Announcing Auditions!

Auditions for the spring musical, Once Upon a Mattress, will be held in the auditorium after school on January 30.  Callbacks will be after school on the 31st.  Auditions are open to all interested ECS middle school and upper school students.  Interested students should pick up an audition packet and fill out the enclosed audition form prior to auditions.  Additionally, students interested in participating on a technical crew should pick up and fill out a tech form prior to auditions.  Audition packets and tech forms should be available by the 27th.

Announcement:

The middle school and upper school theatre program is proud to announce our spring musical, Once Upon A Mattress!  This fun and fanciful musical is based on the classic tale, The Princess and the Pea.  Auditions will be held in late January, and performances will be in mid-April.  Stay tuned for more information!

New Art Galleries are on Artsonia

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Nick Becton

Percussion Outreach at UAMS

A select group of Intermediate and Advanced percussion students will be traveling to UAMS on December 3rd to perform a Christmas concert for patients and their families.  The steel band concert will take place from 12pm-12:45pm and will feature a number of Christmas favorites, as well as a demonstration and hands-on opportunity for the patients.  We would like to thank Erin Gray and the UAMS Volunteer Services office for inviting us to come and play.  

The Middle School and Upper School theatre program performs The Diviners this weekend!  Come see our students tackle this powerful play!  Performances are Thursday, 11/14 and Saturday, 11/16 at 7:00pm, and Friday, 11/15 at 4:30pm.  Admission is $5 for students and $10 for adults. 

Steel Band Performs at ASO "Beethoven and Blue Jeans"

Join the Episcopal Steel Band for a tailgate party with the Arkansas Symphony this weekend!  The Steelcats will be performing before each of the ASO’s Beethoven and Blue Jeans concerts, Saturday 6pm – 7:30pm and Sunday 1pm – 2:30pm.  Any ticket to the ASO concert grants free entry to the tailgate party and all the festivities. Markham street will be blocked off, pit-masters will be cooking up brats and Diamond Bear will be providing refreshments for the adults.  Join us for a great time with the Arkansas Symphony! Call the ASO box office at 666-1761 for tickets and more information.

Percussion Studio Update: October 2013

Percussion Students with Guests Norman Weinberg
and Rick Dimond

Percussion Studio Update:  October 2013

The weather is cooling off but the percussion class and steel band performance schedule is just starting to heat up!  The steel band has already performed at a Hendrix College football game, given a concert performance at St. Luke's Episcopal Church in North Little Rock, and partied with the crowd at the Heights Third Thursday celebration.  Dr. Norman Weinberg visited all the percussion classes for a week-long residency in September, culminating with a beautiful performance of Toru Takemitsu's Raintree.  Below is a list of our upcoming performances.  We hope you can make plans to join us!  

1. Friday, October 25th and November 8th, 7pm:  Introduction and Beginning Classes perform at the home football games.  Come help us cheer on the Wildcats!
2. Thursday, October 31st, 9:20am:  Beginning and Introduction to Percussion classes will perform in MS/US Chapel.  We will feature our African Drumming ensembles.  You don't want to miss it!
3. Wednesday, November 6th, 10:45am:  Introduction to Percussion class gives a "Hands-On" chapel performance at the  Lower School.  Lower School students will enjoy playing African djembes, shekeres, gankogui (double bell) and other fantastic instruments, as well as getting on stage to sing and dance.  
4. Saturday-Sunday, November 9th and 10th:  Steel Band performs at Arkansas Symphony Beethoven and Blue Jeans tailgate party; 6-7:30pm Saturday, 1-2:30pm Sunday.  Tailgating has never been so much fun!
5. Tuesday, December 3rd, 12pm:  Steel Band performs Christmas music at UAMS for patients and families with a lunch-time concert! 

We hope to see you soon!