FINE ARTS

Advanced Placement Music Theory

Credit: 1 (year) Offered to grades: 11-12 Prerequisites: While there is no formal prerequisite for an AP Music Theory class, students’ ability to read and write musical notation is fundamental to such a course. It is also strongly recommended that the student will have acquired at least basic performance skills in voice or on an instrument. With this in mind, students who are in Band or Chorale and have an extra class available or students who study a musical instrument outside of school, such as piano or violin, may find this class to be of interest.

Description: The purpose of this course is to provide opportunities to study music theory in three main areas: written skills, sight-singing, and aural skills. At the end of the course students should be able to:

• Construct major and minor scales • Identify major and minor key signatures • Construct and identify intervals and triads • Notate rhythm and pitch using accepted practices • Harmonize a melody using appropriate chord choices • Realize figured-bass or Roman numeral analysis • Effectively use non-chord tones • Notate a bass line for a melody • Sing a short melody in bass or treble clef • Notate a short melody upon hearing • Notate soprano and bass upon hearing harmonic progression.

Ceramics/Pottery I

Credit: 1 (year) Offered to grades: 9-12 Prerequisite: None

Description: The purpose of this course is to give students a basic understanding of ceramic processes. The content should include, but not be limited to, the following:

 the composition and treatment of clay products  qualities of art of clay products in different forms and styles  recognition of properties, limitations, and possibilities of clay construction through hand-building techniques  use of clay bodies, glazes, tools, and techniques in creating clay products  investigation of decorating techniques  development of skills with ceramic tools  examination of qualities of finished products made by professionals  study of vocabulary relating to ceramics and pottery  defense of aesthetic judgments about works of art produced in clay

Ceramics/Pottery II

Credit: 1 (year) Offered to grades: 9-12 Prerequisite: Recommendation of teacher; Ceramics/Pottery I

Description: The purpose of this course is to give students an understanding of ceramic processes. The content should include, but not be limited to, the following:

 investigation of the ceramic process  the relationship between art elements and composition principles  the function of ceramics/pottery in our society the history of ceramics/pottery and its relationship to other processes and periods  criteria for making judgments about the aesthetic merits of ceramic art  the practice of successful forming techniques

Chapel Leadership Team

Credit: 1 (year) Offered to grades: 11-12 Prerequisites: Recommendation of Chapel Leadership Advisor; Completion of requirements designated by team leader

Description: The purpose of this course is to build a team of emerging spiritual leaders who will assist in developing our student body into fully-devoted followers of Christ. Students must have an interest and ability in one (or more) of the following areas: chaplains for class or student government, leading music for worship (vocally and instrumentally), public speaking, dramatic arts, video production, or technical arts (sound and light). The content includes, but is not limited to, the following:

 an overview of spiritual leadership dynamics, with an emphasis on the character and commitment of a leader  training in the logistics and production elements of a public event or service  brainstorming, planning, and producing our weekly Upper School chapel services and other spiritually focused events  discovering and nurturing personal spiritual gifts  participants in this class may be required to audition

Chorale I-IV

Credit: 1 (year) Offered to grades: 9-12 Prerequisites: Students will have a casual audition with the Choral Director to ascertain that the student can match pitch and to determine range. Music reading skills are not required as a prerequisite, but it is desirable for the student to have music reading capability.

Description: The Chorale is a performing choir, which gives twenty or more performances a year, traveling where auditions open opportunity for them to perform. The purpose of this course is to enable students to develop consistently proficient individual and ensemble skills in choral performance through preparation of varied high school literature. Emphasis will be placed on healthy and expressive singing, accurate interpretation

of notation, and development of vocal production techniques, and four, five and six part- singing. Content will include, but not be limited to the following:

 vocal production  choral performance techniques  music literacy  sight reading and ear training  elements and characteristics of music  performance analysis  role and influence of choral music and musicians  responsible participation in music activities  some out of school rehearsals may be required

Digital Photography

Credit: 1(year) Offered to grades: 9-12 Prerequisites: students must have digital camera (any kind) for class

Description: Students explore the aesthetic foundations of art making using beginning photography techniques. This course may include, but is not limited to, color and/or black and white photography via digital media and/or traditional photography. Students become familiar with the basic mechanics of a camera, including lens and shutter operation, compositional foundations, printing an image for display, and evaluating a successful print. Photographers use an art criticism process to evaluate, explain, and measure artistic growth in personal or group works. This course incorporates hands-on activities and consumption of art materials. The purpose of this course is to enable students to develop skills in photographic imagery, processes, and techniques related to color photography. The content should include, but not be limited to, the following:

 use of equipment, tools, and materials  art and photography vocabulary  media, processes, and techniques  elements of art and principles of design  formal, expressive, and conceptual elements  use of light and exposure

