Students may choose to attend more than one week, according to their interest.

Week 1: June 15-21

Ballet Camp – taught by Alyce Roeder
• Beginning to Advanced Ballet Technique
• Physical Conditioning for Dancers
• Dance for Musical Theatre
• Acting for Dancers

Strings Camp - taught by Lee Joiner
• String chamber music coaching
• Technique/Building a balanced approach to your instrument
• Masterclasses in solo performance
• Introduction to string improvisation
(*For more details about strings classes see below)

Week 2: June 22-28

Strings Camp - taught by Lee Joiner
• String chamber music coaching
• Building a balanced approach to your instrument
• Masterclasses in solo performance
• Introduction to string improvisation
(*For more details about strings classes see below)

Writing Camp – taught by Patricia Hickman
• Fiction 101
• Creating Characters
• Finding Your Story's Deepest Layers
• Moving From Average to Art
• Songwriting

Week 3: June 29 - July 5

Acting Camp - taught by Mike Landers & Alan Atwood
• Stage Combat and Stunts
• Beginning to Advanced Acting
• Directing (an Actor’s Understanding of Staging)
• Playwrighting
• Scene work
• Comedy Improvisation and Theatre Games
• Acting for film

Film Camp - taught by Evan Atwood
• Visual Story-telling
• Cinematography
• Script-writing
• Editing

Week 4: July 6-12

Acting Camp - taught by Steven Koehler & Alan Atwood
• Beginning Vocal Method for the Actor
• Preparing a Monologue for an Acting Audition
• Acting Technique (Tools for the Actor)
• Building a Character
• Scene Work
• Understanding the Script and your Role
• Acting for Film

Voice Camp – taught by Helene Pickett
• Daily group Voice Classes using Bel Canto exercises
• Individual Voice Lessons - Select your emphasis: Opera,
  Musical Theatre, or Contemporary Christian Music
• Vocal Health/ Technique
• Song or Aria Preparation for Friday Night Concert
• Preparing a Vocal Audition

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String Chamber Music
The goal of the chamber music component will be intensive involvement with a few works that are being prepared for the Friday night performance. To accomplish this, ensembles will rehearse and be coached daily. We will examine how to build an interpretation and how to rehearse as an ensemble in a masterclass setting. There will also be listening and discussion of recordings of selected works in order to gain a fuller understanding of the components of chamber music.

Technique class
Each day’s work will begin with stretching followed by warm-up exercises on our instruments. The goal will be to find a natural and balanced approach to the instrument that respects the body.

Solo literature
Students will have an opportunity to play a solo piece and receive coaching. This will be emphasized to a greater degree with students who choose to come for two weeks.

Improvisation
This class will work at developing the connection between what we hear and the geography of the fingerboards on our instruments. Solfege and hand signs will be used to increase familiarity with scales and chords. On our instruments we will use worship songs as a basis for learning to improvise over chord changes. The components of this class include elements that have been or will be encountered in college ear-training and music theory classes.