Participants receive instrumental lessons by professional instructors, learn music theory as it relates to band performances, and participate in a concert setting. This course is for students entering grades 6 through 12 who are proficient with their instrument and have some experience in jazz ensemble. Students will receive instrumental instruction by professional instructors. The world of theatre is explored through hands on projects. All aspects of theatre are touched upon including acting, set design, light design, costume design, makeup and props.
Students work with various members of the college theatre staff and area professionals.
You will learn improvisation, advanced scene and character work, set model building, design costumes for your character and how to construct them, and advanced makeup in special effects. Students who sign up for this course must have completed The World of Theatre for Kids, have previous experience in the College's Children's Theatre Company or other formal theatre training. This advanced course is designed for students to further enhance their knowledge of building and launching their own model rockets while continuing with the history of modern rocketry, gaining knowledge in the area of building a tool to read altitude, and experiment with design and number of fins as related to rocket performance. Rockets will be student designed based on aerodynamic principles using advanced building techniques and multistage rockets in class. Students also explore the history of inventions that have become a part of our daily lives.