2017 – 2018 Programs:
April 27, 2018
8:25-11:20 a.m.
Taiko Drumming for Unity and Diversity Day
Japanese drumming engages the whole body, voice and spirit. In our taiko workshop, you’ll get a taste of what it’s like to play Taiko drums and experience the power of Kumi Daiko (ensemble drumming) where we all play together as one voice. We’ll show you proper stance (kata), how to hold the sticks (bachi) and how we use our voice (kiai) to energize ourselves and each other. We’ll teach you a simple taiko song using a method called kuchishoga. No prior musical experience necessary. Be ready to be loud, move your body and have fun.
Playathon 2018
April 12, 2018 (F)
Learn More Here
Gawler Family Band and Droplet Dance
March 15, 2018 (C)
11:45-12:30 LS
Harrington Theatre
Workshops for strings players TBA
Valerie Tutson: Stories from Black History including African American folklorist and writer Zora Neale Hurston
Monday, January 22, 2018 (C)
9:30-10:15, US Assembly
Harrington Theatre
GRADE 8 (and US)
Valerie Tutson was graduated from Brown University with a Masters Degree in Theatre Arts and a degree in a self-designed major—Storytelling As A Communications Art. Valerie has been telling stories in schools, churches, libraries, festivals and conferences since 1991. She draws her stories from around the world with an emphasis on African traditions. Her repertoire includes stories and songs she learned in her travels to South Africa, her experiences in West Africa, stories from African American history.
Raise Your Voice Day of Poetry
Thursday, October 19, 2017 (C)
10:45–11:30, MS Assembly
Harrington Theatre
MS Workshops in English classes
Slam poet extraordinaire and popular Bancroft Writers Conference mentor. Mass LEAP Managing Director, New England Poetry Slam Veteran from Worcester.
Past Programs: 2016-2017
MS Cultural Diversity Day Workshops
Wednesday, April 26 (A), 2017
Middle School Cultural Diversity Day Workshops
8:15-9:05, 9:25–10:15, 10:20–11:10
Tony Vacca, Djembes Drums & More, Music Room
Abdou Sarr, Senegalese Dance & Culture, Wood Gym
World Rhythms
Tony Vacca, internationally renowned percussionist and composer,
provides hands-on-workshops in Senegal-American drumming.
Abdou Sarr, dancer extraordinaire from Senegal, West Africa,
includes dancing, music, and stories in his workshops.
Gantumur (Ganaa) Sengee:
Experiences In Mongolia
Tuesday, March 14 (C) 2017
Ganda tells her story of being a child in Mongolia at college in Europe, life in a Buddhist monastery in France, and creating a new career using Etsy for international commerce, and more.
10:45-11:30 French III, US, Flavien Collet, Classroom
12:15-12:45 Geography, Grade 8, Kendra McCuine, Boone Rm
12:45-1:30 Music, Grade 6, Marilyn Butler, Boone Rm
1:45-2:45 World Geography, Grade 8, Michael Urban, Boone Rm
1:45-2:45 English, Grade 7, Meg Swan, Boone Rm
Lynda Mullaly Hunt: Author, Fish In A Tree
Tuesday, April 11, 2017 (F)
8:00-9:05 a.m. Theatre Assembly All Students Grades 4-7,
Author Introduction and Using Real Life to Create Fiction
9:20-10:05 a.m. Writer’s Workshop, M235 (Mr. Perez's room).
Hope Graham Students Grades 4 & 5.
10:45-11:30 a.m. Writer’s Workshop, M235 (Mr. Perez's room).
Hope Graham Students Grades 6 & 7
A Cappella Night!
Thursday, April 20, 2017 (D)
7:30 p.m. Harrington Theatre
Tickets: $10
Learn More Here
Featured Groups:
Watch Your Tone
Decibelles
The MIT Logarhythms
The Playathon!
Thursday, January 26, 2017
3:45-6:00 p.m.
Harrington Theatre
All School Event
Alex Charalambides: Slam Poetry
Wednesday, November, 9, 2016 (C)
9:45-10:30
US Assembly, Theatre
Slam poet extraordinaire and popular Bancroft Writers Conference mentor.
Mass LEAP Managing Director, New England Poetry Slam Veteran from Worcester.
