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Thursday, January 12, 2023

Lynx Earn 30 Scholastic Art Awards

Congratulations to the 15 Lausanne artists that took home 30 awards at this year's Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, including 11 Gold Keys! Pictured above: "Sleeping Giant" by Dylan Steinfield '27. The Lynx had the highest number of Gold Keys awarded to any private school in the area and had the second-highest number of total awards in the group. Senior Jack Gerald led the way for Lausanne, winning a total of eight awards for his art, believed to be a new single-ye... Read More
Posted by Shayne Dotson at Thursday, January 12, 2023
Arts Middle School The Lausanne Way Upper School Visual Arts

Friday, December 2, 2022

Matilda, Jr. Takes The Stage Dec. 2, 2022!

Join our Middle School theatre performers for Matilda Jr. the Musical. Meet Ms. Honey (Emma Ryan '27) and Matilda (Gillian Parker '28) as they encounter the mean and cruel ways of Ms. Trunchbull (Violet Kadien '28). Rebellion takes center stage as Matilda and her classmates invite you to join them on Friday, December 2nd and Saturday, December 3rd at 7:00 p.m. in Elder Performing Arts Center at Lausanne. See all the pics from the show here! Tickets are o... Read More
Posted by Shayne Dotson at Friday, December 2, 2022
All-School Arts Campus Events Performing Arts

Tuesday, September 6, 2022

Lausanne Senior's Oil Painting To Display In Young Tennessee Artists Advanced Art Exhibition

Congratulations to Lausanne senior Julia An '23 for being chosen by the Frist Museum of Art to display her limited palette oil painting, A Warm Welcome, in their Young Tennessee Artists Advanced Art Exhibit. A Warm Welcome by Julia An '23 "Julia is a spectaculary gifted artist," Upper School art instructor Kate Manzo shared. "She is wise beyond her years and I have no doubt that one day she will be a phenomenal professiona... Read More
Posted by Shayne Dotson at Tuesday, September 6, 2022
Arts Upper School

Wednesday, August 17, 2022

Night of Broadway Auditions

Night of Broadway is a Broadway-themed talent show featuring singing, dancing, acting and instrumental performances from students and faculty of all divisions. Students, faculty and staff that want to participate are asked to record their acts and send a video of their performances to abugg@lausanneschool.com by August 31.  If your act is chosen (September 6), you must be able to attend a dress rehearsal in EPAC on September 14 from 4:00- 6:30 p.m. and the Live 7:00 p.m.... Read More
Posted by Shayne Dotson at Wednesday, August 17, 2022
Arts

Lausapalooza Brings Performances To Driven Audience

In 2021, with Covid restrictions forcing the Lower School’s annual musical performances to be canceled, Lower School Music Teacher Tara West wanted to ensure the tradition could continue. “Our Lower School Concert, Lausannia, has been a favorite tradition of Lower School families for years,” she explains. “We knew we wanted to still share our students' amazing musical talents, but we wanted to make sure it was in a safe way. That’s how Lausapooloza was born!... Read More
Posted by Shayne Dotson
Arts Schoolwide

Monday, May 9, 2022

Lausanne Dancers Prove Things Are "Better Together" During Spring Recital

Lausanne students in Lower, Middle and Upper School took to the stage on Saturday morning in the Elder Performing Arts Center (EPAC) as part of the Spring Dance Recital. During their performances, students used songs that stuck with the theme of “Better Together,” showcasing the Lausanne Way traits of global mindedness and meaningful relationships. After a long and uncertain 2020-2021 school year, the Lausanne Conservatory Dance program quietly held a small show for a small audie... Read More
Posted by Steven Russell at Monday, May 9, 2022
Arts Lower School Middle School Schoolwide Event Upper School

Wednesday, April 27, 2022

Lower School Students Hold Album Release Session

As a part of their music technology projects this year, fourth-graders in Mrs. Tara West's class composed meditation music. Last week, the students held an "album release" session to listen to all of their songs over the course of three days in the Lower School music room. Students learned to create the music using a DAW (digital audio workstation) called Soundtrap. The unit included a questionnaire for family and friends that helped the students gauge the calming effect of the... Read More
Posted by Shayne Dotson at Wednesday, April 27, 2022
Arts Lower School Schoolwide Event

Friday, April 1, 2022

Student Directed One-Act Plays To Be Performed This Weekend

Lausanne student directors have put together a fun evening of one-act plays featuring Lausanne students that will take the stage this weekend. Covering topics such as blind dates, the perils of education, vices versus virtues and bullying, the plays tackle the subject matters in an approach that is both educational and entertaining. This year's directors are:  Ella Gregory '22 Jasmine Younes '23 Skylar Harts '22 and Hanna Hu '23 Adam Loskovitz &... Read More
Posted by Shayne Dotson at Friday, April 1, 2022
Arts Schoolwide Event Upper School

