Arts Galore, NMH Magazine Fall 2007 at Northfield Mount Hermon

NMH Magazine : Fall 2007

Arts Galore

When it comes to partaking in the arts, NMH students have a wide range of options. The arts curriculum includes the courses listed here; students can also get academic credit for performing in either of the NMH Dance Companies or an auditioned music group.

FOUNDATION COURSE
FOR NINTH GRADERS
Arts Foundations
Presents concepts that underlie all arts programs in the curriculum. Required for all freshmen.

Dance
Modern and Jazz Dance Fundamentals
Emphasizes learning the anatomy of the moving body and the history of the two genres

Cocurricular Options
Introduction to Dance • Ballet • Modern Dance • Jazz Dance Workshop • Improvisation and Choreography • Tap

Music
The History of Jazz
An extensive study of the lives and music styles of famous jazz musicians from the 1800s to the 21st century

Electronic Music Studio
An introduction to using recording equipment, notation programs, and sequencing programs

How to Listen to Music
Builds listening skills and surveys
a wide selection of masterpieces of
classical composers

World Music
Explores musical styles, instruments, and cultural contexts of music from around the world

Advanced Applied Music I
Music lessons, practice sessions, and performance in a student recital

Advanced Applied Music II
Music lessons, practice sessions, research on music and composers, public performance, and appearance before a faculty panel for a final assessment

Advanced Placement
Music Theory and Harmony In-depth study of music theory

THEATER
Theater Production I
An introduction to stagecraft, scenic design, lighting design, and set construction

Playwriting
Students write original one-act plays; some are performed in the annual student-directed One-Act Play Festival.

Acting I and II
Emphasizes stage movement, voice, scene study, character development, improvisation, and ensemble technique

Modern Stage and Screen
Examines developments in theater and film from the latter 19th century to the present

Theater Production II
Intermediate to advanced design theory in scenic design, lighting design, and costume design

Directing
Script selection, casting, blocking, rehearsing, and production; students stage a scene or one-act play for an audience

VISUAL ART
Design Theory and Practice
An introduction to the elements of design

Drawing and Composition I
Explores still life, landscape, interiors, and figure and portrait work

Photography I
Covers photographic methods, materials, equipment, theory, and aesthetics

Digital Photography
An introduction to the basics of digital photography

Ceramics I: Sculptural Emphasis
Students create ceramic sculpture using pinch, coil, and slab methods, and learn basics of glazing and firing.

Digital Design Theory and Practice
Using high-end computers, scanners, drawing tablets, printers, and graphics software, students learn elements of design.

Intensive Studio in the Two-Dimensional Arts
Explores design, drawing, painting, printmaking, assemblage, and collage

Video as Visual Art
Examines video as an artistic medium through individual video pieces

Printmaking I
Monotype, etching, and linoleum- cut prints

Painting I
Using oil, acrylic, and drawing
media, students work on technique and color relationships.

Drawing and Composition II
In-depth study of drawing techniques with emphasis on figure drawing and long studies

Photography II
Emphasizes seeing photographically, analyzing and criticizing photographs, and photographic history

Color Photography
Color photographic methods, materials, equipment, theory, and aesthetics

Ceramics II
Includes further glaze work, assistance in kiln firing, and completion of major project

Painting II
Continuation of Painting I

Drawing and Composition III
Students concentrate on individual projects

Photography III
Students concentrate on individual projects

Ceramics III
Students concentrate on individual projects