The Arts

The arts are part of the Gilmour experience from the very beginning. Lower School students explore their creativity through performing and visual arts, developing foundational skills while discovering new interests. As they progress through the grades, students have opportunities to learn an instrument of their choice in fifth and sixth grade and explore digital media in the new Digital Media Studio, where they produce their daily Lance Jr. newscasts.

Middle School students build on their creative interests through visual arts, band, choir and performing arts. With opportunities to explore two-dimensional art compositions, develop their musical talents and participate in a Broadway-style production, students experience the many dimensions of artistic expression. Middle School performers also get a behind-the-scenes look at theater production, contributing to everything from set design and technical theater to acting and singing.

Upper School students take their artistic interests to new heights through an expansive range of opportunities in performing arts, music, digital media and Speech and Debate. Students bring Broadway-style productions to life both onstage and behind the scenes, participate in Concert Band and choir, and compete in Speech and Debate at the state and national levels. Through the Broadcast Studio and Digital Media Lab, students gain hands-on experience with industry-standard equipment and every aspect of newscast production, from technical directing and producing to filming, reporting and anchoring. Digital Music students further explore their creativity through music production and technology.