Youth Programs 7-12 years
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Recorder Time!
Su D’Ambrosio
Ages five and up. Individual and small group recorder instruction. Learn concepts of rhythm and note reading as you learn to play fun songs on your recorder. Join with a friend for twice the fun! 12 weeks
Starts January 22, 2008 in Duxbury and January 28, 2008 in Hingham
| Hingham: Monday, 4 - 4:45 pm $225 |
Duxbury: Tuesday, 4:15 - 5 pm $225 |
Music Alive Ensemble
Sponsored by Mrs. John D. Brewer
Su D’Ambrosio and Jennie Mulqueen
Ages six to nine. This new team-taught class is perfect for any child who loves music, and incorporates singing, percussion instruments, improvisation, and creative movement. This fun, interactive 12-week class turns children's natural aural, vocal, and kinesthetic abilities into the young musician's performance skills. Starts January 28, 2008
| Hingham: Monday, 4:30 - 5:30 pm $250 |
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Instrument Sampler
Sponsored by Cynthia and John Reed
Ages six through ten. This 7-week survey class is designed to help children choose their own instrument for private study. Each week members of our faculty introduce a new instrumental family - strings, woodwinds, brass, percussion, keyboard, guitar and voice - in a fun, interactive class. Students learn to produce a sound on each instrument, observe live instrument demonstrations and listen to recordings of great performers. Handbook included. Starts March 1, 2008
| Hingham: Saturday, 10 am $95 |
Duxbury: Saturday, 10 am $95 |
Rock & Roll Repertory Ensemble
Chris Rathbun
Students familiarize themselves with the top 100 "must know" rock tunes from the original recordings. Class members learn songs through ear training, dictation, transcription, notation, memorizing parts, and learn how to rehearse. Students use the recording studio to record their own projects. 12 weeks
| Hingham: Wednesday, 7 - 8 pm $235 |
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Guitar Fun
John McCarthy
For children seven and eight. Students become familiar with the guitar, and learn basic chords and melody, playing folk and popular songs. This 8-week class is for students with at least six months to one year of guitar experience. First session starts February 4, 2008 Second session starts April 6, 2008
| Hingham: Tuesday, 3:45 - 4:30 pm $120 |
Duxbury: Monday, 4:30 - 5:15 pm $120 |
Ballet Level I
Taught through structured exercises at the barre and center, this two hour a week program for children ages seven through nine years old is a formal introduction to classical ballet and vocabulary. Duxbury campus
| Monday, 4:45 - 5:45 pm $465/half year |
Wednesday, 4:45 - 5:45 pm $465/half year |
Ballet Level II
Continuing formal ballet training, this class is recommended for students ages 8 - 11 who have successfully completed at least one year of Level I training. Enrollment is after evaluation only. Duxbury campus
| Tuesday, 5:30 - 7:00 pm $625/half year |
Thursday, 5:00 - 6:30 pm $625/half year |
Ballet Level III
Students having mastered Level II skills continue to advance their ballet technique and begin preparing for regular training en pointe. Duxbury campus
| Tuesday, 3:30 - 5:30 pm $975/half year |
Thursday, 3:15 - 5:00 pm $975/half year |
Friday, 4:30 - 6:30 pm $975/half year |
Act I (Beginning Drama Workshop)
| Hingham: Saturday, 9:30 - 10:30 am 15 weeks $210 |
Duxbury: Tuesday, 4 - 5 pm 15 weeks $210 |
Act II (Intermediate Drama Workshop)
| Hingham: Saturday, 10:30 - 11:30 am 15 weeks $210 |
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Act III (Starring "The Shoestring Players")
| Hingham: Saturday, 11:30 am - 1 pm 15 weeks $250 |
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Music Theatre Revue
Ellen Kelly, Tom Boyer, Lorna Jane Norris
Middle and high schoolers are invited to participate in this performance-based class, dedicated to the training of the young performer in all facets of the musical theatre form...singing, working with an accompanist, and acting. During the eight-week workshop, young performers will be coached by a vocal expert, musical director and acting teacher. The finale of each workshop will be a cabaret style revue. Session starts March 1, 2008
| Hingham: Saturday, 12 - 2 pm 8 weeks $235 |
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Family Drum Circle
Drum Circe is a hands-on, rhythm-based musical activity for all age groups. This fun, effective means of communicating through drums and percussion instruments provides health-promoting strategies such as self-expression, stress reduction and exercise. A trained facilitator leads the group.
Starts March 9, 2008
| Hingham: Sunday, 4 - 5 pm 4 weeks $85 |
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Beginner/ Intermediate Percussion Ensemble
Ed Sorrentino
| Hingham: Saturday, 8 - 9 am 12 weeks $235 |
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Advanced Percussion Ensemble
Ed Sorrentino
| Hingham: Tuesday, 6:30 - 7:30 pm 12 weeks $235 |
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Mallet Ensemble
Ed Sorrentino
This ensemble is designed to help students with reading melodies on mallet instruments. Most percussion students start with rhythms and this takes it to the next level.
| Hingham: Saturdays, 1 - 2 pm 12 weeks $235 |
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Chamber Music
Sponsored by Motoko and Gordon Deane
Chamber opportunities are available in strings, percussion, flute, woodwind, brass, and mixed instruments and voice. Playing in a small group setting, with each participant focusing on his/her individual part, can greatly improve a student’s playing, and is a helpful supplement for any student in a school band or orchestra program. Placement auditions are required to ensure that students are placed with others at the same level of expertise. For a placement audition please call Donald Zook at 781-934-2731, ext. 16 to schedule an audition. Ensembles meet weekly for one hour.
