Upper School Arts Program

Catlin Gabel offers a robust selection of performing and visual arts courses for Upper School students, with dozens of options available each academic year in the visual, performing, and digital arts.

Students can select from arts classes in music, theater, visual, and digital arts, described in the Upper School course catalog, with additional electives available through Global Online Academy.

Performing Arts

Our Performing Arts program offers a wide variety of options for students to showcase their talents.

Each year, our theater group presents two Main Stage plays, one of which focuses on dance and singing. Recent performances include Hadestown: Teen Edition, Singin’ in the Rain, Dracula, and Mamma Mia! There are also opportunities to get involved behind the scenes through our theater tech class, which builds skills in recording, sewing, lighting, props, and set production.

Our performance ensemble, jazz band, and choir perform throughout the year, both on the main stage and at a range of campus events, local, and regional competitions. Students can also take classes in music recording and production, songwriting, and podcasting.
 

Visual Arts

Students can select from a wide range of semester-long classes, from photography, video production, and drawing to ceramics, 2-D and 3D art, and woodworking. Throughout the year, students' work is displayed in our Creative Arts Center. We also have a few opportunities during the year in which students can sell their work to the wider Catlin Gabel community.

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