Arts News

The Young Artists Concert Series will kick off this fall featuring Callie Miles ’24.Callie will join the list of Solebury School greats as she takes the stage on Friday, September 29. Joining her will be special guests Sloan Miles ’26, and Maia Jarrett. The concert is free and will be held at the Performing Arts Center (PAC) at 7 PM. It will also be streaming live on Instagram @soleburymusic.

We are proud to announce Evie Lee ’25 was awarded a National Silver Medal in poetry in the 2023 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, presented by the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers.

During spring break, five students in the Solebury Theater Collective traveled to New York City to participate in the Broadway Student Summit.

On Thursday, February 17, The Solebury Theater Collective debuted their winter musical, Chicago: High School Edition, and sold out its Friday and Sunday performances! From the stunning costumes and lighting design to the captivating performances, the cast and crew poured their hearts and souls into bringing this hugely entertaining, dazzling story to life.

Diversity and Culture Share is a new performing arts course for the winter trimester designed to celebrate the diversity of cultures represented by each person in our community. In this class, students will explore and exchange their personal stories and those of their ancestors through music, dance, poetry, song, and storytelling. The performance aspect will be cultivated from a regular practice of sharing with each other and will culminate with a music and dance concert at the end of the trimester. 

The music department has been busy! Busy putting out product, meeting notable musicians, and challenging our students in new and interesting ways. I’d like to take you on a brief music tour and offer you a window into what we’ve done during the winter trimester and what we are looking forward to debuting in the spring.

With physical distancing and remote learning now the norm for many, the performing arts have been affected tremendously. Even New York's Broadway theaters and many others nationwide remain closed. This posed the question, how were we at Solebury going to be able to bring theater to our community?

On Friday, May 3, Solebury School proudly awarded the following...

Check out photos from Thursday night's Rock Band / Jazz Roots Ensemble concert, featuring special guests Owen Graham '20, teacher Russ Carrick, and Rock Band mentor Anthony Porter!

View photos of our student musicians, singers, and dancers!

Read the Playbill and view dozens of photos from the incredible show!

Listen to Solebury School's Jazz Roots Ensemble perform two student-written songs, recorded under the direction of Music Department Head Cathy Block (who also performs on flute).

Listen to a professional recording of the Solebury Elite Ensemble performing "Danse Macabre" by C. Saint-Saëns.

Avery Orsini '20 and Jupiter Shi '20 earned 2nd and 3rd place awards, respectively, in the show.