Celebration of the Arts (COTA)

Please plan to join us for the 6th annual Celebration of the Arts (COTA) on Saturday, April 27 to recognize and celebrate all of the creative, inspiring accomplishments of our students across the Arts. This event will feature music, theater, visual art and dance of Middle and Upper school students. In order to truly showcase and celebrate our entire community, each Lower school student will have a minimum of one visual art piece displayed in their primary academic building.

Below you will find the student schedule and attire for April 27. Please take special note of when your child is performing, but we encourage you to stay for the day to see all of the performances and installations. Bombers Burrito Bar Food Truck and Market Pops will be on campus selling lunch and snack items.

To ensure that our Celebration of the Arts runs smoothly and effectively, we kindly ask that you make note of the following:
  • Students should arrive promptly at designated time and location to prepare for their performance. Attendance for performing arts students is mandatory.
  • Parents are responsible for their child while they are not performing.
  • Parents are responsible for providing meals as they will not be provided by the School. There will be a food truck vendor on campus.

Uniform attire for the day

AAG Performers
  • Grade 4 Beginning Band: formal school uniform with long or short sleeved white polo shirt.
  • Middle School: White polo shirts (short sleeved), blue skort, blue knee socks, brown shoes
  • Upper School Performers, Visual Artists: Formal attire or as specified by teacher.
AA Performers
  • Grade 4 Beginning Band boys: school uniform.
  • Middle School: Khakis, blue shirt, house tie, belt, and dress shoes.
  • Upper School Performers, Visual Artists: Formal attire or as specified by teacher.
 Celebration of the Arts Schedule
The Albany Academy Campus
  • 10:30 am -- Upper School Wind Ensemble and Upper School Battery Drum Line students report to Band Room for rehearsal.
  • 11:15 am -- All Beginning Band, Concert Band students report to the Buttery.
  • 12:00 pm -- (AA Front Steps) Celebration of the Arts Official Kick-off: Special presentation performance by Battery Drum Line.
  • 12:20 pm -- (AA Chapel) Formal Performance # I: Beginning Band, Concert Band, Symphonic Band and Wind Ensemble.  
  • 12:45 pm -- All Symphonic Band students report to Buttery.
  • 1:00 pm -- AA MS Drum Line students report to Band Room.
  • 1:15 pm -- AA Visual Art Show, installations, black box theatre and solo music performances.
Albany Academy for Girls Campus
  • 2:00 pm -- AAG Art Shows, installation pieces, and solo music performances.
  • 2:15 pm -- 5/6 Girls Chorus, Grade 5 Dance, Grade 6 Dance, and Junior Dance report to designated changing room.
  • 2:25 pm -- 5/6 Girls Chorus students to The Stevens Center; 7/8 Girls Chorus and US Chamber Singers report to AAG Music Room.
  • 2:30 pm -- Dance Workshop students report to designated changing room.
  • 2:45 pm -- (AAG Auditorium) Formal Performance # 2: 5/6 Girls Chorus, 7/8 Girls Chorus, and Upper School Chamber Singers.  
  • 3:20 pm -- (AAG Auditorium) Formal Performance # 3: Grade 5, Grade 6, Junior Dance, and Dance Workshop.
On behalf of The Albany Academies and Fine Arts Department, thank you for your continued support and hope you enjoy the Celebration of the Arts performances and installations on Saturday, April 27.
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