The CAPA Instrumental department encompasses a wide variety of performance ensembles, including Concert Band, Orchestra, String Ensemble, Jazz Ensemble and a number of smaller groups. Students participate in these ensembles on a daily basis and are also instructed in such topics as music theory, composition and improvisation. CAPA students are integral members of the ALL-Philadelphia High School Music Ensembles and have particpated in the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association Ensemble Program at the District, Regional and All-State Level. Graduates of the CAPA instrumental program have attended some of America's finest Colleges, Universities and Conservatories, including the Julliard School, Curtis Institute, The Peabody Conservatory, Oberlin University and the New England Conservatory of music.