Brother Martin offers three areas of fine arts studies:
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Art
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Band
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Chorus
Art
These
classes are open to tenth, eleventh
and twelfth grade students. The course offerings aim to develop in students
an understanding of art and sensitivity to art values. At the same time,
art provides the opportunity for creative self-expression.
Band
This
is a full-credit elective course
that meets five times a week during the school day. Band is also available
to eighth graders - (See Eighth
Grade section for details.) Brother Martin's instrumental performing
ensembles appear in public more than forty times per year. Attendance
at all out-of-school rehearsals and performances is mandatory. Homework in the form of practice is assigned nightly.
The Band Department has a limited supply of school-owned instruments
for rent. These include percussion equipment, tubas, French horns,
baritone horns, oboes, piccolos and bassoon. Rental is $50 per year.
In addition, the Crusader marching Band members are assessed a $60 uniform
cleaning and refreshment fee for soft drinks at football games.
Chorus
This
class is a full-credit elective course which meets daily. It
provides training and experience singing music especially selected for
high school male voices. These experiences are planned to develop a love
for singing, to encourage participation in choral activities at school
and in community, to give students a working knowledge of the principles
of good singing, to acquaint them with some of the masterpieces of choral
literature and to give proper training to maturing voices. Attendance
at all rehearsals and performances is mandatory.