Keeping you plugged into the exciting things happening with Performing Arts

Published February 18 2024

Volume 208

“Bearing the image of the Creator as we cultivate creativity.”

UPCOMING EVENTS

Want to stay informed?  Check back here weekly for upcoming events including concerts, shows, trips and more…

• March 15-16 - District Fine Arts Festival

• March 23 - Southern Star Music Festival - Atlanta, GA

• April 12-13 - MS Spring Show

• April 20 - Music in the Parks Music Festival - Carowinds, Charlotte, NC

• April 26-28 - Elementary Drama Club Spring Show

• May 1 - MS Talent Show

• May 3-5 - HS Spring Show - Sponge Bob

• May 6 - Recorders Concert 6:00pm

• May 6 - Orchestra Concert 7:30pm

• May 7 - Band Concert 7:00pm

• May 9 - Chorus Concert 7:00pm - First Baptist PTC

A NOTE FROM THE DIRECTOR

Science Shows How Piano Players' Brains Are Actually Different From Everybody Else’s

“Piano is the ultimate instrument in terms of skill and demand: Two hands have to play together simultaneously while navigating 88 keys. They can play up to 10 notes at a time. To manage all those options, pianists have to develop a totally unique brain capacity — one that has been revealed by science.

Because both hands are required to be equally active for pianists to master their instrument, they have to overcome something innate to almost every person: right or left-handedness.

In most people, the depth of the brain's central sulcus is either deeper on the right or on the left side, which then determines which hand is dominant. But when scientists scanned the brains of pianists, they found something different: Pianists had a demonstrably more symmetrical central sulcus than everyone else — though they were born right or left-handed, their brains barely registered it. Because the pianists still had a dominant hand, researchers speculated that their equal depth was not natural, but resulted because pianists are able to strengthen their weaker side to more closely match their dominant side. 

So pianists’ brains actually are different. They are masters of creative, purposeful and efficient communication because of the very instrument that they play. They are the naturally efficient multi-taskers of the musical world.”

-from an article by Jordan Taylor Sloan 

Jr. Thespian Day

Tomorrow (Monday) is your last day to sign up for our first ever Jr. Thespian Day! Open to all current TCS 6th-8th graders.

COST: $75 (payment plans and scholarships available)

Attend workshops to learn new skills in Theatre, eat lunch together, see Cinderella at Starr’s Mill HS, and learn how to become a Jr. Thespian!

MUSIC ARTS ACADEMY

Arts Academy 2023-24 Updates 

To enhance the Performing Arts experience at Trinity Christian School, we offer the opportunity for private instruction, with a growing number of vocal and instrumental options. Our programs offer instruction at various levels to include those who are newly discovering their musical talents, as well as those who have been refining their art for years.  Interested in private instruction?  This is the place for you!

Here is a list of our current instructors.  

Stacee Adams - Piano - stacee.adams@tcslions.org 

Jason Christian - Guitar - thebirdsongstudios@gmail.com

Meagan Dixon - Clarinet, Voice - meaganschlabach@gmail.com

Terri Ingram - Horn, Piano - terri.ingram.music@gmail.com

Monica Lee - Voice, Piano - monicalee396@gmail.com

Sharissa Manwaring - Violin - sharissa.manwaring@tcslions.org

Bill Melton - Low Brass - bill.melton@tcslions.org

Katie Palmer - Trumpet - katierollspalmer@gmail.com

Lizzie Perez - Theatre, Voice - lizzie.perez@tcslions.org

Natalie Pinson - Violin - natalie.pinson@tcslions.org  

Caleb Ramirez - Piano - calram21@gmail.com

Cathy Settle - Piano, Voice - cathy.settle@tcslions.org

Elisabeth Veal - Harp - northgaharpist@gmail.com 

Nathanael Woodruff - Guitar, Piano - grassfedpower3@gmail.com 

For information regarding private music lessons, please contact one of the above instructors or visit https://tcslions.org/arts-academy.  

To register, please contact performingarts@tcslions.org.  All private music lessons are taught on the TCS campus, and are scheduled on an individual basis.  We can’t wait to get you started!!

INSTRUMENT REPAIR

We use Big Note Music for on site repair of many of our musical instruments.  If you have an instrument that needs repair as the school year begins, this may be a great option for you.  The process works with you filling out an online form, pre-paying for the repair, and then they come for a scheduled repair session right on our Trinity campus.  Your student wouldn’t be away from their instrument except when it’s on the repair table.  This convenient option has worked for us for a few years now.  Simply fill out the online form and let us know that a repair has been scheduled.

Online Link to Schedule a Repair: https://bignotemusic.com/product/schedule-repair/