An Academy divided

Dear Mr. Acciani,

I apologize so very much if this letter troubles, or even insults the academy in anyway, but I have found a certain flaw that seems to stick out. I know, the academy just started, I should be giving you time, but when the instrumental division of the academy flourishes, I wonder about the other two divisions; drama and choir.


I'm not saying that you aren't doing a good job with the academy, you are. I know that you are working hard but I worry about the other divisions. I don't feel that the focus is being distributed evenly throughout the Academy.

Yes, the academy has just started, Mr. A, but that doesn’t mean that the academy should start off unbalanced. I have been told by an Academy recommended student that the Choir and Drama divisions may not even start next year. It confuses and bewilders my mind that only the instrumental division is being nurtured and the others ignored.

This flaw causes fear in me a little. My fear is that this problem will create MISCOMMUNICATION between the divisions. In my perspective, by launching the success of the other divisions a year behind our division will only cause hate, division and dysfunction.

I still remember what Doug Yeo from the Boston Symphony said to us back in Boston during the clinic, and so many other clinicians have told us, “You kids are the future of music”. We need to preserve not only music but the other fine arts; choir and drama. Mr. A, this isn’t a matter only for the academy but for the future of fine arts. For many years the divisions of the fine arts seemed to be competing with each other rather than working with each other. Isn’t the fine arts a source of communication, if we, the future of the fine arts are divided, how are we preserving the fine arts in the world?

I want our other divisions to flourish just like the music division, I'd be willing to help in this process, in any way. I want the academy to be balanced, after all, don't we all want to prove we're way better than OCHSA or LACHSA anyways? If you find a way to get the Choir and Drama more involved this year, tell me. As a musician I feel that the communication and connection with the other divisions is more important than the communication with our division alone. Why? One doesn't truly know his or her own fine arts unless they can come to understand the other arts around them. Thats my opinion in this argument at least.

if we understand the others around us, and know their problems. Can't it be applied to our division? Its beneficial to us also, by making us better people, to know how to communicate with someone who sees art in a different perspective.

I will be glad to be of help in any circumstance. Also, I have ideas to get them involved currently if you can't exactly ensure their success this year. I want the other divisions involved in the arts academy in someway. However, if the two divisions aren’t able to being this year, I don’t think its best you call it a fine arts academy until we do have all the divisions. Next year, if we do not have all the divisions, then we should call it the Music Academy until the others begin.

Yell at me, do whatever you want, but this letter is for the sake of the fine arts. So I ask of you to please nurture and nourish the other two divisions that are from the same artistic world as us, yet, they see it so differently.

Sincerely, your academy students of the music and drama divisions,




Lea and Melissa