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From the Headmaster In our 13 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 2016–17 Fine Arts season was produced by The Lovett School program co-chairs Amanda Hall and Mary Millians, 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 ..................................................................... 73 Fine Arts Awards & Accolades .......................................................... 74 Kate F. Edwards Art Award ............................................................... 75 Visual Arts Gallery Exhibits .............................................................. 75 The Arts in Education......................................................................... 76 Past Presidents .................................................................................. 77 Why the Arts?...................................................................................... 78 Advertiser Index ................................................................................ 79
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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 Anne Marino), 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/2aBHjRg) 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 79 plays and musicals at Lovett over the last 30 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, as we begin another season filled with anticipation of the year ahead. Our talented students will grace our stages and captivate audiences with their enchanting performances in music, dance and theater, as well as visual arts presentations. Director of Fine Arts Jay Freer and his faculty produce more than 40 performances, events, Anne Marino and concerts each year. At least 10 gallery displays are held on campus and local venues throughout the year. Members of Lovett’s Fine Arts faculty are working professionals who subscribe wholeheartedly to the vision of our school’s founder, Eva Edwards Lovett, who stressed the importance of developing the whole child—academically, athletically, socially, spiritually, and artistically. From the earliest grades, our students are exposed to and participate in a wide range of artistic offerings. By the time they graduate they will have developed a keen appreciation of the arts, perhaps even discovered a passion to pursue the arts as a profession. Friends of the Arts (FOTA) is the volunteer parent organization whose mission is to support the students and faculty of Lovett’s Fine Arts department. Every year, hundreds of families and individuals become members of FOTA, volunteer in the arts classrooms, serve on various committees, and attend performances, concerts, and gallery shows. In addition to creative support, FOTA raises thousands of dollars each year through its membership, events, and programs. Your membership donation allows you to partner with FOTA to advance and enhance the arts offerings at Lovett. We invite you to become a member of FOTA. Please visit the Fine Arts page of the Lovett website (www.lovett.org/fota) for more information. Thank you for supporting the Fine Arts Program at Lovett. Enjoy the show!
Anne Marino, Friends of the Arts President
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Friends of the Arts Board
Executive Committee President: Anne Marino Past-President: Vanessa King Secretary: Courtney Lewis Treasurer: Michelle Neville
Board of Directors Concessions: Angie Pope and Beth Van Winkle Events/Social Chair: Karen Sear and Katie Stewart Fine Arts Newsletter/FOTA Flash: Kim Schouest and Nancy Sharp Fine Arts Program: Amanda Hall and Mary Millians Liaison Coordinator: Lee Ann Muller Membership: Hyde Desloge Committee Chairs Faculty Art Show & Sale: Vanessa King, Eileen Millard, and Lisa Wargo Lower School Art Project: Cherie Duffield and Mary Millians Spring Arts Festival/FOTA’s Week of the Arts: Heyward Fourgerousse 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 FOTA Art Sale. The Friends of the Arts Board sincerely thanks you for your time, energy, ideas, and dedication.
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Corrie and Wayne Johnson Stacey and Marc Kalish Lori and Thornton Kennedy Rae and John O. Knox Amy and Satish Lathi Courtney and Les Lewis Jennifer and Harry Locher Magner and Porter Lummus Marie and Brad Foster Steve and Kim McCollam Lauren and John McColskey Sarah and Doug Murray Janet and Kenneth Rau Reed and Brad Roberts Greg and Alyson Rogers Anna and Craig Savage Wanda A. Saxon Kim and Paul Schouest Stephanie and Blake Selig John and Maggie Staton Claudia and Carl Stimmel Amanda and Jeff Stratton The Strickland Family Kyle Walton Connie and David Weaver Stacy and Shay Womack Kira and Leonard Wood Alana and Marko Zrno
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Alumni Featured Artists
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Artist Profiles:
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* Artists enrich our culture, enlighten our society, lift our spirits, and feed our souls. * Integrative arts education from an early age sparks a lifetime of creative thinking, powerful self‐expression, and innovative problem solving. * Rigorous artistic training empowers students and graduates to engage our communities, advance local and global creative industries, and inspire the world. * Arts organizations improve the quality of life and place in big cities like Atlanta and in small communities, transforming them from merely livable to truly lovable.
