| TASIS Arts Festival 2016 MAY 19-22 
The 42nd annual TASIS Arts Festival will begin with an Opening Celebration in the Palestra at 10:00 on Thursday, May 19, and conclude with outdoor workshops led by guest artists on the afternoon of Sunday, May 22. The days and hours in between will be packed with concerts, theatrical performances, art exhibitions, and much more. See a full schedule of events below, and please note that the general public is very much encouraged to join TASIS for this year's exciting celebration of the Arts. Arts Festival Schedule | Thursday, May 19 | | 10:00 | Palestra | Opening Celebration An introduction to the Arts Festival, featuring the TASIS HS Choirs, Student Instrumentalists, Singers, and Actors
| | 17:00 | Palmer Center | All-School Choral Concert Featuring performances by Elementary, Middle, High School, and Faculty choirs. • Music Directors: Melody Tibbits, Elementary School; Sarah Grove Locke, Middle School; Samantha Forrest, High School; Tamara Schumacher; Faculty.
• Accompanists: Jonathan Morris, Maestro di Canto, and Gloria De Piante Vicin
| | 19:00 | Palmer Center | A Comic Scene from Shakespeare’s Love’s Labour’s Lost Filmed and Presented by Honors World Literature class |
| | Friday, May 20 | | 08:30 | Palmer Center | Conducting Workshop for Grade 5 Elementary School Students The Camerata dei Castelli Chamber Orchestra | | 14:30 | Palestra | Adventures with Peer Gynt Excerpts from Peer Gynt by Edvard Grieg, suites 1 and 2 • Three short selections conducted by Grade 5; Narration by Grades 7 and 8.
• The Camerata dei Castelli Chamber Orchestra; Andreas Laake, conductor | | 19:00 | Palmer Center | The Middle School Musical: Seussical JR. Performed by Middle School Students • Director: Matthew Frazier-Smith
• Choreographer: Julie Frazier-Smith
• Musical Directors: Sarah Grove Locke and Melody Tibbits
• Reserve online at www.tasis.ch/seussical | | 20:00 | De Nobili Terrace | Open Mic | | 20:30 | Palmer Center | Art Auction for Mission Bambini The 8th grade Mission Bambini Service Learning Group will support the Pavoni School of Milan by auctioning off artworks they have created. |
| | Saturday, May 21 | | 11:30 | Palmer Center | Individual Instrumental and Vocal Recitals Performances by TASIS Students, Pre-K–Grade 6
| | 13:30 | Palmer Center | Vocal Class Recital
Performances by TASIS Vocal Students
Studio of Jonathan Morris, Maestro di Canto
| | 17:15 | Palestra | Arts Festival Concert Featuring TASIS Student Soloists and the All-School Combined Choirs • The Camerata dei Castelli Chamber Orchestra and members of the Conservatorio della Svizzera Italiana • Andreas Laake, conductor
• Piano accompaniment: Jonathan Morris, Maestro di Canto | | 19:30 | Palmer Center | The Middle School Musical: Seussical JR. Performed by Middle School Students • Director: Matthew Frazier-Smith
• Choreographer: Julie Frazier-Smith
• Musical Directors: Sarah Grove Locke and Melody Tibbits
• Reserve online at www.tasis.ch/seussical |
| | Sunday, May 22
| | 12:00 | Palmer Center | Individual Instrumental Recitals by TASIS Students, Grades 7-12 | | 13:00 | Outdoor Theater | High School and Middle School Band Presentations | | 14:00 | MCF Piazza | Steli, an Interactive Installation by Stalker Teatro, Turin | | 14.30 | Palmer Center | The Middle School Musical: Seussical JR. Performed by Middle School Students • Director: Matthew Frazier-Smith
• Choreographer: Julie Frazier-Smith
• Musical Directors: Sarah Grove Locke and Melody Tibbits
• Reserve online at www.tasis.ch/seussical | | 15:45 | MCF Piazza | Steli, an Interactive Installation by Stalker Teatro, Turin | | 16:15 | Palmer Center | Unexpected in New York: The Surprise Play Performed by TASIS High School Theater classes | | 13:00–16:30 | Basketball Court | Workshops led by Guest Artists and Artisans • Basket Weaving with artisan Denise Realini
• Caricature Drawing by graphic illustrator and cartoonist Ivan Artucovich
• Creative Ceramic Tile Painting with TASIS art teacher Simona Bellini
• Creating Herbal Soaps with artisan Alessandra Crosta
• Magical Wonders, a demonstration by magician Walter Maffei
• Marbleized Paper with TASIS art teacher Simona Bellini
• Pottery on the Wheel with ceramicists Brigit Hurst and Samuel Vogel
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| | Exhibitions | | Student exhibitions are open to the public from Friday afternoon to Sunday afternoon.
| | Palestra
High School, Middle School, and Elementary School Art Exhibition
| | Ferit Şahenk Fine Arts Center - Horst Dürrschmidt Gallery
Best in Show: Selected IB and AP Student Artwork:
Photography, Drawing & Painting, Architecture & Design
| | Villa de Nobili
Photography by High School Students | | Monticello
Photography by High School Students and Artwork by Middle School Students
| | Terrace Between Monticello and Lanterna
The Next Step, a sculpture donated by artist Mary K. Seyfarth PG ’66
| For further information, please email simone.aeschliman@tasis.ch. |
