School News Tile Artistry with Joshua Winer at SAS Pudong
SAS Puxi’s Matthew Cline ’23 Plays in Global 2019 Student Composers Competition How did it feel being on stage giving directions to professional musicians on how to play something you composed? “So cool,” Matthew Cline ’23 said promptly. His piece – ‘Fugue and Fantasy,’ written for a brass quintet – took first place in the K-8 category of the National Association for Music Education (NAfME) 2019
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You would think that if you hire an amazingly talented, well-known artist to create a wall mural for your school, they would take care of things themselves. But noooooooo. Because as it turns out, while artist Joshua Winer specializes in designing beautiful tile murals, he actually solicits a lot of community help to make them come to life. So to create the new tile mural that adorns the wall along Main Street on the Pudong campus of Shanghai American School, Josh recruited students, faculty, administrators, staff, ayis, security guards… heck, we’re pretty sure a few of the tiles were installed by the Sherpa’s delivery guys. But once you see the reaction, you understand why he takes that approach – the day it was installed, an elementary class wandered by the mural. “I put these pieces in,” proudly claimed one student as she pointed to the mural. “This section was mine,” pointed out another.
Student Composers Competition. The competition spotlights original music written by student composers, and winning it afforded Matthew the opportunity to attend the Young Composers Concert, where his composition was performed by the Orlando Philharmonic Brass Quintet.
Chinese Culture into Campus Competition Awards Congratulations to all the Dulwich College Shanghai Pudong students who won the Chinese Culture into Campus essay competition, a writing competition for all international schools in Shanghai to participate in. Fifty-seven students from Senior School won first, second and third prizes, while the Senior School Mandarin team won the outstanding organization prize. The certificates were awarded by Shanghai government officials, embassy representatives and international school heads at the official Award Ceremony, held at Shanghai High School International Division. Congratulations to all involved!
Robin Hood and the Sherwood Hoodies at WISS WISS Primary students wowed everyone with their performance of Robin Hood and the Sherwood Hoodies. Students kept the audience captivated until the final bow with this entertaining story full of singing, dancing, and jokes. It was a fantastic show that highlighted the inspiring passion for Performing Arts!
