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Arts a la Carte Department of Visual & Performing Arts June 2016
Westfield Public Schools Westfield New Jersey
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Madeline Hudelson, Mr. Devlin and
Madeliene Rosenthal at MSU “Theatre Night Awards”
Members of the Cast and Crew of The Cherry Orchard at
MSU “Theatre Night Awards”
Members of the Cast of
Into the Woods rehearse at Paper Mill
Playhouse for the “Rising Star Awards”
CHARLES ADDAMS MEMORIAL ART AWARD: Elise Lloyd
LOUIS ARMSTRONG JAZZ AWARD: Jacob Ritter MADELEINE WILD-BRISTOL MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIPS: Albert Chen and Madeleine Rosenthal
DIRECTOR’S AWARD FOR BAND: Albert Chen DIRECTOR’S AWARD FOR THEATRE: Madeline Hudelson
THEATRE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: Frank Guerriero
JEAN MCDERMOTT SCHOLARSHIP: Chanel Shum JOHN PHILIP SOUSA BAND AWARD: Brian Lawrence
NATIONAL BAND ASSOCIATION OUTSTANDING JAZZ MUSICIANS: Jake Barrow, Albert Chen, Brian Lawrence, Sarah Morton, Jacob Sagal
NATIONAL BAND ASSOCIATION OUTSTANDING MUSICIANS: Michael Bergman, Benjamin Cook, Danielle Gabuzda, Nova Qi
RACHEL MATHER SULLIVAN SCHOLARSHIP: Sarah Davis
THESPIAN OF THE YEAR: Sarah Morton WESTFIELD ART ASSOCIATION AWARD: Amelia Ritter
WESTFIELD HIGH SCHOOL CONCERT CHOIR AWARD: Madeleine Rosenthal WESTFIELD HIGH SCHOOL CHOIR ESPIT DE CORPS: Erin Hanlon
WESTFIELD THEATRE DEPARTMENT TECHNICAL THEATER AWARD: Jack Frankola
WESTFIELD THEATRE DEPARTMENT ESPRIT DE CORPS: Jesse Zimmermann
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Westfield High
School
Drama
As the year winds down to a close,
the WHS Theatre Department finds
itself busier than ever, both in class and out. In the Drama 1 class, the
students are working on their final performance scenes from All My Sons, by Arthur Miller. The Drama 2
students are also preparing their final projects. They are exploring their
comic sides as they work on scenes from Come Blow Your Horn, by Neil
Simon, the American master comedic playwright. In Drama 3, the students
are examining the actor’s approach to
Musical Theatre by analyzing and performing songs from assorted
Broadway musicals. In Stagecraft, the students are working on their final
Scenic Design projects, which will
culminate with the building of scale models representing their original
scenic designs.
Members of the Cast and Crew of
Into the Woods at Paper Mill Playhouse “Rising Star Awards”
In addition to these various projects, the end of the year brings several
external recognitions of student work
this year. WHS was nominated for nine awards by Montclair State
University at its annual “Theatre Night Awards”, which recognizes
excellence in high school plays. The
fall production of The Cherry Orchard received three awards, including
“Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role” for
Madeline Hudelson, “Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a
Supporting Role” for Madeliene
Rosenthal and “Outstanding Production of a Classical Work”.
Meanwhile, at the Bucks County
Theatre Festival in New Hope, PA, the
students performed three one act plays, The Odd Couple, by Neil
Simon, Baby with the Bathwater, by Christopher Durang, and The Actor’s Nightmare, by Christopher Durang. All three shows were excellent and
received the following recognitions:
“Outstanding Overall Production” – The Actor’s Nightmare, “Outstanding
Performance by an Actress” for Claudia Dougherty – Baby with the
Bathwater, and
“Outstanding Performance by an
Actor” for Steve Heron – The Actor’s Nightmare.
Closer to home, the members of the WHS
Thespian troupe celebrated the end of the
year with the Fifth Annual “International
Thespian Gala”, which
was held at The Westwood on May 18th.
This marks the sixth year that WHS has been
involved in the International Thespian
Society, which is the National Honor Society representing high school
theatre students. At the Gala, the
students celebrated the many
successes of the year with family and friends. This celebration included
various external recognitions, academic
accomplishments and community service commendations as well as
department awards. This year the end of year Theatre Department
awards went to the following
students: “Theatre Director’s Award” – Madeline Hudelson; “Theatre
Achievement Award” – Frank Guerriero; “Technical Theatre Award”
– Jack Frankola; Theatre Esprit de Corps – Jesse Zimmermann and
“Thespian of the Year” – Sarah
Morton.
Additionally, the WHS spring musical production of Into the Woods was
recognized with four Paper Mill
Playhouse “Rising Star Awards”, including “Outstanding Achievement
in Lighting Design”, Student Achievement for Costume Design
(Maddie Kevelson), Student Achievement for Assistant Technical
Director (Sarah Morton) and Student
Achievement for Stage Management (Devyn Tibbals). The production
received 11 total nominations & 1 honorable mention including
“Outstanding Overall Production of a
Musical”; “Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role” (Tony
Peer as The Baker); “Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a
Supporting Role” (Frank Guerriero as
The Wolf/Cinderella’s Prince); “Outstanding Performance by a
Chorus”; “Outstanding Achievement by a Teacher or Outside Director”
(Mr. Devlin); “Outstanding Scenic Achievement” (Mr. Chambers);
“Outstanding Hair & Make-up
Achievement” - Allie Safonov; and Honorable Mention “Outstanding
Performance by an Orchestra”. Congratulations to all of the WHS
theatre students for their outstanding
work, both in and out of the classroom.
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Art
Students in Crafts Exploration have
finished up the Sculpture Unit by each completing a hand carved
Soapstone sculpture. Some of the completed pieces were displayed in
the District Art Show. The entire unit consisted of a bas relief balsa foam
letter, a carved and painted plaster
mask, a Mod Podge collaged bowl, and the soapstone carving. The last
unit of the year is Mixed Media. This unit covers Japanese Koinobori fish
kites, collaged baskets and a student
planned project. The Koinobori fish kite involves printmaking, painting,
attaching embellishments and sewing. The baskets use materials
including round reed, flat reed, raffia, feathers, sticks, beads and found
objects. Below are pictures of some
of the Crafts Exploration pieces form the District Art Show.
Ceramics 1 classes completed their
wax resist organic bowls and are ending the year by carving a 6 inch
square tile. Students will be
combining some of the techniques learned throughout the semester in
order to roll out an even square slab, carve out their design in multiple
layers, and then glaze the final
project. I hope you had the chance to check out all of the amazing
Ceramics projects at the District Art Show!