Andrea Davis Pinkney: Author
Tuesday, October 25, 2016 (G)
9:30–10:30 am, Theatre Assembly – All Students Grades 3-7
LS and MS
Michael Townsend & Leah Smith:
Artists In Residence
& Tape Art Installation
Wednesday, November 2, 2016 (F)
TBA Studio Arts Classes, LS & US
10:45-11:30 MS Assembly Theatre
LS and US
Thursday, November 3 (G)
Michael Townsend & Leah Smith: Arts and Athletics, MS
8:00- 10:30 a.m.
MS
Meet The Artist
Thursday, November 3, 2016 (G)
8:00 a.m. - 2:45 p.m. MPR
All School Event
Local artists display and demonstrate their craft. Classes and student groups welcome to schedule a visit or drop in. WATCH 2016 VIDEO
Participating Artists:
Hugh Naggar: Spun & Blown Glass
John Glabus: Wheel Thrown Ceramics
Christopher Whitehead: Comics
Lou Leelyn: Lou's Upcycles
Ron Rosenstock: Photographer
Haruo Shiga: Origami
Kara Bigda: Painter
Past Programs: 2015-2016
Marcus Santos
Grooversity: Brazilian Music & Culture
Wednesday, April 27, 2016 (B)
8:10–8:55 am, Harrington Theatre: Brazilian Music & Culture Show
LS (PreK - Grade 5)
David and Ginger Hildebrand
The Colonial Music Institute
Friday, April 29, 2016 (D) - Boone Room
8:45–9:30 a.m. - Grades 4 & 6
Performance of live music, Colonial through 1812 era,
period instruments and attire.
Barbara Petter Putnam '72
Barbara Putnam: Art, Science and The Arctic
Earth Day, Friday (E) April 22, 2016
MS Assembly 11:15-12:00 Theatre
A Bancroft alumna, art teacher at St. Mark's, and an accomplished artist
influenced by nature and dedicated to environmental issues.
http://barbaraputnamprints.com/Biography.html
http://theturtlegallery.com/section/282650_Barbara_Putnam.html
Gareth Hinds:
Odyssey, The Merchant of Venice & Macbeth
Creator of critically-acclaimed graphic novels based on literary classics.
Tuesday, March 15, 2016 (A) 11:50-12:30 p.m.
Grade 8
Boone Room
Playathon 2016
Thursday, January 28, 2016 (F)
3:35–6:30 pm, Harrington Theatre
All School Event
Stephen Ursprung '06
Reject Dance Theatre
Friday, January 8, 2016 (F)
All School Event
MS Performance: 11:15am – 12:00pm
Lena Jonsson & Brittany Haas
Fiddler Performance & Workshops
Tuesday, December 1, 2015 (F)
LS & MS
11:20-11:55 Middle School & Grade 5 Fiddler Performance Theatre
12:00-12:30 Upper School Fiddler Performance Theatre
12:35-1:15 8th Grade Strings Workshop Small Music Room
1:15-2:00 Lunch
2:05-2:45 Upper School Strings Class and 7th Grade Strings Workshop Small Music Room
2:45-3:30 Lower School Strings Workshop Small Music Room
Watch You Tube Performance
A Cappella Night!
Thursday, November 19, 2015 (A)
7:00 p.m.
All School Event
Tickets: $10 at the Front Desk, Theatre Door
or email rbrodeur@bancroftschool.org
Bancroft’s Upper School A Cappella Group:
In Achord: Boston University's A Cappella Group. Bancroft alumna, Sali Diakite '14, will be performing with the group.
The Harvard Krokodiloes: “The Harvard Krokodiloes have the gift of warming one’s soul and enriching one’s day.” —Leonard Bernstein
UMass S#arp Attitude: University of Massachusetts Amherst's most sexy, sassy and stylish all-female a cappella group.
Four Hands Piano Concert
Sima Kustanovich & Pavel Nersessian
Wednesday, October 21, 2015 (E)
Harrington Theatre
11am – 11:35am
Program includes music by Brahms, Respighi, Goetz
Pavel Nersessian is one of the most remarkable Russian pianists of his generation. His prizes include the Beethoven Competition Vienna, Paloma O’Shea International Competition and the Tokyo Competition. Sima Kustanovich is one of the Northeast’s most sought after pianists.
