Performing Arts
17 students spanning grades 2-8, portraying birds and bugs of all types and species! Arborbrook’s own senior, Leighton Williamson, is Choreographer and Music Direction is by the amazing Makayla Cheek. A sweet funny story, utterly relevant to today’s top news headlines and moral dilemmas… This show is as much for parents as it is for kids.
Description: Adapted for the stage from the well-known Aesop's Fable and the story of the Good Samaritan from the Book of Luke, this timeless children's tale follows the journey of creatures who must learn what it truly means to love their neighbor. Memorable characters, hilarious antics, and the valuable character lessons of friendship and selflessness are brought to life in this original musical that your children will be singing for years to come! You don’t want to miss this!
Show Dates and Times:
December 9, 7:00pm
December 10, 7:00pm
December 11, 2:00pm
All performances will be held in the Arborbrook Gym. Tickets will be sold at the door for $5 each or $25 max per family per performance
Drama
Each fall Arborbrook offers a drama elective for Grades 4-8 where students have the opportunity to expand their acting, singing, and movement skills as they discover what it takes to put on a musical. Students also explore theater vocabulary, storytelling through music and dance, developing character, and most importantly: collaboration and focus. Our performances have included Schoolhouse Rock, American Jukebox, a Musical Review, , Selected Songs and Scenes from Seussical the Musical.
Arborbrook High School students have the opportunity every spring to audition for and participate in a full-scale Broadway musical. Beginning with the audition process to the closing number, students engage in all aspects of musical theater while being taught by theater professionals. Arborbrook has participated in the Blumey Awards, a Blumenthal Theater program that recognizes excellence in high school musical theater in the Charlotte area. Arborbrook won a Blumey Award in 2016 for Best Supporting Actress in You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown.
Below are some of the past shows we have performed:
- Charlie Brown
- Shrek
- James and the Giant Peach
- Little Women
Past High School Electives have also included Musical Theatre, Drama and Acting.
Band & Choir
“Many great men have put their beautiful thoughts, not into books, or pictures, or architecture, but into musical score” Charlotte Mason
At Arborbrook, we take every opportunity to expose children to the masters of music. In addition, we listen to great musical compositions from multiple genres, and learn about the lives and work of master musicians and composers.
Our students begin music in Kindergarten and continue to build on those skills as they progress in grade. By 6th grade, band is required. The reading of music and learning to play an instrument is vital part of developing our brains.