Fine Arts Department

Hill-Murray is widely recognized as a top provider of education in the fine arts, offering a wide range of both fine arts courses and cocurricular activities.  Students choose from a broad selection of courses in theatre, instrumental and choral music, and the studio arts.  Over 200 Hill-Murray students are involved in theatre each year, performing and working behind the scenes in five student plays and musicals.  The school is a perennial section finalist or entrant into the State One-Act play contest.

Hill-Murray also boasts an Artist-in-Residence program, featuring artist and Hill-Murray studio arts teacher, Pat Benincasa, giving students the opportunity to learn from a working artist.  Her steel and glass sculptures are on display around the country, including the Redemption Window she created for the Hill-Murray chapel.  The studio arts program lets students select courses using a variety of media, including courses in graphic design via computer.

Opportunities to become involved in music are numerous at Hill-Murray School.  Students may participate or audition for a wide range of instrumental and vocal ensembles.  They also have the opportunity to perform regularly throughout the year.

The Fine Arts program at Hill-Murray School contributes to the development of the student as a whole person by:

• Enabling students to grow in service to community, team building, and respect and responsibility for others.
• Providing an opportunity for students to "stage" their talents and be "competitive" in a positive environment.
• Allowing students access to learning not available in the classroom- building life-long appreciation for the works of art, music, and theatre.
• Exposing students to the experience of the arts in practice and performance as they develop skills, confidence, poise, and critical abilities.
  
  For a complete description of all of the courses available in the fine arts curriculum, please see our 2008-2009 Course Directory.
  
  
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