Mid-Pacific School of The Arts (MPSA)
The Mid-Pacific School of the Arts offers a preprofessional certificate program in dance, instrumental music, drama, and fine arts. The MPSA is the only certified program of its kind in the state of Hawaii. Students who complete their studies often move on to professional conservatories and other schools of performing and fine arts. MPI is unique in requiring all of its students to take a number of arts electives.
MPSA students receive arts training in dance, hula, instrumental music, media, musical theatre, theatre, visual arts, and voice. Students have the opportunity to immerse themselves in art - its technique, theory, history and, of course, performance.
The Mid-Pacific School of the Arts, which was formally established in 1991, is a member of the International Network of Performing and Visual Arts Schools. It was among the first six schools in the nation to be recognized by the organization as a [Network Star School. Among its many notable accomplishments, the School of the Arts has earned the Arts Excellence Award from the Hawaii Alliance for Arts Education. The acting program at Mid-Pacific is currently run by Linda Johnson. For grades 9-12 the High School division of Mid-Pacific Institute.
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