Let It Snow! - Convent of the Sacred Heart

B6
arts
Forgotten artists
lauren manning
arts editor
A member of the Convent of the Sacred
Heart Madrigals arrives at school
at 7:20 am to practice. An actress in the
school play rehearses at school until late
in the evening. An AP art student spends
her entire lunch period in the art room
finishing her latest piece. However, some
students believe that a majority of the Sacred
Heart community does not always
recognize this dedication.
“Recognition of the arts has always
“
Sometimes I still
feel like sports get the
primary focus.
”
-Junior Susannah Lawrence
been a big issue, and when I first started
here nine years ago we didn’t have even
have a theater or gallery. Arts have definitely
taken a higher profile position over
time,” said drama teacher Ms. Nancy
Maloy.
Because of students’ varied interests,
it is sometimes difficult to recognize different
groups equally.
“Sometimes I still feel like sports get
the primary focus. Sports teams make up
approximately half of the entire school,
while the arts productions are only 20 to
30 people, so the focus is understandable.
But we do just as much work as they do,”
said junior Susannah Lawrence.
On the other hand, senior Genevieve
Irwin understands why artists may not
receive the same publicity.
“I think that it might not seem that
art gets a lot of recognition, but then
again it’s more difficult to recognize artists,”
said Genevieve. “It’s easy to make
announcements about winning sports
games and so forth, but you can’t really
announce artists unless they win a com-
petition, which doesn’t happen as often as
winning a game.”
In the classroom, teachers must
sometimes take into account students’
outside time commitments. Some students
think that teachers are more likely
to make allowances for artistic activities,
not sports.
“Teachers never really cut you slack
even if you were at school late for a soccer
game or had a tournament all weekend,”
said sophomore Emily Hagan.
However, students involved in the
arts feel that the opposite applies.
“I often run into a lot of problems
during the final week of the fall play.
Teachers throw a bunch of things at us,
without realizing that we don’t really have
a chance to get home that week,” said Susannah.
“A little more recognition is what
we need. Not that we should turn this into
Sacred Heart Art School, but just little reminders
that the arts do exist,” said Susannah.
The arts programs at Sacred Heart
have grown in the last few years, with increased
funding and greater school support.
“Although in the past it appeared
as though more emphasis was placed on
sports than the arts, the construction of
our new theater really proved that Sacred
Heart is making an effort to make the arts
just as important as athletics,” said senior
Maria Zoulis.
Ultimately, however, some students
find satisfaction whether or not their efforts
are formally acknowledged.
“The act of performing, as well as
the process associated with it, is enough
recognition [for me],” said senior Katie
Eisenberg, who sings in Madrigals and
played a lead role in Dancing at Lughnasa.
“When I am on the stage, I feel as
though that is a reward in itself – to make
an audience laugh, cry, or think in utter
silence is the greatest recognition of all.”
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Below the Radar
Rilo Kiley
The band Rilo Kiley includes Jenny
Lewis, Blake Sennet, Pierre de Reeder,
and Jason Boesel.
megan morelli
purevolume.com
asst. arts editor
Rilo Kiley is a Los Angeles based band
featuring Jenny Lewis on vocals, Blake
Sennett on guitar, Pierre de Reeder on
bass, and Jason Boesel on drums. Jenny’s
airy indie-rock vocals add a soulful touch
reminiscent of “new wave” sound.
The band’s fourth album, Under
the Blacklight, was released by Warner
Brothers Records on September 9. Their
pop-sounding song “Breakin’ Up” has
already been featured in the newest season
of the hit show Grey’s Anatomy.
Rilo Kiley’s first album was produced
in 2001, entitled Takeoffs and Landings,
and their second was The Execution of All
Things. However, it was not until their
third album that the band started to gain
popularity.
More Adventurous was released on
Barsuk Records, an independent music
label, and spent most of 2004 high up on
Billboard Magazine’s Heatseekers Chart.
This success prompted appearances on
shows such as Late Night with Conan
O’Brien and Jimmy Kimmel Live. This
album also reached No. 14 on the Village
Voice’s “Pazz & Jop music critic’s poll” out
of almost a thousand other CDs.
They opened for Coldplay’s “Twisted
Logic” tour in the United States in the fall
of 2005. Their songs were featured in the
films Must Love Dogs, Conversations with
Other Women, and John Tucker Must Die.
Their songs were
featured in the films
Must Love Dogs,
Conversations with
Other Women, and
John Tucker Must
Die.
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After the success of that album died down,
the band took a break pursuing individual
interests and projects.
Their music-hiatus proved to be
worthwhile, as their latest album is slowly
garnering a lot of attention and fans. They
have recently been featured on MTV as
one of their “You Oughta Know” artists,
performing their second single “Silver
Lining.” Additionally, MTV chose them
as one of the performers for the “mtvU
Woodie Awards” along with such bands as
The Academy Is, Gym Class Heroes, and
Fall Out Boy.
The lyrics on Under the Blacklight
are heartfelt and personal, relating to
relationships, society, and life in general.
Their song “Give a Little Love” holds a
classic message, especially significant
during the holiday season, “You’ve got to
give a little love to get a little love.”