FINE ARTS
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2026-2027 Course Selection will be open Feb.3 until Mar.3, 2026
Band 10 (BAN10-N)
Band 10 (BAN10-N)
Course Fee Applied
What students need to know:
Band 10 rehearses every other day and is a full-year course.
Students will work to develop the following skills and musical components: technique, rhythm, aural skills, interpretive concepts, and historical knowledge.
Theory and music history are also part of the course study.
Participation in performances is an expected part of the course.
Choral 10 (CHO10-N)
Choral 10 (CHO10-N)
Course Fee Applied
What students need to know:
Through the rehearsal and performance of a wide variety of quality repertoire, students:
focus on the fundamentals of choral singing by developing enhanced vocal technique, musical literacy, ear training, and listening skills.
will perform at CTC concerts and other potential performance opportunities as they arise.
This class can be taken as an eleventh class at lunch on alternating days.
No previous vocal training or choral experience is required.
Dance 10 (DAN10)
Dance 10 (DAN10)
Course Fee Applied
What students need to know:
Open to grades 10, 11, and 12
Open to grades 10, 11, and 12
Students will participate in a range of dance styles by learning technique, dance history, and theory.
Includes multiple performance opportunities, including a final recital
Drama 10 (DRA10)
Drama 10 (DRA10)
What students need to know:
This course is a performance-based class that is high energy, low pressure, and allows for creative freedom.
Scenes are built from scratch, built on student ideas and perspectives
Builds real-life leadership and presentation skills
Opportunities for mastering improv, exploring Indigenous storytelling, and noticing how drama shapes the world we live in.
requires no experience
Instrumental Jazz 10 (JAZ10)
Instrumental Jazz 10 (JAZ10)
Co-requisite: Band 10, 20 or 30
Co-requisite: Band 10, 20 or 30
What students need to know:
Students should be proficient on a wind instrument, piano, bass, guitar, or drums AND registered in Band 10, 20, or 30 at the same time to register
This is an introductory course for any instrumentalist interested in jazz! No previous jazz experience is necessary.
Learning will be experiential through small combos with a focus on improvisation and blues.
Students will engage in meaningful cultural and artistic inquiry as they become more competent and confident jazz performers, listeners, and consumers.
Guitar 10 (GUI10)
Guitar 10 (GUI10)
Open to Grade 10, 11, and 12 students
What students need to know:
Learn to play the guitar with an emphasis on pop, rock, blues, and classical music.
A heavily student-led course based upon daily practice.
Learn to read notes & rhythms, chord progressions, and TAB.
Guitars and materials are provided in class.
No music background necessary
Visual Art 10 (VAR10)
Visual Art 10 (VAR10)
Course Fee Applied
What students need to know:
Students will develop self-expression and technical skills through:
Four major areas (drawing, painting, sculpture, and printmaking),
Several genres (still life, portraiture, figure, landscape, nature, architecture, nonobjective) and
Variety of media (graphite, coloured pencil, charcoal, conte, pastel, ink, acrylic, watercolour, clay, wire, glass, paper/cloth mache).
Students will be introduced to informal class critiques, complete sketchbook exercises outside of class time and be given an opportunity to complete an independent project of their choice.
Vocal Jazz 10 (VJA10) **NEW**
Vocal Jazz 10 (VJA10) **NEW**
Co-requisite: Choral 10,20, or 30
What students need to know:
Open to Grade 10, 11, and 12 students
This course is an excellent opportunity to broaden your musical horizons. Jazz harmony and theory provide the fundamentals to understand and play all styles of contemporary music (pop, rock, country, R&B, etc.). To anyone looking to become a stronger, well-rounded musician, this course will challenge you and help build confidence.
Learning will be experiential through small groups with a focus on improvisation and jazz chords, and increase your skills and confidence as a solo singer and singing with a band.
Students should be enrolled in Choir at the same time to register.
No previous jazz experience is necessary, though previous music experience is an asset.
Band 20 (BAN20-N)
Band 20 (BAN20-N)
Course Fee Applied
Recommended: Band 10 or permission from instructor
Recommended: Band 10 or permission from instructor
What students need to know:
Band 20 rehearses every other day and is a full year course.
Students will work to develop the following skills and musical components: technique, rhythm, aural skills, interpretive concepts, and historical knowledge.
theory and music history are also part of the course study.
Participation in performances is an expected part of the course .
Choral 20 (CHO20-N)
Choral 20 (CHO20-N)
Course Fee Applied
Recommended: Choral 10
Recommended: Choral 10
What students need to know:
Through the rehearsal and performance of a wide variety of quality repertoire, students:
build on the fundamentals of choral singing by developing advanced vocal technique, musical literacy, ear training, and listening skills.
will perform at CTC concerts and other potential performance opportunities as they arise.
This class can be taken as an eleventh class at lunch on alternating days.
No previous vocal training or choral experience required.
Dance 20 (DAN20)
Dance 20 (DAN20)
Course Fee Applied
What students need to know:
Open to grades 11 and 12
Open to grades 11 and 12
explore the performance, composition, and technical analysis of many different dance styles, including an emphasis on self-choreographed material
multiple performance opportunities, including a final recital
Drama 20 (DRA20)
Drama 20 (DRA20)
What students need to know:
Open to students in grades 10, 11 & 12
explores various theatre genres, acting styles, and technical aspects of production.
challenges students in creating the "magic" of theatre (lights, sound, and style) and by writing something professional themselves.
Express diverse perspectives through script-writing, critique your own work like a pro, and head out on a field trip to see a live production and seek vibrant theatre and film from SK.