| 12 weeks $235 |
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Voice Class for 10 -12 Year Olds
Furong Gardner
For the student with a love for singing, this preparatory voice class provides instruction in a small group setting, allowing for more individual attention, without the demands or expense of a one-on-one private lesson. The 15 week class lays the base for students planning to take private lessons in the future, and serves to help students perform better in school and church chorus. The curriculum covers singing technique, ear-training, sight singing, and repertoire. Limited to six students per class.
| Hingham: Wednesday, 4:30 - 5:30 pm $250 |
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Bay Youth Symphony (BaYS)
BaYS is an auditioned*, sequential youth orchestra program designed to create an opportunity for dedicated and talented young musicians, living in communities throughout Southeastern Massachusetts, to perform symphonic music at a high level in a well organized orchestra program. The program currently offers ensembles at three levels: a string ensemble for younger students, a string orchestra, and a senior full symphonic orchestra. All rehearsals take place at the Duxbury Performing Arts Center.
*String Ensemble is for students with a minimum of one year of lessons with a recommendation from their private lesson instructor. Duxbury Performing Arts Center: Wednesday evenings, 6:30 pm
| BaYS Symphony $200/semester |
BaYS String Orchestra $150/semester |
BaYS String Ensemble $100/semester |
Classical Music Studies
Sponsored by Jane Carr
Edwina Li, Margaret Li
(formerly called Certificate Program)
The required classes of classical music theory, solfege (ear training and sight singing), music
appreciation and chamber music provide the necessary skills
needed for students to
develop as musicians, and enhances the students’ musical performance and enjoyment. The Classical Music Studies curriculum is particularly beneficial as a prerequisite for any student who is interested and/or anticipating to take the AP Music Theory exam.
Music theory enriches and strengthens the student’s study of their individual instrument by providing a firm understanding of the underlying musical grammar. Solfege connects theoretical concepts through active participation. It develops and internalizes correct pitch and sense of rhythm through various activities, recitation and dictation. In music appreciation, students study selected repertoire from the classical Western tradition through directed listenings and projects. Weekly chamber music sessions directly apply and reinforce concepts learned in class through active musical collaboration. The program runs for 28 weeks with a midterm and a final to assess the student’s progress. The year ends with a festival at which time the students present their independent projects and perform their chamber pieces.
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Duxbury: Friday, 3 - 5 pm
28 weeks - $1525 - Non-SSC private lesson student
$1280 - Current SSC private lesson student
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Electronic Effects for Guitarists
Mark Campbell
Guitarists have a myriad of choices when it comes to effects, so before you head off to the music store, get some hands on time with the tone shaping tools used by the guitar greats! Learn how effects change the sound of your guitar and how you can use them to discover your own tone in this 12-week course.
| Hingham: Thursday, 5 - 6 pm $235 |
Duxbury: Tuesday, 2:30 - 3:30 pm $235 |
Rock Guitar Styles
Mark Campbell
Every influential guitarist has an approach that makes them sound unique. Learn to identify the elements of style that make players like Hendrix, Page and VanHalen stand out. This class is for intermediate to advanced level students who have a working knowledge of open position and barre chord forms as well as pentatonic and blues scales. 12 weeks
| Hingham: Thursday, 4 - 5 pm $235 |
Duxbury: Tuesday, 3:30 - 4:30 pm $235 |
Orchestra Incognito
Tim Butterworth
The advent of synthesizers has made it possible for a few keyboardists to sound like a string orchestra, a four- piece rock band, or a percussion ensemble! In this class you’ll use your keyboarding skills, and our synthesizers in our new group instruction lab, to play a part in a band!
| Hingham: Mondays, 4 - 5 pm 12 weeks $235 |
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Home School Arts Institute
In response to requests from home school parents who were looking for quality arts education for their children, South Shore Conservatory created Home School Arts Institute. The Institute’s curriculum is based on the needs and input of participating home school families, and includes private lessons, early childhood music, chamber music, chorus, basic musicianship, advanced music studies which includes music appreciation and music theory, group keyboard class (Hingham only ), theatre, public speaking and visual art (Duxbury only).
Hingham: Monday, 9 am - 2:30 pm
Duxbury: Tuesday, 9 am - 2:30 pm
Each semester runs 16 weeks.
| Electives | 4-8 students | 9-12 students |
| Certificate Program | $480 | $440 |
| Public Speaking | $240 | $220 |
| Chorus | $240 | $220 |
| Theatre | $240 | $220 |
| Art A | $280 | $255 |
| Art B | $280 | $255 |
| Musicianship | $240 | $220 |
| Chamber Music | $240 | N/A |
| Group Keyboard Class | $240 | N/A |
| Mom & Me (12 weeks) | $225 | $200 |
| Joy of Music (12 weeks) | $225 | $200 |
The Conservatory strives to make arts education accessible to all who wish to participate. Financial aid and/or sliding scale tuition is available by contacting Su D’Ambrosio at 781-749-7565, ext. 31.
Beginning group lessons available on the following instruments: recorder, flute, oboe, clarinet, saxophone, trumpet, horn, trombone and percussion.
There is a 10% discount on all classes for families enrolling three or more children. Discounts cannot be combined.