Performing Arts
Lower School
Orff Schulwerk is at the core of our comprehensive general music program in the Lower School. Active listening, movement, singing, and playing instruments are various ways students engage with music. Discovery, exploration, and improvisation are at the heart of what we do, encouraging and guiding students to develop an appreciation for beauty, awareness of culture, and understanding of music as a vehicle for self-expression and an essential element of community.
Middle School
Our Middle School offers Band, Orchestra, Chorus, and Drama as part of the curricular programming. Additional extracurricular opportunities throughout the year include two dramatic productions and lessons through the Adjunct Music Program (AMP). With the consistent presence of artistry, creativity, sensitivity, teamwork, and responsibility through their arts education, students not only develop skills but build noble character traits. Participation in an ensemble or a drama production results in many intangible benefits.
Upper School
Our Upper School offers many options for our girls to explore and experience they performing arts. They may choose to participate in a Band, Orchestra, Chorus, and Drama, or extracurriculars like Step Team or A Cappella, in addition to music ministry. We offer classes in Technical Theater, where students learn to run the tech booth and work in the scene and costume shops in the Cokie Boggs Roberts '60 Theater. The performing arts allow for countless opportunities to celebrate creativity. Many students often try something for the first time and discover a new passion.
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