught the fundamentals of nonverbal storytelling through sensory exploration and improvisation. They then move on to voice/diction work, as well as introductory scene study. Eighth graders are taught audition technique, stage combat, theater history, scene work from classic plays, and ultimately production rehearsal and performance through the Middle School spring play. Students are encouraged to be creative and disciplined at the same time, and given an opportunity to grow in poise and self confidence. Two Middle School theater productions are presented annually in the Hendrix-Chenault Theater.
Chris Ekholm, Lovett’s Middle School theater arts teacher, has been a professional actor for over 20 years, performing in theater, film, television, TV commercials, radio voice-overs, training films, and live industrials. He has directed productions for adults and children, and has adjudicated auditions for the Georgia Theatre Conference. He is a winner of two Suzi Bass Awards, in 2005 for Most Outstanding Actor and 2007 for Most Outstanding Ensemble in a Play, which recognize excellence in Atlanta theater, and has appeared on many of Atlanta’s stages, including Alliance Theatre, Theatrical Outfit, Georgia Ensemble Theatre, Horizon Theatre, True Colors Theatre Company, and Theatre in the Square, where he won four Jennie Awards. Over the course of his career, Chris has worked with such people as Steve Martin, John Lithgow, Tyler Perry, Jonathan Demme, and Ruth Buzzi, among others. Mr. Ekholm is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association, Screen Actor’s Guild, and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. Finally, Ekholm is a very proud recipient of the 2013 Woodward Award for Teaching Excellence at The Lovett School. 68 • Lovett
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Visual Arts
Events November 17 6:30–8:00 pm Opening Reception, Faculty Holiday Art Show, Rogers & Westmoreland Activity Center November 18–21 11:00 am–4:00 pm Faculty Holiday Art Show & Sale, Rogers & Westmoreland Activity Center January 30– Lovett Student Art Show, April 24 The High Museum of Art April 25–29 Senior Visual Arts Exit Show, Lovett Galleria
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The educators in the Visual Arts Department are practicing artists who specialize in a variety of art mediums. Each member concentrates in one or more areas, including architectural design, art foundations, art history, ceramics, computer graphics, drawing, film, painting, photography, sculpture, and videography. Katy McDougal rejoined the Lovett Fine Arts faculty in 2012 as the Middle School visual arts teacher. She lives in Atlanta with her husband, Wayne; her daughter, Violet; and two dogs, Tilly and Vito. Her interest in art began in college at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, where she grew up. She received a B.F.A. with a focus in ceramics from the Appalachian Center for Crafts, in Cookeville, Tenn., in 1996. Katy has taught in several Atlanta private schools and community art centers since 1998. She has been a studio potter since 2003. She creates functional and non-functional objects that are reminiscent of antiquity and enjoys the idea of creating contemporary heirlooms to enhance connections within families. Her art is inspired by nature and she uses birds to create a metaphor of nesting and comfort. Joy C. Patty is the Kindergarten–Grade 2 art teacher and the exhibition coordinator for the Lovett Galleria. She holds a master of arts degree in art education from Meadows School of the Arts, Southern Methodist University. Her career positions include head of adult education at the High Museum of Art; curator of education at the Modern Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas; education coordinator at the Meadows Museum, Dallas, Texas; and community education art instructor at Glassell School of Art, Houston, Texas, and at Savannah College of Art and Design-Atlanta. Her art is influenced by natural surroundings, contemporary art and architecture, and interior and fashion design. Ashley Schick is a practicing artist and art educator. She completed her MFA in Printmaking from SCAD-Atlanta, where