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Pianist Sam Hirsh, Saxophonist Ralph Moore and Bassist Mike Gurrola play a set together in Chalmers 104. The performance was the first of a continuation of last year's lunch concert series.

Renowned jazz players perform for students, faculty in continuation of lunch concert series

Luca Gonzalez, Assistant News Editor September 26, 2024

The jazz program hosted their first lunch concert of the year in Chalmers 104 on Sept. 20, inviting multiple musicians to perform in front of students. The musicians performing were saxophonist Ralph Moore,...

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The Rise of Brat Summer

Annabelle Cheung and Analeigh Nava September 10, 2024

On a summer day in June, Sofia Giovine ’26 scrolled through her phone, the screen lighting up with a video to a sound that had been flooding her For You Page. The caption read “brat summer”, the...

Bruno Mars: A Night of Magic and Gaga

Bruno Mars: A Night of Magic and Gaga

Annabelle Cheung, Assistant Arts and Entertainment Editor September 8, 2024

Bruno Mars performed at the Inuit Dome Aug. 15 to launch his 2024 tour. The concert,  attended by over 18,000 fans, marked his spectacular return to the stage after a five-year hiatus and included a surprise...

Memoir of a Sparklemuffin: Not too much sparkle

Memoir of a Sparklemuffin: Not too much sparkle

Analeigh Nava, Assistant A&E Editor September 8, 2024

Suki Waterhouse’s pre-released songs of her upcoming album “Memoir of a Sparklemuffin”, showcase her undeniable talent, but do not achieve their full potential. Waterhouse will release the second...

Childish Gambino’s last album: The final hurrah

Childish Gambino’s last album: The final hurrah

Zara Groves, Staff Writer September 8, 2024

Donald Glover, also known as Childish Gambino, released his fifth and final album “Bando Stone and the New World” July 19. Glover has delivered an album that showcases diverse genres, illustrating...

Flip or Flop

Flip or Flop

Sasha Aghnatios, Assistant A&E Editor May 29, 2024

Eva Vaca ’24 tried on the shirt she had just received in the mail. These days, whenever Vaca needed clothing, makeup or skincare , she would order it through Flip, an app where people produce content...

The Class of 1974 stands during their commencement ceremony.

Back to the Future

Alex Dinh and Zoe Goor May 29, 2024

It is June 2020. In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Peter Jones ’74 and a group of his former classmates join together on a Zoom call. Almost 50 years after graduating, the men begin to reminisce...

Students perform at Performing Arts Festival. To commemorate Orchestra Director Mark Hilt's last concert, Hilt joined students on stage for a final piece.

Lights Up: Chamber Orchestra and Symphony perform in spring concert

Celine Wang, Staff Writer May 8, 2024

The Upper School Symphony and Chamber Orchestra performed in Rugby Auditorium as part of the Performing Arts Festival on April 25. At the end of the performance, Symphony Director Mark Hilt joined the...

Trombone player Andre Touloumian '24 plays his rendition of "Golden Cress" by Duke Ellington. All upper school jazz groups played in the concert, and the lower school's Jazz Band was also invited to play.

Lights Up: Lower and Upper School Jazz groups perform in annual ‘Big Band’ Concert

Connor Tang and Justin Tang May 5, 2024

The Upper School Jazz program hosted its Spring Jazz Concert in Rugby Auditorium on April 26. In its annual "Big Band" Concert, where the Lower School Jazz Band is also invited to play a set, each band...

The USC Thornton Jazz Orchestra performed in Rugby Auditorium on April 18.

USC Thornton Jazz Orchestra performs in Rugby

Nathan Wang, Assistant News Editor April 26, 2024

The University of Southern California (USC) Thornton Jazz Orchestra performed in Rugby Auditorium as a part of the Jazz Lunch Concert Series on April 18. Following his employment at Thornton in 2008, saxophonist...

Video Art Senior Edie Cohen '24 displays her video installation in Feldman-Horn Gallery. The installation was open from April 15 to April 18.

Honors Video Art Seniors host public exhibit with personal installation projects

Connor Tang, Assistant News Editor April 23, 2024

The visual arts department displayed a weeklong public exhibit produced by Honors Senior Seminar Video Art students titled “Option G" in Feldman-Horn Gallery from April 15 to April 18. The projects were...

Growing up in the Spotlight

Growing up in the Spotlight

Zoe Goor, Assistant Features Editor March 20, 2024

The television is on, and in between shows, a commercial plays. It is a medical commercial, the type where someone takes the medicine and then runs through a field of poppies with their golden retriever...

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