Summer Programs 2008

South Shore Conservatory’s summer programs inspire music, dance and drama students to perfect their skills and meet students from other towns who share the same passion for the arts. There’s something for everyone at the Conservatory over the summer months. Find out what’s here for you!

Daily Programs

Flute Symphony
Wednesdays starting June 18
with three experience levels, all flutists can find a Flute Symphony home Hingham campus
Tuition: New Artist Ensemble $180 Artist Ensemble $225 Advanced Artist Ensemble $225

NEW! Groove Workshop
July 28-August 8
Focusing on rock, funk, jazz and Latin music, this new workshop for rhythm section players explores the roles each instrument plays in each of these styles. Musicians expand their knowledge, enhance their tone, and improve their skills.
Hingham campus
Tuition: $525

Magical Musical Summer
June 16 - 20, June 23 - 27, July 7 - 11, July 28 - August 1 August 4 - 8, August 11 - 15, August 18 - 22 music and creative fun for students ages three through six
Duxbury campus
Tuition: 3 days – $125 4 days – $160 5 days – $190

Summer Chamber Music Academy
July 21 - August 1
musicians discover the excitement of performing in a small group with other musicians
Hingham campus
Tuition: $595

Summer Music Festival
July 7 - 18
an enriching well-rounded musical experience for middle, high school and college-aged musicians
Hingham campus
Tuition: All-Star Band $400 Summer Wind Ensemble $500 Festival Wind Ensemble $400

Summer Theatre Workshop
August 4 - August 22
theatre arts fun for students five through teens
Hingham campus
Tuition: Act I: $200/one week Act II: $275/one week Act III: $275/one week

Summer Vocal Institute
July 30 - August 8
a unique vocal experience for motivated singers ages 12 - 18
Hingham campus
Tuition: $495

Weekly Programs

MUSIC TOGETHER® at South Shore Conservatory
Jennie Mulqueen
Sponsored by Mr. and Mrs. C. Herbert Emilson
July 7 - August 15
Ages: Infant through five
In Music Together® families discover the power of musical play through song, dance, and instruments. Create a joyful musical environment in which your family can make connections to last a lifetime. Six weeks Visit www.metromusictogether.com for a full schedule of classes.
Register for free demo classes: Hingham: June 21 at New North Church Duxbury: June 18, 19, Ellison Center for the Arts Plymouth: June 20, July 1 at the Loring Center Limited space.
Please call 781-749-7565, ext. 33 to reserve your spot!
Summer Session Tuition: $125 for first child

Drum! Sing! Dance!
Su D’Ambrosio and Jennie Mulqueen
Sponsored by Mrs. John D. Brewer
Ages 5-7
Incorporating singing, percussion instruments, improvisation, and creative movement, children explore summer themes. This fun, interactive class turns children's natural aural, vocal, and kinestheticabilities into performance skills.
Hingham: Wednesday – 3:30 - 4:30 pm – six weeks starting July 9
Tuition: $125

NEW! Voice Class for 7-9 year olds
Rebecca Sears-St. Denis
This interactive class introduces young singers to their instruments through the basics of breath and body support, sound projection, ear training, sight-singing and song selection. Students learn fun and age-appropriate way to sing and express themselves. Everyone is a star in the final performance!
Hingham: Wednesday – 4:30 - 5:30 pm – six weeks starting July 9
Duxbury: Tuesday – 3:30 - 4:30 pm – six weeks start July 8
Tuition: $150

Voice Class for 10-12 Year Olds
Furong Gardner, Rebecca Sears-St. Denis
For the student with a love for singing, this preparatory voice class provides instruction in a small group setting, allowing for more individual attention. The class lays the base for students planning to take private lessons in the future. The curriculum covers singing technique, ear-training, sight singing, and repertoire.
Hingham: Wednesday – 4:30 - 5:30 pm – six weeks starting July 9
Duxbury: Tuesday – 4:30 - 5:30 pm – six weeks starting July 8
Tuition: $150

