Performing Arts

Title: CERAM/POT 1
Prerequisite: None
Course Description: Students explore how space, mass, balance, and form combine to create aesthetic forms or utilitarian products and structures. Instructional focus will be on ceramics and/or pottery. Media may include, but are not limited to, clay and/or plaster, with consideration of the workability, durability, cost, and toxicity of the media used. Student artists consider the relationship of scale (i.e., hand-held, human, monumental) through the use of positive and negative space or voids, volume, visual weight, and gravity to create low/high relief or freestanding structures for personal intentions or public places. They explore sharp and diminishing detail, size, position, overlapping, visual pattern, texture, implied line, space, and plasticity, reflecting craftsmanship and quality in the surface and structural qualities of the completed art forms. Students in the ceramics and/or pottery art studio focus on use of safety procedures for process, media, and techniques. Student artists 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.



Title: CERAM/POT 2 Type of Credit: PF
Prerequisite: CERAM/POT 1 Pathway: N/A
Course Description: Students explore spatial relationships through the use of nonobjective, abstract, or representational forms, products, or structures. Instructional focus should be on ceramics and/or pottery. Processes and techniques for substitution may include, but are not limited to, wheel-thrown clay, glaze formulation and application. Media may include, but are not limited to, clay and/or plaster with consideration of the workability, durability, cost, and toxicity of the media used. Ceramic and/or pottery artists experiment with and manipulate space-producing devices, including overlapping, transparency, interpenetration, vertical and horizontal axis, inclined planes, disproportionate scale, fractional or abstracted representation, and spatial properties of the structural art elements. Craftsmanship and quality are reflected in the surface and structural qualities of the completed art forms. Students in the ceramics and/or pottery art studio focus on use of safety procedures for process, media, and techniques.
Student artists 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.
 
Title: DRAW 1 Type of Credit: PF
Prerequisite: None Pathway: N/A
Course Description: Students experiment with the media and techniques used to create a variety of two-dimensional (2-D) artworks through the development of skills in drawing. Students practice, sketch, and manipulate the structural elements of art to improve mark making and/or the organizational principles of design in a composition from observation, research, and/or imagination. Through the critique process, students evaluate and respond to their own work and that of their peers. This course incorporates hands-on activities and consumption of art materials.


Title: AP DRAWING Type of Credit: PF
Prerequisite: DRAW 1 Pathway: AP Capstone Course

Course Description: Develop your skills in drawing as you experiment with different materials and processes. You’ll create artwork that reflects your own ideas and skills and what you’ve learned. Skills you'll learn: investigating the materials, processes, and ideas that artists and designers use, practicing, experimenting, and revising as you create your own work, as well as communicating your ideas about works of art and design.


Title: AP 2-D ART & DE Type of Credit: PF
Prerequisite: DRAW 1 Pathway: AP Capstone Course

Course Description: Develop your 2-D skills through materials and processes such as graphic design, photography, collage, printmaking, fashion illustration, collage, and others. You’ll create artwork that reflects your own ideas and skills and what you’ve learned. Skills You'll Learn- Investigating the materials, processes, and ideas that artists and designers use- Practicing, experimenting, and revising as you create your own work- communicating your ideas about works of art and design


Title: AP 3-D ART & DE Type of Credit:PF
Prerequisite: CERAM/POT 2 Pathway: AP Capstone Course

Course Description: Develop 3-D skills in materials and processes, such as sculpture, architectural rendering and models, metal work, ceramics, glass work, and others. You’ll create artwork that reflects your own ideas and skills and what you’ve learned. Skills You'll Learn -Investigating the materials, processes, and ideas that artists and designers use-Practicing, experimenting, and revising as you create your own work- Communicating your ideas about works of art and design.
 


Title: THEATRE 1 Type of Credit: PF
Prerequisite: None Pathway: Theatre
Course Description: This course is designed for students with little or no theatre experience, and promotes enjoyment and appreciation for all aspects of theatre. Classwork focuses on the exploration of theatre literature, performance, historical and cultural connections, and technical requirements. Improvisation, creative dramatics, and beginning scene work are used to introduce students to acting and character development. Incorporation of other art forms in theatre also helps students gain appreciation for other art forms, such as music, dance, and visual art.


