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JACKSON STREET GALLERY EXHIBITIONS Theatre tickets may September 13 – October 25 | Artist’s Reception: September 13, 5:00-7:00 p.m. be purchased on sfuhs.org/arts. November 1 – November 29 | Artist’s Reception: November 1, 5:00-7:00 p.m. Our arts program urges students All other events to think about the arts beyond January 31 – March 8 | Artist’s Reception: January 31, 5:00-7:00 p.m. are free and open the studio or stage, and consider to the public. how they intersect with society, AP STUDIO ART SHOW For more information history, literature, science, and April 2 – April 24 | Artist’s Reception: April 2, 5:00-7:00 p.m. go to sfuhs.org/arts technology. Investigate the or call 415.447.3136 creative process through a variety THEATRE of lenses, including Western Fall Play | Preview, October 24, Noon | October 25 & 26, 7:30 p.m. Civilization: History of the Arts, AP Art History, and more. Winter Play | Preview, January 23, Noon | January 24 & 25, 7:30 p.m. Students collaborating in the uLab, our fabrication and design thinking space. Student Drama Series | February 28, 4:00 p.m. & 7:00 p.m. Spring Musical | Preview: April 23, Noon | April 24-25, 7:30 p.m. and April 26, 5:00 p.m. MUSIC Spacious painting and drawing studio Our brand new uLab features Ample storage for our extensive Fall Concert | November 7, 7:00 p.m. with plenty of natural light, easels, and traditional shop tools plus laser cutter, instrument collection Projects in Music 4.1: Fall Recitals | November 11-12, Lunch and after school large work tables 3D printers, computer-controlled router Music library that houses our expansive and more. Spring Concert | March 13, 7:00 p.m. Ceramics studio with ten pottery collection of sheet music wheels, three outdoor kilns, and a large Classrooms outfitted for digital Projects in Music Recitals 4.2: Spring Recitals | April 27-28, Lunch and after school Our state-of-the-art theater features indoor/outdoor work area projector use raked seating with an audience capacity ARTS DEPARTMENT Wet darkroom equipped with sixteen Two soundproof classrooms and of over 400, catwalks with professional FESTIVALS enlargers in the photography studio specifically-designed spaces to house lighting equipment, optimum acoustical 3065 Jackson Street UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL our larger ensembles, as well intimate design, and cutting-edge audio and Winter Arts Festival San Francisco, CA 94115 Digital photography classroom offering chamber groups visual technologies including LED December 6 | Student Artists’ Reception: 5:30-7:00 p.m. Concert: 7:00 p.m. Tel: 415.447.3136 DSLR cameras, post production moving lights [email protected] Discover the contributions the arts have made and continue to make to humankind. software, and professional printing MIDI lab/recording studio with powerhouse Spring Arts Festival sfuhs.org/arts capability digital audio work stations that are loaded May 19 | Student Artists’ Reception 5:30-7:00 p.m. | Concert: 7:00 p.m. Start out by learning the basic elements that are the foundation of visual arts, music, with state-of-the-art software and theatre, and go on to pursue mastery if you choose. Painting, drawing, photography, ceramics, and We offer students a wide variety of experiences in UHS musicians and singers go beyond the fundamentals sculpture classes scaffold from beginning to advanced, acting, technical theatre, and theatre-making. Students of their craft, telling stories and captivating audiences with with a robust Independent Study Program allowing learn from theatre professionals of all kinds and are their passionate performances. Here you can learn to play students to pursue interests outside of course given the opportunity to learn to act, dance, and sing a new musical instrument, learn to sing, and read music. offerings. Our students mature into creative and on stage; write, direct, and produce their own short Students of all levels of experience can perform in ensemble conceptual thinkers as they explore different media play; design lights, sound, set, props, or costumes for groups, conduct a musical group, compose, arrange, and and techniques, as well as practices and strategies a show; and stage manage a mainstage production. digitally record an original piece. Develop your unique that dovetail with art history courses. Reflections, We produce three major shows each year: a classic musical voice in the Music Projects class and through the critiques, and group discussions are fundamental play, a contemporary play, and a musical. Our annual Independent Study Program. We offer the opportunity to rubrics in each course, building students’ abilities Student Drama Series highlights advanced student perform at four annual school concerts and two annual to communicate and assess their individual growth. work. We regularly attend professional productions in project recitals hosted by UHS, and at other venues off Over time, students will build art portfolios with the the Bay Area and at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in campus. Field trips allow students to experience live potential to progress to the level of AP Studio Art. Ashland, Oregon. performances of a variety of musical styles throughout the Bay Area. VISUAL ARTS BEYOND UHS THEATRE BEYOND UHS MUSIC BEYOND UHS We visit inspirational Bay Area Students regularly attend summer Our musicians and singers are given institutions such as SFMOMA, theatre programs including: access to exceptional opportunities Minnesota Street Project, and Pier Northwestern University’s High to record, compete and perform. Jazz 24 Photography. Professional artists School Institute in Theatre, the Ensemble has performed at jazz festivals exhibit in our gallery, curated by Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s in New York City, Santa Cruz, San our arts faculty. Students attend Summer Seminar for High School Mateo, C.S.U. East Bay, and Reno. The prestigious summer and semester Juniors, CSSSA’s acting program, album, In Full Swing, was recorded by arts programs and are named and the Walnut Hill School for the the Jazz Ensemble at the world-famous California Arts Scholars by the Arts. Students participate in summer Fantasy Studios in Berkeley. Camerata California State Summer School internships throughout the Bay Area, has performed n the Chanticleer Choral for the Arts (CSSSA). Our faculty including San Francisco Shakespeare Festival, Junior Bach Festival, and more. regularly exhibit their own work in Festival, San Francisco Mime Troupe, Advanced musicians regularly perform professional settings. and Shotgun Players. at Davies Hall, the Church of John Coltrane, and more..