Arts at Regents
Orchestral Ensembles
| GRAMMAR ORCHESTRA (5TH and 6TH) |
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| Grammar orchestra students will begin learning the proper playing techniques for their instruments; these will include accurate playing position/posture, bowing/pizzicato techniques, beginning instrumental fingering, note reading skills, ear training, and general ensemble instruction. They will work on achieving greater dynamic phrasing, articulation, and musicality in their ensemble performance. |
| SCHOOL OF LOGIC ORCHESTRA (7TH-8TH) |
| School of Logic Orchestra students continue progressing toward more challenging music. They work toward greater competency in their individual playing ability and in their ensemble performance as a whole. The Logic orchestra performs several times a year. |
| SCHOOL OF RHETORIC ORCHESTRA (9TH-10TH) |
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Students hone their group performance abilities, and expand their knowledge of musical theory and interpretation. Repertoire is varied and may include baroque, classical, romantic, and/or modern/pop pieces, which students prepare and perform. |
| Orchestra Competitions & Performances |
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Regents orchestra students will have multiple opportunities to hone their skills through individual and group competitions as well as publicly attended performances throughout the school year.
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Choral Ensembles
| GRAMMAR CHOIR, 5TH & 6TH GRADE |
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| As an introduction to choral music, 5th and 6th grade choir begins to develop students’ ability to sing various styles of music in unison and in two-part harmony. Genres include classical, sacred, jazz, pop, and world music, and lessons center on proper diction, singing technique, and breathe support. Students work on singing various styles of music in two and three-part harmony, to sight read music with ease, and to sing with dynamics and expression. These lessons provide authentic opportunities for students to gain appreciation for music, its history, and how music relates to the constant ministry in our school, in our communities, and throughout our world. |
| SCHOOL OF LOGIC MIXED CHOIR (7TH-8TH) |
| Students have the opportunity to rehearse and perform music from varied genres of choral repertoire including classical, early music, traditional and modern works including pop, jazz, and familiar tunes from Broadway and film. Students work on developing sight-reading and musicianship skills, singing in three-part harmony with or without piano accompaniment, and singing foreign language pieces. Required performances include fall and spring concerts, some chapels and a competition in May such as the Schlitterbahn Sound Waves Music Festival in New Braunfels. |
| SCHOOL OF RHETORIC CHOIR (9TH-12TH) |
| In Rhetoric choir, students develop not only their core musical skills, but also the personal maturity necessary to good choir membership. Emphasis is placed on learning how to create a proper choral and vocal sound, in addition to gaining greater proficiency in music theory, music reading and writing, and sight-reading. Performing a more advanced repertoire as they rehearse pieces with more parts and more difficulty, these choir members obtain beautiful harmonies of a high degree of musicianship and poise. The group performs outside of school each year at civic, cultural, religious, and educational events. |
| Choral Competitions and Performances |
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Regents choir students gain experience in a professional choral setting with group competitions and parent attended performances throughout the school year.
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Students have the opportunity to rehearse and perform music from varied genres of choral repertoire including classical, early music, traditional and modern works including pop, jazz, and familiar tunes from Broadway and film.
SCHOOL OF LOGIC MIXED CHOIR (7TH-8TH)
Dance
| SCHOOL OF LOGIC DANCE I (7TH-8TH) |
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| Logic dance introduces and develops the fundamentals of dance from the ground up, all while improving fitness, strength, and flexibility, while catering to all skill levels, from beginner to experienced dancers. Every class will consist of proper warm up and stretching, barre exercises, and/or across-the-floor progressions. Students will learn and rehearse choreography that supports a variety of dance styles. As skills progress, additional genres such as drill and precision dance are introduced. Each semester, students will learn and rehearse choreography and apply learned performance practices in front of a live audience. |
| SCHOOL OF RHETORIC DANCE (9TH-12TH) |
| Rhetoric students will increase their skill level and strength through more challenging technique, combinations, and choreography, explore different dance styles and begin to independently choreograph basic combinations and large group pieces all while improving upon their performance technique. As students become stronger and more flexible, they will hone their performance technique, independently choreograph, and demonstrate these skills with solo/small group pieces. |
| Dance Competitions & Performances |
| Beginning in 7th grade, Regents dance students will be expected to showcase their learned skills through a beautiful spring dance show held at Regents. In addition, School of Rhetoric dance students will compete at the annual TAPPS Dance Championship. |
| Knightline Co-Curricular Dance Group (9th-12th) |
| For those students who qualify through audition, the Regents Knightline is a competition based dance group that meets outside of regular school classes. Performances are varied and occur throughout the school year, building on varied dance skills that contribute heartily to the individual student’s overall dance portfolio. |
Band Ensembles
| GRAMMAR BAND, 5TH & 6TH |
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| As part of the band program, beginning 5th grade students will learn the proper performance techniques for an instrument (assembly, posture, breathing, fingering, music notation reading) and music ensemble instruction. The 6th grade band members will continue studying and learning foundational techniques for their specific instrument as well as ensemble skills. With increased technical ability, the band will spend more time exploring and learning band compositions. |
| SCHOOL OF LOGIC BAND (7TH-8TH) |
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Logic students will focus on working toward greater competency in their individual playing ability and in their ensemble performance as a whole. The Logic Band will study and perform a variety of more challenging music culminating with a spring concert and a band competition at a theme park. Individually, students will continue to develop technical skills on their instrument for greater facility giving special attention to musicality. |
| SCHOOL OF RHETORIC BAND (9TH-12TH) |
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Rhetoric band guides the learning of band music in a variety of musical styles and works collectively to prepare polished performances of the student’s repertoire. n addition to learning band literature and preparing it for performance, students complete performance based assignments and are expected to practice outside of class. Select students will combine with the Orchestra as a Symphonic Ensemble. We serve our communities by sharing God’s gift of music for a variety of functions. |
| Band Competitions & Performances |
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Regents band students will challenge themselves through individual and group competitions and publicly attended performances through the school year:
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Logic students will focus on working toward greater competency in their individual playing ability and in their ensemble performance as a whole.
