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December 17 & 18
Holiday Show
December 21-January 2
Winter Recess (School Closed)
January 4
Classes Resume
January 5-8
Returning Student Registration
January 8
Last Day of Classes
January 12-14
New Student Registration
January 11-15
Make Up Classes
January 18
Martin Luther King Jr. Day (School Closed)
January 20
First Day of Classes
February 21
President's Day (School Closed)
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 Community Corner
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The Movement Theatre Company Presents "Excuse Me Ladies and Gentlemen, My Name is...
The Movement Theatre's "Excuse Me Ladies and Gentlemen" tells the story of the young people on the trains New Yorkers are all too familiar with experiencing. Written by Devere Rogers and directed by HSA's own Cherrye J. Davis the production "explores the lives of six New York City candy dealers and takes the audience on a wild ride."
What: Excuse Me Ladies and Gentlemen, My Name is...
Where: Off-Off Broadway Playhouse at Roy Arias Studios
300 West 43 Street, Suite 506
New York, NY 10036
When: December 10-12, 2010
Time: Fri at 7pm, Sat at 2pm & 7pm, Sun at 2pm & 7pm
Tickets: $10 Advanced Sale
$12 at the door
www.themovementtheatrecompany.org
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Saint Nicholas Tree Lighting Ceremony
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HSA Students to Perform
On Saturday, December 4, 2010 Theater Prep student Cydnii Jones and music students and faculty will perform at the annual Friends of St. Nicholas Park Tree Lighting Ceremony. Cydnii will present an original spoken word monologue by Theater Program Associate Cherrye Davis. The music department will sing three traditional holiday selections. The lighting ceremony takes place on 135 Street and St. Nicholas Avenue from 5:00pm to 6:30pm. For more information please visit www.stnicholaspark.org
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Guitarist Bob Dee Performs in Gospel of the Blues
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Gospel of the Blues
HSA's own Bob Dee will perform in Gospel of the Blues. Gospel of the Blues tells the story of family, friends and faith. The production is created by Gary Samuels, Rosalyn Samuels and Sharon McIntyre Marks and produced by Versatile Entertainment.
What: Gospel of the Blues
Where: Milton N. Sparks Hall
80 West 126 Street
When: Saturday, December 4
Time: 4:00 pm
Cost: $15 (General Seating)
$10 (Children under 12)
Info: 718.794.3641 or 212.802.8397
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Leadership Enterprise for a Diverse America
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Ms. Desiree Jones is a parent of four year old Zara. Ms. Jones is also the Director of College Guidance at Leadership Enterprise for a Diverse America (LEDA), a national non-profit dedicated to diversifying the country's leadership pool by helping exceptionally low-income and/or students of color, gain admission to highly selective colleges and universities.
Ms. Jones met with HSA's high school seniors to discuss the college admission process and assist with college application. If you are a senior interested in meeting with Ms. Jones please contact Niki Spruill, Dance Associate at 212.926.4100 ext. 321 or via email at nspruill@harlemschoolofthearts.org. For more information about LEDA visit www.ledascholars.org
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HOLIDAYS IN HARLEM: A GLOBAL CELEBRATION
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The holidays are here, and what better way to celebrate than to travel the world. The Harlem School of the Arts' Holidays in Harlem: A Global Celebration will feature performances that will take the audience on a journey around the globe with a backdrop designed by the Visual Arts department.
Take a trip to India through Modern dance, tour Brazil with the Children's Dance Ensemble, while Russia is represented by 'Waltz of the Flowers' and 'Snow.' HSA's Artist-in-Residence The Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company will also offer the Chinese movement segment. The Music department's Suzuki violin, flute and jazz ensembles will perform original holiday music along with selections by Steven Oquendo's Latin Jazz ensemble. The Theater department will perform original scenes and spoken word pieces by the HSA Prep students, Advanced Teen Acting and Theater Associate Cherrye J. Davis. If you are looking for something more traditional you will enjoy our interpretation of Dr. Seuss' holiday favorite, entitled "Stealing Christmas," performed by HSA's Beginning Actors.
