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THE MISSION OF THE ARTS PROGRAM IS TO PREPARE STUDENTS FOR CONSERVATORY AND PROFESSIONAL LIFE AS ARTISTs.
SPCPA provides comprehensive training in Theatre, Musical Theatre, Dance, Music, Creative Writing, and Visual Arts. All arts classes are taught by current working professional artists and focus on technique, practice, study and the creation of original work. Through master classes and J-Term, students have the opportunity to engage with many artists and arts organizations in the Twin Cities and beyond.
Christopher Robin Sapp, part of the cast from the current touring production of Les Misérables playing at the Orpheum Theatre (Minneapolis, Minnesota), stopped by SPCPA yesterday to deliver 2 master classes for Vocal and Musical Theatre students! He worked with individual students on their 32-bar audition cuts. Thanks Christopher!
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YAY!!! ❤️❤️
BSU put on phenomenal performances last Friday. Senior co-leaders TyJon Mason and Illiana Taylor emceed the entirely student-produced show, which featured vocal, dance, and instrumental pieces, as well as an intermission that welcomed alum to the stage.
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Yeesss Juno and Mereti! Great job on your duet!!
So proud of you all!
SPCPA is bringing the literary journal back! Next semester, we'll start a club to help solicit, produce, and celebrate creative works by SPCPA students in every grade. In the meantime, please follow @theconservatoryjournal on Instagram to see how you can submit your work already. More information soon!
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We were thrilled to have Rodney Cottier with us yesterday for a Master Class with 11th and 12th grade theatre and musical theatre students. Rodney is the Associate Director with LAMDA (London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art). He has directed 25 plays from Shakespeare’s canon and worked at Shakespeare’s Globe as Master-of-Fight on several productions, including Mark Rylance’s Hamlet, as well as at the Royal Opera House, English and Welsh National Opera, the National Theatre Studio and many regional theatres. Thank you, Rodney!
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Yesterday, Theatre and Musical Theatre students took a field trip to Pillsbury House + Theatre to see the world premiere of A Walless Church by AriDy Nox. This beautiful show featured so many SPCPA alum and faculty: Signe V. Harriday (Director), Aimee K. Bryant (Cast), Essence Renae (Cast), and Zhané Jackson (Assistant Stage Manager).
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We love it when Alum return to SPCPA! Essence Renae (SPCPA and Carnegie Mellon grad) taught a Master Class yesterday followed by a conversation with 11th and 12th grade theatre and musical theatre students. All SPCPA Theatre and MT students grades 9-12 have a field trip tomorrow to see Essence in A WALLESS CHURCH at Pillsbury House Theatre – Thank you, Essence!
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SPCPA Arts teachers are current working professional artists.
Check out SPCPA Visual Art Co-Chair Zamara Cuyun's interview on MPR's Morning Edition about the current exhibition she is curating entitled: Latina and Latinx MN: Re/claiming Space in Times of Change. Her work is also featured in the exhibit. "The exhibition features 42 Latina women and non-binary Latinx Minnesota-based artists with ancestral roots in Latin America, exploring a variety of media, methods, and themes that center and celebrate a diverse group of Latina and Latinx artists from across the state."
SPCPA students visited the exhibition on a field trip this past week. The exhibit is on display Sept. 7–Dec. 8 at the Catherine G. Murphy Gallery at St. Catherine University.
Congrats, Zamara!
www.mprnews.org/story/2024/09/25/reclaiming-a-space-for-latina-and-latinx-art
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‘Re/Claiming’ a space for Latina and Latinx art
www.mprnews.org
A new exhibition in St. Paul looks to honor the contributions of Latina and nonbinary Latinx artists to Minnesota’s art scene.1 CommentComment on Facebook
Terrific show!
The Visual Arts faculty (Brandon Chambers, Brandon John, co-chairs Zamara Cuyun and Brooks Turner, Zhao, and Kay Heino) prepares for the year ahead prior to Back-to-School Night!
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My visual arts student is excited to return to class.
Thanks for your work!
We are excited to welcome some new Theatre and Musical Theatre teachers to SPCPA this fall. They will be joining returning teachers Alex Hathaway, Aaron Preusse, and Isabella Dunsieth. Connor Berkompas (Viewpoints, Directing, Movement) comes to us via Boston Conservatory and Nervous Theatre Nervous Theatre (www.nervoustheatre.com), where he is Artistic Director. Kyle Weiler (MT Advanced Acting, MT Rep, and director of the J-term project, CHICAGO) is a graduate of The Juilliard School and brings a wealth of performing, directing, and teaching experience from around the globe (www.kylestevenweiler.com). Kenzi Allen (Movement, Theatre Studies) is an SPCPA Alum! Kenzi is a graduate of École internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq in Paris, France and will be performing locally in the fall with the The Moving Company (The Moving Company). Natalie McComas (Singing) has extensive experience as a regional theatre music director, and has worked locally at Chanhassen Dinner Theater, Old Log, and others. Welcome!
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Congratulations!
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