New York State Summer School of the Arts
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The New York State Summer School of the Arts (NYSSSA) is a series of summer residential programs for New York State high school
students. It provides intensive pre-professional training with internationally acclaimed artists and artistic companies. It is open to all New York State high school age students who qualify through audition. Eight component schools offer training in the specific disciplines of ballet
, choral studies
, dance
, jazz
studies, media arts, orchestral studies
, theatre and visual arts
.
in Saratoga Springs, New York
, close to the National Museum of Dance and the Saratoga Performing Arts Center
, which hosts the New York City Ballet
during the summer. The program is under the direction of internationally acclaimed NYCB Principal Jenifer Ringer. Students work every day with members of the NYCB and attend all of the company's performances at night. The School of Ballet also presents lectures on dance and career opportunities led by the staff and guest artists from around the world. Students receive intensive instruction in ballet, pointe, character, jazz, variations, and pas de deux. The dancers also partake in a physical therapy program.
during the latter half of the summer, after the Ballet program is completed. Instruction takes place in the dance studios of the National Museum of Dance and the Skidmore Dance Theatre. Classes provide instruction in modern dance technique, composition, music for dance, career possibilities, repertory and performance. In addition to the staff and faculty, guest artists attend many nights a week. Workshop performances are also offered to the students, as well as trips to the National Museum of Dance and the Saratoga Performing Arts Center.
, during late June/early July, under the direction of acclaimed drummer Ed Shaughnessy. In addition to the students accepted through NYSSSA, the Skidmore Jazz Institute accepts applicants from all over the country, including college students. Some of the classes include ensemble and large group performance, jazz theory, improvisational theory, and special topics by guest artists. Highlights of the summer are the two-day Freihofer's Jazz Festival at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center
and the evening concerts by major jazz artists on campus. Past guest artists have included Ray Brown
, Rufus Reid
, James Moody
, Slide Hampton
, Clark Terry
, Joe Lovano
, Benny Green
, Wallace Roney
, Christian McBride
, Robin Eubanks
, and Jackie McLean
.
, and is cosponsored by the New York State School Music Association
, the Saratoga Performing Arts Center
, and the Philadelphia Orchestra
. Students are offered classes in history, literature, and theory of music, in addition to daily rehearsals. In addition to the full orchestra, a string orchestra and a wind ensemble, as well as other small ensembles, are available for students to perform in. Over the course of the program students participate in a number of performances, including shows in the Empire Plaza
in front of the state capital and at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center. The program’s repertoire is arranged in conjunction to the Philadelphia Orchestra’s summer repertoire and many of the small ensembles give concerts before the Philadelphia Orchestra’s SPAC performances.
. Students are given daily courses in improvisation, movement, voice and scene study. Guest artists and performers also provide master classes, readings, and workshops in diverse areas, such as stage combat, comedy and improvisation, mask, play writing, and directing. Students are also taken on field trips to New York City to see on and off-Broadway plays. In addition to their rigorous course load, students write and direct plays, as well as perform in fellow students’ work.
The School of Theatre is a summer intensive conservatory program. The students take six hours of rigorous classes daily and attend nightly workshops for 3 hours, along with assigned reading and out of class homework assignments. Much of voice and movement study is rooted in the Alexander technique
. The scene study curriculum leads a daily hour and a half Meisner technique
class that delves into the process of repetition, eventually applying activities, given circumstances, and eventually scene work. The Improvisation class derives from Stanislavsky teachings, Michael Chekhov
work. Students are required to read Stanislavsky's book An Actor Prepares
, as well as William Esper's book, The Actor's Art and Craft. This advanced acting training is usually unavailable for adolescent actors, and typically not for such a low tuition ($2000).
Admission to the School of Theatre is by a competitive audition. 30 students are selected to participate. The audition consists of two contrasting monologues and an interview.
Tuition for the schools ranges from $1,100 to $1,500 for residencies from two to four weeks long. State funds keep these tuitions considerably lower than the actual program costs.
Students are selected for the NYSSSA schools without regard to their financial need and tuition assistance forms are mailed to each student who is offered acceptance or alternate status for each program. NYSSSA awards financial assistance based upon individual need, but is limited to New York State residents only. Auditions are held throughout the state.
• Jace Alexander
(Theater 1980) – Television director (Rescue Me
, Burn Notice
, Law & Order
)
• Phillip Seymour Hoffman (Theater ’84) – Oscar-winner actor (Capote
), nominated for Best Supporting Actor
(Charlie Wilson’s War), as well as an accomplished stage actor and director.
