Specialty & Seasonal Classes
Week of the Arts!
Week of the Arts: July 23-27
Grades 2-5: 9am-noon
Grades 6-8: 2:00-4:30
Art Madness!
Beyond the Brush
Unlock your imagination as we turn everyday items such as sticks, leaves and feathers into paintbrushes. Students have fun and learn different ways to create beautiful works of art!
Sponge Painting
Have fun creating an impressionist painting with sponges. Students will learn how to make works of art out of shapes that look different in the distance!
Bubble Bonanza
Play with your art! Students will use creative straws to make fun shapes and designs with bubbles and ink. This is the perfect art project for summer!
Jump and Jive
Movement is such an important part of way we function in the world. When children develop proper motor planning skills other skills such as balance, coordination, self-esteem, and body awareness follow. In this class students will be exposed to different movement and dance activities that will assist and organizing and developing rhythm and motor planning. Activities include parachute, coup band, choreographed movement, and free dance.
Piano Plus
This isn’t your ordinary piano class! This course focuses on music for two, three, even four players at once! All levels welcome, no experience necessary.
Music According to Bugs
Do you like cartoons? Do you think classical music is…boring? Check out “Music According to Bugs”, where we will watch a classic Warner Brothers cartoon which features classical music and then we will discuss the music. Come prepared to laugh, be entertained and to learn!
Acting Unlimited
This two day workshop will help increase confidence, creative thinking, and get you in the mindset of acting though the use of skits and other fun activities!
Summer Singers
Build confidence in your voice and learn new vocal techniques in this week long class! Students will learn classical, musical theater, and popular songs in a choral setting. No previous choral experience is necessary. If you love to sing, you will love this class!
Sizzling Strings
This session will focus on small ensemble playing to teach young string players how to better play as a group. During the class, students will practice listening to each other to improve the sound of the ensemble. Open to cello, violin, viola, or bass players. Prerequisite: students must have some prior string experience, as well as access to an instrument for daily practice.
Creative Composition
This class will focus on where and how to find original ideas, as well as how to translate them into music. Students will work on modeling already composed pieces of music, and from there, derive our own pieces. The ability to notate music by hand is very important to this class, and in the first session, we will go over basic notation conventions. Students will compose their own short pieces modeled on various types of music discussed in class.
Producers in Training
Learn how to use computer recording software to make professional quality songs. Students will learn how to work with loops, virtual instruments, effects and more. If you’ve ever wanted to know how to use music-making software like Garage Band, this class is for you!
Pop Art Explosion
Explore the 19680’s pop art movement by creating art in the style of the biggest names in art history. Students will create their own pop art with flair, emulating the works of Andy Warhol and many more. A mixed media class that will use spray paint, paper mache, collage, and comic books to create pop art.
Build Your Own Percussion Ensemble
“Build Your Own Percussion Ensemble” is a 10 session course for students, ages 7-12, with demonstrated financial need. Students will be given the opportunity to build their own instruments, learn principals of rhythm and notation, as well as compose and perform in small and large groups. This program began in the summer of 2011 and will continue again this summer. Please call for additional information. This summer’s registration information will be available in March 2012.
