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Music Camp Programs
Our music camps offer campers a choice of vocal and singing camps, or instrumental music (rock, jazz and blues). Campers work alongside professionals who can teach, encourage and inspire them to become better musicians! We're offering some exciting and varied choices in our Music Department this summer! Melissa Shriner is back to offer another top notch vocal program - and we're also offering an Acapella option for the first time ever. In addition to focussing solely on vocal music, campers can choose a musical theatre project and experience the Triple Threat. Finally, for instrumentalists AND vocalists, we're offering the ever-popular 'Music Mayhem' program again, where budding musicians get to create their own bands as they learn all about rock, jazz, blues and more. All music programs end in final performances where campers have the opportunity to showcase their skills.
At Centauri, campers choose one specialty arts program per session.
To see a chart listing all the programs and their sessions click here.
So You Want To Be a Pop Star!
Session 1 (ages 12-18) Instructor: Melissa Shriner
Do you think you have what it takes to be the next big pop star? To make it as a pop star these days, you need more than just good vocal chops; you need to be able to move on stage as well!!! Join us as we explore the world of pop music! We will take a look at how to sing pop music and how to do pop 'ornaments' (all the fancy Christina/Mariah stuff!). Discover how to develop the great singing technique needed to maintain a healthy voice that will carry you through tough and rigorous days of singing and dancing. To give our voices a break, we will also work on stage presence and dance moves, essential skills for all pop artists. We’ll put together a repertoire of songs, then add choreography as we prepare to showcase several incredible, polished, performance-ready pop songs that will wow our audience! Beyonce, look out! Justin Timberlake, watch your back! Basic singing experience is necessary for this session.
Rock, Jazz, Blues ‘n’ MAYHEM!!
Session 2 (ages 12-18) Instructor: Violet Chepil
Get that groove out of your garage and onto the big stage! Come on out to learn and improve a wide range of musical skills ranging from song writing to audio engineering. Bring along your instrument and your musical talent, and we will inspire you to try new styles as we spend the session creating bands, coming up with original music and lyrics, and having a blast! Explore collaborative creation techniques as you work on vocal, instrumental and group performance skills. Finally, we'll go from jamming in the music room, to a full concert on the big stage. Come prepared with your artistic creativity and your passion for musical fun, and let's create some large-scale MAYHEM! Campers must play an instrument (such as drums, guitar, bass or sax) competently, and bring the instrument with them to camp.
Musical
Theatre: Characters of Broadway
Session 2 - O (ages 14-18) Instructor: Jeanette Hedley
Calling all triple threats! Use your acting, singing and dancing skills to bring to life the characters of Broadway. This session, omega campers will discover what it takes to bring musical theatre’s larger-than-life roles to the stage. We will go through an in-depth character study process, including everything from looking at the original production and the character’s background, to exploring their voice and physicality. In addition to tackling our work from an actor’s perspective, campers will also take workshops on dance and vocal technique. Our final production will showcase campers in solo or duet scenes as well as an ensemble piece that will integrate all of your triple threat skills. Be prepared to take risks and work hard - but also to have a whole lot of fun as we transform ourselves into characters that will amaze and enthrall our audience on the final day.
Singing
Sensations: An Acapella Experience
Session 3 - O (ages 14-18) Instructor: John Michael Erlendson
It's time to put away your instruments and bust out your killer voice! This is Centauri's first entirely acapella program. Using nothing but our voices, we will become an entire band as we recreate our favourite songs. If you liked your school choir or glee club, you'll have a ton of fun making great harmonies together. Discover - or refresh your knowledge of - part singing, blending, group sound-shaping, solo singing, tight harmonies and even vocal percussion (beatboxing). Get ready to learn some intense and awesome music from jazz to collegiate acapella style. Acapella is the genre you can sing anywhere, so stop carrying around those heavy instruments and start making sweet tunes with ‘Voices Only’! Campers must have a background in solo or choral singing and preferably be able to read music at a basic level.
Musical Theatre: 20 Fabulous Broadway Years!
Session 3 - A (ages 9-14) Instructor: Robyn Levine
If you want to experience the triple threat - acting, singing AND dancing - then join us this summer for an exciting journey into the world of musical theatre! This year, we’re celebrating musicals that became famous between 1960-1980, such as Funny Girl, Chicago, Hair, Grease, Little Shop of Horrors and Les Miserables. During these decades, Barbra Striesand, Liza Minnelli and Bernadette Peters rose to stardom singing in the various musicals that you will have a chance to explore! In this innovative program, you will learn different songs from the various musicals of those decades and create a musical ensemble piece that tells a story to your audience! Along the way, you will discover character creation and storytelling, solo singing, duets and choral numbers with movement. We’ll also teach you the proper singing techniques that will allow your inner superstars to shine! Watch out Centauri, here come the latest musical theatre sensations!
A Summary of our 2010 Music Summer Camps!
Session 1 Music Camp: So You Want To Be a Pop Star! (ages 12+)
Session 2 Music Camp: Rock, Jazz, Blues ‘n’ MAYHEM!! (ages 12+)
Session 2 Music Theatre Camp: Characters of Broadway (ages 14-18)
Session 3 Music Camp: Singing Sensations: An Acapella Experience (ages 14-18)
Session 3 Musical Theatre Camp: 20 Fabulous Broadway Years! (ages 9-14)
Session 4 Musical Theatre Camp: Musical Theatre Dance (ages 9 to 18)
