Arts
"Through music, visual arts, theater and dance, Brooks students find ways to elevate their thinking, but when asked, most will tell you they do it because it’s fun."
The Arts Department at Brooks School seeks to engage all students and empower them to think both creatively and critically. Through creation and exploration, students will have the opportunity to follow their curiosity, discover a new passion, acquire skills and gain insight into the arts that will enrich them in their Brooks experience and beyond.
There is a reason we choose to keep the Arts Department at the center of the Brooks campus. It is a symbol for how the arts fit into the center of our lives. The arts broaden our thinking, teach us to see in new, more sophisticated ways and allow us to fulfill that most basic of human needs, the need to create. At Brooks, we pursue the arts because it allows us to express, to connect, and because by doing it, we find joy. What we do is fun. It gives the soul a space to breathe and the mind room to wander. Through Music, Visual Arts, Theater and Dance, Brooks students find ways to elevate their thinking, but when asked, most students will simply tell you they do it because it’s fun.
Arts Exploratory
This year-long exploratory arts course, team taught by members of the arts department, provides access to our breadth of artistic disciplines within our Center for the Arts for all third-form students. Each student will spend several weeks in teams of students engaging, collaborating, communicating and creating in different disciplines (Visual 2D, Visual 3D, Media, Theatre, and Music) within the arts.
All third-form students are enrolled in a first year of arts, either in Arts Exploratory or one of our year-long ensembles: Chamber Music, Concert Chorale, Jazz Band, Rock Band or permission to participate in Advanced Jazz or Rock Band.
Music Courses
- Instrumental Ensemble
- Festival Chorus — Treble Voices
- Festival Chorus — Low Voices
- Music Theory I
- Music Theory II
- Concert Chorale
- Modern Music Production
- Instrumental and Vocal Lessons
- AP Music Theory
- Independent Study
- Jazz Band
- Advanced Jazz Band
- Chamber Music Ensemble
- Rock Band
- Advanced Rock Band
Instrumental Ensemble
Festival Chorus — Treble Voices
Festival Chorus — Low Voices
Music Theory I
Music Theory II
Concert Chorale
Modern Music Production
Instrumental and Vocal Lessons
AP Music Theory
Independent Study
Jazz Band
Advanced Jazz Band
Chamber Music Ensemble
Rock Band
Advanced Rock Band
Theater Courses
- Acting For Stage and Screen
- Theatre Design and Production Lab
- Stagecraft Carpentry
- Acting For Stage and Screen II
- Page to Stage Lab
- Advanced Performance Studio
- Independent Study
Acting For Stage and Screen
Theatre Design and Production Lab
Stagecraft Carpentry
Acting For Stage and Screen II
Page to Stage Lab
Advanced Performance Studio
Independent Study
Dance Courses
Visual Arts Courses
- 2-D Studio Art
- 3-D Studio Art
- Ceramics I
- Digital Art
- Film
- Photography I
- Woodworking
- Drawing
- Painting
- Ceramics II
- Sculpture
- Animation
- Illustration
- Photography II
- Journalism
- Advanced Open Studio
- AP Studio Art
- Independent Study