Saratoga Performing Arts Center is set to expand with the launch of SPAC School of the Arts at the National Museum of Dance/Lewis A. Swyer Studios in September.
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — Guests at Saratoga Performing Arts Center on Saturday were invited to experience a day of performances at the Festival of Young Artists.
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A virtual extension of the Festival of Young Artists, hosted by the Saratoga Performing Arts Center, is giving student artists a chance to show their work in a year where those have been few and far between.
The 2021 Adirondack Trust Company Festival of Young Artists online gallery recently went live with an exhibit called “Metamorphosis.” It brings together more than 80 works, including visual art, poems, dances and songs, from local students.
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Milton Lee conducts the Saratoga Springs High School Jazz Band on the Saratoga Performing Arts Center stage at the 2019 Freihofer’s Saratoga Jazz Festival. (Courtesy of SPAC)
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Throw in a pandemic and virtual classes and it becomes even more of a challenge.
At least that’s what Cynthia Lee’s students have found at Saratoga Springs’ Maple Avenue Middle School.
“The whole practice piece of everything has been so hard for the kids, as well as us as instructors. We’re trying to minimize what we’re doing, trying to maintain their skill level but still, it’s really hard to see either maintenance or progress,” Lee said.