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Promoting and enhancing the student experience in the fine artsFounded in 1976, the New Trier Fine Arts Association (NTFAA) is a non-profit parent organization dedicated to promoting and enhancing the student experience in the fine arts at New Trier High School and building community among fine arts families.
NTFAA does this in a variety of ways. Our funding provides grants to art, dance, music, theatre, media and debate classes to pay for visiting artists, workshops and annual arts events, and underwrites Summer Scholarships to fine arts students to pursue their studies through the summer months. NTFAA also provides confidential student financial assistance and support, allowing students with financial needs to participate in school-sponsored trips and excursions that would otherwise prove cost-prohibitive.
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Please support the student experience in the Fine Arts at New Trier.
Click on the headline to learn more about the 2024-2025 Annual Appeal
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Pursuing Your Passion helps New Trier students learn how to pursue the arts after high school.
We bring together New Trier faculty, alumni, parents and Post High School Counseling to help you learn about the options available. If you missed it this spring, check out our presentation, and join us next year!
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Post High School programs where recent New Trier graduates have been admitted to study the arts
Film & Media
- American University (Film & Media Arts)
- DePaul University (Animation, Jarvis College of Computing and Digital Media)
- DePaul University (Film and Television)
- Emerson College (Media Arts Production)
- Kenyon College (Film)
- UCLA (School of Theater, Film and Television)
Dance
Instrumental Music
- Berklee College of Music (Jazz Composition)
- Florida State University (College of Music, Cello)
- The Juilliard School (Music)
- Lawrence University (Conservatory, Viola)
- Indiana University (Jacobs School of Music)
- Northwestern University Bienen School of Music
- NYU (Clive Davis Institute for Recorded Music)
- University of Illinois (School of Music, Jazz Performance)
- University of Iowa (Visual and Performing Arts, Music)
Visual Art
- CalPoly (Art and Design Department, Graphic Design)
- Columbia College (Fine Arts)
- Denison University (Studio Art)
- DePaul University (Art, Media and Design)
- Montana State University (College of Arts & Architecture)
- Pratt Institute (Jewelry Design and Marketing)
- Rhode Island School of Design (Sculpture)
Musical Theatre, Theatre, Acting, and Improv
- California Institute of the Arts (School of Theatre, Acting)
- Emerson College (Musical Theatre)
- Loyola Marymount University (College of Communication and Fine Arts, Theatre Arts)
- Marymount Manhattan College (Acting)
- NYU (Tisch, Drama)
- Northwestern University School of Communication
- Penn State University (Arts and Architecture, Acting)
- San Diego State (College of Professional Studies and Fine Arts, Theatre Arts Performance)
- UCLA (School of Theater, Film and Television, Musical Theatre)
- University of Colorado Boulder (College of Music, Musical Theatre)
- University of Florida (School of Theatre and Dance, Acting)
- University of Southern California (School of Dramatic Arts, Acting)
- University of Texas at Austin (Theatre and Dance)
- University of Wisconsin-Madison (School of Education, Theatre and Drama)
Technical Theatre
- DePaul University (The Theatre School, Scene Design)
- University of Michigan (School of Music, Theatre and Dance, Theatre Design and Production)
Vocal Performance
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NTFAA OFFICERS
President: Bethany Crocker (ntfaapresident@gmail.com)
Treasurer: Stasia Rouse (ntfaatreasurer@gmail.com)
Marketing and PR Chair: Beth Brickel (ntfaapublicity@gmail.com)
Secretary: Mary Kelly
Liaisons Chairs: Michele Heftman and Kim Ronan
Outreach and Events Co-Chairs: Trevor Jesse and Claudine Seidel
Pursuing Your Passion (Post–High School) Chair: Louisa Kunzler
2025–26 NTFAA Board members. Photo by Alriel, LLC.
