Performance Arts

Dance Expressions - Modern, Jazz and Ballet, The Joffrey Ballet
Students will become disciplined and versatile dancers by acquiring the basic technique, coordination, and musical interpretation that are essentials of a classical training. They will study Modern and Jazz dance and ballet to learn proper posture and body placement.

Vocal Arts - Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Students will learn basic music reading, performance, and stage presentation skills while refining individual and group vocal techniques. Students will perform music in foreign languages while also learning techniques for vocal auditions.

Theater Arts - University of Illinois at Chicago
This course challenges students to explore the creative process of acting and provides students with new skills in performance, voice and speech, improvisation, and ensemble acting.

Jazz Performance - Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz
Forming two jazz combos, the students explore and perform all styles of jazz from its inception to today, including Dixieland, swing, bebop, cool, hard bop, Latin, modal, free, fusion, and contemporary. Emphasis is placed on a working knowledge of standard jazz repertoire as well as the development of original compositions. Included is instruction in Jazz Improvisation, Theory, Composition, History, and Styles and Analysis.