Title: THEATRE 2 Type of Credit: PF
Prerequisite: THEATRE 1 Pathway: Theatre Course Description: This course is designed for students with a year of experience or more, and promotes enjoyment and appreciation for all aspects of theatre through
opportunities to build significantly on existing skills. Classwork focuses on
characterization, playwriting, and playwrights’ contributions to theatre; while improvisation, creative dramatics, and scene work are used to help students challenge and strengthen their acting skills and explore the technical aspect of scene work.


Title: THEATRE 3 HON Type of Credit: PF
Prerequisite: THEATRE 2 Pathway: Theatre
Course Description: This course is designed for students with significant experience in theatre, and promotes depth of engagement and lifelong appreciation for theatre through a broad spectrum of teacher-assigned and self-directed study and performance. Students regularly reflect on aesthetics and issues related to and addressed through theatre, and create within various aspects of theatre in ways that are progressively more innovative. In keeping with the rigor expected in an accelerated setting, students assemble a portfolio that showcases a significant body of work representing personal vision and artistic growth over time; mastery of theatre skills and techniques in one or more areas; and evidence of significant oral and written analytical and problem-solving skills based on their structural, historical, and cultural knowledge.
 
Title: THEATRE 4 HON Type of Credit: PF
Prerequisite: THEATRE 3 HON Pathway: Theatre Course Description: This course is designed for students with extensive experience in theatre, and promotes significant depth of engagement and lifelong appreciation for
theatre through a broad spectrum of primarily self-directed study and performance. In
keeping with the rigor expected in an accelerated setting, students assemble a portfolio that showcases a significant body of work representing personal vision and artistic growth over time; mastery of theatre skills and techniques in one or more areas; and evidence of sophisticated oral and written analytical and problem-solving skills based on their structural, historical, and cultural knowledge.


Title: MUSIC THEATRE 1 Type of Credit: PF
Prerequisite: THEATRE 1 Pathway: Magnet Theatre Track
Course Description: Students' course work focuses on, but is not limited to, acting, vocal performance, dance, non-dance 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 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.


Title: MUSIC THEATRE 2 Type of Credit: PF
Prerequisite: MUSIC THEATRE 1 Pathway: Magnet Theatre Track
Course Description: Students learn from the styles and techniques used by well-known singer-actor-dancers and choreographers to build a performance portfolio for auditions and/or interviews. Students examine the contributions of major writers, composers, lyricists, and choreographers of musical theatre and learn to analyze the structures, stories, and settings of musical theatre exemplars to understand how those components serve the story and concept. Students extend their dance and movement techniques required to sing and dance at the same time. 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.
 


Title: MUSIC THEATRE 3 Type of Credit: PF
Prerequisite: MUSIC THEATRE 2 Pathway: Magnet Theatre Track
Course Description: Students refine their audition techniques and performance/audition portfolio, and consider the contributions of musical theatre in the community and beyond. Students select a number of pieces to showcase their abilities and become conversant about individuals who, currently and in the past, are considered major contributors to the field. Students refine their dance and movement techniques required to sing and dance for long periods of time in rehearsals and performance. 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.


Title: MUSIC THEATRE 3 Type of Credit: PF
Prerequisite: MUSIC THEATRE 2 Pathway: Magnet Theatre Track
Course Description: Students refine their audition techniques and performance/audition portfolio, and consider the contributions of musical theatre in the community and beyond. Students select a number of pieces to showcase their abilities and become conversant about individuals who, currently and in the past, are considered major contributors to the field. Students refine their dance and movement techniques required to sing and dance for long periods of time in rehearsals and performance. 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.


Title: TECH THEA DES&P 1 Type of Credit: PF
Prerequisite: THEATRE 1 Pathway: Magnet Theatre Track
Course Description: Students focus on developing the basic tools and procedures for creating elements of technical theatre, including costumes, lighting, makeup, properties (props), publicity, scenery, and sound. Technical knowledge of safety procedures and demonstrated safe operation of theatre equipment, tools, and raw materials are central to success in this course. Students explore and learn to analyze dramatic scripts, seeking production solutions through historical, cultural, and geographic research.
Students also learn the basics of standard conventions of design presentation and documentation; the organizational structure of theatre production and creative work in a collaborative environment; and the resulting artistic improvement.
 


 
Title: TECH THEA DES&P 2
Prerequisite: TECH THEA DES&P 1
 
Type of Credit: PF
Pathway: Magnet Theatre Track
 
Course Description: Students focus on the design and safe application of basic tools and procedures to create elements of technical theatre, including costumes, lighting, makeup, properties (props), publicity, scenery, and sound. Students develop assessment and problem-solving skills; the ability to connect selected literature to a variety of cultures, history, and other content areas. Public performances may serve as a culmination of specific instructional goals. Students may be required to attend or participate in technical work, rehearsals, and/or performances beyond the school day to support, extend, and assess learning in the classroom.

