2008 Summer Programs Include:
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2008 THEATRE CAMPS, MUSICALS & TV ACTING CAMPS
All students must have completed kindergarten in order to participate in all Theatre camps. All Theatre camps will be held at the Union Congregational Church, 148 Haverhill Street, North Reading, unless otherwise noted.* Time for all Theatre camps will be 8:15 a.m.-5:45 p.m., unless otherwise noted.** No previous acting, singing or artistic experience are required for any of these camps. All students have speaking roles, unless otherwise noted.***
Titles of show's listed are still awaiting royalty confirmation and are subject to change.
JUNE 30-JULY 3 - 4 Day Theatre Camp: Aladdin & His Lamp
Performance on the last day at 4:30pm.
Ages: 6-16; Limit: 25 students
Tuition: $237
JULY 7-11 - Mini-Musical 1: Cinderella
Performance on the last day at 4:30pm.
Ages: 6-12; Limit: 25 students
Tuition: $295
JULY 14-18 - Mini-Musical 2: Mother Goose Is Missing
Performance on the last day at 4:30pm.
Ages: 6-16; Limit: 25 students
Tuition: $295
JULY 21-25 - Acting Out at RCTV
Create your own commercials, talk shows, sitcoms, etc. In other words, produce any kind of show you want! Write the scripts, run the cameras and edit your own television production. Viewing of final projects on the last day at 4:30pm.
Ages: 10-16; Limit: 25 students
Tuition: $295
*Location: RCTV, 224 Ash Street, Reading
**Time: 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
JULY 28-AUGUST 1 - Older Theatre Camp: Clue
Performance on the last day at 6pm.
Ages: 10-16; Limit: 20 students
Tuition: $295
AUGUST 4-8 - Acting Out at RCTV
Create your own commercials, talk shows, sitcoms, etc. In other words, produce any kind of show you want! Write the scripts, run the cameras and edit your own television production. Viewing of final projects on the last day at 4:30pm.
Ages: 10-16; Limit: 20 students
Tuition: $295
*Location: RCTV, 224 Ash Street, Reading
**Time: 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
AUGUST 11-23 – The Big Musical: Guys & Dolls
Private Parent Performance: Thursday August 21st at 6pm. Public Performances: Friday, August 22nd at 6pm and Saturday August 23rd at 5pm. ($10/ticket)
***Speaking parts will only be given to those attending all three performances; others will be given ensemble roles.
Ages: 6-16; Limit: 45 students
Tuition: $600
**Time: M-F-- 8:15-5:45; Sat., August 23--1 p.m.-5 p.m.
2008 MINI ART & ART ADVENTURE CAMPS
Note: All Art Activities are at Creative Arts, 25 Woburn St., Reading.
Morning: 8:30 a.m.-noon ($155/wk) - Mini Art or Art Adventure
Afternoon: 1:00 p.m.-5:30 p.m. ($185/wk) - Art Adventure only
All Day: 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. ($295/wk) - Art Adventure only
Mini Art Camp - Ages 3-6; ALL students MUST be potty-trained; Limit: 10 students; Ratio 1:5; MORNING OPTION ONLY
Art Adventure Camp- Ages 6-12; Limit: 20 students; Ratio 1:10; Morning, Afternoon or All Day Options
It is recommended that students dress for mess or bring a large art shirt to wear. Smocks are available, but still be prepared for mess.
New! Art Show!
Each week will culminate in a student art exhibit creating a display of the students work from the whole week. Feel free to invite family & friends to share in your child's pride! Show times are: 11:30 a.m. – noon for the morning half-day students or 5:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. for the afternoon and all-day students.
June 23-June 27
Art Adventure Morning: Clay Builders Ages 6-12
Discover how artists created their great works of art. Learn from artists techniques then create art work of your own, inspired by the artists we look at. We will be using a variety of art media to create these pieces.
Art Adventure Afternoon: Big Blue Sky, Deep Blue Sea Ages 6-12
Look up above and down in the water for your inspiration this week. Learn about the sun, moon, stars, clouds, and rainbows. Make cool things that fly like birds, airplanes, rockets, and bugs. Create underwater creatures, whales, fish and more!
June 30-July 3 (No Camp July 4th)
Mini Art: Art Detective Ages 3-6
Discover how artists created their great works of art. Learn from artists techniques then create art work of your own, inspired by the artists we look at. We will be using a variety of art media to create these pieces.
Art Adventure Morning: Art Detective Ages 6-12
Discover how artists created their great works of art. Learn from artists techniques then create art work of your own, inspired by the artists we look at. We will be using a variety of art media to create these pieces.
Art Adventure Afternoon: Cartoons Ages 6-12
Create fun characters and hilarious comic strips in this unique course. Learn the basic techniques for creating a comic strip. Use paper, pencils, markers, inks and clay. Create a 3D model of your comic character.