Students in Foundations of Art
finished up Intaglio printmaking based on the style of art known as
Surrealism. Having kept a dream
journal for several weeks, students created works of art based on their
own dreams and nightmares. Finishing their study of Principles of
Art, students showed use of Contrast, Emphasis, Balance, creating a
harmonious work of art. Rounding
out the academic year is study in Modern Art styles including
Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Cubism, Expressionism, and Pop Art.
Students learn about key artists in
each of the styles and the characteristics as well as
philosophical underpinnings that guided each of these innovative
movements.
The Drawing students in Ms. Happe-
Conway’s class are wrapping up the year with portraiture. They are
incorporating all the knowledge they
have gained from September on. Students are combining techniques
learned, as they investigate proportions of the human head with
value blocking to create beautiful
profiles of their class-mates.
Composition students are
investigating the Formal Critical Method of critique. They are studying
the use of Mind Mapping as a way of
breaking down works of art. This will begin to expose them to some of the
ways they will investigate art history next year in the Advanced Portfolio
Preparation and Art History course.
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Advanced Portfolio & Art IV students have presented written
critiques with a supporting slide show from work observed at the District Art
Show. They have presented their
year end, personal portfolios in slide format to the class. They will be
participating in a peer review of their Sr. Exhibition Displays, which have
been hung throughout the year on
the second floor at the high school.
Graphic Design I and II The District Wide Art Show was a
great success this year. The new set-
up, which created separate spaces for each grade level and subject area,
added greatly to the educational impact of the show.
The graphic design area showcased
all of the varied projects in the two
levels of Graphic Design. There was also a silkscreen installation created
by Graphic Design II students entitled “Politics, People, & Polarization”,
which depicted images with opposing
viewpoints on multiple political topics. Artist statements accompanied the
silkscreens explaining the students’ point of view (pictured above).
Currently Graphic Design II students
are creating Infographics, (pictured
below) which visually depict facts and statistics on a wide range of topics
they are interested in representing. The some of the images were hand
drawn and scanned, others were created directly on the computer
using Adobe Photoshop or Adobe
Illustrator. Text and additional graphics were added to complete
each Infographic.
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Music
NJMEA All State Chorus
The Westfield Choral Department is
proud to announce that we had 11 students accepted into All State
choirs! These students auditioned
and were accepted from over one thousand students who auditioned.
These students will have the opportunity to perform at NJPAC in
November and in February next
school year. Congrats to the following students on their hard work and
dedication to their craft!
Noah Bram Alison Brown
Alex Cestero
Joseph Maldonado Olivia McElheny
Catherine Moore Nicole Player
Abby Rothenberg
Matt Siroty Emma Stern
Max Wasilewski
Back Row: Alex Cestero, Noah
Bram, Max Wasilewski, Catherine
Moore, Emma Stern, Olivia McElheny
Front Row: Matt Siroty, Joseph Maldonado, Nicole Player, Alison
Brown, Abby Rothenberg
District Choral Festival – April 6
Thanks to all of the over 400 Intermediate and High School singers
who lifted up their voices in song at
our first-ever District Choral Festival on April 6! Thank you to district vocal
teachers, Mr. Losco, Mrs. Romero, Mr. Geyer, Mr. Markowski, Mrs.
Morasso, and Mr. Horn for helping to
organize and prepare students for this impressive event.
Chamber Music Night – April 27
The Westfield High School Music
department hosted a night of chamber music at the First United
Methodist Church in Westfield. The evening featured several small band
and orchestra groups as well as the
WHS Chorale. The Chorale sung traditional and sacred chamber music
repertoire, guest-conducted along with Mr. Lee Mamolen, student
teacher from Rutgers University and Ms. Maureen Francis, vocal teaching
assistant at WHS.
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Summit Choral Festival On the evening of April 21st, the
WHS Concert Choir participated in the
Hilltopper Choral Festival at Summit High School. The festival featured
performances from some of the finest high school choirs from around the
state. In addition to their
performance, the students received a 20-minute clinic from Dr. Christopher
Thomas from Rowan University.
Rutgers ACDA NJ High School Choral Festival
On May 19th, the WHS Concert Choir
and Treble Chorus participated in performance adjudication at the NJ-
ACDA High School Choral Festival at Nicholas Music Hall at Mason Gross
School of the Arts, Rutgers. In
addition to their stellar performance, our Westfield Choir students received
valuable critiques from Dr. Mark Boyle, Director of Choirs at Seton Hill
University and Dr. Ronnie Oliver from Manhattan School of Music. Both
ensembles received the highest
performance rating of “Superior” at the festival and received perfect
scores from two of the judges!
Jazz Night May 14th
The WHS Choraleers (pictured above) participated in the annual Jazz night
hosted by the WHS Band department on May 14th. The singers in
Choraleers performed four jazz
standards accompanied by Mr. Craig Stanton (WHS orchestra teacher) on
bass and Alex DiFabio (WHS alumnus) on drums.
Choral Concert May 25 The choral department held its spring
concert on May 25th in the WHS Theater. The concert featured 7
choral ensembles and several student
accompanists and soloists. The senior choir class of 2016 was recognized
for their hard work and participation in the choral department.
Congratulations to Erin Hanlon who
was the recipient of the WHS Choir
Esprit d’corps award and Madeleine Rosenthal who was the recipient of
the WHS Concert Choir Award. Thank you for your dedication to the choir!
THANK YOU! The WHS Choral Department would
like to thank all those who helped to make this a successful year for our
students. We would also like to give a very special “Thank You” to the
Westfield Choral Parents Association
and Westfield Coalition for the Arts for your generous support!
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June 2016 Arts a la Carte WHS BANDS
Congratulations to WHS Director of Bands, Mr. Chris Vitale, on his
“PTSO Teacher of the Year” award.
Teacher of the Year!
Mr. Vitale has served Westfield’s students with tireless enthusiasm for
the past 5 years. Over that time, the band has grown by over 60% and
has earned regional and national
recognition. Please join us in congratulating him on this well
deserved honor!
Concert Bands
The WHS Wind Ensemble participated in the U.S. Marine Band’s “March
Madness” contest this spring.
Members of the band (and a few faculty members from the high
school) filled out brackets pitting 32 famous marches against each other.
Senior Percussionist, Jake Barrow,
was crowned the “March King” and conducted the winning march “The Stars and Stripes Forever” at the spring concert.
