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<p>On Sunday, November 5, in the Wachsman Concert Hall, Deerfield music students performed in the third annual Bach Festival to celebrate the legacy of Johann Sebastian Bach. This was the festival&#8217;s biggest year with over 20 performers. Piano Studio Director Yu-Mei Wei created the festival two years ago, first as a mini-festival consisting mostly of [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Sink your teeth into a gripping revenge tragedy, redefining classic gothic tropes with an empowering feminist twist. This blood-curling fall production opens with Dracula, where the damsels aren’t in distress, and the vampire is not your typical light-fearing vampire. Opening on Halloween night, Tuesday, October 31, and closing on Saturday, November 4th, the theater co-curricular [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Years before beginning his application to Deerfield Academy, pianist and cellist Ben Wolfson ’24 caught the attention of Director of Music Tom Bergeron as a contestant in the Rhodes Concert to Competition. The competition was open to musicians in sixth to twelfth grade and was hosted by Maestro Kevin Rhodes, the former music director of [&hellip;]</p>

<p>On Friday, October 27, in the Wachsman Concert Hall, the Harlem Chamber Players, based in Harlem, New York, performed a slate of contemporary music. The group consists of violinists Ashley Horne and Claire Chan, violist William Frampton, and former Deerfield cello instructor and cellist, Wayne Smith. Smith participated in the group even while teaching at [&hellip;]</p>

<p>During a school meeting on Wednesday, November 1, the Performing and Visual Arts Department performed a concert in honor of Matthew Shepard as part of an effort to raise awareness on LGBT+ rights. This year, 2023, was the 25th anniversary of Matthew Shepard’s death. Choral Director Michael Pfitzer and Dean of Inclusion &amp; Community Life [&hellip;]</p>

<p>On October 18, Deerfield Academy hosted an exclusive pre-view screening of The Holdovers, a Miramax film. This film, released to the public on November 10, details the extraordinary and emotional adventures of Angus Tully (Dominic Sessa &#8217;22) and his Ancient History teacher, Paul Hunham (Paul Giamatti), over their time alone at Barton Academy during Christmas [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Here are some arts recommendations to rejuvenate your mind and add to your playlists/watch lists/reading lists. Movies: Grand Budapest Hotel directed by Wes Anderson (Shogo O’Connor ’25). It’s beautiful, artsy, pleasing to the eye, and best of all, it’s symmetrical. Fight Club directed by David Fincher (Billy Tang ’25). It’s surreal, very uncomfortable, and mind-bending. [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Unlike most stage directors, Greta Steever ’24 unexpectedly stumbled upon her passion for stage managing in a desperate search for a winter co-curricular. She recalled, “I emailed every sports team, and they already had a manager – everything was already full. I ran up to [Director of Theater] Mrs. [Catriona] Hynds in the Dining Hall [&hellip;]</p>

<p>A concert fundraiser for a local library. A series of murals. An original book highlighting female composers. Over the summer, the Center for Service and Global Citizenship supported and funded projects across the country and the world, including noteworthy projects in the arts. Yoonsa Lee ’25, a violist, performed in and organized a youth benefit [&hellip;]</p>

<p>On Friday, September 22, members of the Deerfield music faculty performed in the Academy’s first faculty concert. It was the first time many of the music faculty have been able to showcase their artistic talent and collaborate professionally with each other since the COVID-19 pandemic. The concert highlighted nine faculty members: Piano Studio Director Yu-Mei [&hellip;]</p>

<p>On Sunday, September 18, students accompanied Photography and Film Teacher Tim Trelease and English Teacher Emma Hodge on a field trip to the Yale Art Gallery. This trip allowed students to get off campus and experience art from various corners of the world. While at Yale University, the group met with Deerfield Alumni, including Lily [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The Peach Tree Rascals, an upcoming band from San Jose, California, graced Deerfield Academy’s campus on Saturday, May 13, for the 2023 Spring Concert.&nbsp; When the news of the band’s performance was first announced at the previous school meeting with an amusingfunny video, students had mixed reactions. Ever since their song “Mariposa” SinceKnown for their [&hellip;]</p>

<p>On Friday, May 5, members of the Deerfield music program performed in the annual Homegrown Concert. The concert highlighted seven student composers (Andy Chen ’25, Vasu Singh ’23, Stephen Morris ’23, Lauren Mitchell ’23, Alisa Stepchuk ’23, Jackson Collins ’23, and Don Hutchinson ’23), who gave world premieres of their compositions. The concert also featured [&hellip;]</p>

<p>In honor of National Poetry Month in April, Deerfield Academy’s Boyden Library hosted its very own Poetry Madness competition. A spinoff of the popular college basketball competition March Madness, eight different poems by various authors went head to head with each other. The ones that received the most student votes would move on to the [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Gabe Swisher-Rosa ’23, a 4-year Deerfield dancer, has been immersed in the world of dance since the age of three. He discovered his passion for dancing from a DVD copy of the New York City Ballet’s rendition of the Nutcracker with Baryshnikov as the Cavalier. “[I] would watch that on repeat until finally, my mom [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The most advanced art class offered at Deerfield Academy is Topics Tutorial taught by Art Teacher Angel Abreu. In this class, six dedicated artists work hard to perfect their skills in various mediums while using a diverse range of artistic techniques. Their final project for the year is Animal Farm paintings, which incorporate pages from [&hellip;]</p>

<p>You might recognize The Other Doors as Deerfield’s in-house school meeting band, filling in the transitions between announcements with catchy tunes and entertaining vocals. But aside from their brief School Meeting appearances, who are the talented musicians and how did the band come to be? The band was newly formed this academic year at the [&hellip;]</p>

<p>In the second week of April, Deerfield Academy’s Theater and Music co-curricular groups organized a collaborative and interactive concert with the Deerfield daycare down the street from the Academy. The students at Deerfield Academy eagerly welcomed the chance to interact and engage with students outside of their school. Visual and Performing Arts Chair and Theater [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Chelsea Davis ’23 has always enjoyed composing literature as well as English class, mainly because of the writing aspect. At Deerfield, Davis continued to pursue this passion of hers in both her sophomore and junior year where she began to focus on writing scripts. Passionate about creative writing, Davis will continue to study composition and [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Student producers at Deerfield have utilize the process of creating original music as an outlet of expression. Though their journeys may differ, the featured musicians have found their own path to a love of music production. Bennett Eun &#8211; @bennetmakinghits on Instagram With prior musical training in the piano and trumpet, Eun said he “clicked” [&hellip;]</p>