Arts
Welcome to the Arts
Students interpret and adapt through artistic expression.
Rendering familiar themes from disparate ideas. Discovering the simple meanings hidden in complex queries. Through visual and performing arts, connective lines are drawn. As an integral part of academic and student life at Country Day, visual art, music, and drama help students express their interpretation of the world around them.
With over 50 art-related activities available throughout each academic year across all divisions, the arts at Country Day hone creativity, aptitudes for problem-solving, and artistic excellence.
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Visual Arts
Our art teachers are themselves artists, displaying their work in local galleries and public spaces. They teach an array of courses, including Ceramics, Film Making, Photography, Metals, Painting and Drawing, Woodworking, Graphic Design, Honors Art, and AP Studio Art. Both faculty and student art is displayed in the Georges Art Gallery in several installations throughout the school year. -
Music
Students may choose from Orchestra, Band, Jazz Band, and Advanced Chorale. Many of our students begin to realize their musical potential during these years, and they compete and/ or participate in such events as the Louisiana Music Educators’ Honor Bands, Orchestras and Choruses, and the American Choral Directors Association’s All-State and Southern Regional Honor Choruses. -
Drama
Upper School Drama students perform twice per year — once in the fall and once in the spring. Typically, one is more contemporary, and the other is either a classic or historically themed work. Recent Upper School performances include As You Like It, Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Julius Caesar, Into the Woods, Hairspray, Mamma Mia!, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Chicago, and The Pirates of Penzance. Rehearsals are after school and on weekends for about 4 to 5 weeks per production, and course credit is available. There are also opportunities for stagehands, lighting technicians, and costumers. From performance to stagecraft, everyone can be a part of the program.
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300 Park Road, Metairie, LA 70005 (504) 837-5204
Established in 1929, Metairie Park Country Day School is a coed private school for New Orleans area students in early childhood through Grade 12. From the elementary grades through upper school, the care and cultivation of each child comes to life in our exciting academic program, creative arts, and competitive athletic offerings.
Country Day accepts qualified students without regard to race, color, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion, national or ethnic origin.