she also worked as the lead printer and constructor for Kiki Smith’s artist book Color Noise. Ms. Schick has taught many art workshops for students of all ages from children to adults, most recently in collaboration with the High Museum of Art, Georgia Tech, SCAD, and as the Studio Program Director for the non-profit One Love Generation (2013–15). In 2014, she was selected to be a part of the Georgia Center for Nonprofit’s High Potential Diverse Leaders program. Ms. Schick was an artist’s assistant to sculptor Brian Dettmer and a resident in the Creatives Project’s Studio Residency Program (2011–13). Her works on paper and artist books have been exhibited nationally and internationally and are held in multiple private and university collections including Vanderbilt, University of Florida, and Baylor. You can see her artwork at www.ashleylschick.com and at Kai Lin Art Gallery in Atlanta. Lovett
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Educators in the Visual Arts Department (cont.) Katherine Schneider teaches third, fourth, and fifth grade art classes at Lovett. She holds a bachelor of fine arts degree from the Rhode Island School of Design in ceramics and received a master’s of art in art education from the University of New Mexico. Katherine has studied at Studio Arts Centers International in Florence, Italy, and is a veteran of advanced workshops in ceramics at the Penland School of Crafts in Western North Carolina. She has researched indigenous artwork of the Southwest and participated in the excavation of Roman pottery in northeast England. Her personal mixed media and ceramic artwork have been influenced by her travels. Amy Lee Story is the visual arts coordinator and teacher in the Upper School. She teaches foundations, painting, mixed media, and advanced drawing. Amy grew up in Anchorage, Alaska, and later went to Tulane University to pursue her B.F.A. in fine art. She also taught elementary art at Ursuline Academy in New Orleans while getting her master’s from Loyola University. In addition to teaching, Amy also illustrates children’s books. She works in all media, including painting, sculpture, ceramics, drawing, and photography. Her work is narrative in nature, allowing each piece to tell a story through the different layers of media. Her portfolio may be viewed at her website www. amyleestory.com. Karey Walter is a recognized fine art, black and white photographer and educator. Born in Pittsburgh, Penn., she holds a M.F.A. degree from the University of Utah. Walter currently directs the photography program at Lovett, where she has taught for the past 17 years. Walter’s prior work varied from black and white documentary to landscapes from across the United States, Mexico, and Europe. Her current body of work is based on mixed media concepts. Walter uses photography, resins, oil pastels, acrylic paint, various gel mediums, and varnishes in her abstract works on canvas. She also explores historic processes from the 1800s, such as cyanotype, tintype, daguerreotype, liquid light, and pinhole cameras to understand the function of historic processes, chemistry usage, and the photographic art as a creative form. She has worked with a variety of professional artists on assignment and workshops with advanced education teaching photography and mixed media arts, including Rocky Mountain School of Photography in Missoula, Mont., and Spoleto Summer Abroad in Umbria and Tuscany, Italy, and Provence, France. Her works have been displayed throughout the Southeast and are included in numerous private collections. Tom Zwierlein, studio artist, has been teaching art at Lovett since 1987. He is a former University of Kentucky ceramics instructor and has been a visiting artist at many craft schools and colleges, including The Penland School, the Hambidge Center, and The Georgia High School Governor’s Honors Program at Valdosta State. Zwierlein was a founding faculty member of the Anderson Ranch Ceramics Program in the late 1970s under the direction of Paul Soldner and is a contributing writer for the international ceramic magazine Clay Times. He conducts workshops around the United States and his work is exhibited on a national level.
