Barbara Ingram School for the Arts is a magnet high school that opened its doors for gifted art students in August 2009. Currently there are seven different majors: Theatre, Musical Theatre, Vocal Music, Instrumental Music, Dance, Literary Arts, and Visual Arts. The Literary Arts program was added at the start of the 2011-2012 school year. The school building is located adjacent to the Maryland Theatre in the arts and entertainment district of downtown Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland, United States. Despite being a public school, applications and auditions are part of a process needed in order to be accepted and then enrolled. Barbara Ingram School is also unique in that it will accept students not only from all of Washington County but also from proximate Maryland counties and areas in nearby Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Michael Thorsen is the current Principal. There are no sports teams originating from the school.
The first all school musical was Thoroughly Modern Millie and received fantastic reviews. In the summer of 2010 thirty-seven vocalists traveled to New York City to perform in Eric Whitacre's Paradise Lost: Shadows and Wings at Carnegie Hall. On June 7, 2011, the Barbara Ingram Music Theatre Ensemble "Phantasmics" performed at Downtown Disney in Orlando Florida. The most recent all school musical was "The Phantom of the Opera" performed during the 2010 to 2011 school year. Barbara Ingram School for the Arts was one of the first high schools to perform this musical. Many performances occur year round at the school, The Maryland Theatre, and other places in the community. The 2012 All School Musical will be Disney's "Beauty and The Beast" running two weekends at the Maryland Theatre.
The Barbara Ingram school mascot is 'The Phantom' (presumably from the musical 'The Phantom of the Opera'). The school colors are purple and silver.
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