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Arts a la Carte Department of Visual & Performing Arts June 2015

Westfield Public Schools Westfield New Jersey

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In addition to our own recognition of

the outstanding work of the students involved in WHS theatre, there have

been several external recognitions of student work this year as well. WHS

was nominated for six awards by

Montclair State University at its annual “Theatre Night Awards”,

which recognizes excellence in high school plays. The fall production of

The Laramie Project received two awards, including “Outstanding

Performance by an Actor in a

Supporting Role” for Daniel Coelho and “Outstanding Production of a

Drama”.

Meanwhile, at the Bucks County

Theatre Festival in New Hope, PA, the students performed two one act

plays, Four Women Wearing the Same Dress, by Alan Ball, and

Devotion, Blindness, and Wine, by

WHS senior Michael Poyntz. Both shows were excellent and received

the following recognitions: “Outstanding Performance by an

Ensemble Cast” - Four Women Wearing the Same Dress and

“Outstanding Performance by an

Actor” for Michael Poyntz - Devotion, Blindness, and Wine.

Closer to home, the members of the

WHS Thespian troupe celebrated the end of the year with the Fifth Annual

“International Thespian Gala”, which

was held at The Westwood on May 27th. This marks the fifth year that

WHS has been involved with the International Thespian Society which

is the National Honor Society

representing high school theatre students. At the Gala, the students

celebrated the many successes of the year with family and friends. This

celebration included various external recognitions, academic accomplishments and community service commendations as well as department awards. This year

CHARLES ADDAMS MEMORIAL ART AWARD: Amanda Christian

LOUIS ARMSTRONG JAZZ AWARD: Ian Knapp MADELEINE WILD-BRISTOL MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP: Caitlin Collins and Lauren Echausse

DIRECTOR’S AWARD FOR BAND: Kevin Echausse DIRECTOR’S AWARD FOR DRAMA: Michael Poyntz

DRAMA ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: Jacqueline Daaleman JEAN MCDERMOTT SCHOLARSHIP: Anna Reid

JOHN PHILIP SOUSA BAND AWARD: Joseph DeRosa NATIONAL BAND ASSOCIATION OUTSTANDING JAZZ MUSICIANS:

Edward Dellarso, Matthew Gaudin, Angel Lopez and Christopher Romano NATIONAL BAND ASSOCIATION OUTSTANDING MUSICIANS:

Madeline Capodanno, Bryan Chou, Max Flysch, Anthony Pirrone and Bobbi Snyder RACHEL MATHER SULLIVAN SCHOLARSHIP: Rita Murphy

THESPIAN OF THE YEAR: Stephen Bubniack WESTFIELD ART ASSOCIATION AWARD: Anna Reid

WESTFIELD HIGH SCHOOL BAND SENIORS CONTINUING IN A MUSIC FIELD AWARDS: Joseph DeRosa, Max Flysch, Ian Knapp and Michael Maguire

WESTFIELD HIGH SCHOOL CONCERT CHOIR AWARDS: Lauren Echausse and Julian Mone WESTFIELD HIGH SCHOOL TECHNICAL THEATER AWARDS: Joseph Messing and Scott Messing

WESTFIELD HIGH SCHOOL ESPRIT DE CORPS: Katherine Ko and Corinne Petersen

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Arts a la Carte June 2015

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the end of year Theatre Department

awards went to the following students: “Theatre Director’s Award”

- Michael Poyntz; “Theatre Achievement Award” - Jacqueline

Daaleman; “Technical Theatre Award” - Joseph and Scott Messing

(co-recipients); and “Thespian of the

Year” - Stephen Bubniak

Additionally, the WHS spring musical production of Urinetown received 14

nominations & 1 honorable mention

in the 2015 Paper Mill Playhouse “Rising Star Awards”. The

nominations include: “Outstanding Overall Production of a Musical”

“Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role” - Julian

Mone as Bobby Strong; “Outstanding

Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role” - Lauren Echausse

as Little Sally; “Outstanding Performance by a Featured Ensemble

or Group” - The Poor; “Outstanding

Performance by a Chorus”; “Outstanding Achievement by a

Teacher or Outside Director” - Daniel Devlin; “Outstanding Achievement in

Choreography and Staging” -

Samantha Hahn; “Outstanding Achievement in Musical Direction” –

John Brzozowski; “Outstanding Scenic

Achievement” - Roy Chambers; “Outstanding Lighting Achievement” -

Sharp Edge Lighting Design; “Outstanding Costume Achievement”

- Maddie Kevelson and O.C. Szwarc;

“Outstanding Hair & Make-up Achievement” - Allie Safonov;

“Student Achievement Award” - Stephen Bubniak, Stage Manager;

“Student Achievement Award” - Rita Murphy, Graphic Design and

Honorable Mention “Outstanding

Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role” - Maddie Hudelson

as Penelope Pennywise.