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Class of 2016 Fine Arts Students Freddy Achecar Caroline Akin Sam Baker Haley Barnes Annie Battle Jack Bedinger Katie Bethea Carolyn Bland Mimi Bourdeaux Matthew Boutté James Bronsted William Brooks Jordan Budd Joe Callaway Chase Carter Elizabeth Champion Abby Clement Ford Coleman Corinne Culpepper Shivam Daftari Dominique David Mary Stewart DeLong Alexander DeRosa Francesca DeWeerdt Juliana Dinkle Claire Doyle Hamp Dykes David Easterling Devyn Edelstein Ned Ellis Ellie Fallon Thomas Flournoy Thomas Ghirardini Caroline Carr Grant Whitney Gumpert Grace Hagerty Rhodes Hall Wil Harrison James Harrison Wendy Harrison Ladd Harrison Ian Herbert Grace Hill Neal Irby Grace Jackson PJ Johnson 74 • Lovett
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Emily Johnson Bailey Johnson Evie Johnson Mary Frances Johnson Isabella Ko Elise Koepke Megan Kring Scott Kuhlke Brandon Lacefield Desi LaPoole Shelby Lau Patrick Layson Eliot Layson Carson Lindauer Sam Linginfelter Andrew Link Austin Liou Allie Lourie Harrison Lyle Lizzie Malinowski Aubry Martin Virginia Mathews Crosby Matthews Annie Mayfield Catt McCreary Kit McGean Brody McGowan Cole McGowan Patrick McGuire Jack McMurtrie Hatch Means Adelaide Medford Evan Mercer Emma Montag Gray Morgan Marilyn Morgan Alexander Morris Claire Morris Charles Nastopoulos Zach Neal Mason Newberry Erin Ocana Riley Okeson Gabby Panos Kiki Paré Estée Park
Sam Parry Rob Pavloff Jay Pisowicz Emma Pollard Victoria Powell Emma Quarterman Spencer Ragen Grace Raulet Ivey Redding Nick Rhame Henry Richardson Kate Ross Alex Schmidt-Fellner Taylor Schonberg Allie Schonberg Aaron Schunk Modou Sey Laura Elizabeth Seydel Rachel Sheppard Alden Shiverick Samantha Sloman James Smith Sasha Soggs Karan Soni Lauren Stratton Jackson Stuart Julia Taylor Nicole Teague Naomi Tesema Jackson Thompson Camilla Triesch Joseph Tripodi Max Vande Beek Lewis Vaughan Audrey Wells Journey White Jack Williams Benjamin Yarmowich Hailey Young
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Fine Arts Awards & Accolades 2014–15 Honors
Shuler Hensley Awards Upper School Musical, Oklahoma Nominations: Best Lighting/Sound/Technical Execution Best Leading Actree Performance
Southern Star Music Fest Middle School Orchestras: Gold Award Middle School Bands: Silver Award
Disney Musical Festival Singers, Women’s Chorus, Men’s Chorus: Gold Award Ellington Jazz Band: Gold Award and Three Outstanding Jazz Soloist Awards Concert Band: Bronze Award Bach Ensemble: Silver Award Chamber Orchestra: Gold Award
2nd Annual Middle School Choral Festival Participating Schools: The Lovett School, Lost Mountain Middle School, and Renfro Middle School
All-State Participation Middle and Upper School Band, Chorus, and Orchestra
Visual Arts Numerous local and in-school art projects, exhibitions, and school-wide classroom integration projects including: Hartsfield-Jackson Airport Art Show The Great Frame-Up Art Exhibition Kindergarten–Grade 12 High Museum of Art Student Art Show Capitol Art Show Sam Flax Project Based Learning Earth Day Exhibition Pace Academy Photography Exhibition Georgia High School Art Association—Lovett student winner Signature Magazine
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Kate F. Edwards Art Award The Kate Flournoy Edwards Art Award was established by her family
