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Middle School Performing Arts

Middle School performing arts courses expose students to new opportunities and also take their skill to the next level.

Students in 7th and 8th grade choose at least two semesters of the arts, one visual and one performing, and at least one oratory course. Advanced, audition-based ensembles in theater, music, and dance, as well as after-school musicals allow students to grow in skill and responsibility.

6th Grade Program

All 6th graders take Music 101, a yearlong course designed to give students the opportunity to grow their cognitive abilities through learning an ensemble instrument — either the violin, viola, cello, clarinet, flute, saxophone, or trumpet. This student-centered environment allows both beginners and experienced players to thrive. Classes rotate between music theory exercises and instrument lessons culminating in an end-of-year performance.

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Read all about it... the Middle School musical, Newsies, opened on December 1, 2023 to a sold-out audience. 

View photos of the show

7th and 8th Grade Movement and Dance

 

Students curious about dance can take a moment class, which explores an eclectic mix of dance styles such as contemporary, jazz, hip-hop, and break dancing. More advanced dancers have the opportunity to audition for a dance company in 7th and 8th grade.

 

7th and 8th Grade Music

 

Middle School music electives offer students opportunities to explore and develop musicianship within a wide range of genres and traditions. Through rich collaborative experiences, we strive to give students agency and ownership of their experience while piquing their commitment to build fundamental habits and skills. Whether playing in our auditioned ensembles (Pops Orchestra, Jazz Band, Chamber Group, and The Music Collective) or taking a non-auditioned course (Beginners Rhythm Section or Songwriting and Music Production), our department serves both performing musicians and those who thrive behind-the-scenes.

7th and 8th Grade Theater

 

Middle School students can explore theater both on-stage and behind-the-scenes with drama class, technical theater crew, and an audition-based theater company. 

Brentwood Students Dance with Little Amal

Brentwood Students Dance with Little Amal
Brentwood Students Dance with Little Amal
by Meredith Storrs, Assistant Director of Communications

Fifteen Brentwood Middle and Upper School dancers joined a community performance directed and choreographed by Debbie Allen and produced by the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts to bring awareness to the hundreds of thousands of global refugees and displaced peoples — half of whom are children — who need a safe home.

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