Chorus

Father Ryan encourages its students to develop their musical abilities through several avenues, including choral programs. The school offers courses to develop vocal and performance skills and through these courses, students travel and perform in concerts throughout the country. Students also compete at the state level. Beginners and advanced courses are available. 

Courses:

Beginning Chorus
Honors Choir
Mixed Chorus: "Father Ryan Singers"

See Course Guide for details

Performances:

Middle Tennessee Vocal Association Choral Festival
Heritage Festival (Atlanta)
Spring Concert

Dance

The Girls Dance Team incorporates hip hop, jazz, contemporary, lyrical and pom into their routines and frequently performs at pep rallies, football games, basketball games, a spring recital, state and national competitions and other school and community events. Each summer, the squad attends a Universal Dance Association camp at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville.

Watch the the team perform on YouTube.

The Girls Dance Team is selected each April after a 3-day audition.  Students with a satisfactory academic and disciplinary record are eligible to audition. If you have questions about the girls dance team, please contact Casey Cossitt Jones.

Upcoming Performances:

October 14 - Football Halftime
October 28 - Football Halftime
November 12 - TSSAA State Championship

Theater

Father Ryan gives its students a breadth of opportunities to participate in theater, from behind the scenes to on-stage. Students may take courses in theater and/or join the Purple Masque Players, Father Ryan's theatrical performance group.

Currently showing:
Godspell

April 18-20, 2013

Center for the Arts

7:00 Curtain time

$9 for adults and $7 for students

Told almost entirely in song, Godspell presents the gospel of St. Matthew updated to New York City of the late '60s/early '70s.  Godspell was also the first play performed in the "new" Center for the Arts when it was opened at Father Ryan in 2003 so it is a nice celebration for the 10 year anniversary.

Summer Performing Arts Camps

Courses:

Acting I & II
Musical Theater
Theater
Technical Design
Theatrical Production I & II

See Course Guide for details

Purple Masque Players

The Purple Masque Players is Father Ryan's theatrical performance group that performs a play each fall and a musical each spring. In recent years, the Players have performed Godspell, M*A*S*H, Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and Bye Bye Birdie, to name a few.

If you are interested in joining the Purple Masque Players, please contact Fine Arts Center Director, Kelli McClendon.

Visual Arts

Father Ryan's visual arts programs allows students to develop skills through a variety of media, both two and three-dimensional. Advanced Placement (AP) is offered and encouraged for those students who would like to pursue the visual arts in college.

Courses:

3-D Design
Introduction to Art
AP Studio Art Drawing
AP Studio Art 2-D Design
AP Studio Art 3-D Design
Art
Art History I, II, III
Survey of the Arts
Portfolio Development (Honors)
Visual Art/Photography

See Course Guide for details