NEW! SSC Idol Class
Kaoruko Pilkington
Ages 8-14
In this exciting new American Idol-style class, students receive coaching on their favorite pop songs and learn to give and take constructive criticism. After a brief overview of the weekly topic and skills surrounding it, students perform for a panel of three peer judges. Over the six-week class, students serve as both judges and performers.
Requirement: willingness to sing solo in the class.
Hingham: Thursday – 5:30 - 6:30 pm – six weeks starting July 10
Tuition: $150

A Capella Ensemble for High School Girls
Lorna Jane Norris
A small-group experience for the motivated high school singer. Girls will sing in complex harmony, building musical skills, foreign language diction, and vocal technique.
Hingham: Monday – 5:30 - 6:30 pm – Six weeks
Tuition: $120

Adult Voice Class
Beth MacLeod, Lorna Jane Norris
For adult singers looking for a technical brush-up to support their choral or theatre singing, this class is a great follow-up to Woman Song! Prepare solo and small group songs and learn basic vocal technique in a fun, informal setting.
Hingham: Monday – 6:30 - 8 pm – four weeks starting June 23
Duxbury: Monday – 6 - 7:30 pm – four weeks starting June 16
Tuition: $135

NEW! Vocal Jazz Improvisation
Kaoruko Pilkington
Ages: adults and jazz-focused high school students
This exciting new class teaches scatting from the ground up. Students learn a simple blues tune, trade vocal lines back and forth with the teacher, and eventually use that blues tune to experiment with rhythmic and melodic themes, embellish vocal lines, and finally create their own unique versions of the song.
Hingham: Thursday – 6:30 - 7:30 pm – six weeks starting July 10
Tuition: $150

Basic Musicianship
Edwina Li
Learn about the fundamentals of music, from time signature to note and rest values, staff reading, and rhythms. This class is helpful for those who need more practice, who want to brush up, or those who are thinking of returning to music lessons and would like a head start. It complements any private music lesson.
Hingham: Monday, Wednesday – 4 - 5 pm – five weeks
Tuition: $180

AP Music Theory Prep
Margaret Li
Need a head start on AP Music Theory? Any student who is considering the idea of taking the AP Music Theory Exam is highly encouraged to take this course, which reviews music fundamentals and prepares students for the demanding curriculum that is integral to any AP course.
Hingham: Monday, Wednesday – 5 - 7 pm – five weeks
Tuition: $400

Classical Music Studies (CMS)
Margaret Li and Edwina Li
Any student interested in this comprehensive program is encouraged to participate this summer! This program is especially beneficial to current CMS and Home School Arts Institute students.
Hingham: Monday, Wednesday – 4 - 7 pm – five weeks
Tuition: $475 for SSC private lesson students, $600 for non-private lesson students

Comp Camp!
June 23 - July 2, 9 am - 12 noon
Jane Viemeister
Ages 10 through high school
Budding Beethoven Fürelisians, blossoming Norajonesians and other future composers are invited to bring their musical imagination to Comp Camp! This intensive, hands-on, ears, mind and instinct training of the inner composer, focuses on the writing and poetry of music , and on instrumental composing. Participants must have two years of music lessons.
Duxbury campus
Tuition: $360

Summer Ballet 2008
José Mateo’s Ballet Theatre
July 28 - September 5
Duxbury campus
José Mateo’s Ballet Theatre Young Dancers Program at South Shore Conservatory offers formal and thoughtful instruction in classical ballet for dancers beginning at age three.

Creative Dance I & II (age 3 & 4)	Pre-ballet I & II (age 5 & 6)	Level I & II	Level III & IV	Level V & VI
Wednesday, 3:00 - 3:45 pm Tuition: $75 5 weeks	Wednesday, 3:45 - 4:45 pm Tuition: $80 5 weeks	Wednesday, 4:45 - 6:15 pm Tuition: $120 5 weeks	Tuesday & Thursday, 3:45 - 5:45 pm Tuition: $325 5 weeks	Tuesday & Thursday, 5:45 - 7:45 pm Tuition: $325 5 weeks