EMERSONPERFORMING ARTS
umsSchool of the Year

Before an Audience
Annual Art/Music Nights     
Instrumental Concerts
Spring Musical
All That Pizzazz
End-of-Year Collage Concert with Alumni
District Solo & Ensemble
State Band and Orchestra

Early
Years

Emerson rings, sings, hums and thrums with music. It's the sound of creative expression, love of learning, and community spirit. It's an essential Emerson experience.

 

DRAMA: FOOTLIGHTS FUN

Theatre at Emerson offers a performance art class for all Middle School students.  This class develops imagination, intellect, physical and vocal capabilities, and improvisational skills.  In addition, the theatre program offers a class with two full-length productions each year.  In 2005-2006, students performed a humorous wild-west version of Shakespeare's Comedy of Errors and a wildly popular Guys and Dolls.

"Ah music. A magic beyond all that we do here!"
                                             J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. 1997

Music classes are fun and friendly settings to develop rhythm, voice and a love and enjoyment of music.

4th
through
8th grade

There are ever-widening opportunities to learn and explore, to make a larger commitment and take a more personal approach. Going beyond Emerson's classrooms and numerous performance opportunities, many students perform in the Ann Arbor community, attend alumni concerts and form their own bands.

Emerson's music community
From the youngest student singing sotto voce at a first Art/Music Night to the most accomplished older musician taking bows at All That Pizzazz, Emerson's Music Program forms an inclusive community. Younger students are inspired by older. More experienced musicians are mindful of a responsibility to the group. And all are bound by a strong sense of excellence and tradition.

Performing Groups
2nd & 3rd Grade Chorus
4th & 5th Grade Chorus
4th and 5th Grade Beginning Band
4th and 5th Grade Continuing Band
Lower School Beginning Strings
Lower School Continuing String Ensembles
Middle School Band
Middle School Orchestra
Middle School Show Choir
Chamber Orchestra
Jazz Band

Our Alumni Connection
From high school drum majors to college music majors, many alums carry their interests forward. And they come back - to play in the annual End-Of-Year Collage Concert, a winning evening of music, friendship and tradition.

PHOTOS
OF
EMERSON
MUSIC
IN ACTION!