From the SCAPA Facilitator

The Spring is always an exciting time as our year builds to a crescendo. The excitement of culminating performances, senior recognitions, and commencement fill our Spring schedules. This year has been exciting and challenging for students and staff, exciting to return to in-person school, making art together, and live performance events, yet challenging to make up for lost time. All of our students have grown as artists and people and I encourage parents and students to take some time during this season to reflect on that growth and be proud of individual successes both big and small!

To our incoming SCAPA students: We are so excited to welcome all our incoming SCAPA students to Lafayette High School in August. This Fall we will welcome 107 SCAPA students (90 freshmen). We invite you to choose one of our many end-of-year events and get to know our programs that you will soon be a part of. We are also planning a brief orientation session especially for new SCAPA students to compliment Freshmen Ignite which will occur in August. Look for more details to come this summer!

Ryan Marsh

ryan.marsh@fayette.kyschools.us

Concert Band

Alexandra Bradbury (SCAPA), bassoon , Gabe Brown (SCAPA), trombone, Natalie Butler, flute, Jayden Doan, bass trombone, Cyrus Faulkner (SCAPA), French horn, Neebodh Gyawali (SCAPA), trombone, Jenna James (SCAPA), flute, Jack Lentz, alto sax, Aina Marti (SCAPA), oboe, Jeremiah Matocha (SCAPA), trombone, Colin Neal, snare drum, Brienna Nguyen, clarinet, Ian Ransom (SCAPA), trombone, Flannery Rayens (SCAPA), bassoon, Liam Rayens (SCAPA), French horn, Gabriel Regalado (SCAPA), bari sax, Hian Seo (SCAPA), flute, Coleman Shofner (SCAPA), snare drum, Anna Sublette, flute, Ava Vono (SCAPA), clarinet, Amanda Woolum (SCAPA), oboe

Symphonic Band

Islam Abushareah, clarinet, Angel Aguilar, tenor sax, Maddie Andreatta (SCAPA), clarinet, Hayden Arnold (SCAPA), flute, Seth Gladding (SCAPA), french horn, Logan Liu (SCAPA), clarinet, Isaac McKinney (SCAPA), French horn,

Jazz Bands

Laney Duncan (SCAPA), alto saxophone, Jackson Greene (SCAPA), trumpet, Adam Inouye (SCAPA), vibes, William Allen, guitar, Sam Dailey (SCAPA), tenor saxophone, Liam Sharp (SCAPA), trumpet,

Guitar Orchestra

Landon Lepley (SCAPA Drama), Guitar Orchestra

Symphony Orchestra

Claire Abraham (SCAPA), cello, Alexander Auer, violin, William Auer, violin, Kaia Bush, bass, John Copeland (SCAPA), bass, Gabriel Curtis (SCAPA), trumpet, Gillian Faulkner (SCAPA), cello, Oscar Heft (SCAPA), violin, Amber Knight (SCAPA), violin, Jose Lino, violin, Ryan McGuffey (SCAPA), violin, Josiah McKinney (SCAPA), French horn, Sarah Padgett (SCAPA), violin, Jill Peterson (SCAPA), oboe, Isaac Schmidt, violin, Brennen Taggart (SCAPA), bass, Luise Wendroth (SCAPA), violin,

Commonwealth Strings

Wes Baskette, viola, Kaiya Bensing, violin, Priscilla Higashi (SCAPA), violin, Hanna Knox (SCAPA), cello, Anmol Nayak, viola, Ashley Powell (SCAPA), violin, Mary Richardson (SCAPA), viola, Sara Tucker (SCAPA), cello, Evie Watt (SCAPA), violin,

Mixed Chorus

Eli Brown (SCAPA), tenor, Calista Case (SCAPA), soprano, Aileen Conner (SCAPA), alto, Mason Franklin, tenor, Murron Karas (SCAPA), soprano, Nate Krohmer (SCAPA), tenor, Jocelyn Langdorf, alto, Alex Losch (SCAPA), bass, Gabby Martin (SCAPA), alto, Julie Sharpe, alto, Audrey Weber (SCAPA), soprano, Sarah Wiseman (SCAPA), also, Sofia Wu, alto,

Soprano-Alto Chorus

Claire Cornett, alto, Marianne Gebb (SCAPA), alto, Kharis Hanson (SCAPA), soprano, Mia Hetzel-Ebben (SCAPA), alto, Bella Luciano (SCAPA), soprano, Jenna Matney (SCAPA), soprano, Dory McDonald (SCAPA), soprano, Abigayle Stokes (SCAPA), soprano, Sally Thalacker (SCAPA), soprano, Grace Yi (SCAPA), alto, Aubrey Young (SCAPA), soprano.

