“Natural, intuitive and elevated by diligence and a strong sense of her own unique sound,” said violin teacher Anthony Berner when describing violinist Meriel Bizri ‘20. Bizri has known music for almost her entire life. She picked up her first violin at the age of…
It’s spring term, folks. You all know exactly what that means. It’s time to take your backpacks with you to sit-down, because it’s senior prank season! Spring term brings out the mischievous side of our graduating seniors; pranks provide that much-needed laugh at the end…
Musicians have the power to create combinations of sounds that engulf space, overpowering silence with notes and intense human feelings. As a universal language, music has the power to communicate across cultural barriers. Thus, many artists have composed a wide variety of pieces throughout the…
This spring, the music and dance departments have joined together in another collaboration creating a performance of the jazz piece “Rhapsody in Blue,” composed by George Gershwin. A group of Deerfield musicians from the chamber orchestra, along with Joshua Fang ‘19 as the piano soloist,…
Whether you’re looking to fall asleep to the gorgeous voices of Ben Platt and Laura Dreyfuss, to bawl your eyes out, to laugh your heart out, or to simply immerse yourself in a beautiful story of self-discovery and young love, Dear Evan Hansen has it…
The daughter of a concert pianist, Nadia Jo ‘19 was fated to become a musician. But, unlike her mother, Jo’s interest was not in piano or violin but in the cello, which she discovered at the age of six. To Jo, the cello allows for…
“In the classroom, something that stands out about Lucy is definitely her enthusiasm. She is always buoyant and her sense of humor, as quirky as it is, was a highlight when I taught her in AP Studio Art. Her concentration, which is a part of…
If you could trade lives with someone for a day who would it be? Ms. Lyons: “Ruth Bader Ginsburg.” Mr. Dickinson: “Prince.” If you weren’t a teacher, what job would you have? Mr. Dickinson: “I would do something that has to do with art,…
Clue, the classic family murder mystery board game, has come to life, and it has come to Deerfield. From May 21-25, the audience will become the detectives in a story filled with twists and turns, surprises, and, most importantly, murder. The intriguing and challenging story…
Around the late 1950s, The Charles P. Russell art collection was given to Deerfield Academy by Mr. Russell’s daughters, Miss Lusia Russell and Mrs. Lucius Potter, who each collected European and American art respectively. Miss Lucia Russell’s collection contains of European paintings spanning from pre-1700…