The Arts at Brookwood
Performing Arts at Brookwood
The Performing Arts Program seeks to teach all students to be creative and confident young musicians and performers in a multitude of musical styles. Performing is encouraged at every age and ability level, and it is our goal for all students to have the chance to perform in some way, individually or in a group, at one of our weekly School Meetings. All students participate in the Lower School play, Holiday Revels, Middle School Revue, and the Grade Eight musical. Additionally, we have a conscious focus on instrumental and vocal ensembles, and in music classes students receive instruction on instruments provided by the school, including steel drums, Orff instruments, guitars, drums, and handbells.
Private lessons and after-school programs are available for kids looking for additional music and drama experience. Current after-school programs include contemporary combos, jazz/blues groups, drama, and vocal studio for young singers. A third of the school's population currently takes advantage of the private lesson program which offers piano, voice, guitar, bass guitar, woodwind, string, and drum instruction, and we have a varied staff of terrific musical instructors with expertise in classical, jazz, folk, and contemporary styles of music.
Strategically located near the School Meeting House, the Beinecke Family Music Room and the Lower School Music Classroom are specially designed and acoustically treated for large and small ensemble work. Brookwood students have access to a professional recording studio used for individual and group cd projects. Guitars (electric and acoustic), microphones, and amps are readily available for student use. Numerous practice rooms offer dedicated workspace for the school's private lesson and after-school music programs. Our musical staff can offer assistance and expertise in a multitude of musical styles. We LOVE music!
2007 - 2008 Spring Musical: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory!
This is the classic tale of Willy Wonka, an eccentric chocolatier and Charlie, a good-hearted boy from a poor family who lives in the shadow of Wonka's extraordinary factory. Long isolated from his own family, Wonka launches a worldwide contest to select an heir to his candy empire. Five lucky children, including Charlie, draw golden tickets from Wonka chocolate bars and win a guided tour of the legendary candy-making facility that no outsider has seen in 15 years. Dazzled by one amazing sight after another, Charlie is drawn into Wonka's fantastic world in this astonishing and enduring story.
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