Imagination Summer Vacation

MATILDA! celebrates the incredible songs of the famous Broadway musical MATILDA.
Student-vocalists will work with professional singer-actors to examine the different “voices” and wide range of emotions presented in the Matilda songbook, singing as an ensemble with solo parts and acting in the scenes around each song.

Ready to Rock! offers aspiring rockers the chance to explore the fundamentals of harmony and rhythm by learning to play both guitar and drums in a fun, non-competitive workshop. As beginning strummers, students will discover how to melodically play the single notes of a chord progression on acoustic guitar. As starting drummers, students will experience what it’s like to provide the rhythmic pulse behind a melody.

Band A-D-E! gives slightly more advanced guitarists and drummers the opportunity to band together and learn to play collaboratively in a group. Guitarists will learn popular rock tunes from bands like the Red Hot Chili Peppers, John Legend and The Beatles that use basic three-chord (I IV V) progressions such as A-D-E, while drummers learn how to lay down the back beat.

SUMMER SOUNDS
Chamber Music and Jazz Ensembles provide student-musicians with the opportunity to study and perform challenging music an in intimate group setting under the direction of world-class virtuosi performers. Students learn about the theory on which each composition is based, and how to translate their skills as a soloist into performing as part of an ensemble. Ensembles are offered in:
• WOODWINDS   • FLUTE   • CLARINET  • SAXOPHONE   
• STRING  • BRASS   • GUITAR   • PERCUSSION   • JAZZ  
Jazz Improvisation Workshops are designed for more advanced student-musicians who are fluent in all twelve keys. Participants explore their creative potential through improvisation, experience a variety of jazz styles, and enjoy the rhythms and sounds associated with some of America’s most famous jazz musicians.

SUMMER SHREDDING
Our summer camp version of Bandology 101 enables rockers to fine-tune their sound by learning from a pro. Workshops each day are split between creating original songs (and learning the theory that goes along with song-writing) and rehearsing both the group’s original tunes and an eclectic mix of rock cover songs.

Sing It All! gives our student-vocalists the opportunity to explore singing both Pop/Rock and Broadway. Coached by well-known professional singers, students will learn to use their unique vocal talents to sing the story, rock the house and belt out Broadway tunes, sure to make their audience stand up and cheer!

SUMMER STEPPING
So You Think You Can Dance? teaches student-dancers the fundamentals of both classical ballet and cool hip-hop.* Students will study with highly acclaimed professional dancers to explore the many ways in which these two vastly different genres each enable self-expression.

INTRO TO GUITAR
Start from Scratch! Learn the basics of playing guitar in a relaxed group setting. You’ll learn how to tune your own guitar, become familiar with the names and sounds of each of the strings, and begin strumming the basic chords to favorite songs. Classes are one hour at $199 per session. Students provide their own acoustic guitars. (Ages 8-adult)