Winter Festival of Art and Music

If you're feeling a little gloomy outside this mid-winter, come on inside. The Saint David's Winter Festival of Art and Music is in full swing and our halls are ablaze with vibrant color, music and song. Below are a few highlights from the 5th Grade Musicale last night and a few pieces of artwork that I managed to take a snapshot of today while moving through the halls. Tomorrow morning we have the Chamber Singers, Percussion Ensemble and Orchestra. Following are just a few examples of the incredible art on display this week.

This first clip is a snip-it from the Recorders -- "Coventry Carol."

This second clip is Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven" performed by the 5th Grade Bells.

The 2nd Grade Red Grooms inspired murals are definitely worth a look. They fill an entire classroom, floor to ceiling--spectacular!

"City Scape" 2nd Grade Class Mural inspired by Red Grooms (Art, 2nd Grade).

"Medieval Vehicles" (Woodshop, 3rd Grade).

Van Gogh inspired painting (Art, 5th Grade).

Dali and other Surrealist inspired "Animools"--creative combinations of tools & animals in a unique setting (Art, 8th Grade).

"Nailed Rectangular Frames" (Woodshop, 6th Grade).

"Friendship Portraits" drawings of friends in imaginary settings in black line & watercolor (Art, Omega).

Anthropomorphic Pots inspired by South America moche style (Pottery, 5th Grade).

"Neighborhood Scenes" inspired by (Art, 5th Grade).

"In situ" architectural drawing studies, Cape Cod, MA (Art, 7th Grade).

Jackson Pollock inspired "Marble Paintings" (Art, K).

"Egyptian Figures"--individually created deities inspired by ancient wall paintings (Art, 4th Grade)..

Whimsical "Colorful Castles" inspired by Klee, Hundertwasser, and Gaudi (Art, 3rd Grade).

"Self-Portraits" in watercolor with a focus on color, value and composition (Art, 6th Grade).

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OLIVER!

This morning our fifth graders continued a great year-end tradition at Saint David's, The Fifth Grade Musical. The boys performed Oliver! and they were fantastic, providing impressive performances and demonstrating great vocal ability. They have been mastering the dialogue and musical numbers for weeks, and clearly gave it their all. Congratulations to the cast on a job well done, and to their Producers/Teachers James Hubbard and Jamie MacNeille, Director Phyllis Clark, Musical Conductor Jeff Moore, and the Parent Committee of Cynthia Chapman, Susan Kissane, Tara Neumann, Joyce Restituto, and Ann Roberts. Musical theater is alive and well at Saint David's!

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