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Friday September 13th, 2019
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Luved my HS yrs 62 grad . Totally immersed in school & Art with great friends & teachers! Hope it is same experience today!
The High School of Music and Art was one of the greatest, most enduring influences in my life.
Go LaG....go M&A🎵💜
Thursday September 12th, 2019
#thankfulthursday
"I am thankful for the most extraordinary environment a teenager could be in for learning! My love for music and the arts only grew exponentially as I grew, and my teachers and fellow students inspired me, always." - Ricki F. Wasserman (M&A '68)
Tell us why YOU are thankful for your FREE public school arts education and read why others are thankful: alumniandfriends.org/thankful/
Artwork by Karen Mogami (LaG '20)
I am thankful for my arts education at the High School of Music & Art (class of 1967) because it provided me a place to explore, and encouraged creativity while allowing me to witness art being made in sights and sounds around me! It was a place that was a glimpse of my life and lifelong friendships that endure today.
Tuesday September 10th, 2019
Read about the amazing investigative journalism work of Sasha Urban (LaG '17 drama) in this compelling NY Times piece. Our alumni continue to do incredible work! www.nytimes.com/2019/09/08/business/media/university-of-southern-california-student-journalists.html
A School for Scandal Is a Haven for Student Journalists
nytimes.com
As part of an investigative journalism program at the University of Southern California, a student found dozens of new sexual abuse allegations against a former campus doctor.Wow !! Great work!
Tuesday September 10th, 2019
Catch Merritt Wever (LaG '98) in the new Netflix true-crime series "Unbelievable." Wever is a two-time Emmy winner for "Nurse Jackie" and "Godless." ew.com/tv/2019/09/09/merritt-wever-unbelievable-profile/
In her first leading TV role, 'Unbelievable' star Merritt Wever gave everything she had
ew.com
Merritt Wever is nervous. Very nervous, in fact. Why? “Well, I'm always nervous,” she says. “That’s my baseline experience of…I had no idea she was a LaG alum. SO talented!!!
In the small world department, Merritt's mom, Georgia Wever, sings in the NYC Labor Chorus led by Jana Ballard, of LaG choral teaching fame.
Always amazed at her skills.
I hope you get this message. Awsome work on unbelievable!!!! I’m with awsda= American women’s self defense association. Ive been teaching these classes for over 15+ years. In Washington and I have never heard of what was going on with the rapes of these women until the movie and could not stop watching it and will watch it again. Al Semple.
Can’t wait to watch! Love her ❤️❤️❤️
Godless was sooo good and she was brilliant in it! www.netflix.com/title/80097141
Congrats, Merritt! Seems like AP Lit was just yesterday 😊 Always love watching you do your thing! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
❤️Merritt! Hi!
Marilyn Schappacher
I was a baby faced freshman in 97/98. Lol!
Thursday September 5th, 2019
Catch Michael Che (LaG '01) and Colin Jost, Saturday Night Live “Weekend Update” co-anchors, hosting a comedy show to benefit the Staten Island Museum. September 19, 2019 at 8pm at the historic St. George Theatre. Tickets available: www1.ticketmaster.com/colin-jost-michael-che-friends-staten-island-museum-benefit-show/event/0000... and
www.facebook.com/events/437168463681749/
Michael Che hosted the PA gala in The Little Flower Theater 4 years ago and he was hilarious! Art Studio grad.
Wow I didn’t know how neat 🤩
Stefan Ilea
Thursday September 5th, 2019
#thankfulthursday
"LaGuardia HS gave me the opportunity to fully express myself as a visual artist and learn skills and techniques I still apply to my art work and teachings today. What an opportunity it was to be surrounded by so many talented peers that continue to inspire me every day. The friendships became life long. To walk down the hall with students all with a passion for the arts and the freedom to explore our various mediums was a true blessing. I’m grateful for those four years. It was the best education I ever had. Everyone should be so lucky."
- Joy Langer (LaG '98)
Tell us why YOU are thankful for your FREE public school arts education and read why others are thankful: alumniandfriends.org/thankful/
We Are Thankful for Our FREE Public Arts Education! | Alumni & Friends of LaGuardia
alumniandfriends.org
Thank you to everyone who submitted reasons why you are thankful for having received a free, public high school arts education at Music & Art, Performing Arts, or LaGuardia. Please read the wonder...Thanks for sharing my message LaGuardia High School! ❤️
Wednesday September 4th, 2019
Timothee Chalamet (LaG '13) can be seen on the big screen as King Henry V in Netflix’s “The King,” out Nov. 1 - a film based upon a series of “Henry V” plays by Shakespeare.
He will also star in the film “Little Women,” which is set to be released on Dec. 25, 2019.
wwd.com/eye/lifestyle/what-to-watch-the-king-little-women-parasite-hustlers-goldfinch-your-guide-...
What to Watch: The Timothée Chalamet Drought Ends
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“The King” and “Little Women” — plus other fall movies you can’t miss.Congratulations! That's wonderful news!!
Wednesday September 4th, 2019
LaG '17 alumna Micaela Diamond just ended her run in Broadway's "The Cher Show" and will be starring in Ethan Coen's "A Play is A Poem." Performances begin in L.A. September 11-October 13 and Off-Broadway May 20–June 21, 2020, at Center Theatre Group's Mark Taper Forum.
www.playbill.com/article/micaela-diamond-nellie-mckay-joey-slotnick-and-more-tapped-for-world-pre...
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The evening of one-acts, which begins performances in L.A. next month, will be seen Off-Broadway in 2020.Micaela was absolutely incredible in The Cher Show. Didn’t know she was a LaG alum while watching and couldn’t have been more proud when I found out. Incredible work! Congrats!
Tuesday September 3rd, 2019
Check out Linus Coraggio's (M&A '80) "Ramifications," a one-man show of sculpture, painting, and mixed media opening Thursday, September 12, 2019 from 6–8pm at Howl! Gallery (6 East 1st St.). The exhibition runs through October 10, with a special closing event on October 12.
The exhibition surveys Coraggio’s entire body of work, including paintings in expressionist and graffiti style, mobiles, furniture, neon, sculpture, mixed-media collage, and both classic and 3-D graffiti. The exhibition will also include recent collaborations with well-known downtown artists, and an installation of his painted and “sculpturalized” car that has become a recognized cultural fixture on the streets of New York City over the last 10 years.
www.howlarts.org/event/linus-coraggio-ramifications/
howlarts.org
Opening Reception, Thursday, September 12 / 6–8 PM / Free Howl! Happening: An Arturo VegaTuesday September 3rd, 2019
Check out a new exhibit at The Great Frog's '72 Gallery,' featuring the work of John Holmstrom, best known as the creator and illustrator of 'Punk' Magazine - September 5-October 17 at 72 Orchard Street. The September 5 opening party is produced by Rima D Bien (PA '84).
Holmstrom is known for his work depicted in the film 'CBGB,' several Ramones album covers, and for illustrating icons in 'Punk' Magazine like Joey Ramone, and many others during the greatest era of CBGB.
Tuesday September 3rd, 2019
Read a great review of "Fabulation," by Pulitzer Prize and MacArthur Genius Grant winner Lynn Nottage (M&A '82). The article is written by M&A '54 alumna Ravelle Brickman.
"Fabulation," or "The Re-Education of Undine" plays through September 22, 2019, at Mosaic Theater Company of DC, located at the Atlas Performing Arts Center at 1333 H Street NE.
dcmetrotheaterarts.com/2019/08/30/fabulation-mosaic-theater-company-eric-ruffin/
The review of "Cousin Bella" by M&A alum Sheldon Yellin is in this story about the Page to Stage Festival at the Kennedy Center. ("Bella" was one of the top draws at the festival.) dcmetrotheaterarts.com/2019/09/04/page-to-stage-2019-part-two/
Here's the link for the story about Natalie Toro, which includes a section on her memories of M&A: dcmetrotheaterarts.com/2018/04/14/from-les-miserables-and-evita-to-snow-child-at-arena-stage-bron...