Meet The Artist
Thursday, October 15, 2015 (A)
MPR
All School Event
Local artists display and demonstrate their craft. Classes and student groups welcome to schedule a visit or drop in. WATCH 2015 VIDEO
Participating Artists:
Sarah Williams: Ceramic Artist
Ronald (Ron) Pouliot: Wood Turner
(photo forthcoming)
JoAnn Mills: Quilt Maker
Elisabeth Hyder: Handmade Books
Edward (Ed) M. Condon: Painter
Beth Mellor: Lampwork Glass Beads
Dick Taylor: Photographer
MS Community Art Project:
Prayer Flags Installation
Thursday, October 15, 2015 (A)
Sarah Haskell, Visiting Artist
Studio Schedule with Connie Moore & Sarah Haskell:
8:00-8:50 a.m. – Grade 6 Art Studios: Connie & Sarah
9:00-9:50 a.m. – Grade 7 Art Studios: Connie & Sarah
10:30-11:15 a.m. – Grade 8 Art Studios: Connie & Sarah
2:00-2:45 p.m. – Middle School Assembly – Theatre: Sarah Haskell
Wednesday, September 30, 2015 (C)
Harrington Theatre
8:45–9:30 a.m. – MS Assembly "Demonstration" Poetry Slam
11:45-12:30 p.m. – US Assembly "Demonstration" Poetry Slam
2:45-3:30 p.m. – US Open Mic, Room S206
Student Day of Poetry: "Demonstration" poetry slams and the poets will visit all MS & US English classes throughout the day to provide introductory poetry creative writing workshops. They will host an US student Open Mic to end the day.
Poetry Performers & Teaching Artists:
- Lissa Piercy: 2014 Lizard Lounge Boston Poetry Slam Team Member, Co-Founder of Flatline Poetry Troupe.
- Alex Charalambides: Mass LEAP Managing Director, New England Poetry Slam Veteran from Worcester.
- Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib: Individual World Poetry Slam Finalist, Essayist, Music Critic from Columbus Ohio.
- Anthony Febo: Founder of FreeVerse! Lowell Youth Poetry Slam. Currently Artist in Residence at ICA Boston.
- Muggs Fogarty: Providence Poetry Slam Director. Veteran of Multiple Providence Youth Poetry Slam Teams, now mentoring youth in the community.
Past Programs: 2014–2015
Cynthia Wigren: Atlantic
White Shark Conservancy
Middle School Earth Day Program
Wednesday, April 22, 2015 (B)
1:15–2:00pm
Harrington Theatre
Christina Pato
(canceled due to snow)
Galician bagpiper, pianist and composer
Tuesday, February 3, 2015 (D)
11:15–12:00pm MS
Harrington Theatre
Cooking and Healthy Habits
Dawn Berthelette: Healthy Eating Specialist, Whole Foods Market
Middle School Common Read Connection
Thursday, January 15, 2015 (B)
Flex Room:
12:35-1:15 Grade 6
1:20-2:00 Grade 7
2:05- 2:45 Grade 8
Zach Combs, West African Drumming
West African Musical Performance: Trinidad 2 Timbuktu
Wednesday, January 7, 2015 (B)
10:30 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. MS
Harrington Theatre
(snow date Jan. 28, 2015 (D)
School residency program Gallery Of African Art will include: African Art Installation (1 month), West African drumming-dance workshops (1 day of 6-8 workshops) and performances.
School Residency & West African
Drumming–Dance Workshops
Thursday January 8, 2015 (C)
Master drummer Issa Coulibaly and Zach Combs will provide hands-on West African drumming instruction. Authentic instruments supplied.
Location: Large Music Room
Drumming Workshop Schedule:
8:50-9:30 US, Butler & Melley
9:50-10:30 Grade 8, Young
11:45-12:30 Grade 3, Jackel
12:30-1:15 Lunch
1:15-2:00 Grade 7, Young
2:00-2:45 Grade 8, Young
2:45- 3:30 Grade 3, LeBlanc
A Cappella Night!
Thursday, November 20, 2014 (F)
7:00 p.m. – All School Event
Tickets are $10 at Front Desk or email Rhonda rbrodeur@bancroftschool.org
Bancroft’s Upper School A Cappella Groups:
The New Blue: Yale University’s best and most experienced female musicians of the senior class.
The Brown Derbies: Brown University’s most legendary all male a cappella group.