 
Title: TECH THEA DES&P 3
Prerequisite: TECH THEA DES&P 2
 
Type of Credit: PF
Pathway: Magnet Theatre Track
 
Course Description: Students regularly reflect on aesthetics and issues related to and addressed through theatre, and create within various aspects of theatre. Student designers and technicians assemble a portfolio that showcases a body of work representing artistic growth over time; growing command of theatre skills and techniques in one or more areas; and evidence of significant oral and written analytical and problem-solving skills. Public performances may serve as a culmination of specific instructional goals. Students may be required to attend or participate in technical work, rehearsals, and/or performances beyond the school day to support, extend, and assess learning in the classroom.


 
Title: TECH THEA DES&P 4
Prerequisite: TECH THEA DES&P 3
 
Type of Credit: PF
Pathway: Magnet Theatre Track
 
Course Description: Students regularly reflect on aesthetics and issues related to and addressed through theatre, and create within various aspects of theatre in ways that are progressively more innovative. Students analyze increasingly more sophisticated theatre literature to inform the work of developing technical design and production pieces for one-acts or a larger production. Students assemble a portfolio that showcases an extensive body of work representing personal vision and artistic growth over time. Public performances may serve as a culmination of specific instructional goals. Students may be required to participate in rehearsals and performances outside the school day to support, extend, and assess learning in the classroom.
 


 
Title: THEA DIR & ST M 1
Prerequisite: TECH THEA DES&P 1
 
Type of Credit: PF
Pathway: Magnet Theatre Track
 
Course Description: Students learn how to select, organize, and mount formal and informal staged productions by means of exploring the leadership roles of director and stage manager. Students focus on the nature and responsibilities of the director and stage manager in relation to the entire production team; the effect of the director's concept on the overall production; vocabulary and principles of the various elements of play production; techniques used to create an effective theatre work; and basic knowledge and application of staging. 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.



 
Title: THEA DIR & ST M 2
Prerequisite: THEA DIR & ST M 1
 
Type of Credit: PF
Pathway: Magnet Theatre Track
 

Course Description: Students execute the responsibilities of director or stage manager by applying standard theatrical conventions in specialized, practical assignments.
Coursework include, but is not limited to, play selection; justification, analysis, and the formation of a directorial concept; assembling a prompt book; assembling a cast, production team, and tech crew; effective team-building ensemble skills and communication practices; and successfully planning and running rehearsals leading toward one or more culminating projects. 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.
 
Title: ACTING 1 Type of Credit: PF
Prerequisite: Magnet Auditioned Program Pathway: Magnet Theatre Track
Course Description: Through improvisation, simple scripted scenes, performance projects, and/or practical application, students learn to identify what makes performances believable and explore the tools used to create, articulate, and execute them. Upon completion of this course, students have a strong foundation for future scene work, script analysis, and play production. 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.


Title: ACTING 2 Type of Credit: PF
Prerequisite: ACTING 1 Pathway: Magnet Theatre Track Course Description: Students examine the various dimensions of characters through analysis, discussion, and classroom performance, working with scripts from a variety of
time periods and cultures. They learn to break down a scene from a character’s point of
view, and also learn to sustain a character and build the relationship between actor and audience. 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.


Title: ACTING 3 Type of Credit: PF
Prerequisite: ACTING 2 Pathway: Magnet Theatre Track
Course Description: Students focus on development of significant acting skills and knowledge of the actor’s literature, compiling a working actor’s portfolio for exhibition and/or the interview process. They research potential job opportunities in the film, television, game animation, and theatre industries, as well as scholarships and opportunities available at the university level. An inquiry-based capstone project may be required. Public performances may serve as a culmination of specific instructional goals. Students may be required to participate in rehearsals and performances outside the school day to support, extend, and assess learning in the classroom.
 
Title: ACTING 4 HON Type of Credit: PF
Prerequisite: ACTING 3 Pathway: Magnet Theatre Track
Course Description: Students create characters for theatrical and film/video productions through scene, character, and technical analysis. Through improvisation, script writing, and aesthetic creation and collaboration, actors refine their working knowledge and independent thought, articulating and justifying their creative choices. Students’ “critical eye” becomes more developed and significant mastery of artistic choices becomes evident. An inquiry-based capstone project may be required. Public performances may serve as a culmination of specific instructional goals. Students may be required to participate in rehearsals and performances outside the school day to support, extend, and assess learning in the classroom.