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GIVE THE GIFT OF THE ARTS
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Instead of the usual hat and mittens give the gift of The Harlem School of the Arts! Do you know someone who would love to take a dance, music, theater or visual arts class? This year give someone the opportunity to reach their artistic potential with a gift certificate to HSA. To purchase your gift certificate please call 212.926.4100 or email gifts@harlemschoolofthearts.org. Gift certificates may be redeemed for HSA classes and merchandise from the HSA Gift shop.
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DWYER CULTURAL CENTER HOLIDAY CELEBRATION
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Saturdays at the Dwyer
On Saturday, December 18 at 1pm, the Dwyer Cultural Center will host a day of events to celebrate the holiday season. The events include a community holiday sing-a-long with Keith "the Captain" Gamble and his band, an art workshop with Weusi-inspired masterpieces, an art marketplace, a tour of "Weusi in the 21 century" and "harlem is...THEATER" and a skit from our own Holidays in Harlem: A Global Celebration.
"Saturdays at the Dwyer" are free to the public but you can receive an exclusive Dwyer commemorative poster with a $5.00 donation. The Dwyer Cultural Center is located at 258 Saint Nicholas Avenue at West 123 Street. For more information visit www.dwyercc.org, RSVP at rsvp@dwyercc.org or call 212.222.3060.
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'BATTING IT AROUND' WITH JEFFREY LAIKIND
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Jeffrey Laikind, Liaison to the Alumni Assocation from the HSA Board of Directors
When you ask Board Member Jeffrey Laikind about his dreams for an Alumni Association at HSA, he lights up. His enthusiasm stems directly from his positive experience in re-energizing the Alumni Association of his high school, The Choate School (known since its 1974 merger as Choate Rosemary Hall). “Initially our alumni association was an organization that graduates only heard from once a year – with a letter asking for funds. I told the headmaster at the time that it needed to be an organization that did something. We convened a group of thirty alumni, and I headed a committee of three to write the bylaws. We defined what we felt an alumni association should do, and I believe that the same three priorities exist today for The Harlem School of the Arts’ Alumni Association.”
What are the three fundamental responsibilities of an Alumni Association according to our Board Liaison to the HSA Alumni Association?
1) To support the program of the School in any way it can;
2) To connect alumni to alumni by creating a social network;
3) To connect the alumni to the students in the School in order to support their long-term thinking and goals.
His Choate Alumni Association now sends graduates into the field for outreach and to help staff events like a phone-a-thon. The possibility of reviving the HSA radiothon also captures his interest, as he initiated the first radiothon to benefit an arts institution when he was on the Board of Directors of the New York City Opera back in the 1970s.
Suburban Wallingford, Connecticut may seem a long way from urban Harlem, New York, but Mr. Laikind has been able to transfer his commitment to student mentoring to Upper Manhattan through Street Squash which he co-founded and served as the Chairman of the Board during its formative years. (He’s still an active board member and squash player to this day!) We're not writing about the Thanksgiving vegetable, but the indoor racket sport played around the world. Street Squash is located on 115th Street and Lenox Avenue and serves roughly the same geographic area as the Harlem School of the Arts. It serves a similar age population and is an after school program. “Students don’t have to be great squash players, or great students to participate in Street Squash. However, they do have to want to be there and take advantage of the resources we offer them – it’s a commitment,” stressed Mr. Laikind.
“Ultimately I want to help HSA provide a support system for our students, both while they’re at the School and later when they continue on in their studies. If they run into a problem in their future studies, I want them to come back to us knowing that we’ll help and support them.”
Jeffrey Laikind and the Board of Directors of The Harlem School of the Arts have great confidence in the newly appointed President of the Alumni Association, Fred Darden. “Fred is now ex-officio on the Board of Directors. His voice is being heard and he has the Board’s complete support to build the Association over time. This is not a short-term project. We expect the Alumni Association under Fred Darden to be creative and helpful, and work very closely with the management of the School for the foreseeable future. I know readers will look forward to hearing directly from Fred Darden with his vision in the New Year.”
If you are interested in connecting to former classmates and participating in The Harlem School of the Arts Alumni Association, please e-mail: alumni@harlemschoolofthearts.org.
