Register Now for Summer 2013 Youth and Precollege Programs in the Arts!

SESSION DATES

Session I: July 1 – July 12

Session II: July 15 – July 26

Session III: July 29 – August 9

 

Interested in prepping your vocal chords for a college music program?  How about beginners interested in songwriting? Always wanted to design a video game?  Come sign up for a wide array of programs ranging from fashion design to comic book creation!   Students from grades 1 to 12 are free to sign up for a variety of programs including visual arts, filmmaking, video game/app creation, acting, photography, music, writing, fashion design, chess, and much more!

Youth Registration

http://www.purchase.edu/departments/AcademicPrograms/ce/Summer/YouthPrograms/Registration.aspx

Precollege Registration

http://www.purchase.edu/Departments/AcademicPrograms/CE/Summer/PrecollegePrograms/howtoregister.aspx

Sign your child up for Photography programs this summer!

Think you know everything about taking pictures? You have probably only scratched the surface on your digital camera, iPhone, or Blackberry. Discover the many creative ways that you can express yourself through photographs in the photography programs. To learn more about Young Photographers click here. To learn more about Photography Institute click here.

Does music interest your child? Sign up for our various music programs this summer!

Learn the art of songwriting with renowned Purchase College faculty in the Songwriting Workshop. Get your “Glee” on with Creative Vocal Lab and continue singing in the Choral Conservatory. Is cool jazz more your style? Join the Jazz Workshop (no previous jazz training required) and start jamming! Check out performances from previous years here.

Have your children create compelling comic books and graphic novels this summer!

Learn to create comic books, graphic novels and to storyboard the perfect camera angles for your next film or web video! Plan, draw, and polish your project from layouts to finished inks. To find out more about Creating Comic Books for Youth students click here. To learn more about Creating Comic Books and Graphic Novels for Precollege students click here.

Hi all, this is a friendly reminder that the Summer 2012 Youth and Precollege Programs in the Arts OPEN HOUSE will be held TOMORROW, Saturday, April 21 at Purchase College from 10:00am-12:30pm in the Music Building Room 0078. Learn about our programs, meet with our instructors, and tour the campus.

Don’t forget that registration is still open for our summer programs.

Register and pay in full by May 4 and save more than 10%!

Also, here’s a beautiful video from last year’s songwriting workshop final performance:

Purchase College SUNY instructor excited about new 2012 Shakespeare Workshop.

The new Shakespeare Workshop program is designed to help introduce students to classic text integrating acting, voice, and movement. Over the course of the two-week workshop, students attend a morning class each day with the Lead Instructor, Denise Bessette, which consists of warm-up exercises for voice and movement then a concentration on acting class/rehearsal of monologues and scenes from the canon of Shakespearean plays in combination with the reading and discussion of two texts: the Shakespearean tragedy ROMEO AND JULIET and the comedy, AS  YOU LIKE IT. At the end of the two-week session, students will perform at least one monologue and one scene for invited family and friends. They will be asked to provide minimal costume suggestions and simple props. The performance is done without a set, sound or stage lighting in order to feature the actors’ work.

Check out this slideshow from the 2011 Youth Actors Workshop!!!

Click here:  Slideshow

This upcoming summer, Purchase will be offering a wonderful learning opportunity for young actors as part of its Youth & Precollege Programs. The program will be lead by Denise Bessette, cofounder and artistic producer of the Hudson Stage Company, as well as New York-based actress Jane Beller who will be serving as acting instructor. In addition to learning fundamental acting techniques, styles, and skills, students will have the opportunity to experiement with the building blocks of performance through daily classes in improvisation, monologues, and scenes, with the final goal of a performance at the end of the program. To broaden skills and exposure to the arts, Young Actors can be combined with a variety of other programs as well. Click here for more information.