with great affection on the occasion of Miss Edwards’s 100th birthday—July 29, 1977. Miss Edwards was a well-known portrait painter and citizen of Atlanta, and the younger sister of school founder Eva Edwards Lovett. This award is given each year to a member of the graduating class who has demonstrated excellence as an art student. 1978: Nancy Goldstucker 1979: Tinsley Turner 1980: Edward Daugherty 1981: E. Blair Harper 1982: Julia C. Schoen 1983: Robert E. Dornbush 1984: Richard S. Sanders 1985: J. Walter Wright III 1986: Nancy Carol Fox 1987: William Bryant Green 1988: Honor Ganelle Woodard 1989: Laurel Elizabeth Crafts 1990: Lesley Anne Stanfield 1991: Richard Davis Batson 1992: Mandy Blandford 1993: William Howell Colson 1994: Susan Carson Maier 1995: Laureen Mendez 1996: Kyu Song
1997: Ivey Doyal 1998: Allen Spetnagel 1999: Katie Armstrong 2000: Shara Hughes 2001: Leslie Clements 2002: Danielle Bernstein 2003: Jamie Steele 2004: Kelly Voyles 2005: Katie Madden 2006: Jessica Barrie 2007: Elliott Beazley 2008: Taryn O’Meara 2009: Brooks Buffington 2010: Maddie Park 2011: Tayler Cyprien 2012: Mary Lowe Bailey 2013: Margaret Millians 2014: Kaitlin Kahrs 2015: Cleo Chang
Visual Arts Gallery Exhibits The Lovett Galleria
Joy C. Patty, Visual Arts Faculty and Gallery Coordinator September 8–October 30, 2015 Atlanta Artist: Amandine Drouet’s Upcycled Art Second and Fifth Grade reclaimed fused plastic art November 9–16, 2015 Lovett Student Art January 4–29, 2016 Lovett Alumni Art February 19–March 15, 2016 Unity & Heritage: Legacies of Selma April 18–May 5, 2016 Lovett Senior Exit Show Lovett
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Cosmetic Dermatology Blends Artistic Talent and Medical Experience to Give You the Very Best in Skin Care and Facial Rejuvenation Anna Paré, M.D. is a board certified diplomat of the American Board of Dermatology. Dr. Paré has a special interest in merging her expertise in cosmetic dermatology with a comprehensive approach and treatment of photoaging. Dr. Paré’s practice focuses on cosmetic facial rejuvenation including, but not limited to, treatments with fillers, such as Juvéderm©, Voluma©, SculptraAesthetic© and Radiesse©. She is the #1 Juvéderm© injector in the Southeast; Botox© and Dysport© are among the many procedures that Dr. Paré offers. She has been awarded Black Diamond Status by Allergan in recognition of her Botox expertise. “There is a whole array of tools that I use—combined knowledge and expertise comes into the decision making process in which areas need to be lifted, filled, relaxed and smoothed,” says Dr. Paré. “Skin care should be comprehensive, and it is never too late to start.” Her comments about Dermatology and skin care can be read in local and national publications. For a comprehensive evaluation, visit our Laser/Aesthetic support center and receive your free skin care analysis with VISIA. Take advantage of microdermabrasion treatments, chemical peels, laser treatments and more. Dr. Pare is also proud to introduce BEST by Dermatology Consultants, PC. Body Enhancing Solutions & Technologies offers the latest non-invasive technology in body sculpting and contouring available. With treatments such as CoolSculpting, Vanquish, Ultherapy and Exilis, BEST offers something for every body. Ultherapy©– Ultrasonic facelifting, CoolSculpting©—Freeze the Fat Away, Vanquish—Melt the fat away, Exilis—Tighten the Skin and Contour the Body, Microcurrent treatment—improve elasticity, Chemical Peels, Injectables—Botox©, Dysport©, Xeomin©. Fillers—Juvéderm©, Radiesse©, Voluma©, SculptraAesthetic©. Hair Reduction Laser, Fractional 1440/1540—Fine lines and wrinkles, IPL—Brown Spots, Isolaz—acne laser therapy, Microdermabrasion, Dermapen—Collagen stimulation, Dermaplane, Intraceuticals – Oxygen Facial, PDT—Photodynamic Therapy, XTRAC laser—Psoriasis & Vitaligo treatment.
