Brooks School ~ Visual and Performing Arts

Visual and Performing Arts

The arts are alive and center stage at Brooks.

The visual arts curriculum allows the novice artist to tap unknown creative talents while giving experienced students a platform for serious study in their medium of choice. Theater productions capture imaginations three time a year, as plays and musicals tackle the traditional and the contemporary in a range broad enough to include both Shakespeare and The Laramie Project. The diverse selection of music courses, ensemble groups and private lessons provide students with the opportunity to make music a significant part of their lives.

Brooks' on-campus gallery, the Robert Lehman Art Center, attracts exhibitions of exceptional educational quality. From kinetic sculptor Tim Prentice ’49 to the iconic art of Andy Warhol, exhibits are incorporated into a variety of academic courses to enhance student appreciation and understanding of the artists' work.

News about the Arts

Swan Song
5/28/2010
Budding fashion designer Bob Farnham ’10 presented his final couture collection as a Brooks student on Thursday in the Danforth Squash Center.

Steel Magnolias
5/20/2010
While the dramatic plot line of this year’s spring play, “Steel Magnolias” by Robert Harling, centers around the deadly disease of diabetes, the six female performers have truly embraced the play’s thematic message.

A Spring Concert
5/18/2010
More than 100 students and faculty members graced the auditorium’s stage Monday night during the jam-packed Spring Concert, which featured most of the campus’ musical groups. A handful of students were also honored for off-campus musical achievements during the evening event.

Brooksstock 2010
5/10/2010
Sunday marked the annual campus favorite, Brookstock. Initiated in the early 1980s — English teacher Leigh Perkins '81 was one of the first musical participants — students and faculty members performed for the crowds. And in addition to fun inflatables, there were numerous booths open with snacks and activities.

Beatboxin' Boys
4/12/2010
Whether it’s the kick drum, hi-hat or classic snare, the three members of Brooks’ Beatbox Club — Chidi Ibe ’10 of Nigeria, Haneol Jeong ’12 of South Korea and Tom Reny ’13 of Lexington, Mass. — are all fluent in the international language of beatbox.

On the Road: A Legacy of Walker Evans
4/5/2010

The Robert Lehman Art Center was mobbed Friday night for the opening of its latest photography exhibit, "On the Road: A Legacy of Walker Evans." The show features works by the famed American photographer and 22 well-known artists equally enthralled with life found along American’s back roads and major highways.

National Honors
3/26/2010

Clarinetist In Young Cho ’11 of Kyungkido, Korea, was recently accepted into the National Honor Concert Band, a significant feat by all accounts. She will rehearse and perform in Washington, D.C., with an ensemble of talented students from around the country this coming June. The final performance will be held at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on June 27.

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