Arts
October 6, 2021
Student instrumentalists selected to join prestigious regional, state symphonies
Seven Hills congratulates five students for placing in the Cincinnati Symphony Youth Orchestra, two for placing in the Cincinnati Junior Strings, and for one student placing in the Cincinnati Youth Wind Ensemble. Robby Ligeralde and Edward Li play in the CSYO Philharmonic Orchestra, where they will perform with members of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra during the annual Side by Side concert. Anish Patil and Evelyn Gao play in the CSYO Concert Orchestra, and Anand Patil was named concertmaster of the CSYO Concert Orchestra. Celine Tan plays in the CYWE, which is the only comprehensive ensemble program for winds and percussion students in the greater Cincinnati area. Kyle Wang and Mia Wang play in the Cincinnati Junior Strings, which has made several international performing tours of Australia, New Zealand, Great Britain, Canada, China, and Hong Kong.
Students prepare a spooktacular fright of a show
Upper School students started practicing “The Addams Family” choreography, in preparation for the Upper School’s fall performance, set to premiere in late November. Choreographers Dee Anne Bryll and Molly Sexton taught students the timing for the iconic Addams’ snap and blocked the opening number with the core Addams’ cast. Students also began incorporating their own character actions into the performance, based on how the roles were performed in earlier productions and their own personal opinions on the characters’ motivations.
Upper Students learn foundational ceramic skills
Upper School students learned the basics of pottery during Upper School art instructor Daniel Vance’s class. “We’re building the foundation for pottery by learning one of the core skills of pottery. From here, students are able to expand their range to make many different kinds of things,” Vance said. During the class, tenth- through twelfth-graders practiced how to create similarly sized coils, balance and stabilize one on top of the other, and, after their pots dried, how to paint their pots with glazes. After becoming comfortable with the medium, students began adding various designs to their work, from carving designs to experimenting with balance by alternating coils with clay balls.
Fourth-graders’ learning takes flight with multi-subject collaboration
Fourth-grade students began the art portion of their multi-subject monarch butterfly curriculum in Lotsepich art instructor Jody Knoop’s class. Students traced over a butterfly stencil, created negative space, and learned transitional shading using a limited color palette. After cutting out their butterflies, students will create a caterpillar out of wood, and larva out of paper mâché for their fulcrum, which will simulate a flying butterfly and its lifecycle.
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Five Stingers Sign to Play in College
Five Stingers from the Class of 2024 signed their letters of intent to continue their athletic careers in college.
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