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Music

MUSIC

Music courses are yearlong electives and may be taken more than once. One complete course of Music or Art is required for graduation.

Concert Band

Concert Band is an instrumental ensemble including the woodwinds, brass and percussion families. It is geared towards those students who have a minimum two-year history of playing and reading music. Membership is based on consistent practice, attitude of service, and commitment to pursue excellence. This course will challenge you as a student and a musician. Students are expected to participate in school concerts where attendance is mandatory, and students should expect the possibility of community events as well.

Concert Choir

Concert Choir is a full year non-auditioned ensemble that meets every other school day. Concert Choir is a larger ensemble for freshmen through seniors. This course may be repeated, and it fulfills the fine arts requirement. Concert Choir studies, rehearses, and performs choral music ranging from Medieval Chant to music written during the 21st century. Concert Choir focuses much of its study, however, to more contemporary vocal literature from a variety of genres. This course will challenge you as a student and a musician. Students are expected to participate in school concerts, a spring field trip, and a limited number of community events. This course will challenge you as a student and a musician. Students are expected to participate in school concerts where attendance is mandatory, and students should expect the possibility of community events as well.

Orchestra

This is a year-long elective which concentrates on music in the string literature (violin, viola, cello, bass) from baroque to present. Opportunity is provided for performance outside of school and for participation in Regional and All State Orchestra auditions. This course will challenge you as a student and a musician. Students are expected to participate in school concerts where attendance is mandatory, and students should expect the possibility of community events as well.

Visual Arts

One complete course of Art OR Music is required for graduation.

Art I

Students in this course will learn drawing, painting, design, sculpture, and printmaking on an introductory level. As the course progresses students will be given slightly more advanced problems in each medium and will deal with concepts and composition in Art issues. In addition to learning to create art, students will learn about Art History and learn how to engage in art criticism. There will be at least one field trip and attendance is required. Students will be required to do weekly sketchbook assignments. Some research is required.

Ceramics

Prerequisite: Art 1
This course will include study of building vessels by hand and on the wheel as well as methods of producing sculpture from clay and other materials. Intro to the chemistry of glazes will be included.

Advanced Ceramics

Prerequisite: Art 1 and Ceramics
Studying advanced techniques in the clay building process, as well as advanced concepts, design theories, and stylistic expression in three dimensions.

Sculpture (Even Years)

Prerequisite: Art 1
This course will be a study of sculpture-in-the-round and relief sculpture, focusing on mass, weight, and balance. Students will research and discover various styles and problems in three-dimensional art. Media studied will be wood, clay, cardboard, paper, paper maché, etc. Styles highlighted will be Realism, Abstraction, and Geometric form. Routine reports will be required.

Painting (Odd Years)

Prerequisite: Art 1
Painting will include oils, acrylics and watercolor. Three weeks will be spent on each. Students will be allowed to choose their favorite medium and take it to its fullest possibilities.

Drawing (Even Years)

Prerequisite: Art 1
Drawing will include pencil, charcoal, charcoal pencil, pen and ink and pastels. Emphasis is placed on shading, composition, highlighting, subtleties of tones, texture and positive-negative space problems. Portraits and studies of still life and anatomy will be included here.

Printing and Design (Odd Years)

Prerequisite: Art 1
This course will continue to develop elements and principles of design in order to lay down the basics for creating images using printmaking techniques. Students will learn woodblock, linoleum, screen, stenciling and mono-printing methods.

Graphic Design

Prerequisite: Art 1
With the use of Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop computer programs, the students will solve visual problems using images and text. Students will learn layout skills, acquire the ability to combine visual with verbal information, they will use creativity not only to design but to also catch the public's attention, and they will learn to discern between what the world values and what we as Christians should value.

Advanced Portfolio

Prerequisite: Art 1 and two others
Advanced Portfolio will be open to students who have shown a true proficiency in art and would consider pursuing further study on the college level. The course would follow the requirements handed down by the Educational Testing Service in order to take the portfolio exam: Sign up in College & Career Office is required for AP test and cost of AP test is the responsibility of the student.

Art and the Bible (Even Years)

Prerequisite: Art 1
This is a course in which students are taught to see metaphors and produce visuals based on Biblical studies. A study of Biblically based work both past and present is also part of the class. A different book of the Bible could be used each time and/or a theme which runs through

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