Performing Arts 2019-20 Season

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Performing Arts Program

At Moses Brown we emphasize artistic excellence, interdisciplinary learning, and student leadership. We help to cultivate individual artistic expression and identities as well as collaborative, inclusive, and empathetic communities of artists.

The Performing Arts programs at MB provide a variety of entry points for students to engage and participate in diverse forms of music, theater, and dance. With seven major theatrical productions, 16 instrumental and choral ensembles, and a robust curriculum in all divisions, students have countless opportunties to perform during the year.

Performances are held in the Woodman Family Community & Performance Center. This state-of-the-art facility can seat up to 500 with dedicated scene and costume shops, green room, professional sound and lighting capabilities, and can be completely reconfigured to fit any performance needs.

An abundance of opportunities

OCT

18 Fall Student Performing Arts Festival 19 EXPO Mainstage 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.

5 Middle School Choral Festival

NOV

7 Lower School Wind Ensemble Concert 14-17 MBinRep Shakespeare in Love The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

11 Middle School Winter Concert

DEC

12 Upper School Winter Concert 16 Lower School Holiday Sing 19 Lower School Winter Concert 20 Middle School Performing Arts Sharing

Performing Arts Faculty Justin Peters, Department Chair, Chorus and Guitar Jonathan Audette, Accompanist Shura Baryshnikov, Coordinator of Dance Christopher Hoyt, Production Manager Jessie Jarbadan, Costume Design Stephen Kidd, Drama Hilary Major, String Orchestra Chad Putka, Lower School Music Bruce Shaw, Technical Director Stephen Toro, Wind Ensemble and Jazz Sheila Zuccarello, Accompanist

JAN

17 Lower School Musical Disney’s Frozen, Kids

8 MB Rocks Jazz Band Fundraing Concert

FEB

21-23 Student-Directed Winter Plays 27-28 Middle School Musical Disney’s The Little Mermaid Jr.

MARCH

10 Nursery–Kindergarten Music Informance 11 Lower School Wind Ensemble Concert 9 First–Third Grade Music Informance

APRIL

16 Student Performing Arts Festival 20 & 22 Private Lesson Recitals 28 All-School Music Convocation 30 Versatones’ A Cappella Fest!

MAY

3 Upper School Spring Jazz Cafe 6 Private Lesson Recitals (Orchestral String Instruments) 14-16 Upper School Spring Musical Reaching Glory

19 US Wind and Percussion Ensemble Concert 20 Lower School Ensembles Spring Concert 20 Fourth and Fifth Grade Music Informance 21 US String Orchestra and Chorus Spring Concert 27 LS String Orchestra and Chorus Spring Concert 28 Middle School Wind and Jazz Spring Concert

JUNE

5 Middle School Talent Show

Theatre Season 2019-2020:

Creation - Adaptation - Revelation Each play in our theatrical season explores the themes of artistic creation, adaptation, and revelation. In addition to our Winter NEW PLAY series and student-written spring musical, the characters in our fall MBinRep stage adaptations and lower and middle school musicals create their own poetry/prose as a way to heal and understand the world, they adapt to new and frightening circumstances and they challenge the status quo by assuming a new role or revealing their own truths and secret identities.

MBinRep: Shakespeare in Love and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Winter Plays: New Works Festival: New short plays and a musical created by MB community members.

Lower School Musical: Disney’s Frozen, Kids

Upper School Musical Reaching Glory A premiere of an original studentwritten musical, featuring the music of Lady Gaga.

Middle School Musical: Disney’s The Little Mermaid Jr.

For more information, contact Justin Peters at jpeters@mosesbrown.org

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