Tuesday, March 29, 2022

Upper School Artists Head To Shelby Farms For Plein-Air Field Trip

For almost two decades, Upper School's Michelangelo Project-Atelier students and, more recently, our IB Visual Arts students have had the unique opportunity to attend a Plein-Air Sketching & Painting Field Trip. Following a two-year hiatus due to COVID, art students returned to Shelby Farms this week to create landscape sketches or paintings, working outdoors in the fresh air for a day.  The Upper School artists have been preparing for the field trip all ye... Read More
Posted by Shayne Dotson at Tuesday, March 29, 2022
Arts Upper School

Monday, March 28, 2022

Upper School Band And Choir Students Hit All The Right Notes At Music Competition

Over the weekend, Lausanne's Upper School Band and Choir students had the opportunity to showcase their musical talents during a quick trip to the Crescent City to compete in the 2022 New Orleans Heritage Festival by Worldstrides.  The Lynx performers walked away from the competition with three top-placed awards, which included Upper School Choir earning Gold, Upper School Band winning Silver and Wyatt Burnham '22 receiving an excellence in vocal performance distinctio... Read More
Posted by Shayne Dotson at Monday, March 28, 2022
Arts Upper School

Monday, February 28, 2022

Lausanne Dance Celebrates Black History Month With Performance

The Lausanne Black History Month celebration continued last week as Lausanne dance classes performed to Stand Up, a song by Cynthia Erivo. Originally scheduled to be performed in EPAC in front of an audience, the performance was moved to the virtual setting after COVID numbers rose. “As part of Black History month, we are committed to expressing the significance of how dance is used in its culture and the big impact it has in the world.” Upper School dance teacher Noelia Jo... Read More
Posted by Steven Russell at Monday, February 28, 2022
Arts Schoolwide Event

Black History Month Celebration Continues With Virtual Concert

The Lausanne Black History Month celebration continues as the Lausanne choir and strings ensembles gathered to put together pieces for a virtual concert. The event was initially scheduled for February 1 but was moved online after covid numbers rose. "We'd been planning this concert for months, but we knew that we'd have to figure out a different way to share it with our community," shared Tara West, who organized the event.  During the virtual event, the Lausann... Read More
Posted by Shayne Dotson
Arts Upper School

Thursday, February 17, 2022

Ghoulish Upper School Musical Prepares To Take The Stage

The Lausanne thespians take the stage starting Thursday evening for this year's Upper School musical, Zombie Prom! ​ ​This girl-loves-ghoul rock 'n' roll musical is set in the atomic 1950s at Enrico Fermi High, where the law is laid down by a zany, tyrannical principal, Miss Strict (played by Malaika Kumar '23). Pretty senior, Toffee (Josephine Bonnot '23) has fallen for the class bad boy, Jonny (Gabriel Franceschi '25). Family pressure forces her to end the roman... Read More
Posted by Shayne Dotson at Thursday, February 17, 2022
Arts Schoolwide Event Upper School

Thursday, January 27, 2022

Photography Students' Exhibit Opens In Blackmon Gallery

Students in Photography and Advanced Photography at Lausanne launched an art exhibit this week that is currently on display in Blackmon Gallery. “Photography isn’t simply about capturing a moment in time, it’s about capturing light and shadow and crafting it in a way that tells a story or evokes an emotion,” career tech teacher Todd Cowden said. “It’s about seeing the world through an artistic lens, in ways that other people may not be capable of.” ... Read More
Posted by Steven Russell at Thursday, January 27, 2022
Arts Upper School

Tuesday, January 25, 2022

Lynx Named To All-West Honor Band

Earlier this month, Lausanne band students took part in the All-West Tennessee Honor Band auditions at Arlington High School. Each year, the West Tennessee School Band and Orchestra Association (W.T.S.B.O.A.) puts on a large convention to share things that are happening with music education in West Tennessee. Students are invited to participate in blind auditions where they are judged, the most successful players selected to participate in honor bands. West Tennessee School Band and Orchest... Read More
Posted by Steven Russell at Tuesday, January 25, 2022
Arts Schoolwide Event Upper School

Sunday, December 26, 2021

Lausanne Alumni Art League Gives New Artists Start Towards Success

In 2018, Lausanne started the Museum Without Walls program, which places works of art in public spaces throughout campus. The program creates an aesthetic dimension to campus while symbolizing Lausanne's commitment to creativity, uniqueness and student-centered learning.  But beginning a career as an artist can be a daunting task.  "Whether you're a freelance designer or an artist, trying to support yourself by selling your craft in today's ever-changing professio... Read More
Posted by Drew Smith at Sunday, December 26, 2021
Alumni Arts Class Of 2019