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A Center of Excellence in the Visual and Performing Arts - October 2008 |
Greetings!
Welcome to our world, a place filled with devotion, talent, passion and energy. As Florida's finest arts conservatory, we are proud to earn the support and recognition of our broad-based South Florida community, the State of Florida and other national entities. It is with great pride that we invite you to experience New World School of the Arts.
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THE WOMEN KICKS-OFF THEATER SEASON
Clare Boothe Luce's popular 1936 comedy of manners, The Women, launches New World School of the Arts' 2008-2009 Theater season. With an all-women cast of nineteen students playing thirty nine characters, this timeless, yet relevant production challenges its actors as it exposes the trials and tribulations of high society women of an era gone by. The six-day staging, dedicated to "The Women's Fund", opens with an invitation-only reception this Friday, October 10.
Directed by NWSA theater faculty Gail S. Garrisan, the demanding comedy showcases the talent of all NWSA Junior and Senior college women as well as two of the high school seniors. "It's a wonderful opportunity for all the women to collaborate on a production at the same time," mentioned Garrisan, "but it's also a great challenge, in particular as the students contextualize the subject matter - from researching the historical perspectives to pouring tea and learning how to keep the seams of their stockings straight! Positively a must see this season."
To honor student Virginia McDougal, "Ginny", the NWSA Theater Division has dedicated the complete season to her memory. Sixteen year-old Ginny passed away this summer as a result of a fatal medical event during a scuba test dive in the South Florida Keys. A passionate and loving young lady, Ginny was a junior in the high school Music Theater program.
Premiere: Friday, October 10; 7:30 PM
Opening Reception: 6:00 PM - New World Gallery
NWSA Louise O' Gerrits Theatre
MDC Wolfson Campus, Building 5 25 NE 2nd Street, downtown Miami
Additional performances:
Friday & Saturday, October 11, 17 & 18; 7:30 PM
Sunday, October 12 & 19; 2:00 PM
General admission is $12, students and seniors $5
More information at 305-237-3260
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 MOVING
CONCERT PAYS TRIBUTE TO BELOVED FELLOW STUDENT
NWSA's High School Concert Choir and Wind Ensemble take on the stage as they perform their first concert of the season. With a special dedication to the memory of Ginny McDougal, the Wind Ensemble will interpret James Barnes' "Third Symphony", under the direction of Lee Michael Morrison. Dedicating this powerful Symphony to his children, Barnes explores the dark depths of the human soul within his three movements. The Wind Ensemble will also present the "Overture to Morning, Noon, and Night in Vienna" by Franz Von Suppe.
Presenting a program of pieces spanning nearly a century and a half, the Concert Choir, directed by Albert Clark, will showcase pieces from the Romanticism of Brahms and Stanford to the spirituals of William Dawson and the timeless music of Cole Porter. The concert will also mark the debut of two new vocal jazz ensembles.
Friday, October 17; 7:00 PM Ransom Everglades
3575 Main Highway, Coconut Grove
General admission is $10, students and seniors $5
More information at 305-237-7855
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 VISUAL
LANGUAGE EXHIBITION
DELVES INTO GRAPHIC DESIGN
Graphic design, a form of visual communication that through the use of visual elements such as typography and/or images conveys a specific message to an audience, becomes the focus of this exhibition as graphic designers from the college division demonstrate their ability to persuade through their work. Displayed among the works are three posters selected to promote the film "ShootDown," a documentary film based on the Brothers to the Rescue incident of 1996. With a total of thirty-seven pieces, the show also includes three posters designed for Miami-Dade Transit to bring awareness and curtail graffiti, a problem that has become an epidemic throughout the Miami-Dade rail system. Other featured work includes projects created for the American Institute of Graphic Arts' (AIGA) Get Out the Vote campaign and for Good 50 x 70: The project that helps Social Communication.
Thursday, October 23 - Friday, November 14
Opening Reception: 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM; October 23
New World Gallery
MDC Wolfson Campus, Building 5
25 NE 2nd Street, downtown Miami
Free and open to the public
More information at 305-237-3597
Other Visual Arts Exhibits |
 HERALD HUNT SHOWCASES NWSA TALENT
The Miami Herald's signature event, The Herald Hunt, kicks off at noon on Sunday, October 26, and, once again, New World School of the Arts students will be there to play a role. This year's event is a hilarious send-up of election politics, as presidential candidate Dave Barry counts down the final days in his 2008 campaign. In past years, Hunters have been wowed by performances by NWSA students, of operatic interludes by the School's singers, to the portrayal of a "Key" player in US colonial history from NWSA's Theater division. Come to this year's Hunt and see the NWSA students as they perform and confound in this unique urban adventure.
Sunday, October 26; 12 noon
Arsht Center for the Performing Arts - 1300 Biscayne Blvd, dowtown Miami
Bicentennial Park - 1075 Biscayne Blvd, downtown Miami
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 INNOVATIVE LECTURE SERIES EXPLORES THE BUSINESS OF ART
New World School of the Arts will launch a new series of lectures, Make Art Work, (MAW) designed to bring professionals in the art world together with students and the community for a dialogue on the business of art. The series will focus on providing tools, guidance and strategies for success to the next generation of artists and will expand understanding of what it takes to live as an artist in the twenty-first century. Lectures will include a question and answer session, allowing students and the public opportunities for direct communication with leaders in the art world. The series kicks-off with Lin Arison, Miami arts leader and benefactor, artist advocate and author of Travels with Van Gogh and the Impressionists: Discovering the Connections.
