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Trinity Preparatory School • Patrons of the Arts • Spring 2015 Art is not what you see but what you make others see. Edgar Degas FOLIO Welcome to the 13th edition of Folio, the Patrons of the Arts’ annual magazine highlighting Trinity Preparatory School’s fine arts programs and activities. From visual to performing arts, the creative efforts of our talented students are featured here. Trinity Prep students continue to excel in every aspect of the fine arts. Our visual artists win awards of merit and best of show in art competitions. Our musicians are recognized in solo and ensemble competitions and win seats in All-State Orchestra and Chorus. Our actors are recognized with honors and awards at the district and state level thespian competitions. Our 1 forensics team is consistently one of the most highly-ranked teams in the nation. In literature, we have poetry competition winners. But it’s not all about awards and recognition. Folio captures a glimpse of the richness and diversity of education at Trinity Prep, where the arts are equally as important as academics and sports. Through our fine arts programs, students thrive and develop their skills and passions. The extensive arts curriculum, various arts clubs, and extra-curricular arts activities provide our students with a wide array of opportunities to excel. As you look through this publication, you will see the beauty, creativity, and personal expression of our students. Our nurturing and dedicated faculty and administration provide the foundation from which our students can explore their artistic talents. Enjoy this brief overview of the fine arts at Trinity Prep. 7 1 o ’ a Qi n o er m a C y b art er v o C TABLE OF CONTENTS Welcome ..................................................................................................................1 Patrons of the Arts Board...................................................................................2 President’s Note ....................................................................................................3 A Note from the Editor .......................................................................................3 Message from the Fine Arts Chair ..................................................................4 Headmaster’s Message .......................................................................................4 Features Visiting Professionals...........................................................................................6 Teacher Feature — Christina Carter ...............................................................5 Hall of Fame ..........................................................................................................10 Arts Notes ..............................................................................................................12 Skylight ..................................................................................................................16 Visual Arts Joy Harlynking ‘15 Painting, Drawing, Photo, 3D .........................................................................17 Theater Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat ..................................36 Harvey ....................................................................................................................40 Merry Wives of Windsor ...................................................................................42 Beauty of the Century .......................................................................................44 Into the Woods ....................................................................................................46 Performance Chorus ....................................................................................................................50 Strings .....................................................................................................................54 Band ........................................................................................................................56 Forensics ................................................................................................................58 2 PATRONS OF THE ARTS BOARD Executive Committee Co-Presidents ...............................Debbie Balaschak, Martha Christopher 1st VP of Membership ....................................................................Amy Gifford 2nd VP of Marketing ......................................................................Paula Loftus 3rd VP of Liaisons ......................................................................Jennifer Kobrin Secretary ..................................................................................Stephen Schenck Treasurer ...................................................................................Donna Van Allen Liaisons Administration.............................................................................Susan Hietpas Art ............................................Vildan Erbilen, Kerstin Martin, Sarah Saeed Band ..................................................................................................Lynel Allende Jack Lilley ‘15, Jamie Malugen ‘15 