Ars Nova School of the Arts
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Ars Nova School of the Arts is a conservatory located in Huntsville, Alabama
providing education in fine arts, particularly music
and theatre
, to students of all ages. The school is operated under a non-profit corporation also bearing the name Ars Nova. Ars Nova, Inc. also produces musical theatre and opera for the local stage to give students of the school performance opportunities.
The school was founded in September 1998 by Ginger Beazley and several other local music teachers who decided to form a conservatory. The school was established with 25 students and has grown today to approximately 140 students. http://www.arsnovahsv.com/school/about.html
Susanna Phillips
and Angela Brown
are the best known of Ars Nova's alumni.
Huntsville, Alabama
Huntsville is a city located primarily in Madison County in the central part of the far northern region of the U.S. state of Alabama. Huntsville is the county seat of Madison County. The city extends west into neighboring Limestone County. Huntsville's population was 180,105 as of the 2010 Census....
providing education in fine arts, particularly music
Music
Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch , rhythm , dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture...
and theatre
Theatre
Theatre is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music or dance...
, to students of all ages. The school is operated under a non-profit corporation also bearing the name Ars Nova. Ars Nova, Inc. also produces musical theatre and opera for the local stage to give students of the school performance opportunities.
The school was founded in September 1998 by Ginger Beazley and several other local music teachers who decided to form a conservatory. The school was established with 25 students and has grown today to approximately 140 students. http://www.arsnovahsv.com/school/about.html
Susanna Phillips
Susanna Phillips
Susanna Phillips is a soprano opera singer. She has appeared at the Lyric Opera of Chicago and the Metropolitan Opera, among others. Though born in Birmingham, Alabama she and her family moved two weeks after she was born, to Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama; where she grew up and attended...
and Angela Brown
Angela Brown
Angela M. Brown is an African-American dramatic soprano particularly admired for her portrayal of Verdi heroines.-Early life and education:...
are the best known of Ars Nova's alumni.
External links
- Ars Nova, Inc. - Main page of Ars Nova, Inc. which contains the site for the school.