above artwork by Stella Teeter (LaGuardia 2021) |
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YOU are making life better for today's LaGuardia students! THANK YOU to all who have contributed to Alumni & Friends of LaGuardia in 2020! Now, more than ever, we need you! Every dollar makes a difference in keeping the arts education at LaGuardia exceptional, and allows LaGuardia students to make the world a more beautiful place! If you are in a position to contribute this year, please remember Alumni & Friends in your charitable giving. Your tax-deductible gift ensures excellence in arts education for today's LaGuardia students.
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LaGuardia Students at Work During the Pandemic
The show must go on!
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LaGuardia's Show Choir students spread holiday cheer with four music videos, which can be viewed HERE.
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Master Classes in Session |
Fine Art students in LaGuardia's Fashion Design Class are currently participating in masterclasses with the Marc Jacobs fashion group! Teams from the fashion company discuss what they do in their department and how they got into the fashion industry. The class has met with members of the Runway and Jewelry teams, where they discussed designing with Marc, as well as creating the Marc Jacobs fashion shows. In future seminars, they will discuss product development and merchandising. |
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Many other industry professionals have been teaching masterclasses to LaGuardia students this fall, including alumni Anthony Evans (M&A '79), who taught Gospel Choir students his hit song "Never Alone" from the 1980 Fame soundtrack
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Zuleka Diamond (LaG '14), dancer and choreographer, recently taught a class for the Dance department.
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Drama students are enjoying exciting extracurricular enrichment classes like Exploring Musical Theater, Songwriting, Voiceovers, Audition Intuition, and Playwriting (with LaG '02 Drama alumna Cayenne Douglass).
"I thoroughly enjoyed my time in Ms. Douglass's playwriting class. I learned a lot and I truly enjoyed getting back into writing. She gave helpful comments and constructive criticism, and overall helped to improve my writing skills. I would definitely recommend this class for anyone looking to write for plays or just writing in general." - Filippo, Drama Sophomore
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New Music Ensemble Creates |
Enjoy this brand new music video for the original song "Wanderin" made by students in Robert Apostle's New Music Ensemble!
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Your contributions enable Alumni & Friends to do
AMAZING THINGS
You make a difference!
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Your contributions and annual membership dues support the arts education at LaGuardia by providing: |
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- masterclasses with industry professionals
- musical accompanists for vocal, dance, and drama classes
- models for art classes, and art supplies for students who cannot afford them
- instrument repair for school instruments, including keeping over 40 pianos in tune!
- scholarships for students with financial need to attend summer programs or receive private lessons
- annual awards to over 200 students
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Your tax-deductible gift
ensures excellence in arts education
for today's LaGuardia students
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Alumni & Friends of LaGuardia is a 501(c)3 and all donations to the organization are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law. Our Tax ID number is 13-3166108.
IF YOU PREFER TO CONTRIBUTE BY MAIL
please make checks out to Alumni & Friends of LaGuardia
and send to
Alumni & Friends of LaGuardia
P.O. Box 230015
Ansonia Station
New York, NY 10023
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Twelve LaGuardia students were named 2021 YoungArts Winners, including five from the dance department alone! These students had to prepare under incredibly difficult circumstances - and we send them our congratulations! |
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FINALISTS
Classical Music - Violin: Leah Amory
Dance - Jazz: Wyatt Florin
Dance - Modern/Contemporary: Kelsey Lewis
Dance - Modern/Contemporary: Leon Powell
Dance - Modern/Contemporary: Charles Rosario
Theater: Kate Louissaint (Dance Department '20)
Voice - Singer-Songwriter: Noga Cabo
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HONORABLE MENTION: Design Arts - Laura Sternbach; Film - Cayla Kushner; Theater - Tachynel Merveille; Voice - Singer-Songwriter: Elijah Frechtman; Voice - Jazz: Anaïs Reno
YoungArts winners consist of the nation’s most promising young artists in the visual, literary, design, and performing arts. Selected from a competitive pool of applications and representing artists from across the country, YoungArts winners gain access to one of the most comprehensive programs for emerging artists in the United States, offering financial, professional and artistic development opportunities over the course of their careers.
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Our annual dues-paying members provide the lifeblood of the organization, allowing us to support LaGuardia's students. Your annual membership dues (only $40 per year) also provide student scholarships, maintain our database of almost 50,000 alumni from all three schools, organize reunions, maintain our website and social media presence, and keep our alumni connected. Members are invited to enter raffles for merchandise, school shows, and Broadway shows. Below are two member winners!
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Alumni & Friends members Sally Sacks (M&A '45) and Saul Sternberg (M&A '50) were both recent raffle winners and received a Music and Art 75th Anniversary commemorative shirt designed by Norman Narotzky (M&A '45). Join today and you too could win merchandise, tickets to shows, and more! |
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Check out LaGuardia's talented faculty in their very own virtual art show. The Faculty & Staff Art Show features work by some of the school's incredible Fine Art teachers, as well as academic teachers and guidance counselors. See how members of the current school faculty and staff have been staying creative in 2020!
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Celebrating 40 Years of FAME |
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We recently held a virtual reunion for alumni from Performing Arts and Music and Art High Schools who appeared in the iconic 1980 film FAME. Parts of this reunion will be included in a virtual celebration of the 40th Anniversary of the film FAME, featuring current students and alumni in February 2021. Keep an eye on our Facebook and Youtube pages for more details on this amazing event!
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REUNION UPDATE for Classes
ending in 0 and 5 (2020 reunion)
and 1 and 6 (2021 reunion)
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We are so looking forward to the day when we can gather in person with our classmates! We are committed to celebrating the classes ending in 0 and 5, and the classes ending in 1 and 6 when it is safe to do so. We remain optimistic that we may be able to hold in-person reunions sometime in 2021 and will keep you posted. Until then, please enjoy some past reunion highlights.
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