Arts @
TABOR ACADEMY
Theater Arts Whether staging published plays or writing original scripts, students drive Tabor’s theater program and, in very real ways, run all theatrical performances at Tabor. With all course work linked to productions, students direct and stage manage, choreograph and perform, design lighting and scenery, build scenery and props, and run the technical aspects of all shows during performances.
6+
drama productions per year
Dance The dance program at Tabor serves both novice and experienced dancers. Students may elect to take dance as their afternoon sport or activity during the fall and spring terms. Dance meets five times per week for one hour and a half each day. Students learn and train in all forms of dance from ballet to hip hop. Fall and spring seasons end in popular and well attended recitals featuring group and individually choreographed routines.
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regional & national competitive dance awards since 2010
PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITIES Fall Dance Recital Spring Dance Recital Competitive Dance Team Senior Projects
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Music Tabor’s music program features six different choral ensembles, from the entry-level training chorus to the select Madrigal Singers. The choral groups perform in a variety of concerts and recitals yearly. Tabor instrumentalists perform in a variety of ensembles and are provided the opportunity to form chamber groups as well. Tabor’s vocal and instrumental student musicians perform in honors ensembles throughout the year. These opportunities include the Southeastern District, Massachusetts All-State, and All-Eastern Music Festivals.
PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITIES Winter Concert Spring Concert Festival of Lessons and Carols Chamber recitals Applied Music recitals All School Meetings Chapel Program Madrigal Singers Concert Senior recitals Open mic nights SpringFest Senior Project performances
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private music instructors
Visual Arts The Visual Arts program offers courses designed to enhance students’ understanding and appreciation of the human element in art. Students create connections between the arts and their academics, helping them build their creative problem solving skills. Student artists start with Visual Thinking to give them the conceptual foundation and go on to explore traditional or digital photography, Facilities studio arts, sculpture, printmaking, digital arts, Braitmayer Art Center and functional ceramics. In these studios they Art gallery have the chance to discover a passion and 1 drawing & painting studio develop their personal voice as artists.
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new iMacs, iPads & Wacom tablets
Printmaking tools & printing presses Black-and-white photography lab 7 D750 Nikon cameras Large format digital printer 14 electric potters’ wheels 3 electric kilns 2 outdoor Raku kilns Wood fired kiln Slab roller Pug mill and extruder Glaze lab Downdraft gas kiln
Art Courses Visual Thinking Painting and Visual Storytelling Sculpture and Alternative Media Advanced Studio Art Ceramics Fundamentals Ceramics Methods Advanced Ceramics Photography Digital Design Pixels and Vectors Digital Illustration Photography as Communication Acting I and II Set and Costume Design Lighting Design Writing and Performing Advanced Acting and Directing Music Composition and Theory Musicianship (Basic and Advanced) Digital Music Studio
Tabor Academy
100%
posters and programs for school performances are designed by students in our digital arts classes
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