Graded's Singers Perform in Orlando at the Disney Festival

You can view four of the Graded choir's performances at the Disney Choir Festival. The trip was a wonderful learning experience and the choir was recognized with the following awards.

Best MS/JH Choir

Best Mixed Choir

Outstanding Soloist

Choir with Superior Rating (between 90-100 points)

Shine Your Light

Jambo, Jambo

Berimbau

Summer Samba

Opening of the K-12 Art Exhibit

Artwork from students from Kindergarten - 12th grade students will be on exhibit beginning Tuesday, March 25 at 3:30 pm. We hope that you will join us for this cultural event.

AMPLIFY your experience at the ART SHOW being displayed at the 2nd Floor of the Arts Center. It is like a hyperlinked reality, where you expand your learning with information about the students' choice of artist and techniques. Install the AURASMA App on your tablet or smartphone. Search and follow Graded School's Channel. The correct icon is the one with the Graded Eagle. Be sure to Follow the Graded Channel and you will be able to point your device to the paintings indicated with the Aurasma symbol and get the augmented reality experience.

Six Graded Singers Attend AMIS in Dusseldorf, Germany

The Graded School’s Experience in the International World  

The 2014 AMIS International Honor Choir Festival

Before traveling to the AMIS festival, previous festival participants kept telling us that AMIS is an amazing opportunity, and that they’d never experienced anything as wonderful as singing in a choir with singers who share your passion for music. Of course, we believed them, but it was only when I heard the pure, strong, beautiful music being made by what looked like an ordinary group of teenage girls, that I really realized the importance of the AMIS program.

Preparing for the auditions was very time consuming, but when we started singing with the choir in Germany we realized that it was all worth it. Ms. Mussete was supporting and helping us throughout the whole experience, giving us the opportunity to be there in the first place. If it weren’t for the incredible choir program and teacher, we wouldn't have experienced such a life changing festival. We were very well prepared for our performance and three of us even earned solos.

Another important aspect of the festival was making friends. We met new people from all over the world that we could relate to. The two members that had gone last year still kept in touch with the friends they made at the festival and this year was no different.

    All of the AMIS music festivals are extremely competitive and this year around 500 auditions were sent. There was a record of 205 alto voice auditions this year and 4 of our students were accepted as altos. In order to be accepted it is not enough to just be good at singing, you have to be a truly dedicated music student. It was such accomplishment to have 6 students accepted into the Women’s Honor Choir this year since it is such a highly selective festival. Not only that, but three of the students were chosen for solos (53 girls auditioned in total) and 2 other girls were part of a soli.

Overall, this trip has not only enriched our musical and cultural knowledge, but it has created an unbreakable bond between 7 very different people. This trip was a life changing experience through which we have been able to grow so close.  I think we can safely say, this experience is one we’ll never forget, and it is all part of the Graded Experience.

What type of film can you create in 72 hours?

A talented team of Graded students (everyone under 17) embarked on a journey to create the best short film in 72 hours. Shot in São Paulo, Brazil, the students were able to achieve a fantastic result in Mio Gioiello, Mia Figlia, a National Film Challenge 2013 entry.

Starring Mendel Steinbruch, Luiza Mizrahi, and Rafael Wurzmann, Lorenzo (retired gangster) is faced with the most terrible situation: his precious daughter is kidnapped. Join the adventure to see how this confusion turns out!

This was the only entry in the competition from Brazil and there were very few teenagers who competed. We'll learn how the team did in the coming weeks.

Mio Gioiello, Mia Figlia (My Jewel, My Daughter) from Pedro Salles Leite on Vimeo.

Six Graded Singers Chosen for the 2014 AMIS Women's Choir

We are pleased to share that this year our choir has had a record number of acceptances to the AMIS Honor Choir Festival. All six girls who applied were approved to represent Graded School in the AMIS Women's Choir in Germany, in March 2014.

Please, join us in congratulating our great singers Natalie Schmid, Sabrina Carneiro, Isabella Bruder, Isabela Hernandez, Christine Moon, and Maria Isabel Guinle.

Graded Choir Festival

The choir festival kicked off today and the groups performed for the high school student body and faculty during the flex assembly. They will also be performing at tomorrow's Thanksgiving event. You can catch them live or watch the performance on Graded Live at 1:30 pm on Saturday.

Graded's Choir Performs on Saturday, November 9

 Graded School Choir will be performing tomorrow, Saturday, at Universidade Mackenzie, together with three other great vocal ensembles at the "2o Encontro de Corais Jovens Mackenzie".

We would be happy to see you there, enjoying good music, and supporting our singers.

Universidade Mackenzie, Prédio 46 @ 4:30 pm
Rua Itambé, 45, Higienópolis

Free admission

Tonight's Strings Festival

Graded Photography Students to Attend Sebastião Salgado Exhibit

Work of Sebastião Salgado available under Creative Commons

Students from our photography classes will be visiting the Sebastião Salgado exhibit at SESC Belenzinho next week. What a wonderful opportunity to see the work of a true master.

Work of Sebestião Salgado from cvpts under Creative Commons

Work of Sebestião Salgado from cvpts under Creative Commons

Graded Choir Performance on Saturday Afternoon

Photos from the Jazz Concert and Film Festival

Below are photos from the May 28 Jazz Concert and Film Festival. Thanks to Paula Schulman for sharing these photos with us.

Graded Singers Perform in Orlando

Graded Upper School Choir just returned from a every successful participation in the Orlando Choral Fest, in Orlando, Florida, US. Our Vocal Ensemble received a huge trophy for being an "excellent group," as well as receiving a "gold" status. Kids worked very hard for this accomplishment and had lots of fun!

We could not be any prouder! Go Graded Singers!

Photography Students Participate in a Global Project

On Tuesday December 4th, the whole Photo II class met up to finally glue up the huge posters from
Inside Out, which was anything but an easy task. It included making the special glue from scratch out
of flour and water, spreading it all over the surface, aligning the posters, adding a second layer of glue
on top, and squeegeeing the entire thing. We had chosen three locations to put up the posters- in the
bus pick-up area, next to the Lower School library, and on the wall facing Giovanni Gronchi outside the
school. After the long process of taking photos of children from every grade, printing, scanning, getting
permission, sending them out, waiting, and finally displaying them to our community, it is safe to say
that the Inside Out Project was a success in our school and was well worth all the hard work.
Inside Out Pasting- By: Paula Schulman

Graded's Choir Performs at CEU Butanta

For the third consecutive year Graded School Choir has been invited to participated in the Youth Choir Festival of São Paulo, which took place at CEU Butantã, last Sunday, October 21. Our upper school choir students did a brilliant job! Fun music and their enthusiasm filled the audience with energy and joy.

Congratulations to all our singers!

Don't Get Around Much Anymore

Embraceable You

Here Comes The Sun

All You Need is Love