Fine Arts

TCS has one of the BEST Music and Drama Departments around, under the leadership of Mr. George Heath and Mrs. Kate Marino! After years of developing a love of music in class, singing in grade-level choirs and, for some, taking advantage of individual lessons through our partnership with Concordia Conservatory, 2nd-3rd Graders can sing in a Prep Choir, 3rd-8th Graders can take Band lessons and grow from beginners to intermediate to advanced ensemble groups, and 4th-8th Graders can sing in TCS’s Select Choir … which performs at Radio City Music Hall and sings the National Anthem each year at a NY Mets Game! TCS also has a thriving and expanding Drama Department that now includes set design and tech crew, and Fall Musicals for 1st-3rd Graders to go along with Spring Musicals for Grades 4-8! TCS’s 1st-3rd Grade music and drama enthusiasts enjoyed Disney’s “Frozen Kids” this past November, and our Spring 2025 Musical is Ian Fleming’s “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang”!

At a time when many schools have deemed Fine Arts and Music as "expendable", The Chapel School continues to view those programs as "expandable". 

Tradition of Musical Theater Excellence

TCS's Music and Drama Program has put together a series of memorable experiences for 4th -8th Graders over the course of the past many years, including:

Annie Jr. (2012); Oklahoma Jr. (2013); Music Man Jr. (2014); Guys and Dolls Jr. (2015); Wizard of Oz Jr. (2016); Seussical (2017); Thoroughly Modern Millie (2018); and, Fiddler on the Roof Jr. (2019), Little Mermaid (2021), Cinderella (2022), SpongeBob The Musical (Spring 2023), Disney’s Newsies Jr. (2024).

And, for Grades 1-3, TCS’s Music and Drama Program has warmed the hearts of audiences with:

Disney’s Lion King Jr. (2017); Willie Wonka Jr. (2018); and, Disney’s Frozen Kids Edition (2019, 2024), Little Mermaid (2021), Lion King (2022), Willie Wonka Kids (2023).