At the Paper Mill Playhouse awards

ceremony on June 2nd, Westfield High School’s production of

Urinetown won two Rising Star Awards – “Outstanding Performance

by a Chorus”, and “Student Achievement in Stage management”

for senior, Stephen Bubniak.

Congratulations to all of the WHS

theatre students for their outstanding work, both in and out of the

classroom!

NJ All State Chorus

The WHS Choral department is proud to announce that we had 8 singers

accepted into the 2015-16 NJ All State Mixed and Women’s Choirs.

Congratulations to the following

students who were accepted:

2015 Mixed Chorus Noah Bram

Lucy Hale Catherine Moore

Abby Rothenberg

Emma Stern Max Wasilewski

2016 Womens Chorus

Olivia McElheny

Madeleine Rosenthal

These students were selected from almost 2000 high school singers from

across the state of New Jersey. In

November and February of next school year, these talented students

will have the thrill of performing at the New Jersey Performing Arts

Center alongside other selected high school students from around the

state of New Jersey.

Westfield High

School Art

Drawing students have worked on

portraiture. They have learned

proportions of the human head and

created beautiful value drawings of

classmates. Working with a partner

they have used all the drawing

techniques from the Drawing course

to draw profile portraits.

June 2015 Arts a la Carte

Composition students are finishing

up acrylic still-life paintings. They had

developed a series of value studies

and selected one to set their mood.

Working from direct observation they

were able to color mix with high key,

middle, key and low key values. They

mixed tints, tones and shades to best

meet their value key. Their brush and

color mixing confidence is expanding

every day. At home they are

developing stream-of-conscious Artist

Statements, which will be refined

next year and become part of their

portfolios, when they continue on in

Advanced Portfolio & Art History.

Advanced Portfolio &

Art IV Students continued

to work on independent

projects of their own

creation as well as focus on

art history. Using the

Formal Critical Method,

they will be completing full

critiques based on a work

from the District Art Show.

They will be demonstrating

knowledge from their art

history units as they draw

comparisons to works seen

at the art show.

Foundations of Art students

recently finished up a printmaking

unit where students were able to

explore methods of creation including

collagraph and dry point to name a

few. A collagraph is a style of

printmaking where different materials

such as paper, string, leaves and

other found materials are collaged


onto a surface, inked and then run

through a press to leave an

impression on a separate piece of

paper. Dry point is a style of Intaglio

printmaking where a sharp metal

needle is used to scratch in a design

into a matrix (printing plate). The

student works were scratched in and

then inked and run through a press

to create an edition of prints. Some

students used watercolor paint to

embellish their prints. Students also

delved into modern art styles,

understanding the characteristics and

artists associated with art movements

ranging from Impressionism to

Abstract Expressionism. Students

created an original work based on the

style of art known as Surrealism.

Developed in the early 20th century,

the style was brought to fame by

artists such as Salvador Dali and the

creation of works based on dreams

and the subconscious mind. After

practicing art criticism skills, students

more fully understand ways to

intelligently discuss works of art by

using the art criticism steps including

description, analysis, interpretation

and judgment. Students are currently

working on a number of final projects

including wire figure sculptures

concentrating on keeping accurate

human proportions and creating a

sense of movement in a sculpture

and pen and ink visual pun

illustrations.

Students in Crafts Exploration have

finished up the Sculpture Unit by

each completing a hand carved

Soapstone sculpture. Some of the

completed pieces were displayed in

the District Art Show. The entire unit

consisted of a bas relief balsa foam

letter, a carved and painted plaster

mask, a Mod Podge collaged bowl

and the soapstone carving. The last

unit of the year was Mixed Media.

This unit covered Japanese Koinobori

fish kites, collaged baskets and a

student planned project. The Koinobori

fish kite involves printmaking,

painting, attaching embellishments

and sewing. The baskets use

materials including round reed, flat

reed, raffia, feathers, sticks, beads

and found objects.

Ceramics 1 classes completed their

wax resist organic bowls and are

ending the year by carving a 6 inch

square tile. Students will be

combining some of the techniques

learned throughout the semester in

order to roll out an even square slab,

carve out their design in multiple

layers, and glaze the final project.

Music

Concert Bands

The WHS Bands presented their spring concert on Thursday June 10th

in the WHS Auditorium. The concert included performances by the Concert

Band, Symphonic Band and Wind

Ensemble as well as special senior recognitions as we bid farewell to the

class of 2015.

On Friday May 15th the WHS Bands

were paid a visit by the woodwind faculty of the University of Delaware.

The professors of Flute, Clarinet, Oboe, Bassoon and Saxophone spent

time performing for the band classes as well as speaking to students about

the many opportunities to play an

instrument at the college level, regardless of area of study.

