The Sage Page Online Gallery

There have been requests again for the link to our Sage Page Gallery. This is the website that I publish student work on. You can find it here: www.emilymiah.com/sagepage

Don't forget to keep checking back as the Junior and MS students wrap up their free art projects!

What's up with that big picture of Audrey?

You may have noticed the BIG picture of Audrey in the cafeteria. Our digital photography cluster participated in a global art project by the street artist JR. Here's a link to his Ted Talk on his project - I highly recommend it!

http://www.ted.com/talks/jr_s_ted_prize_wish_use_art_to_turn_the_world_inside_out.html

We may have more posters coming...stay tuned! And thanks to Mr. Miller for creating the first!

You can find more photographs from our cluster on our Sage Page Gallery: www.emilymiah.com/sagepage

by Zachary W.

by Phillip K.

by Kippy S.

by August D.

Article about Brain Development in Music Makers

I thought this was a pretty interesting article.
It's short and sweet, telling of a study that shows the significance of music making on brain development.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110505083421.htm

Light Festival this Weekend at MIT

Looking for something to do this weekend?

This festival of lighting installations at MIT looks like a pretty exciting union between art and science:

http://arts.mit.edu/fast/fast-light/

Thanks to Ms. Martin for letting us know about it.

Summer Plans?

There are also lots of opportunities for music camps for students of all age levels during the summer.   There are postings outside the music room door, and here is a list of on-line resources for anyone interested.

Summer Music Opportunities for Students 2011

For a LONG list of local and sleepaway music camps, visit:

www.bandnotes.info/camps.htm

(With thanks to the Wayland PS music department for keeping a compiled list!)

For Summer Programs for all ages in Hingham and Duxbury at the South Shore Conservatory:

www.sscmusic.org

For Youth Enrichment programs at the Boston Conservatory for students in Grades 3-8:

(long drive?  Maybe.  But there are concurrent Zumba classes for parents!  And Miss Hogan drives this from Sage to the Conservatory area every day for work…trust her, it’s not so bad!)

www.bostonconservatory.edu (under Extension programs)

Community Youth Ensembles

May is the time of the year when auditioned groups generally hold placement auditions for the upcoming fall.

If you're interested in a group, here's a quick list of opportunities near Boston and Providence.  There is also a printout of these outside the music room door.

Current and former Sage students have been a part of many of these groups.  If you'd like to talk to one of them, let me know and I can try to help.

Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra

Various levels of youth orchestras

Rehearsals on Sunday afternoons at Boston University

Auditions May 23-31

www.byso.org

New England Conservatory Prep School

Orchestras, choruses, wind ensembles of various levels

Rehearsals throughout the weekend at New England Conservatory

Audition registration beginning immediately for May dates

www.necmusic.edu/prep/ensembles

Bay Youth Symphony

Orchestra and Sinfonia (including winds) ensembles, Pure Treble auditioned singing ensemble for unchanged voices (under 12)

Rehearsals on Wednesday evenings in Duxbury for orchestra, Rehearsals on Monday afternoons for Pure Treble

Audition information forthcoming

www.sscmusic.org

Rhode Island Philharmonic Music School

Youth orchestra, jazz, and wind ensembles

Rehearsals in Providence

www.ri-philharmonic.org

Handel and Haydn Society

Various levels of youth choirs

Rehearsals in Boston

www.handelandhaydn.org

Boston Children’s Chorus

Rehearsals in Boston

Youth Choruses

Auditions mid-May

www.bostonchildrenschorus.org

Pals Children’s Chorus

Rehearsals in Brookline

Youth Choirs

Auditions in May and June

www.palschildrenschorus.org

The Importance of Arts in Our Schools

Recently Prufock Press, which publishes many gifted education publications, recently posted on their blog a posting on the importance of arts in our schools.

Click here to see.