Choir
The SBRSD Choral program is one of the top comprehensive choral programs in Berkshire County. At Undermountain Elementary we have choirs at the 3rd+4th grade level, as well as the 5th+6th grade level. Mt. Everett Middle and High School has a Middle School Chorus, a High School Chorus, a madrigal ensemble, Dial-Tones (a men's pop group), and Retro (a women's pop group). This past October Mt. Everett hosted the South County Choral Festival, in which The Berkshire School and Monument Mountain Regional High School choruses participated in individual singing as well as a group sing. The event was a success and we are looking at doing it again in the future. In 2012 the High School Chorus has participated with the local Cantilena Chamber Choir in a concert of the music of Monteverdi. In 2011, the Mt. Everett Madrigals won the first ever Lenox Caroling Festival, in which the prize was $2,000 for the choral program. |
Band
The Mt. Everett Band provides many opportunities for students to use and display their musical talent. Our objective can best be summarized in the phrase "Reaching for Excellence,” the goal of all we do together. At the middle and high school levels, instrumental offerings include Middle School Band, High School Band, Jazz Ensemble, and Western Mass. Instrumental opportunities. In 2009, the Mt. Everett Band and the Mt. Everett Chorus were honored with Gold Medal Awards for their performances at the Heritage Festival in Atlanta, Georgia. The ensembles traveled to Atlanta on a six-day trip, which featured both the chorus and the band performing music for national adjudication rank and rating. In this extraordinary educational setting, both groups were given on-stage clinics by noted judges, and each received written and taped comments on their work from the judges. |
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Visual Arts
The arts are an integral part of every child's education. Southern Berkshire Regional School District's Art Department strives to ensure that all students will experience the joy of creating art and the self-confidence that comes from the development of these skills. We build our curriculum around the idea that tomorrow's leaders are, in part, today's students of critical thinking. Our classes are designed to balance art for art's sake with the academic integration of artistically creative thinking in math, science, language and history. High school students can elect to take a variety of art and design classes to meet their graduation requirements. All of the art classes give students the opportunity to use their hands to learn age-appropriate techniques and processes, to practice observation, and to use their minds to solve visual and spatial problems. SBRSD's middle and high school facilities include two fine art studios, a ceramics studio fully equipped with two kilns and 12 electric potter's wheels, a black and white photography darkroom, and ample computer labs with Internet access and cutting edge design software. The graphic design program utilizes up to date versions of industry standard - Adobe Creative Suite. |