The WHS Bands sent 48 students

overseas during spring break on a

performance tour of Austria and the Czech Republic. The tour featured the


WHS Ensemble in concert at Na

Marjance in Prague, at an outdoor performance in the Schonbrunn

Palace Gardens in Vienna and in a

joint concert with the Tractenmusikkapelle Alpine Brass

Band held in the Austrian Alps.

Jazz Bands

WHS Jazz was pleased to have Sean Nelson, trombonist with the United

States Coast Guard Band, join the WHS Jazz Bands at their 2015

Spring Jazz Concert held on June 5th in the WHS Auditorium.

Musician 1st Class Sean Nelson plays trombone in the U.S. Coast Guard

Band and the U.S. Coast Guard Dixieland Jazz Band. In addition, he is

staff arranger for the concert band

and music director and lead trombonist for the Guardians Big

Band.

As an arranger and composer, Sean won the National Band Association

Young Composers Jazz Composition

Contest and is a two-time winner of Downbeat Magazine’s Student Jazz

Arranging Contest. He attended the BMI Jazz Composers Workshop,

where he studied with Jim McNeely

and Mike Holober. He currently works as the arranger for Sam Houston

State University's Bearkat Marching Band, writing new shows each

season.

A native of Dallas, Texas, Sean

received a Bachelor of Music degree from Sam Houston State University,

studying trombone with Henry Howey, and a Master of Music degree

from the University of North Texas,

studying trombone with Tony Baker and jazz arranging with Paris

Rutherford and Rich DeRosa. While at North Texas, he was trombonist and

composer for the world renowned

One O’Clock Lab Band and sang with the Jazz Singers I. Sean's trombone

quartet won the International

Trombone Association Quartet Contest and he was honorable

mention in the ITA's Frank Smith Solo Competition. He spent his summers

and winter breaks playing in house

bands on cruise ships for Princess Cruises and Cunard Cruises.

The June 5th Concert featured the

Stage Band, Jazz Ensemble,

Percussion Ensemble and the Indoor Color Guard.

Indoor Color Guard

Under the direction of Ashley Pierce

and Cheryl Gillick, the WHS Winter placed 9th at the Mid Atlantic Indoor

Network championships held in April at South Brunswick High School.


Marching Band

The WHS Marching Blue Devils have announced their 2015 production

entitled “Caged Bird.” The show will

be centered around the famous poem by Maya Angelou and will feature the

following musical sections: Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46: I. Morning Mood

by Edvard Grieg; Norwegian Wood by

The Beatles; Blackbird by The Beatles and Sara Gazarek; Hummingbird by

Steven Bryant; and Free Bird by Lynyrd Skynyrd.

The Marching Blue Devils held

rehearsals on June 1st and June 11th.

Rehearsals will also be held on June 22nd from 1:30-3:30 pm for all new

and returning members. Email Mr. Vitale with any questions:

[email protected]

For more information regarding the Westfield High School Bands or affiliated groups, please see our website at: www.westfieldhsbands.org

WHS Chorus

The Westfield High School Choir had a very successful year with many

wonderful performances.

One of the most exciting events this year was the choir's trip to Scotland

and England. Sixty students from the

WHS Concert Choir, Bella Cora and Mixed Chorus spent nine days in the

UK touring and singing. Along the tour, the choirs performed at

Edinburgh Castle, St. Giles Cathedral

and Bath Abbey to name a few. The choirs also visited various historic

sites such as Stonehenge and the Roman Baths. The students created

lasting memories and had wonderful performances!

The choral concert took place on May 19th and featured all of the students

in the choral department. The WHS Choraleers did a rousing version of

"Bohemian Rhapsody" that brought

the house down! Also featured at the concert was the first ever WHS Men’s

Chorus. The students in Concert Choir performed traditional choral

pieces, including Ralph Vaughn William's arrangement of "Loch

Lomond." The WHS Mixed Chorus did

a stunning version of Elijah Rock as well as a tribute to the late Ben E

King with their version of "Stand by Me."

On June 1st, the singers of Concert Choir were visited by the Santa Fe

High School Choir. The students in both choirs had the unique

opportunity to chat about what life is

like in each other's schools. What a great way to connect through music

and singing!

On June 11th, the WHS Chorale visited and sang for the residents at

the Westfield Senior Housing Center.

They performed selections from their spring concert repertoire. A very

special thanks to the Westfield Coalition for the Arts for making this

trip possible for us.

WHS Orchestras The WHS Symphony and Chamber

orchestras wrapped up their concert season on Wednesday May 6th with a

concert in the WHS auditorium. The groups played music by various

composers like Buxtehude, Bach,

Mahler, Tchaikovsky and even Radiohead. We are very proud of the

work that all the students in the orchestra program have done

throughout the year. We are

especially proud of all the graduating Class of 2015 seniors. Now, we are

looking forward towards growing and putting together an excellent musical

experience for the 2015-16 school

year.

