Music class looks different this year. With NYS guidance requiring a 12-feet of spacing for vocal, woodwind and brass instruments, and six feet for strings, a class that would typically have 30 students now has just a handful. Rather than work towards a culminating performance, teachers focus more on enabling music students to learn independently. …
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LET’S WATCH OUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS PERFORM “THE THEORY OF RELATIVITY” How will we do that? The copyright holder has offered us the license to stream our musical at performance times (7:30 pm) on March 19 and 20. You may go to the site Showtix4u beginning Monday, March 15 and access a ticket for each …
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About The Theory of Relativity: This collection of stories within songs mirrors our narratives of home, family, love, loss, and, finally, connection. Although this musical will appear to be a simple song cycle, it explores the relationships between the actors, which are revealed at the end to be reflective of our own travels through life. …
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Monticello Central School District’s Performing Arts Department will perform The Theory of Relativity. The production, which will be streamed online on March 19 & 20 at 7:30 p.m. will be the culmination of a collaborative project that includes music, dance, technology, drama, staging and rehearsals during a school year like no other. Mark your calendars …
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The MCSD Performing Arts Department has been preparing for their annual Winter Concert virtually, as the pandemic has limited the amount of in-person contact with students that teachers can execute. In place of the typical live winter concert the department has created a collage video to showcase the various programs around the district and bring …
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Students in Monticello’s dance program virtually joined students from throughout the county to watch a performance workshop from Soul Inscribed, December’s artist-in-residence at the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts on Tuesday, Dec. 15. On Wednesday, Dec. 16, Monticello High School dance students will participate in virtual dance workshops with the band as part of …
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The MCSD 5th grade Morning Instrumental Music program is in the planning process and will be made available to current 5th grade students as soon as it can be safely implemented. The current circumstances surrounding the pandemic have made implementation particularly complex but the district is in the process of distributing information to potential students …
As part of Bethel Woods’ in-school residency program E3: Engage. Experience. Explore, Monticello High School dance students (along with members of the community) will have the opportunity to watch a performance from Tony-nominated choreographer Camille A. Brown’s teaching artists from her community engagement platform, EVERY BODY MOVE(EBM). According to the Bethel Woods website, EVERY BODY …
The annual Monti Idol competition, which had been originally scheduled for Oct. 16, has been postponed. Once the event is rescheduled, more information will be distributed.
During this time of virtual learning, even our youngest students have been hard at work learning the musical skills offered here in Monticello, and also showing how joyful, creative, and resourceful they are in any situation. Here’s just a small sampling of all their wonderful work!
