Fine Arts News
Yale Singers share music with KCD choir
Last week, the Society of Orpheus and Bacchus, an a cappella group from Yale, performed for our middle school students as part of their spring tour. Tom James, class of 2008 and director of the singing group, led a workshop for the 7/8 Chorus where both groups performed for each other with the Yale singers offering suggestions for the KCD choir. Our students responded well, improving their sound and musical interpretation instantaneously! It was such a treat for our young people to be exposed to a diverse group of men who enjoy making music together.
Bearcat Chorus presents Welcome to the Jungle
On Monday, lower schoolers in Jeannine Ary’s Bearcat Chorus performed their version of Welcome to the Jungle for an audience of parents and other family members. The performance was a musical adaptation of Aesop’s famous fable of the Lion and the Mouse.
Choral Theatre Players present The Three Little Pigs
This evening, third and fourth graders in KCD’s Choral Theatre Players will present Roald Dahl’s offbeat adaptation of The Three Little Pigs.
Under the direction of Jeannine Ary, the production includes singing, dancing, and a surprise twist at the end! The production is at 7:30 pm in the Commons.
Second graders make music with Collegiate friends
Last week, second graders traveled to Louisville Collegiate for the annual Second Helpings program. This program is coordinated by music teacher LuAnn Hayes and her counterpart at Collegiate. Students spent the morning making music together before sharing lunch with their new friends. KCD will host Collegiate for the program next year.
Grandparents and Special Friends program celebrates water
This year’s Grandparents and Special Friends Day program, titled “Sing for Water,” celebrated the importance of clean water around the world. Through song, instrumental music, dance, and dramatic readings, lower school performers shared the central role that water plays in all our lives.
The program was inspired by two of KCD’s recent service learning projects, which have involved clean water initiatives in Tamale, Ghana, and in Haiti. We are proud to report that a collection taken following the program raised nearly $900 in support of those initiatives!
Congratulations to Jeannine Ary, LuAnn Hayes, and all the student performers on a wonderful show!
Middle School presents "A Woman Called Truth"
Congratulations to the Middle School on an outstanding production of A Woman Called Truth. The play recounted the life of African-American abolitionist and women's rights activist Sojourner Truth as she is sold away from her family, struggles to free herself and her son, and emerges as a popular and respected advocate of abolition and women’s rights. The performance combined Ms. Truth’s actual words with authentic slave songs and spirituals of the time.
Congratulations to cast, crew, and director Trudy Wheeler on a terrific production!
To see and order photos from "A Woman Called Truth", go to http://www.ralphhomanphotography.com and click "View Proofs From Your Event." In the search box, enter A Woman Called Truth, and when asked for the password, enter: kcdplay. The photos will be online until May 25.
Visiting musicians present "The Ugly Duckling"
JK students were treated to a special musical rendition of the classic fairy tale “The Ugly Duckling” yesterday. KCD piano instructor and composer Sara MacLean and cellist Robin Chappars presented a performance that actively involved young music-makers in acting out the story.
Kenyon College singers visit KCD
On Friday, March 12, KCD was happy to host the Kenyon College Chamber Singers as they visited Louisville and the KCD campus as part of their annual spring concert tour. The group is a select mixed choir consisting of forty-three undergraduate musicians who regard singing as an integral part of a liberal arts education. While at KCD, the choir held a workshop for KCD chorale students. Later in the day, the singers performed for the community at St. Francis Episcopal Church.
For more information on the choir, click here.
Art students welcome college rep
Last week, upper school art students welcomed Alyse Ronayne from the Maryland Institute College of Art.
In addition to surveying MICA’s programs and facilities, Ms. Ronayne also discussed a wide variety of career paths in both fine and commercial arts.
Once Upon a Mattress is no snoozer!
Congratulations to the cast and crew of the upper school musical Once Upon a Mattress on a production that kept audiences entertained with a mixture of singing, dancing, and comedy.
Once Upon A Mattress was directed Kate Scinta with musical direction by Karen Welsh and choreography by Diane Thurmond. The set was designed by Rudy Keel.
