Performance at the Core
WPS Performing Arts newsletter, Vol. I, no. 4
Our Mission
Curriculum Mapping and Assessment Update
Congratulations Central District Festival Winners!
- Valenia Bergier, Burncoat High, Cello
- Aaron Balboa, Burncoat High, Cello
- Madeline Rich, Burncoat High, Soprano, All-State Recommendation
- Ryan McCarthy, Burncoat High, Bass. All-State Recommendation
- Maggie Hastings, Doherty High, Soprano, All-State Recommendation
- Alyssa Goins, South High, Clarinet, All-State Recommendation
- Lillian Wright, South High, Flute, All-State Recommendation
- Zachary Roy, South High, Bass, All State Recommendation
- Oved Rico, South High, French Horn
Early Literacy Through Music and Movement
Tuesday, Dec 6, 2016, 09:00 AM
Roosevelt Elementary School, Grafton Street, Worcester, MA, United States
Student Engagement Through the Arts
In California, school administrators and arts educators are teaming up on a new way of thinking that may change how we can use the power of arts education in our schools.
For the past two years, California school districts have been utilizing arts programs to achieve the goals of Title I by facilitating student engagement and learning, strengthening parent involvement, and improving school climate and school wide behavior.
Title I provides federal funds to help improve academic performance of under-resourced communities and students. It is the largest single source of federal education dollars.
Join the Arts for All Coalition, the Worcester Cultural Coalition, and Worcester Arts Museum on December 5 to hear Laura Smyth from the California Alliance for Arts Education talk about California’s work and what we can do here in Massachusetts to expand arts education in schools and districts across the Commonwealth.
The event will conclude with a brief 15-20 minute tour of the new Ed Emberely exhibition, renowned children's book illustrator.
Thank you to the Worcester Cultural Council and Worcester Arts Museum for collaborating and sponsoring the event. RSVP to the event by clicking on the link below.Monday, Dec 5, 2016, 04:00 PM
Worcester Art Museum, Salisbury Street, Worcester, MA, United States
LGBTQ Students and Music Education Symposium
Focus on Artistic Literacy
Thursday, January 19, 2017 from 9:00AM-2:00PM at Framingham State University, McCarthy Center. Contact Lisa at leachl@worc.k12.ma.us for registration information.
Worcester's Festival of Lights
The City's annual Festival of Lights will take place on Friday, December 2nd from 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM on the Worcester Common, behind City Hall, 455 Main St. Worcester. This year's event will be headlined by Sam James, whose debut EP "It Never Happens" reached #5 on the US Singer/Songwriter Chart on iTunes. Sam is a Worcester native who was featured on Season 3 of NBC's The Voice.
The event will also feature a visit from Santa Claus, a performance by the cast of the Hanover Theatre's A Christmas Carol, children's choral performances, demonstrations by the Northstar figure skaters, a holiday tree lighting, concessions, free hot cocoa, on-site performers, horse-drawn wagon rides, public ice skating and Worcester's first food truck rodeo. The celebration will open with holiday performances by the Combined Choruses of Goddard and Quinsigamond Schools, the Quadrivium Ensemble from Burncoat High School, Burncoat Brass and the Doherty Madrigals. There might even be another music teacher Flash Mob Performance!