TAPstravaganza 2024 provides an evening to remember
Tiger Arts Patrons welcomed over 200 guests, performers, and faculty to celebrate USN's visual and performing arts.
By Melissa Flatt, TAP Co-Chair
TAPstravaganza 2024 was a black-tie affair.
Incredible student visual art pieces? Check.
Outstanding student performance pieces from our youngest Lower School performers to our graduating seniors? Check.
TAP Co-Chair Ritu Joseph who keeps everything together and without whom nothing would be possible? Check.
Amazing food provided by our Cafeterial Manager Kelly Mozzi and SAGE Dining Services? Check.
Real-time painting demonstrated by Art Teachers Trent Boysen, Christopher Cheney, and Andy King? Check.
Faculty number to start the celebration with Middle School Theater Director Bakari King, Bethany DiSantis, Band Director Kyle Barboza, John Westberry, Band Teacher Miranda Vargo? Check.
Technical prowess demonstrated by Technical Theater Director Jim Manning, Chis Haynes ’24, and Ash Weinman ’26? Check.
Fantastic supportive audience turnout? Check.
TAPstravaganza was an evening to remember. Thank you to all the faculty, students, administration, staff, parents, and volunteers who made TAPstravaganza possible. We at TAP (that’s Tiger Arts Patrons, the USN equivalent of a booster club for visual and performing arts) are so happy to have been a part of this year’s TAPstravaganza celebration. The arts impact so many of us throughout our school community, and we are proud to celebrate them.
Former Tiger athletes Mahoney Daunic ’24 and Cameron Wooten ’23 explained the athletic recruiting process with student-athletes during a recent virtual lunch and learn in Payne Library Room.
During a fun, cross-division lesson, students from HS History Teacher Ayesha Nawaz’s class came together to tell the story of Native American displacement to Social Studies Teacher Connie Fink’s fifth graders.
Chris Carrabba, legendary artist and father to USN students Caden ‘27 and Alexa ‘29, will perform an acoustic set on Saturday, March 29 for Music Night, our annual adult-only concert in Durnan Auditorium. Tickets are available now for this fundraiser, which supports the arts and athletics at USN.
USN Mission: University School of Nashville models the best educational practices. In an environment that represents the cultural and ethnic composition of Metropolitan Nashville, USN fosters each student’s intellectual, artistic, and athletic potential, valuing and inspiring integrity, creative expression, a love of learning, and the pursuit of excellence.