The WHS Writing and Arranging classes are working on culminating

composition projects they have been presenting in class. Students have

been working on them diligently for a

few weeks, mapping out, outlining, drafting and ultimately fine-tuning

their compositions. The students were all excited to have had the

opportunity to see their compositions

come to life, with real life musicians and professional-style recording.

mailto:[email protected]

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Roosevelt

Intermediate

Art

The 6th graders in Mrs. Cohen's class

created functional objects out of clay.

They combined the pinch, slab and coil methods. After their creations

are bisque fired, they will glaze them to add color. The 7th graders are

working in colored pencils on a project combining many elements;

such as color, shape, balance, line,

spacial relationships and patterning. Eighth graders are completing their 3

part art history multimedia creation. They had to emulate a famous artist

using any medium they wanted on a

mat board background. They then wrote a one page paper on their

artist giving a brief biography and telling why they selected that artist

and why that particular piece. The

final part of this project is to mold their hand in plaster craft gauze and

incorporate it into their background. They use a variety of materials on

their plaster hand and the outcome is fantastic!

Music

RIS Bands The RIS concert and jazz bands had

their final performance of the school year on Monday June 1st. All four jazz

ensembles; The RIS Jazz Lab, The Naturals, Morning Jazz and The

Accidentals performed during the first

half of the concert. Mr. Stier and Mr. Doyle led the ensembles in

compositions and arrangements from such composers as Miles Davis,

Herbie Hancock, George Gershwin,

Victor Lopez, Sonny Rollins and Erroll Garner, amongst others. This concert

also displayed students’ ability to improvise. Each member of the Jazz

Lab improvised an original solo, as

did many members of the other jazz

bands. Jazz improvisation is very challenging and these students did an

excellent job navigating their way

through each solo.

The concert bands performed during the second half of the program. The

6th grade band displayed a small taste

of music from different parts of the world. Mr. Doyle led them in a

Spanish-style march titled “The Streets of Madrid”, while Mr. Stier led

the children in an arrangement of three Japanese folk songs called

“Land of the Rising Sun”. The

students closed out their performance with a fun, catchy tune called

“Swahili Folk Hymn”.

The 7th grade band began with an

exciting piece called “Pegasus (Wings of Majesty)”. After Mr. Freeman led

this piece, Mr. Stier conducted an arrangement of “Mars” from Gustav

Holst’s “The Planets”. This was a very challenging piece with several meter

changes. They closed their

performance with Robert W Smith’s “Hymnsong Variants” and exciting

theme and variations. Mr. Doyle is extremely excited to continue

working with this group of students

as eighth graders next year.

The 8th grade band closed the concert, giving their final

performance as students of RIS. This

was one of the most challenging programs Mr. Doyle has ever done

with an 8th grade ensemble and they rose above expectations. They began

with “Three Ayres from Gloucester”, a standard piece of the band

repertoire. They then performed a

fun tune called “The Syncopated Clock” by Leroy Anderson, which

comically depicts the sounds of a ticking alarm clock. They closed the

evening with a highly energetic

performance of Rob Romeyn’s “Night Ride Through Metropolis”, which

invokes feelings of drama and

suspense for the listener.

On Tuesday June 2nd was the first

ever Instrumental Chamber Music Night. Seven different chamber

ensembles performed, including three woodwind quintets, a sax trio, a jazz

combo, a percussion ensemble and a

brass ensemble. Some of the music performed included artists such as

the Beatles and Michael Jackson. Composers such as Mendelssohn and

Tchaikovsky were also featured by the brass and percussion ensembles.

Overall it was a very successful

evening, and Mr. Doyle is confident that the chamber music program will

continue to grow!

RIS Chorus

On May 8th, The Afternoon Ramble Club co-directed by Mr. Losco and Mr.

Doyle was invited to play. The group sounded great, had a blast and heard

nothing but positive comments from parents. We all enjoyed this great

event and the opportunity to work

with the band department. This was the second year the club has played

the Festival.

On May 22nd all RIS audition groups

had our annual adjudication performance day in Hershey Park.

The students look forward to this trip all year and all of our groups scored

Superior on all judges’ cards. It was a

great day and the Sharps and Flats singers really benefited from the

judges’ comments.

Our Spring Concert preparation proved to go very well as all groups

did a fantastic job at their concerts.

On June 8th the 6th and 8th grade chorus performed and on June 9th the

7th grade chorus and Sharps and Flats performed; definitely a very busy and

successful spring season. Still to

come is the 8th grade chorus performance on their celebration

night, June 18th.


