Arts
Arts at CA
Upper School Arts
What are you interested in? Performing Arts?
CA made live theater a priority, performing three Upper School shows during 2020-2021: Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind, Rabbit Hole, and the musical Urinetown. Check out the trailers from a variety of shows, such as Les Misérables, Proof, Lucky Stiff, American Buffalo, and Black Comedy, or a recent Dance Concert. Tune into the last Choir Concert and listen to Rise Up, Shosholoza, Baba Yetu, or Lullabye, and hear performances by the Jazz Band and the Rock Band.
Our dance program offers a wide variety of choices—from tap and contemporary, to hip hop and musical theater. We've also introduced vertical dance, which is performed using ropes, silks, and harnesses.
Learn about the new Leach Center for the Performing Arts and CA’s long commitment to the performing arts. And learn about the Orchestra and opportunities for private music lessons.
Read about a visit—which included a master class for Upper School theater students—from Bryan Terrell Clark who played George Washington in Hamilton on Broadway.
Or, perhaps your passion is Visual and Digital Arts.
Explore the recent in-person Senior Portfolio exhibitions and read more about the visual and digital arts program here. Meet CA's 2020 Guest Artist Michael Gadlin, and learn about the 2021 All-School Art Festival.
Finally, read about CA alums who are thriving, successful artists, including:
CA made live theater a priority, performing three Upper School shows during 2020-2021: Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind, Rabbit Hole, and the musical Urinetown. Check out the trailers from a variety of shows, such as Les Misérables, Proof, Lucky Stiff, American Buffalo, and Black Comedy, or a recent Dance Concert. Tune into the last Choir Concert and listen to Rise Up, Shosholoza, Baba Yetu, or Lullabye, and hear performances by the Jazz Band and the Rock Band.
Our dance program offers a wide variety of choices—from tap and contemporary, to hip hop and musical theater. We've also introduced vertical dance, which is performed using ropes, silks, and harnesses.
Learn about the new Leach Center for the Performing Arts and CA’s long commitment to the performing arts. And learn about the Orchestra and opportunities for private music lessons.
Read about a visit—which included a master class for Upper School theater students—from Bryan Terrell Clark who played George Washington in Hamilton on Broadway.
Or, perhaps your passion is Visual and Digital Arts.
Explore the recent in-person Senior Portfolio exhibitions and read more about the visual and digital arts program here. Meet CA's 2020 Guest Artist Michael Gadlin, and learn about the 2021 All-School Art Festival.
Finally, read about CA alums who are thriving, successful artists, including:
- a Broadway and Tony Award-winning actor
- an international muralist
- an Academy Award nominee and producer
- a science-inclined YouTube star, producer, and host of, Vsauce3, which has 4 million subscribers and 400 million views; his series Could You Survive the Movies? was nominated for a 2020 Emmy.
- an artist and co-founder of a design-build firm
- an international theater & opera lighting and set designer
- a Second City improv actor
- a music composer and figure skater turned designer
- an artist and sculptor
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CA Visual and Performing Arts
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