Everyone is welcome
Instrumental Jazz (JAZ20)
Instrumental Jazz (JAZ20)
Co-requisite: Band 10, 20 or 30
Co-requisite: Band 10, 20 or 30
What students need to know:
Students should be proficient on a wind instrument, piano, bass, guitar, or drums AND registered in Band 20 or 30 at the same time to register
This is a continuation of the learning done in Instrumental Jazz 10.
Learning will be experiential through small combos with a focus on improvisation.
Students will engage in meaningful cultural and artistic inquiry as they become more competent and confident jazz performers, listeners, and consumers.
Students will explore a variety of tunes and forms, including those using Latin rhythms, bossa, and ii-V7-I.
Guitar 20 (GUI20)
Guitar 20 (GUI20)
What students need to know:
Recommended Prerequisites: Guitar 10 or permission of the instructor
Students need to be able to read notes and play a variety of basic chords to register.
Students will perform individually and in small bands using intermediate playing techniques.
Guitars and materials are provided in class.
Visual Art 20 (VAR20)
Visual Art 20 (VAR20)
Course Fee Applied
What students need to know:
builds on previous artistic experience in a variety of two and three-dimensional formats while exploring various artistic styles.
Students explore art history and art criticism and participate in regular class critiques.
various media are used, which may include graphite, coloured pencil, charcoal, conte, pastel, ink, acrylic, watercolour, collage, clay, and plaster using singular and mixed media approaches.
opportunity to work on the potter’s wheel.
Option within the class:
This course offers students who are artistically advanced and intend to take the Advanced Placement Studio Art 30 in the following year.
Emphasis will be placed on establishing an understanding of the AP Studio Art requirements, reaching the level of quality that is expected, and completing a body of work to initiate a Drawing, and 2D or 3D Design portfolio.
Students interested in AP Studio Art 30 will be expected to do extra work outside of school to assist them in achieving the necessary volume of work.
Band 30 (BAN30-N)
Band 30 (BAN30-N)
Course Fee Applied
Recommended: Band 20
Recommended: Band 20
What students need to know:
Band 30 rehearses every other day and is a full-year course.
Students will work to develop the following skills and musical components: technique, rhythm, aural skills, interpretive concepts, and historical knowledge.
Theory and music history are also part of the course study.
Participation in performances is an expected part of the course.
Choral 30 (CHO30-N)
Choral 30 (CHO30-N)
Course Fee Applied
What students need to know:
Through the rehearsal and performance of a wide variety of quality repertoire, students:
develop the fundamentals of choral singing by working on advanced vocal technique, musical literacy, ear training, and listening skills.
will perform at CTC concerts and other potential performance opportunities as they arise.
This class can be taken as an eleventh class at lunch on alternating days.
No previous vocal training or choral experience required.
Dance 30 (DAN30)
Dance 30 (DAN30)
Course Fee Applied
What you need to know:
Open to grades 11 or 12
Open to grades 11 or 12
This course includes a variety of dance styles with a focus on:
group performance and an increased understanding of the choreographic process.
preparing for multiple performance opportunities, including a final recital.
Drama 30 (DRA30)
Drama 30 (DRA30)
What students need to know:
Open to students in grades 11 &12
This course is used as a platform for students to be leaders and visionaries by using theatre as a tool for social change and a voice for the voiceless.
Students will use the "Creative Process" to lead their peers, experiment with edgy contemporary theatre, and explore global traditions to find their unique artistic style.
Students learn how artists act as "agents of change" and how to manage a full-scale creative project from vision to reality.
Guitar 30 (GUI30)
Guitar 30 (GUI30)
Recommended: Guitar 20 or Permission from instructor
Recommended: Guitar 20 or Permission from instructor
What students need to know:
Play and learn about a variety of music styles at an advanced level.
Students focus on individual performance and form group "bands" using advanced playing techniques.
Students will be expected to work independently and design some of their own learning goals in cooperation with the instructor.
Guitars and materials are provided in class.
Visual Art 30 (VAR30)
Visual Art 30 (VAR30)
Course Fee Applied
What students need to know:
Visual Art 30 is intended for committed art students who wish to advance their skills and design repertoire.
Canadian art history and art criticism will be explored in an in-depth manner, and students will participate in regular class critiques.
Students will also be given a field trip opportunity to critique an art exhibition at a local gallery.
Media may include graphite, coloured pencil, charcoal, conte, pastel, ink, acrylic, watercolour, collage, clay, wire, paper, and plaster using singular and mixed media approaches.
AP Studio Art 30 (VAR30P & VAR30L)
AP Studio Art 30 (VAR30P & VAR30L)
Course Fee Applied
Course Fee Applied
Recommended: Pre-AP or Visual Art 20 and permission from the instructor
Recommended: Pre-AP or Visual Art 20 and permission from the instructor
What students need to know:
Students selecting Studio Art 30 must be enrolled in both VAR30P & VAR30L.
Visual Art 30 (VAR30P) - Semester 1
This enrichment opportunity is intended for highly motivated and independent senior artists who are passionate about art-making and would like to work towards a university or college-level credit in art. The AP curriculum is based on the requirements of a first-year university studio art course therefore, projects and pace will reflect this. Students will compile a portfolio in one of the following areas: Drawing, 2D Design, or 3D Design, and portfolios will be graded at an external evaluation by the College Board in May.
Studio Art 30 (VAR30L) Semester 2
This course is designed to meet the needs of Advanced Placement for Studio Art students who are completing a portfolio for submission to the College Board in May. Students will be completing the Concentration section of their portfolios, organizing the final senior exhibition, creating their own website, and spending two weeks working with a local professional in their field of choice.
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