Colony Hall was honored on April 7 with a performance of the ballet Romeo and Juliet: The Choice, where the audience voted to replace Shakespeare’s classic tragedy with a happy ending by a margin of 20.  Composed on the piano in 1935 by Sergei Prokofiev, the ballet reflects his visionRead More

Revisit Week was filled with lively music programming by Choate musicians for prospective students and families. Greeting them at the entrance of Colony Hall bright and early was the Jazz Combo, a small group of dedicated and skilled musicians selected from the Jazz Ensemble.  While the Jazz Ensemble typically performsRead More

During the evening hours in the Paul Mellon Arts Center (PMAC) and Colony Hall, building monitors Ms. Sarvenaz Keshavarz and Dr. Bill Powers P’14 walk the halls brimming with creativity, acting as guardian angels to Choate artists. Patrolling the long corridors on weeknights and weekends, they help out students whoRead More

Graphic by Yujin Kim ’23/The Choate News On March 31, 2022, the Connecticut Convention Center was filled with some of the state’s best musicians for the 75th All-State Festival. Of the hundreds of musicians, four of Choate’s own were in attendance: Jewon Im ’23 for viola, Helena Gernhardt ’23 forRead More

Graphic by Evelyn Stanley ’24/The Choate News Playing an instrument is a privilege — many students never have the chance to learn music because they cannot afford to purchase an instrument. Founded by Christian Boudreau ’21 in 2018, Christian’s Music for Minors is an organization that aims to rectify inequityRead More

Photo by Toffy Prakittiphoom ’24/The Choate News On the second floor of the Paul Mellon Arts Center (PMAC), easels are scattered on the concrete floors, canvases line the walls, and still-life setups are laid out on tables. In this studio, artists in the Life Drawing class diligently work on theirRead More

Photo Courtesy of AbeBooks Snow Country by Yasunari Kawabata is a love tale drenched in a beautifully depressing tone that can be condensed into one word: futility. The novel won Kawabata the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1986. Snow Country allows readers to dip their toes into the vast worldRead More

Photo by Toffy Prakittiphoom ’24/The Choate News I.M. Pei’s Paul Mellon Arts Center (PMAC) stands proudly on the Choate campus as the budding home to inspiration and creativity. In this year’s annual Spring Dance Concert, the PMAC itself became a source of inspiration. Reflecting a remarkable variety in student andRead More

Photo by Toffy Prakittiphoom/The Choate News A white room, a seemingly delusional character with uneasy laughs, a set of flashing lights, and a group of ushers reciting an enchanting speech opened the Choate production of Everybody, written by Branden Jacobs Jenkins, last Thursday, February 17, through Saturday, February 19 onRead More