• Dan Futterman
(Theater ’84) – Accomplished actor (The Birdcage
, A Mighty Heart
, TV’s Judging Amy
) and nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay (Capote
).
• Bennett Miller
(Theater ’84) – Film director (The Cruise
, Foxcatcher), nominated for Best Director (Capote
).
• David Devlin (Media Arts ’86) – Lighting Director (The Lost World: Jurassic Park
, Amistad, Saving Private Ryan
, Psycho
, A.I. Artificial Intelligence, Minority Report
, Catch Me If You Can
, The Terminal
, War of the Worlds
, Shine a Light
, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull)
• Julianne Jordan (Orchestral ’86) – Music Supervisor (TMNT, Mr. & Mrs. Smith
, The Bourne Identity
, Go
)
• Paris Wilcox (Ballet 1987, ’88, '89) – Principal dancer with the Kansas City Ballet
.
• Danielle Huben (Choral Studies ’90) – Performed as Rapunzel in 2002 Broadway revival of Into the Woods
• Curt Markham (Media Arts ’90) – Director of the Rochester International Film Festival
and digital filmmaker.
• Vanessa Carlton
(Balet ’92) – Pop singer; hits include Grammy-nominated single "A Thousand Miles."
• Graham Goddard
(Visual Arts ’95) – Contemporary artist; exhibitions include the Skirball Museum
and the California African American Museum.
• Jon-Erik Goldberg (Ballet ’93, ’94, ’95, '96) – Performer for national tour of Mamma Mia!
and Cats
.
• Jeremy Cushman
(Orchestral ’08) – Renowned violin soloist, serving as concertmaster for the 2008 class.
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
students. It provides intensive pre-professional training with internationally acclaimed artists and artistic companies. It is open to all New York State high school age students who qualify through audition. Eight component schools offer training in the specific disciplines of ballet
Ballet
Ballet is a type of performance dance, that originated in the Italian Renaissance courts of the 15th century, and which was further developed in France and Russia as a concert dance form. The early portions preceded the invention of the proscenium stage and were presented in large chambers with...
, choral studies
Choir
A choir, chorale or chorus is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform.A body of singers who perform together as a group is called a choir or chorus...
, dance
Dance
Dance is an art form that generally refers to movement of the body, usually rhythmic and to music, used as a form of expression, social interaction or presented in a spiritual or performance setting....
, jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
studies, media arts, orchestral studies
Orchestra
An orchestra is a sizable instrumental ensemble that contains sections of string, brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments. The term orchestra derives from the Greek ορχήστρα, the name for the area in front of an ancient Greek stage reserved for the Greek chorus...
, theatre and visual arts
Visual arts
The visual arts are art forms that create works which are primarily visual in nature, such as ceramics, drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking, design, crafts, and often modern visual arts and architecture...
.
Ballet
Students are housed at Skidmore CollegeSkidmore College
Skidmore College is a private, independent, liberal arts college with an enrollment of approximately 2,500 students. The college is located in the town of Saratoga Springs, New York State....
in Saratoga Springs, New York
Saratoga Springs, New York
Saratoga Springs, also known as simply Saratoga, is a city in Saratoga County, New York, United States. The population was 26,586 at the 2010 census. The name reflects the presence of mineral springs in the area. While the word "Saratoga" is known to be a corruption of a Native American name, ...
, close to the National Museum of Dance and the Saratoga Performing Arts Center
Saratoga Performing Arts Center
The Saratoga Performing Arts Center is an amphitheater in Saratoga Springs, New York, which presents summer festivals of all kinds of music , dance, and opera, as well as a Wine & Food Festival...
, which hosts the New York City Ballet
New York City Ballet
New York City Ballet is a ballet company founded in 1948 by choreographer George Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein. Leon Barzin was the company's first music director. Balanchine and Jerome Robbins are considered the founding choreographers of the company...
during the summer. The program is under the direction of internationally acclaimed NYCB Principal Jenifer Ringer. Students work every day with members of the NYCB and attend all of the company's performances at night. The School of Ballet also presents lectures on dance and career opportunities led by the staff and guest artists from around the world. Students receive intensive instruction in ballet, pointe, character, jazz, variations, and pas de deux. The dancers also partake in a physical therapy program.
