Coronado School of the Arts (CoSA) is a school-within-a-school located on the campus of Coronado High School in

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. The school currently enrolls 155 students, of which nearly 70% comes from outside Coronado. CoSA is largely an after-hours program with a focus on the arts, in which students take academic courses at Coronado High School in the morning. The school offers classes in classical and

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and

drama Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance: a play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a genre of poetry in general, the dramatic mode has been ...

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technical theater Stagecraft is a technical aspect of theatrical, film, and video production. It includes constructing and rigging scenery; hanging and focusing of lighting; design and procurement of costumes; make-up; stage management; audio engineering; and p ...

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, and

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and

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. It has Ph.D.s on its faculty and what the

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calls "a formidable fund-raising auxiliary", the CoSA Foundation.

History

The idea for the school materialized in 1993. The school was founded in 1996 by Kris McClung and had 60 students when it opened it doors in 1996. In 2007, CoSA unveiled a $12 million theater arts complex that includes a 650-seat main-stage theater, a black-box theater, scene shop, music and drama rooms, administrative offices, and a fly loft. In 2005, four evacuees of

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relocated from the wind and rain damaged

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CoSA Departments

* Musical Theater and Drama * Technical Theater * New Media (Digital Arts/Film) * Music * Dance * Visual Arts

Performances

CoSA generally puts on two musicals and one play every school years with many dance, instrumental music, art, and digital media shows/exhibits in between.

CoSA Foundation

The Coronado School of the Arts Foundation provides the oversight and fundraising apparatu

for CoSA. Private funding, in the form of donations, covers about half of CoSA's operating budget. The remaining money is provided by the

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, and through special state and federal grants. In August 2008, Pamela Coker was appointed Executive Director for the CoSA Foundation.

References

External links

Coronado School of the Arts Website
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