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THE NAI-NI CHEN DANCE COMPANY & THE AHN TRIO: "CONCRETE STREAM"
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The Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company, which has been the resident professional dance company at The Harlem School of the Arts for the past decade, will give the world premiere of "Concrete Stream" as part of the full-evening program titled Temptation of the Muses this week in the HSA Theater. Choreographed to an original score by composer Kenji Bunch, the dancers will perform to live accompaniment by The Ahn Trio. The award-winning trio is comprised of sisters Angella (violin), Lucia (piano) and Maria (cello).
Please join us for a performance: Thursday, Friday and Saturday, December 2-4, 2010 at 8pm and Sunday, December 5, 2010 at 3pm. Tickets are $20 for General Admission. Students and Seniors are eligible for half price tickets ($10). For more information, please call: 800.650.0246.
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APOLLO THEATER'S CHILD STARS OF TOMORROW
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Amateur Night Presents Child Stars of Tomorrow: Best of the Best!
Featuring HSA's own Matthew Whitaker
Sponsored by Coca-Cola
Saturday, December 11, 2010 at 7:30pm
The legendary Apollo Theater will light up the Holidays this season with a special edition of its signature program, Amateur Night, featuring the year's best Child Stars of Tomorrow contestants. Known for launching careers for over 75 years from a nine year old Michael Jackson to a thirteen year old Lauryn Hill, Amateur Night continues to be a major platform for young talent to hone their skills and display their talents.
HSA's own talented musician Matthew Whitaker (9 years old) will perform at Child Stars of Tomorrow. Born three months premature weighing 1 pound, 11 ounces and blind, Matthew is truly a gifted musician. He began playing a Casio keyboard his grandfather gave him at the tender age of three. Matthew has attended HSA since last fall and studies the piano and drums. Matthew is also the youngest member of The HSA Jazz Band Ensemble. Matthew won first and second place during his appearances at the Apollo Theater. He played "Killer Joe" recorded by The Jazztet in 1960 on the Hammond organ. Matthew's favorite composers and musicians are Frederic Francois Chopin, Johann Sebastian Bach (composers); Jimmy Smith, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Charles Earland, Vince Seneri (Hammond B3 musicians) and Roy Haynes (drummer).
Three (3) lucky people can receive a pair of free tickets to Child Stars of Tomorrow. Tickets are first come first serve. Please contact Melody Gross at 212.926.4100 with you name and contact information.
Don't miss this special evening as musicians, singers, and dancers of ages 5-15 demonstrate why they are the best of the best and why the have what it takes to be the next Apollo Legend.
What: Child Stars of Tomorrow: Best of the Best
Where: Apollo Theater
253 West 125 Street
New York, NY 10027
When: Saturday, December 11
Time: 7:30pm
Tickets: $17, $22, $27
In person at the Apollo Theater Box Office
By phone call Ticketmaster 800.745.3000
Online Ticketmaster.com click here.
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VISUAL ARTS YASHUA KLOS
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 An In Depth Interview with Visual Artist Yashua Klos
Meeting with Yashua Klos is a unique experience. He looks more like an urban easy-going man than a passionate visual artist. After talking with him for just two minutes discussing art, that image is erased and replaced with a Chicago breed artist who does not buy into the "starving artist" theory. He's not only hardworking and driven but also inspiring and charismatic.
Due to technical difficulties the above video did not play in last week's Visual Arts eblast. Please meet HSA's Visual Arts instructor Yashua Klos. If you are having trouble view the above video please view on HSA's YouTube page by clicking here.
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HSA JAZZ BAND PERFORMS AT REPUBLIC OF ANGOLA INDEPENDENCE CELEBRATION
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On Tuesday, November 23, the HSA Jazz Band performed at the 35th Anniversary of the independence of the Republic of Angola celebration. The HSA Jazz Band consisting of Dominique Gervais, Yuki Tei, Marcus Persiani and Matthew Whitaker, performed 5 pieces including "Take the 'A' Train" by the Duke Ellington Orchestra, "Blue Bossa" written by Kenny Dorham, "I Mean You" by Thelonius Monk, "Afro Blue" arranged by John Coltrane and "Manteca" composed by Dizzy Gillespie and Chano Pozo. 
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