Several characteristics make the Arts Conservatory unique. It offers a truly interdisciplinary approach to arts education. The Conservatory embraces the philosophy that the student must first understand the process of creating art. Students are given the tools to understand how to create. In all five programs, they consistently work on the techniques and skills of painting, drawing, singing, dancing, acting, playing an instrument, or playwriting.
Students perform in new works and previously published plays.
Playwriting The Student Playwriting Program is developed to nurture 12 young writers and to provide a solid foundation for both stage plays and film. The curriculum consists of classes in elements of scriptwriting, film analysis, screenplay development, and film and play labs. Students have public readings of their works. Choral Program Sixteen singers study repertoire from Gregorian chant through the twentieth-century period. The curriculum consists of classes in theory and composition, handbell choir, vocal master class, choir rehearsals, and acting and movement for the singer.