![Ella Grace Beasley '25 Recognized as a 2025 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards National Winner!]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1743099659/franklinroadacademycom/y4hnmwwdi2gq6xuilz1v/EllaGraceStory.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1743099659/franklinroadacademycom/y4hnmwwdi2gq6xuilz1v/EllaGraceStory.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1743099659/franklinroadacademycom/y4hnmwwdi2gq6xuilz1v/EllaGraceStory.png","width":800}])
Franklin Road Academy is proud to announce that Ella Grace Beasley has been recognized as a 2025 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards National Winner!
Fine and Performing Arts
At FRA, the arts are a priority, and our arts offerings complement our intellectual, athletics, and spiritual pursuits, lending a creative outlet to let students' minds solve problems in unexpected new ways.
Our students are encouraged to explore various forms of art as they progress through middle and upper school, and many of our graduates are pursuing their artistic passions in college and beyond.
Vocal Arts
Dance Program
Theatre
Visual Arts
Instrumental
FOTA
Art News
![Ava Dinkel '27 Accepted into Tennessee Governor's School for the Arts Summer Program]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1743098736/franklinroadacademycom/thb6qazgyermbggouipn/AvaDinkelStory.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1743098736/franklinroadacademycom/thb6qazgyermbggouipn/AvaDinkelStory.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1743098736/franklinroadacademycom/thb6qazgyermbggouipn/AvaDinkelStory.png","width":800}])
Congratulations to Franklin Road Academy student Ava Dinkel on her acceptance into the Tennessee Governor's School for the Arts (GSFTA) for the upcoming summer session in Theatre, with a concentration in Design/Technical.
![Fostering The Future of Music]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1743086684/franklinroadacademycom/jsdutpyj3oh5pao7xq13/RecordingStudioStory.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1743086684/franklinroadacademycom/jsdutpyj3oh5pao7xq13/RecordingStudioStory.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1743086684/franklinroadacademycom/jsdutpyj3oh5pao7xq13/RecordingStudioStory.png","width":800}])
At Franklin Road Academy, our commitment to nurturing creative minds has always been at the heart of everything we do. This year, that commitment has taken on a whole new dimension with the opening of our state-of-the-art recording studio.
![Upper School Musical Dazzles Audience]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1733417541/franklinroadacademycom/dfiao4xtemkaai65ogu1/AddamsFamilyStory.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1733417541/franklinroadacademycom/dfiao4xtemkaai65ogu1/AddamsFamilyStory.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1733417541/franklinroadacademycom/dfiao4xtemkaai65ogu1/AddamsFamilyStory.png","width":800}])
A few weeks ago, our upper school students transported audiences into the delightfully macabre world of The Addams Family.
![FRA Students Recognized at FRAnkie Awards Ceremony]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1714667250/franklinroadacademycom/dmvoxmrgfmzargizqfds/FRAnkiesAwardsStory.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1714667250/franklinroadacademycom/dmvoxmrgfmzargizqfds/FRAnkiesAwardsStory.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1714667250/franklinroadacademycom/dmvoxmrgfmzargizqfds/FRAnkiesAwardsStory.png","width":800}])
On May 2, 2024, Franklin Road Academy’s Department of Fine Arts hosted the annual FRAnkie Awards ceremony for upper school students in the Scarlett Family Chapel.
![Upper School Students Bring "The 39 Steps" To the Stage!]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1714137307/franklinroadacademycom/yvjg3gyd7orpa9j42soi/UpperSchoolDrama.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1714137307/franklinroadacademycom/yvjg3gyd7orpa9j42soi/UpperSchoolDrama.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1714137307/franklinroadacademycom/yvjg3gyd7orpa9j42soi/UpperSchoolDrama.png","width":800}])
Upper school drama presents The 39 Steps. The drama is about a man with a boring life who meets a woman with a thick accent who says she's a spy.
![Upper School Students Selected to Attend Governor’s School of the Arts]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1711130985/franklinroadacademycom/ekupsp2cv47wyhv71mud/GovernorsSchoolStory.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1711130985/franklinroadacademycom/ekupsp2cv47wyhv71mud/GovernorsSchoolStory.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1711130985/franklinroadacademycom/ekupsp2cv47wyhv71mud/GovernorsSchoolStory.png","width":800}])
Upper school students and 11th graders Shelby Franklin, Ella Grace Beasley, and Ava Olson were recently selected to attend Governor’s School of the Arts this summer.
![Upper School Student Recognized and Presented with Artistic Achievement Award]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1707420297/franklinroadacademycom/gnoti528beterw5sk998/AbbyDittoArtAwardStory.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1707420297/franklinroadacademycom/gnoti528beterw5sk998/AbbyDittoArtAwardStory.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1707420297/franklinroadacademycom/gnoti528beterw5sk998/AbbyDittoArtAwardStory.png","width":800}])
Senior Abby Ditto was honored at Cheekwood on Saturday, Feb. 3, for winning a Silver Key Award for her Senior Art Portfolio, “Water,” in the Middle Tennessee Scholastic Art Awards ceremony. Her work will be displayed digitally at the Cheekwood exhibit until Mar. 10.
![Middle and Upper School Students Named to Honors Choir]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1707227615/franklinroadacademycom/m6n8i0zicux3kqvcvsrq/MS_USHonorsChoirStory.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1707227615/franklinroadacademycom/m6n8i0zicux3kqvcvsrq/MS_USHonorsChoirStory.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1707227615/franklinroadacademycom/m6n8i0zicux3kqvcvsrq/MS_USHonorsChoirStory.png","width":800}])
Olive Slocum, a freshman, has earned a place in the Freshmen Honors Choir of the Middle Tennessee Vocal Association.
![Upper School Students Bring "Into the Woods" To the Stage!]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1699556942/franklinroadacademycom/xfunpnxurbjaiscwj9e9/IntotheWoodsStory.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1699556942/franklinroadacademycom/xfunpnxurbjaiscwj9e9/IntotheWoodsStory.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1699556942/franklinroadacademycom/xfunpnxurbjaiscwj9e9/IntotheWoodsStory.jpg","width":800}])
Our upper school students bring James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim's beloved musical "Into the Woods" to life on stage.