Teachers can access standards-based arts activities that support foundation level students and range in style for various classroom needs. Monthly offerings include slide decks, teacher guides and supporting materials.
Join South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities as we take a journey into a resource focused on using stories to create new characters and stories, focusing on creativity through expressing ideas. Learn more.
Join South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities as we take a journey into different versions of The Nutcracker from classical and jazz styles of music and ballet to tap dance, featuring Duke Ellington, Pyotr Tchaikovsky, George Balanchine and Michelle Dorrance. Learn more.
Join South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities as we dive into tips for choosing a monologue. This resource provides tips on best practices in choosing a monologue for high school students. This resource was provided by our Drama Department Chair, Candace Dickinson.
About Candace Dickinson
Candace Dickinson, soprano, received her Master of Music degree in Voice Performance from the University of Colorado in Boulder, CO where she studied with Julie Simson. She also holds a Bachelor of Music degree in Voice performance from Converse College where she studied with Dr. Beverly Hay. Candace made her professional debut as Hermione in Strauss’ Die Ägyptische Helena at the Santa Fe Opera in 2001 where she later returned as a guest artist in Gilbert and Sullivan’s Pirates of Penzance. She has worked with such conductors and as Alan Gilbert and Martin Isepp. Her opera roles include Nannetta in Verdi’s Falstaff, Barbarina in Marriage of Figaro, Micaëla in Bizet’s Carmen, and Lia in L’Enfant Prodigue by Debussy. Her concert work includes being the soprano soloist for Faure’s Requiem, Bruckner’s Te Deum, and John Rutter’s The Mass of the Children. Regionally, she has performed with the Opera Company of North Carolina, the Greater Anderson Musical Arts Consortium, The Greenville Chorale, The Foothills Philharmonic, The Greenville Pops Orchestra, The Augusta Choral Society, and GLOW. In addition to being a singer and a singing teacher, Candace is also a voice for the actor instructor and she studied with Patsy Rodenburg at Michael Howard Studios in New York City where she completed all levels of Shakespeare’s Heightened Language workshops taught by Rodenburg. She frequently performs in recital and in collaboration with other musicians. She serves on the faculty of the Drama Department at the South Carolina Governor’s School for Arts and Humanities in Greenville, SC.
Join South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities as we take a journey into creative writing through poetry, nonfiction text and short essays, giving students a space to expand their writing skills. This month’s resource is focused on exploring the stories of our everyday lives through poetry, nonfiction text and short essays, giving students a space to expand their creative writing skills. Learn more.
Join South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities as we take a journey into how a play moves from script to stage. This month’s resource includes materials to lead students to explore script writing and what it takes to bring a script to life on the stage. Learn More.
Join South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities as we take a journey through careers in the arts. This month’s resource includes materials to help you navigate Creative Careers Studios (created by the SC Arts Commission). Learn More.
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