Stephen Schwartz performs
This past weekend was a huge success. Composer/Lyricist Stephen Schwartz joined us for a WickedWell weekend. Here is a clip of him performing:
Thank you to everyone in the Lovewell family who came to the events and to everyone who pitched in to help with this giant feat. It was truly wonderful!
Signs of Life
Songs to be performed at WickedWell Event
Below are the songs that the LovewellLIGHTS will be performing on March 29th at the Broward Center at the reception honoring Stephen Schwartz. If you have been a Lovewell student and would like to perform that evening, please download these songs to get a big head start on learning them. There will be slight changes, but this is a good jumping off point. We will be holding rehearsal next week on March 26 from 7:30-9pm and 27 from 7pm-9pm at the Rassler home.
chainofchange-1.mp3This song begins in Swedish, which we will not be doing. Please just listen to this song for melody as the lyrics will change.
banned-together.mp3
e-bulemama.MP3
If you have any questions, please e-mail Carrie Gilchrist at lovewellinstitute@gmail.com
Hope you can join us!
Come be a part of the Stephen Schwartz WickedWELL weekend!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA — Three Ways to be Wicked… with Stephen Schwartz, the creator of Wicked, who is coming to town in support of Lovewell Institute for the Creative Arts and its programs on , March 28 and 29, 2008. A number of events are being planned for South Floridians to meet Mr. Schwartz during his stay, including:
∑ Spend “An Afternoon with Stephen Schwartz.” Attend the a song writing and /musical theatre workshop class conducted by Mr. Schwartz Stephen at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts from 2:00-4:00 pm on Saturday, March 29. This is a unique opportunity for students and teachers to meet the composer and creator of smash Broadway hits including Wicked, Godspell, and Pippin as he shares songs and stories about his career, his life and his creative process. Tickets are $20. Seating is limited and tickets are on a first- come, first- served basis at http://www.browardcenter.org/Events/schwartzworkshop.aspx or by calling 954-270-6452.
∑ New members of Lovewell’s Producers’ Circle are invited to enjoy a once- in- a- lifetime opportunity to attend an intimate dinner party with Stephen Schwartz on Friday, March 28, a pre-show -WICKED reception at the Broward Center on Saturday, March 29, and a post-show dessert and champagne party at the Las Olas Grande. For information about joining the Producers’ Circle and being part of these special events, please call 954-270-6452.
∑ Good seats are still available for the Saturday evening (March 29) performance of Wicked as a fundraiser for Lovewell Institute for the Creative Arts, a charitable organization providing arts education opportunities for South Florida youth. Call 954-270-6452 for tickets and information about joining Stephen Schwartz at the post-show champagne party at the Las Olas Grande.
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Jacob Jeffries
Go check out this fantastic article on Lovewell Alumni, Jacob Groten (now Jacob Jeffries.) If you don’t have his music, you should.
http://southflorida.metromix.com/music/article/cover-story-a-star/318772/content
“Everything’s Divine”
Here is another rehearsal clip from Sacred Heart’s February 2008 version of Carry On.
Stockholm workshops
I have been in Stockholm this week running workshops with some of our Swedish staff members: Maria Eriksson, Tomas Andersson, Nils-Petter Ankarblom and Jenniffer Nilsen. On Saturday, we did a workshop with 25 students and wrote a 15 minute piece about love and hate. Below is a clip. Do you know Swedish?
Yesterday, we ran another workshop with the 25 teachers from that same school. It was a great experience for us and I believe as well as for them. This summer, hopefully some of them will be joining us at our program in Oskarshamn, Sweden to get officially trained in the Lovewell method.Lovewell Sweden is growing strong, has a wonderful base of support and will hopefully live here for a very long time.
-carrie gilchrist
associate artistic director
“Time, is it passing you by?”
Last Friday night, Lovewell Institute’s Peace of Mind had its European debut on a stage in Linköping, Sweden. The show was produced and directed by a Lovewell student, Maja Haglund. The house was packed and the audience loved the show. It was truly a beautiful site to see this piece of art live on and touch lives all over the world, literally. This was Peace of Mind’s 4th run after the cast that wrote and originally performed the show.
Peace of Mind was written by:
Elissa Aron, Avra Aron, Carrie Bauer, Candice Borden, Miranda Burnham, Khristy Chamberlain, Richard Cortez, Trevor Dee, Ilay Eskinaze Farias, David Friedman, Bill Friedman, Ariel Giumarelli, Michele Gonyea, Stephanie Goodman, Meghan Grossman, Jacob Groten, Gabby Groten, Micaela Gutman, Danica Horton, Derek Jayson, Brittani Kagen, Melanie Martin, Lorra Murphy, Tobi Nagy, Nicole Niefeld, Matthew Nye, Michael Packer, Ashley Rahing, Nathalie Reynaud, Ali Rodriguez, Cassie Spangler, Greg Stead, Michelle Steklof, Alanna Torre, Andrew Wilson.Directed: Carrie GilchristMusical Director: Ryan McCallScript Supervisor: Jamie JohnsonChoreographer: Holly McLeanTechnical Directors/Graphic Designers : Joseph Hagen and Lance GilchristAdministrator: Alison Gilchrist
Maja Haglund and Co-director give curtain speech.
Look at that full house!
Sweden Day Long Workshop
This week, we conducted a day long workshop in Oskarshamn, Sweden. The result was a 15 minute long musical episode about pirates. It is in Swedish, so yeah, just believe…pirates.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyYXmK69OzI
“Lifting you up…”
Here is a short clip of Sacred Heart’s rehearsal of Carry On. Tonight there will be an actual final dress (as you will see, they are not all in costume here. You can also see the sweet robes from the original production! Thank you Mary Lu!!!)