Arts
Arts at NDP
Visual and performing arts are foundational to our mission of educating young women to transform the world.
Welcome to the Arts at NDP!
Middle Level
The Performing Arts Program at Notre Dame Prep includes elective instruction in vocal music with the Middle Level Chorus; instrumental music with Band, Orchestra, and Piano Lab; and dance.
In addition, Middle Level students have many extracurricular opportunities to explore and celebrate their inner performer, including the annual Middle Level Musical, in which students assume all performance and stage-crew roles. Students may participate in our extracurricular dance program, which includes annual shows and area competitions.
All students take art two days a week during their time in the Middle Level. On Arts Night, when all visual artwork is on display, the Middle Level explodes with beauty. In addition, parents and friends enjoy concerts featuring NDP Middle Level musicians and dancers.
In addition, Middle Level students have many extracurricular opportunities to explore and celebrate their inner performer, including the annual Middle Level Musical, in which students assume all performance and stage-crew roles. Students may participate in our extracurricular dance program, which includes annual shows and area competitions.
All students take art two days a week during their time in the Middle Level. On Arts Night, when all visual artwork is on display, the Middle Level explodes with beauty. In addition, parents and friends enjoy concerts featuring NDP Middle Level musicians and dancers.
Drawing on the conviction that creativity and self-expression fuels intellectual growth and personal development, the school provides countless opportunities for the artist in all!
Upper Level
IN THE UPPER LEVEL
- NDP’s Music Department offers credited courses in Band, Orchestra, Chorus, Piano, Guitar, and AP Music Theory. Students may also participate in the school’s extracurricular private lessons.
- The Art Department offers courses in various media, giving each student the opportunity to have a range of art experiences and to pursue the continued study of art in consecutive years. In addition, students may study art history, architecture, interior design, medical illustration, and digital media.
- With a dual emphasis on both technical and artistic training, NDP’s Dance Program presents basic movement, dance fitness, ballet, modern, and jazz. Students have opportunities to perform throughout the school year either at designated assemblies or as part of the NDP Dance Team.
- Each year NDP Theatre produces a full-scale musical in the fall and a school play in the spring. Recent performances have included The Little Mermaid, Once on this Island, Sister Act, Once Upon a Mattress, Cinderella, and Bye Bye Birdie!, as well as dramatic performances of 26 Pebbles, Up the Down Staircase, Pride and Prejudice, Romeo and Juliet, and NDP’s award-winning production of Melanie Marnich’s These Shining Lives.
Notre Dame Preparatory School
An Independent, Catholic Girls School, Grades 6-12, Sponsored by the School Sisters of Notre Dame
