Arts

The fine and performing arts flourish at Delbarton outside the curriculum as well. The art department sponsors clubs in architecture and studio, faculty and student exhibits, and trips to galleries and museums. Vocal and instrumental instruction is available from two full-time and eight part-time instructors. Qualified musicians are available to teach piano, organ, guitar, strings, percussion, woodwinds, and brass instruments.

Performing groups include the Brass Ensemble, the Schola Cantorum (singing group), the Jazz Ensemble, the Wind Ensemble, and the Abbey Orchestra, whose membership is drawn not only from boys in the School but also from musicians in the surrounding community. Recitals and performances are held throughout the year.

Delbarton’s Abbey Players stage four theatrical productions a year, involving boys in a wide variety of dramatic and musical experiences. Boys study the craft of acting by researching different facets of theater, including mime, dialogue, and skits.

The Italian Experience

- Jessica Fiddes

Posted June 30

On June 11, 2009 Delbarton and Oak Knoll School students departed on the schools’ first cooperative international travel program, The Italian Experience...
Kersen '10 and Godart '11 Tapped for All-State Music Programs

- Jessica Fiddes

Posted May 15

Congratulations to Dave Kersen '10 who was selected as lead alto saxophone for All-State Jazz Ensemble for the second year in a row. Peter Godart '11 was selected as pianist for All-State Jazz Choir...
Delbarton Arts Festival on May 20th

- Jessica Fiddes

Posted May 13

On May 20 at 6 pm the Delbarton Arts Council (DAC), a consortium of faculty, students and parents, holds its annual Arts Festival. This year the group is adding something new to the always elegant and delicious buffet – a pig roast!
Kristiansen '10 is Best in Show

- Jessica Fiddes

Posted May 12

Congratulations to Delbarton arts students who were selected for the 21^st Annual Blackwell Street Juried Student Art Show held recently at the Morris County Court House, Atrium Gallery. Among the many accolades earned by Delbarton students was junior Peter Kristiansen's Best in Show award.
Music at Delbarton: The Goldblatt Competition Concert

- Jessica Fiddes

Posted May 5

Music is in the air at Delbarton, and music lovers everywhere are invited to four -- free and open to the public -- special events in the Fine Arts Center Theater, including the Goldblatt Awards Concert on Sunday May 17, 2009, at 7:30 p.m. This event is preceded by the Arts High/Schola Concert at 7:00 pm on May 14 (performing Shubert's Mass in G) , the Instrumental Concert on May 16 at 8:00 pm, and the Abbey Orchestra Concert at 3:00 pm on May 17th.
Abbey Orchestra Performs on May 17th

- Jessica Fiddes

Posted April 30

The Delbarton Abbey Orchestra offers its most exciting concert of the year May 17, 2009, at 3:00 p.m. at the Delbarton Fine Arts Center Theater. The program features three Delbarton seniors as soloists...
May 14 Concert Honors Fr. Germain Fritz & Dr. Roy Horton

- Jessica Fiddes

Posted April 28

On May 14th Arts High in Newark joins with Delbarton’s choral group, Schola Cantorum, to perform Shubert’s Mass in G in memory of Fr. Germain Fritz, OSB, and Dr. Roy Horton.
Act Now!

- Jessica Fiddes

Posted April 23

Get your tickets for this weekend's 2009 One Act Festival now, today, immediately! Come enjoy a night of original one-act plays, written and directed by Delbarton students and performed by students and several extremely brave faculty members, including our very own Dean of Faculty.
HBO’S Kary Antholis '80 Returns

- Jessica Fiddes

Posted April 20

On April 20th Kary Antholis ’80 screened his Oscar-winning documentary One Survivor Remembers for Delbarton sophomores. Each year the 10th graders receive an immersion course in World War II genocide history, and Antholis' goal was to give the boys a lesson in what he called ‘intelligent compassion.’
Allen Shih '09 is Presidential Scholar Semifinalist

- Jessica Fiddes

Posted April 17

Congratulations to Allen Shih '09 for being selected as a semifinalist in the 2009 Presidential Scholars competition.
One Act Festival

- Jessica Fiddes

Posted April 16

The 2009 Delbarton One Act Festival takes place on Friday and Saturday night, April 24 and 25, at 7:30 pm in the FAC Theatre. Click here for tickets, or purchase tickets at the door...
The Art of Rosemary Cooley

Posted April 7

The Delbarton community is encouraged to visit Enough is a Feast, the exhibit of works by Rosemary Cooley on display now through May 22nd in the Delbarton Fine Arts Center.
Rest in Peace, Fr. Germain Leo Fritz, O.S.B.

- Fr. Benet Caffrey, O.S.B.

Posted April 3

St. Mary’s Abbey and Delbarton School mourn the death of Fr. Germain Leo Fritz, OSB on Friday, 3 April at 4:45 AM in the St. Mary’s Abbey Health Care Facility.
Art Exhibition Opens This Sunday

- Jessica Fiddes

Posted April 2

The Delbarton community and friends are cordially invited to the Opening Reception of

"Enough is a Feast"

April 5 - May 22, 2009
Watercolors and Hand-pulled prints by
Former Delbarton teacher and Delbarton parent
Rosemary Cooley

Opening Reception: Sunday, April 5, 1:00-3:00 pm
Exhibition open Monday- Friday 8:30-5:00 pm
In the Delbarton Fine Arts Center
Please join us!
Delbarton Arts, Outside the Box

- Jessica Fiddes

Posted March 26

Delbarton offers many opportunities in the arts, including vocal, instrumental, dramatic and applied arts. In addition to their on-campus involvement, some Delbarton students participate in outside performance groups, competitions and programs.