Choral studies
The School of Choral Studies is takes place at SUNY Fredonia, where students are led in daily chorus and private voice training, as well as given lessons in musical theater, opera, stagecraft and movement, small ensembles, and voice recital. Students perform in the King Concert Hall at the Rockefeller Center for the Arts at SUNY Fredonia, as well as the Amphitheater at the nearby Chautauqua Institute. Classes are led by a led by a regular staff, as well as guest artists and performers. Students are also encouraged to enjoy concerts, operas, and theater performances at the Chautauqua Institute.Dance
The School of Dance takes place at Skidmore CollegeSkidmore College
Skidmore College is a private, independent, liberal arts college with an enrollment of approximately 2,500 students. The college is located in the town of Saratoga Springs, New York State....
during the latter half of the summer, after the Ballet program is completed. Instruction takes place in the dance studios of the National Museum of Dance and the Skidmore Dance Theatre. Classes provide instruction in modern dance technique, composition, music for dance, career possibilities, repertory and performance. In addition to the staff and faculty, guest artists attend many nights a week. Workshop performances are also offered to the students, as well as trips to the National Museum of Dance and the Saratoga Performing Arts Center.
Jazz studies
The Jazz Studies program also takes place at Skidmore CollegeSkidmore College
Skidmore College is a private, independent, liberal arts college with an enrollment of approximately 2,500 students. The college is located in the town of Saratoga Springs, New York State....
, during late June/early July, under the direction of acclaimed drummer Ed Shaughnessy. In addition to the students accepted through NYSSSA, the Skidmore Jazz Institute accepts applicants from all over the country, including college students. Some of the classes include ensemble and large group performance, jazz theory, improvisational theory, and special topics by guest artists. Highlights of the summer are the two-day Freihofer's Jazz Festival at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center
Saratoga Performing Arts Center
The Saratoga Performing Arts Center is an amphitheater in Saratoga Springs, New York, which presents summer festivals of all kinds of music , dance, and opera, as well as a Wine & Food Festival...
and the evening concerts by major jazz artists on campus. Past guest artists have included Ray Brown
Ray Brown (musician)
Raymond Matthews Brown was an American jazz double bassist.-Biography:Ray Brown was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and had piano lessons from the age of eight. After noticing how many pianists attended his high school, he thought of taking up the trombone, but was unable to afford one...
, Rufus Reid
Rufus Reid
Rufus Reid is an American jazz bassist, educator, and composer. He lives in Teaneck, New Jersey.-Personal history:...
, James Moody
James Moody (saxophonist)
James Moody was an American jazz saxophone and flute player. He was best known for his hit "Moody's Mood for Love," an improvisation based on "I'm in the Mood for Love"; in performance, he often improvised vocals for the tune.-Biography:James Moody was born in Savannah, Georgia...
, Slide Hampton
Slide Hampton
Locksley Wellington "Slide" Hampton is an American jazz trombonist, composer and arranger.He was a 1998 Grammy Award winner for "Best Jazz Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist", as arranger for "Cotton Tail" performed by Dee Dee Bridgewater...
, Clark Terry
Clark Terry
Clark Terry is an American swing and bop trumpeter, a pioneer of the fluegelhorn in jazz, educator, NEA Jazz Masters inductee, and recipient of the 2010 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award...
, Joe Lovano
Joe Lovano
Joseph Salvatore "Joe" Lovano is a post bop jazz saxophonist, alto clarinetist, flautist, and drummer. Since the late 1980s, Lovano has been one of the world's premiere tenor saxophone players, earning a Grammy award and several nods on Down Beat magazine's critics' and readers' polls...
, Benny Green
Benny Green
Benny Green was a British jazz saxophonist, who was best known by the public for his radio shows and books.- Early life :...
, Wallace Roney
Wallace Roney
Wallace Roney is an American hard bop and post-bop trumpeter.Roney took lessons from Clark Terry and Dizzy Gillespie and studied with Miles Davis from 1985 until the latter's death in 1991...
, Christian McBride
Christian McBride
Christian McBride is an American jazz bassist. His father, Lee Smith, and his great uncle, Howard Cooper, are well known Philadelphia bassists who served as McBride's early mentors...
, Robin Eubanks
Robin Eubanks
Robin Eubanks is an American jazz and jazz fusion slide trombonist, the brother of guitarist Kevin Eubanks and trumpeter Duane Eubanks.-Biography:...