* Lovett nurtures the talent, hones the craft, and develops the unique voices of each Lovett graduate—enabling them to function in the business and the artistic world with equal skill. * Sustained study in the arts at Lovett helps each student realize the full potential of their creative selves and nurtures passionate students who learn to do their best work—in all they do—and become their best selves. 14 • Lovett
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David and Laura Nix Alice and Richard Nolen Patrick and Steffanie O’Neill Mark and Amy Ohde Kathy and George Olmstead Joe and Mary Padgett Kevin and Mary Clancy Peak Allison and Jay Peavy Michael and Jennifer Peeker Catharine and Cooper Pope Angela and Carter Posner Jake and Steffi Rohn Heather and Habib Samady Steve Samp and Beth Salvati Eric and Dina Schimpf Renee and Jim Schwarzkopf Nancy and Cyrus Sharp Ed and Stephanie Sherling Nancy and Jim Sherman Andrew and Kristen Shore Kelly and David Silverman Libby and Frampton Simons Era Singh Sally and Ross Singletary Sharonne Smith Meadow and Hop Smith Mary and John Stark Zach and Amy Story Mary Crawford and Keith Taylor Stephanie and Mark Teichner Robin and Guillermo Valls Beth and Alex VanWinkle Carolyn and Steve Wade Lesley Wainwright Karen and Johnny Warren Tom and Susan Wilby Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Wilkerson Cheryl and Kevin Windom Amy Wood
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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 has a partnership with The Lovett School. The three-year 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 6 7:00 pm Middle School Play, Snappy’s Happy Half-Hour October 27&29 7:00 pm Upper School Play, All in the Timing, Woodward October 28 5:00 pm Theater, seating limited—tickets $8.00 November 10–12 7:00 pm Upper School Play, The Mousetrap, reserved seating—tickets $8.00 November 15 6:30–8:00 pm Opening Reception, FOTA Art Sale, Rogers & Westmoreland Activity Center November 16–17 11:00 am–4:00 pm FOTA Art Sale, Rogers & Westmoreland Activity Center November 18 8:00 am–2:00 pm FOTA Art Sale, Rogers & Westmoreland Activity Center November 17 7:00 pm Lower/Middle/Upper School Dance Concert November 19 5:00 pm Applied Lessons Recital, Alston Memorial Chapel 7:30–10:00 pm Upper School Ellington performance November 21 Café 290, Atlanta November 29 6:30 pm Middle School Lessons and Carols Service Alston Memorial Chapel Novermber 30 6:30 pm Middle/Upper School Orchestra Holiday Concert December 1 5:30 pm Lower School Orchestra Holiday Concert 7:00 pm Upper School Candlelight Lessons and Carols Service, All Saints’ Episcopal Church 6:00 pm Middle School Play, The 8 Ways Pokemon Go is December 2 Destroying Your Life, Middle School Drama Room 7:00 pm Lower School Choral Holiday Concert Alston Memorial Chapel December 6 7:00 pm Middle/Upper School Band Holiday Concert December 8 7:00 pm Lower School Band Holiday Concert December 13 7:00 pm Lower School Winter Musical (Grades 2, 4, and 5) A Party in a Pear Tree, reserved seating—tickets $5.00 December 14 7:00 pm Lower School Winter Musical (Grades 3, 4, and 5) A Party in a Pear Tree, reserved seating—tickets $5.00 Upper School Musical, A Funny Thing Happened on February 9–11 7:00 pm the Way to the Forum, reserved seating—tickets $10.00 February 20 7:30–10:00 pm Upper School Ellington performance Café 290, Atlanta February 28 5:30 pm Lower School Orchestra String Spectacular Concert 7:00 pm Middle/Upper School Orchestra String Spectacular Concert
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March 14–April 16 Lovett Student Art Show The High Museum of Art March 16 7:00 pm Middle School Choral Showcase Alston Memorial Chapel March 19 2:00 pm Lower/Middle/Upper School Band Prism Concert March 26 2:00 pm Student Art Show Reception High Museum of Art March 30–April 1 7:00 pm Upper School Musical, Quilters reserved seating—tickets $10.00 April 6 7:00 pm Lower/Middle/Upper School Dance Concert April 7 6:30 pm Lovett Film Festival April 10 5:00 pm Applied Lessons Recital I Alston Memorial Chapel April 21–22 TBD Upper School Play, This Wooden O limited seating April 22 11:00 am The Lovett Singers Recital Alston Memorial Chapel 2:00 pm Applied Lessons Recital II Alston Memorial Chapel April 23 5:00 pm Upper School Band Swing Concert April 24 5:00 & 7:00 pm Applied Lessons Recitals III & IV Alston Memorial Chapel April 29 2:00 & 4:00 pm Applied Lessons Recitals V & VI Alston Memorial Chapel April 30 4:00 pm Upper School Choral Showcase Alston Memorial Chapel 5:00 pm Chamber Music Recital, Woodward Theater May 3 7:00 pm Lower School Choral Showcase Alston Memorial Chapel May 4 7:00 pm Middle School Play, Juliet and This Guy Named Romeo May 5 6:30 pm Middle School Choral Festival Alston Memorial Chapel May 11 8:30 am Lower School Band and Orchestra Concert May 18 9:00 am Kindergarten–Grade 1 Spring Musical TBD May 24 7:00 pm Lower School Musical, TBD reserved seating—tickets $5.00