Bravo! On April 27th, fifty band
students participated in the first annual Music Department Chamber
Concert. The audience enjoyed performances by small ensembles of
Flutes, Double Reeds, Clarinets,
Saxophones, Trumpets, and Low Brass. Students worked outside of
class in early morning rehearsals to prepare for this
performance.
Members of the WHS
Wind Ensemble performed at the
Kimmel Center (pictured at right), home of the
Philadelphia Orchestra,
on May 24th. Following their concert, they had
an enlightening clinic with Andrew Mast, the
Director of Bands at
Lawrence University Conservatory of Music.
The day was filled with great performance and
learning opportunities.
The year ended with a terrific concert
on June 13th, filled with wonderful performances by the Concert Band,
Symphonic Band and Wind Ensemble. Best of luck to the Class of 2016!
(pictured below) Thanks for your
efforts over the last four years. We hope there are many years of music-
making in your future!
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Jazz Bands
Over 500 people packed the WHS Cafeterias on May 14th for our annual
Jazz Night. The Band Council, under
the leadership of Senior Albert Chen, did a fantastic job planning and
operating the evening. Thanks to all the musicians from RIS, EIS and WHS
for their fine performances!
June 7th marked the end of the jazz
season. All three big bands at WHS played with the featured guest, Todd
Groves. As a special treat, Mr. Groves
shared 3 of his original compositions with the students. The students
enjoyed working on music alongside the composer!
Winterguard The 2016 Winterguard wrapped up
their competitive season with a 4th place finish at MAIN Championships.
The girls worked hard all winter,
under the direction of Danny Matos, to have the most successful season
WHS has ever seen! They look
forward to continuing
their success this fall.
Marching Band The WHS Marching
Blue Devils have announced their 2016
production entitled
“Bach and Roll.” The show will feature
well-known Bach works including
Toccata and Fugue in d Minor, Air on the G String, and
Bouree in E Minor with rock
undertones. This year’s band welcomes one of the largest
freshman classes in recent history. After several spring rehearsals in
May, the Marching Band staff is
excited to get underway with the new edition of the Marching Blue Devils!
For more information regarding the
Westfield High School Bands or
affiliated groups, please see our website at www.westfieldhsbands.org
Orchestra
This has been such an exciting and
fun year in the WHS orchestra program. During Spring Break in
April, members of both the String Orchestra and the Chamber
Orchestra were able to take a trip to
Boston, where we saw the sights and sounds and were able to participate
in the Festivals of Music - Boston. On the trip, the students were able to
play in front of the world famous Faneuil Hall at Quincy Market. They
also went on various tours of historic
Boston and got to see world class
performances like the Blue Man
Group and the Boston Symphony
Orchestra! It was an amazing experience for all of the students
involved and we look forward to planning more trips like this in future
years.
Since the trip, our orchestras have
been preparing for and participating in other concerts as well. On April
27th, members of the Chamber Orchestra, along with members of the
WHS Chorale and Band program, put
on the first annual WHS Chamber Music Night at the United Methodist
Church in Westfield. The night featured small student chamber
groups that performed a variety of different styles and genres of music.
Student groups from the orchestra
were student-led groups that have been practicing throughout the year,
expanding their understanding of chamber string music.
In May, we were able to send a small student-led string quartet to
represent the orchestra and the music department at the Annual
Westfield Art Show. It was an honor to be asked and wonderful to have
our students participate in such a fun
event.
One of our final events of the year was the WHS Spring Orchestra
Concert. This concert was on Friday,
June 3rd in the WHS Auditorium. It featured both of our large orchestras
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Orchestra and the String Orchestra). This spring the program featured the
music of Mendelssohn, Dvorak,
Glasunov, as well as the music of John Williams (Star Wars, Jurassic
Park) and the Wizard of Oz. With our concert now behind us, we would like
to say congratulations to our Class of
2016 and we look forward to the 2016-17 school year!
Roosevelt
Intermediate
Art
The 8th grade students, in Mrs.
Cohen's class are finishing up their
product design. They had to invent a product and create a box for it- with
the execution of all the sides. They are using colored pencils, markers,
watercolors and even acrylics.
The 7th graders are completing their
2-point perspective city scapes. After completing their 1-point perspective
on the elements of design project, they now are well equipped for their
2-point! Some students have drawn
downtown Westfield, while others are doing NYC as well as Paris, London,
and many imaginary cities.
The 6th graders just finished their
clay creations and are now working on their name kaleidoscope designs.
This project deals with symmetry as well as color theory.
With the conclusion of this year’s
District Art Show, Mr. Greenwood’s
6th grade classes completed artworks based on the artists Georgia Okeeffe,
Vincent Van Gogh, Pop Artist Roy Lichtenstein and geometric artist
Frank Stella. Other projects the
students worked on were designing Fantasy houses, which students were
shown architecture from around the
world and were challenged to create
their own fantasy design. They also worked in teams to build straw paper
sculptures. Last week students were
introduced to commercial art and product design and marketing
concepts while being asked to design a soda can. After the design phase,
models of their own soda can designs
will be completed. Lastly students will be completing the year glazing
ceramic sculptures that they made earlier and exploring water color
painting.
The 8th grade students in Mr.
Greenwood’s class recently completed a project where they discussed the
artwork of contemporary artist Romaro Britto and the impact of color
in art. Students were to design an art
piece in a Britto style. This was a mixed media artwork of drawing and
painting. Prior to this students created multi-layered construction
paper cutouts. Students also completed 3D dodecahedrons. Each
of these 12 sided paper sculptures
were decorated with black and white ink designs. Preparing for the District
Art Show the 8th grade classes completed drawings based on
Renaissance art History and currently
fine arts students are working on water color paintings based on the
artist Winslow Homer. Finally the 8th grade students will wrap up the year
glazing their ceramic sculptures.
Mr. Thompson’s two 6th grade
classes are just finishing up a very green project. We “upcycled”
discarded magazines and turned them into works of art. We created
unique and functional bowls made
entirely of magazine pages folded into strips, attached together, then
formed and glued into a permanent vessel shape. Some students opted
for a random color scheme while
others spent time searching and choosing pages within a color range.
Mr. Thompson’s 7th grade art classes
are working on a multi-media project
using metal, gel pens, and metallic
pencils. We looked at examples of
tooling, the art of pressing images
into metal. Students then divided a
small piece of newsprint into 4 or 5
sections and filled each one with a
different pattern or texture. After a
demonstration on technique, students
taped their paper design onto the
metal. We pressed right through the
paper into the metal using a variety
of tools. Drawings were discarded,
and impressions in the metal were
deepened and expanded upon,
adding texture in spots. We then
glued our completed metal onto black
paper, and used gel pens and
metallic colored pencils to extend
and/or alter the patterns. Unique and
cool!
