Students will participate in projects focused on mediums such as drawing, painting, sculpture and mixed media. This class explores a variety of mediums such as painting, sculpture and mixed media. Students are given creative freedom to express themselves artistically and have the opportunity to showcase their work on campus. Their work is showcased in campus-wide recitals. Guitar lessons are also available and are instructed by classical guitarist, David Markel.
Musical theatre continues to be a central focus of the music department.
Classes concentrate on sight reading, rhythm, choral and solo singing, auditioning, stage character development through harmonic analysis and musical theatre history. An experiential study of the art form called Cabaret. Students create their own acts, first finding a core that the act will rest on and then discovering material that brings that core to life. Some of the topics covered in class are song selection and placement, working with an arranger, the intimacy of the performer-audience relationship, writing patter, the connective tissue between songs and numbers and microphone technique. Students hone their acts by working in front of each other and finally, with a director.