Performing & Visual Arts SLC

Award-Winning Theatre Track 

• Learn production, directing, writing and performing as well as technical aspects of theatre including lighting, sound and set design. 
• Students of all grade levels have opportunities to perform in different settings: plays, musicals, open mic nights,  the Winter and Spring Festival of the Arts and Thespian Show. 
• Partnership with the LeAp arts program providing an intensive playwriting residency that engages students in storytelling and creative expression. 
• APVA students have participated in competitions all over New York City including the August Wilson Monologues, National Shakespeare Competition, and LEAP’s playwriting competition. 

Theatre track culminates to taking the Theatre Regents. Upon completion of 10 theatre credits and the Regents, students will earn a Chancellor's Arts Endorsed Diploma.

Comprehensive Art Track

• Four-year art track for advanced students

• Portfolio 1 and 2 surround students in a broad range of media including collage, printmaking, drawing, painting and sculpture 

• Portfolio 3 and 4 expands on students’ skills sets and knowledge with opportunities to work on  large-scale projects using a broader array of materials

• Graphic design and independent study offered during the 11th and 12th grades

• Advanced Placement 2D Portfolio

• Art Regents

Art track culminates to taking the Art Regents. Upon completion of 10 art credits and the Regents, students will earn a Chancellor's Arts Endorsed Diploma.

Music Track

• First year - Music History and Performance Level 1&2
• Second Year - Beginning Band and Orchestra / Chorus
• Third Year - Intermediate / Advanced Band or Orchestra / Chorus
• Fourth Year - Intermediate / Advanced Band or Orchestra / Chorus

Music Electives: 

Core Music 1&2 (Two Semesters)

Music Theory 1&2 (Two Semesters)

AP Music Theory 1&2 (Two Semesters)

Keyboard 1&2 (Two Semesters)