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Friday September 29th, 2023
Flowers for a rainy day. Don’t wait til spring to update your info with A&F! We can be reached at Info@alumniandfriends.org!
Tuesday September 19th, 2023
We couldn’t be prouder of our two Dance alumnae - Shannon Walter (LaG ‘12) and Deijah Robinson (LaG ‘06) who danced at MTV 2023 VMAs!
Monday September 18th, 2023
Congrats to our Dance alum - Adrian Wiltshire (LaG ‘00), Jah’Meek Williams (LaG ‘10), Jarrett Brown (LaG ‘17) and Kevin Lin (LaG ‘11) representing at MTV 2023 VMAs! We are so proud of you!
Forgot Deijah Robinson dancing with Diddy and reppin the 06 LADIES!!! 🔥🔥🔥
Friday September 15th, 2023
Happy Fiorello Friday! Starting the day off right with our fabulous Jazz Orchestra!
Excellent!!!
How I miss Music and Art. Best years.
Friday September 8th, 2023
Information about attending this fabulous event for Gospel Choir Alum put together by MALAG!!!
🎶🎶🎶
If you have been in the Music and Art or LaGuardia Gospel Choir starting from 1970 to now, we are looking for you! A reunion concert/live recording is being planned for its 50th anniversary. Please note that this is just an interest form as of now. More details will be circling around as we get more people. Sign up using this link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc2cWMuBFSdzBxTja1CStM_QKyuXcM0L4OC3mJTEbeFTI5p8w/viewform
It's not an event yet, but information about this event is forthcoming. However, get Ready, get ready, get ready something is coming!!!
Sharon Williams Aunt Sharon!!!!!!!!!
Tuesday August 29th, 2023
We can never say thank you enough to our Alumni & Friends for all that you do! Artwork by Marina Kikkawa, LaG’23.
Wednesday August 16th, 2023
Look who came to visit! @actuallystevenweber (PA'79). We love seeing proud alumni!
Too bad you can’t identify the actual school he went to. Was standing in front of the old PA building not enough of a clue?
Love my old school!!! PA ‘75
He was one of my favorite students!
I was 3 years ahead of him.
Oh I so miss my hometown and that building! New Mexico is so far away!
1985! We had the only joint graduation! PA forever!
Thank God for Art/Performing Arts Schools. I doubt I would've graduated hs without them.
How awesome!
That the old buikding stairs only Geesh I remember when I auditioned in 81 ‘
PA '58 music👍👍
Monday August 14th, 2023
Great news! Alum and former teacher Deepak Marwah is LaGuardia’s new principal! We are excited to see his success in this role!
Congrats!!!!
Fantastic. Congratulations Deepk!! 🎭🎨🕺🎤🎶
Congrats! Best of luck
He's amazing and much needed to get Lag back to it's core mission.
Congratulations 💓
Congratulations!!!
Congratulations Deepak!!
Congrats and proud
Please. Core mission is so important.
Congratulations. God Bless .❤️
He is AWESOME!
Congratulations!!
Congrats! What did he teach?
What year did he graduate?
Congratulations!🎉
Congratulations! All the Best! 💯
Congrats!
I couldn't think of a better choice! Congrats!!!
This is the best news! He was an incredible teacher to me and remains a wonderful person.
Great news. We are looking forward!
Amazing news. So happy.
Wednesday August 2nd, 2023
TODAY ONLY, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will boost donations to LaGuardia teachers' fundraising campaigns by 50%! Teachers' are using Donors Choose to raise money for a wide variety of needs: a laptop for a STEM class, sheet music and Broadway scores, tablets for digital artists, back-to-school supplies for science classrooms, enhanced printing for Tech students, supplies for volleyball and bowling teams, and more. If you can, please donate TODAY using the link below. THANK YOU!
Find a classroom to support | DonorsChoose
www.donorschoose.org
DonorsChoose makes it easy for anyone to help students in need. Public school teachers from every corner of America post classroom project requests on our site, and you can give any amount to the p...Monday July 31st, 2023
Current LaGuardia students are able to participate in Dance, Drama (Musical Theater), Fine Arts, Vocal and Instrumental, and Technical Theater workshops this summer. The Fine Arts sessions were over capacity. Look at the talent in these One Hour WarmUps by students in the first session—WOW!