All performances are in the Hendrix-Chenault Theater unless otherwise indicated.
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Fine Arts Faculty
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) Sally Crouse................................................................................Upper School Visual Arts (Art History) Barney Culver.............................................................................................................. Orchestra Assistant Adrian Davis.................................................................................. Upper and Middle School Orchestra Seth Decker..................................................................................................... Upper School Theater Arts Sarah Dorian.................................................................................. Upper and Middle School Orchestra Chris Ekholm.................................................................................................Middle School Theater Arts Wesley Forlines......................................................................................................Design and Production Charissa Gransden...................................................................................................... Lower School Band Rhoda Griffis................................................................................................... Upper School Theater Arts Rebecca Metzger Hirsch........................................ Upper and Middle School Dance; Choreographer Lynn King....................................................................................................................Middle School Band Susan McCluskey............................................. Theater Facilities Manager; Productions Coordinator Katy McDougal............................................................................................... Middle School Visual Arts Anne Marie McPhail............................................................................... Choral Assistant (Grades 7 & 8) 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 Tim Pitchford.............................................................................. Upper School Band (AP Music Theory) 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 Tom Zwierlein................. Upper School Visual Arts (Ceramics/Sculpture, Foundations, Arch. Design) Lovett
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Recitals April 10 5:00 pm Applied Lessons Recital I, Alston Memorial Chapel April 22 11:00 am The Lovett Singers Recital, Alston Memorial Chapel 2:00 pm Applied Lessons Recital II, Alston Memorial Chapel 5:00 pm; 7:00 pm Applied Lessons Recitals III & IV, April 24 Alston Memorial Chapel 2:00 pm; 4:00 pm Applied Lessons Recitals V & VI, April 29 Alston Memorial Chapel April 30 1:00 pm, 4:00 pm Chamber Music Recital, Alston Memorial Chapel
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Applied Lessons Faculty
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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.
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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 29 6:30 pm Middle School Lessons and Carols Service, Alston Memorial Chapel December 1 7:00 pm Upper School Candlelight Lessons and Carols Service, All Saints’ Episcopal Church December 2 7:00 pm Lower School Choral Holiday Concert, Alston Memorial Chapel December 13 6:00 pm Lower School Winter Musical (Grades 2, 4, 5), A Party in a Pear Tree, reserved seating—tickets $5.00 Hendrix-Chenault Theater December 14 7:00 pm Lower School Winter Musical (Grades 3, 4, 5), A Party in a Pear Tree, reserved seating—tickets $5.00 Hendrix-Chenault Theater February 9–11 7:00 pm Upper School Musical, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, reserved seating—tickets $10.00 Hendrix-Chenault Theater March 16 7:00 pm Middle School Choral Showcase, Alston Memorial Chapel March 30- 7:00 pm Upper School Musical, Quilters, Hendrix-Chenault April 1 Theater, reserved seating—tickets $10.00 April 22 11:00 am The Lovett Singers Recital, Alston Memorial Chapel April 30 4:00 pm Upper School Choral Showcase, Alston Memorial Chapel May 3 7:00 pm Lower School Choral Showcase, Alston Memorial Chapel May 5 6:30 pm Middle School Choral Festival, Alston Memorial Chapel 9:00 am Kindergarten–Grade 1 Spring Musical, TBD, May 18 Hendrix-Chenault Theater May 24 7:00 pm Lower School Musical, TBD, Hendrix-Chenault Theater, reserved seating—tickets $5.00 Lovett
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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.