Dance Composition

Credit: 1 (year) Offered to grades: 9-12 Prerequisite: None

Description: This class can be taken by the beginning dancer to the most advanced! This class will infuse dance technique with dance improvisation/creative movement to teach students how to create a piece of unique choreography. Students will learn and use the styles of ballet, jazz, modern, and hip-hop dance along with the elements of dance (time, space, level, speed, patterns and music) to create choreography. Ultimately the choreographic work created by the students will be presented in a school performance (Christmas Night of the Arts or Annual Dance Performance.

Dance I-II and Dance III-IV/Senior Dance Company

Credit: 1 (year) Offered to grades: 9-12 Prerequisite: Audition required. Students participating in dance will be required to purchase their own costumes for performances and productions.

Description: Students desiring a more intense level of technique and performing experience should audition for Providence Senior Dance Company. The purpose of this course is to provide students in dance with opportunities to further enhance their skills and knowledge of choreography and technique. These students should have at least three years of upper level intense dance training. The content includes but is not limited to the following:

 triple pirouette en dehors and en dedans  double pique turns; grand jete; attitude turn  arabesque turns  fouette turns  switch leaps  front, side, and back layouts  classical ballet, lyrical, modern, jazz, and hip-hop styles  in-depth choreographic skills and their applications to the students’ own performances  choreographic principles  technical proficiency in varied styles  improvisation and transitional movements  performance analysis  connections between dance and healthful living  critique  fundamentals of choreography  transitional movements  qualities of movement

Performance Requirements: After school and/or Saturday rehearsals; select Varsity boys and girls home basketball games; pep rallies; chapels; Christmas Night of the Arts; spring dance recital; performance in two dance conventions/competitions.

NOTE: There is an annual fee required to be on Dance Company that is set at the beginning of each school year.

Drawing I

Credit: 1 (year) Offered to grades: 9 -12 Prerequisite: None. Students do not need to have artistic ability to participate in this course.

Description: The purpose of this course is to give students an understanding of drawing. The content should include, but not be limited to, the following:

 perception of and response to qualities of art found in drawings of artists, past and present  study of works of art made by both students and professionals  the production of drawings with specific intent and expressive quality  study of the history of drawings for the purpose of identifying ways in which reality is represented on a

flat surface in different times and cultures  development and justification of judgments about the aesthetic merit and qualities of drawings

Drawing II

Credit: 1 (year) Offered to grades: 10-12 Prerequisite: Recommendation of teacher; Drawing I

Description: The purpose of this course is to give students an understanding of drawing skills. The content should include, but not be limited to, the following:

 intensified work in gesture and contour drawing  the study of mass through linear extension and form created by continual surface lines and parallel lines  concept perception of and response to the ways in which sensory elements combine to give a work of art an expressive quality  discussion of works of art  the production of drawings based on interpretation of ideas, feelings, and experiences  the history of art, stressing styles of art  criteria for making and justifying judgments about aesthetic merit and qualities of drawings  more sophisticated spatial concepts

Drawing III Honors

Credit: 1 (year) Offered to grades: 11-12 Prerequisite: Recommendation of teacher; Drawing I and Drawing II

Description: The purpose of this course is to give the advanced drawing student the opportunity to develop quality, concentration, discipline and breadth in drawing. The content should include, but not be limited to the following:

 composition in drawing and design, including its symbolic use in aesthetic expression  techniques of preparation, presentation, and expression of in-depth productions of different visual art pieces.  critical approaches to 2- dimensional works of art in terms of color use, expressiveness, symbolism, emotional and aesthetic design and spatial treatments.  productions of work that show in-depth understanding of design, composition, and expressive techniques of different dry media.  production of drawings based on interpretation of ideas, feelings, and experiences.  increase in speed of production of 2-dimensional art works, with emphasis on technique of media used

Graphic Design

Credit: 1 (year) Offered to grades: 9-12 Prerequisite: None

Description: This course introduces the interaction of text and image and the fundamental components of graphic communication. Students will develop and hone skills in working with text and image as they create solutions to a series of design problems. Visual literacy will be increased through exposure to contemporary design issues and graphic design history. Students will be expected to expand their proficiency in all aspects of the design process, 45

including the use of formal design principles, type as image, creative brainstorming, conceptualizing, critical thinking, collaboration, and presentation.

