TASIS Community Sings “Stand by Me”Thursday, May 21 • 10:00 Performing Arts students and faculty members from all three divisions collaborated on this moving performance of Ben E. King’s classic. |
Living Room, A Virtual Dance ConcertThursday, May 21 • 17:30 Directed by Ms. Julie Frazier-Smith, Sweet November Dance Company took on the challenge of presenting a virtual dance concert—and succeeded with flying colors!
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Middle School Drama PresentationFriday, May 22 • 13:00 Mr. Matthew Frazier-Smith’s Middle School Drama students submitted original films for the first ever “Zoscars” (Zoom Oscars). Enjoy clips from these award-winning films as well as some special moments from the “Zoscars” Award Ceremony. |
Middle School Musical PerformanceFriday, May 22 • 17:00 The show must go on! Under the guidance of Mr. Frazier-Smith, the cast of Alice in Wonderland Jr. rallied to share a virtual performance of one of the more upbeat, toe-tapping numbers from the show. |
Instrumental and Vocal Studio PerformancesSaturday, May 23 • 11:00 High School, Middle School, and Elementary School students from the studios of Ms. Gloria De Piante Vicin (piano), Ms. Dessislava Deltcheva (violin), Mr. Alessio Di Tonno (guitar), and Ms. Samantha Forrest (voice) performed remotely for the TASIS community. |
Singin' in the Rain: The Talking ManSaturday, May 23 • 13:00 Although our stage performance of the High School Spring Musical could not happen this March, we would like to share a segment of the production intended for film. 1927 Hollywood is the setting of Singin' in the Rain, and early in the plot, a movie studio head plays a film sent to him by a promoter of a new-fangled invention, the talking picture. This is that film, as storyboarded and shot by student filmmakers Kelly Zhao '21, Alua Tursynkulova '21, and Giovanni Garbuio '23; and acted by our own Dr. Christopher Love as the Talking Man. |
IB Theatre and Drama 2: Holographic RealitySunday, May 24 • 13:00 High School Theater Director Valerie Bijur Carlson’s IB Theatre and Drama 2 class collaborated on all aspects of this IB performance assessment, which explores human action through a variety of theater styles. See the program to learn who was involved in the production, which was originally performed in front of a live audience of TASIS faculty and administrators in the Palmer Center in January 2020. The recording includes excerpts of the lively post-show discussion between the student directors and audience. |
Music and Theater AwardsPerforming Arts Department Chair Ms. Samantha Forrest and High School Theater Director Valerie Bijur Carlson present the High School’s Co-Curricular Music and Theater Awards for both the fall and spring semesters. |
Finale ConcertSunday, May 24 • 17:00 The 2020 Virtual Arts Festival concluded with a concert featuring solo performances from Kelly Zhao ’21 (piano), Autumn Bachofen ’21 (violin), Sayaka Shiraishi ’23 (piano), Miguel Mattos Calonge ’21 (guitar), and Rie Tomita ’21 (piano). Performing Arts Chair Ms. Samantha Forrest also guided student musicians through choral and solo excerpts from Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Phantom of the Opera. With Special Gratitude to Performing Arts Department Teachers Daniel Bagutti, Genevieve Brothwood, Valerie Carlson, Gloria de Piante Vicin, Dessislava Deltcheva, Alessio di Tonno, Matthew and Julie Frazier-Smith, Lello Narcisi, Jonathan Morris, Yara Rubb, and Melody Zanecchia and to the Communications Department of Mark Chevalier, Brendan Shea, and Milo Zanecchia.
– On behalf of Performing Arts Department Chair Samantha Forrest |