Many of our faculty members tour extensively, throughout the United States, and abroad. A group piano class, utilizing Yamaha electronic keyboards, is also offered. Voice is offered through a group voice class and private lessons to students aged 10 and older. All private music students are required to take Ear Training and Musicianship classes to enrich and complement their individual studies. The Preparatory Center Chorus is open to all registered Prep Center students over the age of 8.
Work includes stage movement, script work, improvisation, musical theater, mime.
Each semester students from all disciplines, and outside the school, are invited to audition for a Theater Performance Workshop, a ten-week rehearsal period leading to a staged, costumed production. Recent performances have included Little Women, The Jungle Book, and Many Moons. The Advanced Dance Program is offered by invitation of the dance coordinator to those students who show exceptional promise. In addition to refining ballet and modern dance techniques already studied, students are introduced to advanced techniques, such as dancing en pointe, and to specific dance styles and forms, a recent example of which was the setting of a Paul Taylor piece by members of the Taylor Company. The emphasis of the dance faculty is on teaching a firm grounding in technique as an ongoing process.