Program Areas

In Grades 7 and 8, students refine their kinesthetic awareness and use all of the elements of dance (body, space, time, energy, relationship) to create dance works that express a point of view about a variety of issues, concepts, and themes. 

Students will have the opportunity to select and form choreography appropriate to certain themes and communicate meaningful messages while showcasing their talent in public performances. 

There will be a strong concentration on growing their technical and compositional skills, generating movement through structured and unstructured improvisation, developing safe and healthy practices in the dance environment, and showcasing their learning in public performance. 

In the instrumental music program, students will join together to form musical ensembles exploring many different genres of music. In this program, students have the option of learning guitar, ukulele, flute, oboe, clarinet, trumpet, alto, tenor and baritone saxophone, trombone, baritone horn, French horn, tuba, bass guitar, and/or drum kit/percussion. Acoustic guitar will also be a focus as students' progress through the program. For those auditioning on an instrument, they are free to audition on ANY instrument they wish. Prior experience on a musical instrument is not mandatory in order to apply as we provide a musical education for all levels, beginner to experienced. Students within this program will collaborate with the dance, vocal, drama, visual art and media art students as they form the Pit Orchestra for each live musical production at All Saints, as well as produce music videos, live performances and other collaborative artistic endeavors. Students will be given many opportunities to perform in our professional theatre as well. Future Career pathways will also be explored. With our connection to industry professionals as well as our modern programming, Instrumental Music students may begin paving their way to post-secondary music programs such as: Audio Engineer, Music Producer, Elementary and High School Music Teacher, Songwriting and Performance, Music Therapy, Studio Musician, Live Sound Engineer, Music Arranger, Composer for TV, Film and advertisement and so much more. Recently, our Instrumental Music students were fortunate to talk with Professor Brian O'Kane, the head if the brass department at Humber College's Bachelor of Music Program, representatives from the MetalWorks recording studio as well as Peter Seminov, violinist with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra where students explored audition preparation, post-secondary pathways, and career options in the Canadian music scene. The instrumental Music program also 
 
Students from the Regional Arts & Media Program's Instrumental Music and Performing Arts streams have collaborated to enter the CBC Music Class Challenge. All Saints music students have place 3rd (2019), 1st (2020), and 2nd (2021) in this Nation-wide music competition. The Catholic Register, a national publication, also wrote an article on the 2020 CBC Music Class Challenge win and focused on the Regional Arts & Media Program's Instrumental Music program. 

Media Arts is only open to students auditioning for entrance in Grade 9. 

Students will explore new media, emerging and relevant new technologies, and a variety of traditional media art forms. Students will explore the fields of photography, video, animation and graphic design. They will be introduced to Creative Cloud and learn techniques in Lightroom, Photoshop and Illustrator. 

A highlight for students is learning how to digitally paint and begin their Independent Media Art Projects. Future pathways for Media Arts students often include post-secondary programs in Film, Video, Animation, Photography and Creative Industries. 

Dramatic Arts (acting) and Vocal Music (singing) have now formally combined into a single Performing Arts major. Students in performing arts will receive equal training and experience in the areas of drama and vocal music, thus making them highly skilled, diversified, and well-rounded performers. Students will learn the foundations of acting technique, different performance and dramatic styles, music theory, choral and solo singing, and performing on stage as an actor, singer, and have the opportunity to audition to become a musical theatre performer.

Elementary: 

Students will receive an introduction to a variety of dramatic forms and singing techniques, with a focus on building a collaborative creative environment and mounting a performance. Students will explore drama, learn different parts of stagecraft, and develop their vocal singing skills in both individual and choral (group) singing environments. Students will also learn how to listen perceptively while learning the language of vocal music and develop the confidence necessary to collaborate, lead, speak publicly, and perform in front of audiences. 

Secondary:

In addition to the aforementioned skills learned in elementary, students will expand on those and also explore the elements of stagecraft, directing, musical theatre, film and production, vocal jazz and some songwriting, with additional emphasis on collaborative performance and the application of singing and acting for various postsecondary pathways.

Students will also learn about different acting styles, acting for stage and film, directing plays, backstage production and design, musical theatre production, writing original works, filmmaking, and how to use their creative talents to improve and serve our community.

Students will perform in Performing Arts showcases (plays and vocal concerts) in our state-of-the-art theatre facilities. They will also have the opportunity to audition for a limited number of roles as a cast member, crew member, or orchestra member in our large-scale musical theatre productions.

Elementary: 

Visual arts students will create and present original art works. Students will reflect, respond and analyze to communicate feelings and ideas presented in a variety of art works. They will also explore forms, styles and socio-cultural and historical contexts.

Secondary: 

Studio instruction may include: drawing, design, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics, canvas painting, and mural painting.

Students will have multiple opportunities for public showcases of studio art in addition to having the opportunity to connect with professionals in the visual arts community.  Students will also develop their own art portfolio which will aid in their efforts to pursue art and design at the post-secondary level.