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The Denver School of the Arts (est. 1991) is the only comprehensive secondary arts magnet school (grades 6-12) in the Rocky Mountain region.
Over nine hundred students are provided opportunities to grow academically and artistically in their beautiful complex in Northeast Denver’s Stapleton/Park Hill community.
As a non-tuition public school magnet program, free transportation is provided to students within DPS boundaries. DSA is proud of its diverse student population and a campus culture that is accepting of all personalities.
Students are admitted to DSA through an audition process in one art major of their choice: Band, Creative Writing, Dance, Orchestra, Piano, Stagecraft & Design, Theatre, Video Cinema Arts, Visual Art or Vocal Music. DSA is rated “Exceeding” on District Accountability Report Cards and has won the John Irwin School of Excellence Award in both 2003 and 2004.
DSA’s comprehensive and challenging standards-based academic program includes Honors and AP classes, college credit coursework, and post-secondary options. DSA posts the district’s highest graduation rate and the overwhelming majority of its students move on to universities or conservatories.
Schedule of Mandatory Pre-Audition Meetings:
Listed below are the Pre-Audition meetings held in December. A parent and/or designee must attend the entire informational meeting and sign up for a January audition time slot.
Dec. 1, 6-8 p.m.
- Orchestra - Schomp Theatre
- Band - Schomp Theatre
Dec. 2, 6-8 p.m.
- Theatre - Schomp Theatre
- Creative Writing* - Commons
- Piano - Library
Dec. 3, 6-8 p.m.
- Video Cinema - Library
- Dance - Commons
- Visual Arts - Schomp Theatre
Dec. 9, 6-8 p.m.
- Vocal Music - Schomp Theatre
- Stagecraft & Design - Commons
*Creative Writing has a mandatory writing component scheduled for December 12th from 9am-noon.
There will also be one make up session on December 15th from 5-8pm. Both of these writing sessions will occur in room A-203.
This session will consist of timed writing to prompts provided by the teacher. Sessions are one hour long.
More details of this will be given at the Creative Writing pre-audition meeting on December 2nd.