July 7-11
Mini Art: Art Smart Ages 3-6
Come and join us for an exciting week of art and learn the basics of all different types of art techniques. Learn drawing, painting, sculpture and more in thus fun filled week.
Art Adventure Morning: Clay Builders Ages 6-12
Explore the world of clay, air-dry, sculpey, paper clay & more thru one of a kind creatures, tiles & pots. Please be aware pottery may break in the process.
Art Adventure Afternoon: Cave Painting to Picasso Ages 6-12
Explore art through the ages. We will explore different art periods and artists ranging from The Cave Painting in the Hall of Bulls to Monet and Edward Hopper. Students will use paint, clay, sculptural materials and more in this exploration of the arts class.
July 14-18
Mini Art: Mixing It Up Ages 3-6
Experience the many possibilities of arts and crafts. Experiment with a variety of materials and techniques including tie-dyeing, marbling, candle-making, printmaking, sculpting and papermaking.
Art Adventure Morning: Mixing It Up Ages 6-12
Experience the many possibilities of arts and crafts. Experiment with a variety of materials and techniques including tie-dyeing, marbling, candle-making, printmaking, sculpting and papermaking.
Art Adventure Afternoon: Sculpture Ages 6-12
Clay, wood, papier-mache,and plaster. Learn how to represent ideas three dimensionally and create sculptural pieces using various mediums. Learn about structure, armature and how to create unique forms.
July 21-25
Mini Art: Cartoons Ages 3-6
Create fun characters and hilarious comic strips in this unique course. Learn the basic techniques for creating a comic strip. Use paper, pencils, markers, inks and clay. Create a 3D model of your comic character.
Art Adventure Morning: Cartoons 2 Ages 6-12
Create fun characters and hilarious comic strips in this unique course. Learn the basic techniques for creating a comic strip. Use paper, pencils, markers, inks and clay. Create a 3D model of your comic character.
Art Adventure Afternoon: Art Detective Ages 6-12
Discover the elements of drawing and painting such as line, shape, form, color, and texture. Explore the world of art and art history by looking at artists' work! Use pencils, papers, oil pastels, crayons, tempera and watercolor paints.
July 28-August 1
Mini Art: Nature Art Ages 3-6
Discover all the wonderful things nature has to offer in this class. Students will create projects based on nature. Some of the projects will even be created from what we find outside.
Art Adventure Morning: Art Smart Ages 6-12
Come and join us for an exciting week of art and learn the basics of all different types of art techniques. Learn drawing, painting, sculpture and more in thus fun filled week.
Art Adventure Afternoon: Clay Builders Ages 6-12
Explore the world of clay, air-dry, sculpey, paper clay & more through one-of-a-kind creatures, tiles & pots. Please be aware pottery may break in the process.
August 4-8
Mini Art: Cave Painting to Picasso Ages 3-6
Explore art through the ages. We will explore different art periods and artists ranging from The Cave Painting in the Hall of Bulls to Monet and Edward Hopper. Students will use paint, clay, sculptural materials and more in this exploration of the arts class.
Art Adventure Morning: Outdoor Art Ages 6-12
Investigate the methods used to create realistic images! Learn about perspective, proportion, light, shading and texture. Use master drawings and paintings as inspiration for your art. Use exciting materials like charcoals, ink, pastels, watercolors and acrylics.
Art Adventure Afternoon: Mixing It Up 2 Ages 6-12
Experiment with a variety of craft techniques in an artful way. Work with paint, plaster, and wood to create a one of a kind handmade book, masks, marbled papers and sculptures.
August 11-15
Mini Art: Great Artists Ages 3-6
Create, learn and have fun through the history of art. Try painting like Van Gogh, sculpting like Olanberg, or making a collage like Mattise. Look at different artists and see how and why they created their works. Have fun with a variety of materials.
August 18-22
Mini Art: 3D Art Ages 3-6
This class offers students a chance to learn about traditional drawing and three dimensional arts. The class will learn basic drawing skills, then use their drawings a basis for more sculptural works. Students will learn planning skills and get to see their 2D work pop into the real world. We will use a variety of materials such as colored pencil, charcoal, pastel, paint, clay and plaster.
ADULT & TEENS (16+) ART CLASSES
Instructor: Dennis Hart
Landscape Workshop
Explore the opportunities of working from the landscape using the medium of your choice. Concepts covered will include composition, value and perspective. Learn options for transporting materials and artwork.
July 17, 18 & 21, 3:00 - 5:00 p.m.; Tuition: $135
Call 781.942.9600 for additional dates or to create a workshop tailored to your needs.
Private Art Lessons Ages 8-Adult
Have up Coming Art Show? Preparing a portfolio? Want to work on specific art skills?