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Mr. Thompson’s 8th grade crafts class
has just finished a super cool lesson
using scratchboard and collage. We
used the same old magazines that
the 6th graders made bowls out of to
find a full body photo of a person. We
carefully cut out only the visible skin
parts, glued them on a sheet of gold
or silver scratchboard, and then
reimagined the clothes, hair, and
background. We were inspired by
Zentangles to create designs, and
explored the many textural
possibilities inherent in working with
scratchboard. The results are
fantastical and very dramatic!
Music
RIS Bands It is hard to believe that another
school year is coming to an end! But what better way to celebrate than
putting on a concert!? On
Wednesday, June 8, the RIS Concert Bands gave their final performance of
the year. The 6th grade band performed three pieces under the
direction of all three of their band teachers: Mr. Doyle, Ms. Minogue,
and Mr. Freeman. Mr. Freeman began
the concert by leading the band in “The Song of the Blacksmith” from
Gustav Holst’s Second Suite for Military Band. This was followed my
Ms. Minogue and the band
performing a beautiful setting of the folk tune “Danny Boy” in an
arrangement by Richard Saucedo called “Fantasy on An Irish Air”. Mr.
Doyle then took the stage to lead the band in a fun arrangement of an old
American folk song about John
Henry. “Steel Driving Man” prominently features the percussion
students, recreating the sounds of John Henry working on the railroad.
The 7th Grade Band also performed a
piece by Gustav Holst, called “Three Folk Tunes”. Ms. Minogue then led
the band in a very challenging piece called “The Red Balloon, which was
composed by Anne McGinty. The
composer based the piece on a painting she saw only one time, and
the music is depicting the balloon floating in the air. The 7th grade
closed the concert with an energy filled piece called “Doppler Effect”,
which used drastic dynamic contrasts
to depict sounds coming close and going away.
The 8th Grade Band gave their final
performance at Roosevelt and it has
been a fun three years. They celebrated by performing four pieces:
“Rough Riders”, a concert march by Karl King; “Sketches of Spain”, a two-
movement work using elements from
Spanish folk and dance music; “Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing”, a
beautiful and challenging
arrangement of an old hymn called “Nettleton”; and a medley from the
latest Star Wars movie, “The Force Awakens”. It was a fun and
bittersweet evening as the 8th graders
say goodbye to RIS and move on to new musical experiences at the high
school level.
In recent events, the 8th grade band participated in the annual CJMEA
Concert Band and Orchestra Festival
at Freehold Township High School on May 12. Students performed and
received comments from leading music educators, and had the chance
to listen to other middle school bands
and orchestras. Our students performed extremely well and
received some very useful tips on how to improve. Mr. Doyle and Ms.
Minogue are extremely proud of their accomplishments! On May 20, the
auditioned music groups (jazz bands,
orchestra, and Sharps and Flats) went on the annual trip to Hershey
Park. The day was near perfect! All ensembles performed well, students
had fun at the park, and the weather
was BEAUTIFUL! We couldn’t have asked for a better day.
The jazz ensembles, performed on
Thursday, June 9th. The Naturals,
Morning Jazz, The Accidentals, and The Afternoon Ramble all took the
stage in their final performance of the school year. Some of the featured
artists and composers on this concert included: Thelonius Monk, Count
Basie, Ella Fitzgerald, Ray Charles,
The Beatles, Chicago, Bruce Springsteen, and more. It was a
great performance!
All of the RIS Band family would like
to thank all of the Roosevelt teachers, administrators, and students for their
continued support for music in our
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the Westfield parents and community for their dedication to strong arts
programs in the town of Westfield.
Without your help none of what we do would be possible! Thank you, and
have a great summer!
Drama
Congratulations to the cast of RIS
Fall Play Legend of Sleepy Hollow nominated by the Montclair State University Theatre Night Awards for
“Outstanding Production of a Middle School Play” and Olivia Ebel who
received the award for “Outstanding
Performance by a Middle School Actor”!
Edison
Intermediate
Art
The art show was a treasure trove of the talents of the middle school
students. We could not be more proud of the hard work the kids put
into their projects, and their effort
making QR codes for our new endeavor. Mrs. Frees and Ms. Hooper
were impressed with the variety of challenges their students took in all
their work. The 8th grade Fine arts classes had a great representation of
portraiture this year. The 6th grade
and 7th grade learned and excelled at new lessons. The art teachers are
truly proud of their students.
Currently the 7th graders in Mrs. Frees’ class are prepping for next
year by learning to grid a picture and enlarge it using the grid technique.
They are working with oil pastels and
using blending techniques as well as learning to use tint (white) and shade
(black) to alter the pictures to make them look like the subjects they are
drawing. The students are about to
begin a gesture sculpture, they spent a day of preparation drawing Mrs.
Frees using proportion techniques to draw the human form. Mrs. Hooper
taught the 7th grade students about
Alberto Giacometti and George Segal in her lesson on sculpture of the
human form. The students are also working with a wire armature, and
plaster. Both classes are either beginning to create Medieval
Gargoyle inspired ceramics or
finishing them up.
The 8th grade Fine arts is working with water based oil paints and doing
subjects that are close to their hearts, places they have visited or pets. The
students viewed an edited version of the film “Exit Through the Gift Shop”
and learned about street artists
Banksy and Shepard Fairey. They are now working on murals by Mrs. Frees
room that are their own version of
street art that means something to them or recreations of famous works
of art.
The students in Ms. Hooper’s class learned about the painting techniques
of Jackson Pollock and created a 2D painting which they then turned into
a 3D form. They were to build a sculpture using wire, ribbon, yarn and
paper scoring techniques to assemble
a free standing abstract sculpture. The students were challenged in that
they could not use tape or glue to hold the projects together. They had
to pass an “upside down shake test”
to see if the sculpture would stay intact.
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8th grades crafts in Ms. Hooper’s class
learned the history of the craft of Quilling and are using the techniques
used in the craft of paper rolling to
create a 2D design which reflects an image of their choosing such as
flowers, insects and birds. They will be starting their plaster masks from a
culture around the world and they
are doing research at home on the history of the mask they chose.
