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Center for the Arts

Center for the Arts

For 38 years, the Center for the Arts has represented excellence in arts education. Today, The Center for the Arts provides a world-class, four-year program in the fine and performing arts that prepares young talent for ambitious post-secondary study and career achievement. Beginning with a comprehensive academic curriculum based on the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Program, the Center offers study in dance, music, theatre and the visual arts, including the opportunity to complete the full International Baccalaureate Diploma Program. Students receive individual and small group instruction in theory and fundamentals, and develop performance skills in a variety of solo and ensemble experiences. Classes, performing groups and competition opportunities are offered in studio art, concert, jazz and marching band, orchestra and chamber music, chorus and voice, guitar, piano, theatrical plays and musicals, drama tech and dance. The Center for the Arts focuses on developing each student's abilities and creativity for effective public expression of his or her talent.