05/23/2024
Itโs always wonderful to have family support in the arts! Congratulations to Shepton High School visual artist, ๐๐๐ซ๐ค๐ข๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐จ, on your Pride of Plano selected work entitled, ๐ฐ๐ฐ ๐ป๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ท๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐!
Markieโs family came to celebrate the achievement at the Robinson Fine Arts Centerโs Legacy Gallery today.
Bravo to all artists and their supportive families on the fantastic mastery of artwork you demonstrate in Plano Independent School District!
05/22/2024
Congratulations to Invited Choir, the Jasper High School A Capella Choir, under the direction of campus choir directors, Mrs. Katie Patel and Mr. Cody Alarcon!
Plano Independent School District is proud of your achievement and extends congratulations to your students, campus program, all West feeder cluster secondary choral and elementa๏ฟผry music instructors, as well as campus administration from JHS, our district coordinator of choral music, K-12, Mr. Jennings, and the Jasper ๏ฟผChoir booster club officers and members on your exceptional support of this group!
See you in San Antonio for TMEA 2025!
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05/13/2024
(NEW YORK, NY) - ๐
๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ Plano West ๐๐๐ณ๐ณ ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฆ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ฌ, as part of the PWSH Jazz Ensemble, for individual musicianship on their respective instruments at this year's Essential Ellington National Competition.
The Plano West Jazz Ensemble was in full performance mode as Jazz at Lincoln Center (JALC) announced their annual high school jazz band awards. PWSH performed alongside the top fifteen jazz ensembles nationwide, garnering accolades as part of the more than 100 individual and section awards in the prestigious 29th Annual Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition and Festival. This year's competition was held over the weekend, May 9-11, 2024 at Frederick P. Rose Hall, home of Jazz at Lincoln Center and the hallmark program for the largest jazz education network in the world.
Plano West musicians, ๐๐๐๐ฌ๐ข๐จ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅ๐๐ฃ๐จ๐ก๐ง (Bass) and ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฒ๐ญ๐จ๐ง ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ฅ (Alto Saxophone) received ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ก ๐๐ช๐ฉ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ช๐จ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ accolades, while two other bandmates received ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ก ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ค๐ง๐๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ award recognition - ๐๐๐ญ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฐ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ซ๐ (Tenor Saxophone) and ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐จ-๐๐ฌ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐จ (Guitar).
The competition is part of the organization's festival of events celebrating the 125th birthday of Duke Ellington, one of music's most influential composers, musicians, and bandleaders; and Jazz at Lincoln Center's lodestar since the organization's founding in 1987.
During the three-day festival, students engaged in a Q&A with members of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra during the orchestraโs open rehearsal, section-specific masterclasses, jam sessions with Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra members, pre-performance rehearsals, a celebratory dinner, and more. New this year, in honor of Ellingtonโs milestone birthday, the program offered eight never-before-available scores of Ellingtonโs music, each representing a different decade of his career (1920s-70s), which bands had the option to play as part of their submission. The weekend culminated in a Saturday night concert and awards ceremony on Jazz at Lincoln Centerโs iconic Rose Theater stage where each top-placing band performed with its choice of Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra member as a featured soloist.
The Essentially Ellington competition is one of the year-round programs Jazz at Lincoln Center produces to honor Ellingtonโs legacy; since the programโs founding in 1996, it has distributed nearly 400,000 Ellington music charts for free to 55,000 high-school bands in 58 countries, involving more than one million students. The Wall Street Journal recently appraised JALCโs mission, calling the organizationโs efforts to create new audiences for Ellingtonโs music โan unprecedented success story.โ
Congratulations to the amazing Plano ISD musicians and their Plano West Jazz Band director, Preston Pierce!
Full Story credit to New Jersey Stage: https://www.newjerseystage.com/articles/getarticle2.php?titlelink=newark-academy-wins-first-place-in-jazz-at-lincoln-centers-29th-annual-essentially-ellington-high-school-jazz-band-competition-and-festival052024
04/19/2024
Well, itโs a Freaky Friday on a Thursday at Plano Independent School District Clark High School! Congratulations Clark Theatre, Choir, Dance and Orchestra on a great performance!!!
