The Inter-Mountain photo by Anna Patrick
Governor’s Schools for the Arts student Rachel Stanley works on her painting of a tiger. Since July 4 Davis & Elkins College has hosted 100 rising high school juniors participating in the annual program. Stanley said she has found a greater appreciation for the other forms of art while participating in the camp’s interdisciplinary time. For more than one hour every night students have participated in classes about the six other disciplines offered at the camp.
The Inter-Mountain photo by Anna Patrick
Students enrolled in the instrumental music discipline at the Governor’s Schools for the Arts rehearse an original piece the group composed about the Sago Mine disaster, which took place in Upshur County in 2006. The students, led by instructor Seth Young, will perform the piece at today’s Showing of the Arts performance, which will serve as the concluding ceremony for the camp, at Davis & Elkins College.
The Inter-Mountain photos
by Anna Patrick
Above, students in the acting discipline at the annual Governor’s School for the Arts work with instructor April Daras in the Boiler House Theater.
The digital media students’ efforts will be showcased in today’s Showing of the Arts at Davis & Elkins College with the production of a music video that highlights the camp’s theme of ‘The Way We Worked.’
The Inter-Mountain photo by Anna Patrick
The 17 vocal students, under the instruction of Liz Marshall-MacVean, rehearse Wednesday before their performance at the Sharing of the Arts today. The students have been working on five group songs as well as solo pieces. The students were able to professionally record their solo pieces at Lone Wolfe Studio in Elkins on Thursday. ‘It’s really neat to work with this high level of musicians. Everybody’s skill level is really, really high ... . They want to learn. They want to be challenged,’ Marshall-MacVean said.