, and Jackie McLean
Jackie McLean
John Lenwood McLean was an American jazz alto saxophonist, composer, bandleader and educator, born in New York City.-Biography:McLean's father, John Sr., played guitar in Tiny Bradshaw's orchestra...
.
Media arts
The School of Media Arts takes place at SUNY Oswego, in Oswego, NY for four weeks in July. The program includes classes in video, filmmaking, photography, computer graphic arts, and new media, with courses providing a review of fundamentals of the craft, overview of aesthetics, and surveys of contemporary work, trends, and ideas, as well as giving students an opportunity to use professional equipment and facilities. Students work on a number of projects, both individually and collaboratively, throughout the four weeks of the program. While the curriculum stresses creative production, it is not exclusively goal-oriented. Exploration, experimentation, and discovery are stressed in each project. The program culminates with a final show and screening.Orchestral studies
The School of Orchestral Studies takes place at Skidmore CollegeSkidmore College
Skidmore College is a private, independent, liberal arts college with an enrollment of approximately 2,500 students. The college is located in the town of Saratoga Springs, New York State....
, and is cosponsored by the New York State School Music Association
New York State School Music Association
The New York State School Music Association is the New York state-level affiliate of MENC: The National Association for Music Education. NYSSMA is a professional organization that evaluates student musicians in New York state from elementary school to high school...
, the Saratoga Performing Arts Center
Saratoga Performing Arts Center
The Saratoga Performing Arts Center is an amphitheater in Saratoga Springs, New York, which presents summer festivals of all kinds of music , dance, and opera, as well as a Wine & Food Festival...
, and the Philadelphia Orchestra
Philadelphia Orchestra
The Philadelphia Orchestra is a symphony orchestra based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the United States. One of the "Big Five" American orchestras, it was founded in 1900...
. Students are offered classes in history, literature, and theory of music, in addition to daily rehearsals. In addition to the full orchestra, a string orchestra and a wind ensemble, as well as other small ensembles, are available for students to perform in. Over the course of the program students participate in a number of performances, including shows in the Empire Plaza
Empire State Plaza
The Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller Empire State Plaza is a complex of several state government buildings in downtown Albany, New York....
in front of the state capital and at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center. The program’s repertoire is arranged in conjunction to the Philadelphia Orchestra’s summer repertoire and many of the small ensembles give concerts before the Philadelphia Orchestra’s SPAC performances.
Theatre
The School of Theatre takes place over 4 weeks during July at Adelphi UniversityAdelphi University
Adelphi University is a private, nonsectarian university located in Garden City, in Nassau County, New York, United States. It is the oldest institution of higher education on Long Island. For the sixth year, Adelphi University has been named a “Best Buy” in higher education by the Fiske Guide to...
. Students are given daily courses in improvisation, movement, voice and scene study. Guest artists and performers also provide master classes, readings, and workshops in diverse areas, such as stage combat, comedy and improvisation, mask, play writing, and directing. Students are also taken on field trips to New York City to see on and off-Broadway plays. In addition to their rigorous course load, students write and direct plays, as well as perform in fellow students’ work.
The School of Theatre is a summer intensive conservatory program. The students take six hours of rigorous classes daily and attend nightly workshops for 3 hours, along with assigned reading and out of class homework assignments. Much of voice and movement study is rooted in the Alexander technique
Alexander Technique
The Alexander Technique teaches the ability to improve physical postural habits, particularly those that have become ingrained and conditioned responses...
. The scene study curriculum leads a daily hour and a half Meisner technique
Meisner technique
The Meisner technique is an acting technique developed by the American theatre practitioner Sanford Meisner.Meisner developed this technique after working with Lee Strasberg and Stella Adler at the Group Theatre and as head of the acting program at New York City's Neighborhood Playhouse and...
class that delves into the process of repetition, eventually applying activities, given circumstances, and eventually scene work. The Improvisation class derives from Stanislavsky teachings, Michael Chekhov
Michael Chekhov
Michael Chekhov was a Russian-American actor, director, author, and theatre practitioner. His acting technique has been used by actors such as Clint Eastwood, Marilyn Monroe, Yul Brynner, and Robert Stack. Constantin Stanislavski referred to him as his most brilliant student...
work. Students are required to read Stanislavsky's book An Actor Prepares
An Actor Prepares
An Actor Prepares is a novel that was first published in 1936. It is the first volume of the translations of Konstantin Stanislavski's books on acting, which were published as a trilogy in English, though originally meant to be published as two books in Russia...