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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. 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, more than 90 percent of Lovett students participate in the arts. Choral/vocal music at Lovett has enjoyed outstanding leadership over several decades. Lovett choral ensembles are represented annually in the Spivey Hall Honor Choirs, the GMEA District Five Honor Chorus, and the GMEA All-State Choruses. In 2013, the Lovett choral groups 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. 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 St. Nicholas Mass in Carnegie Hall under the direction of Anton Armstrong. In 2016, the Lovett Singers returned to Carnegie Hall and performed in the National Festival Chorus under the baton of Keith Hampton. They also performed the National Anthem to a soldout audience at Madison Square Garden. In the past three years, the Singers have performed at the GA Governor’s Mansion, Spivey Hall, and Disney World in Orlando, FL
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Women’s Chorus The Women’s Chorus participates in chapel, a fall concert, the Service of Lessons and Carols, Spring Showcase, and the spring musical. They have performed at Disney World, the Piedmont Driving Club, and the Atlanta Rotary and Kiwanis Clubs. They received a Gold Medal (Superior) at the 2013 Heritage Music Festival in Orlando. The Lovett Women’s Chorus regularly performs holiday caroling in the Vinings area.
Men’s Chorus
The Men’s Chorus sings for special concerts, chapel services, and competitions. They regularly perform for the Lessons and Carols Service, on-campus chapels, and at the annual Lovett Father/Son Banquet in February.
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Eighth Grade Chorus
The Middle School Choruses provide music for the Middle School Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, the school’s Chapel services, and a Spring Choral Showcase. 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 GMEA All-State Choirs. This May, the seventh and eighth grade choruses will host their fourth annual Lovett Invitational Choral Festival, featuring a nationally recognized choral clinician. Anne Marie McPhail, Ann Marie McPhail is a native of Atlanta, Georgia and is a product of the Atlanta Public Schools system. She attended Northside School of the Performing Arts and received a BA in Music Education from Clark Atlanta University and MM in Voice Performance from Georgia State University. While at Georgia State, she officially began teaching as a voice and piano teacher in the “Neighborhood Music School’s” program. Ms. McPhail has taught in esteemed organizations such as the Boy’s Choir of Harlem in New York, Spelman College and Agnes Scott College, Talladega College and Clark Atlanta University. As a much sought after singer she has sung with the Atlanta Opera, Paris Comique Opera, Royal Danish Opera Theatre, Capitol City Opera, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus, Atlanta Chamber Players, Atlanta Singers and the Wendell P. Whalum Singers. As a Director she is currently the Interim Music Director at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church of the Women’s, Men’s and Adult Choirs. She has also been assistant director of the Metro Atlanta Community Chorus (MACC), as well as S.E. Conductor of the Training Choir of the Atlanta Young Singers of Callanwolde. She is often invited as conductor/clinician at different Atlanta Area Schools for Festival, Honor Choir and All-State preparation. Ms. McPhail often performs for community functions that promote excellence and expose young children to classical music and opera. She has presented “I love Opera workshops” for many years. Lovett
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Seventh Grade Chorus
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, Lower School Talent Show, and Lower School Spring Choral Concert.
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 many years of experience teaching young children through her business, Musik to Grow in the Cobb County community. She is a Board Certified Music Therapist and specializes in working with young children with developmental delays and autism. 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. 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.
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Dance
Concerts
November 17
7:00 pm Lower/Middle/Upper School Dance Concert, Hendrix-Chenault Theater
April 6
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. In her senior year of high school, 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, performing a variety of corps, soloist, and principal roles during her career. She has appeared in the PBS series Dance in America and The Balanchine Essays. While rehearsing, performing, and touring full-time, she 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, and recently became a repetiteur for both the Jerome Robbins and George Balanchine Foundations. Rebecca joined Lovett in 2013 and is thrilled to be a part of the Fine Arts Department, a place that clearly understands the value of integrating academics with the arts. Lovett
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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.
