BPS Visual and Performing Arts Department
Annual Citywide Events
Annual Citywide Events
Citywide Arts Festival
Festival Host: Naheem Garcia
WHEN: May 29th, 30th, and 31st, 2024 | 9:30AM-1:00PM WHERE: Parkman Bandstand, Boston Common | 139 Tremont St, Boston, MA 02108 Rain location: Bruce C. Bolling Municipal Building (2300 Washington St, Roxbury, MA 02119 — 1st-floor lobby) The BPS Arts Department is excited to host our annual Citywide Arts Festival at the Boston Common! This is our biggest event of the year in which performing arts groups across the district unite to deliver three jam-packed days of music, dance, theatre, and spoken word performances. Get ready for some artistic fun in the sun as we celebrate the final days of the school year... #BPSArts4All style! Wednesday, May 29th — Music: Unplugged! (ex. concert bands, choirs, acoustic ensembles) Thursday, May 30th — Dance & Theatre (dance floor provided by Boston Dance Alliance) Friday, May 31st — Music: Wired! (ex. jazz, pop/rock, R&B, modern band, etc.) Participating Ensembles Baldwin ELPA Dancing Blue Jays Boston Arts Academy Brass Band Boston Arts Academy Fusion Ensemble Boston Arts Academy Latin Jazz Ensemble Boston Arts Academy String Ensemble Boston Arts Academy Treble Forte Boston Green Academy Bachata Team Boston Latin Academy Street Band Boston Latin School Big Band Boston Latin School Gospel Choir Boston Music Project - Roger Clap and Perry School Street Band Boston Music Project - Winship and Mendell Elementary Condon K-8 Drama Club Curley K-8 Ambassadors of Dance Curley K-8 Ambassadors of Theater Curley K-8 Lunch Band Edison K-8 Altezzas Step Team Edison K-8 Band Edison K-8 Shining Lights! Eliot K-8 3rd Grade Recorder Group Eliot K-8 Rock Band Ellis Elementary Lions Grew 4th Grade All Stars Haley Pilot Cast of "Rain" the Musical Haynes EEC Chorus and Dancers Haynes EEC Toe Tappers Higginson-Lewis Band Horace Mann School for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing - DEAFinitely Crew Kenny Elementary Singers Mather Movers McKay K-8 Cast of Disney's "Aristocats Kids" McKay-Zumix Ensemble Mildred Ave. K-8 Dance Troupe O'Bryant 8th Grade Chorus O'Bryant Jazz Ensemble and O'Bryant Electric Guitar Ensemble Orchard Gardens K-8 Performing Arts Quincy Upper School Band Sumner Elementary Bomba Ensemble Trotter Elementary Wolfpack Umana Academy Band Warren-Prescott 2nd-3rd Grade Chorus CONTACT Emmanuel Toledo at [email protected] |
Previous Events
K-8 Theatre Festival
WHEN: Thursday, April 11th, 2024 | 10:00AM
WHERE: Hibernian Hall | 184 Dudley St #200, Boston, MA 02119 CONTACT Paul Sedgwick at [email protected] or 617-635-6581. |
High School Theatre Festival
WHEN: Wednesday, May 1st, 2024 | 10:00AM
WHERE: Boston Arts Academy — Auditorium | 174 Ipswich St, Boston, MA 02215
The High School Theatre Festival features school-based theatre ensembles from across the district in a performance and workshop setting. Get ready for a thrilling evening!
WHERE: Boston Arts Academy — Auditorium | 174 Ipswich St, Boston, MA 02215
The High School Theatre Festival features school-based theatre ensembles from across the district in a performance and workshop setting. Get ready for a thrilling evening!
Youth Art Month Celebration
WHEN: Saturday, March 9th, 2024 | 12:00-2:00PM
WHERE: Boston City Hall Each year we showcase the work of BPS artists from across the district. The featured works of art reflect the quality instruction of our teachers and the dedication, skill development, and creativity of our students. Students, families and the general public may view our video compilation from 2021 or explore individual galleries by using the YAM 2021 Exhibition Directory. View the 2021 YAM Virtual Exhibition * Another Course to College * Boston Arts Academy * Boston International Newcomers Academy: PESO Video, Hobin Video * Charlestown High * Clap Elementary * Condon School: Artsteps, Video * Curley K-8: Freiburger Video, Freiburger Artsteps, * Curley K-8: Pizzi Video * Excel High * Harvard Kent School * Henderson Upper: Gsell Padlet, Gsell Video * Henderson Upper: Zaremba Art at Home, Brush Ninja, and YAM Video * J.P. Manning School * Joseph Lee School * Josiah Quincy Elementary * Kenny Elementary: Slideshow, Video * Kilmer Lower School* Lila G. Frederick Middle School * Mattahunt School * McCormack School * O'Bryant High * Tynan Elementary * Warren-Prescott School * Winship Elementary CONTACT: Amy Wedge at [email protected] or 617-635-9278. |
41st Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration
WHEN: Thursday, January 11th, 2024 | 6:00 to 8:30 PM
WHERE: Jeremiah E. Burke High School | 60 Washington St, Dorchester, MA 02121 The Boston Public Schools (BPS) invites the public to attend the 41st Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration featuring dance, theatre, music, and film performances from BPS students. The performances will celebrate and reflect on Dr. King’s words and legacy as we live it today, and connect with the civil rights leader’s overarching themes of non-violence, justice, hope, community, and equality. |
Welcome Back Night for BPS Arts Educators
We are excited to reconnect as a department. We will enjoy great food, hear some department updates, and connect in breakout groups within each arts discipline. This is an in-person event and will not be on Zoom or recorded. WHEN: Wednesday, October 18th, 2023 | 5:00-7:00PM WHERE: TBD Registration form will be available soon! We will request food allergy information that the vendor has enough time to prepare the food requests. |
Holidays at Bolling
WHEN: Friday, December 15th, 2023 | 9:00AM to 12:45PM
WHERE: Bolling C. Bolling Municipal Building, 2300 Washington Street, Roxbury, MA | 1st floor lobby Boston Public Schools (BPS) invites the public to attend the annual BPS Holidays at Bolling. This event features school-based ensembles and classes from across the district in a lunchtime concert in the main lobby. PROGRAM ORDER: SUBJECT TO CHANGE EVEN ON THE DAY OF THE EVENT Block 1 — 9:00 to 9:30am O'Bryant School Chorus Community Academy Bomba Dancers Madison Park High School Singing Cardinals Block 2 — 9:30 to 11:00am Boston Latin Academy High School Concert Band Hernández K-8 Dance: ¡Fuerza Caribe! Hernández K-8 Music: Las Campanitas del Caribe Eliot K-8 School Choir Umana Academy Band Edison K-8 Voices of Hope Kenny School Holiday Singers Mather Movers Block 3 — 11:00am to 12:30pm Boston Latin School Elementa String Quartet Curley K-8 Dance Crew Everett Jr. Evertones Warren-Prescott Upper School Chorus West Zone ELC Super Star Dancers Young Achievers Chorus English High School Holiday Horns Edison K-8 Altezzas Step Team CONTACT Emmanuel Toledo at [email protected] or 617-635-9278. |