FINE ARTS

a work’s structure, style, and themes, as well as its use of figurative language, imagery, and symbolism. Writing assignments include expository, analytical, and argumentative essays that require students to analyze and interpret literary works.

COURSE

Performance Art

Band Camerata (Choir) Drama (I, II, III, IV) Music Appreciation Music Theory I Music Theory II AP Music Theory

Visual Arts

Ceramics Digital Media Drawing and Painting I Drawing and Painting II Graphic Design Hon. Portfolio Hon. Photo Portfolio Photography I Photography II AP Portfolio

FINE ARTS

LENGTH CREDIT GPA WEIGHT

2 Semesters 1 2 Semesters 1 1 Semester 0.5 1 Semester 0.5 1 Semester 0.5 1 Semester 0.5 2 Semesters 1 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.33

1 Semester 0.5 1 Semester 0.5 1 Semester 0.5 1 Semester 0.5 1 Semester 0.5 2 Semesters 1 2 Semesters 1 1 Semester 0.5 1 Semester 0.5 2 Semesters 1 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.666 0.666 0.00 0.00 1.33

PERFORMANCE ART BAND

Grades: 9, 10, 11, 12

Students from 9-12 are combined into one performing ensemble. In class, students further refine their technical skills and music reading skills. Students adventure into more challenging concert music with independent parts and continue to perform music literature from a wide variety of styles, historical periods, and cultures appropriate to their growing technical abilities. Students learn about the historical period and culture from which their music selections come, and further their music reading skills and knowledge of music theory. Students are encouraged to play solos and in chamber ensembles at the Ohio Music Education Association (OMEA) Solo and Ensemble Adjudicated Event. Students are also encouraged to play their instruments as a part of school liturgies and other school events. In addition, students are given the opportunity to perform in a pep band at several home football and basketball games. *This course may be taken as many times as a student wants to participate. (Freshmen taking health are permitted to take Band for only one semester.)

CAMERATA

Grades: 9, 10, 11, 12

Students study all aspects of singing, including age- and-stage appropriate vocal development and production, sacred and secular repertoire, rhythmic and melodic sight-singing, and listening skills. Three evening performances are presented: Upper School Evening with the Fine Arts in November, the annual Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols in December, and a final concert in the spring. Music in a wide variety of styles and languages is programmed. Camerata provides musical leadership at Summit Masses and services, including Upper School Masses, Campus Day Mass, and Graduation Mass. On occasion, Camerata is invited to perform for community events. *This course may be taken as many times as a student wants to participate. (Freshmen taking health are permitted to take Camerata for only one semester in a main bell and continue in second semester in a short bell.)

DRAMA

Grades: 9, 10, 11, 12

Drama is an introductory course designed to acquaint students with the fundamentals of acting and theatrical performance. The course explores movement and voice for the actor, basic acting techniques, as well as theatre history and stagecraft/production design. Students explore the basic principles of directing and dramatic criticism through the study of a major dramatic work. Drama pulls together these various techniques in the final presentation of a major scene or one act play. *This course may be taken as many times as a student wants to participate. Students who choose to continue to take Drama learn more complex techniques for acting and theatrical performance.

MUSIC APPRECIATION

Grades: 9. 10, 11, 12

Students study elements of music, stylistic characteristics of musical eras, Western and global musical instruments, and vocal music. The class also pursues news of current events related to performing arts. The class is taught for one semester and requires no previous musical knowledge or skill.

MUSIC THEORY I Grades: 9, 10, 11, 12

Using a hands-on approach, students learn the basics of music notation, musical elements of pitch, rhythm, and harmony. Ear training involves singing and writing rhythmic, melodic, and harmonic dictation. Students frequently use keyboards and technology in the classroom to explore concepts and practice skills. Music Theory I, while not required, is a good prerequisite for Music Theory II. *This class is taught for one semester.

MUSIC THEORY II Grades: 9, 10, 11, 12

The ability to read treble and bass clef music is required for Music Theory II. Topics include major and minor scales, modes, simple and compound meter, intervals, chords, first species counterpoint, and ear-training. Music Theory II is excellent preparation for AP Music Theory. *The class is taught for one semester.

AP MUSIC THEORY

Grades: 10, 11, 12 Prerequisites: Music Theory I/II

The AP Music Theory course corresponds to one-to-two semesters of typical, introductory college music theory coursework that covers topics such as musicianship, theory, and musical materials and procedures. Musicianship skills, including dictation and listening skills, sightsinging, and harmony, are an important part of the course. Through the course, students develop the ability to recognize, understand, and describe basic materials and processes of tonal music that are heard or presented in a score. Development of aural (listening) skills is a primary objective. Performance is also part of the curriculum through the practice of sight-singing. Students learn basic concepts and terminology by listening to and performing a wide variety of music. Notational skills, speed, and fluency with basic materials are emphasized.

