St. Margaret’s visual arts and performing arts students dazzled the crowd during FrightFEST, an annual Halloween-inspired arts showcase that took place in the Darcy Rice Center for the Arts. 

 

The show featured a performance by the Tartan Dance Company, short films created by Upper School cinematic arts students, a photography exhibit, a performance by the Tartan Dance Company, a creative writing competition, and a showcase of ghostly paintings created by Upper School faculty.

There was also a live picture orchestral performance of the 1922 film Nosferatu arranged and edited by Karen Bennett and conducted by Linling Hsu featuring the St. Margaret’s orchestra. The collaboration is a way for film and orchestra students to learn about the early days of film and the methods by which early films were screened with music. Students in Ms. Bennett’s film productions honors course took the 90-minute Nosferatu film and edited down to an 18-minute story, in which the orchestra played an arrangement that worked with the short film. 

The FrightFEST contests for best short story, best photography and best film will be announced next week at Upper School Convo. 

You can view films and performances from FrightFEST at this link.