Festival of the Arts 2021

Festival of the

May 21-22 2020-2021

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Adeline Zhang, Art III

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PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE Friday, May 21st 8:00pm

Venue Opens

8:15pm

Pre-Show Slideshow

8:30pm*

Conservatory Fellows

at Chabot Space & Science Center | Conservatory 2020/2021 Fellows

Excerpts: Dancescapes

Kidservatory Dance & Jr. Conservatory Dance

Valley Christian Elementary: Year In Review Valley Christian Elementary Students

Kidservatory ASL Choir Kidservatory K-2 ASL Choir

Conservatory Fellows

at California Academy of Sciences | Conservatory 2020/2021 Fellows

9:15pm

DreamWorks Troll’s World Tour

Saturday, May 22nd 8:00pm

Venue Opens

8:15pm

Pre-Show Slideshow

8:30pm*

Conservatory Fellows

at Chabot Space & Science Center | Conservatory 2020/2021 Fellows

Excerpts: Dancescapes

Kidservatory Dance & Jr. Conservatory Dance

Jr. Conservatory Theatre Presents: Bad Auditions Excerpt The Cast of “Bad Auditions on Camera”

Conservatory Fellows

at Mount Hermon Camp & Conference Center | Conservatory 2020/2021 Fellows

9:20pm

Meet the Conservatory Visual Arts Fellows Visual Arts Fellows Class of 2021

High School Theatre Presents: Godspell Excerpts The Cast of “Godspell”

VIVID Dance Team

2020-2021 VIVID Dance Team

9:40pm

Conservatory Fellows

at California Academy of Sciences

9:55pm

Conservatory End of the Year Awards

10:10pm

The Lego Batman Movie

* Start time is an estimate based on current sunset predictions. Production will start immediately at dark.

Tickets are Required to Attend FOTA

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CONSERVATORY FACULTY & STAFF CONSERVATORY LEADERSHIP TEAM Troy Gunter

Vice President/Director, Conservatory of the Arts K-12

Chloe Diepenbrock

Associate Director of Operations-Conservatory of the Arts, Conservatory Theatre Teacher

Michelle McLaughlin

Associate Director of Education-Conservatory of the Arts, K-12 Director of Dance Arts, Vivid Dance Team Coach

CONSERVATORY DEPARTMENT HEADS Michelle McLaughlin

Associate Director of Education-Conservatory of the Arts, K-12 Director of Dance Arts, Vivid Dance Team Coach

Iain Roush

K-12 Director of Media Arts

Jeff Wilson

K-12 Director of Music Arts

Myra Kaelin

K-12 Director of Theatre Arts

Jill Carlson

K-12 Director of Visual Arts

MUSIC FACULTY & STAFF Lianne Rydquist

Music Arts Administrative Assistant

Reggie Coates

Conservatory Music Teacher

Katelyn Dietz

Conservatory Music Teacher

Melissa Gunter

Conservatory Music Teacher

Sandy Hanes

Conservatory Music Teacher

Dr. Scott Homer

Conservatory Music Teacher

Lily Homer

Conservatory Music Teacher

Dr. Michael Jones

Conservatory Music Teacher

David Sankus

Conservatory Music Teacher

Ivan Utomo

Conservatory Music Teacher

Dr. Marcus Wolfe

Conservatory Music Teacher

MEDIA FACULTY & STAFF Cierra Maach

Media Arts Teacher

VCS BOARD MEMBER AND AUDIO VISUAL ENGINEER Robert Rubino

Audio Visual Engineer

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DANCE FACULTY & STAFF Colette Evans

Dance Arts Administrative Assistant, VIVID Dance Team Head Coach

DJ Baluyot

Conservatory Dance Teacher

Nigel Shum

Conservatory Dance Teacher

Chloe Townsend

Conservatory of the Arts Dance Teacher, Vivid Dance Team Coach

Kara Richey

Dance Arts Receptionist

THEATRE FACULTY & STAFF Cathy McFall

Theatre Arts Administrative Assistant

Jeremy DenOuden

Conservatory Theatre Teacher

Chloe Diepenbrock

Conservatory Theatre Teacher, Associate Director of Operations-Conservatory of the Arts

