Highland Center for the Arts 597 Broadview Ave Warrenton Va 20186
Michael A. Hughes Heart for the Arts
Opened in 2004, the newly renamed Michael A. Hughes Middle for the Arts is a state-of-the-fine art facility that features The Rice Theater, the Lise Hicklin Black Box Theater, a dedicated art gallery, and studio spaces our faculty uses to offer a multifariousness of arts and music classes.
The 24,000 square foot facility is one of the elevation performance and rehearsal facilities in the region and offers dedicated spaces for music, drama, and fine arts that are professionally equipped to encourage creativity and maximize the student experience.
Music programs include guitar, jazz, and chorus
Located on the footing floor of the Michael A. Hughes Center for the Arts are dedicated music rooms. There is a large chorus room with a grand pianoforte and choral risers. In that location is as well a dedicated recording studio for voice and music studies. Adjacent to the chorus room is the instrumental room, a big rehearsal area for Highland's guitar and jazz ensemble programs. Across the hall from these rooms are several small-scale exercise rooms.
Dramatic and musical theater are a focus at Highland
The drama facilities in the Michael A. Hughes Heart for the Arts provide an first-class training ground for Highland students. At the heart of the complex is The Rice Theater. This 355-seat auditorium includes the principal stage with a 24x26 performance area. In the wing area is a Stage Manager'southward station with total communications to the control booth, stage-left expanse, and dedicated green room, a space for the actors and performers to apply make-up, don costumes in the two adjoining dressing rooms, and relax prior to a performance.
Lise Hicklin Black Box Theater
On the due north side of the Green Room is the Lise Hicklin Blackness Box Theater, an intimate theater space that can adapt an audience of nigh 60. this space is used for small-scale and experimental theater too as small comedy plays, monthly Coffee House music performances and other intimate events. The lighting and sound equipment is sophisticated and suited to the small infinite.
Professional lighting and sound systems
Professional lighting systems in both The Rice Theater and the Black Box Theater can exist raised, lowered, and repositioned to enable students to gel, aim and focus lights at the stage level. In The Rice Theater, there are a total of 96 dimmers, both on stage and in the house itself. This provides excellent lighting coverage and capabilities for any production.
The audio organization is custom built past JBL and includes 17 speakers supplying 32,000 watts of sound power. All the lights and sound equipment are controlled from the command booth. There is also a dedicated control expanse at the rear of the auditorium. These areas are equipped with the all-time lighting and audio control equipment bachelor.
A dedicated arts staff across all divisions
The Fine Arts staff is led by Michael Hughes, the Chair of the Fines Arts Department and the Artistic Manager of the Michael A. Hughes Center for the Arts. Mr. Hughes teaches Music Theory, and AP Music Theory. Susan Chacey directs the strings program in the Lower, Eye and Upper School. Ben Grove, teaches instrumental and vocal music in the Lower and Middle School. David Fatula teaches Beginning Guitar, Intermediate Guitar, Guitar Ensemble and Jazz Ensemble.
Hub for 2D and 3D arts classes
Highland School is committed to educating the whole person and the Visual Arts program at Highland reflects this philosophy. Karen Stinnett teaches 2D Art for grades viii-12. She is an accomplished artist whose exhibitions around the surface area are familiar to many in the community. Lauren Pinson teaches 3D Fine art in grades 8-12. Alice Laimbeer and Lindsey Dengel teach art in the Lower and Center Schools.
Our Michale A. Hughes Heart for the Arts features a spacious second fine art room with plenty of natural lite, big piece of work areas with professional drawing tables, and spacious storage. Next to this area is the 3D art room. Here, students work with clay and other forms of sculpture and accept admission to a state-of-the-art kiln in its ain room for firing the finished work. Heart School and Upper School students accept admission to these facilities.
We offer beginning, intermediate and Advanced Placement classes in general art, drawing and painting, photography, and ceramics. In add-on, graphics and blitheness are taught in our computer labs. Students can exhibit their best work both in the art center and in the community.
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