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Fall Dinner Theatre

October 14, 2016

We’re excited for our Annual Fall Dinner Theatre! This year’s play is “Tangled Webbs” and shows will be on October 27, 28 & 29.   purchase tickets here

The Guard Chorale makes debut at Carnegie Hall

October 14, 2016

Members of the Brook Hill School’s Guard Chorale made their Carnegie Hall debut recently on a trip to the Big Apple. The singers performed with 2015 Grammy winner, Francesca Battestelli, and 2015 Dove Award New Artist of the Year winner, Lauren Daigle, in one of the most famous concert halls in the world. The students […]

Chicken Dance in Kindergarten

September 30, 2016

During September and October, the Kindergarten classes go on a musical journey to the farm.  Each week they meet a new farm friend and learn about the music that each animal has inspired.  This week we met Mrs. Hen.  She taught us all the sounds her chicken friends make and all about the incredible egg!  […]

Brook Hill Students Perform with East Texas Symphony Orchestra

September 30, 2016

Three members of our Brook Hill Community “Rocked the Classics” on stage together at last Saturday’s season opening concert by The East Texas Symphony Orchestra! Brook Hill student, Elaina Yeager on keyboard and Brook Hill alum, Jonah Gonzales on vocals, gave an expressive performance of 9 Crimes with an ensemble of students from The Charlotte Floyd […]

JV Choir Learns about National Anthem

September 23, 2016

This week the JV choir students visited the American Freedom Museum and participated in a lesson about the history of The Star Spangled Banner, our national anthem. The students expressed their thoughts on the recent controversy concerning this very important song. Following that, they explored the meanings of each of the four verses and were […]

Studying Jasper Johns in Art

September 22, 2016

Kindergarten and First Graders have been learning about the artist Jasper Johns through an art project called “Jasper Johns Letter Fun”. We have learned how the artist Jasper Johns used ordinary objects and ideas from the culture like letters, targets, maps, and numbers as the subject matter of his paintings.  Using these common images, he […]

One Voice Performs for Students

September 22, 2016

On Monday, the premiere singing group, One Voice, from the University of Mary Hardin Baylor in Belton, visited Brook Hill and performed for the upper school choir and drama students.  The ensemble performed a variety of music and talked with the students about the university. Brook Hill faculty member and 2010 alum, Erica Mattay, who […]

Guard Chorale Sings for Cancer Survivors

September 22, 2016

On Wednesday evening, members of the Brook Hill Guard Chorale were invited to sing at the Great Getaway Retreat for cancer survivors at Pine Cove in Tyler. The group performed a variety of music, and a few small groups performed as well. Performers were: Kyle Webb, Bailey Gunter, Daniel Chambless, David Chambless, Anne Kimball, Audrey […]

8th Grade Art Makes Masks

September 16, 2016

8th grade art students used plaster gauze strips to create a cast of their partner’s face. Students will paint these masks with sugar skull designs and some will be on display at the Tyler Museum of Art exhibit for Dia de los Muertos in November.

Upcoming Theatre Productions

September 16, 2016

From the desk of Glenn Ballard, Fine Arts Director: We are only one month into the new school year, and already the Fine Arts program has four major productions in preparation. So let this be your official SAVE THE DATE invitation. First up is our 19th annual Fall Dinner Theatre, scheduled for October 27-29. This […]

Youth Orchestra Director Visits Brook Hill

September 02, 2016

Dr. Moon, the Orchestra Director at SFA and the conductor for the Longview Symphony came to The Brook Hill School on Wednesday to encourage our students to audition for the East Texas Youth Orchestra, (ETYO) that he also conducts.  The ETYO is made up of two groups, a middle school and an upper school audition only […]

Calling All Supporters of the Fine Arts

September 02, 2016

From the desk of Glenn Ballard, Fine Arts Director: One of the distinctives of The Brook Hill School is our award-winning Fine and Performing Arts program. It is becoming more and more common for parents to tell me that they chose Brook Hill for their son or daughter because of the fine arts opportunities offered […]