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a group installation in the gallery toward the end of thecourse. (Elective minor)UrStudents learn basic skills for working with ceramicmaterials, from developing their initial concepts to completingfinished pieces. A broad range of technical skillsincluding hand building and wheel throwing enables studentsto generate a variety of forms. Assignments coverconceptual approaches from sculptural, functional anddecorative directions and broaden students' awarenessof clay as an expressive medium. Slide presentationsexpose students to contemporary and historical trendsin pottery-making. (Elective minor)In this course, students explore advanced techniques inclay manipulation, surface decoration and firing. Demonstrations,slide presentations, critiques and ongoingdiscussion of student work supplement studio work.Prerequisite: Ceramics. (Elective minor for V and VIForms)Art MajorT11e Art Major is an intensive studio course designed forstudents who are interested in investigating advancedmethods and concepts central to the visual arts. Studentswork in a variety of media, both traditional andexperimental. During the spring students develop anindependent project that consists of five works to beexhibited in the gallery at the end of the year. Prerequisite:Painting or Life Drawing.Advafteed P Art Hifl:orySurveying art from prehistory to the modern era, thiscourse attempts to create in students an acute intellectualawareness of the role of the creative processin the growth of human societies and a fascination inthe diversity and variety of the artistic world. Studentsdevelop a broad vision of artistic production globallyand through history, as the course incorporates worksof art from Africa, Asia and Meso-America in additionto the European tradition. Text : Helen Gardner, A1'tT111·o1gl1 Tl1e Ages.MtkYicJ11is course allows advanced instrumental musicians togrow musically through deliberate preparation of appropriatelychallenging repertoire. Students develop theirartistry through solo and ensemble experiences thatinclude study of instrument history, pertinent musicalstyles, sight-reading, score analysis and performance.Open to all forms, this course may be repeated. Admissionis by audition and/or permission of the instructor.(Elective minor for all forms)Orclu:rtraL MetMtifThis course is intended for all orchestral instrumentalists,from beginning to advanced levels, who wish toparticipate in the School orchestra. Providing sectionalsfor the strings and for the winds and percussion, thiscourse develops and practices techniques specific to theinstrumental musician and introduces appropriatelychallenging scale, sight-reading and repertoire studyfor performance. Open to all forms, this course may berepeated. (Elective minor for all forms)jazz MetMMThis course encourages jazz instrumentalists and vocaliststo become conversant in the history and traditionsof a wide range ofjazz styles. Students develop informedstylistic practice through scale and rhythm study, sightreading,harmonic analysis and extensive listening.Open to all forms, this course may be repeated. Admissionis by audition and/or permission of the instructor.(Elective minor for all forms)Private Music LessonsPrivate instruction is available fo r piano, voice and all orchestralinstruments. Lessons are scheduled by the music departmentafter students' academic schedules are determined. Priority inscheduling weekly lessons is given to returning students whohave already studied the instrument at the School.A fe e is charged for each lesson and usually appears on astudent's miscellaneous bill.75