Striking a chord
Inaugural music composition competition brings student-created music to center stage.
"I remember a frozen scene some 45 years ago: long, strong striding with a good pal into the great beyond of a glassy, black-iced lake..."
Peter Anderson, 2015-16 Bennett Fellow
"When it comes to building relationships, I don’t know what tool is more powerful than communal singing.”
Instructor Kristofer Johnson
"If you stick with it, there is some measure of success to be had in just being committed to your art."
Paul Outlaw '74
"We saw that journalists had a social and political purpose and could make a difference."
Linc Caplan '68
"I write pretty dark books — but this one is very light-spattered despite all the trouble and grief — it's kind of a square dance compared to the books I usually write.
Charlie Smith '65
"The opportunity to take classes with people who really are passionate about their work was transformative.”
Michael Socolow '87
"One reason I predetermine what happens in a story before I start a novel is because, once I start writing, I only want to be thinking of the language."
John Irving '61
"People’s imperfections really come out, but that’s what gives a performance or art a lot more significance."
Charis '17
“You have to come up with inventive ways of doing things, because no show ever has enough of a budget to do everything ... ."
Stewart A. Lyons '69
"... if you only see one sentence into the future, then you can keep the faith."
Kirstin Valdez Quade '98
“Artists are essential to every conversation about social innovation.”
Laura Callanan '83
"It inspires me when I see good writing from young people ... ."
Instructor Willie Perdomo
The Goel Center
The David E. and Stacey L. Goel Center for Theater and Dance has elevated Exeter’s performing arts to a whole new level.