Many thanks to Carol Fineberg (M&A '54) for telling me about this! (I had no idea this page existed!) And I'm thrilled to have my review of the Lynn Nottage play posted here. I've reviewed two other plays involving M&A alums--Cousin Bella, the Whore of Minsk by Broadway lyricist and playwright Sheldon Yellin, and Broadway singer and actress Natalie Toro:
Friday August 30th, 2019
If you're in Belgium, check out M&A '65 alumnus Charlemagne Palestine at the Meakusma Festival, September 6-8, 2019.
thequietus.com/articles/26989-charlemagne-palestine-interview-favourite-films
Friday August 30th, 2019
PA '64 alumna Anna Maria Horsford can be seen weekdays on the soap opera "The Bold and the Beautiful." Along with her soap role, Horsford has appeared on a number of television shows including Grey’s Anatomy, New Girl, Entourage, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, and The Wayans Bros.
soaphub.com/bold-beautiful/five-fast-facts-bold-beautiful-star-anna-maria-horsford/
Thursday August 29th, 2019
Sophia Dawson (LaG '06) was just named BET's Artist of the Week! Check out this video of the activist artist at work:
bit.ly/30KIC6r
She has been holding classes in her Industry City studio, but her knowledge is available in this ebook she recently released
"So You Wanna Paint A Mural." Check it out! sellfy.com/p/yOWi/?utm_source=Contacts+2017&utm_campaign=f571e1369e-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_08_22_08_...
Thursday August 29th, 2019
"The arts have the potential to humanize, enlighten, uplift, and thrill us. That's what Performing Arts did for me...AND in the company of like-minded people ..." - Thelma Rosenblum Blanc, PA '51
#thankfulthursday
Tell us why YOU are thankful for your FREE public school arts education and read why others are thankful: alumniandfriends.org/thankful
Friday August 23rd, 2019
Spotted in Paris! Marcus Miller (M&A '76) will be performing at Jazz a la Villette on August 29th. If you are lucky enough to be in the city of light that night, check him out!
en.lavillette.com/programmation/jazz-a-la-villette-2019_e260
Congratulations Marcus!
Thursday August 22nd, 2019
#thankfulthursday
"It was a progressive & diverse learning space which allowed us as young people to find or express our voice through artistic modalities. It helped me and all of us at a pivotal stage in life. I am forever grateful for how it shaped me and for the connections I made with peers. We were very fortunate to have the opportunity."
– Jill Chatanow Flores (LaG ’89)
Tell us why YOU are thankful for your FREE public school arts education and read why others are thankful: alumniandfriends.org/thankful
LaG 89 button made by Arrow Kleeman (LaG '89)
PA66 agrees Thankyou
M&A ‘67 is right there with you!
Friday August 16th, 2019
Glynn Turman (PA '65) and Marlon Wayans (LaG '90) were both trained in the drama department! See them together in Marlon Wayans latest amazing creation "Sextuplets" on Netflix, where Marlon plays all SIX separated-at-birth siblings. But before tuning in, read this great interview with Glynn Turman during the filming down in Georgia:
www.bet.com/celebrities/exclusives/glynn-turman-sextuplets-set-visit-interview.html
I had no idea!
Thursday August 15th, 2019
#thankfulthursday
"I am most thankful for discovering my love of education. Because of the many dedicated teachers at LaGuardia, I became a public school educator." - Sarah Cohen Spurge (LaG '05)
Tell us why YOU are thankful for your FREE public school arts education and read why others are thankful: alumniandfriends.org/thankful
Artwork by Athena Capo-Battaglia (LaG '17)
Wednesday August 14th, 2019
Catch Li Jun Li (LaG '01) in the new Netflix series "Wu Assassins." Now an actress, Li was accepted to LaGuardia for both art and dance, and chose to spend half a day each day for four years dancing on the 8th Floor at 100 Amsterdam Ave! Read all about how she almost didn't become an actress, and watch the trailer for "Wu Assassins" - available now on Netflix.
charactermedia.com/why-did-wu-assassins-actress-li-jun-li-swear-off-acting-as-a-kid
Accepted for art and dance? Nice!
Monday August 12th, 2019
Read a great piece on artist Shawn Martinbrough (LaG '89) and SVA alumnus. His many credits include work on Detective Comics, which made him the first black artist to draw a monthly Batman series for DC Comics. He's also worked with Marvel, Milestone Comics, Dark Horse, and Skybound/Image Comics.
www.sva.edu/features/the-moody-cinematic-comics-of-sva-alumnus-shawn-martinbrough
Thursday August 8th, 2019
"Music & Art taught me that it's okay, and desirable, to be different and original and unique!"
- Joan Zimmerman Shore, M&A '52 #thankfulthursday
Tell us why YOU are thankful for your FREE public school arts education and read why others are thankful: alumniandfriends.org/thankful
Artwork by Audrey Gatta, LaG '19
It was a place it was safe to be me! M&A Class 1967
Im M&A 1983 !! I can speak volumes too- but you put it nicely!!
Wednesday August 7th, 2019
On August 20, Ethan Gabriel Riordan (LaG '18) will be performing his original song cycle entitled "Flicker" with special guests, including Micaela Diamond (LaG '17) of the "Cher Show." A rising sophomore at Yale University, Ethan studies composition and performance. Get your tickets to this performance at The Green Room 42 @ The Yotel, 570 10th Ave, thegreenroom42.poptix.com.
Tuesday August 6th, 2019
Get your tickets to see Victoria Beaudoin (LaG '16), who will be making her professional debut at Feinstein's/54 Below on August 24. Victoria and Joseph Hayes, rising stars of theatre and television, team up in "The New York State of Mind Chronicles," featuring songs from "Grease," "A Chorus Line," "Fugitive Songs" and more. Use the code LAGUARDIA20 for a 20% discount for seating in the main dining area.
54below.com/events/victoria-beaudoin-joseph-hayes/
Tuesday August 6th, 2019
Check out the gorgeous photos from Lincoln Center Out of Doors Friday, August 2, featuring the LaGuardia Senior Dancers and the LaGuardia Senior Jazz band!
The photos were taken by Kevin Yatarola, one of Lincoln Center's official photographers.
kebya.photoshelter.com/gallery/20190802-Liza-with-a-Z-Caleb-Teicher-Laguardia-High/G0000NJmPArII3...
From mid-audience, uncompressed video: drive.google.com/open?id=1pVhZGOk69tcHwJkehnHabIuv0J8xSSQE
Tuesday August 6th, 2019
Calling all DOE licensed string specialists! LaGuardia High School is seeking two upper strings teachers!
And bring back the ballet department please......... Any professional ballet teachers
Shared within my network... if you have job descriptions links etc let me know and tag me
Katie Kresek
Joan
Thursday August 1st, 2019
#thankfulthursday
Tell us why YOU are thankful for your FREE public school arts education and read why others are thankful: alumniandfriends.org/thankful
Artwork by members of the LaGuardia H.O.P.E. Club, a student-led community service club, which received a grant from Alumni & Friends to support their efforts.
Thursday August 1st, 2019
Catch a sneak peek of the LaGuardia Senior Dancers and the Senior Jazz Band rehearsing for tomorrow's performance of Fosse's "Sing, Sing, Sing" at Lincoln Center Out of Doors! August 2, 2019, 7pm, Damrosch Park - FREE! www.lincolncenter.org/out-of-doors/show/liza-with-a-z-caleb-teicher-and-company-and-the-verdon-fo...
