County Prep High School Performing Arts Classes attended the Hudson County Teen Arts Alliance Festival on May 28th and June 2nd. Instructors Raluca Shields and Heather Warfel Sandler brought over 40 students to participate in workshops and performances over the two days. The highest award of Top Honors in Dance went to County Prep Junior...
Category: 50 – VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS
County Prep’s 14th Annual Dance Concert
On May 14 & 15, the County Prep Dance Program presented its 14th Annual Concert, SPECTRUM. The show included choreography by the students, instructor Ms. Heather Warfel Sandler, alumni John Hines and Crystal Vasquez, as well as Guest Artist Meagan Woods, a professional choreographer and dancer. The sold-out show received rave reviews from long-time supporters as well...
County Prep Theatre Arts Students Alexia Velazquez and Joshua Dunn Receive Full Scholarships to Circle in the Square Theatre School
Circle in the Square Theatre School, the only accredited training conservatory associated with a Broadway theatre in NYC, awarded County Prep Juniors Alexia Velazquez and Joshua Dunn full scholarships for their 7-week intensive Summer Workshop in Musical Theatre. The scholarship covers tuition, transportation and lunch stipend for the entire program. The musical theatre workshop consists...
Two County Prep Dance Students to Perform at Brooklyn Academy of Music
Ms. Heather Warfel Sandler, Instructor of Dance at County Prep, is thrilled to announce that two County Prep dance majors will have the honor of performing at the renowned Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) Fisher Theater this weekend. Tamir Rios and Tamijah Southerland are both members of County Prep’s 407 Dance Company, and are second...
County Prep High School’s Talent Show 2015
County Prep’s Annual Talent Show was held on Friday, March 27th. Once again it was a sold out event with a diverse line-up of performers, including vocalists, guitarists, ukulele players, and more. Director Ms.Warfel Sandler commends all of the acts for their powerful and entertaining performances. There were two feature performances by senior Kyosuke Nonoyama...
County Prep Dance Program attends NJ High School Dance Festival
On Saturday, March 14th, County Prep dance instructor Heather Warfel-Sandler and 14 dancers attended the NJHS Dance Festival at Union City High School. It was an event filled day which included adjudications of each school’s work, master classes, scholarship auditions, and a performance by several professional NJ dance companies. County Prep presented two dances for...
County Prep’s Improvisation Class Performs in the First Annual Jamboree
On February 13th, 2015 the County Prep Theatre Arts students performed in a competitive improvisation event called the Annual Jamboree. The battling teams, Chaplin and the Stooges and Bad Biscuit competed in a series of improv games as part of a fundraiser for the Theatre Department. Although Chaplin and the Stooges took the trophy, all...
County Prep Theatre Arts Students Attend Broadway Production Constellations
The Theatre Arts students participated in the Manhattan Theatre Club Core Education program of the Broadway Production of Constellations, by Nick Payne, with Jake Gyllenhaal and Ruth Wilson. Part of this program, our students participated in workshops with Manhattan Theatre Club resident artist Melissa Murray-Mutch, and other professional actors, in order to prepare and discuss the...
County Prep Theater Arts performs the musical The Wiz
In just its third year, the after school Theater Arts course has brought a new performance opportunity to County Prep students. “Our students have been getting a valuable experience through this credited class and related productions, learning both performance and rehearsal practices, and encountering first hand all of the aspects of professional theater,” says Ms....
County Prep High School French Class Participates in the French Institute Alliance Francaise Young Audience Program
Madame Shields’s Level II French class participated in the FIAF, French Institute Alliance Francaise Young Audience Program, on Tuesday November 25th in New York City. Students watched and interacted with well-known choreographer Stefanie Batten Bland and her modern dance company on the occasion of the debut of her piece “Patient(ce)”. “Patient (ce)” addresses themes of jazz,...