High School Performers to Hone Their Skills at Adelphi's 'A Day with the Arts'
Garden City, NY (09/29/2021) — On Friday, October 8, over 150 students from twelve high schools across Long Island will participate in the annual A Day with the Arts hosted by Adelphi University. The day-long virtual event is designed to help high schoolers hone their skills through intensive hands-on workshops led by Adelphi's faculty.
The workshops will cover acting, music and theatre with specific focus on areas such as acting with accents, special effects makeup for theatre, Broadway vocal repertoire, classical voice repertoire, dance improvisation and contemporary dance.
Co-founder of the Black Theatre Coalition and cast member of the Tony award-winning musical Hadestown T. Oliver Reid will deliver a special performance to the participants followed by a question and answer session. The Black Theatre Coalition aims to increase representation of Black theatre professionals behind the scenes by five-fold within the next decade. Reid has also been part of the company of a dozen other Broadway shows including Chicago, Mary Poppins, Kiss Me Kate and the 25th anniversary of Dreamgirls. He is a graduate of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, where he studied music with a focus on vocal performance.
Adelphi's Day with the Arts, which runs from 8:15 a.m. to 1:15 p.m., will conclude with a virtual campus tour.
Participating high schools include:
John F. Kennedy High School
Island Trees High School
Smithtown High School West
Syosset High School
New Hyde Park Memorial High School
Sacred Heart Academy
Sewanhaka High School
North Babylon High School
West Babylon High School
Long Island High School for the Arts
Greenport Union Free School District
Floral Park Memorial High School
To register or learn more about A Day with the Arts, visit bit.ly/10-8-21
About Adelphi: A modern metropolitan university with a personalized approach to higher learning
Adelphi University, New York, is a highly awarded, nationally ranked, powerfully connected doctoral research university dedicated to transforming students' lives through small classes with world-class faculty, hands-on learning and innovative ways to support academic and career success. Adelphi offers exceptional liberal arts and sciences programs and professional training, with particular strength in our Core Four-Arts and Humanities, STEM and Social Sciences, the Business and Education Professions, and Health and Wellness.
Recognized as a Best College by U.S. News & World Report, Adelphi is Long Island's oldest private coeducational university. It serves more than 7,500 students at its beautiful main campus in Garden City, New York-just 23 miles from New York City's cultural and internship opportunities-and at dynamic learning hubs in Manhattan, the Hudson Valley and Suffolk County, as well as online.
More than 118,000 Adelphi graduates have gained the skills to thrive professionally as active, engaged citizens, making their mark on the University, their communities and the world.
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