The actual performance, from mid-audience, uncompressed video: drive.google.com/open?id=1pVhZGOk69tcHwJkehnHabIuv0J8xSSQE
Best of luck on this performance. If this is any indication it should be fantastic!
i wish i could go looks great! go LaGuardia!
Wow! Did they do this in our time, Judy-Ann Gray? The dancers, jazz band and New Music Singers...would’ve been incredible!
wish I was near‼️😊
Break a leg.... 1st trumpet player pitch was a little sharp
Monday July 29th, 2019
Get to know tap dancer Dario Natarelli, LaG '16 alumnus and 2016 YoungArts winner in dance and U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts.
www.dancemagazine.com/meet-dario-natarelli-the-21-year-old-tap-dancer-whos-already-been-on-broadw...
dancemagazine.com
While tapping to Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech, Dario Natarelli finds a way to make something we have all heard before sound new. His choreography alternately matches...Monday July 29th, 2019
Check out a great review of the recent release "Broadway, Balanchine, & Beyond: A Memoir" by PA '60 alum Bettijane Sills (co-written by LaG parent Elizabeth McPherson).
lareviewofbooks.org/article/side-by-side-on-bettijane-sillss-broadway-balanchine-beyond-a-memoir-...!
lareviewofbooks.org
Megan Race appreciates two well-paired memoirs, “Broadway, Balanchine, and Beyond: A Memoir” and “Dancing with Merce Cunningham.”Friday July 26th, 2019
LaG '04 alumna Chanel DaSilva choreographed "The Black Clown" at Lincoln Center July 24-27:
"Fusing vaudeville, gospel, opera, jazz, and spirituals, The Black Clown brings Langston Hughes’s famed 1931 poem to life in a stunning new music-theater piece. Powerful and prescient, the experience of a Black man’s resilience against a legacy of oppression unfolds, featuring baritone Davóne Tines in the title role. He’s joined by an ensemble of 12 and a chamber orchestra performing a vibrant score by Michael Schachter."
DaSilva also teaches dance at LaGuardia!
www.lincolncenter.org/mostly-mozart-festival/show/the-black-clown
lincolncenter.org
Cry to the world/That all might understand:/I was once a black clown/But now—/I’m a man! Fusing vaudeville, gospel, opera, jazz, and spirituals, The Black Clown brings Langston Hughes&rsqu...Saw this last night. The choreography and lighting design in particular are wonderful.
I'm so thrilled to learn that the choreographer is an alum! Although not surprised 🙂 Davone told me she was amazing- now I know why. xxx
We need to have a Sorority/ fraternity of our own!!!! We are so talented snd gifted, this is necessary!!! I would join/ subscribe ❤❤❤❤
Wish I knew about this!
❤️❤️❤️
Friday July 26th, 2019
CALLING ALL BUDDING FASHIONISTAS AGES 9 TO 12!
LaG '89 art alumna Lara Kazan is running MAKE IT! STUDIO, a fashion/sewing summer camp and after school program in Park Slope. www.StudioMakeIt.com
Lara says:
Sign up for MAKE IT! Studio's August 19-23 and/or August 26-30 week of camp and build self-confidence through learning how to engineer and sew your own designs! A skill you will have fun learning and cherish always. We are offering a 15% discount until July 31st.
Make hip clothes, accessories, plushies and plenty more! You will learn how to use a sewing machine, how to make beautiful fashion design boards, and all about sustainable fashion! We supply all the materials, and we limit our classes to 8 kids with a 4 to 1 student-teacher ratio so that everyone gets the thoughtful attention they need.
Lara Kazan pls check your pm from me
Iris Cohen Fels
Friday July 26th, 2019
In December 2020 we will see the remake of "West Side Story," starring Ansel Elgort (LaG '12) as Tony, with Adriel Fly Flete (LaG '16) as a Shark and Corey Stoll (LaG '94) as Lieutenant Schrank. How excited are you?
www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-7280727/Ansel-Elgort-seen-time-Tony-set-Steven-Spielbergs-W...
Ansel Elgort seen for first time as Tony on the set of West Side Story
The 25-year-old Baby Driver star plays the leading man in Steven Spielberg's remake of the hit Broadway classic, and seemed in high spirits as he made his way around the set in New York.
This is great... fantastic to see our alumni in such an iconic piece. While I didn't see "Tony" or the others (wouldn't know them if we bumped on the street) I did get to see some of the filming. Last weekend the production blocked off St. Nicholas Ave from 145th to 141st St in Harlem. My church is on the corner of 141st St. They shipped in vintage period cars and buses and transformed a vacant lot to a construction site for a 1958 High Rise. I look forward to seeing this. M&A/LaG Forever!!
Thrilled! A wonderful actor and Former student of a terrific school!!
this is so fantastic 💕💕
I cannot wait!!
Can’t wait !!!!
Thursday July 25th, 2019
#thankfulthursday We are thankful for our amazing students and to our donors who help us support students like Chloe Chen, LaG '19, who received an Alumni & Friends Grant to study at the School of Visual Arts over the 2018 summer. Chloe received both the M&A Class of '54 Award and M&A Class of '63 Award. Chloe will be attending Cornell in the fall.
Tell us why YOU are thankful for your FREE public school arts education: alumniandfriends.org/thankful/
Monday July 22nd, 2019
LaGuardia students will be performing August 2 at Lincoln Center Out of Doors! Dancing to Bob Fosse’s Masterpiece "Sing, Sing, Sing!" with live music by the LaGuardia Jazz Band! FREE, 7pm at Damrosch Park.
The dance performance will be followed by a rare screening of the Emmy and Peabody Award winning "Liza with a Z." Capturing a one-woman, one-night-only production Minnelli gave at the Lyceum Theater in 1972, directed by Bob Fosse, costumed by Halston, with songs by Kander & Ebb.
www.lincolncenter.org/out-of-doors/show/liza-with-a-z-caleb-teicher-and-company-and-the-verdon-fo...
Wish I could be there
Wish I could be there
Let me check my schedule. Looks amazing
Sure, I can do this. This is a gorgeous piece.
I sent this to you.... it’s a Friday.. won’t make it
WE MUST ATTEND!!! Lori Colon Ivy Navarro Mariana Bekerman-Taglienti
Zoe Schneider Emma Granna Frank Zagottis Danielle Beckmann Rachel Vine Samm Cohen Colleen Jasinski Pietro G Berzolla Peter Slatin Samora Free Mark L Mann Henry Rudolph Stephanie Bryant Luisa Tedoff Cohen Efren Olivares Jane Geller Ron Longe You can PM me...
Monday July 22nd, 2019
Catch LaG '14 alumna Sadie Scott in season 2 of "Sweetbitter" on Starz!
www.tvovermind.com/meet-the-cast-of-sweetbitter-season-2/
Meet The Cast of Sweetbitter Season 2
tvovermind.com
Based on Stephanie Danler’s best-selling novel of the same name, Sweetbitter tells the story of Tess, an impressionable young woman who lands a job in aThursday July 18th, 2019
"It wasn’t just a free public high school arts education. LaGuardia taught me to be human, to love people regardless of race, socioeconomics, religion etc. because we all spoke the same artistic language and it was an experience like no other. I was zoned for a school where bullying and drugs were prevalent and being the 'weird' performer in middle school I dreamt of a way out and into a world where everyone was a dreamer. Thank you LaGuardia."
