The Fine Arts
Davidson Academy offers classes in band, chorus, theater, poetry, creative writing, visual arts, dance (ballet, tap, jazz), piano, and voice. The Davidson Academy band has received 5 first place trophies, and invites exceptional students to join Tri-M, the music honor society. Three students in the class of 2011 received this honor. The Davidson Academy theater department teaches both introductory and advanced theater, inviting all willing students to participate in its plays. There are between three and four plays every year, including one musical. Currently, four students have been invited to participate in the Nashville Shakespeare Festival's Apprentice Company. Every year, Kevin Marshall Chopson, 11th grade English, poetry, and creative nonfiction teacher, selects a Poet Laureate to be highlighted in Davidson Academy's yearly poetry publication, Wild Honey. Yearly events that foster the arts include the Poetry Slam and Film Fest.
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