Performing and Visual Arts
The school is well known in New York City for their Performing Arts department. The school's performing arts is led by Assistant Principal Paul Corn, and their visual arts is led by director Diane Zerega. The school has 3 concert bands: Symphonic Band, Concert Band, and Intermediate Band, as well as a Marching and Jazz Band. It also has a guitar ensemble as well as keyboard classes. The bands perform throughout the city, as well as annual trips to compete in locations such as Florida, Washington D.C., and Boston. The school was awarded a $200,000 from Borough President James Molinaro to retrofit their auditorium after their production of Les Miserables in Spring 2011. The retrofit was complete in time for their Spring Musical of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in 2012. The theatre program has also been invited to the historic St. George Theater to perform Les Miserables and Sweeney Todd.
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In The Heights (Spring 2013) Brighton Beach Memoirs (Fall 2012) Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Spring 2012) Annie (Winter 2011) Frankenstien (Fall 2011) Les Miserables (Spring 2011) 42nd Street (Spring 2010) West Side Story (Spring 2009) Grease (Winter 2008)
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