The performing arts are among the richest and most far-reaching expressions of human creativity, achievement and communication -- from people to people, culture-to-culture and age-to-age. It is the aim of the Performing Arts Department to connect the student to these expressions as they apply to music and theater. This highly collaborative process is realized both in the studio during the school day and in extracurricular life after school.
Music
Music is the most intangible of the arts; yet it has expressed and contributed to the formation of cultures past and present. In the courses described below, students work toward an articulate understanding of music through examination of its language. They become better able to interpret its emotional impact. But, more importantly, they attempt to grasp not only how music is a creative art for composer, performer, and listener, but also what theoretical disciplines and aesthetic laws shape it.
Theater
From classic dramas to contemporary musicals, the Abbey Players provide ambitious students with an exciting outlet for creative expression through three productions each year. Working on either side of the curtain, students learn about the immediate but indelible nature of this most collaborative of the arts.
