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Gift honors teacher, helps make Performing Arts Center a reality

Vicki HildnerNovember 22, 2019

Check out the many cast photos hanging in the Froelicher Theatre, from Robin Hood to to Seussical, Annie to Pippin, and for nearly a decade the same faces ...

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Composers plus artists equal the charming Opus

Vicki HildnerNovember 21, 2019

Opus. The first definition of this word is quite simple: work. More specifically, opus refers to a musical composition or set of compositions. At Colo...

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Katy Hills named Director of Visual and Performing Arts

Renee RockfordNovember 14, 2019

Head of School Dr. Mike Davis is pleased to announce that Katy Hills has been named the Director of Visual and Performing Arts at Colorado Academy. Hi...

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The Big Draw 2019: Drawn to Life

Vicki HildnerOctober 28, 2019

“I think the love for drawing is about observing and making marks. Anyone can do it, and this is a celebration of that. We come together as a community and pain...

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What’s Slick Unknown? Think Meow Wolf!

Vicki HildnerJune 4, 2019

What's Slick Unknown? Think Meow Wolf! Currently in Santa Fe, N.M., and soon to come to Denver, Colo., Meow Wolf creates immersive and interact...

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Cindy Jordan at her final choir concert.

Choir concert, auction demonstrate abundance of kindness within CA community

Dr. Mike DavisMay 9, 2019

Gratitude. I can’t think of another word that encompasses my thoughts about this past weekend’s events that brought together our community, our mission, our vol...

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Cindy Jordan enjoys her final choir concert as director of vocal music at Colorado Academy.

Cindy Jordan’s final CA choir concert a throwback celebration

CommunicationsMay 7, 2019

After 43 years of leading Colorado Academy choirs, Cindy Jordan’s final concert at CA revisited many favorite traditions: red and white roses to say farewell to...

All School NewsArtsFaculty/StaffFeaturedNews329 views

2019 All-School Arts Festival: Intersection

Vicki HildnerApril 30, 2019

Even the cold and snow could not dampen the enthusiasm of visitors at the Colorado Academy 2019 All-School Arts Festival. The very-popular pizza t...

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Applause for two great Colorado Academy shows

Vicki HildnerApril 26, 2019

Les Misérables With heart, passion, and talent, Colorado Academy Upper School students brought the house down with their performances of the musical Le...

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Two Colorado Academy artists win Gold Key Awards

Renee RockfordApril 26, 2019

Two Colorado Academy students are winners of the prestigious Gold Key Award as part of the Colorado Scholastic Art and Writing Contest. CA Sophomore Zoe Worr...

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How can you help honor Cindy Jordan?

CommunicationsMarch 27, 2019

“It was absolutely formative to my life and my inner joy. To this day, I sing and play my guitar regularly for joy and for other people and will until...

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CA theater teachers discuss plans for the new Leach Center for Performing Arts with the architects Shears Adkins Rockmore.

How do you build a Performing Arts Center? Not without architects, teachers, and you

CommunicationsMarch 14, 2019

Speaking to the English Architectural Association in 1924, Winston Churchill said, “There is no doubt whatever about the influence of architecture and structure...

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Teaching for Artistic Behavior

Vicki HildnerMarch 5, 2019

What do you remember from art class in elementary school? Odds are, you recall receiving a hand-out of a drawing (a leaf in October, a turkey in November, a sno...

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Cindy Jordan’s office photo wall

CommunicationsFebruary 21, 2019

Cindy Jordan has built this collection of photos of former students over her 43 years teaching vocal music at Colorado Academy. Zoom in to see if you can locate...

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$3 million gift sets stage for new Center for the Performing Arts

CommunicationsFebruary 12, 2019

Colorado Academy announced today it has received a $3 million gift from Bryan Leach and Jennifer Gaudiani to launch the school’s major fundraising effort for a ...

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Manet's "A Bar at the Folies-Bergère" painted with a new twist by Ellie Bain.

Classic art with a feminist twist

Vicki HildnerDecember 19, 2018

Sometimes it pays to listen to your big brother. During his Junior year at Colorado Academy, Nick Bain ‘16 participated in a pilot program that influenced what ...

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Students join the audience applauding Cindy Jordan at the end of her final concert in Froelicher Theatre.

Cindy Jordan performs final concert in Froelicher Theatre

Vicki HildnerNovember 29, 2018

On a snowy, icy November evening, Colorado Academy’s longtime Vocal Music Director, Cindy Jordan, directed her final performance inside Froelicher Theatre. Jord...

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‘Everything we do will be the last time’

Vicki HildnerNovember 26, 2018

On a snowy, icy November evening, Colorado Academy’s longtime Vocal Music Director, Cindy Jordan, directed her final performance inside Froelicher Theatre. A...

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The Big Draw celebrates the art of PLAY

CommunicationsOctober 30, 2018

As part of the worldwide celebration of drawing, The Big Draw returned to campus on October 18-19. All Colorado Academy Visual Arts classes moved to the sculptu...

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5UP: Alexis Goldman on ‘It’s the Little Things’

CommunicationsOctober 5, 2018

The 5UP (Five Minutes Up) program at Colorado Academy is a series of talks with the goal of featuring voices of our community in a shortened TED talk set up. E...

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Vintage Radio Club delivers high-drama storytelling in chill atmosphere

Rebecca RischOctober 1, 2018

The organ plays a dramatic introduction, followed by a knock at the door and the sound of footsteps. The announcer sets the scene: “The South of France in 1900,...

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