Fine Arts

Congratulations to the 11 senior dancers who graduated with Honors through the National Honor Society for Dance Arts (NHSDA) in conjunction with the National Dance Education Organization (NDEO).

The Fine and Performing Arts Department is pleased to announce our Fall Play, Clue, and our Spring Musical, Seussical! Clue performance dates are November 10, 11 and 12. Suessical performance dates are April 12, 13, 14. Save the dates and stay tuned for ticket information!

Students of the CCHS choirs visited New York City over spring break, experiencing Broadway shows –– Hadestown and Wicked –– and participating in a Hadestown Broadway workshop, learning choreography and music from the show. Students also visited the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Broadway, Radio City Music Hall, explored Times Square, the 9/11 Memorial and Museum, attended Mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, and performed at the Empire State Building.

five members of Wind Ensemble participated in the IHSA Solo and Ensemble contest at Harvard High School. Sophomores Bridget Kaull, Sydney Krcmarik, Kelly O'Hara, and Elizabeth Vinnes, and junior Lexi Belyaev all represented Carmel well with their talent and professionalism.

The Carmel Catholic High School Fine Arts Department generously donated funds raised from the Christmas concert to purchase many of the comfort items and bags for this wonderful community service project.

Congratulations to Miles DeKeyser '23, Lexi Belyaev '24 and Brian Rutz '24 for successfully auditioning for this year's Illinois Music Educators Association All-District festivals. They competed against the best high school students from over 100 high schools in District 7.

The Carmel Catholic Fine Arts Department hosted the first-ever Fine Arts Senior Signing Day in late May. This event featured 17 graduating seniors who are choosing to major or minor in an area of study related to the Fine Arts.

The mental health and wellness of children and teenagers have been at the forefront of headlines since shortly after the onset of Covid-19 two years ago and continues to worsen. But ever since students were forced to learn remotely, members of the Carmel Catholic High School Orchesis dance program have been leading health and wellness outreach programs with grade and middle schoolers via Zoom, and now in-person.

COMPASS is our community magazine, sharing the accomplishments of our whole Corsair community, including students, alumni and faculty/staff.

Carmel students in Drawing and Painting Honors partnered with The Memory Project to create portraits for youth who have faced substantial challenges, including neglect, abuse, loss of parents, and poverty and homelessness. These children have few special belongings to help capture their life stories. Carmel students focused on children of the Syrian refugee crisis, creating portraits during the Fall 2020 semester.