High School Students Perform on Wesleyan’s Steel Drums

Olivia DrakeJuly 14, 20093min
Center for Creative Youth (CCY) students enrolled in a music program performed a concert July 10 behind North College.
Center for Creative Youth (CCY) students enrolled in a music program performed a concert July 10 behind North College.

CCY offers talented high school students five weeks of intensive study in the arts at Wesleyan. The program is sponsored by Wesleyan's Graduate Liberal Studies Program and Wesleyan's Center for the Arts.
CCY offers talented high school students five weeks of intensive study in the arts at Wesleyan. The program is sponsored by Wesleyan's Graduate Liberal Studies Program and Wesleyan's Center for the Arts. Pictured at left, Peter Hadley, private lessons teacher, taught the CCY students how to play steel drums in two weeks. Other CCY students learned problem-solving skills in instrumental and vocal music, theater, musical theater, technical theater, creative writing, dance, filmmaking and visual arts.
Pictured at left, Peter Hadley, private lessons teacher, taught the CCY students how to play steel drums in two weeks. Other CCY students learned problem-solving skills in instrumental and vocal music, theater, musical theater, technical theater, creative writing, dance, filmmaking and visual arts.
Pictured at left, Peter Hadley, private lessons teacher, taught the CCY students how to play steel drums in two weeks. Other CCY students learned problem-solving skills in instrumental and vocal music, theater, musical theater, technical theater, creative writing, dance, filmmaking and visual arts. The CCY program emphasizes multicultural and interdisciplinary learning, critical thinking and leadership. (Photos by Olivia Bartlett Drake)