East Brunswick Arts Education: October 2014

Congratulations on a summer of community service and professional development

Students of Ms. Donna D'Amico (EBHS Art) pose behind a special piano painting project requested by the East Brunswick Arts Commission. Read the article on this unique way to connect the members of the community to the arts.

Jennifer Sengin (EBHS Music) was the artistic director of Ithaca College Summer Music Academy Video embedded below. Students in the program made a documentary about the importance of music and how you can use music to be expressive. The song is "Brave" by Sara Barielle, and students talk about how music can make you "brave" or "courageous."

Congratulations to Lynne Elson (CJHS Theatre Arts) on being named the 2014 winning playwright with her play "A Blessed Unrest." In keeping with the Firehouse Theatre’s (Richmond, VA) mission of promoting new work by American artists, the Festival of New American Plays began in 2002 as a way to encourage and incubate new plays by established and emerging playwrights in the USA. It has become a grassroots event with substantial involvement from the community, as hundreds of scripts submitted to the Playwriting Contest from all over the country are read by volunteer readers from the Greater-Richmond area.

Students of Antonia Germanos (HMS Art) participated in "The Memory Project" for Nicaraguan children. HMS Art students drew portraits based on photographs and helped raise $3,000 for their schooling needs.
Watch the video of the children receiving them below:

Dear Ms. Germanos and all artists,

I’m happy to let you know that over the summer your portraits were delivered to the kids at the orphanages in Nicaragua! We made the following video to show everyone how the delivery took place, and to give you a glimpse at their reactions:

Nicaragua 2014 from Ben Schumaker on Vimeo.

Dr. Anna Braun (CJHS Music) was interviewed by the Newark Star Ledger on the importance of Arts Education in schools. Read the article from Inside NJ Magazine here, which was based on a visit to the Churchill Pops Concert last June.

The Carolyn Dorfman Dance Company will present a dance concert for the entire 5th grade class of East Brunswick Schools on Tuesday morning, November 18th. Held at the East Brunswick Performing Arts Center at Hammarskjold Middle School, this concert is a culmination of the experience each child has received through a series of four lessons in the elements and principles of dance taking place within general music classes throughout October and November.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25
EBHS Marching Band Festival
5:00 PM
Band appearing are not listed in performance order:

Point Pleasant Borough High School - Point Pleasant NJ

East Brunswick High School - East Brunswick NJ

Long Branch High School - Long Branch NJ

Hopewell Valley Central High School - Pennington NJ

Allentown High School (NJ) - Allentown NJ

Westfield High School (NJ) - Westfield NJ

Howell Township High School - Farmingdale NJ

North Brunswick Township High School - North Brunswick NJ

Nutley High School - Nutley NJ

Oceanside High School - Oceanside NY

Manalapan High School - Manalapan NJ

Hightstown High School – Hightstown NJ

Watchung Hills Regional High School - Warren NJ

Jackson Liberty High School - Jackson NJ

Rahway High School - Rahway NJ

Manhasset High School - Manhasset NY

BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING ROOM
ART EXHIBITS

September 29-October 17 Frost Elementary School
(Students of Sylvia Rosenberg, Lisa Gombas, and Dalia Elhaj)

October 20-November 7 Lawrence Brook Elementary Schools

(Students of Mary Ann Lair and Jillian Sieczkowski)