– Suzanne Adelman Eldridge, LaG ’92 #thankfulthursday
Why are YOU thankful for your FREE arts high school experience? Please share! alumniandfriends.org/thankful/
(Artwork by LaG '18 alumna Athena Capo-Battaglia)
I am grateful to have been admitted to Music & Art where every day we were affirmed by our teachers and fellow students! I never knew I was talented or special until it was affirmed by M&A. Even afterward I lost touch with my skill until our 30th reunion when Mr. Kosakoff said to us, “Just the fact that you were admitted to M&A proved you had talent!” I know I still got it...but I keep forgetting.
And thank you for same values at Performing Arts. The precursor of LaGuardia. PA music sept. 1958
I'm thankful for Athena. She's amazing!!
Thursday July 18th, 2019
Check out the spoken word video of LaG '19 alumna Eliza Schiff, recipient of the Alumni & Friends Connie Boykan Award for Social and Political Activism. New York City Climate Museum put on a spoken-word poetry performance at the Apollo Theater where NYC high school students came to describe a rapidly warming planet to a packed house.
www.nrdc.org/onearth/watch-these-young-spoken-word-poets-take-climate-change
Watch These Young Spoken-Word Poets Take On Climate Change
nrdc.org
The Climate Museum’s poetry slam at Harlem’s Apollo Theater was equal parts grief, anger, and hope.Eliza is amazing!!!!!!
Wednesday July 17th, 2019
A great feature on Awkwafina (aka Nora Lum, LaG '06) and her new film "The Farewell."
"Awkwafina plays Billi, a Chinese-American woman (based on Wang herself) who discovers that her Nai Nai (the Mandarin term for grandmother) has stage IV cancer and only three months to live. Which is devastating enough—and then she finds out that, per Chinese tradition, her family has decided to keep the diagnosis a secret from Nai Nai. When Billi and her parents go visit Nai Nai in China, they are forced to pretend everything is perfectly fine, an act of achingly hidden pre-bereavement."
www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2019/07/awkwafina-the-farewell-interview
Awkwafina Finds Herself in The Farewell
vanityfair.com
“I feel like I have been preparing for this, in a way, my whole life.”She was on Live with Kelly and Ryan talking about it this morning.
didn't know she was alum. cool!
Kimberly NeeShane Araujo Finally a mention on an Asian-American alum (who has been releasing work WAY before this?) MAYBE one day they’ll post about visual art majors?
Tuesday July 16th, 2019
Shout out to LaG/PA '87 alumna Cecil Castellucci whose new graphic novel memoir "Girl on Film" will be released November 2019! Castellucci is an award-winning young adult novelist and Eisner-nominated comic book writer and tells us that many parts of her book take place in the old PA building and LaGuardia.
www.shelf-awareness.com/dedicated-issue.html?issue=48#m287
Good for you Miss Cecil. ....
So cool!!
Tuesday July 16th, 2019
Congratulations to LaG '15 alum Jharrel Jerome on his first Emmy nomination for the Netflix miniseries "When They See Us," the story of the Central Park Five. Jerome portrays Korey Wise. He previously starred in the Oscar-winning film "Moonlight."
www.vibe.com/2019/07/jharrel-jerome-earns-first-emmy-nomination-for-when-they-see-us
Jharrel Jerome Earns First Emmy Nomination For "When They See Us"
vibe.com
Jharrel Jerome's powerful performance in When They See Us has earned the actor an Emmy nomination.Congratulations!
Kudos Jharrel and continued success!
Fabulous performance. Definitely a rising star!
That's fantastic!Congratulations!!!!
Congratulations Jharrel Jerome!
Big congratulations from an older alum!
Proud of you! Congratulations !
He’s one of us??? Oh my, much Congratulations!🎉🎊🍾🎈
Congratulations! 💕
What He is a fabulous actor why am i not surprised...Music and Art Class of 79 and his performance in Moonlight oh my God
Congratulations to Jharrel!
Congratulations!!!
Congrats!
Fabulous. He was great!
We see you!
Genius.
Yamani Da Silva
Tuesday July 16th, 2019
A great feature on LaG '89 alumna Cara Buono, star of "Stranger Things" on Netflix! www.nytimes.com/2019/07/04/arts/television/stranger-things-mrs-wheeler-and-billy.html
‘Stranger Things’: Mrs. Wheeler and Billy Pick Up Where They Left Off
nytimes.com
Cara Buono, who plays Mrs. Wheeler, discusses Season 3 and her part in one of the show’s most provocative pairings.Pete Vavalle
Monday July 15th, 2019
What a great photo of 'Mad Magazine' contributors Al Jaffee and Will Elder, both M&A '40, in the cafeteria of Music & Art High School.
boingboing.net/2019/07/13/rip-mad-magazine.html
Al Jaffee's MAD Life: how a traumatized kid from the shtetl became an American satire icon
boingboing.net
Al Jaffee's MAD Life: how a traumatized kid from the shtetl became an American satire iconI always heard the names ; Will Elder and Harvey Kurtzman in regard To MAD when I attended M&A ( ‘59-62 ). I’ve got the big book of the comic book/ magazine’s history.
I never knew. Love that they were M&Aers
I love this magazine... always did... got into trouble for having it on my desk during 'parent observation day' in 6th grade!!! LOL!!!
Oh, my! That must be in the original cafeteria on the sixth floor, If they were M&A class of 40!
I believe Al Jaffe is in his late 90’s now
Monday July 15th, 2019
A great piece on 'Mad Magazine' and its famed contributor Al Jaffee (M&A '40), the magazine’s longest-tenured contributor, and the artist behind the “fold-in” feature on the back page. The magazine was founded by the comic book artist and editor Harvey Kurtzman (M&A '41) in 1952. www.nytimes.com/2019/07/12/opinion/mad-magazine-last-issue.html
Opinion | The World According to Mad Magazine
nytimes.com
Grown-ups who worried it was a subversive influence on America’s youth were 100 percent correct.I recommend Al's biography, "Al Jaffee's Mad Life"by Mary Lou Weisman - full of Al's illustrations.
Christy Rio Flaim! Your favorite.
Monday July 15th, 2019
Please read this wonderful note from our Interim Acting LaGuardia principal, Yeou-Jey Vasconcelos:
Dear Faculty, Staff, Students, Parents, Guardians, Alumni, and Friends,
It is with great honor and privilege that I greet you as the Interim Acting Principal of Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music and Art and Performing Arts.
I began my career in the New York City public schools as the Music Director of Eleanor Roosevelt High School. I quickly scaled up my vision of excellence for the music department, and began to oversee all aspects of administration and supervision as Assistant Principal. In 2016, I became the Principal of Talent Unlimited High School, and further leveraged my networks in education, the arts, and academia. My academic history includes a Bachelor of Arts in Biology and Music from the University of Pennsylvania, a Master of Arts in Music and Music Education from Columbia University, and a Master of Arts in Educational Leadership from New York University. I was also fortunate to participate in further studies in music and pedagogy at Temple, Princeton, Duquesne, and Rider Universities.
As a child, I demonstrated a penchant for observing and engaging with musical elements. While my cousins took turns sewing patterns on grandma’s Singer machine, I listened intently to the rhythmic undulation of the stitches. While my older siblings received corrections on their posture and wrist shape during their lessons, I sat under the piano eagerly awaiting the melodies about to take shape. When my father casually hummed folk songs, I would run to the mysterious black and white keys to decipher the pitches. My mother noticed, and didn’t take no for an answer when she was told by the piano teacher I was too young. I started my formal music training, but more importantly, learned a lesson in relentlessly tapping into a potential.
