LearningThe Arts
At Meridian, arts classes are uniquely student-driven. Most trimesters, students choose among visual art, music, and theatre offerings, and often help shape the courses offered each year. Small, flexible classes allow teachers to tailor projects and instruction to students’ interests and experience.
Skills Developed
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Create original work using a range of artistic materials, techniques, and forms.
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Experiment with artistic ideas and approaches in an environment that encourages exploration and risk-taking.
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Analyze and interpret artistic works, developing the ability to discuss choices, meaning, and impact.
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Communicate ideas and perspectives through visual art, music, performance, and design.
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Collaborate with others to workshop and produce creative work and performances.
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Develop technical skills and artistic practices through increasingly advanced and individualized coursework
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Explore and cultivate one’s own artistic voice and identity.
Division Course Sequence
Every student moves through a foundational course in each discipline, then chooses electives as their interest develops.
Foundational Courses
Interdisciplinary Performance
Division 2 · Grade 8 · Year-long CourseEighth grade students participate in a year-long interdisciplinary arts class in which they adapt an existing text or story into an original musical. This course encourages active experimentation with the integration of a variety of art forms to build a musical theatre performance. Co-taught by the music, visual art, and theatre teachers, this collaborative class covers script-writing, song-writing, set and character design, as well as other visual possibilities, and culminates in a performance created and delivered completely by the students.
Curated Student Work
CAmpus LifeEnjoy the arts? You can do more!
Middle and High School Bands
Meridian Band is a welcoming, student-centered ensemble where musicians of all experience levels come together to learn, rehearse, and perform music across a wide range of genres.
Theatre
Meridian puts on two mainstage plays per year: one in the fall (faculty-directed), and one in the spring (student-directed). The plays are open to all grades and experience levels.