, as well as William Esper's book, The Actor's Art and Craft. This advanced acting training is usually unavailable for adolescent actors, and typically not for such a low tuition ($2000).
Admission to the School of Theatre is by a competitive audition. 30 students are selected to participate. The audition consists of two contrasting monologues and an interview.
Visual arts
The School of the Arts takes place at SUNY Fredonia during the month of July, where students work in the studio with drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture, mixed media, figure, and inter-disciplinary arts under the direction of noted exhibiting artists/educators. Related activities include drawing and painting from a live model, trips to farms and lakes in the area, and experience with art processes that include welding, casting, direct carving, modeling life-size objects in clay, and experimenting with a variety of printmaking techniques. Group critiques and discussions of student work provide feedback throughout the program.History
The New York State Summer School of the Arts was established in 1971, under Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller, opening with the Orchestral Studies program. In 1976 the School was expanded with the addition of Ballet, Choral, Theater, Media Arts, and Visual Arts programs. NYSSSA was expanded further in 1988 with the Dance and Jazz programs.Application
Placement in the schools is reserved for New York State residents who meet the selection criteria. If there are remaining openings after this selection, they may be filled by out-of-state students who meet additional criteria. Students must be enrolled in grades 8 through 12 and students must audition for the NYSSSA School they wish to attend. This audition is completed in person at a regional audition site, through a portfolio review, or in certain instances, through a video or audiotape review.Tuition for the schools ranges from $1,100 to $1,500 for residencies from two to four weeks long. State funds keep these tuitions considerably lower than the actual program costs.
Students are selected for the NYSSSA schools without regard to their financial need and tuition assistance forms are mailed to each student who is offered acceptance or alternate status for each program. NYSSSA awards financial assistance based upon individual need, but is limited to New York State residents only. Auditions are held throughout the state.
Notable alumni
- David Heiss (Orchestral ’71) - Cellist with the Metropolitan OperaMetropolitan OperaThe Metropolitan Opera is an opera company, located in New York City. Originally founded in 1880, the company gave its first performance on October 22, 1883. The company is operated by the non-profit Metropolitan Opera Association, with Peter Gelb as general manager...
since 1982, Principal Cellist with the New York Pops since 1989.
• Jace Alexander
Jace Alexander
Jace Alexander is an American television director and former actor.-Biography:Alexander was born Jason Alexander in New York City, the only son of actress Jane Alexander and her first husband Robert, founder and former director of The Living Stage...
(Theater 1980) – Television director (Rescue Me
Rescue Me (TV series)
Rescue Me is an American television drama series that premiered on the FX Network on July 21, 2004, and concluded on September 7, 2011. The series focuses on the professional and personal lives of a group of New York City firefighters in the fictitious Ladder 62 / Engine 99 firehouse.The show...
, Burn Notice
Burn notice
A burn notice is an official statement issued by one intelligence agency to other agencies. It states that an individual or a group is unreliable for one or more reasons...
, Law & Order
Law & Order
Law & Order is an American police procedural and legal drama television series, created by Dick Wolf and part of the Law & Order franchise. It aired on NBC, and in syndication on various cable networks. Law & Order premiered on September 13, 1990, and completed its 20th and final season on May 24,...
)
• Phillip Seymour Hoffman (Theater ’84) – Oscar-winner actor (Capote
Capote (film)
Capote is a 2005 biographical film about Truman Capote, following the events during the writing of Capote's non-fiction book In Cold Blood. Philip Seymour Hoffman won several awards, including the Academy Award for Best Actor, for his critically acclaimed portrayal of the title role. The movie was...
), nominated for Best Supporting Actor
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance while working within the film industry. Since its inception, however, the...
(Charlie Wilson’s War), as well as an accomplished stage actor and director.
• Dan Futterman
Dan Futterman
Daniel Futterman is an American actor and screenwriter. Although he is known for several high-profile acting roles, including Val Goldman in the film The Birdcage, and Vincent Gray on the CBS television series Judging Amy, he is also a screenwriter...
(Theater ’84) – Accomplished actor (The Birdcage
The Birdcage
The Birdcage is a 1996 American comedy film directed by Mike Nichols, and stars Robin Williams, Nathan Lane, Gene Hackman, Dianne Wiest, Dan Futterman, Calista Flockhart, Hank Azaria, and Christine Baranski. The script was written by Elaine May...
