Arts & Leisure

PMAC performances would not be complete without the backstage work of stage managers and tech crews.

The Underrated Art of Working Behind the Scenes

April 14, 2018 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

Have you ever wondered who takes care of lighting, sound, and all the other equipment used for school meetings or PMAC performances? In a world where technology can be accessed easily and rapidly, this job might not seem difficult. It might come as a surprise, then, that six students workRead More

Bring It On Cast Says Bring on Cheerleading

April 13, 2018 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

Typically, afternoon activities for the Choate student fall into two discrete categories — athletics and theater. Bring It On: The Musical, which Choate will stage this spring, combines the two through the art of cheerleading. Ethan Luk ’20, a Bring It On cast member, said the musical is about aRead More

After attending Father Comes Home From the Wars, Parts 1, 2, & 3, a play about the Civil War, students visted the Yale Center for British Art.

Arts Concentration Students Travel to Yale for Their Yearly Field

April 13, 2018 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

The sound of a single gunshot, the ringing of an exploded bomb, a sudden burst of blinding, white light – these all come from the hauntingly touching show that Arts Concentration students attended last Thursday, April 5. As the students from all artistic disciplines watched Father Comes Home From theRead More

A Fresh View on Spring Visits

A Fresh View on Spring Visits

April 6, 2018 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

The Journey of Preparing a Senior Exhibit

April 6, 2018 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

I’ve been part of Visual Arts Concentration since my sophomore year, so it has been a pretty defining part of my Choate career. The first half of my time in the program, I spent my afternoons in the PMAC watching my older peers prepare for their senior shows; I wasRead More

Introducing Bring it On

April 6, 2018 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

Though spring term has just begun, the cast members of Choate’s spring musical, Bring It On, have already started to prepare for their upcoming production. Actors devote more than 12 hours per week of rehearsals to this musical about a rivalry between the cheerleading teams at Jackson and Truman highRead More

Alan Luo ’18 works on one of his coded works of art.

Uniting Science and Art: A Glance Into the Future

April 6, 2018 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

Computer programming and STEM fields – science, technology, engineering, and math – have taken the world by storm in these last few decades. Technology and coding have permeated nearly every field, becoming common in the workplace as tools for almost any type of project. It is no surprise, then, thatRead More

The Distinct Exhilaration of Performing at School Meetings

March 30, 2018 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

Performing at school meeting is unique. For an artist, the whoops, hollers, and name-shouts that they elicit simply by stepping foot on stage are thrilling. This may not be the sort of energy one often associates with classical music or jazz. At school meeting, however, this energy is generated byRead More

Valour Club: A Fashionable Platform For Building Confidence

March 30, 2018 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

The start of the spring term always brings an array of new clubs; one notable addition is the fashion club Valour. Introduced to the school with its video “Denim In Motion,” Valour promises a fun, vibrant new way to look at the clothes students wear. However, the club’s president, KrystalRead More