Fine and Performing Arts International Baccalaureate (IB)
2860 IB Art/Design
Offered at two levels, Art/Design is designed to provide students with the opportunities to develop aesthetic, imaginative and creative facilities; stimulate and train visual awareness, perception, and criticism of the arts of various cultures; enable students to discover, develop, and enjoy various means of creative visual expression; encourage the pursuit of quality through training, individual experiment, and persistence; and encourage a lively, inquiring, and informed attitude toward art and design in all its forms, both in history and today.
2360 IB Music
Offered at two levels, Music is designed to promote a greater awareness and understanding of the power and variety of musical experiences for those who have a general interest in music and for those who intend to continue their formal study of music. Candidates are exposed to a broad spectrum of music, ranging from classical and modern Western traditions to that of other regions and cultures. At both levels, the creative and practical aspects of music are evenly balanced with the theoretical or academic. All students study basic music theory, undertake general and detailed studies of Western music from different time periods and of world music from each continent, and participate in the creation of music through compositions or performance. Candidates are not expected to play more than one instrument but may choose more than one (including the voice) if they wish.
2960 IB Theater Arts
Offered at two levels, Theatre Arts is designed to help students understand the nature of the theatre by making it as well as by studying it and to understand the forms it takes in cultures other than their own. Having completed the course, a student will be expected to demonstrate the following: a knowledge of the major developments and techniques in the theatrical history of more than one culture; an ability to interpret play scripts and other theatrical texts analytically and imaginatively; an understanding of the art of the stage and of the essential nature of criticism in the theatre, particularly self-criticism; an ability to perform before an audience and to demonstrate an understanding of, and some skill in, acting techniques; the acquisition of sufficient technical skill to produce satisfactory work in at least one of the theatrical arts or crafts; and an understanding of the basic processes of theatrical production. Students' ability in and understanding of the theatre arts are assessed in a variety of ways, including research projects and an oral play analysis.