VISUAL ARTS

CERAMICS

Grades: 10, 11, 12

Students explore different clay bodies, firing temperatures, glazing techniques, and firing processes to create unique functional / non-functional works of art via hand-building, wheel throwing, and sculpture. Through these processes of working with clay, they develop and demonstrate skill, expand their imagination, and practice observation. The elements and principles of art provide the foundation for students to create, produce, respond to, and connect with ceramics.

DIGITAL MEDIA Grades: 9, 10, 11, 12

Students explore artistic use of digital media using the industry standards Adobe Creative Cloud (Photoshop, Flash, and Premiere Pro). Throughout the semester, students investigate topics and concepts including stop-motion/GIF animation, digital video installation/projection, and 3D printing. Most importantly, students gain tactile experience of working with digital media and learn about visual literacy.

DRAWING AND PAINTING I

Grades: 9, 10, 11, 12

Drawing is the most fundamental means of communication for the visual artist. Students create and produce drawings and paintings and respond to and connect with art created by others. Students are also introduced to a variety of methods in representing form and idea using media including graphite, pen/ink, colored pencil, charcoal, tempera, acrylic, and watercolor.

DRAWING AND PAINTING II

Grades: 10, 11, 12 Prerequisites: Drawing and Painting I

Students continue to expand their observational drawing skills and improve skills in media introduced in Drawing and Painting I to develop higher level studio-based skill. New mediums, including ink wash, are introduced allowing students to expand their repertoire and prepare for the Honors Portfolio Class.

GRAPHIC DESIGN Grades: 9, 10, 11, 12

Students develop skills to communicate effectively in a visual world and discernibly observe media as they learn and understand the impact of graphic design. The elements of art and principles of design are the foundation for developing graphic designs and students apply text and imagery to communicate ideas and concepts as well as responding to and connecting with others’ works. Students use traditional mediums, such as printmaking and drawing, as well contemporary mediums from the Adobe Creative Cloud to both create and produce materials.

PHOTOGRAPHY I Grades: 9, 10, 11, 12

Students learn the basics of black/white photography: history, vocabulary, and techniques. Students will develop their art making ability through creative/critical problem-solving skills using a variety of photographic projects inside and outside the darkroom. Manual film photography will be the focus of this course with an introduction to simple digital photography and Adobe Photoshop.

PHOTOGRAPHY II

Grades: 10, 11, 12 Prerequisites: Photography I

Students build upon the skills from Photography I while exploring new darkroom and digital mediums. and apply them to a digital format. Students build confidence in their creative/critical problem-solving ability using a variety of photography techniques. Photography II will focus on developing higher level studio-based skills in mediums such as black/white photography, hand coloring/manipulating, digital photography, and Adobe Photoshop.

HON. PORTFOLIO

Grades: 11, 12 Prerequisites: Drawing and Painting I and II

The primary purpose of this course is to discover visual art as a language for the communication of the student's ideas and feelings and to develop those technical skills that make communication possible. The direction of this course is aimed primarily at serving two different student artists. The first is the student who is seriously interested in the practical experience of art and is willing to meet the rigorous demands of a college-level art experience. The second is the student who would like to prepare for art school or a career in art by helping them bring together a culminating portfolio of their work, but who might not want to take the AP exam.

Students discover visual art as a language for communicating ideas and feelings and develop the technical skills to convey those ideas and feelings. Those students with serious interest in the practical experience of art and the willingness to meet the rigorous demands of a college-level art experience hone their skills to meet this goal. Other students who would like to prepare for art in college or as a career, but who might not wish to take the AP Portfolio course yet, develop and assemble a portfolio of their work.

HON. PHOTO PORTFOLIO

Grades: 11, 12 Prerequisites: Photography I and II

The purpose of this course is for the student photographer to begin putting together a portfolio by implementing the elements and principles of art. The direction of this course is aimed at serving two different student artists. The first is the student artist who is building his or her own collection for a portfolio. This portfolio will showcase a student’s voice and breadth of work and will lead to a concentration for the following year in AP Portfolio. The other student wants to build a portfolio of work, explore alternative printing processes and photographic techniques, and investigate a concept through a series of images, but does not want to go on to take the AP exam.

The student photographer implements the elements and principles of art to assemble a portfolio displaying their breadth and depth of photography skill. Students explore more in-depth developing and printing methods while honing the skills learned in prior photography courses. Students who would like to prepare for photography in college or as a career, but who might not wish to take the AP Portfolio course yet, develop and assemble a portfolio of their work.

AP PORTFOLIO

Grades: 12 Prerequisites: Honors Portfolio or Honors Photo Portfolio

The AP Art and Design program consists of different courses and AP Portfolio Exams—AP 2-D Art & Design and AP Drawing—corresponding to college and university foundations courses. Students may choose to submit either of the AP Portfolio Exams. Students create a portfolio of work to demonstrate inquiry through art and design and development of materials, processes, and ideas over the course of a year. Portfolios include works of art and design, process