Your guide to some of Hillsdale's artistic elite
Casey Cheney
Issue date: 9/4/08 Section: Features
Sarah Paye
Senior Sarah Paye didn't have to think hard or long before she decided to major in music.
She has played violin since she was 4, so the decision came naturally to her to pursue her violin studies at Hillsdale College, she said. Paye has a passion for music.
She said she did not have to ponder long before deciding to be a music major. Faculty recognized her prowess immediately, pushing her into ensembles even before she set foot on campus. She now leads the campus orchestra, standing before the assembled musicians at each performance as first violin.
Paye speaks highly of the professors who have influenced her musical career.
Her face glows as she mentions professors Melissa Knecht, Renee Clark, and James Holleman.
Not only do these professors encourage her growth in music, but, she said, they are also interested and support her personal life.
A member of both the Hillsdale College/Community Symphony Orchestra and the first violinist in the Paye Quartet. She plays for the Hillsdale College Orchestra under Holleman, is a member of the Paye Quartet, and has earned the Hames Memorial Scholarship for music students.
Paye's dreams for her future are dreams to play in a larger symphony, raise a family and teach music to children.
"I want to help kids understand and appreciate music," Paye said.
She has realized some of those dreams already, she said, since she teaches at least sixteen music students weekly.
Paye plans to enjoy her senior year by being less busy and avoiding mono, which plagued her twice last year.
Betsy Stone
Jell-O may just be the key to Senior Betsy Stone's stage prowess. She has been acting since she scored a spot in the jiggly food's commercial when she was 5.
Through childhood, her mother made sure she participated in acting camps and community theatre. In May, Stone will graduate as a theatre major.
Of the shows she has acted in at Hillsdale, "Zombie Prom" ranks as her favorite production, she said.
"I've never had so much fun," she said.
Although Stone has acted in seven plays at Hillsdale - taking the lead in at least one - she has diversified her time in other ways.
She is a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority, and volunteers and participates in Alpha Psi Omega, the theatre honorary.
Stone says thinks people don't appreciate the college's theatre program is underrated enough and said more students should come to Hillsdale to study theatre because the faculty believes in their students.
Stone has participated in seven plays, taking the lead role in at least one to enthusiastic and repeated cheers from audiences for her vibrant performances.
When she graduates, Stone said she plans on finding an acting job wherever she can find one and possibly having a family one day. Of course, she'd also like to "tour, do musicals and live like a gypsy."
Tricia Schoon
Senior art major Tricia Schoon wears her love of art on her sleeve. And on her buttons. And hanging from her ears.
Her passion for art becomes evident when she begins talking about art - it's one of her favorite things to talk about - and when she wears her swinging artsy earrings or her peasant jacket with large artsy buttons down the front.
Schoon loves talking about art and describes the elements of her major as something that connects to her thoughts and life.
"Art reflects life," Schoon said.
Apart from the 19 credits on average she takes each semester - to get the most out of what she says is an exceptional education - and the time spent in the studio, Schoon also enjoys singing jazz, photography, sewing formal gowns, and conversing deeply with friends, she said.
Schoon loves talking about art most of all and describes the elements of her major as something that connects to her thoughts and life.
Her style reflects the art she is daily surrounded by…her big earrings with artsy designs swing back and forth as she talks. Your eyes are drawn to the large dramatic buttons on her peasant jacket. Her eyes sparkle as she tells her personal connection with each artist she studies. Their art, she says, tells her what they were like.
This year, Schoon expects to expand her art portfolio. And where will her art take her in the future?
"Hopefully not a cardboard box," Schoon said, and to receive many rejection letters.
Take a closer look
Aug. 25 - Sept. 14: Patric Fourshé Art Exhibit, Daughtery Gallery in Sage Center for the Arts.
Sept. 6: Interactive live entertainment performs at Los Mariachis Mexican Food, 394 W. Chicago St., Jonesville. (866) 920-5202. Evening, $3 at the door.
Sept. 13: Award-winning composer and pianist Geri Allen plays jazz. Markel Auditorium in Sage Center for the Arts. 8 p.m.
Sept. 20: Fall festival, Slayton Arboretum. 1-3 p.m.
Sept. 21: Artist reception for James Langley, Georgia artist reviving classical realism in art. Daughtery Gallery in Sage Center for the Arts. 2-4 p.m. with artist lecture at 3 p.m. in the Hames Memorial Room in Sage Center for the Arts.
Sept. 21 - Oct. 29: "Soul and Image: Artwork of James Langley," Daughtery Gallery in Sage Center for the Arts.
Sept. 21 - Sept. 27: Hillsdale County Fair: "We've Got a Good Thing Growin'." Hillsdale County fairgrounds, 115 S. Broad Street on Michigan-99.
Sept. 23: Hillsdale College Big Band performs at the Hillsdale County fairgrounds, 115 S. Broad Street on M-99. 6-8 p.m.