Then one-on-one art lessons might just be for you. Lessons are scheduled with the art teacher and are six week sessions.
Some supplies provided.
Date & time to be arranged with instructor.
Tuition: 30 min. $195, 45 min. $283, 1 Hour $378 (6 sessions)
Basic & Intermediate Drawing
Beginning students will explore line (contour and gesture), value and composition. Intermediate students will take it a step further bringing previous experiences into these concepts in more finished pieces. Some supplies provided.
* Check back for details or call 781.942.9600 to express interest.
MUSIC CLASSES / WORKSHOPS / CAMPS / LESSONS
Music Camp with James Conner
Have fun building music skills, listening, singing with expressive movement, rhythm, note reading and making an instrumnet. Older group will also learn how songs are put together and try making up songs with the group.
* Check back for details or call 781.942.9600 to express interest.
Build and Play Kalimba
Students will build and learn to play their very own kalimba! Native Africans made this kind of instrument from gourds with cane prongs, but we will build a much more durable and clear sounding thumb piano from a kit. Until the student's kalimba is constructed we will use one from the instructor's collection to begin learning how to play. Tuition includes one-on-one instruction an all necessary building materials.
$240 for 6 half hour sessions scheduled at convenience of student & instructor;
Roald Wilson, Instructor
Blues and Boogie-woogie Piano
Students will learn 12-bar blues, blues scales, and boogie-woogie patterns. Focus will be on ear-training, improvisation, and fun! This is a great way to keep piano skills honed over the summer for those students who would like a break from reading classical repertoire.
$210 for 6 sessions, scheduled at the convenience of student and instructor beginning the week of June 23. R. Wilson, instructor..
Parent Studio
This course is for parents who want to keep up with their kids’ progress or for adults who want to retrieve the piano skills from their childhood lessons. Music is for all ages!!
$210 for 6 sessions, scheduled at the convenience of student and instructor beginning the week of June 23. R. Wilson, instructor.
Musical Discoveries
Students will explore the sounds and structure of both traditional and unconventional instruments while being exposed to a diverse musical repertoire. Instruments may include marimba, hammered dulcimer, Appalachian dulcimer, guitar, harmonica, mandolin, tone drum, steel drum, etc.
6 sessions, scheduled at the convenience of student and instructor beginning the week of June 23. R. Wilson, instructor.
Piano Technique
This course will focus on technical exercises – no reading, no assignments, just a technical workout including scales, Fast Five, trills and tremolos, glissandos, Spider, Butterfly, Hanon patterns, Dohnany exercises, triplet exercise, dynamics exercise, etc.
6 sessions, scheduled at the convenience of student and instructor beginning the week of June 23. R. Wilson, instructor.
Vocal Performance/Audition Preparation Workshops!
Have a blast with your performing in any venue by tailoring your vocal skills and performance creativity while utilizing your natural improvisational skills! All workshops: Adults and ages 14+; call 781.942.9600 for dates & times.
$55/per session; $150 for all three workshops. A. Loretz-Frey, instructor.
Holistic Vocals Master Class
Geared towards the more accomplished singers who is already well-versed in their craft and wants to be able to see the world around them through new eyes. Ongoing 1 hour classes, scheduled at the convenience of student and instructor, beginning the week of June 23. $64.80/wk. M.D. Troiano instructor.
Music Theory for the Contemporary Musician
Have fun while learning theory! Learn how to apply music theory to Rock, Punk, Pop & Folk Music. Theory is not scary, in fact it's fun!! For ages 12+; call 781.942.9600 for dates & times. $115. M.D. Troiano, instructor.
Acoustic Lounge
For all instruments. Work together as a group to perform Rock, Punk or Pop songs. We will play the latest music, have fun and sound like a professional band! Salute the Boston Folk Scene and play acoustic arrangements of our favorite songs. Ages 12+; call 781.942.9600 for dates & times. $230. M.D. Troiano, instructor.
Contemporary A Cappella Group
For singers ages 8 and up. Students will learn how to work as a group and sing close-harmony and dissonance to the tune of modern music. Learn intervallic relationships, complex rhythms and music theory. Even learn how to deconstruct a song and arrange it for voices instead of instruments. ; call 781.942.9600 for dates & times. $172.50.
PRIVATE MUSIC LESSONS & ENSEMBLES
Private Lessons (Suzuki or Traditional)
Students are encouraged to sign-up for 8 lessons during the summer, unless other arrangements are made with your instructor. Per lesson cost:
30 min., $35.00 per lesson
45 min., $50.40 per lesson
60 min., $64.80 per lesson
Suzuki Groups
* Check back for details or call 781.942.9600 to express interest.
Ensembles
6 weeks / 60 min. each wk / $100 with lessons or $138 without lessons at Creative Arts
