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Upcoming Performances
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All events are free and on campus, unless otherwise noted. Please call 864.282.3782 for more information.
Feb. 18th - 23rd Visual Arts Exhibition - SCAEA K-12 Upstate Students, Lipscomb Gallery hours are Mon.-Fri., 10 am-4 pm.
Feb. 29th 9:50 am - Student Recital, Smith Recital Hall
Mar. 6th 7:30 pm - Vocal Diction Recital, Smith Recital Hall
Mar. 7th and 8th at 7:30 pm Winter Dance Performance Sakas Theatre
Mar. 9that 2:00 pm - Winter Dance Performance, Sakas Theatre
Mar. 9th at 7:30 pm Concertato String Orchestra Concert, Smith Recital Hall
Mar. 10th - Apr. 25th
Visual Arts
Exhibition
Hunter Sculpture
Lipscomb Gallery hours are Mon.-Fri., 10 am-4 pm.
Mar. 13th at 7:30 pm - Faculty Recital Series - Eugene Barban, piano, Smith Recital Hall
Mar. 14th at 9:50 am - Student Recital, Smith Recital Hall
Mar. 27th at 7:30 pm - Faculty Recital Series - Stephen Taylor, piano, Smith Recital Hall
Mar. 28th at 9:50 am - Student Recital, Smith Recital Hall
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All Governor's School National Achievement® and National Merit® Scholarship Semifinalists Advanced to Finalist Status!
The National Achievement® Scholarship Program has now determined which of the 1600 Semifinalists named in September 2007 have met all the requirements to advance to Finalist standing in the competition. These Finalists
will now be considered for National Achievement Scholarships to be offered to outstanding Black American students in 2008:
Trenton Barnes: Visual Arts, Seneca (West Oak High School)
William Smith: Drama, Greenville (J.L. Mann Academy)
The National Merit® Scholarship Program has now determined which of the 16,000 Semifinalists named in September 2007 have met all the requirements to advance to Finalist standing in the competition. All seven Semifinalists from the South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities have advanced to Finalists status. They are:
Celeste Brewer: Creative Writing, Greenville (J.L. Mann Academy)
Allen Butt: Creative Writing, Beaufort (Beaufort Academy)
Matthew Casedonte: Creative Writing, Anderson (T.L. Hanna High School)
Chloe Davis: Dance, Greenville (Governor's School A&H)
Jamie Ferguson: Drama, Landrum (Polk County High School)
Lauren Koch: Drama, Anderson (T.L. Hanna High School)
Benjamin Watkins: Music (Piano), Hodges (The McCallie School)
Congratulations to ALL of our Finalists!
For more information about National Merit and Achievement Scholarships, please visit www.nationalmerit.org |
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MISSION
The mission of the South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities is to serve artistically gifted high school students of South Carolina through programs of preprofessional instruction in an environment of artistic and academic excellence. The school is a resource for all teachers and students in South Carolina. |
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We hope you are enjoying the good news from the Governor's School. Please feel free to call or email me thoughts or suggestions for improving Fanfare. And please forward it to friends, family and potential students!
As always we thank you for your support of our school, our students and the arts in South Carolina.
Marion Mann
Public Information Director
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SEEKING EMERGING ARTISTS!
APPLICATION DEADLINES EXTENDED
We are still accepting applications for 2008 Summer Programs and the 2008-2009 Residential High School year! The deadline for applications has been extended to February 20, 2008.
or 864.282.3706. |
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 Creative Writing
NFAA WINNERS
Allen Butt (Beaufort, Beaufort Academy, right) and Mary Murphy (Simpsonville, Hillcrest High School, above) were treated to an all-expense-paid trip to Miami for the youngARTS 2008 January 7-13 where they attended workshops, auditions and interviews.
In addition to initial $250 cash prizes for being Finalists, Allen won $3000 and Mary won $5000. Both students were awarded for their creative Non-fiction work. |
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Drama NFAA WINNERS
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The National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts (NFAA) honored several students from the Governor's School's drama department this year. (From left to right above: Mary Tilden, Emily Ussery, Stephen Cook, Sarah Mullis and Will Smith.)