They have a recording studio and labs too
Wish I could have done this during my summers! Such a wonderful opportunity!
That is truly amazing, I wish you'd offer this for alums too someday (would gladly pay these beloved teachers well for this privilege) <3
Tuesday July 18th, 2023
Having honored the most recent LaG alumni on this show, we now want to spotlight Sean Kaufman (LaG ‘18), also starring in “The Summer I Turned Pretty.” We love to see our successful alumni working together!
A legend !
Love this!❤️
Monday July 17th, 2023
Congratulations to Lola Tung (LaG ‘20) and David Iacono (LaG ‘20) on the release of the second season of “The Summer I Turned Pretty.” Stream the first three episodes on Prime Video now! A&F is so proud!!
Jean Lyca Macatual schoolmates sila HAHAHAHAHAH ug sa brother ni Belly
Put some respect on Sean Kaufman’s (Lag ‘18) name please
Congratulations 💕💕
I can't wait for tomorrows episode
Congratulations. You both are deserving an award
Season 3*
Kate Minato
Amazing. And don’t forget Sean Kaufman!
Thursday July 13th, 2023
Congrats to Zazie Beetz (LaG ‘09) and Jharrel Jerome (LaG ‘15) on starring in “Full Circle,” now streaming on Max. We are so proud of both of you!!
Congratulations 👏👏👏
Congratulations 💕💕💕
Friday June 30th, 2023
Congratulations to the Class of 2023, and welcome to Alumni & Friends of LaGuardia! A&F will keep you connected to a group of over 50,000 talented and successful alumni as you embark on a new chapter of your lives.
Enjoy some highlights from this year's graduation ceremony! From incredible performances to our very own alumna, Awkwafina giving this year’s commencement speech, it was a great afternoon filled with laughs and tears.
Congrats again from Alumni & Friends, and welcome to the club!
As a member of the first graduating class of LaGuardia H.S. In 1970 I wish all the new graduates a lifelong love and support of the arts!
Congrats! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
I have no idea who gave the speech at our '68 M&A commencement, but I'm pretty sure it was no one as cool as Awkwafina!
Much success and happiness from a two generation M&A and La G family.Norman Hellman M &A 1964 and Lawrence Hellman LaG 2005…..
Congratulations 🎈🎊🎉
Thursday June 22nd, 2023
With graduation approaching, here is another #TBT (Throwback Thursday) to the Music & Art and Performing Arts class of 1978! Recognize anyone you know?
If you think your contact info may be outdated, fill out the form in the link in our bio (under “Update Contact Info”) or go to alumniandfriends.org/connect to update it! We want to stay in touch with all of you.
We all look the same! I am from 1968. The beautiful energy is timeless.
How about anyone from class of 1960 Would love to catch up
Hi Lorraine!
Tuesday June 20th, 2023
Here is a clip from “Rising Stars 2023: Reprise” this past weekend! This interactive experience and concert was a great way to end the school year. We love seeing students of all majors come together to create one of LaG's most beloved performances!
Jeannie Naveja
Thursday June 15th, 2023
Hi class of 2023! With graduation nearing, it is time for you to put your information in our Alumni & Friends data base!
A&F is the best way to keep in contact with your class and every class that came before you. We will plan reunions and will keep you updated on the success of other LaG alumni. No matter what industry you want to go into, there is no community as successful and talented as the LaGuardia community, so we hope you will stay in touch as each of you achieve great success.
Please fill out your contact information at alumniandfriends.org/seniors. The link is also in our Instagram bio.
So...you WILL be planning reunions? Tell me more!
Tanya Giles fyi. Seems to contradict what happened this year. Perhaps when Zoe's successor is found they will once again actually plan reunions instead of outsourcing to the individual classes.
congratulations seniors I graduated PA '58 music department
So worth it! Class of 1989
Wednesday June 14th, 2023
Rising Stars is back! Come to LaGuardia to see the show on June 15th and June 16th at 6:00 PM. Students across all majors will showcase their talents as the school year comes to a close. Get your tickets for “Rising Stars 2023: Reprise” in @lagrisingstars2023 bio or here: www.tix.com/ticket-sales/laguardiahs/699?fbclid=paaayyhdq8vjmqdmyzvrd09qaljkfmelvtucmgzwvgd1wshay...
