Cranbrook Kingswood Upper School and Cranbrook of Kent, England to Perform First-Ever Concerts Together
Forty-two choir students and faculty from Cranbrook School of Kent, England will visit the Cranbrook Educational Community to perform its first-ever concert with the Cranbrook Kingswood (CK) Upper School students at Christ Church Cranbrook on Oct. 24 at 7:30 p.m.
The international performance by the Master Singers and the Madrigals, which comprise the CK Upper School choirs, and the English student choir are free and welcome the general public.
In addition to rehearsing for the concert, the English students’ Oct. 18-25 itinerary includes special tours of the Cranbrook Institute of Science, the Cranbrook Art Museum and Cranbrook House. They also will spend the week interacting with their American counterparts in the classroom setting.
The European students will be paired up and reside with 21 Cranbrook host families. Their hosts will have time to show them the sites and sounds of Michigan during the fall season. Visiting students also will attend classes at CK Upper School for a day.
“I hope the (visiting) students will remember Cranbrook as a friendly, open, diverse and accepting community, and not just a school,” says Melodee Michaels, who is hosting two visiting girls, and is the president of Bravo, the performing arts department’s fund-raising group.
CK Upper School Orchestra Instructor Katie Lorts initiated contact with the Cranbrook School in Kent, England when she traveled there in June 2006 with three other faculty members. The foursome embarked on the trip to learn about the roots of Cranbrook and discover the similarities between the two schools. They soon realized that the Cranbrook of Kent, England had a curiosity about their Cranbrook, and later that year, Lorts worked on a plan to introduce the two school choirs.
Cranbrook Schools Founder George G. Booth named his school for boys after the English boarding school, located approximately two hours south of London. Booth’s grandfather attended Cranbrook in Kent, England which Queen Elizabeth started in 1518. He designed a reading room in his West Bloomfield school to resemble that of the English school’s library. He adopted the school’s mascot, the Crane, for his Cranbrook and named the theater after their church, St. Dunstans.
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The international performance by the Master Singers and the Madrigals, which comprise the CK Upper School choirs, and the English student choir are free and welcome the general public.
In addition to rehearsing for the concert, the English students’ Oct. 18-25 itinerary includes special tours of the Cranbrook Institute of Science, the Cranbrook Art Museum and Cranbrook House. They also will spend the week interacting with their American counterparts in the classroom setting.
The European students will be paired up and reside with 21 Cranbrook host families. Their hosts will have time to show them the sites and sounds of Michigan during the fall season. Visiting students also will attend classes at CK Upper School for a day.
“I hope the (visiting) students will remember Cranbrook as a friendly, open, diverse and accepting community, and not just a school,” says Melodee Michaels, who is hosting two visiting girls, and is the president of Bravo, the performing arts department’s fund-raising group.
CK Upper School Orchestra Instructor Katie Lorts initiated contact with the Cranbrook School in Kent, England when she traveled there in June 2006 with three other faculty members. The foursome embarked on the trip to learn about the roots of Cranbrook and discover the similarities between the two schools. They soon realized that the Cranbrook of Kent, England had a curiosity about their Cranbrook, and later that year, Lorts worked on a plan to introduce the two school choirs.
Cranbrook Schools Founder George G. Booth named his school for boys after the English boarding school, located approximately two hours south of London. Booth’s grandfather attended Cranbrook in Kent, England which Queen Elizabeth started in 1518. He designed a reading room in his West Bloomfield school to resemble that of the English school’s library. He adopted the school’s mascot, the Crane, for his Cranbrook and named the theater after their church, St. Dunstans.
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Shirley Nuss10/24/2007 @ 7:13 AMA special "Thank you" to Katie Lorts, Janet Kapala, and Anna Speck who made this experience possible. The ladies have put a great deal of time and effort to make this experience memorable for both the Cranbrook Kent students and our Cranbrook students. These things don't just happen...they are made to happen by the hard work of these individuals. Well done, ladies.<br><br>Dr. Shirley Nuss
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