Pictured above: 1870: bison skulls to be used for fertilizer. Linda Herman didn't want to miss Wednesday's Buffalo Harvest, so she'd asked to meet with Marianne Kent-Stoll and Abbie Bosworth on Tuesday. Marianne, Vice President of Educational Programs for Idyllwild…
The audiences for the Idyllwild Arts Academy Orchestra's concerts are treated to roughly ninety minutes of splendid classical music. A performance like the current school year's debut concert on October 12 when Greg Robbins conducted Beethoven, Grieg, and Mendelssohn, is…
Idyllwild Arts InterArts Chair Abbie Bosworth's devised A Midsummer Night’s Dream had been a big success in October 2018. Working with Oglala Lakota students at Red Cloud Indian School, on South Dakota’s Pine Ridge Reservation, Abbie had generated enough fun…
Greg Robbins' face was probably less animated than that of the late Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990) when he conducted the Vienna Philharmonic in Haydn's Symphony No. 88, using only his face. But Idyllwild Arts' new Associate Director of Orchestral Programs was…
A concert performed by the Idyllwild Arts Songwriting majors might open with a piano/guitar duet, with only the pianist singing. After they finish, five or six musicians—including a drummer and a saxophonist—could take the stage to back up a singer,…
Dear Idyllwild Arts Community, This month I attended a series of rehearsals leading up to the first orchestra performance of the school year. I had a commitment that would cause me to miss the concert so I decided to do…
Anyone who pays attention to the voluminous credits rolling down a screen at the end of a film will notice a number of mystifying job titles. Does every filmgoer know what a "gaffer" does? Or a "best boy"? But Catalina…
For many in the audience for the Idyllwild Arts Academy Faculty Showcase on Friday, Sept. 13, the highlight performance came from someone who isn't an Academy art teacher, or a teacher at all. Instead, the highlight was new Director of…
Photo credit: Sidney Morgan Shaunna Lehr is posing a subject in the shade when she's approached for an interview. She asks her photography subject to wait for a few seconds. She steps into the sun to think about her schedule.…
No one would choose to get struck in the face by a line drive, but the injury led to some good things for Andrew Moss. Idyllwild Arts Academy's new College Counselor was playing centerfield for his high school baseball team…
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