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Performing arts  

Performance and creativity go hand in hand and are integral to Montana learning

Every child is different, but we give each one a chance to explore their creativity.


Music runs throughout our school year. As well as being beautiful, it also improves memory functions. It teaches patience and discipline. It helps children build confidence and develop social skills. It helps body and mind work together. Performances provide a wealth of creative opportunities, even for those not on the stage. Our students discover hidden talents and have an exciting world at our school where they can develop them and fulfil their dreams. 

 

Experience excellent education in a beautiful surrounding 

 Your child comes to Switzerland to study as  to live and grow. 

Our boarding school features three houses that have historic charm but but renoveated to provide spacious and comfortable facilities for a modern school: Grosses Haus, Haus Juventus, Haus Felsenegg.

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ways to explore creativity and performance
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Watch our 2024 Summer Choir Concert
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5 activities your child can join  

Music, instrument lessons, drama club and  school choir

Weekly music lessons are compulsory up to grade 8 of the International School and grade 11 of the Swiss High School. During the weekly lessons, students' core musical skills are developed and practised using the most modern teaching methods. They will learn the theory of harmony, rhythm, composition and music history, following the cantonal Lehrplan 21 or the IGCSE curriculum, depending on the programme they are following. 

Apart from music classes, they will also have choir practice once a week.

 

A choir with more than 100 students from 6 to 19 years old
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The school choir is the central hub for our music initiatives. It connects students from across the school as they join together in shared music projects.

Choir lessons are compulsory for the same years as the weekly music lessons. The students assemble weekly to practise project-related choral literature together. Older students who are enthusiastic about singing are invited to participate in the choir. 

Our music projects are spread across the year. Some are performed with music professionals from outside the school (choirs, orchestras, bands). Some recent examples: Misa Tango Concert, Zuger Chornacht, Summer Choir Concert Burgbachsaal, West Side Story Concert in Triengen. The Bilingual Elementary School performs two musicals every year, in December and at the end of the school year, alternately in English and in German.

Our Head of Music wrote our school anthem  "Montana - My Place to Grow". It was performed by our choir and recorded with a professional orchestra in the largest recording studio in Switzerland.
 
Music aficionados can sign up for the musical club or the elementary school drama club, where children practise vocal solos as well as trying out acting. We also offer private singing lessons for students who want to further their skills even more - we have some very talented students!
Learn to play any instrument
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Weekly private musical instrument lessons help students develop their skills, or even find a new passion for playing music.

Currently, we teach: piano, violin, drums, guitar, recorder, accordion, trumpet, clarinet, saxophone, violoncello, bass guitar, euphonium, trombone, French horn and tuba. We also have great facilities and teaching for learning computer-based music production.


“Montana Classics” classical concert series
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Institut Montana, with the Aula and our Bösendorfer grand piano, is the perfect venue for concerts. Montana Classics is a classical concert series, which takes place in our beautiful auditorium, “Aula Felsenegg.”  This special event allows outstandingly talented students to perform in a professional setting alongside professional artists. Montana Classics vastly enriches social life on the Zugerberg and external guests are invited to join in.

Drama club
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We believe that acting is the study of life. Students in grades 7-12 can join our drama club or DraMONTANActing. It is an opportunity to get in touch with the art of acting and develop many important skills.

Our drama club actors learn different acting techniques and perform on stage during events, often with the school choir. Sometimes there is a big musical project, such as our “West Side Story”, where the whole school performed an amazing musical and theatrical show on the big stage of the Theater Casino Zug. 
Visual Arts
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Visual arts are an integral part of everyday life, penetrating all levels of human expression and creativity. We celebrate visual arts not only in the way we create images and objects but also in the way we respond to art made by others.

At the International School of Institut Montana you have the chance to join the IB Visual Arts course, which lasts 2 years. 

You will benefit hugely from this course if you plan to study visual arts or if you seek lifelong enrichment through visual arts. If you continue studying art at a tertiary level, this course will open opportunities in career fields such as fashion, graphics, design, animation, photography, architecture, performing arts, advertising, broadcasting, communication, journalism, marketing, filmmaking and more.  

Let's hear from some of our art students 

Find out why they enjoy learning art in an experimental way

Laura, former student of IB Diploma Programme, Visual Arts

Laura speaks about art.

Stella, former student of High School Diploma Programme, Visual Arts

Stella video testimonial

Discover some of our students' amazing artwork 

An art piece about circus
An art piece of a woman doing make-up in front of a mirror.
An art piece of a drawing.
An art piece of a disc with red marks.
A school art exhibition.
An artwork of a skull with books and shoe on the side.
An artwork with a canvas and insect on a corner.
A couple of students draw together on a canvas.

Explore some of our wonderful performance moments 

Meet our Head of Music and Performing Arts & teacher

The composer of our school song "My Place to Grow"  

Our Head of Music is passionate about his art. He loves to nurture the hidden talent of our students, from the classics to the contemporary. He inspires them on a daily basis, even if that means channelling their inner Beyoncé or Michael Bublé.

Register here for a private music lesson

Watch video of "My Place to Grow" 

 

Guido Bissig 

Head of Music and Performing Arts I  Teacher
guido.bissig@montana-zug.ch
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