Tenor-Bass Chorus

Zade AlQahtani, tenor, Joshua Bylund (SCAPA), tenor, Colin Clevenger (SCAPA), tenor, Jamie Cook (SCAPA), tenor, Will Darragh (SCAPA), tenor, Parker Olukalns (SCAPA), bass, Sam Toney, bass.

Junior High Mixed Chorus (Grades 7-9)

Parker Bell (SCAPA), Katie Bowden (SCAPA), Annelise Brown (SCAPA), Andrew Campbell, Meredith Kirby (SCAPA), Natalie Langdorf (SCAPA), Brody Mancuso (SCAPA), Gus Ringenberger (SCAPA), Ella Sewell (SCAPA), Tate White (SCAPA)

Junior High Treble Chorus (Grades 7-9)

Clementine Connell (SCAPA), Sienna Johnson (SCAPA), Eloise Logsdon, Ellie Naish (SCAPA), Ashlyn Taylor (SCAPA), Bella Walker (SCAPA)

FCPS All-State Announcement

Congratulations to Lafayette Band!

All three Lafayette Bands received distinguished ratings from all judges at KMEA Large Ensemble Assessment Events in March. Congratulations to students and directors on a successful demonstration of artistry and skill at this important assessment event.

All Lafayette Band students including SCAPA Band majors performed a concert of chamber music on February 18. Chamber music has been a part of the Band curriculum for several years and develops different skillsets from concert and marching band. Chamber groups consisted of French Horn Choir, Low Brass Choir, Double Reed Choir, Clarinet Choir, Saxophone Choir, Trumpet Choir, Flute Choir, and Trombone Choir. Students received instruction from Instrument-specific specialists from Lafayette Band staff who rehearsed and directed each chamber group.

Lots of great things are happening in the dance department! After 2 years, we returned to the Opera House stage with 2 amazing performances of Dance SCAPA! We are so proud of the dancers' hard work and dedication! We are truly thankful for the support of everyone who helped Dance SCAPA make an amazing comeback. We cannot wait for next year!

Also, several of our students made it through to the final round of GSA Auditions!

Dance SCAPA 2022 Photo Gallery courtesy Sally Horowitz Photography

Good News from Literary Arts

• Six Literary Arts students were invited to the second round of Governor's School for the Arts interviews in Creative Writing.

• Seven SCAPA poets represented SCAPA Lafayette at the county-wide teen poetry open mic, Teen Howl, on Thursday, April 7.

• Senior Maggie Gladding, Sonya Pavona, and teacher Liz Prather read their poetry at Lexington's monthly poetry salon, Cafe Luigart, on Sunday, March 20.

• SCAPA writer Ryan Eby was accepted at The Sewanee Young Writer's Conference at The University of the South.

• SCAPA writer Kathleen Bauer was accepted at The Reynolds Young Writers Workshop at Denison University.

• Ten Literary Arts writers enjoyed a working lunch and Master Class with New York author Paul Volponi to discuss getting an agent, writing query letters, and self-promotion as a working writer.

• The Literary Arts program at SCAPA Lafayette and SCAPA Bluegrass will participate in a Writing Walkabout in downtown Lexington on Wednesday, April 20, to celebrate the artistry and community of Lexington.

Scholastic Art and Writing Awards

The Southeastern Regional Scholastic Writing Awards were released in January. With 27 Lafayette-SCAPA Literary Arts students submitting 63 individual pieces and 2 portfolios of work, we won 10 Gold Keys, 14 Silver Keys, and 21 Honorable Mentions with 69% of our submissions receiving some level of recognition. (For comparison, in 2015, our high-water mark for awards was 20; this year, we nabbed 45. In 2021, we won 6 Golds: this year, 10. )

All Gold Key winners will now compete on the National Level. Since 1923, Scholastic Writing Awards has become the nation's longest-running, most prestigious recognition initiative and the largest source of scholarships for teen creative writers.

A couple of historic standouts:

• Senior Marley McCloud won Gold in the Novel category with her novel “Trail of Plagues.” This is the first ranking in that category in the history of our program.