Edison

Intermediate

Art

Art teachers Helen Frees, Alison

Hooper and Dan Black are thrilled

with the work at the art show representing Edison school. We

brought over 300 pieces of work to display and it was truly a success.

The show is a source of pride for all the hard work that our students

completed throughout the year. We

look forward to another fantastic show next year.

The students in 6th grade are now finishing up their plaster sculptures,

cartooning and cut paper Molas from

the country of Panama.

The 7th grade students with Mrs.

Frees are finishing oil pastel

landscapes that are truly successful in understanding the nature of

Impressionism and the use of color and line in their work. The students

in Ms. Hooper’s class worked on figure gesture collages and then

created sculptures of their figures in

plaster.

Eight grade students of Fine Art in Mrs. Frees’ class made use of a sunny

day and created drawings from cast

shadows of themselves and the bikes at the bike rack. They worked on oil

paintings and also a graphic design project painting about logos. In Ms.

Hooper’s class students are finishing

their large scale portraits. They had a visiting artist from the Arts League of

Chatham, there was a painting demonstration of still life and

students used what they learned from her style to finish acrylic

paintings. Mr. Black’s class learned

about the Surrealist artists and worked on drawings and paintings.

They are also finishing big portraits and their graphic design logo project.

The 8th grade students in Ms.

Hooper’s Crafts class worked on weavings and just finished a project

on Native American Storytellers. The

June 2015 Arts a la Carte students in Mr. Black’s class worked

on small wooden masks and then researched mask ideas for a

multicultural lesson creating plaster

masks.

Music

EIS Bands

The Edison Bands capped off a great year of music making with a

spectacular series of spring concerts!

It was a particularly special night for the 8th grade students, who

performed for the last time on the Edison Stage on June 9th. We wish

them continued success in high

school! Bravo!

In May, members of the Emerald Jazz Band participated in a “sectional day”

to prepare for their busy spring schedule. Many thanks to Reut

Regev, professional trombonist; EJ

Gaub and Jen Davis of RMC Studios; and Chris Vitale, WHS Band Director,

for lending their expertise! The band was really cookin’ this year!

All of the students in the band should

be proud of their musical growth throughout the school year. They

mastered scales, developed great practice habits with SmartMusic,

improved technique on their instruments and shared their

progress in some really wonderful

concerts! They’ll be practicing hard over the summer, ready to hit the

ground running next year!

EIS String Orchestra

The 6th grade Orchestra concert on

June 1st was a huge success! Student volunteers wrote their own

introductions for each piece to present to the audience. Our

program included pieces such as the famous 1812 Overture (without

canons, of course!) by Tchaikovsky, a

piece featuring our Bass section entitled Walking Basses, Haydn's

Surprise Symphony, as well as a contemporary piece, Mythos, by Soon

Hee Newbold. The students put on

an amazing show and are now looking forward to learning some new


music to help them prepare for 7th

grade Orchestra.

The 7th grade Orchestra's concert on

June 8th was definitely a crowd pleaser! The students entertained

the audience with some current hits such as A Thousand Years by

Christina Perri, Happy by Pharrell

Williams, as well as a classic waltz by Johann Strauss, Emperor Waltz, and

a contemporary piece, Avatar, by Doug Spata- what a great

performance!

The 8th Grade Orchestra has had a

very exciting end of the year! On May 4th we traveled to Westlake

School in Westfield to perform for the students there, many of whom have

disabilities or special needs. The

students and staff at Westlake welcomed us with open arms and

were so grateful that we came to perform and work with their students.

The music teacher at Westlake School had started a violin program with

those students and while it is a

challenge for them they were able to sit with students in our group and

play along with some tunes. Some 8th graders described this trip as

"scary at first" but then learned "how

lucky I am to not face the challenges some of these children have". Some

felt that the trip "wasn't only life changing for them [the students of

Westlake] but also for me". It was

truly amazing to see how genuine, kind and considerate the 8th graders

were towards these students, even though some were a bit older than

them.

A very special thanks to the Westfield

Coalition for the Arts for making this trip possible for us. It was an

experience I know none of us will soon forget!

The 8th grade Orchestra's final performance on the EIS stage took

place on June 8th. This performance showcased some amazing and

talented young musicians, ones that I have had the pleasure of watching

grow for the last few years. Some of

our selections included Khachaturian's Sabre Dance, Hungarian Dance by

Brahms, Spring Breezes, a Taiwanese folk song which features several

soloists, Mozart's Overture from The Abduction from the Seraglio and finally a moving rendition of For Good

from the hit musical, Wicked. On June 12th they also performance at

the High Note Festival and enjoyed a trip to Six Flags Great Adventure.

