BAK BAND STUDENTS SCORE GOLD AT WORLD STRIDES HERITAGE FESTIVAL
Bak Middle School of the Arts Band students traveled to Chicago in early May and performed in the World Strides Heritage festival. The students were competing with 12 high schools and scored Gold (90pts and higher) in every category. Bak students won: Adjudicators Gold Award for Jazz Adjudicators Gold Award Advanced Band Outstanding Jazz- Gold [...]
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Bak Middle School Advanced Strings Orchestra Plays Carnegie Hall
The Bak Middle School of the Arts Advanced String Orchestra was invited to perform at Carnegie Hall in New York City on March 29, 2013, through the Heritage Worldstrides Festival. Under the direction of Nancy Beebe, the Middle School students performed Serenade for Strings, Movement 1, by Tchaikovsky, “Air” from Suite No. 3 by J. [...]
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Schools Collaborate To Present “Young Dancers In Concert”
Dance students throughout the county will take center stage in a tribute concert on April 6, 2013 at the Bak Mainstage Theatre. U. B. Kinsey/Palmview Elementary, Plumosa Elementary, Bak Middle of the Arts, Okeeheelee Middle, Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts, Boynton Beach High and Wellington High will join forces to present “Young Dancers [...]
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Bak’s Student Literary Magazine Takes Top Honors
Bak Middle School of the Arts’ literary magazine, Organized Chaos, strives for excellence in publishing the best fiction, poetry, photography and artwork. Bak students from all grades and art areas can submit work for the award winning magazine. Organized Chaos recently received a Superior Award in the 2012 National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) program to recognize [...]
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Bak Middle School Of The Arts Dancers In National Spotlight-Madison O’Connor To Perform In Annual Bak Dance Concert
Several Bak Middle School of the Arts dancers have competed in nationally televised dance competitions this year. Former Bak student Eliana Girard won first place on So You Think You Can Dance on Fox. Madison O’Connor, an eighth grader at Bak, recently placed second on Abby’s Ultimate Dance Competition on Lifetime. She is back in [...]
Teacher Gives Students Creative Edge To Compete In Global Economy-Named Florida Middle School Art Educator Of The Year
As an art teacher, Stephanie Chesler is dedicated to art education as demonstrated through her commitment to the artistic development of students and support of other art teachers throughout Palm Beach County. She has been teaching at Bak Middle School of the Arts since 1994 where she developed the curriculum for a full photography program. [...]
Juilliard String Quintet Returns To Bak Middle School Of The Arts
The Toomai String Quintet, formed at The Juilliard School, will be returning for the second time, to the Bak Middle School of the Arts for a two day Arts Residency on December 7 and 8, 2012. The musicians in this phenomenal quintet will be performing, coaching and teaching a technique class to all of the [...]
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Juilliard Expands Partnership With Middle School Of The Arts Foundation
The world-renowned Juilliard School partnered with the Middle School of the Arts (MSOA) Foundation at Bak for a Jazz Residency in June of 2011. In response to the program’s tremendous success Juilliard is repeating, and expanding its programming at the award winning Bak MSOA. In November of 2011 Juilliard’s TOOMAI quintet offered a Strings Residency [...]
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Bak Seventh Grade Financial Whiz Wins Competition
The results are in! Maya Kedmi, a seventh grade student at Bak Middle School of the Arts is the first place winner of the SIFMA Foundation’s InvestWrite® student essay competition, sponsored by the SIFMA Foundation and SIFMA member firms. Maya claims top prize for the middle school division of the Spring 2012 national competition. As [...]
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From Bolshoi To Bak, Professionals Give Master Classes At Arts School
Paul Boos, Repetiteur of the Balanchine Trust, and Michael Trusnovec, a principal dancer with Paul Taylor Dance Company in New York will both be at Bak Middle School of the Arts in West Palm Beach this month. May 14, 15, 21, 22: Paul Boos will spend four days at Bak Middle School of the Arts [...]
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Gipsy Kings “Bamboleo Package” To Benefit Bak
The world-renowned Gipsy Kings, famous for their hits “Volare” and “Bamboleo” are playing at the Kravis Center in West Palm Beach on May 9, 2012, at 8pm. The Gipsy Kings; Nicolas, Canut and Andre Reyes, and Tonino and Paco Baliardo, have generously donated two VIP concert tickets (that include a pre-concert photo opportunity plus after-show [...]
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Bak Middle School of the Arts Performs for National Conference
The Bak Middle School of the Arts Advanced String Orchestra was selected to perform for the American String Teacher Association’s National Conference in Atlanta, Georgia on March 23, under the direction of Strings Director, Nancy Beebe. The students in this group opened the concert for the National High School Honors Orchestra and were the only [...]