The 6th graders in Mrs. Frees’ class
are finishing a lesson on drawing in multiple media. They are drawing
animals with ebony pencil (learning drawing techniques of hatching,
crosshatching, stippling and value shading), oil pastel texture, and
watercolor. They are then taking a
doodle and turning it into something else using all the same drawing
techniques and their imagination. It has proved to be a fun project.
In Mrs. Frees and Ms. Hooper’s class students are learning the difference
between functional and aesthetic through creating decorative ceramic
mugs that function for drinking or
storing items. They are then making an aesthetic sculpture of an animal
building from newspaper and plaster or a flower vase from recycled
containers. Ms. Hooper’s classes also
did a proportional drawing of the human face. They then translated
what they learned into creating the face for their mug.
The students in Ms. Hooper's
Crafts class met with artist, Joanne Petuchovas, who
demonstrated various paper
folding techniques that she incorporates within her mixed
media paper sculptures. The students used either the Iris or
Tea Bag methods to design one-of-a-kind greeting cards.
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Music
The EIS Bands are capping off a
great year of hard work and great performances. The 8th grade
students performed their final concert on the EIS stage. Their final
performance capped off the year
after they received a “Superior” rating for Concert Band at their Spring Six
Flags Music Festival.
The concert season also saw a first for the band. The EIS Flute
Ensemble made its debut performing
Comedian’s Gallop. The 16 member ensemble got to work with
professional flautist, Jenny Cline, in their preparation for the concert.
The Jazz Band had a busy spring. With great performances at Jazz
Night and the Spring Concert, the Jazz Band also received a “Superior”
rating at the Spring Six Flags Music
Festival. The Jazz Band also got to take part in a fantastic field trip to
Jazz at Lincoln Center. Watching an open rehearsal for that group, the
students got a front row seat to jazz legend Wynton Marsalis and his Jazz
at Lincoln Center Orchestra. Eighth
grade student, Steven Freidenrich had the opportunity to sit in on drum
set while the bands drummer, Ali Jackson was working on a piece with
the group.
Orchestra Congratulations to all of the talented
orchestra students for a successful spring festival and concert season!
The 8th grade Orchestra and Chamber
Orchestra made the EIS orchestra program proud by earning superior
ratings at our Spring Music Festival. The expert guest clinicians were
impressed with the musicianship and dedication our students expressed
through their performances!
Our June 8th concert presented the
6th and 8th grade Orchestras. Sixth grade impressed the audience with
their exciting rendition
of Celtica, featuring violin soloists Genevieve Duguid and Amy Xiao.
Cellist, John Gonzalez described Celtica as “a fun, and
energetic,” and “sure to put a smile
on your face!” Eighth grade concluded the concert with Kirt
Mosier’s Waltz of the Wicked, described by bassist Declan
O’Connor as a “difficult, fun, and interesting piece.” Cellist, Laura
Masciola, added that Waltz of the Wicked is a “slightly eerie” piece that helped us to “drastically play
dynamics to create a very interesting melody.”
Our June 14th concert included the 7th grade Orchestra and Chamber
Orchestra. Seventh grade performed
a challenging program; opening with
the Schubert’s haunting “Unfinished” Symphony No. 8, and
closing with one of our favorites, Blue Rhythmico. Violinist, Olivia Donofrio, described Blue Rhythmico as a “jazzy
piece that has interesting melodies and showed us a fun way to play.”
Under the direction of Mr. Craig
Stanton, the Chamber Orchestra ended the concert with The James Bond Theme, a piece that the students had fun both learning and
performing.
Thank you to the EIS community for
an incredible school year! It has been a pleasure to work with such
talented, dedicated teachers and students. I am excited for Mrs. Gant
to return next school year and see all
of the hard work the orchestras have done this year! Have a wonderful
summer! Sincerely, Ms. Maggie Fatsis
Franklin
Elementary
Art
The Art Students at Franklin School
certainly enjoyed a creative year. Mrs. Coveney developed a wide range
of projects, which utilized different
media for each grade level.
The 2nd grade was thoroughly engaged in a study of a still life. They
learned a variety of painting techniques creating texture and
flowers. Fluorescent paint on black
paper is very effective. The results are very colorful and well balanced. A
review of the warm and cool colors prior to their painting helped with
their patterns as they created a
cropped animal within a colorful background. All was enjoyed.
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The 3rd grade is finishing up on their
3-D project as they complete their Model Magic Birds. A drawing or
thumbnail sketch was done which
assisted them while they created their sculpture. Colored model magic
proved to be a satisfying medium. Dimension and form came alive with
the layering of colors. Texture was
seen and felt. Scissors were a great tool for this medium. Once dried, a
gloss was applied and the bird was ready for flight.
The 4th grade has reviewed positive,
negative shape and space. A block
letter was created and set in a drawn grid. The students were asked to
follow a pattern using fluorescent paint to determine where the positive
shape could be seen and the negative
space could be found. The level of concentration and the attention given
to detail is what creates the effectiveness of the painting. Success
was achieved.
The 5th grade used the medium of
Colored Pencils for a Macaw drawing. Crayola has a woodless colored
pencil, which the students enjoyed using for this particular project. The
bird’s layered colored feathers were
observed and discussed. Once the students compared the colors of the
bird to the colors on the color wheel, drawings began. They became aware
of the placement of the primary
colors and how to blend the secondary colors. The results were
very effective. This was a great segue into the final project of tin tooling.
Texture was the focus of this art experience as an embossed and
stippled bird was developed and
created. Many an “ahaha” moment could be heard.
All of the Franklin School Art students
finished out their year, by
participating in a school wide mural. Caren Frost Olmsted, Artist in
Residence provided the framework
for this experience with the
assistance of parent volunteers, teachers, staff, paraprofessionals,
custodians and students. Everyone
became involved in a once in a lifetime painting experience. Franklin
history was made as everyone picked up a paintbrush and applied color to
a floor to ceiling mural in the
entrance and hallway of our school. The building developed a heartbeat
and the walls took on a life of its own. What a wonderful community
project for Franklin School.
This year the District Art Show was a
complete success. Every school district wide showcased art students’
works. Many new elements were introduced and accepted. The
support and appreciation of the Arts
was quite evident.
Hope everyone enjoys their summer and see you in September!
Music For the past month, music has been
filling the gym at Franklin. From band
to chorus to special music assemblies, the students at Franklin
have been enjoying these wonderful performances. The 5th graders were
challenged this year with some of the
hardest choral music for elementary choirs. Songs included the use of the
Orff instruments, incredible ranges, the use of solfege entirely, and two
to six part harmonies.
