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In the 2008/2009 school year the Milwaukee High School of the Arts piloted a cultural exchange program with Thurston Community College in Suffolk, England. MHSA students worked diligently on a theatre piece and fundraising for their exchange trip to England in November 2008, where they performed. In April the TCC students did the same for their exchange in Milwaukee. The program was such a success we plan on building an international collaborative project for student to enjoy for many years to come.

This school year a group of students from various arts discipline in MHSA will create a new musical work around the idea of “Change.”

This new musical piece will first be aired in Fall 2009 at MHSA. The students will then bring the work to Suffolk, England. They will work with their England counterparts to expand and further develop the piece.

In the Spring of 2010, the TCC students will travel to Milwaukee to perform the expanded piece.

MHSA students traveling will stay with English families, attend classes at the English high school, study with English Theatre companies and experience the history and culture of London on a visit to the capital city. English students will do the same when here in Milwaukee.