GUEST SPEAKERS:
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Wednesday, October 29 - Lin Arison
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Wednesday, January 14 - Peter Amster and Frank Galati
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Wednesday, February 18 - Adler Guerrier
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Friday, April 3 - Branford Marsalis
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
NWSA Louise O' Gerrits Theatre
MDC Wolfson Campus, Building 5
25 NE 2nd Street, downtown Miami
Free and open to the public
More information at 305-237-3502 |
 RENOWNED THEATER DIRECTOR LECTURES AT NWSA
Producer, director and published author, Lee Michael Cohn recently conducted a series of acting workshops for New World School of the Arts high school and college students. The one-week intensive during the first week of September 2008, aimed to equip students with various simple tools to help them problem-solve as actors. "The students were a pleasure to work with," recalled Cohn - "their enthusiasm was palpable as they interacted with each other and immediately put to use some of the very concepts I was teaching."
Lee Michael Cohn has been a staple at NWSA for the past fifteen years during which time he has earned the respect of students and faculty. Co-author of the popular 1986 reference book A Practical Handbook for the Actor, Cohn describes his methods and philosophies of the theater along with five other working actors, all of whom worked with playwright David Mamet at the Goodman Theater in Chicago. NWSA has utilized this book throughout the years as the foundation tool for studying acting technique and to help students focus as they prepare for a career in the performing arts. With over 225,000 copies sold, the book has become required reading for hundreds of theater programs throughout the nation.
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2009 RISING STARS SHOWCASE
On Friday, March 27, NWSA will showcase the talent of its high school and college students in both the performing and visual arts. The Rising Stars showcase, a three-part celebration begins at 5 p.m. with an exhibition of artworks by NWSA students at the New World Gallery. Just a short block away, the curtain goes up at the Gusman Center for the Performing Arts promptly at 7:00 PM with a carefully orchestrated program that showcases students in NWSA's Music, Drama and Dance Programs. Immediately following the Rising Stars Performance, guests will continue on to the Sky Lobby Terrace at Bank of America where they will join NWSA supporters, visionaries and sponsors for the Rising Stars Gala, a celebration of another year of excellence at New World School of the Arts.
Friday, March 27, 2009
5:00 PM - New World Gallery, MDC Wolfson Campus, Building 5, 25 NE 2nd Street, Miami
7:00 PM - Gusman Center for the Performing Arts, 175 E. Flagler Street, Miami
9:00 PM - Bank of America Sky Lobby Terrace, 100 SE 2nd Street, Miami
More information at 305-237-3753
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THREE GREAT PARTNERS. ONE GREAT CONSERVATORY
New World School of the Arts was created by the Florida Legislature as a Center of Excellence in the visual and the performing arts. An educational partnership of Miami-Dade County Public Schools, Miami Dade College and the University of Florida.
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 THANK YOU, NEW WORLD SCHOOL OF THE ARTS SUPPORTERS
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KEY88, A FUNDRAISING INITIATIVE
Committed to ongoing excellence in education, NWSA has developed Key88, a three-year/multi-million dollar fundraising initiative. NWSA needs your financial support to ensure that all students receive the best educational experience possible. Join this worthy effort today.
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KEY88 MEMBERS*
Angel Warrior Fund, Alberto A. Arias & Wood Kinnard, Joan Baxt, Kerrin W. Bermont, Karl & Carmen Bishopric, Blue Cross Blue Shield of So. Florida, Ellery Brown, Anne Rochette Chamberlin, Abbey Chase, Charles Cinnamon, Armando Codina, CommerceBank, Henry Courtney, Rafael & Kimberly De Acha, Dennis Edwards & Mark Steinberg, Ani & Tony Fernandez, Garner Foundation, Donald Goodstein & Elizabeth Fenjves, Lydia Harrison, Commissioner Sally Heyman, Rod Hildebrant & Matthew Meehan, Deborah Hoffman, HSBC Bank USA, Ida Hutzler Charitable Trust, Richard Kirkham & Robert Houseman, David Lawrence Jr., Manny's Steakhouse, Marvin & Isabel Leibowitz, Bern Levine, Lin Lloyd Lougheed, Juan P. Loumiet, Stephen Lyon, Marcia Kaplan Simon Trust, Mellon Bank, North Dade Medical Foundation, Northern Trust Bank, Dr. Jules Oaklander, Connie Russell, Myrna Palley, S. Daniel Ponce, Sara Woodruff Foundation, Charles & Margery Seitz, Shepard Broad Foundation, Stuart Sibley, Beatrice Simon, Michalis & Alejandra Stavrinides, Barbara Swan & Barry Diamond, Cricket Taplin.
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| THE BRIG |
By Kenneth Brown
Friday, October 17; 7:30 PM
Saturday, October 18; 2:00 PM & 7:30 PM
NWSA Studio Theater 25 NE 2nd Street, downtown Miami
Free Admission |
| HIGH SCHOOL JAZZ COMBOS |
| Thursday, October 23; 7:00 PM
First United Methodist Church of South Miami 6565 SW 57 Avenue, Coral Gables
Free Admission |
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Written, edited and produced by the NWSA Marketing and Communications Department |
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Maria M. Flores Director of Marketing and Communications mflores1@mdc.edu
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