Choir ........................................................................................Lourdes O’Connor Forensics .....................................................................................Kendra Graham Literary ...........................................................................................Julie Lowndes Photography ................................................................................Nancy Antoon Strings ..............................................................................................Wendy Maher Theater ....................................................................Carolyn Alvarez, Lori Ingle Committee Chairs Holiday Art Bazaar ..............Vildan Erbilen, Sarah Saeed, Kerstin Martin Folio ................................................................................................Amy Dunleavy Holiday Concert Decorating .................Wendy Maher, Donna Van Allen Alumni Hall of Fame ......................................................................Michelle Hill Member Receptions ...................................................................Wendy Maher Kyle Nemec ‘16 PRESIDENT’S NOTE “At Trinity Prep, every student is touched by the arts.” As you look through Folio, we hope you will agree with this sentiment. Now in its 18th year, Patrons of the Arts is a volunteer parent organization whose mission is to support and enhance fine arts at Trinity Prep through financial contributions and volunteer service. This past year, Patrons of the Arts approved several teachers’ requests for financial support, including additional cameras for photography, new guitars for the strings program, and funds for national forensics tournaments. We appreciate our Patrons members for the many, many hours of volunteering they have contributed throughout the year in support of the arts programs at our school, including, but not limited to, putting on the annual holiday art bazaar, decorating the stage for holiday concerts, displaying student artwork around the campus, and hosting receptions after fine arts programs. In 3 addition, POA was pleased to sponsor several master classes and workshops by artists including Rachel Potter, an actress and singer/songwriter who has performed on Broadway, and Brian Slawson, a Grammy- nominated percussionist. In April, we inducted two Trinity Prep alumni into the Arts Hall of Fame: Sarah Ali ‘91 (visual art) and Julia Clift ’05 (visual art). Also, we hosted two social events for our members that supported school arts programs: the Fall Frolic and a spring musical reception. We would like to thank Amy Dunleavy for her talent and countless hours of dedication to put this publication together for all of us to enjoy. Folio is a wonderful arts yearbook to remind us how the arts touch us all. Finally, thank you to all of our Patrons of the Arts members. Everything we do for the students is made possible by your support. We look forward to many more years of supporting our talented, energetic, and creative arts students and teachers! A NOTE FROM THE EDITOR Thank you to all the teachers, students, and parents who contributed their time and photos in order to create the 2014–15 edition of Folio. Thanks very much to Danielle Pomeranz at Jellybean Creations for the beautiful design of the book. I am especially grateful to POA co-Presidents Martha Christopher and Debbie Balaschak and Shana Heinricy, Trinity Prep director of marketing and communications, for their support and encouragement during the year. A Message from FINE ARTS CHAIR “Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm,” said Ralph Waldo Emerson. As the fine arts chair, I witness enthusiasm daily. Enthusiastic teachers plan their lessons and projects, stimulating and encouraging their students to create, challenging them to break down walls and think “out of the box.” Enthusiastic students discover their own talents, follow their passions, and become who they are meant to be. Enthusiastic parents bring their children to us, trusting that we will inspire, mentor, and help to instill in their offspring the seeds to fully bloom. Ultimately we all – teachers, students, and parents - work collectively in that enthusiastic spirit. The results are tremendous. Wonderful happenings occur here throughout the year. The publication that you are holding in your hand is a documentation of the many ways that the students show their enthusiasm for the creative experience. The visual art, the concerts, the productions, the festivals, and tournaments are all proof of the enthusiasm that exists here. Now I need to explain why I have used the word enthusiasm over and over again. The source of the word is the Greek enthousiasmos, which comes from the adjective entheos, “having the god within,” formed from en, “in, within,” and theos, “god.” So the definition of enthusiasm is to be filled with God. God is the ultimate creator, and we have been blessed with the ability to be creators ourselves. Time and time again I have said I am honored to be at a school that has such a wonderful appreciation and enthusiasm for the arts. My wish for our students is that they continue to increase their enthusiasm while in school and then bring it out to the world when