![]() His performances have been broadcast on Public Radio International “Pipe Dreams” and WCBU “Pipes on the Prairie.” Bowie is currently the director of sacred music and organist at the Church of St. Convention, Baltimore Mississippi AGO Chapter Bach Society, Baltimore Loyola University Chamber Orchestra and the Gettysburg Lutheran Theological Seminary. Peter’s Cathedral, Germany Washington National Cathedral Round Lake Auditorium, New York National O.H.S. ![]() ![]() Bowie has performed in many venues, including the Alexandra Palace, London Chartres Cathedral, France Abbey of St. His church music career began in 1964, studying organ with Adelaide White, and then continued with Margaret Sayre and Rachel Mahue at Bradley University School of Music. Mary and accompanist for the Vocal Music Department at Woodruff High School. A native of Peoria, IL, he was director of sacred music and organist for the Cathedral of St. ![]() Lawrence Bowie has been an accompanist for BSA since 1987. She and her husband have 2 children, Aiden and Max. Leah holds her certification in Progressing Ballet Technique (PBT) and Progressing Contemporary Technique (PCT) and is very excited to share this innovative technique with our students here at BSA. She is the former Company Managing Director of Jenny’s Dance Centre in Libertyville, IL and is a national award winning teacher and choreographer for JDC’s performance company. Leah was also a featured member of Cerqua Rivera Dance Theatre where she was appointed Dancer Liaison and Co-Rehearsal Director. Upon graduating with a BFA in Dance, she relocated to Chicago where she performed with Impetus Dance Theatre, Instruments of Movement, Chicago Dance Crash, and Jay-son Tisa Dance Company. She was a featured member of the U of A Dance Ensemble and was awarded both the Kenneth Comstock Award and the Jay & Betty Citron Award for Outstanding Talent. She was fortunate to receive a scholarship to study dance at the University of Arizona and studied under the guidance of Amy Ernst, Susan Quinn Williams, Melissa Lowe, Michael Williams, and Sam Watson. Leah Allen is originally from Schaller, IA and began her dance training under the direction of Tina McMurray studying ballet, tap, and jazz. She has served as a Faculty member of BSA’s Dance Department for over 10 years, teaching Modern and Ballet at a pre-professional level, before accepting the position of BSA Dance Department Head in the fall of 2022. She was the Program Manager of the TWIGS program at Baltimore School for the Arts for nearly 12 years, for which she has also taught Ballet, Pointe and Modern to middle-school aged dancers in the TWIGS Dance Program. Iris has also taught at Towson University as an adjunct Ballet professor for undergraduate dance majors and for Towson University Community Dance for youth and adults. Locally, she has performed with Bowen McCauley Dance, the Campbell Dance Experience and the Harford Ballet. Upon returning to Baltimore, Iris received first place for her work in Howard County Ballet’s Young Choreographer’s Showcase in April 2011. From 2004 – 2011 she danced with the Francisco Martinez Dancetheatre in both concert and outreach performances throughout Southern California. In her professional career in Los Angeles, California, Iris danced with the Pasadena Dance Theatre from 2003 to 2011, performing new works by choreographers that included Laurence Blake, Cynthia Young, Leslie Carothers, Scott Putnam, Bill Evans, Andre Tyson, Jeffrey Gerodias, Jodi Gates and Glenn Edgerton. She performed works by Laurence Blake, Douglas Nielsen, Tina Yuan Lems, Martha Graham, Liz Maxwell, and Francesca Penzani among others and participated in internationally broadcast Calarts/MIT fashion show collaboration featuring technology and the arts in live performance at the Beverly Hills Hilton. She has trained with the Eglevsky Ballet, the Washington Ballet, and the Ailey School.ĭuring her four years at California Institute of the Arts, she was nominated for the Princess Grace Award and studied abroad in England at the London Contemporary Dance School. While attending Baltimore School for the Arts she studied under Norma Pera, Debra Robinson Deckelbaum, Sandra Lacey, Sandra Fortune, Stephanie Powell, Edward Stewart, and Anton Wilson. Her training began at the Peabody Preparatory Institute with Dale Senhert, followed by Caryl Maxwell Classical Ballet with Caryl Maxwell and Caroline Denzler, and then Kinetics Dance Theatre with Dottie Fried and Donna Pidel. ![]() Iris Andersen Grizzell is a graduate of the Baltimore School for the Arts and holds a BFA in Dance from the California Institute of the Arts. ![]()
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