Page 4 - Welcome back newsletter

photo by Roger Richards
DANCE
This year the Dance Department promises to deliver amazing experiences, new friendships, and new and old traditions. The dancers will hit the ground running with auditions for the first round of choreographers for Winter Dance Concert! Highlighting our fall itinerary is a trip to The Kennedy Center in Washington DC to
see San Francisco Ballet.
In March, some of our dancers will perform with the Richard Alston Dance Company at Chrysler Hall as part of the Regional High School Dance Festival. This Festival will bring dancers from performing arts high schools from around the country, to Norfolk where they will perform and take classes with some of the finest dance educators in the country. This fall we look forward to GSA ’s college fair, and master classes throughout the year from world class dance companies with some of the most renown dance educators from around the country. Over Memorial Day weekend we will travel to NYC for classes, dance concerts, and a taste of Broadway. The year culminates with our Spring Concert which will bring our dancers to the stage for our spring celebration of dance. The year ahead is filled with endless possibilities, artistic growth, and the love of Dance.
INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC
The Instrumental Music department looks forward to a year of collaborations with the Vocal Music department (Messiah, Bach Cantata 82, and Marriage of Figaro), the Visual Arts department (Fashion Show), Old Dominion University Percussion Ensemble (Varèse Ionisation), Virginia Commonwealth University Orchestra (music of Márquez, Ginastera, Revueltas, and Bernstein), Christ and Saint Luke's Church (Mozart and Chilcott), the Virginia Arts Festival (Rhythm Live, master classes with Alicia Weilerstein and Colin Currie), and many others! Members of the
department will travel to Germany, France, and Iceland during spring break.