Music

Music is a form of aural expression whose impact upon us can be instantly and profoundly
experienced. It reaches across time and influences us regardless of our differences.

Recognizing that music can be an effective communicator, can provide
great joy to both performer and listener, and can bring people together, it is the goal
of the Thetford Academy Music Department that:

• Students learn to use music to express what they understand and experience about
  their world and to realize and respect what others have said about theirs.
• Students learn that working together in a cooperative, caring atmosphere fosters
  positive results.
• Students develop an awareness of the traditional musical concepts of pitch,
  melody, harmony, rhythm, meter, timbre, and form through participation in
  various performing ensembles, private and small group lessons, and general
  music activities.
• As attendance, work attitude, effort, and commitment are important to achieving
  the best possible product, students take responsibility for attending class
  regularly and coming ready to work.

The Music Department helps students meet the Vermont Standards in Elements, Forms and
Techniques, Artistic Process and Critical Response.

Drama

The Drama Department at Thetford Academy offers
students varied opportunities to meet these Vermont Standards in Theater Arts:

Students use aspects of voice– including diction, pause, tempo, and inflection – to enhance a role.
Students show awareness of audience and character through aspects of movement, including blocking, gesture, use of body, and motivation.
Students connect directorial and design choices to a script or role‑play, balance of believability, in order to bring the artistic creation of a playwright to life.

Students at the Academy perform four dramatic productions per year:

• Fall Play - First quarter
• Ten Minute Play Festival - Second quarter
• One Act Play Competition - Third quarter
• “For the Road” Play Production - Fourth quarter