Justin McPherson

Conservatory Theatre Teacher, Conservatory Scene Shop Supervisor

Keaton Miller

Scene Shop Assistant

Holly Ross

Conservatory Theatre Teacher

ART FACULTY & STAFF Jeff Baham

Conservatory Art Teacher

Michelle Buckman

Conservatory Art Teacher

Karen Dequine

Conservatory Art Teacher

Lee Ann Martino

Conservatory Art Teacher

Kenneth Richardson

Conservatory Art Teacher

Cindy Torode

Conservatory Art Teacher

CONSERVATORY OPERATIONS FACULTY & STAFF Dena Armeniakos

Conservatory Accounting Specialist

Mary Creel

Conservatory Administrative Assistant

Dr. Mark Hulse

Director of Student Services

Cathy LaPore

Student Life Center Supervisor

Sophia McCann

Conservatory Operations Assistant

Kathy Risk

Conservatory Costumer

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Esther Zhu, AP Drawing

SPECIAL THANKS TO Maegan Collett

Design Manager

Megan Fletcher

Communications Manager

Matt Ross

Photographer & Videographer

Brian Rhea

Rhea Communications

Barbara Gibson

Steinway Spirio Technician

Valley Christian Schools PTPF Mario Panoringan & the West Wind Drive-In Team Christophe Ley and the California Academy of Sciences Team Ingrid Hinn and the Mount Hermon Conference Center Team Samantha Stevick and the Chabot Space and Science Center Team Eat On Monday Food Truck Services

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Hall, Ceramics

CONSERVATORY FELLOWS MELODY CHOI* | Location: Mount Hermon

Violin Sonata No. 3 in C Major, III. Largo

Composer: J. S. Bach

Violin REBECCA REBELLO | Location: Mount Hermon

Telephone

Composer: Aston

Dance JESTON LU | Location: Mount Hermon

Etude Op. 42 No. 5 p in C# Minor

Composer: Alexander Scriabin

Piano ERIN YU | Location: Mount Hermon

Abegg Variations

Composer: Robert Schumann

Piano CELINA CHEN | Location: Mount Hermon

House On A Hill

Composer: Amanda Cook, Jason Ingram, Steffany Gretsinger

Arranger: Jeff Moore & Grant Wall

Voice ABIGAIL CHUCK, ALEX LOPES*, JAMES ANDERSON* Location: Chabot Space & Science Center

So Will I (100 Billion X) / Foreplay Medley

Composer: Benjamin Hastings, Joel Houston, and Michael Fatkin;

Tom Scholz

Arranger: Alex Lopes & Troy Gunter

Synthesizers/Arrangement/Percussion/Electric Bass SUMMER QIN | Location: Chabot Space & Science Center

The Deep Night

Composer: Minxiong Li

Arranger: Zhongshan Wang

Guzheng CALLIE NEWSOM | Location: Chabot Space & Science Center

Never Enough

Composer: Pasek Benj and Paul Justin Noble

Dance *Denotes Graduating Seniors

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CONSERVATORY FELLOWS STANFORD YU | Location: California Academy of Sciences

Diabolic Suggestions

Composer: Prokofiev

Piano

PAULINE ROGERS* | Location: California Academy of Sciences

Oceans (Where Feet May Fail)

Composer: Joel Houston, Matt Crocker, Salomon Ligthelm

Voice DAVID

HSIEH | Location: California Academy of Sciences Odessa Composer: Matthew Lorick Marimba

DOROTY LEUNG*

Visual Artist EVA PEI*

Visual Artist

LONG (TOMMY) TRAN*

Visual Artist

Noah Cho, 3rd Grade

*Denotes Graduating Seniors

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Summer Camps Conservatory of the Arts for K-12

ART CAMP: K-2 June 14-18 9:00am - 12:00pm Grades: Entering K - 2nd Skyway Campus ART CAMP: 3-6 June 14-18 1:00pm - 4:00pm Grades: Entering 3rd - 6th Skyway Campus

PRIVATE MUSIC LESSONS

By Arrangement Grades: Entering 3rd - Adult (Co-Ed) Skyway Campus

SUMMER STRINGS CAMP

July 19-30 9:30am - 3:00pm Grades: Entering 3rd - 12th (Co-Ed) Skyway Campus

TO SEE MORE VCS SUMMER PROGRAMS, GO TO

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Summer Classes

Conservatory of the Arts for K-12

DANCE CAMP: VIVID 2 THE DANCE TEAM EXPERIENCE June 7-18 1:00pm - 4:00pm Grades: Entering 1st - 9th (Co-Ed) Skyway Campus

THEATRE CAMP

June 14-July 2 9:00am - 12:00pm Grades: Entering 3rd - 12th (Co-Ed) Skyway Campus To view a complete list of VCS Summer Classes view the website

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TO SEE MORE VCS SUMMER CLASSES, GO TO

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