• Freshman Ryan Eby was the only ninth grader to receive Gold, and one of only two ninth graders in the history of Lafayette Literary Arts to rank Gold, the last being in 2015.

Honorable Mention

Erica Afenya, Shayda Alsalihi, Kathleen Bauer, Savannah Belcher, Maggie Gladding, Kate Hawse, Marley McCloud, Samantha Miculinich, Marie Moore, Sonya Pavona, Reyna Radhakrishnan, Adyson Reisc, Hannah Schadler, Samantha Shearer, Eliza Sullivan, Creed Taylor

Silver Key Winners

Zoya Abbas, Ruby Castaneda, Maggie Gladding, Madison Maxfield, Vanesa Medina-Santiago, Samantha Miculinich, Sawyer Mustopoh, Manya Tiwari, Sophie Watson, Evelyn Weaver

Gold Key Winners

Shayda Alsalihi, Ryan Eby, Maggie Gladding, Kate Hawse, Marley McCloud, Vanesa Medina-Santiago, Sawyer Mustopoh Hanna Schadler, Eliza Sullivan, Creed Taylor

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Spring Piano Recital

Monday, May 16, 6PM

UK Singletary Center for the Arts

We have several events happening soon. The week of April 26 and 27 will be our SCAPA Juries for our underclassmen chamber groups. Their recital performance will be held on Friday, May 6, location TBA.

Our final Spring Concert will be held on Thursday, May 12 at the Singletary Center for the Arts featuring one of our SCAPA senior’s, Brennen Taggart, composition titled Glass for full symphony orchestra. We are proud of the work he has done.

All four orchestras received distinguished ratings at this spring's KMEA Large Ensemble Assessment event. Congratulations on outstanding performances and sight-reading!

April 14th - 15th, 2022, 7PM

April 16th, 2PM & 7PM

Lexington Opera House

Ticket Office: 859-233-3535

www.lexingtonoperahouse.com

Tickets can also be purchased in-person 90 mins prior to curtain, at the Rupp Arena Box Office.

Grease Photo Gallery courtesy Sally Horowitz Photography

Lafayette Visual Arts had outstanding participation in the annual Bluegrass Regional Art Show. These students created and submitted work for jury in competition against sixteen other high schools and almost 200 artworks. These works will be on display at Eastern Kentucky University before moving on to the state level.

Congratulations to the following students for their placement in the show! Thanks for supporting these kids and the arts.

Lafayette Student Artwork is displayed in the slide deck below.

Chair Award AND 1^st Place in Digital Art: Evelyn Johnson

1^st Place in Film & Video Animation: Caleb Grisby

3^rd Place in Photography: Tyler Ruth

4^th Place in Photography: Skylar Seavey (SCAPA)

1^st Place in Graphic Design: Kevin Lin (SCAPA)

2^nd Place in Graphic Design: Kiara Johnson

3^rd Place in Graphic Design: Kevin Lin (SCAPA)

3^rd Place in Drawing: Nicole Rodriguez Lopez

3^rd Place in Mixed Media: Ainsley Kurtz (SCAPA)

Honorable Mention in Painting: Audrey Clemmens (SCAPA)

1^st Place in Painting: Taylor Horsfall (SCAPA)

1^st Place in Fashion Design: Aina Marti (SCAPA)

Summer camps and programs are an outstanding way for gifted and talented students to improve skills and share artistic experiences with other like-minded peers. This extensive list includes in-state and national opportunities. There is something for everyone!

Check out our list of summer enrichment offerings.

The SCAPA Senior Banquet will be held on Saturday, May 7, 6:30PM at Castle Hill Winery in Versailles. SCAPA Seniors are invited to attend at no cost. Additional tickets for family and friends are $25. Please complete the RSVP Reservation form no later than April 27.

If you have photos of your senior and their classmates throughout their time at SCAPA (especially elementary and middle school years), please share them with Ryan Marsh, ryan.marsh@fayette.kyschools.us by April 29 to include in the slide show.

About SCAPA Lafayette News

SCAPA Lafayette Newsletter is published several times throughout the year to look forward and celebrate good news. Lafayette has always had an impressive commitment to the arts. The arts are in our DNA. Because SCAPA and Lafayette Arts are deeply connected you will often see programs, events, and good news that exemplify this connectedness. Lafayette and SCAPA have an incredible synergy that can only happen through vibrant arts programs and a large comprehensive high school. We think you will agree when you see and experience the artistry of our incredible students and dedicated teachers.