FINE AND PERFORMING ARTS

What's new in FAPA Wilton?

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What's new in FAPA Wilton? -

Violins of Hope

On November 14th, WHS was honored to host the Violins of Hope Project. The organization collects and restores instruments played or built by Jewish musicians during the Holocaust, allowing different orchestras to use these historic instruments in performances.

Student musicians Adam Famous, Eric Ding, and Sofia Lee Lugo had the incredible opportunity to perform solos on these instruments alongside the WHS Symphonic Orchestra. After a presentation on the history of the instruments and the importance of music during the Holocaust, the ensemble and soloists performed the theme from Schindler's List and Bloch's Prayer From Jewish Life. The orchestra is grateful to the Jewish Federation of Greater Fairfield County for coordinating the visit and providing our students with this unique and powerful musical experience. Watch the concert on our music videos page.

WHS Art

We are now accepting entries for the 2024 Wilton Meadows Holiday Card Contest. The deadline is Thursday November 21st and the winning design will be used for the Wilton Meadows 2024 Holiday Card! Find out more here.

WHS Music

It’s time to make your second payment for our music trip trip to DC! Click here to pay.

Pie Sales

Pies and donuts will be available for pickup at the Clune Auditorium lobby (the Zellner) on Saturday November 23rd. The pickup window is currently set for 10.00am - 1:00pm. Music students, please make arrangements to pick up your pies!

WHS Forum Article

Teacher Alexander was featured recently in WHS Forum:

Marching Band Banquet

Thanks for attending our Marching Band End of Season Banquet! You can see photos from the event here

Concert Season Withdrawal?

You can look back at photos from all 8th grade and WHS music fall music concert in our events gallery

We’ll share the videos with you as soon as we have them!

Music Boosters Latest

Our next can and bottle drive will be on Dec 8th!

Welcome to the FAPA website for Wilton Public Schools

We believe the arts have always served as the distinctive vehicle for discovering who we are as individuals and as a society. Providing ways of thinking as disciplined as science or math and as disparate as philosophy or literature, the arts are used by and have shaped every culture and individual on earth. The fact that the arts provide important touchstones confirms their value to the development of every human being. Nurturing our children, then, necessarily means that we must provide every child with a well-rounded education that includes the arts. By doing so, we are fulfilling the college and career readiness needs of our students, laying the foundations for the success of our schools and, ultimately, the success of our nation.

Our philosophy and approach are based on decades of research about the ways within which educators can give all children key arts experiences. Through creative practices, these experiences will help students understand what it means to be artistically literate, and how that literacy can enrich their education and lives with 21st century skills developed through the arts.

Music Homepage

Art Homepage

Theater Homepage

Check out the latest on our FAPA Instagram feed!

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🌟 Thank you to the Center for Contemporary Printmaking in Norwalk, CT, for an inspiring FAPA Art staff professional development day! We had a fantastic time exploring the studio and diving into new printmaking techniques to bring fresh ideas back to
“Happy Halloween” from the art department! Enjoy the day! #wilton #wiltonway #wiltonhighschool
A huge thank you to the Wilton Fire Department for visiting Wilton High School today! Our photography students enjoyed learning about fire safety and also enjoyed capturing some amazing photos of the fire truck. Stay tuned to see their work feature
Huge thanks to the very talented ceramic artist Jon Puzzuoli for spending the day with our WHS art staff on the Professional Development Day! We got hands-on with some amazing techniques, from sodium silicate textures to crafting lidded jars, and thr

  • As a teacher and parent, I’ve seen we have diverse needs of students. Some students excel at sports or math, some art. My daughters have both excelled in pottery and painting. One daughter is taking art as a minor in college and the other contemplating a career in art. They also participated in Improv (Freeplay) as well as working behind the scenes in theater. It provided a place for them to find themselves and a place where they felt like they belonged. The arts create a space for like minded thinking and friendships. To say that the arts program is integral to Wilton, is like saying we need air to breathe.

    Melissa Kennedy

  • Mr. Johnson and Mr. Tait have brought so much enrichment to my children while at MD. We will get to start the cider mill instrument program this school year and my daughter’s excitement is palpable. While so many school districts have had to suffer great losses in the art and music department, it is such a joy to have so much offered during the school day and as continuing education for our district kids here in Wilton.

    Alyssa Yan

  • Both my kids have benefited from their fine arts and music classes as well as the theater program throughout their time in the Wilton public schools. My son has converted the training that he got into choir in college and I love knowing that both are set up to make fine and performing arts a part of their lives as adults.

    Kim Purcell

  • I was involved in music in Wilton schools right from my first performance of Rainbow Connection (complete with sign language!) in first grade. In 3rd grade I started playing cello and I was involved in both orchestra and choir from then on. I was lucky enough to participate in programs such as Advanced Strings, Symphonic Orchestra, Madrigals, and Unlike the Rest (a cappella). I took part in Western Regionals and All-State festivals and had an amazing experience singing in the All-National choir. I also got to travel to Disney with the music department and sing at Disney Spring - an unforgettable trip with music friends I'd known forever. I've just finished my first year at college and sing in two choirs there, and this summer I was lucky to be able to take a trip to Portugal to sing with one of those choirs. Music is and always will be a huge part of my life and I'm so grateful for the incredible music education I received here in Wilton."

    Lucy