Can PE and art be taught completely online? Chicago schools might be thinking it’s a possibility, but we disagree. […]
Category: Fine Arts
Stolen art may have been burned in Romania
Stolen art, including works by Picasso, Gaugin, and Matisse, may have been burned by a Romanian mother in order to protect her son from prosecution. If so, it’s a great loss. […]
Voxitatis files FOIA requests for IL musical information
We have filed Freedom of Information Act requests for Illinois high schools for information relevant to any musical theater productions performed at the schools last year. […]
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Cahokia CUSD 187 closes schools, keeps extracurriculars
The Cahokia school district plans to close 2 facilities to save enough money to keep sports, music, P.E., & a few teachers who would need to be cut if the buildings weren’t closed. […]
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Funding priorities for the arts in school 22 years ago
To celebrate graduation of new music teachers, we take a look at how (a) things haven’t changed much in music education since they were born, and (b) we’re all in this together. […]
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Physics, frisbee, & friends: 'Over the Hills & Far Away'
The GRAMMY Foundation gave Neuqua Valley High School its top honor for a school last month. One trumpeter provides a clue about how the Music Department achieves at such a high level. […]
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Vox ætatis: A symphony of friends & dedicated teachers
A student from one of the nation’s best high school music programs, at least if the GRAMMY Foundation has anything to say about it, says her teachers make music come alive. […]
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Vox ætatis: High school choir and a GRAMMY
We continue our Vox ætatis series with an interview of a member of the vocal music programs at Naperville’s prestigious Neuqua Valley High School. […]
Chicagoland High School Film Festival semifinalists
We know about one film that won an award on May 17 at the Chicagoland High School Film Festival: Ruin, by three students at Hersey High School in Arlington Heights. […]
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Letter to Philly schools from the Philly Orchestra
Voxitatis joins so many voices in asking the Philadelphia Public Schools not to delete music and the fine arts from students’ daily lives at school. […]
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