Arts Education Department
2465 Gillespie St.
Fayetteville, NC 28306

Phone: 910-678-2622
Fax: 910-678-2605

Email Carla Crenshaw 

Carla Crenshaw
Director of Arts Education

• Band

• Chorus

• Dance

• Orchestra

• Theatre Arts

• Visual Arts

• Arts Education Questions & Answers

• This Day in Music

The Arts Education Program offers a wide variety of opportunities for student participation and learning.  At the elementary level, visual arts and music are presented to all students as an ongoing curricular subject to encourage their artistic and creative development.  At the middle and high school levels, students may select for study courses in Band, Choral Music, General Music, Visual Arts, Theatre Arts, and Dance.  Beginning at the fifth-grade level, the String Orchestra program is offered to all interested fifth and sixth-grade students as part of a sequential instructional program (grades 5-12) to develop fine motor skills, aural development, and background for success in instrumental music.

 As an outgrowth of the Arts Education Instructional Program, artistic opportunities such as All-County Middle and High School Band, All-County Chorus, All-County Dance, All-County Theatre Festival, Cumberland County Youth Orchestra, Cumberland County Middle School Youth Orchestra, Fall & Spring Evenings of Dance, Summer Orchestra Workshop, Spring Orchestra Festival, High School Juried Art Show and the annual Cross Creek Mall Visual Arts Exhibit are sponsored for the development of the higher achieving student. Our students and performing ensembles have a strong tradition of consistently receiving numerous awards, recognition, scholarships, and advance placements in various local district, and state competitions, festivals, and performing arenas.

Tuesday, October 15, 2024 at Jack Britt High School from 5:00-8:00pm. Admission is FREE and Concessions will be available. Come out and support your local Bands and Arts Education!

Middle and High School All-County Orchestra Auditions will be held on October 24, 2024 at Reid Ross Classical School. Auditions will begin at 4:15pm

Middle School All-County Band Auditions will be held on November 4, 2024 at Mac Williams Middle School. Auditions will begin at 5:00pm

The Fall Evening of Dance Performance will be held on November 7, 2024 at the Seventy First High School Auditorium. The performance, featuring dance groups from across the county will begin at 7:00pm. Admission is FREE