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Bruise Violet's new album, Trophy Wife, has five new tracks.

Bruise Violet blends individually composed songs in new album

Isabel Saavedra-Weis, RubicOnline Editor April 24, 2017
Local band Bruise Violet's new album, Trophy Wife, contains loud and passionate songs that align with previous albums.
PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT. Senior Emily Schoonover held daily practices in the wind's room with other members of the band to rehearse the songs that would be added. "I arranged the pieces and I wrote out sheet music for everyone. I'd say I worked about five hours a day on it," Schoonover said.

Schoonover composes new music for As You Like It

Jenny Sogin, The Rubicon Editor November 22, 2016
Senior Emily Schoonover composed and adapted music for the fall play, As You Like It.
Senior Speech Illustrations: Week 1

Senior Speech Illustrations: Week 1

Iya Abdulkarim, The Rubicon Editor September 15, 2016
The first four senior speech illustrations of the Class of 2017
JUNIOR EMILY SCHOONOVER plays grunge punk songs at a recent concert with bandmates Bella Dawson and Danielle Cusack. Bruise Violet, a teenage punk rock band, formed in late 2013. "Usually, we sing about feminism or anything that makes us angry," Schoonover said.

Bruise Violet fuses punk rock and heavy metal

Gitanjali Raman, Online Managing Editor March 12, 2016
Junior Emily Schoonover sings and plays guitar for punk rock band - Bruise Violet.
“One time, I really had to fart. But we were in the middle of a test, and the room was completely quiet. So I’m asking [myself], ‘what do I do?’ and I decided - I had a really gigantic textbook next to me - and I decided that if I dropped the textbook at the same time that I farted, no one would hear me. My timing was off,” junior Emily Schoonover said.

Humans of SPA: Emily Schoonover

Meghan Joyce, Chief Visual Editor October 23, 2015

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Construction on the Randolph Campus continues during the school day. "I'm really pumped to have a theater," Schoonover said. Schoonover is a member of SPA's drama program and, like her fellow actors, looks forward to performing in SPA's very own theater.

Construction Transforms Randolph Campus

Paul Watkins, Science and Technology Editor October 6, 2014

Looking out toward the Lily courtyard, the view of rubble, accented by bright-yellow cranes, dominates the scene. At Saint Paul Academy and Summit School, it becomes impossible to not let the construction...

On stage at Lollapalloza, sophomore Emily Schoonover (third from right) poses with members of the band Portugal. The Man and other artists that she had met on tour.

Schoonover takes the stage at Lollapalloza

Mari Knudson, In Depth Editor October 6, 2014

It’s not uncommon for students to feel nervous giving their senior speeches before the entire school, but imagine giving your speech in front of 100,000 people. Sophomore musician Emily Schoonover can...

Freshman Emily Schoonover performs in the music program School of Rock. She competed in a national competition for a part in the program's All Stars Tour. “I think about 24,000 people from across America tried out," she said.

Freshman Emily Schoonover will perform at Lollapalooza

Gita Raman, Feature Editor April 24, 2014

Lollapalooza, possibly the Midwest’s biggest music festival, is about receive one of St. Paul Academy and Summit School’s talented singers, freshman Emily Schoonover. Lollapalooza has a current...

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