Arts & Leisure
In Music We Trust Spreads Love of Music With Virtual Concert Series
In times of turmoil and uncertainty, we can always find comfort and hope from the common language of the world: music. In Music We Trust (IMWT), a student-led community service group at Choate established in 2015, hopes to spread the joy of music by sharing Choate musicians’ recorded performances withRead More
Indie Artist Luwa Debuts With Single “You”
Under dim yellow lights with guitar in hand, Ore Tejuoso ’21, a member of the music Arts Concentration program and the founder and vocalist of the student band Orange, performed her first single, “You,” in its official behind-the-scenes video. With a passion for singing since her childhood, Tejuoso made herRead More
Fall Play Take-Away Takes Off Into Space and Onto Screens
Have you ever peered into the sky on a night out with friends or while stargazing solitarily during a stressful week, and suddenly thought you saw a bizarre moving silhouette? The fall play, Take-Away, invites its audience into a world of magical realism where unlucky high schoolers encounter an UFORead More
Visual Arts Concentration Adapts to Relocation and Remote Work
Photo by Tony Lee/The Choate News The Visual Arts Concentration program for this year’s new group of students has been modified to accommodate Covid-19 health and safety guidelines. With nearly half of the fall term being held remotely and Visual Arts Concentration advisers Ms. Smita Sen and Mr. Aaron SoberRead More
A Cappella Persists Despite Rocky Return to Campus
In a normal year, you can often hear a cappella groups harmonizing in the Seymour St. John Chapel or the Paul Mellon Arts Center gallery on a Friday evening or Saturday afternoon. However, this year, with many students learning remotely, these flocks of songbirds have encountered challenges from low recruitmentRead More
Covid-Era Couture: Choaties Sport Masks with style
All photographs taken by Tiffany Xiao ’23
Visual Arts Concentration Finds Art in Constellations
Graphic by Tony Lee/The Choate News Like distant constellations in the sky, Visual Arts Concentration students have spent the past spring term separated by tens of thousands of miles. Although most students are now back on campus, Arts Concentration advisers Ms. Smita Sen, Mr. Aaron Sober, and Ms. Jessica CuniRead More
Faculty Appreciation: Mrs. Carol Jones & Ms. Kelly Lorraine
Every day, students entering the Paul Mellon Arts Center and Ann and George Colony Hall are greeted with warm smiles from familiar faces, including Music Lesson Coordinator and Community Programs Manager Mrs. Carol Jones and Arts Department Assistant Ms. Kelly Lorraine ’99. Mrs. Jones and Ms. Lorraine are crucial toRead More