Community Day 2016Each year we begin our education programs with an evening celebration, where we invite all students and families to share in some music, discussions, games, and food. On Tuesday September 20th, CMW families gathered in the cafetorium of the Trinity Academy for Performing Arts to reunite, enjoy each others’ company, and learn about what to expect for the new year. Teamwork and celebration were the themes of this year’s Community Day! Resident musician (and playwright) Chase Spruill wrote a skit for us to kick off the evening, featuring the MusicWorks Collective in a mock-ESPN sports coverage scenario. Chase and “Too-Cool” Chloe Kline played the role of sports commentators, while the Collective valiantly performed excerpts from Christopher Theofanidis’s Visions and Miracles, in spite of some questionable calls by a very strict referee Hannah Ross. At the end, our winded quarterback/concertmaster Jesse Holstein lauded the benefits of being part of a team to an interviewer. Following the skit, students broke off into their performing ensembles for the year to reflect and think about their goals for the year ahead. Each group had a different activity, including writing down the ingredients that could help them form a good team and playing games focused on working together.
Daily Orchestra Program students attempt to untangle themselves in a game called “The Human Knot!” Of course, no Community Day would be complete without a delicious meal, this year including a special cake to honor our 20th Season!
–Lisa Barksdale, Resident Musician |
We are looking forward to a year of music, learning, and celebrating with our students and families, and we can’t think of a better way to start our year!