Tuesday June 13th, 2023
This past weekend, M&A, PA, and LaG alumni got together to reminisce on their high school days, visit the the castle, and watch this year’s Semi-Annual concert. High school memories last forever and we love seeing our alumni come together to celebrate!
sorry i missed it PA music 1958
Class of 1991
Wish I could've been there to celebrate with you all!!!
Would’ve been nice if you would’ve credited the photos and class years… 💅🏾
PA Music 1976
Thanks for the pics! It was such a beautiful school- we had a great time and memories from there- M&A 1974
Where is the 10-year reunion for the Class of 2013? You guys don’t do a good job of making younger classes feel included. Good luck fundraising in the future.
Oops I missed it
class of 76'
Living up in NH, seeing alumni photos from my high school in NYC always makes me happy. An amazing place. M&A '68
Monday June 12th, 2023
We hope everyone enjoyed the spring Semi-Annual concert! Swipe for a segment of Faurés Requiem, performed by The LaGuardia Philharmonic and Senior Chorus.
So beautiful!
Magnificent...
Beautiful. Almostas great as us.
I love that I had this opportunity to do this in the sixties at M&A. In this performance they sound just magnificent!
Outstanding!!! <3 <3 <3
A favorite of M&A.....I remember it M&A68
Absolutely gorgeous!!!
Sounding great!
Friday June 9th, 2023
Great news! The Semi-annual concert is back on for tonight! The concert is tonight and tomorrow at 6:30 PM. Please check the LaGuardia website before setting off for the concert though just in case anything changes.
Enjoy this clip of Senior Chorus singing one of the pieces on the program, “The Sun Never Says,” by Dan Forrest.
Emma Granna DiFiori
What happened to former director from early 80s. Mr Johnson?
Wow, so beautiful! 🎵❤️
Bravo👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 Parent - class of 2016❤️
You guys were spectacular tonight!
Thursday June 8th, 2023
Come to the Spring Semi-annual Concert on June 9th and June 10th at 6:30 PM. The program will feature orchestral works by Charles Fox, Curtis Stewart, and current LaGuardia students as well as choral works by Brahms, Dan Forrest, and Mulholland. The LaGuardia Philharmonic and Senior Chorus will come together to perform Fauré’s Requiem in the second half of the performance.
Doors open both days at 5:30 PM. Come early, before the concert begins, to view the Spring Art Show with students’ work featured in the lobby!
Tickets can be found here: www.tix.com/ticket-sales/laguardiahs/699?fbclid=iwar3l454sodriusnu9dzk6z1kidogu9qz5vz3soxts5zwzte...
Is the concert still on Friday if the school is closed during the day for classes?
Semiannual has been canceled for Friday, June 9.
Tuesday June 6th, 2023
Maleek Washington (LaG ‘05) will be premiering his work, “SHADES 2.0 D.A.P Diamonds and Principal,” on Friday, June 9th at 7:30 PM at the 92nd Street Y. Washington choreographed this show to portray his journey as a black man and worked with great collaborators to produce his vision. Read more about Washington and his performance here: thecitylife.org/2023/06/02/maleek-washington-nyc-premiere-june-9/
Get your tickets in @maleek_washington bio or here: www.92ny.org/event/maleek-washington
Monday June 5th, 2023
Enjoy this clip of Cantare Choir rehearsing an arrangement of “Lift Me Up” by Rihanna, conducted by Jana Ballard. Nothing compares to the LaGuardia lobby acoustics!
Love this!❤️
Incredible.
🎼❤️🎼
Wednesday May 31st, 2023
Come see the 2023 Graduation Dance Concert, June 2nd-4th! Get your tickets in @dance_lag bio or here: www.tix.com/ticket-sales/laguardiahs/699?fbclid=paaabizog60tkbg0ydytru6xarcutsurnhelb6zzxdp8gh5ni...
Can anyone get me an extra graduation ticket for this year?