they leave here. Because, as Ralph Waldo Emerson said, “Nothing great was ever achieved without 4 enthusiasm.” I believe our students, being filled with God, have what it takes to achieve and accomplish many great things in their lifetime. Janine Papin HEADMASTER’S Message An education in the fine arts helps students learn to solve problems, express their creativity, communicate through many different media, develop as leaders, and much more. In addition to extracurricular options, Trinity Prep offers courses in seven areas: forensics, instrumental music, vocal music, art, theater, photography, and humanities. During this school year, 22 upper school students became the inaugural inductees into Trinity Prep’s chapter of the National Arts Honors Society. Our fine arts facilities include an 802-seat theater, three art studios, two music rooms, two sound- proof rooms, a photography lab, and a publication room, with the Freitag & Falk Theater in the new Brokaw Hall. I am grateful to the Patrons of the Arts for their support for all of our fine arts endeavors. I appreciate the many hours spent by Patrons enhancing the fine arts opportunities for our students. Craig Maughan Art is not what you see but what you make others see. FINE ARTS CHAIR Thomas Merton F e a t u r 5 e s Mackenzie Bland ‘16, Cameron Miller 16’, Ailsa McFadyen-Mungall ‘16 Visiting Professionals Teacher Features Hall of Fame Arts Notes VISITING PROFESSIONALS Patrik Norstrom Patrik Norstrom is a Swedish industrial designer. He has a degree from the Columbus College of Art and Design in industrial design. He is semi-retired now, and he is active in sailing regattas worldwide. As a result of the medication Thalidomide, Pat was born without arms and does everything using his feet. He has a wonderful sense of humor and does not let the fact that he is “disabled” stop him from doing anything. Pat’s visit to Trinity Prep was inspirational for our students and faculty alike. Rachel Potter 6 Rachel Lindsey Potter is an American actress, singer, and songwriter. She made her Broadway debut in 2011 as Wednesday Addams in The Addams Family. She went on to play the Mistress in the Broadway revival of Evita as well as Glinda in the national touring company of Stephen Schwartz’s hit musical, Wicked. In 2012, “Live the Dream,” a collection of six tunes co-written by Potter, was released. Her album, “Not So Black and White,” debuted in March 2015. Suzanne Strempek Shea Visiting Writer Series Tuesday, November 18 7 p.m. The Trinity House Visiting W R I T E R Series Suzanne Strempek Shea’s most recent book, This is Paradise: An Irish Mother’s Grief, an African Village’s Plight and the Medical Clinic That Brought Fresh Hope to Both, about Mags Riordan, founder of the Billy Riordan Memorial Clinic in Malawi, was published in April. Her sixth novel, Make a Wish But Not for Money, about a palm reader in a dead mall, was published in October 2014. Winner of the New England Book Award in 2000, Suzanne is a member of the faculty at the University of Southern Maine’s Stonecoast M.F.A. program in creative writing and is writer-in-residence and director of the creative writing program at Bay Path University in Longmeadow, Massachusetts. event is t570r0 Tirinnity Piretp Lyanep • Wrinteer Ppark.,o FL r327g92 opferne et oa ntdh e public TPS_VisitingWriterPoster_Suzanne Stempek Sheay.indd 1 10/29/14 8:21 AM Lisa Ferrigno Lisa Ferrigno currently holds the position of concertmaster for the Brevard Symphony in Melbourne, Florida. She has served as concertmaster of the Walt Disney World Orchestra since 1996 and was concertmaster of the Orlando Philharmonic from 1993–2003. As a graduate of the Eastman School of Music and Florida State University, she has performed at New York’s Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, and Symphony Hall of Boston. She is the featured soloist on Joyous Violin, a CD collection of romantic pieces for violin and piano released by Madacy Entertainment. Brian Slawson 7 Brian Slawson is an American percussionist, arranger, and composer. He is best known for his Grammy-nominated recording, “Bach On Wood.” In addition to being a sought-after studio musician, stage performer, and clinician, Brian’s multimedia company, Slawsongs, produces custom music for film, television, and radio. He is principal timpanist of the Brevard Symphony Orchestra, professor of percussion at Eastern Florida State College, an author and arranger for Alfred Music Publishing, and a featured performer at Lincoln Center’s Meet the Artist Series. Ted and Annie Deppe Jeff Bens Tuesday, November 4 Thursday, March 5 7 p.m. 7 p.m. Kelly Kranze Room The Trinity House This event with include a screening of Jeff Bens’ original documentary Visiting Fatman’s. W R I T E R Visiting Series W R I T E R Theodore Deppe is an American poet, professor, and author of four books of poetry, including Series Orpheus on the Red Line (Tupelo Press, 2009). His poems have been published in journals such as The Kenyon Review, Harper’s Magazine, Poetry, The Southern Review, Ploughshares, and Poetry Ireland Review. He is director of the Ireland program at University of Southern Maine’s Stonecoast M.F.A. Jeff Bens is the author of the novel Albert, Himself. His short