by Heidi Koelz | May 4, 2022 | Arts, School, Students
On April 29 and 30, the Concord Academy Performing Arts Department staged The Cradle Will Rock. This “play in music” was written in 1937 by composer Marc Blitzstein as part of the Federal Theatre Project, a New Deal program during the Great Depression to fund artistic...
by Heidi Koelz | Apr 28, 2022 | Arts, School
Asked what makes an artist great, Boston Ballet School teacher Andrea Renee Long-Naidu replied, “Being a human.” It’s the emotion—in art, music, dance—that compels her, she said: “The arts are the healing balm of the world.” She spoke with Concord Academy’s entire...
by Nicholas Pfosi | Apr 14, 2022 | Arts
Music Café Wows Audiences in the...
by Heidi Koelz | Mar 30, 2022 | Arts, Featured News, Students
CA students Kelly Kong, Smile Jiang, Liam O’Brien, Zoe Sachs, Hannah Bodnar, Kyra Lauren, and Eli Morton at the Boston Boston Playwrights’ Theatre. On March 23, three original plays by Concord Academy students were performed at the Boston Playwrights’ Theatre...
by Heidi Koelz | Feb 3, 2022 | Academic, Arts, Faculty Profiles, Featured News
Theater Teacher Megan Schy Gleeson is a champion for new works and new voices in theater. “New work is empowering and important to have in the world,” Schy Gleeson says. “We need to hear people’s stories, and people need to feel empowered enough to tell them.” Her...
by Heidi Koelz | Jan 7, 2022 | Academic, Admissions 2022, Arts, CA Magazine, Campus Stories, Faculty Profiles
A new musical instrument design class is offered at CA Science Teacher Max Hall works with students building their own instruments. “Have you thought about using these for tuning?” music teacher Nate Tucker asks as he plucks the spokes of a bicycle wheel. Violet...
Recent Comments