news

In the News...

  • Hotchkiss Ensembles perform ambitious program for May 24 Crandall Concert

    Sax players in Right Brain Logic
    Posted May 21, 2013

    The Hotchkiss Orchestra and the school jazz ensemble, Right Brain Logic, will showcase their formidable talent as ensembles in The 2013 Crandall Concert this Friday, May 24 at 6:30 p.m. in Katherine M. Elfers Hall, Esther Eastman Music Center. The concert is free and all are welcome to attend in support of these young musicians, many of whom are graduating seniors.

  • Now in the Tremaine Gallery: Photographer Avery Danziger Finds Beauty in Decaying Hospital

    Harlem Valley/Wingdale Project #9373, archival pigment print, 2011
    Posted May 6, 2013

    Avery Danziger was the last photographer authorized to enter the buildings of the Harlem Valley Psychiatric Center in nearby Wingdale, New York, which closed in 1994. The resulting images are investigations into the cycle of time, chaos, order, entropy, and renewal. Through Danziger’s perspective, an unexpected and paradoxical beauty emerges from these strange and toxic ruins. The exhibition opens May 14; a reception for the artist will be held May 25, 4 - 6 p.m.

  • Spring Choral Concert, May 12 in The Hotchkiss Chapel

    daffodils.jpeg
    Posted May 6, 2013

    For its annual spring choral concert The Hotchkiss Chorus will offer a musical celebration of many genres, taking place in the Hotchkiss Chapel on Mother’s Day, Sunday, May 12 at 7:00 p.m.

  • H.D.A. spring production: 'Dog Sees God' tackles issue of teenage bullying

    DSG_Logo.jpg
    Posted April 22, 2013

    In 2004, Dog Sees God was one of the breakout hits at the New York International Fringe Festival. An “unauthorized parody,” the play imagines characters from the popular comic strip Peanuts as teenagers. The production runs May 3 - 5. For tickets and information phone (860) 435 - 3203. Hear an interview with Allen Babcock and four cast members with WHDD's Marshall Miles.

  • Spring Dance Performance Features New Works by Artists in Residence

    Members of the Hotchkiss Dance Company
    Posted April 10, 2013

    The Hotchkiss Dance Company will perform commissioned pieces by Molissa Fenley and Liliana Candotti, both artists in residence during the 2012-13 academic year. The performance will take place April 26 - 28 in Walker Auditorium. Admission is free.

  • Gospelfest 2013 brings together the gospel choirs of regional boarding schools

    Gospelfest_singer_color.jpg
    Posted April 4, 2013

    Spring has sprung and it is time for Gospelfest, now in its 12th year! Gospel choirs from seven area schools will gather Sunday, April 21 at 3 p.m. for a rousing concert full of joyful music. This year, participating schools include Hotchkiss, Salisbury, Westover, South Kent, Taft, Miss Porter’s, and Millbrook.

  • 2nd Annual Hotchkiss Film Festival Partners With Student Festivals Around the World

    9425210.jpg
    Posted April 5, 2013

    The Hotchkiss Film Festival will showcase international student works with competitions for Best Film, Special Jury Prize, and an Audience Award. The festival has again partnered with student and youth film festivals around the world including Surrey Film Festival (Surrey, Canada), The Nordic Youth Film Festival (Tromsø, Norway), and the International Youth Media Festival (Wels, Austria) among others.

  • 2013 Hunt Concert features Fine Arts Quartet, Fabio & Gisele Witkowski performing Dohnanyi piano quintets

    Fine Arts Quartet
    Posted March 26, 2013

    The acclaimed Fine Arts Quartet returns to the Hotchkiss stage, joined by pianists Fabio and Gisele Witkowski, to perform the piano quintets of Ernst von Dohnányi for the 2013 Hunt Concert, Thursday, April 18 at 7 p.m. in Katherine M. Elfers Hall, Esther Eastman Music Center.

