The Guest Artist Experience – Instrumental Music

The Guest Artist Experience – Instrumental Musicby Alexa Halim (Dance ’21) Guest artists in the Kinder HSPVA Instrumental Department bring their talents to students through masterclasses, lectures, and performances. These artists teach about the history of their fields, push students to become better instrumentalists, and provide insight into possible career paths. Since the Instrumental Department…

The Guest Experience – Vocal Music

The Guest Artist Experience – Vocal Musicby Alexa Halim (Dance ’21) Guest artists in the Kinder HSPVA Vocal Music Department bring their talents to students through one-on-one masterclasses, lectures, and performances. These artists provide individual feedback on student work, teach about the history of their fields, and provide insight into possible career paths. Students Jordan…

The Guest Artist Experience – Visual Arts

The Guest Artist Experience – Visual Artsby Alexa Halim (Dance ’21) Guest artists in the Kinder HSPVA Visual Arts Department share their talents with students in many different ways, from lectures and critiques to elective classes. They can introduce students to mediums outside the core Visual Arts curriculum, and also to different techniques students can…

The Guest Artist Experience – Theatre

The Guest Artist Experience – Theatreby Alexa Halim (Dance ’21) Guest artists are a constant presence in the Kinder HSPVA Theatre Department. They bring their expertise in a wide range of formats, from teaching one-time masterclasses to supplementing the classes provided by the full-time faculty and even guest directing certain productions. Students Colin Mee (Theatre ’22)…

The Guest Artist Experience – Creative Writing

The Guest Artist Experience – Creative Writingby Alexa Halim (Dance ’21) Guest artists in the Creative Writing Department bring their unique writing styles to Kinder HSPVA so that students can explore different avenues for their writing and learn from the guests’ particular industry experiences. Through these masterclasses and lectures, the Creative Writing students further develop…

The Guest Artist Experience – Dance

The Guest Artist Experience – Danceby Alexa Halim (Dance ’21) Image credit: Lynn Lane Guest artists bring Kinder HSPVA Dance students new techniques or styles that fall outside the core Dance curriculum, and share insights into the world of professional dance. Guest choreographers work with upperclassmen on the Fall and Spring Dance Concerts, teaching students…

Masterclass Series

Masterclass Seriespresented by the Kinder HSPVA Student Council Now is the perfect time to learn something new.   Would you love the chance to spend an afternoon as a Kinder HSPVA student? Which art form do you wish you knew more about? You’re in luck, because the members of Student Council are sharing bite-sized lessons…

5 Ways to Follow 2020 Distinguished Alum Rhoda Boone Lane (’97)

2020 Distinguished Alum Rhoda Boone Lane (’97)   2020 is the first year HSPVA Friends is honoring not one but TWO Distinguished Alumni — siblings Rhoda Boone Lane (Visual Arts ’97) and Will Boone (Visual Arts ’01) — at the 14th Annual Encore Luncheon! For table and ticket purchases at our event honoring Rhoda and her brother Will, visit us here. Rhoda has a pretty unique…

Kinder HSPVA Celebrates Grand Opening

The atmosphere was festive inside Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts’ Denney Theatre on Feb. 4, 2019. Amid cheers, Dr. R. Scott Allen, the school’s principal, formally opened the new $88 million facility with a ribbon cutting ceremony. “Today is a very special day for our students, faculty, and alumni as we…