Title: PLAY WRIT Type of Credit: PF
Prerequisite: Magnet Auditioned Program Pathway: Magnet Theatre Track
Course Description: The purpose of this course is to enable students to develop and use writing and language skills for play writing in a variety of public performance formats. The content will include, but not to be limited to, the following: in-depth examination of varios forms of plays, writing for varied purposes, effective listening, speaking and viewing; and collaboration amongst peers, especially regarding peer reviews of multiple drafts and/or performances.


Title: IB THEATRE Type of Credit: PF
Prerequisite: Theatre Pathway: International Baccalaureate
Course Description: These courses aim to help students understand the nature of the theatre by making it as well as by studying it, and to understand the forms it takes in other cultures. All students must study five compulsory components at HL: Performance skills, World theatre studies, Practical play analysis, Theatre production, Individual project.
 


Title: Advanced Percussion Type of Credit: PF
Prerequisite: By audition only. Must be enrolled in a concert band class. Pathway: Magnet Instrumental Track
Course Description: Advanced Percussion meets during 5th period. Freshmen should enroll in Band 3 (1302320), sophomores in Band 4 (1302330), juniors in Band 5 (1302340), and seniors in Band 6 (1302350.) An audition is required for this class.
Membership in the Marching Band is required for this class.
Prerequisite: By audition only. Membership in Marching Band required. Pathway: Magnet Instrumental Track


Title: Big Band Type of Credit: PF
Prerequisite: By audition only. Membership in Marching Band required. Pathway: Magnet Instrumental Track
Course Description: The Big Band is our advanced Jazz Band. Freshmen should enroll in Jazz Ensemble 1 (1302500), sophomores in Jazz Ensemble 2 (1302510), juniors in
Jazz Ensemble 3 (1302520), and seniors in Jazz Ensemble 4 (1302530.) This class requires an audition.

 
Title: Concert Band
Prerequisite: None
Pathway: Magnet Instrumental Track
 
Type of Credit: PF
 
Course Description: The Concert Band is our introductory concert band. It meets during 7th period. Freshmen should enroll in Band 3 (1302320), sophomores in Band 4 (1302330), juniors in Band 5 (1302340), and seniors in Band 6 (1302350.)


Title: Eurhythmics 1 - 4 Type of Credit: PF
Prerequisite: Membership in Marching Band required. Pathway: Magnet Instrumental Track
Course Description: Eurhythmics is for members of the band's Color Guard. Freshmen should enroll in Eurhythmics 1 (1305300), sophomores in Eurhythmics 2 (1305310),
juniors in Eurhythmics 3 (1305320), and seniors in Eurhythmics 4 (1305330.)
 
Title: Intermediate Percussion Type of Credit: PF
Prerequisite: By audition only. Membership in Marching Band required. Pathway: Magnet Instrumental Track
Course Description: Intermediate Percussion meets during 3rd period. Freshmen should enroll in Band 3 (1302320), sophomores in Band 4 (1302330), juniors in Band 5 (1302340), and seniors in Band 6 (1302350.) An audition is required for this class.
Membership in the Marching Band is required for this class.


Title: Introduction to Percussion Type of Credit: PF
Prerequisite: None
Pathway: Magnet Instrumental Track
Course Description: For students interested in studying Percussion Instruments. This class meets during 7th period. Freshmen should enroll in Band 3 (1302320), sophomores in Band 4 (1302330), juniors in Band 5 (1302340), and seniors in Band 6
(1302350.)


Title: Jazz Ensemble Type of Credit: PF
Prerequisite: Must be enrolled in a concert band class. Pathway: Magnet Instrumental Track
Course Description: The Jazz Ensemble is our introductory Jazz Band. Freshmen should enroll in Jazz Ensemble 1 (1302500), sophomores in Jazz Ensemble 2 (1302510), juniors in Jazz Ensemble 3 (1302520), and seniors in Jazz Ensemble 4
(1302530.)