When my high school band director (the inspiration for J. K. Simmons’ character in Whiplash) introduced me to the trombone, music transformed from an independent pursuit to a collaborative experience. Throughout college, graduate school, and my early career I maintained musical studies and penned quite a few essays extolling performing arts as the fuel for learning: the persistence and self-reflection from practicing challenging passages; the patience and open-mindedness from rehearsing with diverse perspectives; the precision and attention from analyzing patterns, I concluded, was the perfect vehicle for teaching inquiry.
My work as the principal of a performing arts school has demonstrated the power of arts education. As a musician, I am blessed to have experienced the intimate processes of actors, dancers, and visual artists. I was invited to engage in collaborative projects across the arts, making unequivocal statements about identity, equity, and social justice. Through the arts, we communicate in the most human way possible – by sharing experiences and soliciting emotional responses. When the arts become limited, so become our voices. LaGuardia stands for education in the arts, and in turn, for the voices of our students. I am committed to ensuring that arts education – education focusing on human interactions – is always at the core of our work.
I am excited to have begun conversations with faculty and staff, students, parents and guardians, alumni, and partners, who have generously shared their time, experience, and expertise. I thank Executive Superintendent Rosales and Superintendent Orlen for their support as we work together in this incredible community of intergenerational stakeholders.
I look forward to us sharing with each other our belief in the power of the arts, education, and arts education. Along the way, we will reflect, revel, and revise to protect the integrity of our mission at Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music and Art and Performing Arts.
Best,
Yeou-Jey Vasconcelos
Principal I.A.
Yeou-Jey Vasconcelos
Principal I.A.
Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts
100 Amsterdam Ave, New York New York 10023
T(212)496-0700 F(212)724-5748
www.laguardiahs.org
I am happy and hopeful that LaGuardia will thrive and be the best school that I remember. Welcome to the new I.A. principal. I hope to meet with you in the future M&A class of '84 (music)
Welcome! Very excited to keep the amazing vision of our school alive!
The Alumni of the Class of 1985 - 1st Graduating class from the New School - extends a warm welcome to you! Wishing you success in your tenure at Laguardia! Keep their dreams alive!
Class of 1984, the last graduating class from the Castle on the Hill, wishes you the best of luck in your new endeavor.
“The Best of Both Worlds” AKA Class of 1986 wishes you a warm hearted welcome!
Merrill (Weinheim) Kramer M&A '66. Best of luck and thank you for keeping our special legacy alive and thriving! It's truly a gem.
Yep, she gets it, and I believe her commitment to educational excellence through the arts as the primary vehicle. Good job on getting great principal everyone.
Welcome, and wishing you and LaGuardia all the best! Greta Berman, M and A class of 1961. Was a music major in h.s. But got my PH. D in art history, and am about to start my 42nd year teaching art history at Juilliard - right down the block from you!
We welcome you and look forward to you upholding and reinstating the standard of the Arts that we the graduates were allowed and led to learn, grow, exspand, create and enjoy. This school it's teachers, faculty and students are special. Please take care to continue the love, the life, and the pure joy that the Arts bring to us all.
Breathing a sigh of relief and wishing you all the best from this alumni, Class of ‘71 who lives right down the block!
Welcome. Love our kids! That's all we ask.
Welcome! Your message and tone give me hope for the future of LaG. As a '98 visual arts major that is now a student affairs educator and administrator in higher ed, I appreciate your blending of focus on mission, education, and the student experience, all of which were so unique and formative at LaG. Best of luck!
Thankyou and good luck Class of 1966😊
Come on in the room ! Have a blast and keep our legacy alive ❤️
Welcome to your new opportunity to further education with the amazing power & benefits of the arts. As a 71 alumni who has made my home in Bloomington, Indiana (home to the largest & one of the finest comprehensive music schools in the world), I have followed the highs and lows of LaGuardia High School all along. Your message is encouraging with the hopes of saving the rich culture LaGuardia High School and helping it achieve new heights.
We'll miss you!
Amen!!!!! Music clas of ‘64
Excellent letter. Tom Reingold, Voice 1978
Class of 1984, welcomes you. Good luck
Quite a resume. And a trombonist!
Brava. Voice alum class of 62 M&A .....
M&A 84, welcome!
WELCOME !
Welcome!
The power of arts, education and arts education... A minority female...hmmm Gonna pray for her!
Friday July 12th, 2019
Shout out to LaG '18 alum Evan Dominguez, who is directing Henrik Ibsen's "A Doll's House" at Sanctuary Theater at St. Johns Lutheran Church (81 Christopher Street, NY) August 8-11 and 15-18. Evan was a recipient of an Alumni & Friends summer study grant as well as the recipient of the Alumni & Friends Graduation Award for an outstanding student in the drama department. He also received the Actor’s Equity Foundation Award in 2018.
Tickets are $15 and are available at adollshouse.brownpapertickets.com.
The cast is comprised of graduate, current and soon-to-be students of the Neighborhood Playhouse. This process grew over the course of our first year at the conservatory and gradually came together as more playhouse friends joined the company.
Friday July 12th, 2019
Read a great feature on LaG '86 alumna Gina Torres, and her new drama “Pearson,” debuting July 17, 2019 on USA Network. www.nytimes.com/2019/07/12/arts/television/gina-torres-suits-pearson.html
Gina Torres on ‘Suits,’ Meghan Markle and ‘Pearson’
nytimes.com
She’s bringing Jessica Pearson out of retirement to star in a new political drama as a fixer in Chicago.Friday July 12th, 2019
Hooray for LaG '16 dance alum Dharon Jones, who will be making his Broadway Debut as Action in the 2020 revival of "West Side Story!" Dharon was a recipient of an Alumni & Friends summer study scholarship and the Father Fame Graduation Award, courtesy of "Father Fame" David de Silva.
www.playbill.com/article/isaac-powell-shereen-pimentel-more-set-for-west-side-story-broadway-revival
Congratulations and blessings
So awesome! Congrats!
So happy for you son!
Congratulations@
Congratulations!!!
Congrats Cuz
Way to Go Dharon!!! Congratulations Barbara Bern-Glus PA 1972
Congratulations
I told you not to forget the little people when you’re famous! Hahaha. Always knew you would make. You are amazingly talented xo
CONGRATULATIONS!
Congratulations!
Congratulations
Congrats!!
He's such a great young man!
Congrats from M&A-er '69
Outstanding!!! ❤️❤️
unreal. Congrats Dharon!!!! 🎊🎊🎊
Bravo!!
Congratulations, Dharon!!!!!
Way to go Dharon!❤️
Wow!!
Thursday July 11th, 2019
If you're in Tokyo, check out LaG '90 alum Yoichiro Yoda's exhibit "Art Day by Day: 50 Years of the Yoda Family in New York." Through September 8, 2019 at Mitaka Gallery of Art: mitaka-sportsandculture.or.jp/gallery/event/20190629/
Alice Zheng Kimberly Nee
Thursday July 11th, 2019
Today is "Thankful Thursday!" We are so appreciative of our amazing students, alumni, and supporters and want to share gratitude. Please read this wonderful note by Lorna Courtney, LaG '16 vocal major, the recipient of numerous Alumni & Friends scholarships and awards that helped her on her path to BROADWAY! Lorna will be making her Broadway debut in "Dear Evan Hansen" as Alana, this Saturday, July 13th at 8pm. Tickets are on sale at dearevanhansen.com/tickets#broadway. Standing room tickets are also available same day. #thankfulthursday
I just saw her last week! She was FANTASTIC!! #LaG4Life
Beautiful.
Tuesday July 9th, 2019
For those in the Oakland, CA area, LaG alumni from 1989 and 1990 are planning a reunion for all alumni from LaGuardia, M&A, and PA on Saturday, July 20, 2019. The day consists of a 2:30pm hike to the Chabot Space & Science Center in Oakland (chabotspace.org/) from the Joaquin Miller Playground, followed by drinks at Ale Industries (aleindustries.com) from 5-8pm. All alumni are welcome!
