FINE ARTS
Instrumental, Vocal, Theater, Visual, Media Arts
Maryville Christian's Fine Arts program currently offers classes in instrumental, vocal and visual, theater, and media arts. Our lower school students experience the arts through drawing, painting, music, instruments, and performance. The upper school curriculum provides opportunities through courses such as concert band, theater, as well as visual arts, which includes experiences with a variety of mediums such as acrylics, watercolors, sketching, and sculpting. Our newest elective is Media Arts which includes photography, video production, and print media/yearbook.
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Theater Arts:
The MCS Theater Arts Department is an extracurricular program available to all students in grades K-12. Established in 2011, this program offers a fall play production for Upper School students and a spring musical production for both Lower and Upper School students. Both of these productions are performed at The Clayton Center for the Arts.
Fall Play 2025: The One-Act Play That Goes Wrong - Sept. 26-27 @ The Clayton Center for the Arts
Vocal Performing Arts / Choir
The MCS Vocal Performing Arts Department is both an academic and performing program. Students learn the ability to read and perform music from various musical periods and genres. Our Lower School music classes offer a nurturing environment to explore music through grade level experiences. The Lower School choirs perform throughout the year to further their musical understanding.
The Middle and High School Choirs perform in concerts and competitions in our region throughout the year. Students are challenged to take risks both personally and collaboratively to develop their musical skills. Course offerings allow the students to flourish creatively and deepen their knowledge.
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Instrumental Arts / Band
Participation in band provides many benefits for students: developing fine motor skills, exhibiting self-discipline and responsibility, teamwork, a social and creative outlet, and an opportunity to utilize their musical talent for the glory of God.
All 6th grade students join Beginning Band as their music class and they can choose to play flute, clarinet, saxophone, trumpet, trombone or snare drum/bells. They learn the fundamentals of music theory while being taught how to play a band instrument. Students who continue into Middle School band can choose to play from the full range of concert band instruments.
We have two Upper School Bands: Middle School band is comprised of 7th and 8th grade students and High School band is comprised of 9th - 12th grade students. Upper school bands continue expanding their music theory education to include composition skills and music history is added to the curriculum as well.
All bands perform multiple times throughout the year for school events and semi-annual concerts.
Visual Arts
In Art classes at MCS, all grades have the opportunity to develop skills in Visual Arts through drawing, paints, clay sculpting, relief art, print making, and more. MCS strives to provide a well-balanced Art experience. Upper School classes also study in depth the Elements of Art and Principals of Design.
Media Arts
As image-bearers of the ultimate CREATOR, we are gifted with inspiration from God to share truth through visual media. In our Media Production and Yearbook classes, students are active participants in the "Eagle News" team, engaging with a variety of media platforms to create for His glory. We aim to inspire students to tell stories that matter with a foundation of TRUTH. The year-long course examines the basic components of journalism alongside photography, videography, editing, writing, lighting, and audio.
