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The Hotchkiss Record

The Record is a student-run bi-weekly print newspaper with daily digital presence on pressing issues and events inside the Hotchkiss community and around the globe.

The Hotchkiss Record

The Record is a student-run bi-weekly print newspaper with daily digital presence on pressing issues and events inside the Hotchkiss community and around the globe.

The Hotchkiss Record

The music department selected eighteen students through an audition process.

Student Musicians Perform at Carnegie Hall

Bastien Sever ’26, Staff Writer February 1, 2024

On Saturday, January 27, eighteen student musicians performed at Carnegie Hall. The concert was an opportunity to perform in New York’s most renowned music hall and represent the school in front of a...

Students will create studies based on Mr. Riedeman's sculptures of birds.

Gallery Features Local Ceramicists Tony Bright and Jon Riedman

February 1, 2024

The Tremaine Gallery now displays the work of Connecticut ceramicists Mr. Tony Bright and Mr. Jon Riedeman, whose exhibit “Between the Motion and the Act” opened on January 27. Ms. Terri Moore, director...

MLK Day Poetry Workshop Imagines a More Just World

MLK Day Poetry Workshop Imagines a More Just World

Aaliyah Wang ’25 and Kate Chou ’25 January 18, 2024

Following the theme of “Restoration & the Dream,” ms. janan alexandra, instructor in English, who spells her name in lowercase and goes by “ms. janan,” led a poetry workshop on Martin Luther...

Works by Portfolio students Steph Ionescu '24 and Tessie Connell '25.

Studio Art Students Hone Their Skills In Advanced Portfolio Classes

Bastien Sever ’26, Staff Writer January 18, 2024

Honors Studio Art Portfolio and Honors Advanced Studio Art Portfolio are semester courses previously offered to students during their Upper Mid and Senior years respectively. This year, the two courses...

Vasquez perfomed in a ballet piece in Dance Club’s winter showcase last year.

Artist of the Issue: Dancer & Choreographer Daniela Vasquez ’24

Emma Liu ’26, Staff Writer January 18, 2024

Daniela Vasquez ’24 is a four-year Senior from Los Angeles, California. She has been dancing competitively for ten years. Since her Prep year, Vasquez has been a member of the Hotchkiss Dance Company....

Lin is principal second violinist in the orchestra and assistant principal second violinist in the Philharmonic.

Artist of the Issue: Boffi Lin ’24

Emma Liu ’26, Staff Writer December 7, 2023

Boffi Lin ’24 is a four-year Senior from Taiwan. At the school, she has taken music courses for four years and is currently enrolled in Senior Music Performance. Lin serves as the principal second violinist...

Mr. Freund’s collection includes works by renowned photographers.

Photo Students Visit Alum Hugh Freund’s Private Gallery

Teo Everts ’26, Staff Writer December 7, 2023

On Tuesday, November 14, upper-level photo students visited Mr. Hugh J. Freund’s ’63 private gallery in Ashley Falls, Massachusetts.  Mr. Freund is an attorney who specializes in art law. He has...

Pierre’s mural in the Multicultural Center reads “Many Voices One Hotchkiss.”

Artist of the Issue: Jacquo Pierre ’24

Olivia Kwon ’26 November 16, 2023

Jacquo Pierre ’24 is a four-year Senior from Brooklyn, NY. Pierre is an all-school president, co-captain of Varsity Football, co-founder and head of Food is Fuel, head of WKIS, a proctor, and the Senior...

The murderous plant, Audrey 2, is visible just behind leads Seymour and Audrey.

HDA’s Little Shop of Horrors Dazzles in Walker Auditorium

Ira Buch ’25, Staff Writer November 16, 2023

On Friday, November 10, Little Shop of Horrors, Hotchkiss Dramatic Association’s (HDA) fall production, opened its weekend-long run in Walker Auditorium to a packed house. Little Shop of Horrors was...

Mr. Lü was the first Asian musician to win the Paganini Competition.

Violinist Lü Siqing Performs With Philharmonic Orchestra

Ethan Choi ’26, Staff Writer November 16, 2023

The Hotchkiss Philharmonic welcomed its first guest performer, world-class violinist Lü Siqing P ’27, on Saturday, November 4. Mr. Lü is an artistic ambassador of the Melbourne Symphony and head of...

Ms. Elmaleh taught students the wet plate collodion process at Fairfield Farm.

Lisa Elmaleh Shares Portraits From the Border

Teo Everts ’26, Staff Writer November 16, 2023

On Tuesday, October 24, professional photographer Lisa Elmaleh opened All-School Meeting with a harrowing story of a migrant who walked through the Sonoran Desert  for three days without water on his...

Her poem "on form & matter" will be published in the Beloit Poetry Journal.

janan alexandra Wins Adrienne Rich Award for Poetry

Aaliyah Wang ’25, Arts Editor November 2, 2023

janan alexandra, instructor in English, who spells her name in lowercase and goes by “ms. janan” as a teacher, is the winner of the 2023 Adrienne Rich Award from the Beloit Poetry Journal (BPJ). The...

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