Tuesday May 30th, 2023
Enjoy this video of Anna Lopez (LaG ‘20) performing at the 110th First Lady’s Luncheon at the Congressional Club in Washington, D.C., honoring First Lady Jill Biden. The luncheon centered around New York and public education, with the theme, “The Empire State of Mind.” Read more about the event at this link: qns.com/2023/05/victorias-secrets-a-wondrous-week-2/
Friday May 26th, 2023
Happy #FiorelloFriday! Enjoy this performance from Jana Ballard’s solo voice class this morning.
remember these amazing talented kids are 'kids'
This is great! Solo voice in my day was opera arias. (1964)
Really enjoyed this! Well done!
Thursday May 25th, 2023
#TBT (Throwback Thursday) to the class of 1993, 30 years ago! Recognize anyone you know?
If you think your contact information is out of date, please go to alumniandfriends.org/connect and fill out the form with your updated information! We appreciate our large and talented alumni base and would love to stay in touch with everyone.
Memories!
Nope I’m from PA class of 58 music dept
Ms. Aldini!!!
The memories! Yes!
😍
I was only a freshman🤷🏼♀️
Class of 1991!!
07 🙌
class of '93 represent!
Look at my friends in the picture!
I see a lot of familiar faces🥰😍
Many! Nostalgia is a hell of a drug 😍
👏🏽👏🏽
This could have been us in 1968!
That’s my class!
Viviana rodriguez
Why isn’t LaGuardia holding a reunion at the school this year? Is this the new normal now?
Please post ‘98! 🙂
Wednesday May 24th, 2023
Congratulations to Lorna Courtney (LaG ‘16) and Micaela Diamond (LaG ‘17) for their Tony Awards Nominations for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical! The LaGuardia community is so proud of both of you! The 76th Annual Tony Awards will air on June 11th, 2023.
The talent! So happy to see both of them living their dreams.
Congratulations 🎉🎊🎈
congratulations..... PA'58
Congratulations!!! 🎉
That's awesome! Congratulations!
Woo Woo - M & A 4EVER (LaGuardia !)
TO CONNECT TO FAME AROUND THE WORLD GO TO FAMENETWORK.COM
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Not one but 2 girls repping LaGuardia!
Congratulations 🎉🎉🎉
Congratulations 🎊🎉🎊🎉❤️❤️❤️❤️
Congratulations 🎉🎉🎉
Congrats Lorna and Micaela.
Wednesday May 24th, 2023
There are still a limited number of early bird tickets available for the annual benefit and auction hosted by the Parents Association (PA) of LaGuardia High School! Purchase your tickets before it's too late! Click on the link to learn more about the evening and to purchase tickets: one.bidpal.net/lagbenefit2023/welcome?fbclid=IwAR3SpZ54fOZ_-SnWB8-9QPotknVryphlp0EvzoZKhPQLS2JRDR...
Tuesday May 23rd, 2023
The Parents Association (PA) of LaGuardia High School is fundraising with a splendid benefit dinner and auction on June 6th. Please support current LaG students by attending in person or by bidding on donated auction items!! Proceeds fund everything from sports uniforms to the audition process for aspiring students, from filtered water fountains to the college office, and of course, the fabulous all-school musical! Click on the link to learn more about the evening: one.bidpal.net/lagbenefit2023/welcome
Why was this not posted previously? The price went up yesterday and this is the first notice to this group? Sigh...
It's not even on the website!
It's almost as if the alumni are an afterthought. <- SARCASM
Perhaps if the Alumni were treated with greater respect, folks might consider things in a positive way.
Sorry leadership has devolved at LaGuardia
I bought a ticket anyway. Sounds like a fun evening!
Monday May 15th, 2023
The Art Department found a treasure trove of artwork from past LaGuardia students. They passed much of this art to us in hopes that we could track down the alums who created it. Here is a picture of Rithy Chan from the LaG Class of 1989, who came to pick up his piece today!
If we have your art, and we have your email address, we have already sent you an email! Please reply and let us know if you'd like to pick it up.
Is there a way to get video from performances? Vocal dept 1993
I’ve been wanting my painting back from the art Regents -class of 88
Donna Virapen
Oh wow, I was there at that time!! ❤️
My son did a poster of West Side Story that was displayed in the great hall opposite the statue of Toscanini . Do you have this poster? His name is Lawrence Hellman, class of 2005
Great job, Rithy!
