School of Arts Adds Classes in Its 4th Year

The Orange County High School of the Arts has a few openings left for its fourth year of visual and performing arts programs.

Enrollment will be expanded from 250 to 300 for the 1990-91 school year. The school is also adding a jazz combo to the music department and a commercial dance program to the dance department.

The combo will play a variety of music, including the accompaniment for the school’s musical theater productions. The commerical dance program will be led by TV and music video choreographer Rey Lozano, who most recently worked with Paula Abdul choreographing the 1990 Academy Awards.

The school’s other program offerings include:

The classical dance program, which is affiliated with the Joffrey Ballet.

Visual arts program, which the Bowers Museum in Santa Ana has adopted in a mentoring relationship.

Instrumental music program, which plays host to the South Coast Symphony Youth Orchestra. Technical theater program, which stages about 50 performances a year in the Margaret Webb Performing Arts Center.

Musical theater program, which stages two major productions each school year. “West Side Story” and “Into the Woods” are scheduled for the 1990-91 season.

The programs offer high school students comprehensive training in the visual and performing arts. There are no tuition charges. Most faculty members are working professionals in their fields.

The school is situated on the Los Alamitos High School campus. All arts school classes meet in the afternoon, so that students need not be enrolled at Los Alamitos to participate.

To schedule an audition or to receive more information, call (213) 596-1435.

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