fiction and program in creative writing. essays are widely published, in The Sun, Oxford American, Fence, New England Review, New Ohio Review, and many others. Jeff directs the Annie Deppe is the author of Sitting in the Sky (2003) and Wren Cantata (2009), both from Summer undergraduate creative writing program at Manhattanville College where Palace Press in Ireland. Her work has been included in The Forward Book of Poetry 2004, the equivalent he chairs the English Department and teaches fiction and screenwriting in of the Pushcart Anthology in Ireland and the United Kingdom. She holds master’s degrees in creative the College’s MFA program. His short documentary film, Fatman’s, has been writing from Lancaster University and in Educational Psychology from University of Connecticut. screened in festivals around the world and on North Carolina PBS. event is event is t570r0 Tirinnity Piretp Lyanep • Wrinteer Ppark.,o FL r327g92 opferne et oa ntdh e t570r0 Tirinnity Piretp Lyanep • Wrinteer Ppark.,o FL r327g92 opferne et oa ntdh e public public TPS_VisitingWriterPoster_Deppe.indd 1 2/2/15 11:17 AM TPS_VisitingWriterPoster_11x17.indd 1 10/9/14 11:58 AM TEACHER FEATURE How were you first introduced to music? This year you facilitated a class with Rachel Potter, an I lived in a very small town in Nebraska actress, singer, and songwriter who has performed on during most of my elementary school years, Broadway, was a nominee for the Independent Music and I don’t remember a lot of opportunity for Award for Best Song, and performed on “The X Factor.” organized activities, but I do remember singing How did you get to know her? a lot while I played outdoors. My grandmother She and I met through the Miss America pageant. My and mother were both pianists, and I mother and I used to co-chair various local pageants in Orlando remember playing the piano at our house and and Winter Park, and she was one of our contestants. She won my grandmother’s house for hours. I probably a title, so we worked with her that whole year. She’s a neat drove them crazy. My sister, who is two years person—genuine, driven, and musical—and she has made a younger than I, wanted to take piano lessons, beautiful impact on my life. but my mom didn’t want us to compete. I agreed to try guitar. You are a performer as well as a teacher. What are your I sort of fell into singing. I was sight-reading through one most memorable experiences on stage? of my guitar exercises, and my teacher said, “Come on over It’s the small moments when you are on stage that create here, over to the piano. I want you to sing something for me.” the strongest memories. It’s when you know in your core you That’s when I started singing. I could hear it in my head before I have touched the audience with the emotion and message sang—that skill is called “audiation.” I started voice lessons, and behind the music. It’s the glorious musical passage that fills the I soon performed with a small group of other fourth graders in room, a moment of comedy that gets a laugh, the intensity of a local talent show. We were up against local bands and older a heart-stopping pause, or the chills that crawl up my arm and kids, and we won. That was when I first knew how exciting music bring a tear to my eye when the music is absolutely golden— performance could be. these are the memories that stay fresh. 8 When we moved to Florida shortly afterwards, I continued My favorite musical roles were “Narrator” in Joseph and singing in school choirs. Music helped me find kids with similar the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and “Sister Mary Leo” in interests that I wouldn’t have otherwise known. I loved it so Nunsense. I’ve been the musical director of Oklahoma!, Bye, Bye, much for its own value, but it also connected me with other Birdie, Into the Woods, Children of Eden, and You’re a Good Man, people. Charlie Brown. My favorite ensemble in college was the Oratorio Chorus at Belmont University; we recorded Randall Thompson’s You have greatly increased the size and passion of the The Peaceable Kingdom. Locally, I’ve sung with the Bach Festival chorus troups at Trinity Prep—how did you do that? Choir for over 12 years. This choir has performed in concert with There’s so much talent on campus that’s untapped. In Andrea Bocelli and in Carmina Burana with the Orlando Ballet order to succeed at performing, you need to find the desire to at the new Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. We just be comfortable on stage. Whether you like to be the center of released a recording of Mozart’s “Requiem.” I also have recorded a attention or prefer to be part of a group, choir is definitely a place few tracks for Pangaea Projekt, a blend of all cultures and modern where you can be safe and build your confidence in singing. music technology. I truly enjoy collaborating and creating music You can step out of your box at your own pace and still have the with many voices and instruments. Don’t get me wrong—I love support of a team behind you, because that’s what choir is—it’s singing solo, but there is something about the teamwork and one big team. Our class activities prepare you if ever you want synergy it takes to create music in harmony. to solo, do