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The Art Of Dance Celebrated In Young Dancers Concert
Bak Middle School of the Arts will host Young Dancers in Concert on Saturday, March 3 at 7:00 PM on the Bak Mainstage Theatre. Dancers from public school dance programs will join together in a performance celebrating the art of dance. Martha Satinoff, Bak Middle School of the Arts Dance Department Chair, looks forward to [...]
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Bak Students To Perform With Jazz Greats
The Middle School of the Arts (MSOA) Foundation at Bak MSOA is hosting its third annual star studded Jazz Brunch at B.B. Kings in CityPlace from 11am-2pm on Saturday, February 25, 2012. Bak students will perform in concert with Jazz legends: Grammy award winner Ron Blake of SNL, guitarist and educator Bobby Broom, renowned drummer [...]
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Alumnus Has Short Film Screened At Prestigious Slamdance Film Festival
Daniel Satinoff, alumnus of Northboro Elementary, Bak Middle School of the Arts, and Dreyfoos School of the Arts, is having one of his short films, The Severe Psychosis of a Musicless Man, screened at the prestigious Slamdance Film Festival this week. Mr. Satinoff, who is Director of Photography for this film, is currently a senior [...]
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Bak Middle School Of The Arts Students To Shine At Annual Dance Concert
Students from Bak Middle School of the Arts will perform works created for them by their teachers, Martha Satinoff, Heidi Sperounis, Hollond Schiller, and Carlos de Barros. Members of Bak’s Dance Repertory will also perform “Battle Etude” choreographed by Robert Battle, the Artistic Director of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre and “Catch Flow” choreographed by [...]
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Juilliard Offers Strings Residency At Bak Middle School Of The Arts
The world-renowned Juilliard School partnered with the Middle School of the Arts (MSOA) Foundation at Bak for a Jazz Residency in June of 2011. In response to the program’s tremendous success Juilliard is repeating, and expanding its programming at the award winning Bak MSOA. Friday, November 18th and Saturday 19th the TOOMAI quintet offered a [...]
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Juilliard Expands Partnership With Bak Middle School Of The Arts
The world-renowned Juilliard School partnered with the Middle School of the Arts (MSOA) Foundation at Bak for a Jazz Residency in June of 2011. In response to the program’s tremendous success Juilliard is repeating, and expanding its programming at the award winning Bak MSOA. Friday, November 18th and Saturday 19th the TOOMAI quintet will offer [...]
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Needs Remain At Bak Despite Recent MSOA Foundation Grants
In October 2011 The Middle School of the Arts (MSOA) Foundation granted teachers’ wish lists for the 2011-2012 school year. In 2010, Bak’s magnet budget was cut by 10%, significantly impacting the Artist in Residence Program it previously funded. Artists in Residence provide individual and small group arts and music lessons – a vital component [...]
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Bak Principal Elizabeth Kennedy Named One Of America’s Best K-8 Principals
Bak Middle School of the Arts Principal, Elizabeth Kennedy, is among sixty-one outstanding elementary and middle school principals from across the nation and abroad that have been named as 2011 National Distinguished Principals (NDP) by the National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP). The principals will be honored Oct. 21 at an awards banquet at [...]
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Former Students Touring Country Helping Kids In Need
Two former Bak Middle School of the Arts and Dreyfoos School of the Arts students, Daniel Satinoff and Joey Poach, took part in the Socks for America tour this summer. Now seniors at North Carolina School of the Arts, Daniel and Joey were hired to tour the Midwest, meet volunteers, hand out socks to those [...]
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William Koch Donates $250,000 To “Save The Arts” At Bak
Local philanthropist and Oxbow business owner, William I. Koch generously donated $250,000.00 to the MSOA Foundation in support of Bak Middle School of the Arts (MSOA). In the last two years alone Mr. Koch has donated more than half a million dollars in support of the MSOA Foundation’s “Save the Arts Campaign.” The campaign was [...]
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Renowned Juilliard School Partners with Bak Middle School of the Arts
The Juilliard School, world-renowned for the caliber of its artistic and educational offerings to exceptionally talented performing artists from around the world, is partnering with award winning local magnet arts school Bak Middle School of the Arts (MSOA). This summer, June 6-13th Bak MSOA will be hosting a Juilliard Jazz Summer Camp to students ages [...]
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Arbor Day And Earth Day Celebration At Bak Middle School Of The Arts
In observance of Arbor Day and Earth Day, Bak Middle School of the Arts presented an annual Arbor Day celebration Thursday, April 21st at 2:15 p.m. in the main courtyard. Students from the dance, band, vocal, and strings departments performed in front of the student body. Various other students from Paula Hough’s science classes recited poems and [...]
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Bak Middle School of the Arts Students Receive National Art Award
Three students from Bak Middle School of the Arts have received prestigious awards for their outstanding artwork through the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, the 88 year-old national program that recognizes outstanding creative teenagers. The winners will be honored at a special ceremony at the world-famous Carnegie Hall in New York City on May 31. [...]
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