Orchestra winds and percussion are selected by the director from one of the school bands for the spring Full Orchestra. Attendance at extra rehearsals and all performances will be required. This is the most advanced of the ensembles and is designed for the student who is a highly competent performer. The student is challenged by music of the highest caliber, requiring more sophisticated understanding of complex rhythms, all key signatures, musical terminology, ensemble skills, and extra effort on the part of the student. Wind Ensemble is a major performing ensemble, and participation in concerts, festivals and assemblies is required.
Audition is required.
Photography Photography courses may be used to meet the Fine Arts requirement. This program emphasizes the fundamentals of photography, cameras, exposure meters, films, papers, and enlarging. A limited number of school owned cameras are available. This course serves as job entry training, presenting advanced instruction in photographic techniques currently used in the graphics field. Emphasis is placed on design, camera preparation, posterization, negative and positive solarization, tabletop shots, product shots, reticulation, making graphic arts negatives, line prints, photo montage, high contrast, lights for portraiture, distortion, computer graphics, color photography, and digital camera prints.