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BPS Arts Department Citywide Arts Institute
“Arts Learning for Cultural Competence and School Success”
Saturday, March 27, 2010 from 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at MassArt.
Arts Specialists Forum IV
Thursday, April 8, 2010 from 4:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m.
Boston Nature Center and Wildlife Sanctuary
500 Walk Hill Street, Mattapan, MA 02126
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http://www.massaudubon.org/printdirections.php?sanc_code=21
To register for any PD event, please visit mylearningplan.com
or email Nicole at nprefontaine@bpsarts.org
BPS Theatre Festival 2009-2010
May 4, 2010 / Time and location TBA
Fidelity Future Stage Program
The Boston Pops and Fidelity FutureStage are working with First Night to find talented high school musicians and vocalists to take part in the second annual Fidelity FutureStage Music Competition 2010. Up to four instrumental and/or vocal acts will be selected to perform live on stage with the Boston Pops and conductor Keith Lockhart. The competition is open to full-time students in grades 9 - 12, ages 13 - 19, attending any public high school in Boston or Cambridge, Massachusetts. Performers must be instrumental musicians and/or
vocalists performing as soloists or in ensembles comprised of no more than 5 student musicians. Previous participants and winners are only eligible to enter with new audition and concert performance material. Competition opens: WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2010. The application deadline: FRIDAY, MARCH 26, 2010. Complete rules and application details will be available on www.futurestage.com on February 10. For more information about the competition, contact: First Night Boston, Tom Formicola, Competition Manager; 36 Bromfield Street, Suite 204 Boston, MA 02108; 617.542.1399
tformicola@firstnight.org
Stage Source: Theatre Scholarship Awards
StageSource, the Greater Boston Theatre Alliance, will present scholarships for $500 each plus one-year memberships in spring 2010 to college/university students in his/her junior year and to graduating high school students with a demonstrated commitment and interest in theatre. Additionally, StageSource is honored to make available the Jack Welch Scholarship Award, named for one of the founding board members of StageSource. The Welch Scholarship will be made available to an aspiring college or high school student pursuing playwriting. All scholarship awards will be based on merit and reviewed by a committee of theatre professionals appointed by StageSource. The number of scholarships to be awarded will be determined in the spring. Historically, StageSource has awarded four to five scholarships each year and has presented four to five students each year with an Honorable Mention designation, which includes a one-year membership to StageSource. cholarship Award guidelines and application forms are online at www.StageSource.org/education.cfm. Application deadline is April 2, 2010, and award recipients will be notified on or around May 1, 2010. For more information, call StageSource at 617-720-6066.
VSA Playwriting Contest
The VSA arts Playwright Discovery Program invites middle and high school students to take a closer look at the world around them, examine how disability affects their lives and the lives of others, and express their views through the art of playwriting. Playwrights may write from their own experience or about an experience in the life of another person or fictional character. Scripts can be comedies, dramas, or even musicals—be creative! Young playwrights with and without disabilities are encouraged to submit a script. Entries may be the work of an individual student or a collaboration by a group or class of students. The winning play will be professionally produced or staged at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. The winning playwright receives $2,000 and a trip to Washington, D.C., to see his or her play performed. All submissions must be received by April 15, 2010, for consideration. Click here for more information, application guidelines, and teacher resources.
Free Tickets to Barber of Seville
Boston Lyric Opera’s Opera for Young Audiences program is offering FREE tickets to it's fully staged production of Rossini’s The Barber of Seville. Monday, March 1, 2010 at 9:45 or 11:45am, at The Strand Theatre, 543 Columbia Road, Dorchester. To order tickets: go online to blo.org/schools.html, email Julie House at jhouse@blo.org, or call 617.542.4912 x242. Your ticket reservation includes admission for your students, a complimentary CD recording of highlights from the opera and a study guide aligned with MA curriculum standards.
Allston/Brighton Arts Bridge
Free documentary film making workshop for teens. We are a newly formed non-profit community arts organization dedicated to providing quality arts experiences to the members of the Allston Brighton community, and our pilot program is a FREE teen workshop in documentary film making. With this program we aim to promote writing, story-telling and research skills, as well as technical skills in video production, film editing and sound production. We recently received a grant from the BRA and the Harvard Allston Partnership Fund to offer this program free to teens in the area of Allston Brighton. Find out more...
Prudential Center Performing Opportunities
If you are interested in having your students perform at the Prudential Center during the 2009-2010 school year, please review the performance guidelines and interest form.
Wheelock Family Theatre
Wheelock Family Theatre is a professional, non-profit theatre located
in Boston's
Fenway neighborhood. Each production
WFT offers has scheduled 10am matinees for schools and a discounted ticket
of $10 per person. School Partnerships are also available and include
a pre-attendance visit from a WFT teaching artist and a post-performance
Q and A with the cast and crew. Study Guides are available for each production. Please contact Kay Elliott at 617-879-2252 or kelliott@wheelock.edu High School Internships in Technical Theatre, Marketing and Administration
are also available. www.wheelock.edu/wft
The Huntington Theatre Company's Student Matinee
Series features special 10 am performances for middle and high school
tickets with tickets offered at a discounted price of $12 per student.
Student Matinees culminate in a post-show discussion with the cast. Contact
Amanda Rota, the Huntington's Education Manager at 617-273-1558 or email
arota@hungtingtontheatre.bu.edu
The American Repertory Theatre
ART offers $18 discount tickets to student groups for many shows; free
dramaturgical materials, pre- and post-show discussions may be available.
Special weekday matinees are often scheduled, and include post-show discussions
with cast and artistic staff. Study guides may be available for classroom
use. For more information, visit www.amrep.org,
write to groups@amrep.org,
or call 617.496.2000 x8844.
"Carnival" at the Edison K-8 School
What an incredible production. Congratulations to the Edison K8 School's Performing Arts Department. Special congratulations to all 8th grade performers and their arts specialists, Emily Culver and Gilberto Rivera for a magnificent job. Stay tuned for video footage of this amazing production!
Boston Latin Theatre Company Wins Best Tech Crew Award!
The Boston Latin Theatre Company's production of Merrily We Roll Along won the Award for Best Tech Crew/Execution for Merrly We Roll Along at the North Shore Spotlight Awards On June 2nd! Congratulations!
Theatre Company Selected to Perform at the Fringe Festival Scotland
The Theatre Company was selected to perform at the Fringe Festival Scotland for the American Theatre Festival! They made the final cut based on their body of work the last 3 years. The company is nominated for 4 awards for Merrily We Roll Along for the North Shore Music Theatre Spotlight Awards : Best Musical, Best Supporting Actor (Jacob Meister) Best Orchestra and Best Tech Crew.
Boston Latin School Advances in 2009 DRAMA GUILD Competition!
Congratulations to the cast and crew of DarkPlay or Stories for Boys for their win in the
preliminary competition of the Massachusetts High School Drama Guild Festival on Saturday, Feb. 28th at Wellesley High School. Read more...
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