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This year, the concert band is taking on a unique endeavor. It is a very exciting time for the band members including Creative Arts Department Chair, Todd Millen. The musicians are thrilled to partake in an entirely new experience; Mr. Millen is commissioning a piece for the band to perform in the spring. Mr. Millen […]
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For senior Rohan Naik, playing the violin has become part of his identity. When Rohan was six, he started taking violin lessons. He joined the school orchestra for the first time when he was in sixth grade and has been a member of musical groups ever since. Now, he plays in some of the most […]
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This past summer, senior Elan Stadelmann embarked on a two-week musical journey at the Litchfield Jazz Camp, an enhancive program at the Gunnery School for high school students interested in exploring the depths of jazz. For Elan, he said this meant spending two weeks in heaven. “The camp was amazing no matter what we were […]
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If you want to learn about the history of art, AP Art History is the class for you. This class, taught by English and Creative Arts teacher Heidi Hojnicki, is offered based on enrollment. The class studies art from 30,000 BCE to present day from all over the world, looking at it in context of […]
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For the first time, members of the select choirs at KO were given the unique opportunity to travel to Germany this past summer and experience the rich culture and history while also improving their skills as singers. On June 13, students in choral groups Outlook and Voce Novissima set out for their week-long journey in […]
Read More“A Little Night Music,” the final concert for Kingswood Oxford’s orchestras and bands, took place on Friday, April 26, with performances by the Middle School and Upper School orchestras in Alumni Hall, followed by the Upper School Jazz Combo, Concert Band, and Chamber Ensembles performing in Roberts Theater. Organized by Upper School Creative Arts Department Chair […]
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At KO, 70% of students visit Paraguay as part of the Team Tobati community service trip. Most students document their trip using cellphone cameras or digital cameras, but senior Taline Norsigian decided to raise the bar and experiment with a film camera. She tried out both black and white and colored film in her 35mm […]
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The most overwhelmingly beautiful moments music teacher Richard Chiarappa has experienced have been standing atop the rostrum, waving his baton excitedly through the air. When asked what he envisions while conducting and playing music, he immediately begins to express the feeling of the sounds in his heartbeat, so peaceful and moving. “When you are standing […]
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The Gwendolyn Brooks Poetry Contest takes place every year in which both Upper and Middle School students can participate. Any student can take part in the contest by submitting up to three poems. Three student poems will be selected from the Upper School as winners and three students from the Middle School. Each winner receives […]
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Mark Kravetz is not a fame-seeker. Some at KO might not even recognize this name, and if you go to the KO News website and type in his name, the only time it appears is in the third paragraph in an article on the fall play. So who is Mark Kravetz? Well, according to him, […]
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