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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.
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Instrumental Music
Band and Orchestra Concerts November 21
November 30
7:30-10:00 pm 6:30 pm
Ellington performance, Café 290 in Atlanta
Middle/Upper School Orchestra Holiday Concert, Hendrix-Chenault Theater
Lower School Orchestra Holiday Concert,
December 1
5:30 pm
December 6
7:00 pm
December 8
7:00 pm
Lower School Band Holiday Concert,
February 20
7:30–10:00 pm
Ellington performance, Café 290 in Atlanta
Hendrix-Chenault Theater
Middle/Upper School Band Holiday Concert,
Hendrix-Chenault Theater Hendrix-Chenault Theater February 28
5:30 pm
7:00 pm
March 19
2:00 pm
April 23
5:00 pm
May 6
TBD
May 11
8:30 am
Lower School Orchestra String Spectacular Concert, Hendrix-Chenault Theater
Upper/Middle School Orchestra String
Spectacular Concert, Hendrix-Chenault Theater
Lower/Middle/Upper Schol Band Prism Concert,
Hendrix-Chenault Theater
Upper School Band Swing Concert,
Hendrix-Chenault Theater
Middle School Band and Orchestra Festival, Six Flags Over Georgia
Lower School Band and Orchestra Concert,
Hendrix-Chenault Theater
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Tim Pitchford, For the past decade, nativeFloridian Dr. Tim Pitchford has lived and taught in the state of Illinois. He has spent the last five years as director of the jazz program and trombone professor at Illinois Wesleyan University, a private liberal arts college in Bloomington, IL. Under his direction, the IWU Jazz Ensemble has performed for the 2014 Illinois Music Educator’s Conference and the Elmhurst Jazz Festival. He has been a clinician at numerous university jazz festivals across the country including the Marshall University Jazz Festival, the Northwest Oklahoma University Jazz Festival, and the Illinois State University Jazz Festival. As a professional trombonist, Dr. Pitchford has performed with Joe Williams, Maureen McGovern, Arturo Sandoval, Gloria Gaynor, The Manhattan Transfer, John Pizzarelli, Patti Austin, Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom Band, Glenn Miller Orchestra, Gladys Knight, Aretha Franklin, the Woody Herman Orchestra, and many others. He has recorded on several Grammy- and Latin Grammy-nominated albums and numerous independent and commercial recordings. From 2002-2005, he performed throughout Europe, North, Central, and South America with pop-music icon, K.C. and the Sunshine Band. Recent guest performances include the 2015 Peoria Jazz Festival, the 2014 Midwest Trombone and Euphonium Conference, the 2014 Peoria Jazz Festival, the 2014 Yellowstone Jazz Festival, and the 2012 Blagoevgrad Jazz Festival in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria. Dr. Pitchford holds degrees in jazz performance from University of North Florida, Georgia State University, and the University of Miami. In the summer of 2016, Dr. Pitchford relocated to Atlanta with his beautiful wife Natalie and precious daughter Lucy. He is thrilled to join The Lovett School community and looks forward to continuing the Ellington program’s legacy of excellence.
Ellington Jazz Ensemble
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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 All-Select Band, the Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra, Metro Atlanta Youth Wind Ensemble, 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. Sarah Dorian holds degrees from Vanderbilt University (BM–Cello Performance), University of Notre Dame (MM–Cello Performance and Literature) and Fort Hays State University (MSEd–Education) and is a member of the Phi Kappa Phi National Honors Society. Sarah was a member of several orchestras including the South Bend Symphony Orchestra, Kalamazoo Symphony, and Northwest Indian Symphony Orchestra. She also attended the Aspen Music Festival, Brevard Music Center and Interlochen Center for the Arts. Sarah was associate instructor of music at Indiana University South Bend and helped manage the Junior Division of the famed Fischoff Chamber Music Competition where she mentored and coached many young chamber groups. She has also been a faculty member of many summer programs including: Marrowstone-in-the-City and High Plains Music Camp. Sarah has created and developed the following orchestra programs: St. Joseph’s High School, Culver Military Academy, West Sound Academy, Spring Hill School District, and Wasatch Academy. She is currently the orchestra director for Middle and Upper Schools at Lovett.