SCHOOL OF LOGIC BAND (7TH-8TH)
Theater
| SCHOOL OF LOGIC THEATER (7TH-8TH) |
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| Students develop a broad theater arts perspective while sharpening performance techniques. Students will explore the disciplines of acting techniques, script analysis, stage direction, and stage movement. Students will perform monologues at the end of the fall semester and participate in a classical theater production at the end of the spring semester. |
| School of Rhetoric Theater (9th-12th) |
| Students will grow in their stage presence by participating in studio acting exercises, monologues, improv and group scene work in class. They will have the opportunity to participate in the stage tech required to put on the fall and spring plays with a focus on building, painting, prop, and costume work during class. As students advance, skills are refined with class time devoted to studio acting exercises, scene and monologue work, including an in class play that will be performed for the Christmas festival in the fall and an in class a play that will be performed for the grammar school. The in class plays will be rehearsed in class, not outside of class hours (meaning no afterschool or weekend work). As directed by the theater teacher, students may be eligible to audition for the spring and fall play productions as well. In addition, Film and Performance classes study how films successfully incorporate acting performance, storytelling, story structure, composition, and the use of film techniques including the use of light, sound, movement, color etc. to convey mood and story. |
| Theater Competitions & Performances |
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Theater students will study and prepare for Christmas and spring theater performances. Past Logic theater performances have included classics such as “Peter Pan” and “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe”. Rhetoric performances have taken on the challenge of performing acclaimed productions such as “The Tempest” and “Midsummer Night’s Dream”. |
Visual Arts
| GRAMMAR VISUAL ART, 1st and 2nd |
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| An interactive walk through the basic principles of art -line, shape, color, value, form, texture, and space - is what awaits our 1st and 2nd grade art students. Children will learn to think about the world around them through the eyes of classical artists and begin practicing how to utilize the basic principles of art in their projects. |
| GRAMMAR VISUAL ART, 3rd - 6th |
| Continuing to build upon the basic elements and principles of design, students will explore these concepts through various media and techniques, including both two and three dimensional works. An emphasis will be placed on artistic process, studio responsibility and resolution of ideas. Art history and criticism will be brought into the class through project discussion and planning. As we approach the 5th and 6th grade, complex projects requiring higher level thinking in planning and execution are created. Students will be delving further into design concepts that will push their ideas to the "next level." |
| SCHOOL OF LOGIC VISUAL ART (7TH-8TH) |
| Students will build technical and interpretive skills in art and begin to concentrate on technique in four central mediums: drawing, painting, printmaking, and sculpture. Emphasis will be placed on composition skills, artistic process, and studio stewardship. |
| SCHOOL OF RHETORIC VISUAL ART (9TH-12TH) |
| Rhetoric students develop their skill in using contour, quality, and cross contour line work to create compositions that convey their message in graphite, charcoal, pen, ink, oil and etching. Advancing students will expand their portfolio to include color, which students explore through a series of exercises that culminate in a full color painting. There is an additional emphasis on form, which students practice by creating a sculpture in the round. Clasess in Design introduce formal two-dimensional design concepts and the visual language of the elements and principles of design. Students learn and practice a four step process: thinking, planning, creating, and critique. Each project or exercise is designed to deepen student understanding of beauty, technique, and composition, toward building a polished portfolio of work that displays their skill and vision. |
| Art Competitions & Performances |
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Logic art students will showcase their body of work at a spring art show on the Regents campus and may compete in PSIA’s “on-site drawing” event. Rhetoric art students will have the opportunity to participate in the annual TAPPS Art Championship as well as spring art shows at Regents. |
