What Will Your Journey Be?

No matter where you begin, Performing Arts at Lawrenceville offers opportunities for growth and achievement.

Your personal journey at Lawrenceville will be a holistic one. You’ll not only improve your performance skills, you’ll develop new ways of learning, communicating, and leading. Through House, Harkness, and Heart, your path forward will be self-charted and empowered, but always supported and encouraged.

We welcome you to start your journey at Lawrenceville.

Join the Community

The Performing Arts are a vital and visible part of life at Lawrenceville. Just walking around the Bowl, you can almost always hear music — whether it’s coming from inside Kirby Arts Center, the Chapel, or students singing as they walk (or jog!) together. The arts bring us together on a deeply personal level to speak our truths, learn from each other, grow as a community, and make memories.

Explore Your Identity and Interests

Lawrenceville’s Performing Arts department is an inviting and inclusive program. Our choices — in the selections we perform, the opportunities we highlight, and the languages we speak — are an expression of the values of our community. Our performances are not just a proving ground for our students’ abilities, but another extension of the Harkness table: to explore innovative methods, seek out new perspectives, and reach new levels of awareness and understanding. Students are encouraged to try new things and meet new people in order to discover what they value, what they want, and where they want to go.

Become a Better Performer

There’s a way forward for every student. From the very basics to continuation of a lifelong practice, there’s an opportunity for every student that’s appropriate for their level of skill and commitment. With the support of classroom, co-curricular, and private-lesson teachers, students can start out from wherever they are and begin imagining a realistic and fulfilling future in the arts. Students who enter Lawrenceville at a high level of skill are still encouraged and enabled to improve and explore to find new heights of achievement.

Go Out Into the World

Your journey doesn’t end at Lawrenceville. You’ll take with you the ability to adapt, collaborate, and solve problems; the resilience to always keep trying; and the open mind and open horizon common to all Lawrentians as they move on to a lifetime of learning.