The Independent Study Program

was founded at Roosevelt Intermediate School with the mission

of helping students to find and explore something they are

passionate about in a long term

independent project, supported by a mentor. It started in 2008/2009 with

one student. It was extended to Edison intermediate school starting in

2013/2014. Most of the mentors are drawn from the high school, and

many of the mentors participated in

the program as well. It is an inclusive program, and prides itself

on not turning away any students. Their motto is "Free to Learn" and

students consistently pick and explore

a tremendous diversity of topics.

Morgan Eng was one of four students from Edison to participate this year.

Morgan chose to compose a song on the piano as her project since she

enjoys music so much. If time

permitted, she would transpose the music for a quartet or an orchestra.

She was able to write the song for both the piano and a quartet. She

enlisted the help of her friends and

mentor to perform the quartet music. Morgan presented her Independent

Study project on May 28, 2015 at RIS.

June 2015 Arts a la Carte Pictured from left to right are: Lina

Silvester, Juliette Duguid, Morgan Eng, Gaya Ganesan and Marissa Li

(HS mentor).

Franklin

Elementary

Art

The Art Students at Franklin School

certainly put forth great artistic effort this year. Under the direction of Mrs.

Coveney, the students showed creative development and student

learning was apparent.

In the 2nd grade, students worked

successfully with colored Model Magic. The specific project was the

construction of an Owl. The owl is our school mascot. Many colors were

mixed and shapes were assembled.

To continue with our unit on sculpture, white model magic was

introduced and a 3D piece of their choice was modeled. Pearlized paint

was used and all was enjoyed.

In the 3rd grade, students created

birds with colored Model Magic. Shapes could be seen and sculptures

were made. We had birds in flight, perched and pecking for their food.

Textural effects were done with

scissors and a variety of ideas were

presented. White model magic rounded out their unit of study for 3D

pieces.

In the 4th grade, one point

perspective closed out the year. Students used their knowledge of

horizontal, vertical and parallel lines.

A review of a right angle proved to them that they could create depth

and distance in a landscape. Colored pencil was the medium of choice.

In the 5th grade, Abstract Art helped

them recognize positive and negative

space. They were offered a template and through placement and

overlapping an abstract design were created. They utilized their

knowledge and given space and new

shapes were formed. The background was seen and color was present.

Crayon was their medium.

The District Art Show was a wide display of over 500 pieces of artwork

from K-12. The progression and

development of our students was heartwarming.

See you all in September- Enjoy the

summer!

Music

Ahoy there! If you happen to hear the Franklin 5th

graders talking like pirates, it might

be from all their swashbuckling this past spring. After months of

preparation, the 5th graders

performed “How to Be a Pirate in Seven Easy Songs” for their spring

chorus concert. Most of the songs were choreographed by each class

and were featured one by one on the

gym stage. The Glee Club even jumped on board with the pirate

theme and sang songs like “The Pirate King” from Pirates of Penzance

and “Treasure” by Bruno Mars.

To recap on all of the fun activities

and songs that we’ve been doing in our music classes, the parents at

Franklin were invited to “Bring Your Parent to Music Class” on June 12th.

Each grade gathered in the Franklin

Gym throughout the day to demonstrate their musical abilities

and knowledge. Parents were invited to sit on the floor behind their child

during this group lesson and had the opportunity to participate in as little

or as much as they wanted during

some of the activities. This experience was a great way to

encourage parents to actively make music with their children outside of

school.

With the end of another school year

in sight, ask yourself, how will I enjoy music over the summer? Will it be

singing along with your favorite artist

on the radio as you go to the shore?


Will you be taking summer

instrument or voice lessons? Mr. Geyer will be taking five graduate

music classes to continue his growth

as a music educator and to come back with some new ideas.

Whatever you do, find ways to make music a part of your life.

Jefferson

Elementary Art

Congratulations to all the students that got picked to have their art

displayed in Westfield's District Art Show! Thousands of students' work

was on display, from pre-K all the

way up through 12th grade and it was amazing to see the artistic talent

of our students as they progress though their years in the Westfield

Public School system.

At Jefferson Elementary school, the

year is winding down; we are finishing up old projects and looking

forward to the summer. The summer months can also be a time to exercise

our creative brains in fun and playful

ways. For the final month of school we are leaning on the more

"crafty" side of art, as many classes will be using chalk to decorate our

school blacktops, some will do

macramé friendship bracelets, many will be creating pinwheels, and some

classes will get a chance to make dream catchers.

During the Summer months, please

encourage your little artist to engage

in some kind of creative endeavor at least two times a week (though,

every day is better). This can be drawing, painting, street chalk,

cooking, sand sculpture, stick

sculpture, flower arranging, paint with bubbles or shaving cream, go

outside and get crazy with some

splatter painting (a big hit, at any

age)... the options are endless. Have a WONDERFUL, INSPIRATIONAL

summer!