  • Nature as Muse: Tremaine Gallery exhibits the work of Bryan Nash Gill March 26 - May 5

    BNGILL_woodcup.jpg
    Posted March 11, 2013

    Bryan Nash Gill is an artist from New Hartford, Connecticut, well-known for his work with trees native to the woods surrounding his home. Gill creates sculpture and relief prints from sections of fallen pine, hemlock, Norway spruce, ash, oak, and maple, among other species. “Sometimes the simplest things are the most complex things,” Gill has stated. He presents this paradox to viewers with work that honors both biology and beauty. Guided by Gill’s respectful vision, we can appreciate both. Watch a video of his demonstration to students here.

  • Annual Music Faculty Recital to be held Sunday, April 7

    The Fazioli piano on stage in the magnificent Katherine M. Elfers Hall, Esther Eastman Music Center
    Posted March 29, 2013

    The talented music faculty of the Visual & Performing Arts Department will perform a spring recital on Sunday, April 7, 2012 at 5 p.m. in Katherine M. Elfers Hall, Esther Eastman Music Center.

  • Aternus Chamber Orchestra Debut Honors U.S. Year of Italian Culture in March 28 concert

    Italian Saxophonist Gaetano Di Bacco
    Posted March 4, 2013

    The orchestra will feature virtuoso Italian saxophonist Gaetano Di Bacco and conductor Larry Alan Smith, who also serves as Artistic Director for the group. The concert will honor the Year of Italian Culture in the United States with music by Italian composers Giuseppe Tartini, Vincent Persichetti, Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Ástor Piazzolla, as well as American composer Michael White.

  • Hotchkiss Dramatic Association stages Shakespeare's comedy "Much Ado About Nothing" March 1 - 3, 2013

    MuchAdo_website.jpg
    Posted February 13, 2013

    The Hotchkiss Dramatic Association will present “Much Ado About Nothing” by William Shakespeare, March 1 - 3. Central characters Benedick and Beatrice will conduct their war of words before ultimately falling in love in a set that beautifully interprets the garden of the Sicilian estate where the play takes place. Hear an interview with Director Marcus Olson and cast members on WHDD.

  • Tremaine Gallery features artist Leigh Merrill in solo exhibition February 10 - March 8

    Sundance Square, archival pigment print, edition of 7, 25" X 41"
    Posted February 8, 2013

    Beginning February 10, 2013, the Tremaine Gallery at the Hotchkiss School will present ‘Manifest Destiny: Photographic works by Leigh Merrill’, an exhibition of new photographs and videos that will remain on view through March 8. Featuring a selection of works from three different yet connected series, Into the Sunset, Delphinidin, and Mockingbird, this exhibition explores Merrill’s fascination with themes of beauty, control, class and romanticism. A talk by the artist will take place in the gallery on Friday, February 22 at 6 p.m. followed by a reception from 7 - 8 p.m.

  • "Sweet Dreams" documentary film about Rwandan women will screen February 10

    Ingoma Nshya drum troupe
    Posted January 30, 2013

    After the tragedy of the Rwandan genocide of 1994, Kiki Katese, pioneering Rwandan theater director, asked “How do we rebuild a human being?" The answer was, in part, the creation of Ingoma Nshya, Rwanda’s first and only women’s drum troupe; the other part, the creation of the Inzozi Nzizi ice cream project. "Sweet Dreams" tells the women's inspiring story and will be screened on Sunday afternoon, February 10 at 2 p.m. in Walker Auditorium. Admission is free and open to the public. Donations are welcome to benefit HYSB (Housatonic Youth Service Bureau).

  • Pianists John and Mina Perry to offer winter concert February 10

    Mina Perry
    Posted January 23, 2013

    Please note date change! The Hotchkiss Concert Series is pleased to welcome virtuoso pianists John and Mina Perry for a winter concert, Sunday, February 10 at 4 p.m. Both are esteemed artists, educators, and international performers. They will play a program of works by Claude Debussy, Franz Schubert, Franz Liszt, Sergei Rachmaninoff and Johannes Brahms. All are welcome to attend and admission is free. Hear Marshall Miles interview Fabio Witkowski and John and Mina Perry on WHDD, Robin Hood Radio.

1 2 3

Print Page