small group performances, or audition successfully for All-State Chorus, so you feel like it is something you can How do you react when something goes wrong on stage? accomplish. We focus on growing not only as musicians, but as Moments that could have gone wrong were due to people. Our environment is supportive, no matter what level of wardrobe malfunctions. Once, some fringe on my costume singer you are. shirt got tangled in the button of another performer next to Every semester, a different group of students is enrolled me, and we were tethered together for a bit. Another time, the in chorus, so every semester I get to work with a different set crinoline under my poodle skirt came unraveled after doing a flip of singers and abilities. We get the best sound when the group with my dance partner. The crinoline started to tear, and when I members stay the same. However, some people have scheduling landed, somehow his foot became entangled in the tear, and as conflicts, so I don’t choose a lot of repertoire in advance. To best we continued to dance, it literally started unraveling at my feet! showcase the talent that is gathered, I listen for the first few With an upstage wink, we improvised some dance moves and weeks and find the strengths of each group, and then go from spun ourselves out of the center of the crinoline. I scooped it there. I hope some of the success we have found in our growth up and made my way offstage, shedding the crinoline quickly. I is because the music we perform is both challenging and fun for popped back out at the next musical transition to a nice round of the singers to study and interpret. applause, and the crinoline stayed in a heap behind the set. FEATURE C Some of the more dramatic faux-pas have been in groups How have you allowed your students to experiment I was conducting, such as when our set literally fell apart in the musically outside of the Trinity Prep atmosphere? H middle of a concert. I was the choir director for a high school just We prepare and perform every nine weeks on campus, outside Nashville; our concerts were always big and sold out for a enjoy singing in the community, and have earned positions full weekend. The theme of this concert was television and movie in state and national choirs. One of my goals since starting at music, so we turned the entire stage into a model of a TV set, TPS is to get the students more involved musically within the made of corkboard and Styrofoam. In the middle of a “soap opera state of Florida. My first year, I needed to concentrate on finding R commercial,” the set literally fell ON TOP of a student. No one was my footing with the choirs on campus, but the next year I did injured, and they immediately turned the incident into part of require all of Vocal Society to audition for All-State. We’re only the performance. One group of students distracted the audience allowed to try for a certain number of seats, and now we have with an extra song while another group took down the rest of more students than seats, which is a good position to be in. The I the set. I was so proud of how the students handled the situation middle school choir also has the opportunity to audition if they S so professionally! are ready. Handling surprises on stage is a fun part of live performance This year, we took eight singers—four middle school and always makes me smile when looking back. One bad singers and four upper school singers. Were represented in moment does not ruin a performance unless you let it. five different choirs at All-State. Their skills in sight reading and T music performance have really grown, so they earned positions How has this lesson been learned by the Trinity Prep to perform in the Middle School Concert Choir, the All-State choirs? Women’s Ensemble, and the All-State Concert Choir. We also I Every performance has its interesting moments, whether on had a student in the All-State Sight-Reading Choir, which is or off stage. Sometimes a microphone won’t work, a shoe will fall comprised of the top 15 sight readers within each voice part N off, or someone misses an entrance because a piece of important representing the entire state. apparel is misplaced. I am so proud of our TPS choir families The representation of TPS in the state is important, and it’s 9 when they face surprise adversity because they have collectively nice to see our singers continue to grow and excel locally as well. grown to handle these moments and make very professional and For example, this past year Vocal Society performed for a premier brave steps to do what is needed to keep the performances as event and fundraiser held both on campus and at Full Sail A flawless as possible. University and sang the anthem at TPS homecoming. Both the middle school choir and Vocal Society performed for the second year in a regional choir that sang with operatic tenor Ben Gulley. C A R T E R From back left: Alexandra Lipton ‘18, Celine Persaud ‘17, Matthew Christopher ‘15, Sean Leider ‘18, Austin Campbell ‘17, Samantha Liew ‘15, Hannah Schwab ‘15, Front row: Rachel Ward ‘15, Mackenzie Bland ‘16, Ashleigh Avallone ‘18, Roland Spillman ‘18, Norah Muhmoud ‘18, Hannah Lindvall ‘18

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