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2023-2024 Performing Arts Calendar
Current as of 9/8/2023 Friday, November 10 at 7:00 pm
Saturday, November 11 at 2:00 pm and 7:00 pm
Upper School Play
She Kills Monsters by Qui Nguyen
Hajjar Auditorium
Sunday November 19
12:00 pm
Stage Band Jazz Brunch
Hajjar Auditorium
Friday, December 1
7:00 pm
Middle & Upper Schools Orchestra Concert
Schenck Auditorium
Thursday, December 14
7:00 pm
Upper School HandBells & Choral Ensembles Concert
Hajjar Auditorium
Friday, December 22
9:00 am – Middle School
11:00 am – Upper School
Jazz Rock Winter Assemblies
Schenck Auditorium
Thursday, January 25
7:00 pm
Lower & Middle School Chorus and African Drumming Ensembles Winter Concert
Schenck Auditorium & Hajjar Auditorium
Monday, February 5
Upper School Stage Band, Chorus & Handbells Winter Concert
7:00 pm
Hajjar Auditorium
Friday, March 1, 7:00 pm
Upper School Musical
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Schenck Auditorium
Saturday, March 2, 2:00 pm and 7:00 pm
Upper School Musical
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Schenck Auditorium
Tuesday, March 5
7:00 pm
Lower School Chorus – Grades 2 - 4
Schenck Auditorium
Sunday, April 14
Handbells
The Riverside Church
The Riverside Church
490 Riverside Drive, New York, NY
4:00 pm
Friday, April 19
7:00 pm
Jazz Rock
Schenck Auditorium
Thursday, April 25
7:00 pm
Fifth Grade Opera
Hajjar Auditorium
Friday, April 26
7:00 pm
Orchestra Extravaganza
Lower / Middle / Upper School Ensembles
Schenck Auditorium
Saturday, April 27
Hudson Valley HandBell Festival
Time & Location TBA
Friday, May 10
4:30 pm
Middle School Musical
The Wizard of Oz, Jr.
Schenck Auditorium
Saturday, May 11
3:00 pm and 7:00 pm
Middle School Musical
The Wizard of Oz, Jr.
Schenck Auditorium
Monday, May 20
7:00 pm
Cabaret Night
Hajjar Auditorium
Tuesday, May 21
7:00 pm
All-School Chorus and African Drumming Ensembles Spring Concert
Schenck Auditorium
Thursday, May 24
4:00 pm
Student Directed One-Act
Lab Theatre, 111 Leggett
Thursday, May 30
Music Lesson Recital
6:00 pm
Hajjar Auditorium
All performances are subject to change. Please come back here for showtimes, locations, tickets, and more!
Welcome!
A structured involvement in the arts unleashes the kind of creativity that can invigorate one’s entire learning experience. Studying the arts can also help a student grasp mathematical and visual concepts, develop critical literacy, and see patterns across academic disciplines.
At Dwight-Englewood, the arts play an important role from Preschool through the 12th grade.
All Lower School students learn how to listen to and create music. One activity that defines the Lower School experience is the Creating Original Opera program, in which all fifth-graders participate. Additionally, our studio-art program offers children the opportunity to explore many forms of visual art. Students work from both their own imagination and direct observation. By starting out early in life making art, our students ignite a lifelong love for the arts.
At the Middle School level, drama, music, and studio art challenge students to become confident and imaginative innovators. This growth continues in the Upper School, where a program such as Jazz Rock helps aspiring singers and musicians select the right composition to show-case their talents.
In the Upper School, students can choose from courses in studio art, sculpture, ceramics, and photography/video production; theater courses that explore acting technique, writing for the stage, production, and the technical arts; and music courses in orchestra and chamber ensembles, chorus, stage band, or handbell choir.
One of the most exciting things about Dwight-Englewood’s arts program is that so many of our instructors boast significant professional experience. Many are active on Broadway, play in musical ensembles, or pursue visual-arts careers. By sharing their real-world experience with students, our teachers serve to inspire and to prepare a new guard made up both of people who make art and those who deeply appreciate it.
Private Music Lessons Program Information for 2023-2024
Questions? Email Jake Lloyd at lloyd@d-e.org
Upcoming D-E Performing & Visual Arts Events
Mailing Address: 315 East Palisade Avenue Englewood, NJ 07631gps: 81 Lincoln Street, Englewood, NJ 07631
201-569-9500 Email: d-e@d-e.org
Located in Englewood, New Jersey, Dwight-Englewood is a greater New York City area private school with a rigorous college prep curriculum for boys and girls in preschool through grade 12.