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CLICK >> GSFTA APPLICATION 2010
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ANNOUNCEMENT:

GSFTA Music Division has included another instrument for 2010---
Classical Guitar

For further information refer to the 2010 audition requirements included in the application.


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TENNESSEE GOVERNOR'S SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS
PURPOSE, PHILOSOPHY, AND GOALS

The Tennessee Governor's School for the Arts is a four-week summer program for rising eleventh and twelfth grade students in Tennessee. Administered by the State Department of Education, the program offers intensive study programs in art, dance, filmmaking, theatre, and music. Students are selected in competitive auditions usually during the months of January or February. Auditions are open to Tennessee residents who attend public, private and home schools are eligible.

The School for the Arts at MTSU focuses on music, dance, filmmaking, visual arts, and theatre. In music, students rehearse daily in major ensembles such as orchestra, band or chorus. Chamber ensembles and private instruction are available for string, brass, woodwind, percussion, piano, and voice. Ballet students concentrate on classes in classical ballet with some experience in modern dance. Visual Art students experience professional studio practices in activities which include computer art, painting, ceramics, drawing, jewelry, graphic design, computer graphics, printmaking, and sculpture. Theatre students explore all facets of the theatrical arts, including both performance and technical theatre. They participate in small group activities in acting, mime, voice improvement, oral interpretation, stage movement and stage combat, as well as in design and production activities in costuming, lighting, sound, and set construction.

The summer curriculum includes individual and group instruction designed to help each student explore and develop his or her talents in music, ballet, theatre, and art. About four hours a day, six days a week are spent working in the major area of concentration. Each student is assigned to a major art area to pursue intermediate and advanced study in either art, ballet, theatre, or music. Private and group instruction taught by professionals well known in their fields is a part of this segment. Students are involved to the extent of their artistic capacity, but music, art, theatre, and ballet are not all they study. Each student is also exposed to other art fields through interdisciplinary studies, guest lecturers, exhibits, and films.
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        Governor's School for the Arts 2010
                June 6, 2010 - July 2, 2010

1.    Application must be postmarked no later than November 6, 2009
2.    Choose one date to audition: Jan 16th or Jan 17th for Music, Dance, Filmmaking, and  visual Art
                                                                            -OR-
                                                       Jan 10th or Jan 17 for Theatre Auditions
3.   Auditions will be held at MTSU
4.    Selection Notification letters will be sent to students February 15,, 2010
5.    Program will be June 6 through July 2, 2010
6.    Please review the Frequently Asked questions if you have additional questions
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To receive your MTSU transcript for attending GSFTA fill out the Transcript Request Form and

fax it to our Records Department:        Transcript Request Form

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