Title: Steel Drums Type of Credit: PF
Prerequisite: Must be enrolled in a band or other performing arts class. Pathway: Magnet Instrumental Track
Course Description: The Steel Drum Band "Blue Steel" meets 1st and 2nd period and is open to any student already enrolled in a Band or other performing arts class.
Freshmen should sign up for Music Ensemble 1 (1305400), sophomores for Music Ensemble 2 (1305410), juniors for Music Ensemble 3 (1305420), and seniors for Music
Ensemble 4 (1305430.)
 
Title: Symphonic Band Type of Credit: PF
Prerequisite: By audition only. Membership in Marching Band required. Pathway: Magnet Instrumental Track
Course Description: The Symphonic Band is our intermediate concert band. It meets during 3rd period. Freshmen should enroll in Band 3 (1302320), sophomores in Band 4 (1302330), juniors in Band 5 (1302340), and seniors in Band 6 (1302350.) An audition is required for this class. Membership in the Marching Band is required for this class.

Title: Wind Ensemble Type of Credit: PF
Prerequisite: By audition only. Membership in Marching Band required. Pathway: Magnet Instrumental Track
Course Description: The Wind Ensemble is our advanced concert band. It meets during 5th period. Freshmen should enroll in Band 3 (1302320), sophomores in Band 4 (1302330), juniors in Band 5 (1302340), and seniors in Band 6 (1302350.) An audition is required for this class. Membership in the Marching Band is required for this class.
 
Title: ORCHESTRA 3 Type of Credit: PF
 
Prerequisite: None
 
Pathway: Magnet Instrumental Track
 
Course Description: Students who have little or no orchestral experience study and perform high-quality beginning orchestra literature of diverse times and styles.
Rehearsals focus on the development of critical listening skills, rudimentary string techniques, music literacy, ensemble skills, and aesthetic awareness. 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.

 
Title: ORCHESTRA 4
Prerequisite: ORCH 3
 
Type of Credit: PF Pathway: Magnet Instrumental Track
 
Course Description: Students who have at least one year of orchestral experience
study, rehearse, and perform high-quality orchestra literature. Rehearsals focus on the development of critical listening skills, basic string techniques, music literacy, ensemble skills, and aesthetic awareness in the context of relevant history and cultures. 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.

 
Title: ORCHESTRA 5 HON
Prerequisite: ORCH 4
 
Type of Credit: PF Pathway: Magnet Instrumental Track
 
Course Description: Students build on previous orchestral experience through the study and performance of high-quality orchestra literature. Rehearsals focus on the strengthening of critical listening skills, musicianship, string techniques, ensemble skills, and aesthetic awareness in the context of relevant history and cultures. 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.
Title: ORCHESTRA 6 HON Type of Credit: PF
Prerequisite: ORCH 5 HON Pathway: Magnet Instrumental Track
Course Description: Students with considerable orchestral experience advance their string and ensemble performance techniques, music literacy, music theory, and aesthetic engagement through high-quality orchestra literature. Student musicians use reflection and problem-solving skills to improve performance significantly based on structural, cultural, and historical understanding of the music. 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.
 
Title: KEYBD 1 Type of Credit: PF
Prerequisite: None Pathway: Magnet Instrumental Track
Course Description: Students build fundamental piano techniques while learning to read music, acquire and apply knowledge of basic music theory, and explore the role of keyboard music in history and culture. Beginning pianists develop skills in analytical listening and explore musical creativity in the form of basic improvisation and basic composition. 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.


Title: KEYBD 2 Type of Credit: PF
Prerequisite: KEYBD 1 Pathway: Magnet Instrumental Track Course Description: Students build on previous piano techniques and skills through reading music, acquiring and applying knowledge of music theory, and exploring the
role of keyboard music in history and culture. Students learn repertoire from various
styles and time periods, exploring the historical influence keyboards have had on music performance and composition. Students explore the basic tools of music technology (i.e., MIDI keyboards). 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.


Title: KEYBD 3 Type of Credit: PF
Prerequisite: KEYBD 2 Pathway: Magnet Instrumental Track
Course Description: Students further develop advanced knowledge of piano techniques, musical literacy, solo and ensemble performance skills, and related musical knowledge, using a variety of advanced piano literature. Students explore the historical influence keyboards have had on music performance and composition, and apply criteria to assess their own and others' piano performances. Students extend their knowledge of music technology (i.e., MIDI keyboards) and its connection to the computer and other sound-generating devices. 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.
 
Title: GUITAR 1 Type of Credit: PF
Prerequisite: None Pathway: Magnet Instrumental Track
Course Description: 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 musical instrument (e.g., borrow, rent, purchase) from an outside source.

