On Friday, April 12, Kingswood Oxford welcomed West Hartford’s very own mixed media artist and graphic designer Amy Genser as this year’s Goodman Banks Visiting Artist. Each year, the series invites a visual or performing artist from around the world to share their craft and expose Middle and Upper School students to a variety of […]
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Up until her junior year, the only theatre experience she had was playing the cowardly lion in her elementary school’s production of “Wizard of Oz.” Now she’s a triple threat who nevers cowers away from a spectacular performance. I am, of course, talking about our artist of the month, senior Jillian Alexander. Jill began her […]
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“Singing just brings me a lot of comfort and joy in every respect,” reflected senior Audrey Karasik. “It’s how I express myself.” From a young age, Audrey has been inclined towards the arts, notably musical theater and singing. Not only is music a creative outlet, it’s what guides Audrey through her everyday life. In third […]
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On Friday, April 12, KO music students had the opportunity to attend a performance of the Hartford Symphony Orchestra at The Bushnell in Hartford. This experience took the place of another event: KO’s Recital Night. The reason for this switch was due to multiple factors, one of which was timing. After much deliberation, the Recital […]
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On Saturday, Feb. 10, 2024, KO’s a cappella groups Crimson 7 and Oxfordians took the stage once again in the 2024 Wyvern Invitational A Cappella Festival (WIAF). WIAF originally began as an event between KO and Hall High School but eventually grew into an event that hosts an array of in-state and out-of-state a cappella […]
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In the world of art, there are many different forms of expression, from painting to film to writing. Dance is one form of art that is not well recognized, and this month we are highlighting freshman Molly Palmer and her lifelong journey with dance. Molly has spent a large amount of her life dancing and […]
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Only recently has senior Ted Simons become fully immersed in the world of music. After picking up the saxophone in elementary school, he began exploring the instrument more seriously in his sophomore year. “When we were choosing instruments in elementary school, it just looked the coolest to me,” he admitted. Although the saxophone didn’t immediately […]
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Artists have a certain kind of freedom that is not seen in any other field, with different forms and styles of art such as sculpture, painting, and photography that help them express themselves through their work. Recently, KO students in the Advanced Studio class were given the opportunity to showcase their work at an art […]
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To say KO has a long list of talented artists would be an understatement. Art is so important to the KO community that we write a whole article each month in celebration of just one. This January our artist of the month is a talented KO senior, Link Lee. Link has been making art her […]
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The Kingswood Oxford community was treated to the annual Candlelight Concert on Thursday, Dec. 7 in Roberts Theater. The event featured a variety of both vocal and instrumental groups, along with the faculty choir, and provided an opportunity for musicians to showcase their talents and hard work to family and friends. KO’s vocal ensembles worked […]
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