This performance-oriented band participates in concert appearances and Virginia Music Education Association events. Students continue the in-depth mastery of basic fundamentals of music while preparing pieces for performances. As a co-curricular ensemble, performances and rehearsals outside regular school hours are required. 

Chorus provides a singing experience for students who have no background in choral music. Through participation in performances, students build self-confidence and the concept of teamwork. Basic vocal technique, music literacy and sight reading are components of this class. Students will develop choral literacy by singing a wide variety of choral literature that is both sacred and secular. Participation in ensemble performances is required. 

The purpose of this program is to prepare students for a lifetime of guitar playing and music appreciation. A variety of musical styles are explored.  The ensemble is performance-oriented and is involved in concert appearances and county events. As a co-curricular ensemble, performances outside regular school hours are a requirement. Students must supply a standard nylon string classical guitar. 

• Intermediate Guitar Course Description

• Advanced Guitar Course Description

Students survey the technical and performing art of theater. They are exposed to the major elements of theater and gain knowledge of its principles through study and practice in both performance and production. Representative units of study include improvisation, mime, basic acting, the history of the theater, stage settings, costuming, make-up, and lighting. 

Film Studies/Production

Grade(s): 10, 11, 12  

Prerequisite: Teacher Recommendation

This course examines the intersections of video and performance art. Course participants will be challenged to make artworks that respond to video technology's most fundamental property: its ability to reproduce a stream of real-time synchronized images and sounds. In the first half of the course, students will study, examine and reflect on the history of film and television through critical analysis. The second half of the course will concentrate on the use of film production skills (camera, sound, lights and screenwriting) for further study and analysis which culminates in a short multi-media project.

Please email Mrs. Maier, dana.maier@lcps.org, with any questions and for a recommendation.

The following courses are for grade(s): 9, 10, 11, 12

• Theater Arts I 

• Theater Arts II (Prerequisite: Theater Arts I)

• Theater Arts III (H) (Prerequisite: Theater Arts II)

• Theater Arts IV (H) (Prerequisite: Theater Arts III)

• Technical Theater I

• Technical Theater II H (Prerequisite: Technical Theater I)