04/16/2024
Looking for summer engagement in Dance? Plano Independent School District Department of Fine Arts will host In Motion: Dance & Wellness Camp on June 2, 3, 4 (Mon-Wed) from 8:00am - 4:00pm at the Robinson Fine Arts Center for the first 150 qualified registrants and registration is free.
Registration can be found at: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdEbxcN9UE5aNtV7m7np1SdUUHFgbfb-Q_TwiHVp8Sypaiu8g/viewform
The Plano ISD In Motion Dance & Wellness Camp is a three-day summer program that provides an opportunity for dance growth for students enrolled in grades 7-12 (for the 2024-2025 school year) to increase their foundational learning on dancer wellness, health, safety, physical care, and goal-setting. With these foundational elements, classes will be taught by guest artists and current PISD dance educators, providing focused instruction on various styles of dance, with a primary goal of increasing student awareness in the areas of safe movement across techniques. This methodology will engage students in various styles of dance including ballet, jazz, contemporary, musical theatre, world dance, and more.
Join us for an excellent learning opportunity, exploring the safety, health and wellness impacts of dance and movement at PISD's In Motion Dance & Wellness Camp 2024! ๐๐ฉฐ๐ญ๐
04/12/2024
Congratulations to all of our Plano Independent School District Fine Arts staff on their awards for 15, 20, 25, and 30+ years of service in the district!
Congratulations to Verlene Michener-Reed, our Fine Arts Office Manager, on her Superintendentโs 100 Award recognition! ๐๐๐
04/11/2024
The Plano ISD Robbie & Lynore Robinson Fine Arts Center serves as todayโs Area University Interscholastic League One-Act Play Championship site. Qualifying schools from Prosper ISD, Lewisville ISD, Arlington ISD, Grand Prairie ISD, join Plano East Senior High School Theatre on stage for a shot at qualifying for the UIL Regional One-Act Play contest!
Three shows will advance from todayโs Area contest to the Region at Rock Hill High School in two weeks.
Break a leg to our PESH Panthers in their production of ๐
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04/07/2024
Plano Independent School District is proud to again be named as a NAMM Best Comminity for Music Education! As music is a critical foundation in our holistic fine arts department, PISD is thankful for the many students, staff, administrators, and parents who support our endeavors to remain a vibrant music supportive community! ๐ถ๐บ๐ป๐น๐ผ๐๐
04/05/2024
Area bound! Go, PESH Panthers Theatre! ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ญ
Instagram.com/EastPanthers1 shared: Congratulations to on their advancement to Area in OAP! The cast and crew next compete Thursday, April 11 @ Robinson Fine Arts Center! ๐ค๐
04/03/2024
Plano East Senior High School Theatre ADVANCES to Region 2 Area 2 contest next Thursday, April 11 at the Plano Independent School District Robinson Fine Arts Center with their production of Rabbit Hole by David Lindsey Abaire. Shows begin at 11:00 am. Awards received were:
Best Technician-Ainsley Friedrichs, Honorable Mention All Star Cast-Juhi Rao and Isha Kurlekar , All Star Cast- Krrish Parekh
Accepting the award for Advancing Play are directors Brian Grunkowski and Caroline Kinnamore.
Congratulations to the cast and crew on a beautiful performance!
03/29/2024
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03/28/2024
McMillen High School Choirs joined many other Plano Independent School District high school vocal music programs in the annual University Interscholastic League Concert & Sight Reading evaluation at the Robinson Fine Arts Center.
Bravo to all of our amazing student vocalists and directors on their ensemble performances! ๐ถ๐
03/24/2024
Thank you to the AMAZING Plano Childrenโs Chorus for a wonderful concert season, culminating with a fantastic concert today. Co-directors Elizabeth Gaines and Melissa Roth-Young, thank you for your musical leadership. Assisted by Ensemble Admin, Kelsey Menze and accompanist, Michael Nguyen, the choir completed a tour this week and a concert today. They all exhibted choral excellence and exceptional musicianship. We thank the parents and PISD elementary music teachers for supporting the musical journey of each of the singers.
