Woodlands Academy Hosts Free Fine Arts Evening May 18

Lake Forest, Ill. – An evening to enjoy student drawing, painting, ceramics and photography exhibits, along with Spring Concert performances by the school’s choirs and orchestra following the music department’s outstanding achievements at the recent WorldStrides OnStage Heritage Festival in Seattle, is in store at Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart’s annual Fine Arts Evening. This end-of-the-year celebration of the arts, which is open to the public free of charge, takes place Friday, May 18, from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at the all-girls’ college-prep high school, 760 E. Westleigh Road, Lake Forest.

The evening begins with a student art exhibition and reception at 6 p.m. and includes the Spring Concert at 7 p.m.

The concert, in the Chapel of the Sacred Heart, will feature the music performed by the Microscope and Kaleidoscope choirs and Symphonic Orchestra at the Seattle competition April 21-23, plus more. The honors won by Woodlands Academy at this event include the coveted Sweepstakes/Total Program trophy for best music department based on the combined scores of all three of the school’s participating groups. It’s the third time in the last five years that Woodlands musicians have brought home this top prize from a WorldStrides OnStage Heritage Festival.

For more information about Fine Arts Evening visit www.woodlandsacademy.org. or call 847-234-4300.

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Founded in 1858, Woodlands Academy is an independent Catholic college preparatory day and boarding high school for young women. It’s part of a worldwide network of Sacred Heart Schools that spans the United States and 40 other countries. A nonprofit, Woodlands Academy’s identity is rooted in Saint Madeleine Sophie Barat’s desire to inspire young hearts and minds to excel, to lead lives of integrity and to serve. For more information about Woodlands Academy, please visit www.woodlandsacademy.org