, A Mighty Heart
A Mighty Heart (film)
A Mighty Heart is a 2007 drama film directed by Michael Winterbottom; It is an adaptation of Mariane Pearl's memoir, A Mighty Heart. Although initially a financial failure, A Mighty Heart was met with relatively positive reviews from both critics and viewers alike.The film was screened out of...
, TV’s Judging Amy
Judging Amy
Judging Amy is an American television drama that was telecast from September 19, 1999, through May 3, 2005, on CBS-TV. This TV series starred Amy Brenneman and Tyne Daly...
) and nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay (Capote
Capote (film)
Capote is a 2005 biographical film about Truman Capote, following the events during the writing of Capote's non-fiction book In Cold Blood. Philip Seymour Hoffman won several awards, including the Academy Award for Best Actor, for his critically acclaimed portrayal of the title role. The movie was...
).
• Bennett Miller
Bennett Miller
Bennett Miller is an American film director.Miller is the director of the feature Capote , a film for which he received an Oscar nomination for Best Director. He also directed the documentary film The Cruise...
(Theater ’84) – Film director (The Cruise
The Cruise (film)
Rejs, known in English as The Cruise , is a Polish comedy film released in 1970, directed by Marek Piwowski who also co-wrote the screenplay with Janusz Głowacki. The score was composed by Wojciech Kilar....
, Foxcatcher), nominated for Best Director (Capote
Capote (film)
Capote is a 2005 biographical film about Truman Capote, following the events during the writing of Capote's non-fiction book In Cold Blood. Philip Seymour Hoffman won several awards, including the Academy Award for Best Actor, for his critically acclaimed portrayal of the title role. The movie was...
).
• David Devlin (Media Arts ’86) – Lighting Director (The Lost World: Jurassic Park
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
The Lost World: Jurassic Park is a 1997 science fiction thriller film, directed by Steven Spielberg. The film was produced by Bonnie Curtis, Kathleen Kennedy, Gerald R. Molen and Colin Wilson...
, Amistad, Saving Private Ryan
Saving Private Ryan
Saving Private Ryan is a 1998 American war film set during the invasion of Normandy in World War II. It was directed by Steven Spielberg, with a screenplay by Robert Rodat. The film is notable for the intensity of its opening 27 minutes, which depicts the Omaha Beach assault of June 6, 1944....
, Psycho
Psycho (1998 film)
Psycho is a 1998 American horror film produced and directed by Gus Van Sant for Universal Pictures, a remake of the 1960 film directed by Alfred Hitchcock...
, A.I. Artificial Intelligence, Minority Report
Minority Report (film)
Minority Report is a 2002 American neo-noir science fiction film directed by Steven Spielberg and loosely based on the short story "The Minority Report" by Philip K. Dick. It is set primarily in Washington, D.C...
, Catch Me If You Can
Catch Me If You Can
Catch Me If You Can is a 2002 American biographical comedy-drama film based on the life of Frank Abagnale Jr., who, before his 19th birthday, successfully performed cons worth millions of dollars by posing as a Pan American World Airways pilot, a Georgia doctor, and a Louisiana parish prosecutor...
, The Terminal
The Terminal
The Terminal is a 2004 American comedy-drama film directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Tom Hanks and Catherine Zeta-Jones. It is about a man trapped in a terminal at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport when he is denied entry into the United States and at the same time cannot...
, War of the Worlds
War of the Worlds (2005 film)
War of the Worlds is a 2005 American science fiction film adaptation of H. G. Wells' novel of the same name, directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Josh Friedman and David Koepp. It is one of three film adaptations of War of the Worlds released that year, alongside The Asylum's version and...
, Shine a Light
Shine a Light (film)
Shine a Light is a 2008 documentary film directed by Martin Scorsese documenting The Rolling Stones' 2006 Beacon Theatre performance on their A Bigger Bang Tour. The Scorsese film also includes archive footage from the band's career and marked the first utilisation by Scorsese of digital...
, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull)
• Julianne Jordan (Orchestral ’86) – Music Supervisor (TMNT, Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005 film)
Mr. & Mrs. Smith is a 2005 American romantic comedy action film directed by Doug Liman and written by Simon Kinberg. The original music score was composed by John Powell...
