Park City School District Fine Arts Information

Park City School District is proud to offer a variety of courses and extracurricular activities in the arts. These programs are highly valued by the district and community, and supported by the work of highly qualified educators, parents, donors, and hard-working students. Please use the tabs above to learn more about our programs.

Music Resources

Elementary Music
Each elementary school in the district has a dedicated full-time music specialist who is a licensed music educator. K-5 students are actively singing, playing instruments, improvising and composing, and demonstrating expression through movement. Students will gradually develop the ability to read music and use proper musical notation, analyze and describe music, listen and skillfully evaluate musical performances, and understand music’s relation to history, culture, and other disciplines. Visit the teacher pages for each site:
Parley’s Park Elementary School, Aaron Webb
Jeremy Ranch Elementary School, Sheryl McDonald
McPolin Elementary School, Hannah Rickman
Trailside Elementary School, Jennifer Everts

Instrumental Music

Park City Bands
The PC Bands are the Wind and Percussion Performing Artists of the Park City School District, under the direction of Chris Taylor, Bret Hughes, and Kelly Wallis.

The Orchestra program is under the direction of Scott Tanner and Dennis Harrington.

Vocal Music
Park City Children’s Choir
PC3 is for students in grades 3-5. It is a new after-school offering through Community Education.

Ecker Hill Middle School Choirs are under the direction of Mary Morgan.

Treasure Mountain Junior High and Park City High Choirs are under the direction of Christin Abbott.

Other Links

Educational Resources in Fine Arts
Arts resources from the Community Learning Network

USOE Fine Arts Curriculum
Utah State Office of Education, Fine Arts Resources and Core

PBS Jazz
PBS/Ken Burns Jazz Site, including “Jazz Kids”

Utah Music Organizations
USOE listing of Professional Music Organizations

Elementary Songbook
USOE’s “Big Yellow Songbook” with accompaniments and lessons

NAME/MENC site
National Association for Music Education

UMEA site
Utah Music Educators Association

UHSAA site
Utah High School Activities Association

Tech Teacher
Links, Flash puzzles, technology resources

Finale
Music notation software

Visual Arts

Elementary

The Kimball Art Center in partnership with the Park City Education Foundation teach art classes and provide other opportunities for teachers and students throughout the district. We are grateful to have our EVA Art Specialists on site in our elementary schools.

Secondary

Ecker Hill Middle School has a thriving arts program. Instructors include Deb Corrigan and Barb Jerome. Click their names to visit their teacher pages and learn about the rich, exciting curriculum!

Treasure Mountain Junior High’s art education staff includes Michele Dieterich, Gwin Reddish, and Pam Strong. Please visit their teacher pages and support their creative students.

At Park City High School, the art teachers include Mark Elliot, Joshua Flicker, and Natalie Star.

Other Links

Online Collection of the Minneapolis Institute of the Arts

Art History Resources

Arts resources from the Community Learning Network

Utah State Office of Education, Fine Arts Resources and Core

The J. Paul Getty Museum Online Collection and Education Resources

National Gallery of Art Education Resources

USOE listing of Professional Arts Organizations

Teacher Tap Fine arts internet resources for educators and librarians

National Art Education Association

Artwork from Ms. Allen’s PPES Students, September 2016

Drama Resources

Ecker Hill, Treasure Mountain, and Park City High School are known for excellence in theatrical arts. Visit each school’s main site for a calendar of performances. The EHMS theatre teacher and Musical Director is Mary Morgan. The TMJH and PCHS theatre teacher is Rick Kimball. The Production Manager for the Eccles Center at PCHS is David Hallock}.

For information on programs and events at PCHS this year, visit Mr. Kimball’s page (link above) or click here.

Other Links

Educational Resources in Fine Arts

Arts resources from the Community Learning Network

USOE Fine Arts Curriculum

Utah State Office of Education, Fine Arts Resources and Core

Utah Theatre/Drama Organizations

Listing of professional theatre organizations in the state of Utah

UACTT

Utah Advisory Council of Theatre Teachers

UTA

Utah Theatre Association

Dance Resources

Parley’s Park Elementary School is proud to have a Beverley Talyor Sorenson Arts Learning Program Dance Instructor, Melissa Gonzales. Dance at PPES is also sponsored by the Park City Education Foundation. Parley’s Park has been having so much fun in dance this year! We’ve had parents come into class to read and film prototypes. The first grade also did a interactive class and performance for the preschoolers. And last but not least, the 3rd, 4th, and 5th grades have a special treat to learn from Guest Artist’s Bashaun and Mary Lyn, professional dancers from Ririe-Woodbury! They did a 6-day residency here at Parley’s and the kids loved learning from the professionals. Thanks for taking a look!

Park City High School’s Dance classes are taught by Ashley Mott. Click here for information on Dance I, II, III, Jr. Dance Company, and Dance Company.

Other Links

Educational Resources in Fine Arts

USOE Fine Arts Curriculum

Utah Dance Organizations

UDEO or Utah Dance Education Organization

NDEO or National Dance Education Organization

Performance Highlights

Film Resources Film and TV Production courses at PCHS are taught by Kyle Fish.

Other Links
USOE Fine Arts Curriculum
Utah State Office of Education, Fine Arts Resources and Core

Utah Film Organizations
USOE listing of Film organizations

UFC
Utah Film Commission

FilmEducation.org
Promoting the use of film within the curriculum

MLC Film Links
Film /Production Lesson plans and related resources

SpyHop
SpyHop Productions and Education