Title: GUITAR 2 Type of Credit: PF
 
Prerequisite: GUITAR 1
 
Pathway: Magnet Instrumental Track
 
Course Description: Students with previous guitar experience build on their skills and knowledge, adding chords, new strumming and finger-picking patterns, movable major and minor scales, basic music theory, more complex bass lines and lead sheets, and ensemble skills for a variety of music. Beginning guitarists explore the careers and music of significant performers. 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 musical instrument (e.g., borrow, rent, purchase) from an outside source.

Title: GUITAR 3 Type of Credit: PF
Prerequisite: GUITAR 2 Pathway: Magnet Instrumental Track
Course Description: Students with previous experience strengthen their guitar skills and knowledge, adding a variety of chords; refining finger-picking and strumming patterns; reading notation in 1st, 2nd, and 5th position; and learning stylistic nuances, left-hand technique, and alternative fingering. Guitarists readily use tablature and standard notation, study the work of significant musicians, and develop significant self- assessment skills. 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 musical instrument (e.g., borrow, rent, purchase) from an outside source.
 
Title: MUS THEORY 1
Prerequisite: Magnet Auditioned Program
 
Type of Credit: PF
Pathway: Magnet Instrumental Track
 
Course Description: Students learn how music is constructed and developed, and acquire a basic understanding of the structural, technical, and historical elements of music. Student theorists develop basic ear-training, keyboard, and functional singing skills, and engage in the creative process through individual and collaborative projects. Public performances may serve as a resource for specific instructional goals. Students may be required to attend one or more performances outside the school day to support, extend, and assess learning in the classroom.
 
Title: MUS THEORY 2 HO
Prerequisite: MUS THEORY 1
 
Type of Credit: PF
Pathway: Magnet Instrumental Track
 
Course Description: Students with prior music theory training study composition, form, and analysis, and develop individual aural skills. The aural, analytical, and cognitive skills expanded in this class inform the serious musician's performance abilities over a variety of styles and genres. Public performances may serve as a resource for specific instructional goals. Students may be required to attend one or more performances outside the school day to support, extend, and assess learning in the classroom.
 
Title: AP MUS THEORY
Prerequisite: Music Theory 2
 
Type of Credit: PF Pathway: AP Capstone Course
 
Course Description: Learn to recognize, understand, and describe the basic materials and processes of music. You’ll develop skills by listening to, reading, writing, and performing a wide variety of music. Skills you'll learn: identifying features of pitch, interval, scales and keys, chords, meter, rhythm, and other musical concepts in performed and notated music, singing a notated melody on sight, notating music that you hear, as well as completing music based on cues, following common-practice style.

Title: IB MUSIC 1 Type of Credit: PF
Prerequisite: Band, Chorus, Guitar, Keyboard, Orch Course Pathway: International Baccalaureate
Course Description: The Diploma Programme Music course (for first teaching from 2020) has been designed to prepare the 21st century music student for a world in which global musical cultures and industries are rapidly changing. The course is grounded in the knowledge, skills and processes associated with the study of music and offers a strengthened approach to student creativity through practical, informed and purposeful explorations of diverse musical forms, practices and contexts. The course also ensures a holistic approach to learning, with the roles of performer, creator and researcher afforded equal importance in all course components.
 
Title: VOCAL TECNQS 1
Prerequisite: Magnet Auditioned Program
 
Type of Credit: PF Pathway: Magnet Vocal Track
 
Course Description: Students in this entry-level class focus on the development of musical and technical skills on a specific voice through etudes, scales, and selected music literature. Through problem-solving, critical thinking, and reflection, students develop the physical and cognitive skills to be more disciplined performers. 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.
 

Title: VOCAL TECNQS 2
Prerequisite: VOCAL TECNQS 1
 
Type of Credit: PF Pathway: Magnet Vocal Track
 
Course Description: Students in this novice-level class continue to develop musical and technical skills on a specific voice through developmentally appropriate solo literature, etudes, scales, and exercises. Through problem-solving, critical thinking, and reflection, students develop the physical and cognitive skills necessary to be more disciplined performers. 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.

 
Title: VOCAL TECNQS 3
 
Pathway: Magnet Vocal Track
 
Prerequisite: VOCAL TECNQS 2 Type of Credit: PF Course Description: Students in this intermediate-level class develop their musical and technical skills further on a specific voice, and expand their technical and performance skills, enhanced by historical and cultural background knowledge of the music. Students explore more demanding solo literature, etudes, and technical exercises with increasing independence. 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.