03/22/2024
Letโs go, Plano Senior High School Planoettes! ๐๐ผ๐๐ผ๐พ๐๐ผ๐๐ผ๐๐ผ๐
03/22/2024
Plano Senior High School took the Alternate Play at the UIL One Act Play Region 1 Area 2 Bi District A District 6 Zone B contest on Wednesday. Congratulations to the following students on their outstanding performances:
All Star Technician-Corbin McClure (2nd from left)
Hon Mention- Avery Taylor (2nd from left), Elise Dolezal (5th from left)
All Star- Dawson McClure (2nd from left), Simon Balthrop (4th from left)
Plano East and Plano West will perform at the District contest on March 28 at Marcus High School in Lewisville.
03/21/2024
Plano Senior High Band is in Indianapolis, as a selected band for the Music For All National Festival! Go, Plano Senior High School Band!
The Plano Wind Ensembleโs performance in Indianapolis with be livestreamed for free at the following link: 2024 Festival Concert Schedule - Music for All National Festival - https://festival.musicforall.org/2024schedule/
Their concert begins at 1:30p Central time.
03/21/2024
Plano Independent School District Theatre UIL One Act Play 6A Region 1 District 6 Zone Advancing Plays : Plano East Senior High School and their production of โRabbit Holeโ and Plano West Senior High Schoolโs Production of โPicnicโ!! Congratulation to our amazing productions and Break a leg at District Contest next week!!
03/21/2024
Plano Independent School District Theatre UIL One Act Play 6A Region 1 District 6 Zone 1 contest Outstanding Performer Plano East Senior High Schoolโs Isha Kurlekar (2nd from left) for her role in โRabbit Holeโ.
03/21/2024
Plano Independent School District Theatre UIL One Act Play 6A Region 1 District 6 Zone 1 contest All Star Cast far left Plano West Senior High School โs production of โPicnicโ Amelia Nugent, 4th from the left Plano East Senior High Schoolโs production of โRabbit Holeโ- Krish Parekh, 5th from the left Plano West Theatre - Shiloh Wilson and 8th from the left Plano Eastโs Juhi Rao.
03/21/2024
Plano Independent School District Theatre UIL One Act Play 6A Region 1 District 6 Zone 1 contest Honorable Mention All Star Cast far left Plano West Senior High School โs production of โPicnicโ Allie Zindler, 4th from the left Plano East Senior High Schoolโs production of โRabbit Holeโ- Isabella Fernandez, 5th from the left Plano West Theatre - Caleb Wright and 8th from the left Kennedy McGuire.
03/21/2024
Plano Independent School District Theatre UIL One Act Play 6A Region 1 District 6 Zone 1 contest was today at Flower Mound High School and Plano West Senior High School Theatreโs crew for โPicnicโ was selected as the outstanding crew!
03/21/2024
Plano Independent School District Theatre represented with amazing results at the UIL One Act Play 6A Region 1 District 6 Zone 1 contest today at Flower Mound High School! Outstanding Technicians, Plano West Senior High School -Evelyn Cortez, Hebron HS, Coppell HS , Plano East Senior High School -Leighanna Slagal
03/14/2024
Proud to have a amazing choir directors and elementary music teachers in Plano Independent School District! ๐ถ
What's better than saying "thank you"?
Singing it! ๐ฃ๏ธ
๐ถ From choir conductors to chorus instructors
We're singing a big "Thank you!"
For helping us raise our voices in song
We're grateful for all you do! ๐ถ
03/11/2024
The Plano Childrenโs Chorale Staff would like to formally invite you all to their final concert for the 2023-2024 school year at 2:00 PM on Saturday, March 23rd at the Plano Independent School District Robinson Fine Arts Center. Students LOVE when their teachers, family, and supporters come to the concerts, so please feel free to share the above graphic with family and supporters to invite them.
Admission to the event is free and students will be performing a repertoire of 15 different pieces from the year's study. Come and join us for an afternoon of amazing music! ๐ฅฐ๐ถ๐ฃ
03/09/2024
Good luck to our 166 State competitors from Plano Independent School District Fine Arts who are competing for titles at the Texas Forensic Association State Championships at the Marriott Marquis Houston this weekend! ๐๐ผ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ญ