Wow. I graduated in 1986 and I live in Oakland.
I’m an alum too- class of 1964. Didn’t know you were. What did you major in?
See you all there!
Ummm •looking beyond Mars? •!
Tuesday July 9th, 2019
This morning Superintendent Vivian Orlen introduced us to Yeou-Jey Vasconcelos, LaGuardia's new interim acting principal, and we are all extremely excited to welcome her to our amazing community of artists!
She shares a passion for the arts, with a Master's in Educational Leadership from NYU and a Master's in Music and Music Education from Columbia University. Ms. Vasconcelos began her DOE career as Music Director at Eleanor Roosevelt High School, where she served in various roles for 10 years. She has served as principal of Talented Unlimited High School since 2015-16. (She's already sporting the LaGuardia tote bag that Alumni & Friends distributed at the 2019 alumni reunion, designed by LaG '89 alum Rithy Chan.)
Wonderful meet and greet this morning! Lots of positivity! Love that she is so approachable! Excited for her vibrant energy to restore and reboot our school!
Largely thanks to the integrity and dignified activism of the students, our beloved School moves forward. I am reminded of M&A’s school song which begins “Now Upward in Wonder.” And sadly, though M&A 51 alumnus Martin Charnin has just died, he left us with “The Sun Will Come Out Tomorrow” and indeed it feels that way for LaGuardia!
Cheers to this great news!!!!!
Wonderful news
Sounds really promising! 👏🏼👏🏼
Yay!
Monday July 8th, 2019
This just in ... "The Department of Education has named Yeou-Jey Vasconcelos, principal of Talent Unlimited High School on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, to serve as interim acting principal of LaGuardia"
www.wsj.com/articles/fame-high-school-in-new-york-city-names-acting-principal-11562621935
‘Fame’ High School in New York City Names Acting Principal
wsj.com
New York City makes the appointment after the principal’s abrupt departure at school of arts made famous in a 1980 movie. Students had threatened to turn their backs on the principal during grad...So happy my son graduated in 2017 and had Dr. Mars for all 4 years . He received a stellar academic education while practicing his craft with no compromises.
"She has served as principal of Talented Unlimited High School since 2015-16. " False. She was installed at TU in October of 2016.
Talented Unlimited! Wow! So proud to be alum. Go.Lagm GO!
That is a nice promotion for that candidate, seems at least on the surface to be a great interim choice. Does anyone know anything the candidate’s policy agendas and performance at TU?
It is difficult to imagine anyone more destructive than Dr. Mars .. I pray Ms. Vasconcelos truly listens to everyone now .. and is capable of restoring things, after all the hurt and damage Dr. Mars inflicted.
I hope she has it all and will be fair. I was accepted to TU many years ago but my mom forced me to follow my family at M&A/LaG. I’m glad she did! 🥰
Wonderful 😌
I had a co-worker named Steve Vasconcelos many years ago, Any relation?
She was great at El Ro!
Can she sing, dance or paint?
Gonna pray.
Steven Munoz
Stefanie Barlow
Brenden Scarda-checkout the read...🤓
May not be a popular opinion here: the school has very very long hours. Coupled with 1.5 hrs of commute each way for many kids (and many are stubborn with school choices insisting they “can do it”) can result in kids who are not prepared academically to slide down in their academic success significantly. My child just finished her freshman year. She was not home from 6:30 am to around 5 pm most of the days, and needless to say, she was exhausted most of the year. Her grades were slightly worse this year than in junior high school. Next year her schedule will be full 10 hours and we are bracing ourselves. It’s tough and to admit kids who are struggling when they have shorter days/commute to something this challenging is to set some of them on a path to failure and disappointment. Talent Unlimited, PPAS, special Music school have shorter days. PPAS is much close to multiple subway lines. I would actually prefer if my daughter commute was as “easy” as the one to PPAS, but she wouldn’t hear about other schools given LaGuardia. So, I am completely for keeping academics as a criteria for admittance
Monday July 8th, 2019
Important Announcement from Superintendent Vivian Orlen - please click the link to read her letter to the LaGuardia community:
"I am pleased to inform you that effective immediately, Ms. Yeou-Jey Vasconcelos has been appointed Interim Acting Principal for LaGuardia. Ms. Vasconcelos comes to you from Talent Unlimited High School on the East Side, where she served as principal for four years.
We are confident that Ms. Vasconcelos will be a powerful, capable leader for LaGuardia's extraordinary student
body, its staff, and all families. She is passionate about the arts, holding a Master's in Educational Leadership from NYU and a Master's in Music and Music Education from Columbia University. Ms. Vasconcelos began her DOE career as Music Director at Eleanor Roosevelt High School, where she served in various roles for 1O years. She has served as principal of Talented Unlimited High School since 2015-16. "
www.laguardiahs.org/apps/news/show_news.jsp?REC_ID=576747&id=0
Such good news for LaGuardia. So many talented children lost out on attending LaGuardia due to Dr. Mars taking academics over audition scores.
I pray that Ms. Vasconcelos can step in on short notice and take up the mantle. LaGuardia deserves the very best in leadership.
I will try and stay positive. She comes from two very small schools: 1/4 -1/5 of Laguardia’s size. Hope she can handle the workload.
Hallelujah!! 🙌💖👌
Sounds like a better choice. Looks like the superintendent did her homework and researched a bit more for this placement.
I teach across the street and see what AP for all is doing at a regular school I cant imagine what it did at LAG.
Sounds good on paper! We shall see cause we are watching diligently💯👀👀👀👀🧐
Alumni be ready to support in any way. Mars was stuff from what 2013.. and no one listened from the DOE because the pro AP for all push is citywide
That was awfully fast.
Abigail Rose
WHOAAAA
Monday July 8th, 2019
Check out this great piece featuring M&A '84 alum Rudel Drears (and we spotted the Alumni & Friends 2016 Gospel Choir Alumni Concert flyer in the background, designed by LaG '87 alum Zachary Mabry): newyork.cbslocal.com/2019/07/04/snapshot-new-york-edgecombe-avenue-jazz-apartment/?fbclid=IwAR0FH...
Snapshot NY: Tiny Harlem Apartment Home To Popular Jazz Parlor
newyork.cbslocal.com
On Sundays in Harlem's Sugar Hill, the sounds of jazz bring one apartment building to life.OMG Yes there is the program! My classmates are awesome! Thanks y'all! 🤣😃😍😘 Zachary Mabry !
Monday July 8th, 2019
Happy summer to everyone! If you did not receive the recent Alumni & Friends E-Newsletter on July 3 that means we do not have your email address in our alumni database! Please make sure to sign up here so you don't miss important information about alumni events, school performances and exhibits, and so much more! alumniandfriends.org/connect
I come from the class of PA 58. I think you should invite alumni from the first 10 years from PA every year. We are the most senior of the group and you never know 🙏🏻
I was in the 1st year of PA.It" SAVED THE DAY"! I won the" Drama Award" (from Metropolitan Vocation H.S)...46th St. was MY HOME!
Monday July 8th, 2019
Congratulations to LaGuardia Class of 2019! What an amazing graduation and spirited end of the year! We are so proud of the class of 2019 for being strong and effective leaders and making sure their voices were heard.
Read our Alumni Summer Highlights E-Newsletter to see reunion photos and get updates on what's been happening at LaGuardia, including leadership changes and more!
conta.cc/2Jkc258
I am a proud mom of a class of 2019 graduate! I’m M&A class of 81!