Our 2nd graders have been working
on their creative musical skills through improvisation. They were
encouraged to improvise dance
movements in the song “Zudio” and also dabbled in pentatonic melodies
as they improvised with the song “Rocky Mountain”. Some 3rd graders
were demonstrating their creativity as
they have been continuously rewriting lyrics to our known clapping
games and then teaching them to their classmates.
The 4th graders are taking up the
challenge of learning all 50 states and their capitals through a song set to
the tune of “Turkey in the Straw”. Some students are about half way
there while others have gone the
distance and used my online resource to learn it at home.
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of sound by exploring sound frequencies and their influence on
certain objects. They then created
oobleck, a non-Newtonian substance, using a mixture of corn starch and
water. This was then placed on a speaker cone connected to an online
frequency generator. Using their prior
knowledge, the students experimented with the frequencies to
see which ones would get the oobleck to “dance”. It was a fun and
messy experiment, but allowed the students to visualize sound.
From all of the Franklin music staff,
thank you for another wonderful year of music making. We wish all of you a
wonderful, safe, and relaxing
summer!
Jefferson
Elementary Art
It has been a wonderfully creative year at Jefferson school. First
graders are finishing up there "outer
space landscapes" which is a multi-media project encompassing paint
mixing, paint splatter, broad shape cutting, fine motor cutting, sketching,
markers and lots and lots of
creativity. The 2nd grade students
studied body proportion and Marcel Duchamp to finish their people in
motion collages. The 3rd graders
learned about radial symmetry creating personal mandalas. Fourth
grade students are making texture board shadow boxes using simple
origami designs that they made up
and 5th graders are going out with a bang with their Picasso people
sculptures! Thanks for a great year!
Music
Jefferson School music classes in Grades 1-4 have been singing about
gardens, parading to marches (John
Philip Sousa), singing about summer fun, and creating their favorite-song
end-of-the-year “Review Flowers”. These are fun little flowers to hang in
a special spot at home as a reminder of their favorite songs this year, and
to have some musical fun on those
rainy or exceptionally hot summer days. Students can choose a song
to sing, watch a movie (like “Mary Poppins”, “The Sound of Music”,
“Charlotte’s Web”, “The Music Man”,
etc.), go see an outdoor musical at Plays In The Park (2016 offerings
are: “The Little Mermaid”, “Sister Act”, and “South Pacific”), go to a
band concert in Mindowaskin Park or
Echo Lake with your family and friends, listen to some downtown
jazz, or pick up your instrument to play a solo or duet for someone
special.
In May, the Fifth Grade had three
fabulous performances of “Joust!”, a wonderful field trip to Medieval
Times, another field trip to see the All-City Band, Chorus and Orchestra
perform (as WHS), and recently
many fun reports and discussions with a special unit on Rock and Roll
(Form/Style).
Wishing everyone a very happy,
healthy and MUSICAL summer!!
McKinley
Elementary Art
McKinley’s 1st grade artists are
completing their Fish Bowl art project focusing on overlapping, patterns and
repetition. The students can revisit many of the materials that they used
throughout the year in the creation of this mixed media piece. A very
challenging last step of mimicking a
patterned square to create their background wallpaper had students
feeling very accomplished once they completed it. Here is a picture of a
work in progress by one of McKinley’s
own first grade artists.
McKinley’s 2nd grade artists just
completed their cross-curriculum rainforest project. Working with the
rainforest theme, the students researched various animals found
within the four layers of the
rainforest. The students assembled their collages upon a painted
background once they drew, colored, and cut their animals out of paper.
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Every animal was placed in its correct
location, emergent layer, canopy, understory or the forest floor.
Placement of their shapes also helped
to create space as well as overlapping techniques and changing of the size
of the animals.
The 3rd grade artists are finalizing
their Sensory Project that allows students to experience and
conceptualize color without the use of their sight. Students were motivated
through a video that shows how a blind artist paints as well as a quick
read of the famous book “The Black
Book of Colors”. Students created a phrase like “Yellow tastes like cool
lemonade on a summer’s day.” A very experimental project that allows for
abstract thought to prompt new ways
of experiencing the world around us. Once the students typed their
sentence, they then cut it out and glued it onto an oil pastel colored
background highlighting their chosen color. Upon the background, the
students created a raised line
drawing to illustrate their sentence. When we are complete with the
work, the students will then blindfold themselves and try to guess what
color is being described and what
image is being illustrated. So much fun!
Fourth grade artists will be finishing
their colored scratchboard project.
These artists learned how to make a scratchboard and two different ways
of transferring images through carbon paper and chalk rubbing. To
create our scratchboards, we drew our image on watercolor paper then
colored it in with oil pastels. After the
image was all colored in, we then painted two layers of India Ink on top
of it. Once dry, the student would be able to scratch away areas where
they wanted to reveal color. The
students really enjoyed the process of making a scratchboard and enjoyed
the project.
McKinley’s 5th grade artists are
displaying their mixed media textured wave paintings for their end of the
year Graduation party! We created
our waves out of tape paper to make our textured relief form. The students
were able to see movement in their work through the raised lines that
created their wave form. Blending
cool colors to paint their wave and warm colors to paint their skies, the
students also learned about impasto brushstrokes to add more texture and
life to their works. These waves will be mounted on wood panels so the
students have something that will last
throughout the years and always remind them of their wonderful
elementary art education. We will miss our 5th Graders and wish them
lots of luck and adventure in Edison
Intermediate School!
Music
The 1st graders have been exploring instruments of the orchestra. We
heard the story of Peter and the Wolf and learned how this story was put to
music to make it even more exciting.
Next we learned about each of the
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each character has been given their own melody. Together we
discovered each characters melody
and the instrument that plays their melody.
Second grade students recently
created rhythm clocks. Students had
to use a variety of notes at different values to create a group of rhythms
for each number on their clock. The students worked hard to create these
unique rhythm clocks.
Third grade at McKinley has spent the
last few weeks exploring instrument families. We began our exploration
of instruments and their families with a scavenger hunt. Our month
completed with an exciting Game
Show, where students worked to identify instruments and instrument
families found in the orchestra.
Our 4th and 5th grade Orchestra students gave fantastic concerts! We
had a concert at school, in addition to
our evening concerts at EIS, where we performed a variety of pieces as
an entire group. One of our favorites was called Ludwig’s Dance Party, a
parody of Ludwig Van Beethoven’s
Symphony No. 5. We also performed in a variety of smaller groups at our
school concert. We heard students that are in All City Orchestra play
Counting Stars. We also had a few
solos and even a duet. All of the students worked hard to give very
successful performances!