Odds Bodkin
Friday, October 24, 2014 (F)
Harrington Theatre
Odds Bodkin
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. — Dark Tales Of The Supernatural
Meet the Artist
Thursday, October 16, 2014 (F)
All Day MPR & Outdoors
LS, MS, US
Local artists display and demonstrate their craft. Classes and student groups welcome to schedule a visit or drop in. WATCH VIDEO.
Participating Artists:
Gary A. Lippincott: Artist-Illustrator
Bayda Asbridge: Saori Weaver
Devan Cole: Glass Artist
Mari Seder: Photography & Photo-Collage
Steve Belz: Ceramic Sculptor
Jo Ellen Reinhardt: Portraits, Landscapes, & Still Lifes
Nan Rumpf: Water Media Artist
Wingmasters:
Ancient Civilizations and Birds of Prey
April 18, 2014
Jim Parks from Wingmasters came to Bancroft with live birds of prey to speak about how people from around the world, and across time, have viewed the magnificent hunters of the air. Wingmasters is dedicated to increasing public understanding and appreciation of North American birds of prey. Jim Parks is a licensed raptor rehabilitator based in Massachusetts. This programs included a variety of live birds of prey, cultural artifacts and art.
Dance China & The New York
Chinese Cultural Center
China Patterns
Wednesday, April 2, 2014
Performed in full, traditional Chinese costumes, Dance China transported the audience to a world of colorful myths, historical drama and timeless beauty.
Isaiah Thomas: Patriot Printer
January 30, 2014
American Antiquarian Society theatrical gave a presentation about Isaiah Thomas (1749-1831), a printer who was instrumental in starting the American Revolution and the foremost publisher in the Early Republic.
Shaw Pong Liu:
Exploring China- The "Middle Kingdom" Through Music & Story
January 24, 2014
With a travel-bag packed with musical instruments, master teacher and violinist Shaw Pong Liu wove together history, geography, the Mandarin language and Chinese folk music in a dynamic exploration of China.
Playathon
January 23, 2014
Playathon featured the many talented members of the Bancroft Community. Students, Parents, Faculty, Alumni, and Bancroft Friends participated and attended this wonderful annual event!
Flamenco: Spanish Folk Music & Dance
January 8, 2014
Performance by Flamenco Boston.
A Cappella Night!
October 24, 2013
Bancroft School's A Cappella Singing Groups
PLUS...
Pitch Slapped
Berklee College of Music, Boston, MA
Premier Coed A Cappella Group
The Duke's Men of Yale
Yale University, New Haven, CT
"Da Doox," All-Male A Cappella Group
Peter Dellert: Sculptor
October 15, 2013 to May 13, 2014
These sculptures were on loan with thanks to the artist, and Art in the Park 2013,Elm Park, Worcester, MA
Conversations in Jazz!
Mechanics Hall Concerts For Kids
October 7, 2013
Meet the Artist
October 4, 2013
Local artists displayed and demonstrated
their arts and crafts.
Isaac Camp, Bancroft Graduate Class Of 2008: Painting
Bruce deGraaf, Avian Awakening
Discovering the Birds of New England: Photography
Ingrid Hathaway: Functional Ceramics
Brenda Sullivan: The Gravestone Girls
Andy Volpe: Medieval Art & Printmaker
Heather March: Bead Making 
Emery Wenger: Glass Torch Artist
Regie O'Hare Gibson
September 27, 2013
Award-winning slam poet, writer, performer, musician, lecturer and educator.
Karen Montanaro:
Imagination in Action!
May 7, 8 & 9, 2013
Dance, mime and the language of movement, performances and workshops.
U.S. Congressman
James Mcgovern
December 10, 2012
Odaiko New England
October 18, 2012
Baroque & Jazz
May 9, 2012
Guest Artists: Julian Milkis , Clarinet, with Sima Kustanovich, Piano
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre
April 27, 2012
Lecture-Demo. Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre
Artist Sarah Haskel
February 27, 28, 2012
"Students collaborate to create a circular weaving called a mandala. Themes for the mandala can be integrated into social studies, history, science, and/or language arts curricula. From the colors of the weaving, to the representations of people, to the texture of the weaving, the completed mandala is a true reflection and celebration of each community." — Sarah Haskell
The finished Mandala Weaving has been hung in the McDonough Center.
Gareth Hinds: Illustrator of Graphic Novels
January 12, 2012
The Odyssey and
The Merchant of Venice
garethhinds.com/aboutme.php