Nora Levine Rithy!!! I remember sweet, incredibly talented Rithy!
Wonder if the Art Dept brought students’ work that was held in The Castle on the Hill to the new LGHS building? In my senior year (Fall ‘65 - Spring ‘66) my art teacher chose/kept my oil painting still life. Never saw it again. It was a still life of a glass seltzer bottle and other items.
Rithy! 🤗
hi! I was contacted in 2021 by a Leigh Woods to let me know a photo print was found and asked if I wanted it. I repsonded yes and then never heard from them again. Could someone please help me out with this? michellecaner@gmail.com
Rithy!! If you see this, friend me!!!
Hopefully some of my artwork from Bing's class is still around somewhere. Class of 77
I’m an 88 alum. Not sure anyone has my email though. tommy@soulnyc.com
Lol I would love to have my mural by the little flower theater by the escalator. Or a picture of it! Class of 2014
I googled my name one day and found a piece of my art that I painted at LaGuardia in 86 or 87 for sale on EBay. I moved after my sophomore year, so I probably left it in the moving frenzie. Who knows how it wound up for sale?! My husband bought it for me for Valentine’s Day. It’s now in the attic because it frightens him. But, if you run across any more pieces by Nicole Gahl, I’ll come and get them. 😂
Rithy🤗
Thursday May 11th, 2023
Love Broadway and all manner of songs? The Spring Show Choir Concert: Heroes and Villains (and Elphaba is which?) promises to be an unusual treat for all who can't get enough musical theater and other hummable music in their lives. This is the last concert before the SemiAnnuals on June 9th and 10th (more on those next week). Come support the Music Studio and its lively repertoire this Friday, May 12th, at 6:30. Have yourself a very merry evening!!
Bravo. Cheers. Encore. Kudos.
Monday May 8th, 2023
Come to the Spring Gospel Concert, Tuesday, May 9th at 6:30 pm in the Concert Hall and check out the new organ--acquired this year with funds from general donations to Alumni & Friends! The concert promises to be rousing in the very best sense of the word!!!
Thursday May 4th, 2023
More concerts from the irrepressible Music Studio--this Friday, May 5th, the New Music Ensemble and Percussion Ensemble will feature original compositions by LaGuardia students. Come hear what's on our young composers' minds, starting at 6 pm!
Next up: Gospel Choir on Tuesday, May 9th and Show Choir on Friday, May 12th, each starting at 6:30. Artwork to come. Keep your evenings open, because both groups will have you out of your seat!!
Meantime, don't forget to check out the Drama Studio's offerings--this week features a multilingual version of Thornton Wilder's "Our Town" as part of the SDF, beginning at 6:30. Next Friday, May 12th, the Senior One Acts start at 6 pm
Wednesday April 26th, 2023
The Music Studio continues its concert season with Spring Musicales on Friday, April 28th and Tuesday, May 2nd at 6 PM. Both concerts feature performances by Vocal and Instrumental groups under the direction of their talented and dedicated teachers. Come for the variety of content and medium, support current LaGuardia students, and be transported by their artistry to worlds far from your every day cares!
it's a very short hop from LaG to Lincoln Center!!
Monday April 24th, 2023
Tomorrow's Band Concert will celebrate the entire wind band program at LaGuardia! All three wind bands--the Wind Symphony, the Symphonic Band, and the Concert Band--will perform both new work from living composers and pieces rooted in wind band history. AND a quintet of 5 alumni brass players ranging in graduation year from 1969 to 2020 will contribute to the evening's delights, playing Bernstein's "Suite from Mass." The performances should be fantastic!!!
Bravo. Cheers.
Tuesday April 4th, 2023
Recent Alumni! Please see this casting call in NYC!
Weird to include a still from “Kids,” no?
Harold 🥲 RIP
Tuesday March 21st, 2023
Feast your ears on March 31st! This year's winners of the Concerto Competition will play their pieces, accompanied by the Senior Orchestra under the baton of Joseph Meyers, at 6:30 p.m. in the LaG Concert Hall. Ticket information on the poster below. Spend a cultured Friday evening and support these talented students!
