2026 TASIS Spring Arts Festival

Spring Arts Festival Opening Assembly

MONDAY, MAY 11 | Palestra, 11:20

This assembly will serve as the official opening of the 2026 Spring Arts Festival and is designed to provide students a preview of what is to come throughout the week. 

Grade Five Conducting Workshop

MONDAY, MAY 11 |  Palmer Cultural Center, 8:15

Fifth-grade music classes will be instructed by Maestro Andrea Cupia for an Introduction to Conducting Workshop that will feature students having the special opportunity to conduct members of the Opera ViVa Orchestra. The repertoire will include excerpts from famous works by Tchaikovsky, Verdi, and Beethoven. Any and all guests are welcome to attend this workshop and do not need to reserve seats in advance.

Visual Art Exhibition

TUESDAY, MAY 12–SUNDAY, MAY 17  |  Palmer Cultural Center and Şahenk Fine Arts Center (Horst Dürrschmidt Gallery)

This year’s Visual Art Exhibition will include a wide variety of artworks produced by Elementary School students (guided by Ms. Caroline Rossi); Middle School students (Ms. Simona Bellini and Ms. Brigit Hurst); and High School students in the disciplines of drawing and painting (Ms. Megan Pendleton and Ms. Zeynep Baransel Korman), photography (Mr. Andre Adami), architecture and design (Mr. Thomas Wong), and ceramics (Ms. Hurst)—with selected works from the IB Visual Arts and AP Art & Design course also featured. All members of the TASIS community are very welcome to stop by the Palmer Cultural Center and the Şahenk Fine Arts Center to view the excellent work.

There will be an opening event on Tuesday, May 12, at 16:00. Parents and the wider TASIS community are cordially invited to attend.  

Performing Arts Showcase: Moon Tree

SATURDAY, MAY 16  |  Palestra, 15:00 and 17:30

Following amazing Performing Arts Showcases during our last three festivals—Shine in 2023, Dream in 2024, and Wild in 2025—we are thrilled to invite the TASIS community to this year's extravaganza, Moon Tree. More than 200 talented students from all three TASIS divisions will light up the stage in our very own Palestra for our fourth annual showcase, with featured performances from orchestras, choirs, instrumentalists, theater groups, bands, dancers, and soloists.

Moon Tree tells the extraordinary true story of the Apollo 14 mission through a vibrant fusion of acting, dance, and music. The performance follows astronaut Stuart Roosa, who carried hundreds of tree seeds into lunar orbit, honoring his history as a forest smokejumper while venturing into the deep unknown. By tracing the journey of these seeds from the launchpad to the moon and back to the Earth’s soil, we explore the profound connection between human exploration and the natural world. It is a celebration of resilience and legacy, depicting how these "Moon Trees" grew from cosmic travelers into living monuments that still stand across our planet today.

The show will be performed twice (at 15:00 and 17:30) to ensure that everyone has a chance to see it. This showcase of the impressive skills our students have honed in the performing arts is an event not to be missed, so make sure to reserve your seats early and join us in celebrating their remarkable talents! 

We ask that families book to see one showing first and, if there are still tickets available in the week of the production, to then book for a second showing. We want to make sure as many people as possible get to attend this exciting showcase!

RESERVE SEATS FOR MOON TREE