McKinley

Elementary Art

First grade students are completing their hard working year by

constructing a mixed media cityscape. Introducing the concept of

skyline and learning about its relationship to a horizon line will help

the students complete this

multifaceted project. Using their repertoire of learned concepts from

the year of balance, symmetry, texture, overlapping, line and shape

will make these projects full of

wonderful detail.

Second grade students worked on a Frank Stella inspired precise line

design where texture is added to their final pieces using glitter pens.

The pen emphasizes the line quality

throughout their works that are rich with pattern, color and movement.

Third grade artists had fun with

composition. After a great conversation about all of the aspects

that makes good composition and

looking at inspirational works, the students then manipulate finely cut

colored paper strips to create their own formal composition to emphasize

overlapping, cropping and unity.

These works will make for a colorful summer display around the school

and will be welcoming for us when we return in the fall.

June 2015 Arts a la Carte Fourth grade artists worked on their

own optical illusion that focuses on the manipulation of line and

repetition of line. Working very

carefully these artists have transformed their 2D surface into

looking 3D. Op Art or Optical Art gives the illusion of hidden images,

swelling, warping and movement.

Many students are going home and teaching their siblings and parents to

make these illusions- how wonderful!

Fifth grade students are literally leaving their mark at McKinley School

by working on a collaborative colorful

mural in the basement hallway. Each student is identifying a different value

of color through mixing tempera paints and painting the bricks in the

wall. Each color is different, but

together they create a beautiful mosaic mural. Not only is this an art

lesson to better understand cooperative work, installation and

color theory, but it is also an important life lesson to teach us how

much more we can accomplish when

we work together.

Tamaques

Elementary

Art

The 1st grade students in Mrs.

Massenzio’s 1-R & 1-M classes made wonderful farm collages complete

with a barn and an array of animals.

The children learned how to create a pleasing composition and learned

about foreground, middle ground and background. A farmer and a 3-D

haystack completed these adorable collages.

After watching a short video of the Frog Prince, Mrs. Massenzio’s 2nd

grade students were very excited to create their own 3-D origami frog

princes. Origami is the Japanese art

form of paper folding and the children learned how to manipulate a

flat piece of paper in such a manner they were able to create 3-D art.

Second grade classes were studying fables and fairy tales, so this was a

perfect cross curriculum lesson!

The 3rd graders in Mrs. Massenzio’s

3-F2 class learned all about the history of weaving. The handloom

was devised about 2,000 years ago

and was brought to England by the Romans. The (warp) horizontal

threads are stretched lengthwise in the weaving loom. The (weft) the

cross-threads are woven into the

warp to make the cloth. Students used a circular loom to create colorful

rugs for whimsical Model Magic cats they had made the week before.

Fourth grade students experimented

with small paper squares to create a

myriad of interesting symmetrical or radial 3-D designs. Mrs. Massenzio

showed the children how to fold the square to create triangles and various

other shapes. This lesson presented

students with a challenging mathematical opportunity to

experiment with geometric shapes and color. The dynamic and

imaginative patterns were impressive!

The 5th grade students in Mrs. Massenzio’s classes enjoyed focusing

on pattern, as they created imaginative canine portraits. Students

learned that pattern increases visual excitement in their work. Using

wallpaper, the students experimented

with various colors, textures and patterns. Students added

embellishments to their collages and even named their new pet. The

results were spectacular!


Washington

Elementary

Art

With the warm winds blowing,

Washington has embraced spring and the oncoming of summer! The 1st

graders created collaborative flower bouquets composed of individual wild

flowers. The students used oil

pastels for the flowers, blending colors next to each other on the color

wheel. The 2nd grade students used masking tape to curve and curl the

textural branches of cherry blossoms.

The 3rd grade, inspired by Georgia O’Keeffe, has created flowers using

oil pastels on black paper blending color families while also using tints

and shades. The 4th grade classes created cubist faces combining the

profile and front view of the face.

These pieces are Picasso inspired and use warm and cool colors, color

families, tints and shades. Fifth grade students have been exploring

surrealism by studying artist like

Rene Magritte, Salvador Dali and Max Ernst. The 5th graders have learned

how the Dadaist movement transformed into Surrealism. They

played the surrealist game of automatism, created a Max Ernst

landscape and a Magritte eye inspired

from his piece The False Mirror.

Wilson

Elementary

Art

It’s been an awesome year in the art

room at Wilson School! Everyone is

finishing up their final projects! The 1st grade students were busy working

on another sculpture unit. They continued to learn about 3-D form as

they created Popsicle stick boxes or

wood sculptures. The finished products will be painted and

decorated when they are complete.

Second grade is finishing up the year with a sewing project. They are

learning to thread a needle and

create basic stiches. The little felt bags they are making will be

decorated when they are complete. They are also learning to braid for the

straps!