Drama Honorable Mention Award Winners (top 5% of over 1500 applicants nationwide, $250 cash prize):
Drama Merit Award Winners (top 10% of 1500 applicants nationwide, $100 cash prize):
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Stephen Cook: Greenville (Riverside High School)
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Sarah Mullis: Columbia (Irmo High School)
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William Smith: Greenville (J.L. Mann Academy) |
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Music Clarinetist Andrew Jacobi is this year's winner of the Greater Anderson Musical Arts Consortium's (GAMAC) Concertato  Competition. He was chosen from a field of 35 young artists between the ages of 15 and 22.
Andy played Claude Debussy's "Premiere Rhapsody" to land him the first place spot. He will be awarded a $500 cash prize Friday, February 15th when he will also be honored by playing the same piece with the GAMAC Orchestra.
Please join the crowd to celebrate Andy's achievements!
TONIGHT at 8 pm
Rainey Fine Arts Center in Anderson
($25 adults, $12 students)
Call 864.231.6147 for more information. |
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| Visual Arts Scholastics Winners |
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The Visual Arts Department entered the Scholastics exhibition and attended the Awards Ceremony at Lander University in Greenwood on January 26th. The following students were recognized for their work: 
Sarah Barnes (Pendleton, Pendleton High School): Honorable Mention Ceramics & Honorable Mention Sculpture
Emily Connell (Rock Hill, South Pointe High School): Honorable Mention Ceramics
Seth Berry (Batesburg, Batesburg-Leesville High School): Honorable Mention Printmaking, Silver Key Jewelry Design (Chopsticks, pictured above) & Honorable Mention Sculpture
Chelsea Granger (Simpsonville, Mauldin High School): Silver Key Printmaking
Faye Simmonds (Salley, South Aien High School): Honorable Mention Jewelry Design
Ryan Revell (Round O, South Aiken High School): Honorable Mention Sculpture |
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 Summer Alum Profile
TRAYSIE AMICK
-Submitted by Anne Tromsness, Outreach and Enrollment Development Director |
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Traysie Amick, Summer Drama Program, 1991, says of
her Governor's School experience, "It was life-changing. Any base knowledge I have about theatre, I learned at the Governor's School. It had a huge impact. Theatre had a structure and discipline that I desperately needed, but it was a creative outlet, a great art form for me."
The art form she was introduced to that summer became
her passion and her livelihood. Traysie went on to study
theatre at Winthrop University, and earned her BA with an emphasis in Directing. She interned for six months at the Omaha Magic Theatre, then returned to the Southeast, where she discovered her love for teaching theatre, as well. A staff member at the SC Children's Theatre since 1999, Traysie was instrumental in formalizing their Theatre Arts Conservatory, offering instruction to students ages 3-18, while also co-developing the Know Way Teen Life Program, which takes issues oriented plays into area middle and high schools, using theatre to address such topics as drug awareness and bullying. She currently serves as SCCT's Principal Teaching Artist.
 Amick also finds time to continue directing, performing, and designing sound for theatre. A founding member of Citizens of the Universe and The Distracted Globe Theatre Company, she has also worked with The Warehouse Theatre, Clemson University Summer Repertory Theatre, Easley Foothills Playhouse and The Greenville Symphony Orchestra.
Last year, Amick returned to the Governor's School as a guest artist. She worked with strings students in the music department, collaborating with strings instructor Katie Dey to integrate elements of theatre with instrumental performance. Amick muses, "It was incredible. Katie and I seem to approach our arts from the same perspective. I think of theatre in terms of beats and notes and tones. It was exciting to see how well some of the theatre exercizesI use in the studio cross over to music ensemble performance."
Attention All Alumni:
Please click here to tell us were you are and what you're up to. We want to know! |
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About the Governor's School
The South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities gives the artistically talented high school students from all over the state the opportunity to concentrate on their skills in a supportive environment of artistic and academic excellence. Students apply and audition for the school to concentrate in one of five art areas: Creative Writing, Dance, Drama, Music or Visual Arts.
The nine-month public residential high school is modeled after a master-apprentice community with an arts faculty who are all practicing artists, as well as educators in their areas of expertise. In addition to rigorous pre-professional arts training, students receive an intense and innovative academic education that fosters connections to the arts while meeting all the requirements necessary for a South Carolina high school diploma.
Life at the school is a constant collaboration. Artists from different backgrounds and all five art areas work together, learn from one another and grow to form bonds that last long past graduation. Located in the heart of the arts district of Greenville, SC, the school's community extends well beyond campus and the Upstate of South Carolina to include parents, legislators, private donors, arts organizations and educators throughout the state.
15 University Street
Greenville, SC 29601
864.282.3777 www.scgsah.state.sc.us
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