Monday March 20th, 2023
Mark your calendars for these amazing performances and exhibits at LaGuardia! More info at www.laguardiahs.org/events
Wednesday March 15th, 2023
Highlights of our amazing LaGuardia Dance Department!
Wednesday March 15th, 2023
Alumni & Friends was so happy to purchase this organ for the music department! See T.J. Walker, Music Director for Gospel Choir, enjoying the new instrument in the LaG recording studio.
Wednesday March 15th, 2023
Check out Carlos Henriquez (LaG '97) performing at Dizzy's on April 16! "Grammy-nominated bassist and composer Carlos Henriquez celebrates the life and artistry of era-defining instrumentalist and band leader Mario Bauzá. Credited by many musicians and historians as the first artist to push clave in new directions, the prolific big band leader from Havana enjoyed pivotal associations with Chick Webb, Dizzy Gillespie, and Tito Puente. Henriquez interprets Bauzá’s canon with buoyant interplay, melodicism, and energetic performance." 2023.jazz.org/carlos-henriquez-celebrates-mario-bauza
Tuesday March 14th, 2023
Looking for acting classes with an alumnus? The Ruskin School of Acting New York Studio is opening on April 1, 2023, and Alison Bartlett (LaG '89) will be leading the following classes: Scene Study with Master Teachers Class, Children's Classes, and On Camera Class. www.ruskinschool.com/new-york-acting-classes
"Alison Bartlett is an Award Winning Writer, Emmy Nominated Actress, and Director. She made her Off Broadway acting debut at the age of 12 in "Landscape of The Body" directed by Gary Sinise.
Her Broadway debut was in David Rabe's "Hurlyburly" directed by Mike Nichols. From 1986-2015, she starred as the role of Gina on the world wide acclaimed television show "Sesame Street".
Known for her recurring roles on HBO's "The Sopranos", & FX's "Rescue Me", she has guest starred on numerous TV shows and received an Emmy Nomination for "Outstanding Performer in a Children's Special" for her lead performance in ABC's Afterschool Special "It's Only Rock & Roll". As a screenplay writer Alison has won a Silver Remi at the Worldfest-Houston International Film Festival; was a Semi-Finalist at Big Apple Film Festival and Screenplay Competition, and was an Official Selection of the Atlanta International Screenplay Awards."
Gypsy Kann
Tuesday March 14th, 2023
Marlon Wayans (LaG '90) recently hosted Comedy Central's "The Daily Show" and his guest was fellow classmate Omar Epps (LaG '90)! Watch them reminisce about growing up together and highlighting LaGuardia!
Omar just released a book "Nubia: The Awakening" - "a powerful saga of three teens, the children of refugees from a fallen African utopia, who must navigate their newfound powers in a climate-ravaged New York City." www.amazon.com/Nubia-Awakening-Omar-Epps/dp/0593428676/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=
Nicole Mcmillan Bennett
Amazing!!! ❤️
Omar Epps (AKA Foreman on House) is an Alum?! That's excellent!
These were classic LAG moments. Nothing like that forever H.S. bond. 💙💙💙
Love this!!🖤
Oh the days when the new school was brand new!
Tuesday March 14th, 2023
8th floor art stroll! One hour paintings in Joyce Riley’s Advanced Painting class! The assignment was to paint your classmate.
Love this! I’m class of ‘95. Reminds me of my POTW (Painting off the Wall) class with Jody Morris Sunshine 🥰🎨
I did that assignment with my 3rd graders....and were they straight on the mark....great assignment to really hone it in our little facial picadillos.
Monday March 13th, 2023
Check out this interview with comic artist Shawn Martinbrough (LaG '89), and view his exhibit at the Society Of Illustrators, thru March 18!
How Shawn Martinbrough became a Jack of all comic trades
www.thepopverse.com
hawn Martinbrough: From artist to writer to exhibit curatorMonday March 13th, 2023
Read a great interview with Rachel Watanabe-Batton (M&A '83), the Emmy-winning executive producer of Disney+’s "Sneakerella," a movie that retells the Cinderella fairytale. Set in modern-day Queens, the story centers around sneaker culture. The 2022 film won four Children’s and Family Emmys, and was nominated for 11. THe movie is currently streaming on Disney+.
