FINE ARTS
Music
VFCA offers students in K5-4th grade music and piano lab. These classes will take weekly lessons as part of their curriculum. Books are purchased on Registration Day and fees for these classes is included in the monthly tuition. These classes will have a minimum of one recital performance during the year.
Also, VFCA provides a music performance program for K3-6th. These grades will be grouped together at different times to learn and perform a music program for the school and families. Participation in these programs is mandatory.
For students who wish to pursue private lessons in guitar and piano, VFCA will have sign-up sheets available on Registration Day with approved teachers. These lessons are not held at school, but at other locations as determined by the instructor. These activities are scheduled by the individual teacher and require lesson fees.
If you have any further questions, feel free to reach out anytime!
Band
Valley Fellowship Christian Academy’s band program was established with the purpose of helping each student grow in musical ability and knowledge while learning to play an instrument to the glory of God. No prior musical experience is necessary to join band, as all foundational principles, technique, and music reading are taught from the ground up.
At VFCA, students in 5th through 12th grade have the opportunity to learn any of the following instruments: violin, viola, cello, bass, trumpet, trombone, euphonium/tuba, clarinet, flute, alto saxophone, percussion (pitched and non-pitched)
Theatre
Our Theatre Department consists of Valley Jr. Theatre (2nd-6th grade) and Valley Master Theatre (7th – 12th grade). Our Jr. Theatre program teaches students areas of the stage, how to read a script, how to portray characters, how to block a scene, and staging with an emphasis on performing in plays.
VFCA’s emphasis on the arts continues in the Upper School where students are introduced to advanced theatrical concepts. Our Master Theatre Department elevates the theatrical experience with the performance of musicals hosted at the Von Braun Center’s professional playhouse. In the past years, students have shown the “Velveteen Rabbit”, “One Toy for Christmas”, “Seussical Jr.”, “Annie Jr.”, “Sound of Music”, and “Queen Esther”. In preparation for these productions, students learn set design, makeup, choreography, blocking, proper vocal techniques with a multi-degreed vocal coach, and performing with live animals. Each play has a Biblical theme in order to reinforce the mission of “Raising Godly Leaders.”
Visual Art
Our Elementary Visual Art program is offered as a special class that all students (K5-6th grade) attend once a week. Biblically integrated lessons covering the 7 main elements of art: line, shape, form, color, space, texture, and value form the foundation of our elementary art lessons. K5-2nd grade students learn the elements of art and principles of design with an emphasis on safety and procedure. 3rd-6th grade students develop their knowledge of the elements of art and principles of design with an emphasis on advancing technique.
Middle School students (7th/8th grade) have an elective option to advance their artistic skills by taking Drawing I. This introductory drawing course is designed to be an exploration of drawing and shading techniques. The focus of the course is to learn to draw through observation, develop eye/hand coordination, and render realistically drawn images. Check out the progress these VFCA drawing students have made from the beginning of class (left image – before instruction) to the end (right image – after instruction)!
High School students have an elective option to take Drawing II, an intermediate drawing course designed to further strengthen and refine drawing and compositional abilities with a special emphasis on drawing in one and two point perspective. The course is foundational and necessary for professions requiring representational drawing skills such as: architecture; engineering design; graphics, product, or interior design; illustration; animation; advertising; interior design; fashion and textiles.
Opportunities for additional artistic career readiness courses are also available on a seasonable basis. Courses such as human figure drawing, studio art, photography, and graphic design with a marketing emphasis have been offered to High School students.
