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The fine arts department at Townsend Harris High School offers two broad kinds of instruction: studio courses in visual arts (including drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking, mixed media, photography, film, video, and animation), lecture and discussion courses in the history, theory and criticism of the arts, and film studies. Our facilities include visual arts studios with a working kiln, refurbished photography lab, television and radio studio and animation laboratory. We offer art exploration, artistic inquiry, photography as well. The music department seeks to develop a greater understanding of musical language, musical performance, the conceptual foundations of music, and of how critical listening and analysis can be performed. While previous knowledge of reading musical notation is helpful, students do not need previous experience. Our program offers a wide range of opportunities for beginners such as basic music instruction and introduction to instruments and singing, and advanced studies such as All State festivals, New York State School Music Association (NYSSMA) solo competitions, student conductor positions, and more. Our facilities include a band room, piano room, four soundproof practice rooms (each with a piano). We offer the following classes: Wind Ensemble, Jazz Ensemble, Symphonic Band, Concert Band, Chorus, Keyboard and Music Theory, Chamber Music, and String Orchestra. All of these classes, aside from Music Theory, represent different performing groups in the program and perform at both the winter and spring concerts.
