Trinity College School showcased the talents of its Senior School visual and performing artists through a week-long online extravaganza, May 10th to 14th. This year’s virtual Arts Week presentation featured our co-curricular theatre, dance and music groups, works by our visual arts students, and even included the return of the TCS Film Festival!
Each day of the week, different artistic offerings were launched, allowing audiences to enjoy new works and revisit some performances from earlier in the school year, including the fall and winter plays. As well, audiences could view the String Ensemble’s performance from the annual Carol Service, and were treated to two additional pieces by the trio.
Three short films created by students were entered into this year’s festival: The Bickle House Possession: Part I (by Grade 10 student Hudson Brown); The Taste of Love (by Grade 12 student Carly Lin); and Dreams of Graduation (by Grade 12 student Phillip Whan Tong). Special congratulations to Phillip, who led the charge to bring back the film festival this year. Still to come, students and staff will have the chance to vote on the films as the week wraps up on Friday.
The TCS Dance Troupe used a combination of footage from on campus and videos taken by students at home to create several energizing dance numbers as an ensemble, under the direction of Ms. Stephanie Booth. The troupe encountered many obstacles and challenges while filming during this final spring term, yet kept their energy high, thinking outside of the box, to deliver a fun and enthusiastic series of performances. Special thanks go to Mrs. Maria Velasquez-Labrecque, administrator of the dance troupe, and Grade 12 student Carly Lin who helped with editing.
And the Vocal Ensemble, also known as “Coffee House Vocals,” was brought together virtually for a beautiful rendition of the Beatles’ Le it Be, under the direction of Anna Mastin.
Daily additions to the virtual art gallery portion of Arts Week reinforced the high quality and wide range of media employed in works by our students, from traditional charcoal and watercolour, to digital works using photography, Photoshop, Audacity, QR codes and more. For example, a piece by Grade 11 student Aiya Hyslop-Healy merged photography with glitch art, in which the artist creates digital “errors” to manipulate the source material.
Thank you to our talented students, and to our co-curricular arts leaders, for putting together a wonderful showcase of artistic works that offered something for everyone.
Click on the links below for samples from the first three days of Arts Week:
- Video: Day One Recap
- Video: Day Two Recap
- Video: Day Three & Four Recap
- Video: Day Five Recap
- Art Gallery