Guitar

Credit: 1 (year) Offered to Grades: 9-12 Prerequisite: None

Students with little or no experience develop basic guitar skills and knowledge, including simple and full-strum chords, bass lines and lead sheets, barre and power chords, foundational music literacy and theory, major scales, simple finger-picking patterns, and ensemble skills for a variety of music. Beginning guitarists explore the careers and music of significant performers in a variety of styles. Public performances may serve as a culmination of specific instructional goals. Students may be required to attend and/or participate in rehearsals and performances outside the school day to support, extend, and assess learning in the classroom. This course may also require students to obtain a acoustic guitar (e.g., borrow, rent, purchase) from an outside source.

High School Band I, II, III and IV

Credit: 1 (year) Offered to Grades: 9-12 (8th grade may be admitted director approval) Prerequisite: Director Approval

The High School Band is for advancing young instrumentalists. Students in this class will be challenged and encouraged to grow as musicians. The High School Band performs outside of school hours. Students will perform for Florida Bandmaster's Association events for musical assessment as well as at exciting concerts and at Graduation. Content includes but not limited to:  Tone production  Intonation  Music Theory  Performance Techniques  Practice and Organizational Skills  College Audition Preparation

Musical Theater Techniques I, II and III

Credit: 1 (year) Offered to Grades: 9-12 Prerequisite: None

Description: Students’ course work focuses on, but is not limited to, acting, vocal performance, dance, nondance movement, and staging, which transfer readily to performances in musicals and other venues. Students survey the evolution of music in theatre from ancient Greece to modern Broadway through a humanities approach and representative literature. Music theatre students explore the unique staging and technical demands of musicals in contrast to non-musical plays. Public performances may serve as a culmination of specific instructional goals. Students will be required to attend and/or participate in rehearsals and performances outside the school day to support, extend, and assess learning in the classroom. Includes a trip to International Thespian competition and to New York City for eight Broadway workshops with Broadway

directors and cast members.

Portfolio

Credit: 1 (year) Offered to grades: 11-12 Prerequisite: Recommendation of teacher Description: The purpose of this course is to give students an understanding of design and composition in drawing and/or pottery. The content includes, but is not limited to, the following:

 composition in drawing, painting, and design, including its symbolic use in aesthetic expression  the function of line and mass in visual terms  perception of and response to the formal qualities and expressive content in a particular work of art  expression of in-depth conceptions about art and artists  production of works that show an in-depth understanding of design and composition  the history of art as it relates to understanding of design and composition  development and justification of judgments of the aesthetic merit and qualities of selected drawings and paintings  critical approaches to painting in terms of color use, expressiveness, symbolism, emotional and aesthetic design, and spatial treatments

Speech

Credit: 1 (year) Offered to grades: 9-12 Prerequisite: None

Description: The purpose of this course is to develop students' beginning awareness, understanding, and application of language arts as it applies to oral communication concepts and strategies in a variety of given settings. This course will also introduce students to the fundamental skills in the multiple elements of theatre as a collaborative art. The content includes, but is not limited to the following:

 basic acting skills  introduction to theatre and theatre history  personal resources, including imagination, concentration, observation, sensory awareness, and movement  teamwork skills through listening, understanding, compromising, leading, suggesting, and following  development of creativity including improvisation, narrative pantomime and story dramatization  effective communication techniques  development of the voice, including relaxation, breathing, quality, pitch, flexibility, articulation, pronunciation, volume, rate, and projection  types of stages, stage terminology, acting technique and movement  performance(s) in front of a live audience  creation, performance and evaluation of four types of speeches: Informative, Persuasive, Impromptu and Introductory

Video Production

Credit: 1.0 (year) Offered to Grades: 9-12

Description: This course will allow students to develop professional skills in video, film, and television preproduction, production, and post-production. Fundamentals of video production, including the techniques and the aesthetics of shooting, lighting, and editing will be covered. Emphasizes hands-on production experience, using digital video. While in this course, students will be using class members as the production unit focusing on filmmaking, including story development, production/post techniques, directing, and interpretation from script to screen. This class will introduce students to video camera operation, camera stabilization techniques, lighting, scripts and storyboarding, digital imaging, and, importing/exporting graphics, movies, animations and sound effects into, or out of video editing software. The main focus of the class is dedicated to non-linear video editing (Computer Based Editing). Students will develop an understanding of the wide range of business aspects within the industry.