, The Bourne Identity
The Bourne Identity (2002 film)
The Bourne Identity is a 2002 American spy film loosely based on Robert Ludlum's novel of the same name. It stars Matt Damon as Jason Bourne, an amnesiac attempting to discover his true identity amidst a clandestine conspiracy within the Central Intelligence Agency . The film also stars Franka...
, Go
Go (1999 film)
Go is a 1999 comedy thriller film written by John August and directed by Doug Liman, with three intertwining plots that happen to involve one drug deal. The film stars William Fichtner, Katie Holmes, Jay Mohr, Sarah Polley and Scott Wolf and features Taye Diggs, Breckin Meyer, Timothy Olyphant,...
)
• Paris Wilcox (Ballet 1987, ’88, '89) – Principal dancer with the Kansas City Ballet
Kansas City Ballet
Founded in 1957, Kansas City Ballet is a 25-member professional ballet company under the direction of Artistic Director William Whitener and Executive Director Jeffrey J. Bentley. Kansas City Ballet performs three mixed repertory seasons per year as well as the ever-popular Nutcracker...
.
• Danielle Huben (Choral Studies ’90) – Performed as Rapunzel in 2002 Broadway revival of Into the Woods
Into the Woods
Into the Woods is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Lapine. It debuted in San Diego at the Old Globe Theatre in 1986, and premiered on Broadway in 1987. Bernadette Peters' performance as the Witch and Joanna Gleason's portrayal of the Baker's Wife brought acclaim...
• Curt Markham (Media Arts ’90) – Director of the Rochester International Film Festival
Rochester International Film Festival
The Rochester International Film Festival is the world's oldest continually held short film festival . The annual program features narratives, documentaries and animation made by emerging filmmakers from the USA and abroad, selected by a pedigree short film jury.Based on audience surveys, the most...
and digital filmmaker.
• Vanessa Carlton
Vanessa Carlton
Vanessa Lee Carlton is an American singer-songwriter and musician. Upon completion of her education at the School of American Ballet, Carlton chose to pursue singing instead, performing in New York bars and clubs while attending university. Three months after recording a demo with producer Peter...
(Balet ’92) – Pop singer; hits include Grammy-nominated single "A Thousand Miles."
• Graham Goddard
Graham Goddard
Graham Goddard is a Trinidadian American conceptual artist known for making visual statements about the environment, spirituality and commodification through painting, sculpture and site-specific land art installations...
(Visual Arts ’95) – Contemporary artist; exhibitions include the Skirball Museum
Skirball Cultural Center
The Skirball Cultural Center is an educational institution in Los Angeles, California devoted to sustaining Jewish heritage and American democratic ideals. Open to the public since 1996, the Skirball Cultural Center is dedicated to exploring the connections between 4,000 years of Jewish heritage...
and the California African American Museum.
• Jon-Erik Goldberg (Ballet ’93, ’94, ’95, '96) – Performer for national tour of Mamma Mia!
Mamma Mia!
Mamma Mia! is a stage musical written by British playwright Catherine Johnson, based on the songs of ABBA, composed by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, former members of the band. Although the title of the musical is taken from the group's 1975 chart-topper "Mamma Mia", the plot is fictional, not...
and Cats
Cats (musical)
Cats is a musical composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber, based on Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T. S. Eliot...
.
• Jeremy Cushman
Jeremy Cushman
Jeremy Stein Cushman performs internationally as a violin soloist, with performances spanning four continents.-Biography:He made his solo orchestral debut at the age of eight with the Great Neck Philharmonic and, at the age of nine, was featured on the nationally televised CBS Early Show with...
(Orchestral ’08) – Renowned violin soloist, serving as concertmaster for the 2008 class.
See also
- Empire State Youth OrchestraEmpire State Youth OrchestraEmpire State Youth Orchestras was founded as a single orchestra in 1979 by a group of dedicated parents and music educators. Today's ESYO consists of nine performing ensembles: two full orchestras, a wind orchestra, a string ensemble, two jazz ensembles, and three percussion ensembles...
- Music schoolMusic schoolThe term music school refers to an educational institution specialized in the study, training and research of music.Different terms refer to this concept such as school of music, music academy, music faculty, college of music, music department or conservatory.Music instruction can be provided...
- National Conference of Governor's SchoolsNational Conference of Governor's SchoolsThe National Conference of Governor's Schools is a United States national organization committed to establishing, supporting, and enriching summer residential governor's school programs...