Virtual Arts Open House

List of 5 items.

• Lower School Arts

  The arts play a significant, integrated role in the Lower School.  Our programming offers nurturing and exploratory environments for students to learn, grow, and play through creative processes in both visual and performing arts.  Students participate in both forms twice each week throughout the year and regularly showcase their work through exhibits and performances.  
  
  Students in preschool through grade 2 are guided through artmaking, musical explorations, and creative movement tailored to early childhood.  By exploring a wide variety of tools, materials, and diverse styles, students develop their love for the arts, fine motor skills, and abilities to concentrate, persevere, and collaborate.  
  
  Students in grades 3 through 5 are further advancing their artistry. Visual arts courses collaborate with design science to develop students’ investigations and sensitivity to the elements of art, principles of design, how to understand patterns, and make predictions. Performing arts students continue honing their musicianship with classes emphasizing performance skills and musical literacy, expanding their instrumentation and musical complexity through sequenced levels of repertoire.

• Middle School Performing Arts

  
  Middle School Performing Arts: Students in grades 6 through 8 take one performing arts trimester elective of their choosing as a course credit each year during F Block. Here are those elective offerings: 
  
  

  Fall	Winter	Spring
  Band	Drama	Piano/Guitar*
  Dance	Music & Computers	Musical Cast
  Drama	Video & Film	Musical Tech**
  Video & Film

  
  *The Piano/Guitar method courses are offered in alternate years.  Piano will be offered in 2022-2023.
  **Musical Tech (Spring) is only offered to seventh and eighth graders. 
  
  

  Extracurricular Ensembles: MS Band and MS Chorus are offered year-round for students in grades 6 - 8. With the exception of MS Band in the fall trimester, these ensembles also meet before or after school twice each week to provide multiple opportunities for continued performance throughout the year. MS Dance is also offered as a Winter trimester sports option.

  
  Individual Music Lessons: St. Andrew’s offers individual instruction in piano (classical/jazz/pop), violin, guitar (acoustic/electric), drums, bass, flute, ukulele, saxophone, violin, and voice.  Lessons are available for students in grades 3-12 and are offered before/after school once or twice a week.

• Middle School Visual Arts

  Our grade 6 through 8 visual arts program builds off of our lower school foundations to offering nurturing yet rigorous studio environments and instructional approaches that support a diverse range of student interests. The curriculum, taken one trimester each year, is structured to affirm and develop the artist within every student through exposure to a variety of artistic styles, cultural traditions, and modes of expression in both historical and contemporary contexts to develop an appreciation for the variety and richness of human expression in the visual arts.  Students experience a variety of media, techniques, and studio problem-solving processes to develop their own personal voice and identify their unique personal aesthetic. Through this guided studio production and critical inquiry, students build a visual art portfolio that follows through through their educational experience at St. Andrew’s. 

• Upper School Performing Arts

  In the Upper School, we offer a broad selection and range of survey, advanced, and concentration level courses in performing arts, including new online offerings. Below you’ll find a listing of those courses, clubs, and extracurriculars for SY2022-2023.

  Drama
       Acting / Acting Shakespeare
       Improvisation / Adv. Improv
       One Act Play
       Physical Performance Skills
       Public Speaking
  
  Music
       Ukulele
       Guitar / Adv. Guitar
       Piano / Adv. Piano
       Learn To Groove: Afro-Cuban Percussion
       Music Production & Audio Engineering
       AP Music Theory 
  
  Ensembles
       Rock & Soul Ensemble
       Orchestral Classics Ensemble
       Hip Hop & Contemporary Pop Ensemble
       Jazz Ensemble
       Chorus
  
  Technical Theatre
       Set-Building and Design Fundamentals
       Scene Painting and Property Design
       Lighting and Sound Design
       Costume & Fashion Design
       Ind. Study: Advanced Tech Theatre
  
  Film & Video
       Film & Video Production
       Live Video Production
  
  Online Offerings
       Animation
       Music Production & Audio Engineering
  
  Clubs
       A Cappella Club
       Jazz Combo Club
       Technical Theatre Club
  
  Extracurricular Ensembles
       Fall Play (Cast or Tech)
       Winter Musical (Cast or Tech)
       Fall/Spring Dance Company
       Chapel Choir

• Upper School Visual Arts

  In the Upper School, we offer a broad selection and range of survey, advanced, and concentration level courses in visual arts, including new online offerings. Below you’ll find a listing of those courses, clubs, and extracurriculars for SY2022-2023.

  Survey  Level  1 trimester; may not be repeated for credit w/o permission	Advanced Level 1 trimester; may be repeated for credit; prerequisites as indicated
  2-D Art
  Drawing (offered in-person or online)	Advanced Drawing (prerequisite = Drawing)
  Painting	Advanced Painting (prerequisite = Painting)
  3-D Art
  Ceramics	Advanced Ceramics  (prerequisite = Ceramics)
  Photography, Digital Media, & Design
  Digital Design	Advanced Digital Design  (prerequisite = Digital Design)
  Video & Interactive Media	Advanced Video & Interactive Media (prerequisite = Video)
  Photography	Advanced Photography (prerequisite = Photography)
  Yearbook	Advanced Yearbook (prerequisite = Yearbook)

  
  
  

  Concentration Level 1, 2, or 3 trimesters; may be repeated for credit
  Independent Study in the Visual Arts 1 trimester, prerequisite = advanced level course & departmental permission)	Honors Art/ Portfolio Development 2 trimesters prerequisite = Drawing & 1 additional visual art course	AP Art & Design: Drawing, 2D, & 3D Portfolios 3 trimesters  prerequisite = Drawing, Honors Art/Portfolio Dev'l, (advanced level visual art course work) & departmental permission