Keeping you plugged into the exciting things happening with Performing Arts
Published December 15, 2024
Volume 246
Tim Hurt - Performing Arts Director
“Bearing the image of the Creator as we cultivate creativity.”
A NOTE FROM THE DIRECTOR
Music brings out a multitude of emotions. Throughout our concert season we pray you will experience joy, wonder, peace, maybe some dissonance, and resolution by the end of each song. Throughout each grade and each performance, we strive to show the progression of the musician, from our little Lions as beginner instrumentalists and vocalists, to the older grades and several years of experience under our belts. Through it all, we hope to show the passion of our students for the Arts as this comes alive in each of our programs.
Christmas brings out a multitude of emotions as well. Some of these are exactly the same: joy, wonder, peace, maybe some dissonance, and hopefully resolution as we navigate the season together. We are a family at Trinity, and we love to take this journey with each of your students. And also with you, our parents and faculty! It is such an honor for us to have a like-minded faith as we do this. It is a blessing to have freedom to proclaim Christ. And it is amazing to see God at work openly in each of your students. We are praying for each of you, for our Trinity community, that we will experience God’s Presence in amazing ways this holiday season, and be a vessel to show His love to a hurting world in the process. May God bless you richly! Emmanuel, God is with us!!
SPRING ELEMENTARY DRAMA CLUB NOW REGISTERING
See below for details and the link to sign up!
UPCOMING EVENTS
Please continue to check back here regularly to see what’s happening in Performing Arts. So many great opportunities, you won’t want to miss any of them!
Dec 19 Christmas Extravaganza / Live Nativity / Lower School Music Programs
5:00pm- Pre K
5:30pm- Kindergarten
6:00pm-1st Grade
6:30pm-2nd Grade
7:00pm-3rd Grade
January 30, 31, Feb 1 High School Musical - Cinderella
Feb 4 Marching Lions Show Reveal Party
Feb 6-8 ThesCon - Columbus, GA
Feb 11 Winter Classics Concert
Feb 13 Elementary Talent Show
Feb 22 Junior ThesCon
Feb 24. Marching Lions Leadership Camp
WHAT’S HAPPENING
All Things Theatre
4th & 5th Drum Club // MS Percussion
Jazz Ensemble
Music Arts Academy
Instrument Repair
ALL THINGS THEATRE
Registration for SPRING DRAMA CLUB:
This semester, we are revamping our format for Drama Club due to the growth of our numbers and to better equip and train our youngest performers!
1st-3rd Grade will meet on Tuesdays and work on foundational skills to allow students to become strong performers in Musical Theatre! They will work towards performing a one night only gala style performance where students will feature their new learned skills in singing, dancing, and acting through scenes and songs!
Cost: $175
3rd-5th Grade will meet on Mondays OR Thursdays (depending on their cast) and will prepare to present Aladdin Jr. in May while continuing to build upon those foundational pillars of Musical Theatre.
Cost: $250
**3rd Graders can choose which level of Drama Club they want to be a part of.
Live Nativity
Join us at the Christmas Extravaganza as we support Elementary School with presenting THE LIVE NATIVITY. Our Troupe 8184 members will be presenting the story of Christ's birth through this incredible event.
4th & 5th DRUM CLUB // MS PERCUSSION
We are enrolling now for Drum Club & MS Percussion Ensemble for the Spring semester. No experience necessary for either of these groups, if you are interested in learning the world of percussion, this is for YOU! Hand drums, mallet percussion, marching percussion, auxiliary instruments, and so much more.
Interested, please fill out the appropriate Google Form
4th & 5th Drum Club
Rehearsals are Tuesdays weekly 3:45-5:00pm
Cost: $40 per student
First Rehearsal: January 28, 2025
More information: kathy.brown@tcslions.org
Google Form: https://forms.gle/mMGjcsrG9uf94SoT7
MS Percussion Ensemble
Rehearsals are Wednesdays weekly 2:45-4:15pm
Cost: $50 per student
First Rehearsal: January 29, 2025
More information: tim.hurt@tcslions.org
Google Form: https://forms.gle/VuZfRkJMC45c6tG66
End of season performance opportunities TBA
JAZZ COMBO . . . COMING SOON
ATTENTION HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS . . .
We will be starting a jazz combo next semester, and you’re invited! This is for anyone interested in studying jazz at an entry level. This is the first time we will have this group offered at TCS, and we are so excited! Here are the details:
Who: High School students with an interest in learning about jazz
Rehearsals: Thursdays weekly from 3:30-5pm
Location: Band Room
Cost: $75 per student (covers two books for each student and instructor fees)
Leaders: Jason Christian and Tim Hurt
MUSIC ARTS ACADEMY
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. Click here for INSTRUCTOR BIOS and more information.
Stacee Adams - Piano, Voice - staceeadams@gmail.com
Nien-hwa Chin - Cello, Piano - nzc102@gmail.com
Jason Christian - Guitar - thebirdsongstudios@gmail.com
Meagan Dixon - Clarinet, Voice - meaganschlabach@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
Natalie Pinson - Violin - natalie.king@tcslions.org
Caleb Ramirez - Piano - calram21@gmail.com
Cathy Settle - Piano, Voice - cathy.settle@tcslions.org
Frank van der Merwe - Guitar, Drum Set, Bass Guitar, Rock Vocals - fvdm92@gmail.com
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/