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called to create

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At Delbarton, creativity, truth and beauty find expression in a thriving arts program.

Advance to an intensive AP Art sequence, take music lessons or join the Abbey Players -- our community nurtures and celebrates creativity as an essential aspect of growth in all ways.

Get ready to explore the arts in a modern Fine Arts Center that includes art and music studios, practice spaces, and a 660-seat theater.

Delbarton’s Art program stages faculty and student exhibits, organizes educational visits to galleries and museums, and invites recognized artists to provide master classes.

Student organizations include the Artists Collective, Digital Media Club and Photography Club.

Something Rotten

Delbarton Abbey Players, a troupe of student actors and visiting thespians from area schools, presents a standing-room-only musical each February. Check out an excerpt from our 2021 production of Something Rotten!

Music

Ensembles range from the Schola Cantorum choral group to a full orchestra. Vocal and instrumental instruction is available from full- and part-time instructors.

Theater

Delbarton’s Abbey Players stage three theatrical productions a year. Auditions are open to all Delbarton students, as well as to female musicians and thespians from area schools

Visual Arts

The curriculum engages all students in art. Delbarton student artists are recognized each year in New Jersey’s Scholastic Art and Writing Awards.

15

arts courses

11

musical ensembles

3

major shows and performances hosted annually

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AP Art Gallery

Are you in?

Your Energy

You'll be rocking it, living in the moment,
sweating under the lights.
And it will feel good.

Being part of Delbarton's rock band won't be just something to put on your college resume. It will energize you, body, and soul.

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Austin Lee '20
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As a senior, violinist Austin Lee ’20 received a national President’s Volunteer Service Award for his work founding the Bernards Ensemble, a philanthropic musical group he formed as the culmination of his Freshman Project.

Spike Smigelski '08

Spike Smigelski ’08 combined his love of art and sports to become a film producer. He has traveled the world producing documentaries and now leads content and strategy for Red Bull Basement, an entrepreneurial competition for students from 40 countries.

Roggi Chuquimarca ’17

Roggi Chuquimarca ’17 starred in numerous Abbey Players productions while at Delbarton. He earned a bachelor’s degree in theater arts from Rutgers. After serving at Delbarton as an Alumni Teaching Fellow, he plans to pursue an MFA degree and professional acting career.