Description:

This course requires students to experiment individually and collaboratively with forms and conventions of both drama and theatre from various cultures and time periods. Students will interpret dramatic literature and other texts and media sources while learning about various theories of directing and acting. Students will examine the significance of dramatic arts in various cultures, and will analyse how the knowledge and skills developed in drama are related to their personal skills, social awareness, and goals beyond secondary school.

 

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Students will focus their work on the various aspects of musical performance through the study of a woodwind, brass or percussion instrument in a band setting.

 

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Students will focus their work on the various aspects of musical performance through the study of a string instrument in an orchestra setting.

 

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This course is designed for students wishing to learn about singing and participate in a choir setting.

 

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This course emphasizes the refinement of media arts skills through the creation of a thematic body of work by applying traditional and emerging technologies, tools, and techniques such as multimedia, computer animation, installation art, and performance art. Students will develop works that express their views on contemporary issues and will create portfolios suitable for use in either career or postsecondary education applications. Students will critically analyse the role of media artists in shaping audience perceptions of identity, culture, and community values.

 

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This course focuses on enabling students to refine their use of the creative process when creating and presenting two- and three-dimensional art works using a variety of traditional and emerging media and technologies. Students will use the critical analysis process to deconstruct art works and explore connections between art and society. The studio program enables students to explore a range of materials, processes, and techniques that can be applied in their own art production. Students will also make connections between various works of art in personal, contemporary, historical, and cultural contexts.

 

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Students will learn how the elements and principles of design are used to communicate through areas such as commercial art, advertising, graphic design, packaging design and television. A critical look at the careers and work of both contemporary and past professional designers will complement studio projects.

 

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Students will learn about traditional photography as an expressive art form. The history of art as it relates to photography will be included and the role of digital imaging and manipulation may be included in the studio projects.