Another collaboration between Winsor and RL brought this year’s musical, The Secret Garden, to the Smith Theater stage. Based on the 1911 novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett, the musical (script and lyrics by Marsha Norman and music by Lucy Simon) premiered on Broadway in 1991 and ran for two years.Twenty-one actors from Winsor and RL, […]
A group consisting of 60+ alumni joined faculty and Class I for an Alumni Spring Dinner on April 14. The event, which replaced the annual Alumni Spring Luncheon, offered attendees a unique and detailed first glimpse of the School’s athletic facilities expansion. David Powell, a representative from Hastings Architecture Associates, outlined and discussed the project, offering insights on the initiative with […]
After its far-flung tour of Iceland last year, the Glee Club stayed local this year, making the rounds of the Prairie State for its spring break tour. They gave concerts in Chicago, Springfield, and Urbana, and took in plenty of sights along the way. In Chicago the boys performed at the Merit School of […]
The School was treated to another Recital Hall on 12 April—80% piano, 20% mandolin, 100% memorized. Christopher Zhu V played Etude Op. 42 No. 5, by Scriabin; Dylan Zhou III played Sunflower by Yu Shi Wang, arranged for piano by Er Yao Ling (based on a traditional Chinese folk melody); Jonathan Weiss V played his […]
On Monday 4 April, Phil Balson ’15 introduced his college professor Dr. Christopher Smart, who teaches at Harvard University’s Kennedy School, to Rousmaniere Hall. Once an R.L. sixie whose time at the School was shortened due to family relocation, Dr. Smart spoke on his career path in investments, academia, and journalism. A Yale University […]
