Performing Arts Department
March 26, 7 p.m. via Zoom
Explore the vibrant world of Montgomery College's Visual, Performance, and Media Arts.
Learn about degrees and certificate programs at a Virtual Open House featuring faculty
and alums.
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Our Dance, Music, and Theatre Programs
Our programs at Montgomery College aim to introduce, educate, and involve a culturally diverse student population to the broadest possible range of dance, music, and theatrical experiences. Our students are encouraged to create free and honest interpersonal and professional collaborations, while challenging existing traditions and expectations of the individual, the college community, and the larger community.
We empower students to develop a personal understanding of dance, music, and theatre as areas that transcend cultural boundaries, while simultaneously challenging them through an intellectually invigorating and rigorous environment. We encourage students to celebrate and challenge their passions while adhering to professional standards.
Our students will develop skills requisite to entering the professional world, be provided enrichment opportunities for participation in their community, and cultivate passionate, positive respect for personal discovery and vision for the changing community and the world.
Why Study Performing Arts?
Business leaders want to hire our alums! Why? There are so many practical and soft skills you will learn here! Our art forms deal with human nature, self-awareness, self-expression, and a desire to perfect and master your skills through initiative, discipline and ingenuity.
Here are just a few of the skills you can learn with us:
- Budgeting
- Carpentry
- Creative Thinking
- Creative Problem Solving
- Design Basics
- Empathy
- Improvisation
- Interpersonal and Communication
- Leadership
- Organization
- Public Speaking
- Self-Analysis
- Sound Engineering
- Teamwork
- Classic Analysis
- Collaboration
- Courage
- Focus
- Historical Analysis
- Initiative
- Memorization
- Mindfulness
- Psychology
- Resilience
- Respect
- Self-Confidence
- Self-Discipline
- Time Management
- World Literature Analysis
But don’t take our word for it - read more here:
Why you Should Consider Hiring a Theatre Major (article from LinkedIn)new window
Want Smarter Kids, Teach Music, not Coding (article from MIT)new window
The Dancing Brain (article from Harvard)new window
Performances and Auditions
Student Resources
- World Music and World Ensemble
- Summer Dinner Theatre
- Parilla Performing Arts Centernew window
- Cultural Arts Centernew window
Noncredit Courses and Training
Community Arts
Community Arts provides noncredit classes for professional and aspiring artists, taught by working artists. We build our schedule based on community needs and interests, so we'd love to hear from you!
Maryland Band Directors Band
Montgomery College, in collaboration with the Montgomery County Public Schools, offers this course to music teachers to support professional growth aligned with MCPS curricular objectives for instrumental music. Find out more about the Maryland Band Directors Band.