Performing Arts Program
Your Kurtz Center Seats
We offer online ticket purchasing for our plays and musicals. Our concerts are always free, with open seating.
Tickets will also be on sale, pending availability, at the Kurtz Center box office 30 minutes before the performance.
Performing Arts Curriculum
Lower School
Middle School
Upper School
Student Ensembles
Instrumental
Symphonic Band (US, MS)
Jazz Band (US, MS)
String Ensemble (US, MS)
Pit Orchestra (US)
Brass Ensemble (US)
Handbell Choir (LS)
Percussion Ensemble* (US, MS)
Jazz Quartet/Quintet* (US)
Guitar Ensemble* (US)
*active with sufficient student interest
Choral
Charter Singers (US)
Penn Singers (MS)
Quakers Dozen (US)
Girls a Cappella (US)
Sharped Flats (MS)
Sixth Note* (MS)
Chamber Singers (MS, LS)
*active with sufficient student interest
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