The 4th graders at McKinley school recently performed the song "First" at
the annual Wax Museum. Students
dressed up as different inventors, pioneers and trailblazers and opened
the museum with their beautiful singing. In class they have been
learning about the different periods
of music and how their orchestras grew over time.
The 5th graders at McKinley had a
blast at their concert on May 16th. During the day, a Rutgers Acapella
group came to sing with the students,
accompanying them on Toto's Africa. The students had a great time
working with them during the day, and then finished off the
evening with a wonderful
performance for parents. Now that the concert is over, they are
preparing to sing at the 5th Grade “Moving Up” Ceremony on June 21st.
We wish them all the best at Edison next year!
Tamaques
Elementary
Art
Second graders in Mrs. Massenzio’s
class were excited to create patriotic self-portraits. The students learned
about collage, how to determine proper facial proportions, and how to
create texture in their pictures. They
created fireworks with glitter for the background, and wrote about why
they love the USA.
The 3rd graders in Mrs. Massenzio’s
classes created a giant sized collaborative mural of sunflowers in
the style of Vincent van Gogh. Artists paint something called a still life. A
still life doesn’t move, and the artist can paint for a while, and then come
back to it. The children enjoyed a
story about van Gogh’s life, his post-Impressionist style, and his influence
on the art world. He is considered one of the great artists of his time.
Three cheers for the red white and blue! The American flag has been a
symbol of pride and inspiration. Grade 4 students created beautiful
American flags using optical illusion to create the impression of a waving
flag. Op Art, as this style is known,
creates movement through line and pattern. The children worked
diligently on their flags, and the
results were impressive!
The 5th grade students in Mrs. Massenzio’s were fascinated as they
created portraits in the style of Pablo
Picasso. He experimented with a revolutionary style called cubism. In
Cubism the subjects are analyzed and broken up into different sections.
Then the sections are put back together and painted from different
perspectives and angles. The children
enjoyed learning about Picasso, and how his revolutionary style influenced
the world of art.
Music
The final month of school is a fun time for Tamaques music class. All
classes are reviewing various topics
from throughout the year in exciting, creative and sometimes competitive
ways. In addition to sharing the song “My Dad” for Father’s Day, 2nd
graders play the famous “Mr. M’s
Music Matching Memory Game” reviewing definitions and symbols of
rhythm, tempo, and dynamics. The 5th grade wraps up the year after
their final “Composer of the Week”
presentations with a cumulative Jeopardy Game! In 3rd grade, a sing-
a-long style review of favorite songs throughout the year precedes the 4-
Suits game where 4 teams test their knowledge of staff and keyboard
notation, rhythm, tempo, meter, and
much more. While the 4th grade reads and discusses the historical fiction
tale of “Beethoven Lives Upstairs,” our 1st grade classes become
composers themselves with their own
individual class songs to be displayed on Mr. Markowski’s website.
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Congratulations to both the
Tamaques 4th and 5th Grade Bands and the Washington 4th and 5th
grade bands on a WONDERFUL
SPRING Concert!
This is an exciting time of year! Our third grade students get to choose
what instrument they would like to
play next year! The week of June 13th the 3rd grade students at
Tamaques and Washington Schools will view the instrumental
demonstration assembly. Ms. Naylor will demonstrate the string
instruments, Mr. Furrer and Mrs.
Brezinski will demonstrate the band instruments.
Congratulations to all the Tamaques
and Washington All City Band
members on a WONDERFUL All CITY Concert! Nice job everyone!
Washington
Elementary
Art
Washington School artists are
finishing the year strong with a variety of exciting art experiences.
The 1st grade class is working on a
set of portrait projects. They have
learned about Mona Lisa, the most famous portrait in history. Each
student was provided a color copy of her face with its classic smile, and
designed new clothes and a unique
setting for her. Our “Mona’s” have been on picnics, visited the beach,
and even became a new Star Wars hero! Classes then learned about
Rembrandt and his collection of self-
portraits. Their portraits will be saved until the end of elementary
school to help monitor growth.
In 2nd grade, students are using the aboriginal art of Australia to inspire
abstract line and circle creations. They have created intricate drawings
using rulers, templates and tracers.
These will carefully be filled in with marker for some colorful results.
They will finish by incorporating their hands into optical illusion projects
and dotted designs.
Third grade artists are applying their
social studies lessons on Native Americans to a unit in art. Thus far,
they have learned how to weave in a circle. Using a colorful yarn
collection, this over/under assignment
has proven to be quite a relaxing favorite. Their final project is to
design the sun in a new and interesting way. Instead of a circle in
the corner with sunglasses and sunrays, they have filled their papers
with geometric designs and warm,
solid coloring.
The 4th graders have been learning
about perspective. They each painted a masterpiece of a tree-lined
path. This was to show 1-point
perspective and included a variety of blended colors in the sky, leaves and
ground. With a little imagination, you may think you’re taking a walk in the
park. They are now completing a
pop-up design of a room, as inspired by Vincent Van Gogh.
Fifth grade has used their knowledge of Pop Art to create some delicious
designs. They created 3D paper cake sculptures. These slices were
attached to decorated places and
“frosted” with tissue paper. Students went on to draw a large,
round cake on paper and shaded each accordingly with oil pastels.
Perhaps we will finish with ice cream collages and donut paintings. Yum!
It is my hope that the many art experiences we have had this year
will be further developed over the summer in sketchbooks, art classes,
camps, and some creative free time!
Music
What an exciting year it has been at
Washington! We are continuing to learn about many intriguing musical
concepts, even until the end of the year! In May, we focused on
instrument families, their sounds, and
other characteristics. We watched orchestras, bands, and other
ensembles play and attempted to identify as many of them as we
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to recognize instruments just by listening to their sounds!
In the 3rd grade, we are getting ready to choose instruments for next
year. We had “Mini Music Talent Shows” in each 3rd grade class,
where we learned about each other’s
musical talents, whether it be singing, dancing, or playing an instrument. As
we watched and listened, some acts were completely surprising to us!
In May, the 5th grade chorus had the
privilege of opening the Somerset Patriots’ game by singing our
National Anthem (pictured at right). This was a super exciting opportunity
for us! The following week, we had
our final spring chorus concert, where the students sang
marvelously! They performed a
variety of songs, and some numbers even included soloists from our very
own 5th grade class! We are now
working on our 5th grade Variety and Talent Show that is set to take place
on June 23rd, right before the last day of school!
