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Spring Arts Festival
2025 TASIS Spring Arts Festival
Under the direction of TASIS Founder M. Crist Fleming, who was an ardent supporter of the arts, former faculty members Horst Dürrschmidt and Fernando Gonzales established the TASIS Spring Arts Festival in 1974. Held near the end of each school year, the festival is, in addition to a community-wide celebration of the arts, a final assessment for students in visual arts, theater, and music. It aims to celebrate and support the unique contributions that the arts and humanities make to TASIS life while offering an opportunity to showcase, through both performance and exhibition, the arts across the Elementary, Middle, and High Schools.
Performing Arts Department Chair Erika Cramp, Visual Arts Department Chair Martyn Dukes, all of the teachers involved in the arts at TASIS, and our many talented student artists shared their incredible work with the TASIS community from May 12–18. Enjoy content from the festival below!
Spring Arts Festival Opening Assembly
Monday, MAY 12, PALESTRA
This assembly served as the official opening of the 2025 Spring Arts Festival and provided students a preview of what is to come throughout the week. The assembly featured introductory remarks from Visual Arts Department Chair Martyn Dukes, two dance performances, two songs, the presentation of Leadership Awards by Dance and Theater Teacher Julie Frazier-Smith, and the presentation of Spark Awards by Performing Arts Chair Erika Cramp. Click on the links below to watch the full assembly and see more photos.
Elementary School Conducting Workshop and Instrument Demonstration
MONDAY, May 12, Palmer Cultural Center
Fifth-grade music classes were instructed by Maestro Andrea Cupia for an Introduction to Conducting Workshop that featured students having the special opportunity to conduct members of the Opera ViVa Orchestra. The repertoire included excerpts from famous works by Aaron Copland, Maurice Ravel, and George Gershwin, and the conducting workshop was followed by an instrument demonstration from the guest instrumentalists of the Opera ViVa Orchestra. Click on the links below to see video highlights and more photos.
Visual Art Exhibition
Wednesday, MAY 14–SUNDAY, MAY 18
Palmer Cultural Center and Şahenk Fine Arts Center (Horst Dürrschmidt Gallery)
This year’s Visual Art Exhibition included 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 (Mr. Martyn Dukes and Ms. Megan Pendleton), photography (Mr. Frank Long), architecture and design (Mr. Thomas Wong), and ceramics (Ms. Hurst). Click on the links below to take a walk through the entire exhibition and see more photos.
Performing Arts Showcase: Wild
Saturday, MAY 17
Following incredible performing arts showcases in 2023 and 2024, Shine and Dream, this year’s capstone event, Wild, was held in the TASIS Palestra on the afternoon of May 17. The incredible showcase featured more than 200 singers, players, actors, and dancers from the TASIS community.
Guided by Director of Performing Arts Erika Cramp and a dedicated team of performing arts teachers, students from the TASIS Elementary School, Middle School, High School, and Faculty performed beautifully in the showcase, which told the story of four animals, once trapped in a circus, who break free and embark on an adventurous journey through unfamiliar worlds. Along the way, they explore the bustling energy of a city, the excitement of an amusement park, the thrill of a sports arena, and the curiosity of a school. Through these eye-opening experiences, they ultimately discover the place where they truly belong.
Click on the links below to watch the full performance and a highlight video, see a huge gallery of photos, and learn who was involved in this extremely ambitious production.
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