Category Archives: Performing Arts
The Magical World of Musician
I used to think making music was magic. I guess, after doing it, I still do. – Lisa Bastarache. ’99 (from her yearbook page) I will never forget the first time I saw Dar Williams in concert. She opened for … Continue reading
Listening through the Wall: Middle School Select Chorus Auditions and the Spirit of Our School
I can’t see the students on the other side of the wall from my office, but I can imagine the scene that I’m hearing as I listen. The girls sit in a loosely formed circle, some perched on stools, some … Continue reading
The Power of Students
Like many teachers, I tend to deflect credit away from myself and toward the people who are doing the actual learning. Working with middle schoolers, especially girls, I can make a strong argument for why I should do that. Middle … Continue reading
Tribute to Performing Arts Teacher Cyndee Meese
Way way back in 1987, my second year of the school, we decided to break with tradition and close the year with a musical revue. A teacher who was going to be rejoining us the following year after a brief … Continue reading
Filed under Alumnae, In the Classroom, Performing Arts
CD Collection
I placed an order for a CD today. On the face of it, not a particularly compelling event, although increasingly unusual in these days of iTunes and mp3s. This CD is special, however. It includes six songs written, arranged, and … Continue reading
Every Single Day
The general consensus is that this year’s Talent Show was perhaps the best in recent memory. There was over an hour of acts – mostly singing and dancing. After the school’s Big Band and Upper School Rock Band opened up … Continue reading
Stoneleigh-Burnham School
Bill Ivey, Stoneleigh-Burnham Middle School Dean
Laura Lavallee, Assoc. Dir. of Admissions
Liz Feeley, Associate Director of Development and Alumnae Relations
Sally Mixsell, Head of School
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