On June 1st, the All City Concert took place at Westfield High School. The
entire 4th and 5th grade classes from Washington went to observe and see
the Band, Chorus, and Orchestra perform. The students enjoyed
watching and cheering on their fellow
classmates that were involved.
On June 2nd and 3rd, we had a group called “Simple Gifts” do a
workshop and assembly for the
students at Washington. The group comprises two women, both
musicians, who performed guitar, fiddle, banjo, mandolin, psaltery, and
ukulele for the school. They even
taught the students how to play a few songs on the psaltery and
ukulele! The students were fascinated by these unique instruments,
especially because they were able to
rapidly learn how to play on them!
As the summer approaches, I hope everyone has a safe and musical
summer, filled with singing, dancing,
and practicing their instruments! I look forward to another exciting
musical year at Washington in September! Sincerely, Ms. Marisa
Minogue
Wilson
Elementary
Art
It’s been an awesome year in the art room at Wilson School! Everyone is
finishing up their final projects! The
first grade students are busy working on dream catchers inspired by Native
American Art. They are using tempera, sand, beads and feathers.
Grade two is finishing up the year with a patriotic collage utilizing red,
white and blue materials. They will be
all ready to hang for July 4th! Third grade is focusing on Cubism and
Pablo Picasso. They have learned that the artist could paint realistic portraits
perfectly when he was a young child
and that he became bored with realism and set out to express himself
in new innovative ways. To better understand Cubism, they had fun
creating chalk pastel portraits complete with multiple perspective
viewpoints! The students in 4th grade
are finishing up the year with magnificent
monochromatic paintings. They
created value
scales and then applied their new
found skills to paint pictures of their
own chosen
subject matter. The 5th graders are
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putting the finishing touches on their
Pop Art inspired sculptures. There are giant Rubix Cubes, oversized
lollipops, cookies, Legos and a giant
Tardis from Dr. Who, just to name a few!!!
Wilson School Grade Four
Monochromatic Paintings
Lincoln
School
Lincoln’s pre-K artists are just starting
out in their artistic journeys but I must say there is a lot of talent in
these young artists. They love
experimenting with various techniques and materials. Their
creativity astounds me. In Pre-K, we mainly focus on process art, which is
art that uses various tools and media
with a result that is open-ended. These artists work at their own pace
to create art that is satisfying to them. I love watching these little
ones explore. They are ready to move on up to Kindergarten!
The Kindergarteners at Lincoln school have been preparing for our
Graduation Ceremony on June 17th. Students will be singing a variety of
songs including "I Don't Want to Live
on the Moon" and "When You Wish
Upon a Star". We wish them the best
of luck in 1st grade next year!
Wow! The kindergarteners in Lincoln
School have had an amazing year creating all different kinds of art.
They started the year making line drawings to the sounds of “Peter and
the Wolf” to guide us. They learned
guided drawing techniques to paint a turkey for Thanksgiving and a still life
of apples like the artist, Cézanne. Learning all about birds and how to
draw them was a highlight of many student artists this year. And to top it
all off they have created amazing
collages to decorate the gym for their celebration. We have done so much
and now they are ready to BLAST OFF to 1st grade.
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Best Wishes for a HAPPY, HEALTHY & SAFE Summer!
See you in September!
Congratulations to all Band, Chorus and Orchestra members selected for the All-City groups.
We are proud of you and your fine musical accomplishments!!
Ruth Vincent All City Band Award Tyler Richter Franklin School
Ruth Vincent All City Orchestra Award Tristan Wroe Franklin School
Drude Sparre Crane All City Vocal Award Sarah LaMonica
Wilson School
Congratulations to Jefferson student, Lauren Lane! Winner of the 2016 All City T-Shirt / Program Cover Contest
Barry Furrer Retires
Mr. Furrer has worked in the Westfield School district for the past 34 years tirelessly devoting himself to music education. The students privileged to be under his direction certainly enjoyed their lesson time with Mr. Furrer. His wonderful sense of humor kept students on their toes while enjoying their musical experiences. We commend Mr. Furrer for the valuable work he has done for his students and our department for the
past 34 years. He will be missed.
Best wishes for a healthy and happy retirement!
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Westfield Coalition for the Arts
FALL 2015
Dear Westfield Parents: The mission of the Westfield Coalition for the Arts is to act as an advocate for the arts, including music, drama, visual arts, and dance in the Westfield Public Schools, by speaking out on behalf of the arts, maintaining public awareness and utilizing sources of community, financial and philosophical support. Each year we award grants to different arts programs in the schools based upon applications submitted to us from the Westfield Schools’ faculty. This year, we were happy to award over $20,000 in grant money for the following: Guest Clinicians to work with the WHS Band, an Apple TV for RIS music program, a field trip for Ms. Gant’s 8th Grade Orchestra at EIS, a Guest Collegiate Choral Director for WHS Choir, acoustic ceiling tiles for the WHS Band Room, transportation for the WHS Choir to travel to a senior housing complex, Master Classes for the WHS Chorale, musical instruments for Franklin School, music conferences for faculty, art supplies for RIS, new drum sets for RIS, EIS and WHS, and beautifully embroidered choir robes for the high school. We are so fortunate to live in a community that reveres the arts and believes strongly in nourishing the diverse talents of our youth. Demonstrate YOUR commitment to the arts by making a donation today. With your donations we are able to assist the music, choral, fine art, and theatre programs at the elementary, intermediate and high school levels. We are an independent, not-for-profit organization, and we depend solely on the generosity of parents and supporters. In addition, the Coalition is interested in your ideas, suggestions, and comments and hope that you will take the time to email us at [email protected]. PLEASE “LIKE” us on FACEBOOK and visit our website: http://www.WestfieldCoalitionForTheArts. We look forward to hearing from you! Thank you for your support. ~ Margaret Smith, W.C.A. President _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Yes, I/we would like to support the WCA. I/we will donate: Benefactor $500 Sponsor $75 Angel $200 Sustaining Member $50 Patron $100 Donation $_______ In appreciation of your gift of $75.00 or more, your name will print in the Winter & Spring concert programs. Name: ____________________________________________________________________________ (If donating $75 or more, please print the name as you would like it to appear in the programs.) Email: _________________________________________________Phone: _________________________ Westfield Public School (where youngest child attends): _____________________________________ Yes, I am interested in volunteering with the Coalition. Check here:___
Please make checks payable to Westfield Coalition for the Arts and mail to:
WCA Treasurer, 562 Pierson St., Westfield NJ 07090