The Arts
Bradford Christian Academy encourages artistic expression and appreciation of the visual and performing arts across the curriculum. Through our classes in music, communication arts, and fine arts, our students grow in their creative nature, develop their God-given abilities, and reflect the creative image of God. Our students harness their creative talents under the guidance of our gifted teachers, as they cultivate and enjoy their emerging talents. BCA offers students a variety of opportunities to perform and to exhibit their art throughout the year.
Communication Arts is offered to all students in grades 8-12. Throughout the year, students will be participating in all forms of communication arts, including acting, public speaking, and rhetorical criticism. The second half of the year will focus on a film making project with each class scripting, directing, and producing a short film to be presented to the BCA community at the Fine Arts Festival each spring.
Music: BCA middle school students study introduction to music. During the fall semester, students learn choral performance, working toward the Christmas celebration concert. During the second semester, the classes cover various elements of music, basic music theory, introduction to reading music, and some history and styles of music.
Christmas Celebration Concert: A Christmas production allows students the opportunity to integrate faith in learning through various artistic mediums relating to the Christmas season. The dramatic and musical performances are selected to reflect the glory of our Lord and Savior and to highlight the talents of our students.
Drama: A dramatic production, held in the spring, allows students to integrate more intensely the learning of formal theater techniques in a traditional play or musical. This production is open to all students in grades 6-12, and is entirely separate from all classroom fine arts instruction.
Fine Arts is offered to all students in grades 6-12. Students study theory, history, and multiculturalism, integrated into the hands-on curriculum. Students also learn techniques in a variety of media including drawing, painting, sculpture, scratch board, collage, and print making. Our creative classes offer an increased awareness of cultural literacy and the value of arts in society. BCA also offers an after school art league for students interested in furthering their studies in fine art.
Fine Arts Festival: Each spring Bradford Christian Academy hosts a Fine Arts Festival to showcase the artistic talents of our fine arts and communication arts students. Student art work is displayed and honored for artistic merit during this evening to celebrate the arts. The evening also includes the presentation of student film shorts scripted, directed, and produced by the communication arts students.
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