 
Title: VOCAL TECNQS 4
Prerequisite: VOCAL TECNQS 3
 
Pathway: Magnet Vocal Track
Type of Credit: PF
 
Course Description: Students in this advanced class refine their musicianship and performance skills on a specified voice. Students prepare for post-secondary and community music experiences and develop artistry independently through a variety of advanced solos, etudes, and excerpts. 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.
 
Title: Women's Glee Type of Credit: PF
Prerequisite: None Pathway: Magnet Vocal Track
Course Description: Musicianship, basic reading skills, and vocal techniques are taught at a beginning level in a treble voice ensemble setting. This class is intended to be a basic music skills class with a vocal/choral emphasis for students who (1) have had very limited to no previous musical training, (2) need to meet the Fine Arts requirement, (3) desire to transfer into a performing choir after receiving basic music instruction. No audition is necessary.

Title: Bel Canto Type of Credit: PF
Prerequisite: Women's Glee Pathway: Magnet Vocal Track
Course Description: Bel Canto, (Italian: “beautiful singing”) (Intermediate Chorus) is a treble voice choir. Admission is open to students 10-12 without an audition with a treble voice. Most trebles have an approximate range from A3 (the A below middle C) to C6 (top C) or above range.

 
Title: Chanté
Prerequisite: Women's Glee & Audition
 
Type of Credit: PF Pathway: Magnet Vocal Track
 
Course Description: Chanté (formerly Women’s Chorus) (Advanced Chorus) is a treble voice choir. Admission is open to students 10-12 with an audition with a treble voice.
Most trebles have an approximate range from A3 (the A below middle C) to C6 (top C) or above range.

Title: Grandi Voci Type of Credit: PF
Prerequisite: None Pathway: Magnet Vocal Track
Course Description: Grandi Voci (formerly Men's Chorus) is a Tenor & lower choir. Admission is open to students 9-12 without and audtiiton with a tenor lower range. Musicianship, basic reading skills, and vocal techniques are taught at a beginning level in a treble voice ensemble setting. This class is intended to be a basic music skills class with a vocal/choral emphasis for students who (1) have had very limited to no previous musical training, (2) need to meet the Fine Arts requirement, (3) desire to transfer into a performing choir after receiving basic music instruction.
Title: Concert Choir (Most Advanced) Type of Credit: PF
Prerequisite: Audition Only Pathway: Magnet Vocal Track

Course Description: Concert Choir (Performance Chior) is an advanced dynamic chorus. All music ranges are accepted. Admission is open to students 10-12 with an audition.
 


Title: DANCE TECHNQS 1 Type of Credit: PF
Prerequisite: None Pathway: N/A
Course Description: Students in this year-long, entry-level course, designed for those having no prior dance instruction, learn foundational skills in two or more dance styles. Their development of fundamental dance technique is enriched and enlivened through study of works by a variety of diverse artists, developing genre-specific movement vocabulary and dance terminology, and building knowledge and skills related to somatic practices, dance composition, analysis of effort and outcomes, dance history and culture, collaborative work, and rehearsal and performance protocols.


Title: DANCE TECHNQS 2 Type of Credit: PF Prerequisite: DANCE TECHNQS 1 Pathway: N/A Course Description: Students in Dance Techniques II, a year-long course, build on previously acquired knowledge and fundamental technical skills in two or more dance forms, focusing on developing the aesthetic quality of movement in the ensemble and
as an individual.



Title: DANCE TECHNQS 3 Type of Credit: PF
Prerequisite: DANCE TECHNQS 2 Pathway: N/A
Course Description: Students in this year-long, intermediate-level course, designed for dancers who have mastered the basics in two or more dance forms, build technical and creative skills with a focus on developing the aesthetic quality of movement in the ensemble and as an individual.


Title: DANCE TECHNQS 4 Type of Credit: PF
Prerequisite: DANCE TECHNQS 3 Pathway: N/A

Course Description: Students in this year-long, advanced dance techniques class build on skills learned in previous dance classes to improve their performance in two or more dance styles. During the class, students perform sequences of increasing complexity to advance their technical skills.
 
Title: BALLET 1 Type of Credit: PF
Prerequisite: Magnet Auditioned Program Pathway: Magnet Dance Track
Course Description: Students learn basic classical dance techniques and terminology associated with the traditional class structure of ballet. 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. Students in this class may need to obtain (e.g., borrow, purchase) appropriate footwear and/or dance attire from an outside source.