The 3rd graders worked on abstract

paintings on round discs. They are experimenting with tempra paints

and colored sand as well. It’s a very

colorful way to end the year!!

The students in 4th grade are finishing up the year with paper

sculptures. They are creating

individual curled paper units and assembling them when finished.

The 5th graders are putting the

finishing touches on their Pop Art

inspired sculptures. There are giant Hershey Kisses, oversized hockey

pucks, smores, fries and crazy eyes, just to name a few!!!

“Fries and Eyes”

Grade Five Wilson School

Pop Art Sculpture

Music

Reading is fun - especially when you are reading notes on the music staff!

Games, Epson board technology and

a second grade competition…… all in


Best Wishes for a HAPPY, HEALTHY & SAFE Summer!

See you in September!

the pursuit of a better command of

note-reading. Our tied second grade winners identified 20 notes on lines,

spaces and ledger lines in slightly

over one minute!! While learning to read isn’t just about speed - but also

about accuracy - our young students who chose to compete enjoyed the

challenge!

Second and 3rd graders explored the blues and the best way to do this is

to create your own. Accompanied by

Mr. Hendricks’s 12-bar progression on the piano, volunteers improvised a

blues piece using a theme of their choice or one given to them by a

classmate. We also listened to blues

sung by two of the genre’s chief exponents: Billie Holiday and B.B.

King.

Fifth graders delighted parents and comrades with their performances of

folk songs at this years’ Wilson School Vocal Spring Concert. The program

included songs in English, Korean and

Brazilian! Well done, fifth graders! A very exciting experience for our 5th

graders on June 6th was helping to open a ballgame in Somerset by

singing the National Anthem! Nicely

done 5th Grade!

Lincoln

School

Wow! What a fun year we have

had at Lincoln School. We painted like famous artists such

as Kandinsky, Johns, O’Keefe,

Picasso and others. We learned about lines, shapes, colors,

movement, texture, balance, art from different cultures and

different times in history. We

learned that lines create movement in an artwork and

that primary colors are red, yellow and blue. We learned

how to use our hands and fingers to pinch clay to create

pinch pots. We learned that the first

artists didn’t draw on paper and tables; they drew on the walls of

caves. We learned that a paintbrush

is like a ballerina; she wants to paint on her toes, not scooch around on

her bottom. But most importantly, we learned that we are all artists in our

own way and we had a lot of fun

being creative!

Congratulations to all Band, Chorus and Orchestra members selected for the All-City groups. We

are proud of you and your fine musical accomplishments!!

Ruth Vincent All City Band Award

Conor Daly Jefferson School

Ruth Vincent All City Orchestra Award

Genevieve Duguid McKinley School

Drude Sparre Roessler All City Vocal Award

Alyrie Silverman Franklin School

Congratulations to Franklin student, Elise Fox! Winner of the 2015 All City T-Shirt / Program Cover Contest


Westfield Coalition for the Arts

FALL 2014

Dear Westfield Parents: The mission of the Westfield Coalition for the Arts is to act as an advocate for the arts, including music, drama, visual arts, and dance in the Westfield Public Schools, by speaking out on behalf of the arts, maintaining public awareness and utilizing source of community, financial and philosophical support. Each year we award grants to different arts programs in the schools based upon applications submitted to us from the Westfield Schools’ faculty. Last year, we were happy to award over $20,000 in grant money for the following: Special Guest Conductor of the Rutgers Children’s Choir, Dr. Rhonda Hackworth works with McKinley’s 5

th Grade Choir; new

String Instruments for Edison School; helped to fund cost for WHS Wind Ensemble to attend the Avery Fischer Festival in NYC; aided in the development and expansion of the WHS Winter Guard; purchased a new choral riser for the WHS choirs; bought materials needed for an interactive art project at Jefferson School where the 5

th graders

collaborated with professional, contemporary artist, Dan Reeder; Maureen Francis, opera-singer and voice teacher works with the WHS Concert Choir on elements of vocal technique and expression. We are so fortunate to live in a community that reveres the arts and believes strongly in nourishing the diverse talents of our youth. Demonstrate YOUR commitment to the arts by making a donation today. With your donations we are able to assist the vocal music, fine art, and theatre programs at the elementary, intermediate and high school levels. We are an independent, not-for-profit organization, and we depend solely on the generosity of parents and supporters. In addition, the Coalition is interested in your ideas, suggestions, and comments and hope that you will take the time to email us at [email protected]. PLEASE “LIKE” US ON FACEBOOK AND VISIT OUR NEW WEBSITE: www.WestfieldCoalitionForTheArts.weebly.com. We look forward to hearing from you! Thank you for your support.

~ Margaret Smith, W.C.A. President

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