Students are encouraged to participate in festivals both as soloists and in small ensembles. The String Quartet and Jazz Band are co-curricular opportunities available to students in the Orchestra and the Symphony Band classes by audition or by instructor. Musicals are a combined production of the Department. The full-length play in the fall is directed by the theatre instructor. When a musical is produced, rehearsals are balanced among in-class, afternoon and evening rehearsals.
Auditions are open to all students.
All students enrolled in Performing Arts classes are expected to participate actively in classroom rehearsals and perform the dance, music and theatrical selections that are asked of them by the faculty. Plays, vocal and instrumental music, and musical accompaniments for dances are selected primarily for the quality of the literature.