Peoria Unified Arts Education

Thank you to Mayor Cathy Carlat for honoring our Peoria Unified Elementary Art Educators for their support of the City’s Young Artists Showcase. Over the last 8 years, hundreds of students have been part of the exhibitions at City Hall & recognized at past Council meetings! Thank you so much, Mayor Carlat, and thank you to our amazing Arts Educators!

Pictured below (L-R):
Mrs. Scoggins, Oasis
Ms. Adams, Zuni Hills
Mrs. Henderson, Sunset Heights
Mayor Carlat
Mrs. Speirs, Lake Pleasant
Ms. Bailey, Paseo Verde
Mrs. Walder, Frontier
Mrs. Sparks-Kirkwood, Desert Harbor
Mr. Robert Panzer, PUSD Director of Arts Ed
Mrs. Justina Reilly, PUSD Arts Ed Admin. Asst.

During my life day 8th graders got the chance to see the different art educations classes and clubs they can be a part of!

Production Design at Peoria do cuts and bruises!

Prior to the Oct. 27 Governing Board Meeting, the DAC lobby was filled with sounds of an
orchestra while Mr. Orlando Moss and 30 of his musically talented 7th and 8th-grade
students from Coyote Hills and Peoria Traditional performed for district employees in the
DAC lobby. The students began participating in the orchestra in the fifth-grade with Mr.
Moss and perform at venues throughout the year at the Orchard Pointe Assisted Living
Home during the holidays and on stage at Dave and Busters. Following their performance,
Mr. Moss and his students were then recognized by the superintendent and Governing
Board for their hard work.

Congratulations to the Vistancia Elementary Band, and a huge thank you to Mrs. Carlson!

Photos from Cotton Boll Elementary School's post

Cactus Theatre presented The Importance of Being Earnest 🎩

You won’t want to miss Centennial fall Dance concert “As We Go” November 15-17th at 7pm

Congratulations to the members of the 2022 Peoria Unified Honor Choir on an outstanding inaugural performance!

Thank you to Ms. Boehme, Mrs. Gonzalez, Mrs. Goodnight-Bell, Mr. Hutter, Mrs. Huizenga and Mrs. Tucker for preparing and supporting students in their participation!
Ana a HUGE thank you to our clinician and director, Mr. Joseph Johnston!
And finally…. Thank you to Southwest Vocal Alliance for joining us and sharing your fabulous performance with us!

You won’t wanna miss Ironwood’s Dance show “Art in Motion” on November 17th and 18th! Hope to see you there!

Join for the Inaugural High School Honor Choir Festival! Students were selected to be part of this district-wide Honor Choir and will rehearse together on Wednesday and Thursday, under the direction of Mr. Joseph Johnston. Rehearsals will be followed by a performance on Thursday, November 10th at 7:00 pm, at Sunrise Mountain High School.

Theatre II Students at Peoria High School performed Readers Theatre for their COOP kids!

Photos from Coyote Hills Elementary School's post

Ceramic students at sunrise remembering those who served 💙

The Peoria Arts & Cultural Festival will take place on Saturday, March 4 in Old Town Peoria. Please mark your calendars for this free, fun-filled event highlighting our arts educators and their talented students.

This is going to be one of those shows you don't want to miss. Fun songs, a Christmas setting, a live band onstage, performing arts teachers who are performing artists, an homage to radio shows and a salute to the 1940's! You are invited to join us for this great way to start the Holiday Season.

This past weekend, under the direction of Mrs. Cheryl Tucker, Centennial's Bel Canto choir sang at the Arizona Choral Educators Choral Festival. At this festival, choirs sing three songs for two adjudicators and they also receive a clinic session from one of these adjudicators. These two adjudicators give the choir a score out of 100. After they sing for the adjudicators, they go into a room and are judged on their sight-reading skills.

Bel Canto received 91/100 from each of the two adjudicators and 42/50 for their sight singing (the hardest part of this festival). These scores translate to SUPERIOR WITH DISTINCTION!!!!

Congratulations to Centennial's Bel Canto Choir!

The Liberty High School Drama Club Players Present The Pirate Bride. November 3,4, &5 at 6pm in the Liberty High School Auditorium Theatre. Tickets can be purchased at the door. Adults:$7.00 and Children & Sr. Citizens $5.00. Come joins us for a comical journey over sand and sea as the search for riches reveals the truest of treasures, love.

Thank you to RSK and Mrs. Goodnight-Bell for hosting a fun day for junior high choir students today!

Some pictures of the Get Smart cast!

Congratulations to the Liberty Chamber Choir!

Liberty Music proudly congratulates Chamber Choir on earning a Superior With Distinction rating at the ACE Fall Choral Festival on Friday, October 28, their debut at this competition. They received performance evaluations from adjudicators Greg Hebert (co-Director of Choirs at Chandler-Gilbert Community College) and Dr. J. Edmund Hughes (Director of Choirs at University of Puget Sound). Dr. Hughes served as clinician and praised the choir's "beautiful tone" and "mesmerizing programming" with specific regards for the numerous strong soloists throughout the performance. The choir earned a score of 49/50 in sight-reading to receive the "With Distinction" caption. Liberty Chamber Choir is comprised of 24 highly select auditioned choral artists who share nearly 300 hours singing together during the academic year. The ensemble is one of five choirs at Liberty High School and represents a program of over 200 singers. Congratulations to Chamber Choir, and thank you to the staff, students, and families of Liberty High School for their continued support of our Liberty Choir family!

Lots of great work being done in Peoria Unified programs over the weekend! Congratulations to the Ironwood High School Band students and Mr. Salcido!

A big congratulations to the Sunrise Mountain High School Bands!

Congratulations to the Peoria High School Marching Band! We are proud of your hard work!

Call to Artists - Peoria Sports Complex Mural Project

The Peoria Sports Complex invites artists and artist teams to submit qualifications to be considered to participate in the design and installation of a permanent exterior mural. We seek a vibrant, memorable, welcoming mural that reflects our unique facility and location. Get your artwork in by 10/31!

For more information and to apply, please visit www.peoriaaz.gov/arts

It was a great day of hands-on learning across our Arts Ed Professional Development Sessions today! Arts Educators learned about underscoring theatre performances, repairing snare drums, cutting mat board to display student work and audio fundamentals. A huge thank you to Ms. Hansen, Mr. Imoe, Ms. Triveline and Mr. Panzer for presenting today!

Peoria Unified School District’s marching showcase took place last night at peoria High School. All seven High Schools performed their marching band show! It was a great night!

Photos from Peoria Traditional School's post

HAPPENING TOMORROW! Join us at 5:30 p.m. at Peoria Sports Complex for our annual College Fair! Meet with more than 65 colleges and trade schools. Find out more information on our website at peoriaunified.org/collegefair

Wednesday, Thursday and Friday this week Raymond S Kellis is putting on their fall performance of Bocón at 6:30! Check it out if you have the opportunity!

Photos from Parkridge Elementary's post

What a great morning for the Unified Bucket Brigade and the Sunrise Mountain High School Bands!

Ironwood theatre department performed their fall play last week The Trojan Women and Las Soldaderas! Looks incredible!

Peoria High School’s production design class makes model sets!

Costume Designer and Kiki’s Pendent which she made for our fall play Bocòn!

Photos from Ironwood High School's post