Title: BALLET 2 Type of Credit: PF
Prerequisite: BALLET 1 Pathway: Magnet Dance Track
Course Description: Students develop intermediate-level classical dance techniques and terminology associated with the traditional class structure of ballet. 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. Students in this class may need to obtain (e.g., borrow, purchase) appropriate footwear and/or dance attire from an outside source.


Title: BALLET 3 Type of Credit: PF
Prerequisite: BALLET 2 Pathway: Magnet Dance Track Course Description: Students broaden their classical dance techniques and terminology associated with the traditional class structure of ballet. 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. Students in this class may need to obtain (e.g., borrow, purchase) appropriate footwear and/or dance attire from an outside source.
 
Title: BALLET 4 HON Type of Credit: PF
Prerequisite: BALLET 3 Pathway: Magnet Dance Track
Course Description: Students are challenged in their application of classical dance techniques and terminology associated with the traditional class structure of ballet. Students may have an opportunity to explore contemporary ballet concepts of movement, as well. 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. Students in this class may need to obtain (e.g., borrow, purchase) appropriate footwear and/or dance attire from an outside source.


Title: DANCE REPERT 1 Type of Credit: PF
Prerequisite: Magnet Auditioned Program Pathway: Magnet Dance Track
Course Description: Students study the historical works of professional choreographers in one or more genres, such as ballet, modern, jazz, or other traditional dance forms.
Students learn to understand and apply each choreographer's movement design and artistic intent, respecting the work as each choreographer's intellectual property, and gain skills for group and self-assessment, analysis, and problem solving. Public performances may serve as a culmination of specific instructional goals. Students may be required to participate in rehearsals and performances outside the school day to support, extend, and assess learning in the classroom. Students in this class may need to obtain (e.g., borrow, purchase) appropriate footwear and/or dance attire from an outside source.


Title: DANCE REPERT 2 Type of Credit: PF
Prerequisite: DANCE REPERT 1 Pathway: Magnet Dance Track
Course Description: Students study the historical works of exemplary professional choreographers in one or more genres, learning to understand and apply each choreographer's movement design and artistic intent, and respecting the work as each choreographer's intellectual property. Students learn about Narrative, Literal, Non-Literal and Abstract dances, gaining skills for group and self-assessment, analysis, and problem solving. 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. Students in this class may need to obtain (e.g., borrow, purchase) appropriate footwear and/or dance attire from an outside source.
 


Title: DANCE REPERT 3 HONORS Type of Credit: PF
Prerequisite: DANCE REPERT 2 Pathway: Magnet Dance Track
Course Description: Students study the historical works of professional choreographers in one or more genres, learning to understand, apply, and respect each choreographer's movement design, artistic intent, and intellectual property. Students expand on Narrative, Literal, Non-Literal and Abstract dance, refining skills for group and self- assessment, analysis, and problem solving. 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. Students in this class may need to obtain (e.g., borrow, purchase) appropriate footwear and/or dance attire from an outside source.


Title: DANCE REPERT 4 HONORS Type of Credit: PF
Prerequisite: DANCE REPERT 3 Pathway: Magnet Dance Track
Course Description: Students study the historical background and works of professional choreographers in one or more genres, and have the ability to apply, and respect each choreographer's movement design, artistic intent, and intellectual property. Students may demonstrate Narrative, Literal, Non-Literal and Abstract dance, advancing skills for group and self-assessment, analysis, and problem solving. Dancers assess their skills and techniques in the context of careers in theatrical, commercial and concert dance.
Students may be required to participate in rehearsals and performances outside the school day to support, extend, and assess learning in the classroom. Students in this class may need to obtain (e.g., borrow, purchase) appropriate footwear and/or dance attire from an outside source.


Title: IB Dance Type of Credit: PF
Prerequisite: REPERT 2 / TECHNQS 2 Pathway: International Baccalaureate
Course Description: The IB DP dance course takes a holistic approach to dance, and embraces a variety of dance traditions and dance cultures—past, present and looking towards the future. Performance, creative and analytical skills are mutually developed and valued whether the students are writing papers or creating/performing dances. The curriculum provides students with a liberal arts orientation to dance. This orientation facilitates the development of students who may become choreographers, dance scholars, performers or those, more broadly, who seek life enrichment through dance