“Sneakerella” Executive Producer Rachel Watanabe-Batton | Exclusive Interview
whatsondisneyplus.com
Last year, the Disney+ Original film,Saturday March 11th, 2023
You don’t want to miss the Spring Drama Festival production of “Rent” at LaG - March 14-17 at 7pm! Director Laura Fries. Tickets are going fast: www.tix.com/ticket-sales/laguardiahs/699
I have 2 tickets available for Wednesday 3/15 @7pm performance of RENT. Center, Row M. Great seats! There are no more center seats available. My friends cannot make it unfortunately. Let me know:)
Friday March 10th, 2023
Happy #fiorellofriday! Jazz students welcoming us into the building today!
Amazing school
Oh I miss playing in jazz band w JD leading us
Wednesday March 8th, 2023
Enjoy some of Senior Art Show #2 in the LaGuardia gallery! Always so impressive!
Wednesday March 8th, 2023
Get your tickets for the operetta “The Merry Widow” March 16-18! www.tix.com/ticket-sales/laguardiahs/699
Tuesday March 7th, 2023
Have you ever seen such delectable popcorn? 2nd year Art students making us proud (and hungry)! Teachers - Ms. Park and Ms. Codorean.
Rebekah Albert all the ways to eat all the popcorn 🍿
Absolutely beautiful!
Wonderful work
Monday March 6th, 2023
Enjoy a trip down memory lane! Here is the old Music & Art school song, “Now Upward in Wonder,” set to Brahms 1st Symphony, 4th movement, 2nd theme.
NOW UPWARD IN WONDER
Now upward in wonder
our distant glances turning
Where brightly through ages
the immortal light is burning
Our task unending
defending
that realm above
‘Till dull and lifeless things have caught
a beauty that daring dreams have wrought
Don’t they still sing it? We were told that whenever we heard The Brahms 1st Symphony,we would always think of M&A
New song to replace the old one? I always loved that song. So different from other school songs. As is/was the school! We
I work very hard not to sing the words when I happen to hear that movement.
Just heard Brahms 1st recently and started singing our song. Amazed myself that I still remembered the words. After all I graduated in '63. Anyone live in South Florida? It would be interesting if we could put a group together down here.
I played this for my audition to get into music and art on the viola!
There are some small differences between the lyrics shown above by the A&F and those in the illustration. With one exception, the illustration is correct. The exception is the final word, which is "wrought", not "brought". I have previously posted here the tale of attending a Peter Yarrow concert and chatting with him in the lobby as he signed books during intermission. When I said we were fellow M&A alums, he asked if I remembered the school song (testing me perhaps?). I said I did and he said, “Good, let’s sing it now.” Which we did, with nary a musical or poetic error, receiving laughter and applause from the milling crowd. A fun memory.
I guess if you really want to remember anything, learn it to music! I certainly remember this. People with dementia can often sing along to Christmas carols, for example. We had a beautiful school song.
Friday March 3rd, 2023
As part of an ongoing collaboration with Interlochen Center for the Arts, the LaGuardia Gospel Choir will be featured in a performance at David Geffen Hall tonight, March 3! The performance is being hosted by the New York Philharmonic, featuring 140 Interlochen Arts Academy Students. Interlochen conductor Leslie B. Dunner (M&A '74) will conduct the Arts Academy Orchestra as part of a multidisciplinary performance.
www.interlochen.org
Interlochen conductor Leslie B. Dunner will lead the Philharmonic on March 2 and 4, 2023 and conduct the Arts Academy Orchestra as part of a multidisciplinary performance presented by Academy students...Went to JHS and M&A with Leslie. Doesn't surprise me that he is so accomplished. Had lots of fun together, especially who was dressed the best in school lol.
Thursday March 2nd, 2023
Sneak preview of the amazing Senior Art Show #2: ONESELF, opening Friday, March 3!
PREVIEW 1:30-2:30pm, OPENING CELEBRATION 2:30-7pm,
On Saturday, March 4, the show is open 11am-2pm.
So different from my days at M&A, when abstraction was the thing.
Wednesday March 1st, 2023
Congratulations to Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, Countertenor (LaG '11) and Erika Baikoff (LaG '12) on receiving 2023 George London Awards for opera singers - $12,000!
