A Cappella Choir

The A Cappella Choir is designed to give students the opportunity to prepare, experience, and excel in ensemble choral music. This is a group learning course which counts on the cooperation of the group as a whole to learn the art of choral singing. Throughout the year, students will study/perform a variety of styles of music. A Cappella is an auditioned choir, selected from the Concert Choir.

A Cappella Choir also performs at all concerts, chapel services, community events, leads worship at ALA Sunday church services, and is ALA’s representative at the WELS Choral Festivals.

Visual Arts

ALA Fine Arts Department offers four unique art electives for students in grades 9-12.

  • World Art observes works of art from around the world. This class incorporates projects reflective of the style of work being studied, in addition to weekly sketches.
  • Art Across America examines the unique quality and principals of art with regards to North American history. Students will examine many past cultures and purposes and learn to appreciate how art served a variety of purposes within different cultures.
  • Studio Art Studio Art is designed to be an exploration in art and sculpture and an opportunity for students to create three-dimensional art. Willingness to get involved in the creative process is a more important requirement than student’s talent or previous experience. This class is for any level of art experience.
  • Ceramics is a full year course that explores a variety of methods of working with clay to create decorative and functional pieces.

Concert Choir

Concert Choir is designed to give students the opportunity to prepare, experience, and excel in ensemble choral music singing. It is a group learning course that counts on the cooperation of the group as a whole to learn the art of choral singing. The Concert Choir performs in four major concerts each year and for chapel throughout the year.

Concert Band

Concert Band is a performance class that meets five days a week.

  • Students should be proficient in a concert band instrument.
  • Orchestra members are welcome with approval from the director.
  • Piano players are also welcome with prior approval and a willingness to learn mallet percussion instruments.

Grade School Solo Ensemble

The annual ALA Grade School Solo Ensemble Festival is hosted by ALA in the spring of the year, typically the second Saturday in May. Musicians in grades 3-8 are invited to perform for adjudicators who evaluate the student performance and provide constructive feedback. The event includes a playoff for the outstanding 8th grade awards in piano performance and other musical instrument/vocal performance.

Questions:
Mr. Joshua Severeid, ALA Fine Arts Director, [email protected]

Theater Production

The ALA Theater Program is an after-school extracurricular activity. Every spring, this group performs a live theater production, including musicals and children’s theater productions. All students are welcome and encouraged to audition.

The Spring 2023 production will be Haphazardly Ever After.

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