CONGRATULATIONS to Mrs. Isdell M. E. STILWELL SCHOOL OF THE ARTS TEACHER OF THE YEAR 2019-2020
Stilwell's 2019 Star Student Peyton Holston and Star Teacher Mrs. Isdell were recognized by the Clayton County Rotary Club February 27, 2019.
Stilwell Makes Top High School List
This last Saturday, Stilwell School of the Arts competed in Georgia High School Association’s AA State One Act Play Competition. Each AA school that won their Region competed at the state level, totaling 8 schools. I am pleased to announce that our show, Amadeus, placed as the runner up. In addition, Ketsia Alberto won the title of Best Actress. Marsalis Causey and Nubia Causey were also awarded the All Star cast members judge’s awards. Our wonderfully talented Nyla Jones, Caleb Middleton and Daniel Gyimah have been selected to participate in the 2020 GMEA All-State Sight-Reading Chorus that will be held in Athens, Georgia, January 23-25, 2019. This is the most select high school choral group in the State. Students audition for this group by sight-reading very difficult musical examples and making a high score. Nyla, Caleb and Daniel were the only students in CCPS this year to reach a score high enough to win placement in Sight-Reading chorus. Congratulations to each of these Martha Ellen Stilwell School of the Arts choral students! Our superintendent, Dr. Beasley attended our One Act Play "Amadeus" October 18, 2019. He was ecstatic about the show and tweeted a few photos including the two posted below.
Christian Zamora- Alto Sax Keith Wilson- Alto Sax Christian Ramsay- Tenor Saxophone Jordan Stephens- Trumpet Kazah Dixon- Trumpet Evan Garner- Bass Trombone Vishrut Thaker- Trombone Phong Nguyen- Bass V'Shoi Emanuel- Bass Argel Pimentel-Dominguez- Drums Rodney Clark- Drums Caleb Middleton- Piano
All 12 students that audition from Stilwell, advanced to the 2nd Round of Jazz all-state!!!! Each student had to play a total of 6 scales from memory. (2 major played to the 9th scale degree w/arpeggio, 2 Dominant Scales played to the 9th Scale degree w/arpeggio, 2 dorain scales played to the 9th degree w/arpeggio and two sight-reading selections) Also, each student had to read two sight-reading passages in contrasting styles. The second round of Jazz All-State will be held on December 6-7, 2019 at Georgia Southern's Armstrong campus in Savannah, Ga.
Congratulations to the following students who auditioned and were selected for the 2019-2020 Georgia Sate University Rialto Jazz Program: Evan Garner- Trombone Argel Pimentel-Dominguel- Drums Christian Zamora- Alto Saxophone Kazah Dixon- Trumpet Jordan Stephens- Trumpet Kiwi Cody- Trumpet