Glad to find the group! I have not in been back to the NY metro area since 1990. I am an M&A Castle grad of 1974! I had great experiences and education there. Music has always been part of me and hopefully always will be!🎼
Friday June 21st, 2019
Tonight! June 21 at 7pm the LaGuardia Senior Jazz Band will be performing for the Make Music New York celebration with Gail Brewer, Manhattan Borough President, at Carl Schurz Park, 86th Street and East End Avenue (use the 84th or 87th St. entrance for wheelchair access) FREE.
www.manhattanbp.nyc.gov/event/make-music-new-york
Thursday June 20th, 2019
The LaGuardia Dance Ensemble will be performing this Friday, June 21 at Bryant Park at 6pm! Free and no tickets necessary! Choreography by Tommy Tibball, Thomas Hogan and Darrell Grand Moultrie.
Four dance companies will be performing.
www.nycgovparks.org/events/2019/06/21/contemporary-dance
Monday June 17th, 2019
We're getting excited for the remake of "West Side Story" starring Ansel Elgort (LaG '12) as Tony, with Adriel Fly Flete (LaG '16) as a Shark and Corey Stoll (LaG '94) as Lieutenant Schrank! LaGuardia representing! The movie is scheduled to arrive in theaters December 2020.
www.playbill.com/article/get-a-first-look-at-tony-maria-and-the-sharks-and-jets-from-the-new-west...
playbill.com
Steven Spielberg directs the upcoming adaptation of the musical, slated to premiere in December 2020.I love this. We continue to be active in our country’s cultural life. I think it’s neat that Tony will be played by a LaGuardia grad… Since the “new” school is on the site of the locations where the first film version was made!
Love that we as alumni here are so represented in this most current remake!! And with all the collaboration involved, let’s hope it’s a good one!!!🌈🎵🔮
One of my favorite movies- especially the dance and musical scenes!
I'm very curious to see how Spielberg is going to do justice to the original material in the current cultural climate.
Looking forward although some films shouldn't be remade!
Let’s see if it’s as good as the December 1998 LaGuardia presentation of West Side Story
I wonder if Spielberg will get the voices right. Not only did Marni Nixon do quite a bit of singing for Natalie Wood, she even did some of Rita Moreno’s.
Dr. Mars should watch it and then justify her plans to prioritize A+s in academics above auditions.
good afternoon. I'm looking for a friend who use to go to this school about 10 years ago. by the name of laquanda hollandsworth does anybody no her ?
Luis Moret
Mario Castro Paul Reggio
♥️♥️
Michael Patrick Coughlin Antonia Russo Madeline Saint-Cyr Ali Babu Che Johnson - hopefully they are taking notes from our production. 😉
Not to forget Nat Divatoro (Natalie Toro), M&A class of '82!!!
Looking forward although some films shouldn't be remade!
Monday June 17th, 2019
Check out M&A '71 alum Lloyd Green's books about M&A: 'AUDITION STORIES – I Got Accepted To The High School of Music and Art' - www.amazon.com/dp/1717870171
"Regardless of the year, every student had to go through THE AUDITION in order to be accepted. These are the stories from alumni who experienced the anxiety of being tested and soon found that that glorious feeling of getting in was only the beginning."
And 'PRECIOUS MEMORIES – Audition Stories and More From The High School of Music and Art.'
In Kindle and Paperback (Black & White or Full Color)
www.amazon.com/dp/1092215298
www.amazon.com/dp/1092783881
"Again, The Castle beckons. Book Two of Audition Stories - More talented students reminisce and share their experiences. Filled with anxiety and joy from those who dreamed of becoming part of a very special place."
Monday June 17th, 2019
This Saturday, June 22 at 2pm catch the amazing LaGuardia New Music Ensemble at Rockwood Music Hall Stage 2 (196 Allen Street). Showtime is 2pm, doors at 1:30pm. All ages invited. Tickets are $15 in advance and $20 at the door. It'll be a great show! www.eventbrite.com/e/laguardia-high-school-new-music-ensemble-tickets-61177951901
Monday June 17th, 2019
The school year is almost over but there are many great events featuring LaGuardia students!
Sing4PR is a benefit concert featuring the voices of NYC's LaGuardia High School and all proceeds will be donated to the non-profit Teens4PR, to be channeled directly towards hurricane relief and reconstruction in Puerto Rico.
Organized by Teens4PR volunteer and LaGuardia student, Gabriela Veciana (LaG '20), the event will take place at the Laurie Beechman Theater, 407 W. 42nd St on June 23, 6-8pm.
Tickets are $20 and are available both online and at the door: web.ovationtix.com/trs/pe.c/10419096
There is an additional $20 food/beverage minimum.
Xiomara Menendez
Friday June 14th, 2019
Today we had our end of year award ceremonies for all studio departments at LaGuardia (art, dance, drama, instrumental music, vocal music, and technical theater). Congratulations to over 200 LaGuardia students who were recipients of 2019 Alumni & Friends' monetary awards, established by generous alumni (and friends) to honor the students' hard work and dedication to their craft.
See how your tax-deductible contributions to Alumni & Friends of LaGuardia are helping make a difference for LaGuardia's current students! Please consider a donation to Alumni & Friends: alumniandfriends.org/give/annual-fund/ Thank you!
Tuesday June 11th, 2019
Don't miss your reunion and other great alumni events! If you do NOT currently receive emails from Alumni & Friends that means you are not up to date in the alumni database. Please fill out our alumni contact form: alumniandfriends.org/connect and hope to see you soon!
Alumni Forever🎼🥀🎨🎭💚
Tuesday June 11th, 2019
Don't miss your reunion and other great alumni events! If you do NOT currently receive emails from Alumni & Friends that means you are not up to date in the alumni database. Please fill out our alumni contact form: alumniandfriends.org/connect and hope to see you soon!
youtu.be/NqUe3M9TxWk A joyous celebratory birthday month of June to all the amazing young artists, and faculty . past present and future at the world renown Laguardia High School of Music and Art and the Performing Arts in NYC
Tuesday June 11th, 2019
THIS is how we welcome our alumni at the Alumni & Friends of LaGuardia HS of Music & Art and Performing Arts reunion!
The Senior Jazz band performed for 2 hours and could be heard as far as Broadway and all the way up to 69th Street. Wow is right!
Looking forward to going to the reunion for my graduating class 🎉🎉
Wish I was there dancing up a storm!!! And of course....Great Jazz Band!!!🎷⭐️🎸💎
Awesome job guys!! Love the couples joining in to dance!
One of the most vivid and enduring memories i I have of my days at M&A (class of ‘67) was music everywhere.... and the smell of linseed oil.... to this day if I go into the studio to paint the first thing I do is turn on some music.... very rarely do I use linseed oil anymore, as I paint almost exclusively with watercolor or acrylics, but I keep a bottle of it around and open it now and then.... music & linseed oil the sound and smell of creativity!
LOVE LaGuardia Arts ❤️
Looking forward to going.
They sound fantastic!!
👍 LaGuardia Senior Jazz Band.
Beautiful 🎶
Love this
Sweet!
How do we find out about reunions?
Anyone there from 1976?
🥰
Tuesday June 11th, 2019
More photos from the alumni reunion, from our photographer Jesi G Kelley (M&A '84)!
Please note that these are preliminary and once we have them all edited they will be on our website and reposted (these links below only last 3 weeks):
2019 M&A LaG Reunion Scenes:
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2019 M&A LaG Class Photos:
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2019 M&A LaG Reunion Dinner Scenes:
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2019 LaG Student Work:
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lightroom.adobe.com
Monday June 10th, 2019
What an incredible reunion weekend!! Our alumni are truly the BEST! Here are some preliminary photos from Friday's event at Music & Art, courtesy of our alumni photographer Jesi G Kelley (M&A '84). So many more photos to come.
adobe.ly/2I3N7SQ
lightroom.adobe.com
many many more... working on them right now.