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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. Adrian Davis is a Lovett Orchestra instructor and Applied Lessons teacher. He holds a Bachelor’s degree from The University of Alabama and a Master’s degree from the University of Colorado Boulder. Adrian is a violist who maintains an active performing and teaching schedule. He collaborates frequently throughout the United States and Australia.
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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 10th year at Lovett, and her 20th 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. Barney Culver is a cellist who teaches and performs in the southeastern United States. He attended the University of Michigan for is bachelors and Carnegie Mellon University for his masters. Entering his fifth year living in Atlanta, he enjoys teaching and playing often with the Atlanta Symphony, Opera and Ballet, the Atlanta Pops Orchestra, and with symphonies in Charlotte, Savannah, Charleston, Tampa, and Naples, and holds a section position with the Sarasota Orchestra. 60 • Lovett
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Theater Arts
Performances October 6
7:00 pm
October 27 and 29 7:00 pm October 28
500 pm
November 10–12
7:00 pm
December 2
6:00 pm
February 9–11
7:00 pm
April 7
6:30 pm
March 30–April 1
7:00 pm
April 21–22
7:00 pm
May 4
7:00 pm
Middle School Play, Snappy’s Happy Half-Hour, Hendrix-Chenault Theater
Upper School Play, All in the Timing,
Woodward Theater, limited seating—tickets $8.00 Upper School Play, All in the Timing,
Woodward Theater, limited seating—tickets $8.00
Upper School Play, The Mousetrap, Hendrix-Chenault Theater,
reserved seating—tickets $8.00
Middle School Play, The 8 Ways Pokemon Go is
Destroying Your Life, Middle School Drama Room Upper School Musical, A Funny Thing Happened
on the Way to the Forum, Hendrix-Chenault Theater, reserved seating—tickets $10.00
Lovett Film Festival, Hendrix-Chenault Theater
Upper School Musical, Quilters, Hendrix-Chenault Theater, reserved seating—tickets $10.00
Upper School Play, This Wooden O, Woodward Theater, limited seating
Middle School play, Juliet and This Guy Named
Romeo, Hendrix-Chenault Theater
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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. The artistic process in acting and design and production is the core of all the work within the program. Students experience a heightened sense of culture, and an ability to make critical value judgment, through skills in acting and design and production. 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 Theater Department produces plays both semesters, along with other workshop productions, as well as working with the Choral Program on the Upper School musical. In addition, they take an annual trip to New York City that is highly recommended, but optional.
Upper School Design and Production
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 bachelor of science 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 16-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. Wesley Forlines graduated from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts with a Bachelor’s of Fine Arts in Lighting Design. After college, he took a project management internship at Electronic Theatre Controls in Wisconsin but returned to Georgia in 2015. Since then, he’s worked with theatres around Atlanta and expanded his design experience to work with graphic design, video editing, and other projects. Originally from Columbus, Ga., Wesley has been involved with Georgia’s State Theatre the Springer Opera House since a young age. There he learned and performed as a part of their Academy program and more recently has designed for and stage managed various children’s theatre productions. Lovett
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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 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 five 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. On the big screen, David has recently worked with some of Hollywood’s biggest names, including appearances opposite Tom Cruise in American Made, Michael Keaton in The Founder, and Harrison Ford in Anchorman 2. David’s recent TV appearances include Tyler Perry’s The Haves and Have Nots (OWN), Halt And Catch Fire (AMC), Being Mary Jane (BET), and Survivor’s Remorse (STARZ). He also plays Kent in seasons 5,6, and 7 of The Walking Dead (AMC). Davis 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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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.
Rhoda Griffis has been a professional working actress for over 35 years in film, television, commercials and voice-overs and Print. Holding a BFA from the from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, she was a member of the Acting Company for 7 seasons at the NC 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, NH and Alabama Shakespeare Festival. Ms. 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, Kill the Messenger, Miracles from Heaven, and the upcoming feature films Masterminds, Hidden Figures, Yellow Birds, and the HBO mini-series Confirmation. With more than 50 television credits, Rhoda has been seen on Satisfaction, Army Wives, and Drop Dead Diva in which she enjoyed recurring roles. 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!
