Fine Arts

Our middle school and high school program provides students with the opportunity to continue their involvement in the performing arts and perfect their skills.  All choral groups perform a wide variety of both sacred and secular choral literature ranging from classical to contemporary. Students learn increasingly advanced levels as they progress through the program.

Middle School Chorus / Theater Group

Students in 5th and 6th grade 

• Junior Broadway musical
• Set, prop, and costume construction
• Showstoppers (audition only) – Community performances, Christmas parade, Universal Studios Performance

Students in 7th and 8th grade 

• Singing, dancing, drama
• Music theory skills
• Set, prop, and costume construction
• Directing / choreography opportunities
• Choral concerts
• Community performances
• Drama Club
• Junior Broadway musical
• District Junior Thespian Festival
• National Junior Thespian Society
• Multiple awards earned each year

 High School Chorus / Theater Group

Students in 9th – 12th grade

• Singing, dancing, drama
• Music theory skills
• Directing / choreography opportunities
• Choral concerts
• Community performances
• Broadway musical
• FVA District Music Performance Assessments (MPAs)
• District Thespian Festival
• National Thespian Society
• Multiple awards earned each year
• Fine Arts Diploma

High School Honors Ensemble

• Select vocal ensemble (audition only)
• Advanced vocal training / music theory
• Choral concerts
• Community performances
• Universal Studios Performance
• FVA District Solo & Ensemble Competition
• All State Chorus
• Multiple awards earned each year
• High School honors credit

Praise Team / Worship Leaders

• Open to students in middle and high school 
• Praise Team
• Leading Congregational Music
• Instrumental Accompaniment
• Solo & Small Group Vocal

MICS believes in providing an environment of learning that encourages balance in every area of a student’s life.  Private music lessons help students develop artistic thinking, mathematical reasoning, self-confidence, and teach musical history, music theory, and vocal technique.

Piano Lessons

• Open to grades K – 12th
• 30 minutes/week
• Scheduled during the school day
• Advanced musical training
• Semester recitals
• Praise Team opportunities (Grades 7th – 12th only)

Voice Lessons

• Open to grades 3 – 12th
• 30 minutes/week
• Scheduled during the school day or after school
• Advanced vocal training
• Semester recitals
• Community performances
• Competition in NATS and FVA events
• Praise Team opportunities (Grades 7th – 12th only)

Instrumental Lessons

• Open to grades 4th – 12th
• 30 minutes/week
• Scheduled during the school day or after school
• Advanced musical training
• Semester recitals

Praise Team opportunities (Grades 7th – 12th only)

Elementary

• Weekly classes teach students to enjoy, appreciate, and create art, while recognizing God is the first and ultimate artist. (John 1:1-4)
• Students are introduced to a variety of artists, art elements and principles, techniques, and materials throughout the year.
• Skills, techniques, and process, as well as critical thinking and reflection are stressed

High School Studio Art

• Students may continue the study of art as an elective.

• Courses build on skills learned at the elementary level and focus on strong design, technique, and cultivating self-expression.
• Courses offered in a variety of studio art including: drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture, clay, and mixed media.
• National Art Honor Society (NAHS) offered as a club for students in good standing.

Photography

• Award winning program taught by a professional photographer
• Students learn how to use a DSLR camera and all the camera functions.
• Design skills, including the elements and principles of art, are taught with each assignment.
• Cultivating self-expression is stressed second semester.
• Advanced Photoshop techniques are taught.
• National Art Honor Society (NAHS) offered as a club for students in good standing.
• Advanced Placement (AP) 2 D Design is offered for college credit.