Fabulous photos!! Great memories. Thx for posting & go M&A!!!🌈🎶⭐️
Fantastic weekend! Thanks for the photos! M&A'64
SO PROUD OF MY SISTER!
Wonderful photos. Thank you Jesi.
Thanks Jesi!
Beautiful 👍
Love these pics, Jesi G Kelley
Where are the PA pics?
Looking for Lakisha Kiki Wolfe-Medina. '84.
Friday June 7th, 2019
Enjoy this 13-minute video from about 20 years ago, showing "The Magic of LaGuardia," which of course means the magic of the high schools of Performing Arts and Music & Art!
Maybe you'll recognize some of your teachers and classmates!
vimeo.com/59510419?fbclid=IwAR3MEGHbRE2hnn-OhANFtpUdxYCSnYJ1ntvYPV2nhGd9DyNhSNzfk973w4gThis is "Magic of LaGuardia Thirteen Minutes" by LaGuardia on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.
Thank you for sharing this. And supporting the school. I truly didn't realize how precious my time spent there was. At 72 I'm still a practicing sculptor and architect. Please continue the good work. Alan Binstock M&A 64.
The magic of bringing these kids together to weave their dreams into art is profound.... as a graduate of M&A, this is the way it was, is, and hopefully will always be....
This is a wonderful video and truthful portrayal of the LaGuardia experience. Most of all how studying any of the arts is a life-long enriching experience. I am a graduate of Music & Art, music major, became a dancer, painter, playwright, author and storyteller, all because of my life at Music & Art.
This video, produced 22 years ago, captures the spirit, passion and talent of the students that were fortunate to attend LaGuardia High School of Music and the Arts. It brings back so many memories. I absolutely loved my high school experience. 💖 Class of '72!
Class of 1987 (but left in 1986) — got to move to LaGuardia from Times Square my sophomore year. I’m not a dancer anymore but I’m an academic working in dance philosophy.
What a great video. Way back in the Class of ‘63 we sang in the subway on our way from M&A! Wonderful memories!!
Class of 98... amazing experience. Thanks for sharing 🙂
I remember singing on the subway like these kids! Hasn't changed much! Wonderful short film. So proud to be an alum of M&A/LaGuardia😊
Ahh! I began my freshman year in 2001, and I remember this from the old website!
I'm so proud to have been a part of this magic at Music & Art!
Wow, seemed like a lifetime ago, only when I watched it, these kids became so vivid in my memory as if this was very recent. So much talent, so much passion. It would be great to see where these people are now.
Class of '77. Looking back, the hour plus commute was worth every moment, now memories of my time at M&A. It's great seeing that creative spirit thriving.
Those four years at M&A were precious! Class of ‘75
Class of 97 ...amazing and magical it was
Aw! Great memories!!! Class of ‘90🎶
The current principal should watch this. She seems to have forgotten.
Class of 1980 #FAME the best 4 yrs of my life.
Excellent video! I started in 2001 and this is exactly how I remember LaG. I wonder if the spirit and atmosphere there is still like this nowadays.
Vicky Golbraykh amazing! So many great memories! And I actually saw my face 😃
Nothing but great memories except when I would pass out on the D train and wake up in Coney Island. Class of ‘96.
Omg, my graduating class of 98. I recognized so many people! This is exactly LaGuardia I remember. Thank you for sharing! Julia Guberman Anastassiya Nova Marina Mazin Dmitry Angelinka Veronica Bakhrakh Julia Ch I saw you and many others I can’t tag!!!
My bus/ferry/train commute was worth it everyday of the four years I spent at LAG. I’m so happy that I can say I’m in this video ❤️ Class of 1997
Aw man, this is beautiful, these were my classmates. Danny Agostini Dennis Bell
Class of 89! Wow...Mr Moody does not age....I'll have what he's having!
Class of 98!!! What a feeling to watch this 🙏
Friday June 7th, 2019
Reunion weekend begins today! We are so excited to see our alumni and celebrate our amazing schools!
On Saturday, please try to arrive between 1 and 2pm so you have a chance to see and hear live music as you enter the building, view amazing art on display throughout the school, and enjoy the 2-3pm dance and drama showcase in the Little Flower Theater!
alumniandfriends.org/reunions/
Tuesday June 4th, 2019
Show your love of the arts and LaGuardia artists at the Semi Annual art opening on Friday, June 7 from 4:15-7pm! Artwork will be displayed in the lobby, mezzanine, 2nd floor gallery, and 7th floor showcases! Suggested donation of $5 for students/$15 adults.
Free light refreshments served.
There will also be a raffle with amazing prizes and live art experiences -you can get your portrait drawn by a talented LaGuardia student and purchase student made jewelry. All proceeds benefit the LaGuardia art department.
Tuesday June 4th, 2019
A great way to show support for LaGuardia students is to attend a performance and see an exhibit!
This weekend 700 alumni will be coming back to LaGuardia for our annual alumni reunion! And you can see the Semi-Annual Orchestra and Choral Concert both Friday and Saturday nights at 7:30pm. Over 350 alumni have already purchased tickets to Saturday's concert!
The major work for the Semi-Annual is Elgar’s "The Music Makers."
Senior Chorus will perform works by Samuel Barber, Eric Whitacre, and Levente Gyöngyösi.
Tickets are available online and at the door: laguardiahs.tix.com/Schedule.aspx?OrgNum=699
Tuesday June 4th, 2019
Congratulations to LaG '97 alumna Camille A. Brown
on her Tony nomination! Tune in Sunday, June 9!
www.forbes.com/sites/brittanychambers/2019/06/03/the-first-black-woman-choreographer-nominated-fo...
The First Black Woman Choreographer Nominated for a Tony in Over Two Decades: Camille Brown
forbes.com
For the first time in over twenty years, a Black Female choreographer has been nominated for Best Choreography Tony Award. Her name is Camille Brown and she has been propelled to the forefront of the ...Congrats🎉🎉
Tuesday June 4th, 2019
Please watch the recently released Netflix four-part limited series "When They See Us" about the Central Park Five, which included LaGuardia's own Yusef Abdus Salaam.
Recent alum Jharrel Jerome (LaG '15) portrays Korey Wise in the series.
www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/la-et-st-jharrel-jerome-when-they-see-us-20190529-story.html
After breaking out in ‘Moonlight,’ Jharrel Jerome channels the horrors of the Central Park Five case
latimes.com
You know him from Barry Jenkin's Oscar-winning film "Moonlight." Now, Jharrel Jerome explores the Central Park Five case in Ava Duvernay's "When They See Us."Tuesday June 4th, 2019
Read a wonderful piece on Performing Arts alum Joseph Joubert.
"As a pianist, arranger, orchestrator, conductor, and musical director, his genius has anchored several hit Broadway productions, including Billy Elliot, Motown: The Musical, and Caroline, Or Change. As a composer, his songs have been recorded by everyone from Sylvester to Nancy Wilson while his two solo albums Total Praise: Classic Hymns for Piano (2009) and A Mighty Fortress is Our God (2017) brought classical flourishes to sacred music, a lifelong endeavor that will soon include a new recording of spirituals."
www.popmatters.com/joseph-joubert-2019-interview-2638582954.html?rebelltitem=3#rebelltitem3
The Maestro Speaks: An Interview with Musical Virtuoso Joseph Joubert
popmatters.com
Did you foresee yourself pursuing a particular role, e.g. "I want to play in symphonies"?That's a good question. When I was young, I wanted to be an architect. The New York Times had th...