It’s Beginning to Sound A Lot Like Christmas!
Students in grades one, two, and three began preparing for their annual Christmas musical this week! This year’s virtual performance, “The Littlest Christmas Tree,” will feature dance choreography by Andrea Hagan, ESJ dance teacher, and musical choreography by Susanne Dailey, St. Mark’s Campus music teacher. More information regarding viewing times and a link will be […]
Taylor Lee Horne ’00 Chairs Statewide Theatre Education Conference
Taylor Lee Horne ’00, Episcopal’s Performing Arts Department Chair and Upper School Theatre Director, is the President-Elect and Conference Chair for Florida Association for Theatre Education (FATE). The organization’s annual conference, led by Taylor, was converted to a virtual event this year due to COVID. From October 15 -17, the annual conference took place with […]
FANS Contributes to Fine Arts Classrooms
Episcopal’s fine arts parent organization, Fine Arts Nurturing Students, (FANS) has made an unprecedented contribution to the school’s Fine Arts Department. Due to changes in how the department is operating during COVID-19, the FANS executive board asked teachers for a wish list of items that would improve the classroom experience across all disciplines for all […]
Carolyn Tuttle Speaks at UNF
Carolyn Tuttle, Director of Choral Music, was the guest speaker for the University of North Florida’s (UNF) American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) chapter meeting on Thursday. Topics included starting a program from scratch and tips for teaching in public and independent school choral programs. Students who came to the meeting were junior and senior Choral […]
Students Learn to Sign and Sing
While there have been some adjustments to the school day on the St. Mark’s Campus regarding normal activities with masks and social distancing, music teacher, Susanne Dailey, has seized the opportunity to work with students on communicating and singing in a different way. Mrs. Dailey has used the challenge of singing behind a mask to […]
Beaches Campus Rolls Out Fine Arts Wheel
Through the collective partnership and collaboration between Katie Lebhar Black-Bowling ’95, Director of Fine Arts, and Jennifer Ketchum, Head of Lower School, Beaches Campus, the Beaches Campus successfully rolled out the Fine Arts Wheel for the 2020-2021 school year. The collaboration across two campuses started as part of the merger discussion last year to enhance […]
Senior Artists Get Professional Headshots
All seniors in performing and visual arts classes received a complementary headshot this week from headshot photographer Hailey Lafferty, who has worked with the school for years. The department will use these headshots to highlight these students during their senior year, and students can use these as part of their needs in a college audition […]
National Art Honor Students Create Website, Podcasts to Share Works
Munnerlyn Campus, St. Mark’s Campus National Art Honor Society students are creating podcasts and creating website and Instagram content to showcase their work and share content. Featured artists include students themselves as well as professional artists who will be featured at the St. Mark’s Campus A Vision for Art event in the spring. Make sure […]
Honors Chorale Sings for Munnerlyn Campus Chapels
Fine Arts News Beginning this week a quartet of Honors Chorale singers will be performing for Chapel. These small groups of singers that are spaced across the stage are able to bring music to campus while following COVID protocols. Lauren Holland ’22, Chloe Weldon 21, Mary Tiller ’22, and Sofia Pecoraro ’21 sang Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen […]
New Fine Arts Spaces Help Students Create
Fine Arts News Fine Arts students are benefitting from the new art houses on St. Elmo Road. Students in Becca Hoadley’s Draw, Paint, Print classes are using the new spaces to create large works of art. “The new studio is a huge step forward in our arts programming,” said Katie Lebhar Black-Bowling ’95. “We are […]