List of 5 items.

• Middle School Band

  The Middle School band program teaches students the basics of technique and music theory while providing fun and energetic performance opportunities. Fifth- and sixth-grade students are required to choose a band or string instrument. In seventh and eighth grade, opportunities expand and become more advanced.

• Middle School Drama

  Drama in Middle School teaches students to express themselves with confidence. Classes focus on voice and body exercise, improvisation, and scene work, which give students the tools they need to confidently play any character on the stage. Through interpreting characters, students learn to interpret the world. 

• Middle School Strings

  The Middle School strings program teaches students the basics of technique and music theory, and provides students the experience of playing in a large music ensemble. Fifth- and sixth-grade students are required to choose a band or string instrument. Students continuing a string instrument from the Lower School will continue to develop their skills as musicians, while new musicians will start from the beginning. In seventh and eighth grades, performance opportunities expand and the music becomes more advanced.

• Middle School Technical Theater

  Middle School theater tech is a place to get the basics. Students gain hands-on skills in areas essential to theater: carpentry, craft building, sculpture, basic wiring, sewing, drawing and painting. The classes provide the opportunity for students to explore some new areas of creativity with their peers.

• Middle School Vocal Music

  The Middle School show choir prepares a fully staged and costumed showcase performance each year. Students will also have the opportunity to participate in a performance trip to Disneyland. Jr. Pop Rock offers young singers the opportunity to study appropriate vocal and performance techniques through pop, rock, country, jazz and alternative music.