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News Coverage of Jesuit Music, Stage & Film, and Visual Arts

In any ordinary museum, the visitors, allotted one visit in one day, tend to glance at the most prominent or famous pieces of art. In other cases, they tend to focus on pieces that “strike their fancy,” preferring particular styles of some works over others. However, the students of Jesuit receive four years, each about 180 days, to explore...
We again have another photo using a piece of vintage camera equipment. I found this photo when my dad told me he had an old camera in the garage. The camera was an old Nikon FM2. In my curiosity, I looked up photo's taken by this camera, and that is where I found this beautiful photo. The photo was taken...
Why? What is the meaning of anything? What are we doing with our lives? What is the point of anything we do? The debut short film from Jesuit Stage and Film pondered these questions. This film follows a high school student while he takes the SAT. With a short run time, director Austin Keith utilized interesting filmmaking tricks to make a solid short...
It begins with a slow hum of the violin. A cello joins in the ensemble, and the pitch increases. A French horn bellows an opening call, inviting the listener to immerse themselves in this sea of sound. And then it comes to a halt - the soft murmuring of a piano interrupts the scene and transitions the listener into...

Song For Peace

"Lean on me, when you're not strong..." Jesuit Men’s Chorus was strong, however, when they accepted the invitation to sing at The Peace Day Dallas closing ceremonies, an event that took place on The International Day of Peace which has been observed across the world since 1982. Our Men’s Chorus performed “Lean On Me” by Bill Withers as their musical offering...
This school year has been filled with never-before-seen obstacles. One issue in particular that I and many others forgot about was how will our theater department operate through this pandemic. The first task: how Jesuit would successfully put on the Winter One Acts. Solution for Masks I met with Mr. Acevedo the man in charge of making this yearly event happen....
Every Wednesday, the Jesuit senior class disperses throughout the area to serve the community: from homeless shelters to hospitals, from schools to soup kitchens; the choices are innumerable. One group of musicians travels to retirement homes just to make music. But is musical performance really service? What is service? According to Merriam-Webster, service is simply a helpful act - an...
It's beginning to sound a lot from Christmas, courtesy of the Jesuit Ursuline Band. (JURB) They began working on a series of Christmas songs following the final game of the football season vs. Longview, in preparation for their two Sounds of the Season concerts that took place this past week. The first of the two concerts was held last Thursday...

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