LSMSA Baton Rouge Arts Gala

Louisiana School for Math, Science and the Arts will be traveling to Baton Rouge next week, April 28th, to host its annual Arts Gala at the Manship Theatre in the Shaw Center for the Arts in downtown. The show begins at 7pm and it’s free and open to the public—all are invited to attend! The students will be performing dance pieces, comedy sketches, musical ensembles and more. Plus, alumnus Josh Tickell will be showing his documentary “Fuel,” an Audience Choice Award at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. The full program is as follows:

• Dance piece #1: City at Night (Impulse Dance Company – Ali Arsement, Autumn Billings, Meagan Evans, Ashlei McDonald, Stephanie Michot, Anna Tan)
• “Behind the Scenes” Josh Callendret filmmaker
• Solo Dance Piece #2: “A Path of Her Own” Anna Tan
• Segment from “Greater Tuna” Mason Joiner and Kyle Richard
• Dance piece #3: “Fives By Six” (Impulse Dance Company)
• Josh Tickell video appearance
• Instrumental music trio (Trio in A minor, Opus 188) Dylan Blanchard, Phillip Larroque, and Dr. Charles Jones
• Poetry Recitation: “Dulce Et Decorum Est” Dylan Staley (Poetry Out Loud state competition 3rd place winner)
• Instrumental music duo “Idyll” Susannah Robichaux and Dr. Charles Jones
• Poetry Recitation: “Mrs Kirkorian” Dylan Staley
• Vocal Performance of “Nancy Hanks” by Gabby Hildestad
• Vocal Performance of “The Wizard and I” from Wicked by Stephanie Boyd
• Finale: Piano: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata in D Minor, Op. 31, No. 2 “Tempest” Performed by Anna Tan

In addition, pieces from the school’s visual arts students will also be on display, including sculpture, ceramics, watercolors, and pen and ink drawings.

More information is available on the LSMSA web site.

I graduated from LSMSA, which means I can personally vouch for the students. Their art is going to be incredibile. In fact, I’ve seen some of it already and it’s just superb. If you’re a patron of the arts, I highly recommend this event, oh, and it’s free, too. Can’t go wrong there.