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![Jess Xiaoyi Han '15 Solo Show at Ross + Kramer Gallery]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1680023694/walnuthill/hfah0baxjrodmclx3iex/JessXiaoyiHan.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1680023694/walnuthill/hfah0baxjrodmclx3iex/JessXiaoyiHan.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1680023694/walnuthill/hfah0baxjrodmclx3iex/JessXiaoyiHan.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1680023694/walnuthill/hfah0baxjrodmclx3iex/JessXiaoyiHan.png","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1680023694/walnuthill/hfah0baxjrodmclx3iex/JessXiaoyiHan.png","width":1294}])
Jess Xiaoyi Han ’15 currently has a solo show displayed at New York City’s Ross + Kramer Gallery.
![Tommy Mesa ’08 Awarded the 2023 Sphinx Medal of Excellence]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1680023077/walnuthill/d3ph9estaaxarvscbwct/TommyMesa.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1680023077/walnuthill/d3ph9estaaxarvscbwct/TommyMesa.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1680023077/walnuthill/d3ph9estaaxarvscbwct/TommyMesa.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1680023077/walnuthill/d3ph9estaaxarvscbwct/TommyMesa.png","width":1140}])
On Wednesday, March 1, cellist Tommy Mesa ’08 was one of three people awarded the 2023 Sphinx Medal of Excellence!
![Jake Lapham '23 Interviewed for CriticalDance]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1680022534/walnuthill/biyybwttdcnsjubkp6jb/JakeLapham2.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1680022534/walnuthill/biyybwttdcnsjubkp6jb/JakeLapham2.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1680022534/walnuthill/biyybwttdcnsjubkp6jb/JakeLapham2.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1680022534/walnuthill/biyybwttdcnsjubkp6jb/JakeLapham2.png","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1680022534/walnuthill/biyybwttdcnsjubkp6jb/JakeLapham2.png","width":1396}])
Jake Lapham '23, a senior in Boston Ballet School's Professional Division at Walnut Hill, was recently interviewed for CriticalDance!
![Walnuts at The Smuggler]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1677688309/walnuthill/fdbptgor4c98ctljtkz2/IMG_2921.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1677688309/walnuthill/fdbptgor4c98ctljtkz2/IMG_2921.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1677688309/walnuthill/fdbptgor4c98ctljtkz2/IMG_2921.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1677688309/walnuthill/fdbptgor4c98ctljtkz2/IMG_2921.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1677688309/walnuthill/fdbptgor4c98ctljtkz2/IMG_2921.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1677688309/walnuthill/fdbptgor4c98ctljtkz2/IMG_2921.jpg","width":2200}])
This past Saturday, a group of Walnuts from a variety of majors traveled down to New York City's Irish Repertory Theatre for a performance of The Smuggler, a one-man play written by Writing, Film & Media Arts faculty member and playwright Ronán Noone.
We are thrilled to have a long list of students who were recognized by Scholastic Art & Writing Regional Awards in January!
![Moscelyne ParkeHarrison '15 at post:ballet]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1675870759/walnuthill/ngmtknx5d54dmnzoaobk/ScreenShot2023-02-08at1037.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1675870759/walnuthill/ngmtknx5d54dmnzoaobk/ScreenShot2023-02-08at1037.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1675870759/walnuthill/ngmtknx5d54dmnzoaobk/ScreenShot2023-02-08at1037.png","width":722}])
Congratulations to Moscelyne for her recent appointment as Associate Artistic Director of post:ballet!
![Visit from Dr. Yun-Soo Cho]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1675870208/walnuthill/hzt6r4fo0lenlt1ikcrr/image_50771969.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1675870208/walnuthill/hzt6r4fo0lenlt1ikcrr/image_50771969.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1675870208/walnuthill/hzt6r4fo0lenlt1ikcrr/image_50771969.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1675870208/walnuthill/hzt6r4fo0lenlt1ikcrr/image_50771969.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1675870208/walnuthill/hzt6r4fo0lenlt1ikcrr/image_50771969.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1675870208/walnuthill/hzt6r4fo0lenlt1ikcrr/image_50771969.jpg","width":2200}])
Special guest artist, pianist Yun-Soo Cho, joined us on Monday to teach a masterclass for the Music Department's Performance and Ideas Lab.
![Doricha Sales '90 & Sarasota Ballet]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1675869585/walnuthill/puk7dpd5jcb1smxsqwry/ScreenShot2023-02-08at1017.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1675869585/walnuthill/puk7dpd5jcb1smxsqwry/ScreenShot2023-02-08at1017.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1675869585/walnuthill/puk7dpd5jcb1smxsqwry/ScreenShot2023-02-08at1017.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1675869585/walnuthill/puk7dpd5jcb1smxsqwry/ScreenShot2023-02-08at1017.png","width":1154}])
We were thrilled to see an article about Doricha Sales '90, the new program director for Sarasota Ballet's Dance for All, in Sarasota Magazine!
![Delaney Harter '11 on Jimmy Kimmel]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1675870080/walnuthill/zu0datccyumbsmkpylrj/ScreenShot2023-02-08at1026.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1675870080/walnuthill/zu0datccyumbsmkpylrj/ScreenShot2023-02-08at1026.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1675870080/walnuthill/zu0datccyumbsmkpylrj/ScreenShot2023-02-08at1026.png","width":730}])
Delaney recently performed with Coldplay for the Jimmy Kimmel Live 20th Anniversary Show.
![Keila Wakao '24 at Reading Symphony]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1675869954/walnuthill/vyojqtnfbtxdrhbyiq65/image.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1675869954/walnuthill/vyojqtnfbtxdrhbyiq65/image.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1675869954/walnuthill/vyojqtnfbtxdrhbyiq65/image.png","width":762}])
Violinist Keila Wakao '24 was the featured soloist this month with the Reading Symphony in Pennsylvania, performing Vivaldi's "The Four Seasons."
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Among our alumni working in the arts, we are pleased to count television and Broadway actors, multiple Princess Grace Award winners, published novelists, Grammy Award–winning musicians, fashion designers, and other notables.
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