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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 25 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. Mr. Ekholm 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 and the 2015 Beth and Ray Chenault Fine Arts Teaching Award at The Lovett School.
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Visual Arts
Events November 15 6:30–8:00 pm Opening Reception, Faculty Holiday Art Show, Rogers & Westmoreland Activity Center November 16 & 17 11:00 am–4:00 pm FOTA Art Sale, November 18 8:00 am–2:00 pm Rogers & Westmoreland Activity Center March 14– Lovett Student Art Show, April 16 The High Museum of Art March 26 2:00 pm Student Art Show Reception The High Museum of Art
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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. Sally Crouse teaches 12th grade AP Art History and 9th grade Western World History, and has been at Lovett since 2005. She holds a master’s degree in Art History, with a specialization in Italian Renaissance paintings. She taught for several years in the Lovett Lower School, and was an adjunct professor at Georgia Perimeter College. 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 BFA 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 Ashley L. 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. 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 two-year Studio Residency Program. 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 Fine Arts, 2016–17 • 71
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 Chair and Cross-Curricular Coordinator for Fine Arts. She also instructs foundations, painting, and Fine Arts Makers Studio. Amy grew up in Anchorage, Alaska, and later went to Tulane University to pursue her BFA 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 MFA 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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Fine Arts Awards & Accolades 2015–16 Honors
Shuler Hensley Awards 2015
Upper School Musical, Oklahoma Nominations: Best Lighting/Sound/Technical Execution Best Leading Actree Performance
Savannah Swing Central Jazz Festival 2016
Lovett Ellington Jazz Ensemble: 3rd Place and Top 12 Finalist
Southern Star Music Fest 2016
Sixth Grade Band and Orchestra: Silver Award Seventh and Eighth Grade Bands: Gold Award Seventh and Eighth Grade Orchestras: Gold and Sweepstakes Winner
Disney Musical Festival 2015
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
3rd Annual Middle School Choral Festival 2016 Participating Schools: The Lovett School, Paideia Middle School, and Renfroe Middle School
All-State, Honor Chorus, & Youth Sympathy Orchestra 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: The Great Frame-Up Art Exhibition Kindergarten–Grade 12 High Museum of Art Student Art Show Atlanta’s 80th Dogwood Festival Sam Flax Project Based Learning Pace Academy Photography Exhibition 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 1998: Allen Spetnagel 1979: Tinsley Turner 1999: Katie Armstrong 1980: Edward Daugherty 2000: Shara Hughes 1981: E. Blair Harper 2001: Leslie Clements 1982: Julia C. Schoen 2002: Danielle Bernstein 1983: Robert E. Dornbush 2003: Jamie Steele 1984: Richard S. Sanders 2004: Kelly Voyles 1985: J. Walter Wright III 2005: Katie Madden 1986: Nancy Carol Fox 2006: Jessica Barrie 1987: William Bryant Green 2007: Elliott Beazley 1988: Honor Ganelle Woodard 2008: Taryn O’Meara 1989: Laurel Elizabeth Crafts 2009: Brooks Buffington 1990: Lesley Anne Stanfield 2010: Maddie Park 1991: Richard Davis Batson 2011: Tayler Cyprien 1992: Mandy Blandford 2012: Mary Lowe Bailey 1993: William Howell Colson 2013: Margaret Millians 1994: Susan Carson Maier 2014: Kaitlin Kahrs 1995: Laureen Mendez 2015: Cleo Chang 1996: Kyu Song 2016: Virginia Mathews 1997: Ivey Doyal
Visual Arts Gallery Exhibits The Lovett Galleria
Joy C. Patty, Visual Arts Faculty and Gallery Coordinator November 9, 2016–January 31, 2017 Lovett Student Art February 2–March 10, 2017 Unity & Heritage: Can You See Me Now? March 13–April 14, 2017 Artworks April 24–May 5, 2017 Lovett Student Art with Reception Sponsored by FOTA
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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.’ 76 • Lovett
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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
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 2015–16 Mrs. Vanessa King 2016–17 Mrs. Anne Marino
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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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