WA talent will be on display next week when students of WA performing arts programs will fill the stage. We hope you plan to join us for one or all of the following events next week: Tuesday, April 30: Spring Orchestra Concert Wednesday, May 1: Spring Band Concert Thursday, May 2: Juried Art Show & Spring Chorus Concert All concerts start at 7:00 p.m. in the Coral Ridge Sanctuary. The Juried Art Show begins at 5:30 p.m....
Congratulations to sophomore, Rachel Castillo for placing fifth in the 2019 National Vocal Competition! The New York City Lyric Opera Company sponsors this talent search by holding live auditions in New York City, San Francisco, Chicago, and Miami. In addition, they accepted recorded auditions from all over the country for Division I & II. The competition always gathers talented students. However, this year, the company received a record number of applicants. As a result, they reported the talent level was very high. The New York City Lyric Opera invited all finalists to sing at the National Finalists' Concert on Sunday, April...
Back in January, WA students gathered to begin their work on the spring musical, Once Upon a Mattress, the story of the Princess and the Pea. Over 250 hours of rehearsals and line memorization later, many enjoyed the fruits of much labor. The character development, singing, and choreography certainly put our talented WA students on display. "If you are familiar with our students, their talents, and most importantly, their personalities, you can quickly appreciate how precisely they were cast. Rachel Cox did a phenomenal job identifying each student for his or her role," said Headmaster Joel Satterly. Furthermore, the school musical had...
Back in December, students represented the WA Concert Orchestra at the district level. Senior, Taylor Everett, and juniors, Hannah Billings, Alyssa Allen, and Audrey Aguiar joined the Solo and Ensemble Festival. This county-wide event allows students to perform individually or as an ensemble for adjudication. As a result, the quartet achieved the highest score among participants—a superior rating. With their superior rating, the Westminster Academy String Quartet then performed at the state level this past weekend. They performed excerpts from Rameau and Haydn, and they achieved the second highest possible score—an excellent rating. Above all, these four students are the first...
The Westminster Academy lower and middle school students are pleased to present Disney’s Peter Pan, JR., sponsored by Journey Kids Dental. Based on the Disney film and J.M. Barrie’s enchanting play, Disney’s Peter Pan, JR. is a modern version of the timeless tale about a boy who wouldn’t grow up! Wendy Darling loves to tell stories to her brothers, Michael and John. But when her father announces she must move out of the nursery, Peter Pan comes to visit the children and whisks them away to Never Land. Their adventure introduces them to the Lost Boys, Mermaids, Indians and even the...