Senior Sarah Paye didn't have to think hard or long before she decided to major in music.
She has played violin since she was 4, so the decision came naturally to her to pursue her violin studies at Hillsdale College, she said. Paye has a passion for music.
She said she did not have to ponder long before deciding to be a music major. Faculty recognized her prowess immediately, pushing her into ensembles even before she set foot on campus. She now leads the campus orchestra, standing before the assembled musicians at each performance as first violin.
Paye speaks highly of the professors who have influenced her musical career.
Her face glows as she mentions professors Melissa Knecht, Renee Clark, and James Holleman.
Not only do these professors encourage her growth in music, but, she said, they are also interested and support her personal life.
A member of both the Hillsdale College/Community Symphony Orchestra and the first violinist in the Paye Quartet. She plays for the Hillsdale College Orchestra under Holleman, is a member of the Paye Quartet, and has earned the Hames Memorial Scholarship for music students.
Paye's dreams for her future are dreams to play in a larger symphony, raise a family and teach music to children.
"I want to help kids understand and appreciate music," Paye said.
She has realized some of those dreams already, she said, since she teaches at least sixteen music students weekly.
Paye plans to enjoy her senior year by being less busy and avoiding mono, which plagued her twice last year.
Betsy Stone
Jell-O may just be the key to Senior Betsy Stone's stage prowess. She has been acting since she scored a spot in the jiggly food's commercial when she was 5.
Through childhood, her mother made sure she participated in acting camps and community theatre. In May, Stone will graduate as a theatre major.
Of the shows she has acted in at Hillsdale, "Zombie Prom" ranks as her favorite production, she said.
"I've never had so much fun," she said.
Although Stone has acted in seven plays at Hillsdale - taking the lead in at least one - she has diversified her time in other ways.
She is a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority, and volunteers and participates in Alpha Psi Omega, the theatre honorary.
Stone says thinks people don't appreciate the college's theatre program is underrated enough and said more students should come to Hillsdale to study theatre because the faculty believes in their students.
Stone has participated in seven plays, taking the lead role in at least one to enthusiastic and repeated cheers from audiences for her vibrant performances.
When she graduates, Stone said she plans on finding an acting job wherever she can find one and possibly having a family one day. Of course, she'd also like to "tour, do musicals and live like a gypsy."
Tricia Schoon
Senior art major Tricia Schoon wears her love of art on her sleeve. And on her buttons. And hanging from her ears.
Her passion for art becomes evident when she begins talking about art - it's one of her favorite things to talk about - and when she wears her swinging artsy earrings or her peasant jacket with large artsy buttons down the front.
Schoon loves talking about art and describes the elements of her major as something that connects to her thoughts and life.
"Art reflects life," Schoon said.
Apart from the 19 credits on average she takes each semester - to get the most out of what she says is an exceptional education - and the time spent in the studio, Schoon also enjoys singing jazz, photography, sewing formal gowns, and conversing deeply with friends, she said.
Schoon loves talking about art most of all and describes the elements of her major as something that connects to her thoughts and life.
Her style reflects the art she is daily surrounded by…her big earrings with artsy designs swing back and forth as she talks. Your eyes are drawn to the large dramatic buttons on her peasant jacket. Her eyes sparkle as she tells her personal connection with each artist she studies. Their art, she says, tells her what they were like.
This year, Schoon expects to expand her art portfolio. And where will her art take her in the future?
"Hopefully not a cardboard box," Schoon said, and to receive many rejection letters.
Take a closer look
Aug. 25 - Sept. 14: Patric Fourshé Art Exhibit, Daughtery Gallery in Sage Center for the Arts.
Sept. 6: Interactive live entertainment performs at Los Mariachis Mexican Food, 394 W. Chicago St., Jonesville. (866) 920-5202. Evening, $3 at the door.
Sept. 13: Award-winning composer and pianist Geri Allen plays jazz. Markel Auditorium in Sage Center for the Arts. 8 p.m.
Sept. 20: Fall festival, Slayton Arboretum. 1-3 p.m.
Sept. 21: Artist reception for James Langley, Georgia artist reviving classical realism in art. Daughtery Gallery in Sage Center for the Arts. 2-4 p.m. with artist lecture at 3 p.m. in the Hames Memorial Room in Sage Center for the Arts.
Sept. 21 - Oct. 29: "Soul and Image: Artwork of James Langley," Daughtery Gallery in Sage Center for the Arts.
Sept. 21 - Sept. 27: Hillsdale County Fair: "We've Got a Good Thing Growin'." Hillsdale County fairgrounds, 115 S. Broad Street on Michigan-99.
Sept. 23: Hillsdale College Big Band performs at the Hillsdale County fairgrounds, 115 S. Broad Street on M-99. 6-8 p.m.
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