On June 1, students in the Choate Rosemary Hall Orchestra (CRHO) will leave for a ten-day tour of Italy, performing in Rome, Florence, and Cremona. CRHO has accumulated an impressive list of accomplishments over the years, including performing in Carnegie Hall and the White House. CRHO has been preparing forRead More

Walk into the PMAC gallery these days and you’ll be greeted with QR codes, a giant non-geographical map, empty seltzer cans, and a full-size table. These pieces of art, among many others in the show, are the work of Joanna Ding ’19, Sarah Gurevitch ’19, Joey Hong ’19, and JeanneRead More

Yesterday, Choate started staging Rent, the 1996 Broadway rock musical written by Jonathan Larson. Set in New York City’s East Village, the play follows a group of young and impoverished artists struggling to create a life amid the terror of the AIDS/HIV crisis. Rent is unique because of its originalRead More

On Friday, May 3, Choate’s Chamber and Festival Chorus gave a stunning final concert in the Seymour St. John Chapel. Both choirs have been rehearsing since the beginning of the year, proving their tremendous commitment. Their dedication and sincerity showed through the great repertoire, which included an extensive variety ofRead More

On May 5, Dance Arts Concentration seniors Anna Ely ’19, Sadie Jackson ’19, and Heather Shao ’19 took the stage for a final time during their collective senior dance recital.   Conceptualized and choreographed entirely by the three seniors, these performances carried an additional personal weight for all of theRead More

On May 5, Hangarak, Yale University’s K-pop a cappella group, came to Choate and performed in the dining hall. They sang a mixture of traditional and contemporary Korean music, including a nursery rhyme called “Spring in My Hometown,” “Love Scenario” by iKON, “Spring Day” by BTS, “Dream” by Suzy andRead More

Arts Concentration, one of Choate’s Signature Academic Programs, allows students to pursue their artistic passions. The program offers a variety of disciplines — visual, music, theater, and dance — into which students can delve. Each division of Arts Concentration has its own set of academic and community expectations. For instance,Read More

This year’s spring musical, Rent, marks a dramatic change for Choate’s theater program. The former Broadway musical, written in 1996 by Jonathan Larson, follows the lives of eight New Yorkers as they face the growing AIDS crisis. The show, often called a “rock opera,” diverges from past Choate productions inRead More

A couple months ago, I took on the somewhat daunting task of trying to create blackout poetry out of Choate-related texts that seemed forgotten or “boring.” From scouring the student handbook to reading old letters from former headmistress Caroline Rutz-Rees, I hoped to excavate unexpected beauty from the mundane, toRead More