Germantown Academy offers students a wide range of opportunities in the Performing Arts.  Students interested in choral music participate in the Singing Patriots, while students with a pronounced interest and talent in voice may audition to join Singing Patriots Select.  For students who play a string instrument we offer the Academy String Orchestra as well as the honors-level Select Strings.  The Academy Symphonic Band (and its Honors counterpart) offers students an opportunity to play from the standard wind ensemble and band repertoire.  This group frequently combines with the String Orchestra for larger community events.  Our Jazz Ensemble, consisting of interested students from all of the other ensembles, is an extracurricular group that meets before school in order to expand our musical offerings and allow as many students as possible to participate.  All of our music groups frequently perform in local venues, and our choral program undertakes an international tour every other year.

The theater component of Performing Arts includes annual courses in acting, improvisation, musical theater, theater production, and technical theater.  All courses in sophomore through senior years may be taken at the regular or honors level.  Our Audition and Performance course provides students with a serious interest in pursuing theater at the college-level a chance to prepare thoroughly for this rigorous process.  Naturally the vast majority of students taking theater classes perform or participate in one or more of our Belfry Club productions, which include musicals, comedies, and dramas offered as extracurricular activities.  Recently, the Belfry Club was cited by Philadelphia Magazine as the best high school theater program in the Philadelphia area.