Prism Concert

The Prism Concert takes place on Wednesday, April 2, 2014 at 7:00pm in the Ferrini Dramatics Center at HWRHS.  


The always-phenomenal Prism concert showcases individuals and small ensembles of students from the high school's band. The auditorium is darkened for a unique and dramatic setting, utilizing the entire space in the Ferrini Dramatics Center. The audience is requested not to clap, talk, or leave, making the production seamless - one performance begins as soon as one ends. The entire performance is about an hour. All are welcome.

METG High School Festival Finals Schedule

Here is the schedule for the METG finals. 

Hamilton-Wenham's Theatre Workshop will be performing On the Verge at 1:30pm on Saturday, March 29th. 

Out of more than 110 schools that participated in this year's METG Drama Festival, Hamilton-Wenham, having competed in a preliminary and semi-final round, is one of fourteen finalists that have advanced to the State Finals. This festival will be held at the Back Bay Events Center (formerly John Hancock Hall), 180 Berkeley Street, Boston on March 27, 28, and 29, 2014.

Thursday, March 27 — SESSION I
6:00 p.m.:  Brockton High School, Wiley and the Hairy Man
7:00 p.m.:  Andover High School, Radium Girls
8:00 p.m.:  St. John’s Preparatory School, bobrauschenbergamerica

Friday, March 28 — SESSION II
1:00 p.m.:  Acton-Boxborough Regional High School, Paper Stars
2:00 p.m.:  Peabody Veterans Memorial High School, How I Learned to Drive
3:00 p.m.:  Bourne High School, And They Dance Real Slow in Jackson
4:00 p.m.:  Joseph Case High School, Anatomy of Gray

Friday, March 28 — SESSION III
7:00 p.m.:  Framingham High School, The Diviners
8:00 p.m.:  Weston High School, Kingsley’s Gambit
9:00 p.m.:  Newton Country Day School, Wiley and the Hairy Man

Saturday, March 29 — SESSION IV
12:30 p.m.:  Westford Academy, My Name Is Asher Lev
1:30 p.m.:    Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School, On the Verge
3:00 p.m.:  Stoneham High School, Spring Awakening
4:00 p.m.:  Cambridge Rindge and Latin School, Anon(ymous)

Miles River Middle School Arts Night

The fine arts department is pleased to announce the Miles River Middle School Arts Night which will be held on Wednesday, April 9, 2014 from 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. at Miles River.  This evening includes an extensive visual arts exhibit as well as performances from the chorus, jazz band and the dramatics program.

2014 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards National Medalists

Congratulations to HWRHS junior Callie Mastrianni for receiving a National Silver Medal for her piece Warpaint. 

Warpaint by Callie Mastrianni

The 2014 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards were met with a tremendous amount of excitement and record-breaking student participation. There were 255,000 original works of art and writing submitted to the 2014 Awards! Today we are happy to announce that more than 1,800 young artists and writers in grades 7-12 received National Medals! The full list of National Medalists can be viewed here: www.artandwriting.org/2014nationalawards. 

The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards' National Celebration will kick-off in New York City on June 5, 2014, with all National Medalists invited to the first ever Maker Prom! On June 6, students, educators, families and friends will gather at Carnegie Hall to honor National Medalists at the 2014 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards National Ceremony. This special event will be webcast live for all to see! This weekend will also be the time to view hundreds of phenomenal works of art and writing at the Art.Write.Now. National Exhibition on display at the Sheila C. Johnson Design Center at Parsons The New School for Design and Pratt Institute's Pratt Manhattan Gallery. 
  
Congratulations to all participants - submitting original art and writing takes personal courage! 

Visual Arts Grant Opportunity

Hamilton-Wenham Friends of the Arts is pleased to announce a full tuition grant that will fund a rising senior to attend a fantastic Montserrat College of Art summer program.  Many thanks to Montserrat for partnering with us in order to provide this great opportunity for an aspiring visual artist at the high school.

Interested students should see Ms. Losee, Fine Arts Chair or Ms. Adamo in Guidance for an application packet. Applications are due by Thursday, April 17, 2014.

Questions about this grant can also be directed to info@hwfota.org

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Theatre Workshop is headed to States!

On Saturday, March 15, 2014 Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School Theatre Workshop participated in the 83rd Annual METG Festival Semi-Final round at Weston High School.  They were selected to move on to the final round! (info TBA)

Additional Awards:
Excellence in Ensemble Acting to Olivia McNally, Claudia Namaroff, and Alison Hayden 
Excellence in Set Design to Logan Appel and Ethan Whitman 
Excellence in Video Design to Logan Appel 
Excellence in Costume Design to Katie Boyd 
Stage Managers Award to Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School 

Mass Music Educators Association

This Thursday, male singers from MRMS will take part in a very special opportunity! Our middle school boys were invited to participate in the MMEA (Mass Music Educators Association) convention at the World Trade Center in Boston to serve as a demo group of “real life middle schooler male singers”. This happens on Thursday, 3/20.  They will be the demo group for Henry Leck, a rather famous clinician/conductor of young voices, especially boys. The session will be attended by music educators from all around the state. Here’s the description of this session:

Thurs 9:10 AM, Waterfront 3
Choral
The Boy's Changing Voice
Clinician(s): Henry Leck, Indianapolis Children's Choir
One of the challenges for music educators is coping with and understanding the Male Adolescent Changing Voice. This session will review the historical role of the male voice, current trends in classifying young male voices, and approaches to aiding in the productive development of such. This process will be demonstrated with adolescent boys of many voice types.

Congratulations to Mrs. Frost and the selected Miles River singers!