Alumni Giving Challenge

Welcome to the Governor's School Alumni Advisory Council’s 2023 Guest Artists Fund Challenge!

Do you remember working with or watching a guest artist perform at the Governor's School? It was likely exciting and incredibly inspiring. As of today, it costs approximately $3,000 on average for the Governor's School to host only one guest artist for its students. One. This amount typically covers travel, lodging, and food for the guest artist. As Governor's School alumni, our goal is to collectively raise $3,000 by the end of the 2023-24 school year, to formally host the alumni's first sponsored guest artist.

The first 10 contributors will receive Governor's School memorabilia and have the opportunity to attend a virtual chat with the guest artist who is selected. Thank you for helping Governor's School alumni to meet this charge, and let’s meet this moment together!

Sincerely,

Current Alumni Advisory Council Members

P.S. - For a trip down memory lane, scroll down below to see some of the past guest artists sponsored by the Governor's School Foundation!

Please fill out the form below to impact today's students in the way you were impacted! Also, consider making this a monthly donation to show your support of the Governor's School year-round!

Gifts can also be mailed to:
SCGSAH Foundation
P.O. Box 8458
Greenville, SC 29604

Contact Us

Help us continue to create extraordinary experiences for our students!

For more information regarding Giving and the Foundation, please contact Jared Martin @ 864.271.8808. For more information regarding Alumni, please contact Anna King @ 864.282.3724.

Christopher's Impact:

Mr. Martin is the Principal Trumpet of the New York Philharmonic. He spoke from the practice room in his New York apartment where he maintains his skills and prepares for rehearsals and performances. Mr. Martin offered insights into the demands—both physical and mental—on a professional musician in a principal position of a major orchestra.

Jasminn's Impact:

Drama alum ('12) Jasminn Johnson joined us as artist-in-residence for the second time this school year and directed the Studio 4 presentation "2020 Unmasked: A Character Transformation Project." Ms. Johnson graduated from Juilliard and is an actor, teacher, and writer in New York. She made her Off-Broadway debut with the Keen Company in "Blues for an Alabama Sky." Other recent credits include "Viola in Twelfth Night" (Shakespeare on the Sound), "The Politician” (Netflix), and "Ruby in Seven Guitars" (The Juilliard School). As a teacher, Ms. Johnson has worked with students all over New York City.

Rosa's Impact:

Ms. Mercedes is recognized for her expertise in all the styles of Spanish dance, including flamenco, bolera school, folklore and classical Spanish dance. Hailed by Dance Magazine as “a virtuoso”, she has performed throughout the United States, Europe, South America and Canada as soloist and principal dancer with companies including Maria Benitez Teatro Flamenco, Compañía Flamenca de Carmen Cortes, Ballet Español de Lucia Real y El Camborio, Ballet Español de Madrid, Zorongo Flamenco Dance Theatre and Segovia Ballet Español.

Garth's Impact:

Tony-winning choreographer, Garth Fagan! Mr. Fagan is the founder and artistic director of the internationally acclaimed Garth Fagan Dance in Rochester, NY and the mastermind behind every movement on stage in Disney's Broadway musical, "The Lion King."

Kathleen's Impact:

The Music Department was delighted to host pianist, opera coach, conductor, teacher, and writer Kathleen Kelly for a Zoom discussion on Social Considerations in the Field of Opera.
In lieu of payment, Ms. Kelly requested that we make a donation to the Artist Relief Tree, an organization that is providing financial relief to artists during the pandemic.

Jarell Howard Rochelle's Impact:

Mr. Rochelle led a Hip Hop class with our junior dancers. He is a visual movement artist, actor, and inspirational speaker. Artistic credits include being a featured performer on FOX's hit TV show, So You Think You Can Dance as a two-time Vegas finalist for seasons 9 and 10.

Laurie's Impact:

Laurie Anderson known primarily for her multimedia presentations, has cast herself in roles as varied as avant-garde artist, composer, musician and film director. During her two-day residency at the Governor's School, she spent time with students in the classroom, lead school-wide artist talks, and provide a free public reading of her latest book.

Rita's Impact:

Poet Rita Dove was the first African American to serve as Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress and the second African American to win the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. Ms. Dove was also the Governor’s School’s inaugural Presidential Guest Artist in March of 2018, where she spent two days with our community, leading master classes and giving readings from her latest collection of poems.

Progress toward our goal:

21 alumni gifts totaling $1,222 so far!