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GO LIONS! The Arts in Education Eva Edwards Lovett made the following remarks in a presentation on the “Progressive Education Movement” to the Fulton County Pediatric Association: “. . . schools where progressive education is practiced believe that every child has in himself or herself some power of selfexpression, some ability to create. It may be with paint or clay, or hammer and saw; with music or the dance; with dramatic work or story or poem. Whatever be the medium, it is in the expression of these powers and frequently unsuspected abilities that there lies the chance for the greatest personal satisfaction.” Progressive education knows that there is yet much to learn but it is eager and open-minded and keeps its eyes always on the child. Its ideal is that the child should be, in relation to the school, ‘Like a tree planted by the rivers of water, which bringeth forth his fruit in his season.’ Lovett
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Past Presidents Leadership History of Friends of the Arts Fine Arts Guild 1974–75 Mr. John S. Hunsinger (Founder and First President) 1975–77 Dr. and Mrs. M. Carr Payne, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Erwin H. Baumer 1978–79 Dr. and Mrs. S. David Kahn 1979–80 Mr. and Mrs. William Temple 1980–81 Mr. and Mrs. Tom Ventulett 1981–82 Dr. and Mrs. Howard Brown 1982–83 Dr. and Mrs. Felix Sibley 1983–84 Mr. and Mrs. Robert Allison 1984–85 Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Dick 1985–86 Mr. and Mrs. Richard Woodward 1986–87 Mr. and Mrs. Cono Fusco 1987–89 Mr. and Mrs. Ed Turville 1989–91 Mr. and Mrs. Rick Miller 1991–93 Mrs. Carole Chambers 1993–94 Mrs. Karen Rosner 1994–95 Mrs. Carol Arnall 1995–96 Mrs. Melanie Williams
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Name Changed to Friends of the Arts 1996–97 Mrs. Judy Hanna Peschel 1997–98 Mrs. Gaye Flynt 1998–99 Mrs. Debbie Avery 1999–02 Mrs. JoAnn Nicholson 2002–03 Mrs. Ann Braswell 2003–04 Mrs. Mira Small 2004–05 Mrs. Phyllis Wright 2005–06 Mrs. Kathy Lee 2006–07 Mrs. Elise Wilkes 2007–08 Mrs. Linda Gray 2008–09 Mrs. Lawrie Horst 2009–11 Mrs. Jinny Keough 2011–12 Mrs. Lynn Powell 2012–13 Mrs. Anne Marino 2013–14 Mrs. Jane Jackson 2014–15 Mrs. Lisa Wargo
Why the Arts?
An excerpt from Academic Preparation for College, published by the College Board The arts—visual arts, theater, music, and dance—challenge and extend human experience. They provide means of expression that go beyond ordinary speaking and writing. They can express intimate thoughts and feelings. They are a unique record of diverse cultures and how these cultures have developed over time. They provide distinctive ways of understanding human beings and nature. The arts are creative modes by which all people can enrich their lives both by self-expression and response to the expressions of others. Works of art often involve subtle meanings and complex systems of expressions. Fully appreciating such works requires the careful reasoning and sustained study that lead to informed insight. Moreover, just as thorough understanding of science requires laboratory or field work, so fully understanding the arts involves firsthand work in them. Preparation in the arts will be valuable to college entrants whatever their field of study. The actual practice of the arts can engage the imagination, foster flexible ways of thinking, develop disciplined effort, and build self-confidence. Appreciation of the arts is integral to the understanding of other cultures sought in the study of history, foreign language, and social sciences. Preparation in the arts will also enable college students to engage in and profit from advance study, performance, and studio work in the arts. For some, such college level work will lead to careers in the arts. For many others, it will permanently enhance the quality of their lives, whether they continue artistic activity as an avocation or appreciation of the arts as observers and members of audiences. According to the College Entrance Examination Board: Nationally, students enrolled in fine arts courses score from 6 to 11 percent higher than students not enrolled in any fine arts courses.
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The arts hold a special place in our hearts and home. A warm thank you to all of Lovett’s fine arts faculty members and staff who do a wonderful job working with our students. The King Family Vanessa, JT, Palmer & Penny xo
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