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“Aside from a superior teaching faculty and an overwhelmingly
talented body of students, it was the challenging and
artistically ambitious nature of the Performing Arts
Department that inspired me most.”
- Joell Johnstone, ’97 Pius XI Graduate, professional actor in NYC
The Performing Arts Program is a K-16 model offering outreach programs to area grade schools through the Pius XI Performing Arts Academy and preparing passionate, dedicated high school performers for college entrance and careers in the performing arts. The program offers a four-year scoped and sequenced curricular program that empowers students with the technical and interpretive tools to communicate effectively through their medium for performance.
Students will learn to:
- Perform a wide variety of repertoire, both alone and in groups
- Authentically communicate the message of repertoire, using appropriate technical and interpretive tools
- Develop a working understanding of the collaborative nature of group performance
- Describe, analyze and evaluate the meaning of a wide variety of repertoire and media.
- Develop a sense of their artistic potential
- Understand and express other points of view - social, cultural, historical, etc. - through performance.
- Find beauty and power in the performing arts