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sented solely by the
upperclassmen as a
final goodbye to the
seniors while others
wanted to give a
wide variety of styles
by featuring work
from students of all
grades.
Classical Music’s
piano program had
one senior, Danielle
Braga, represent
the pianist program.
Braga played one of
her repertoire pieces:
Prokofieff’s “Finale of
Sonata No.2”, which
is “one of the most
brilliant, exciting,
and explosive pieces
in the entire piano
literature,” said Sarkis
Baltaian, director of
the pianist program.
“This piece showcases the technical
abilities of piano
playing, and combines all sorts of techniques in a modern
setting that we currently live in today,”
he said.
Commercial
Dance’s performance, choreographed by instructor
Rochelle Napes, was
called “No Going
Back.”
“This piece featured our most advanced level dancers which mainly
consists of seniors
and some juniors so
there was no audition process,” said
Jim Kolb, director of
the conservatory.
Eighteen dancers
were featured in
what Kolb described
as a “combination of
a lyrical and contemporary dance.”
Conservatories
also differ in the selection process and
the setting of their
presentation. Musical Theater had no
audition process, and
instead included a
whopping 85-member cast from the
four main-stage
performances it has
done this season: “A
Chorus Line,” “A New
Brain,” “Meet Me in
St. Louis,” and Performing with the Pros.
The students sang
“What I Did for Love”
from “A Chorus Line”
as a B-roll video
played behind them
showing footage of
rehearsals, practices,
and classes. Utilizing
both the stage and
screen was something no conservatory had done to date
for Season Finale.
Creative Writing,
on the other hand,
had a more selective
process that involved
students signing up
and reciting their
poems in front of a
Senior Danielle Braga plays
Prokofieff’s “Finale of Sonata No.2” for
Classica