Arts

Notre Dame Academy’s acclaimed arts program nurtures our students’ artistic excellence and provides endless opportunities for creative expression.

Theatre

At NDA, theatre is about opportunity! Because we have a 850 seat auditorium that can transform into a blackbox backstage theatre, we are the only Catholic school in the Toledo area that can stage all our productions in our own theatre. Performance opportunities are available through NDA’s fall musical, spring play, and student-directed one-acts. NDA has also had the honor of being invited to perform at the prestigious Edinburgh Theatre Fringe Festival in Scotland, with successful performances in 2012, 2016, and 2019.

Leadership opportunities abound as student directors and stage managers run the show. IB juniors direct one acts for junior academy and high school students. Stage crew opportunities involve building sets, running lights, sounds, and projections, doing makeup and making costumes. NDA students have followed their dreams in college, and professionally, onstage and as stage managers, light, and sound designers.

This Year's Spring Play is A Midsummer Night's Dream

Show Dates are March 28, 29 and 30 and tickets will be available for purchase in early March.

Visual Arts

NDA artists have won local, state and national awards in 2-D and 3-D mediums as well as art criticism consistently since 2007. In addition to competitions, students may receive recognition by being admitted into the National Arts Honors Society. If you want to pursue advanced studies, you can choose Art 3 Honors and Art 4 Honors or the two year program in IB Visual Arts SL/HL. IB Visual Arts students two year program culminates in a self-curated exhibition of their artwork.

Voice

If you love to sing, NDA has three ways you can let your voice ring out:

Women’s Chorus is a non-auditioned ensemble consisting of singers of all grade levels. They perform several concerts a year have have sung the national anthem at 53 Field on opening game day for the Toledo Mud Hens. Singers can also compete in solo and ensemble competitions.
Bel Canto is a continuation of the Women’s Chorus curriculum at an accelerated pace and is open to those who have participated in Women’s Chorus and completed a successful audition or by special director recommendation. In addition to the Women's Chorus performances, Bel Canto sings throughout Northwest Ohio/Southeast Michigan at charity events and liturgies, and travels to festivals and competitions throughout the year.
The Key of She is an a cappella group modeled after the east coast collegiate ensembles. The members write their own arrangements of popular songs for performance at school and community events.

Music

Have you always wanted to learn to play an instrument? Or do you want to take your skills to a new level? NDA has opportunities for both.

NDA Orchestra is a non-competing ensemble that welcomes instrumentalists of all grade and skill levels.
Honors Orchestra is a select group with more performance and leadership opportunities.
Music Technology is were students can challenge their creativity to create original pieces by creating unique compositions and learn the basic of sound mixing.
IB Music (HL or SL) is a two-year course where you’ll listen and analyze music from across the world throughout history, making connections across genres, cultures, and time.

Speech and Debate

NDA’s Speech and Debate Team is proud to be recognized as a top competitor by the National Speech & Debate Association. For many consecutive years, we have qualified more students for the state competition than any other school in our district, producing both state and national champions. With 10 state champions to our name, NDA has also sent students to the national competition for the past 26 years. Whether you enjoy acting, public speaking, writing, or debating, the NDA Speech and Debate Team would love to have you join us!

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