The Music Track is designed to help students develop the skills necessary to read, analyze, compose, arrange, perform and record music on a professional level. Over the course of four years, students are engaged in highly individualized and curated instruction, while also growing as an ensemble.  Students play and perform on a daily basis, and throughout the year are exposed to the latest recording technologies and composition techniques. The music comes alive off the page through the ensemble experience, as well as through trips. In class, students learn to write arrangements for specific instruments, and have the opportunity to compose for film and video.  Students can choose to perform in the Frisch Cougar Chorus, Performance Ensemble, Jazz Band, and Chamber Ensemble. The goal of the Music Track is to equip students with the tools to be high-level performers, composers, orchestrators, producers, and educators, and continue a lifelong passion.

Musical arranging is the process of taking a piece of music — whether a simple melody, a full song, or even an existing composition — and reworking or adapting it, often for a specific ensemble, style, or context. As students arrange the music they play, they learn about voices in a vocal ensemble, as well as instruments in a band and orchestra, writing lines for each instrument, and exploring the combination of sounds. Additionally, students experience the music of great historical and contemporary composers, giving them the tools to compose original music for voice, commercials, and film. Music production fundamentals are introduced, including microphone and speaker design, digital recording, signal path and editing.

Students strengthen their composition skills through both professional musical arrangements and original musical compositions. They advance their music production Music Track Curriculum and recording skills through mixing and mastering, including topics of signal process, loudness, phase, and dynamics. Students apply music theory concepts to the performance of a variety of pieces throughout the year.  Music theory is taught on a high level, preparing those students who wish to take the AP Music Theory exam.