The George London Awards have been given since 1971.
Winners are selected from an annual applicant pool of over 150 opera singers. From these, a maximum of 90 singers are selected to participate in a preliminary round over the course of three days.
Typically, applicants are asked to sing two arias for the panel of judges, but may be asked to sing a third.
Following the preliminary round, up to 15 singers are selected to compete in the finals before an audience at the Morgan Library and Museum. Each finalist sings one aria selected by the judges. Immediately following the performance, the judges deliberate and up to 5 George London Awards of $12,000 each are given to the winners.
www.georgeandnoralondon.org
About the George and Nora London Foundation Competition and Awards The George London Awards have been given since 1971. Winners are selected from an annual applicant pool of over 150 opera singers....we must shout 'well done' to these young people who gift us with their talent and intrepid grit and stamina...to 'follow their dream.'
Cheers & Congrats. Super entertaining, impactful and inspiring.
Nicole & Sophia Orrico
Wednesday March 1st, 2023
Check out the memoir, "Village Idiot," by former LaGuardia student and actor David Sheinkopf, about growing up in Greenwich Village in the early 1980s.
"Ever wonder what it's like to grow up in Greenwich Village and live the fast life of a teenage kid who's breaking into the brilliant inside world of modeling and television, meeting beautiful girls, hanging out with neighborhood kids willing to try anything once, and doing recreational drugs of every stripe? Here, by turns, is the revealing, deeply touching, hilarious, and heart breaking story of a twelve-year-old who does just that-who goes from print modeling to soap operas, makes serious money and spends it like it's going out of style, suffers painful losses, crashes into one catastrophe after another, runs into real emotional and physical trouble. . .and survives because, at root, he has a good heart. It's a tale of faith in oneself and triumph over tough odds that leave some of his nearest and dearest dead, strung out, or doing hard time."
Thank you so much for the post! And to all my friends and fellow Alumni you can grab a copy here! Village Idiot: A Manhattan Memoir a.co/d/b6pZXg5
Josh Milder😳
Tuesday February 28th, 2023
Check out the 40th-anniversary revival of "Mama I Want to Sing!" featuring 3 LaGuardia students - Elise Silva, Asa Sulton, and Faith Cochrane at the Heckscher Theatre, 104th and 5th Avenue, through March 12, 2023.
Fun fact: The original production featured famed Motown singer, Desiree Coleman (M&A '83)!
‘Mama, I Want to Sing!’ Returns for 40th Anniversary
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Gospel soul returns to the stage as the long-running musical is revived for Black History Month at El Museo’s El Teatro.Tuesday February 28th, 2023
Check out two LaG '15 alumni - Jonah Bobo and Brendan Jacob Smith - performing in “The Simon & Garfunkel Story” Friday, March 3 at the Kings Theatre in Brooklyn, 1027 Flatbush Avenue. Special offer for $20 tickets - use promotional code: KINGSCARES - www.kingstheatre.com/calendar/the-simon-garfunkel-story/
See the full tour schedule here: www.eventticketscenter.com/the-simon-and-garfunkel-story-brooklyn-tickets/622396/e?gclid=Cj0KCQiA...
Kings Theatre - The Simon & Garfunkel Story
www.kingstheatre.com
The Simon & Garfunkel Story is touring North America again this year! Using huge projection photos and original film footage, featuring a full live band performing all the hits including ‘Mrs. Robin...Paul Simon Sr. was my music teacher when I was in JHS17, NYC.
Special offer for $20 tickets - use promotional code: KINGSCARES - www.kingstheatre.com/calendar/the-simon-garfunkel-story/
Monday February 27th, 2023
This year 5 amazing productions will be featured in LaGuardia’s annual Spring Drama Festival: Rent (March 14-17), You on the Moors Now (March 28-31), Our Town (May 2-5), The Laramie Project (May 23, 25), The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later (May 24, 26). Tickets will be available at www.tix.com/ticket-sales/laguardiahs/699
Friday February 17th, 2023
Happy #fiorellofriday! Look at these amazing self portraits from first year LaG art students! Wow! Stephanie Mulvihill, Teacher.