A Bouquet of Music and Movement celebrated collaborative artistry featuring performances by the Middle School Dance Ensemble, Elements Dance Company, Upper School Strings Ensemble, Upper School Vocalists, and the Community Choir. For the first time, our Upper School Elements Dance company and Middle School Dance Ensemble danced to live music performed by the Upper School Strings Ensemble and Upper School Vocalists. Enjoy more images here!
The Upper School musical The Little Mermaid was fabulous! Congratulations to the wonderful cast crew and many thanks to set designer Jack McManus and director Shawn Rowley, Director of Theater, and who made the production come to life!
The Cast
ARIEL-Gigi Auguste ’27
PILOT-Michael Ireland ’29
PRINCE ERIC-Soph Butch ’27
GRIMSBY-Tiantong Hu ’26
FLOUNDER-Arial Xiong ’28
SCUTTLE-Ryan Seeley ’28
WINDWARD-Christine Natour ’28
LEEWARD-Odaris Garcia ’28
KING TRITON-Yang Yue ’29
SEBASTIAN-Jeff Kim ’28
Mersisters/Princesses
AQUATA-Esther An ’28
ANDRINA-Emily Reick ’28
ARISTA- Leslie Jimenez ’29
ATINA- Mary Chen ’27
ADELA-Helena Gordon ’28
ALANA-Angela Feng ’28
FLOTSAM-Folasade Beckett ’27
JETSAM-Alex Moschella ’27
URSULA-Mari Villa ’27
CHEF LOUIS-Leila Alobeidy ’28
Fabulous Creatures of the Land and Sea (The Gulls, The Chefs, The Sea Creatures!)
Megan Mou ’28
Felicia LiuChang ’28
Mari Zakarian ’29
Melodi Raymond ’29
Bonnie Zhu ’29
Olivia Hansen ’29
The Crew
Jackie Cogswell ’29
Maddie Edwards ’27
Shelby Kreiling ’29
Noah Komarinski ’28
Abby Sellers-Johnston ’29
Kay Stephan ’26
Enjoy the entire gallery of cast and crew photos here!
Congratulations to our Middle School musicians on their wonderful concert performance this week! A variety of groups performed, including the newly formed jazz band, choral ensembles, string ensembles, and band ensembles. You can see more pictures from the performance here.
At the end of year, Lower School students entertained their families, faculty, and staff at the Lower School Spring Concert. From the fourth and fifth grade band and string ensemble to the third grade bucket drummers to the choral renditions of favorite songs by kids of all ages, students lit up the stage. Well done, everyone! Enjoy more photos of the concert here.
Elements Dance Company and the Winter Dance Ensemble (along with some special guests!) presented Hallway Hustle, this winter’s Upper School Dance Concert. The show took a glimpse at a typical day in the life of a Westtown School student through altered forms of various social dances in this lively performance. Well done, dancers!
See more from their concert here!
The Middle School presented James and the Giant Peach, a production based on Roald Dahl’s “masterpeach” of a tale with music and lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul. When James is sent by his conniving aunts to chop down their old fruit tree, he discovers a magic potion that grows a tremendous peach, rolls into the ocean and launches a journey of enormous proportions. James befriends a collection of singing insects that ride the giant piece of fruit across the ocean, facing hunger, sharks and plenty of disagreements along the way.
Congratulations to the cast and crew of this excellent production and thank you to theater teacher Jack McManus who directed!
Enjoy the entire gallery of photos from the performance here!
In February, six students from fifth and sixth grades were selected to perform in this year’s Chesco Band Fest: Jonathan D’Alessandro ’32, Lucas Donatelli ’32, Hugo Charriez ’32, Charlie Maloney ’33, Jackson Silva ’32, and Alex Wahlen ’33. The festival hosted over 100 fifth and sixth grade band students from around Chester County representing 25 schools. Students spent the day rehearsing with a guest conductor in preparation for an evening concert the same day. This year students worked with Mr. Ryan Fegley, a longtime educator from the Unionville/Chadds Ford School District. Congratulations to our talented musicians and our thanks to music teacher Jason Wu for facilitating this opportunity for our student musicians!
From left: Teacher Jason Wu, Charlie Maloney (5th), Alex Wahlen (5th), Lucas Donatelli (6th), Jackson Silva (6th), Hugo Charriez (6th), Jonathan D’Alessandro (6th)
Congratulations to our fifth graders, who wrote and performed their food-themed adaptation of Aesop’s Fables—Aesop’s Tables! Their performances included clever characters and delicious baked goods, and meaningful lessons were woven into every tale. Their performances were a true delight. Bravo, students!
Enjoy more photos of the play here!
Congratulations to the five Middle Schoolers who were featured in this year’s PAEA Youth Art Month Exhibition—Keira Bartholomae ’30, Jena Farhan ’30, Annsley Frazier ’31, Pedro Giraldo Lozano ’30, and Sam Lehmann ’31! This statewide virtual exhibition is organized by the Pennsylvania Art Educators Association as part of Youth Art Month (March) as part of the annual nationwide celebration administered by The Council for Art Education and The National Art Educators Association. Youth Art Month recognizes and applauds the power of visual arts education and the skills student artists develop through problem-solving, creativity, observation, and visual communication. A special congratulations to Keira, whose ink drawing “Old Shack” (using black walnut ink from our local trees) was selected by a jury of professional working artists as this year’s PAEA Youth Art Month Middle School Division Award! Well done, artists!
The Faculty and Staff Exhibit recently showcased what our staff and faculty have been creating! This exhibition brought together artwork from across departments and divisions—painting, sculpture, textiles, and more. It was an opportunity to see the ideas, experiments, and personal projects being explored by the adults in this community outside the classroom. From bold visuals to quiet moments of reflection, the show offers a behind-the-scenes look at the creative energy that drives our campus community. Enjoy their work here!
