<p>brdwaybound,
Are you getting into shows other times of the year, for instance at your school?</p>
<p>Just wanted to let everyone know that my sister is loving "Broadway Camp", put on by the Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera Academy. It is not specifically touted as a college prep program, and is for ages 10-18, but the experience my sister is getting sounds like it will definitely help her in the future :-). The faculty includes Ingrid Sonnichsen, Kim Steinhauer, and Lenora Nemetz, who are very knowledgeable and well-respected in their fields. If anyone has questions about it they can ask me or PM me :-). I talked to her briefly today but she explained it like this: they separate the kids into groups after a placement audition before the camp (it's two weeks long). There are separate groups for acting, singing, dancing, etc. Then every day, they go to each class (I don't understand the schedule, she mentioned something about 45 minute blocks for something and one hour & 15 minute blocks for something else...lol). At the end, they have a skills presentation where they perform scenes from musicals. She's having a great time! Let me know if you would like any more info.</p>
<p>She did a show at the Academy last year (they put on musicals each summer by age group) but couldn't participate in that program this year because of vacation; however, one of her friends did it again this year, so I can try to answer q's about that, too. :-)</p>
<p>Hi! We just got home a few hours ago (already I'm online), and I will reply tomorrow about the summer program. Thanks for your interest.</p>
<p>gkoukla---
What happened to your report???</p>
<p>Sorry! Check out Vocal and Theater Focus. If you have any more questions, I'd be glad to answer them.</p>
<p>I highly reccomend that those living in NY try out for NYSSSA-theater. Nysssa takes place every summer at SUNY New Paltz and is a very intense acting program. I attended this july for the 2005 school and developed my skills greatly in acting, movent, improv, and voice. NYSSSA is considered a month long conservatory with one of the best staffs in the country, the instructors are excellent and all teach or have taught at universitys with great theater programs including the nationa theater intstitute, Julliard, and the university of the arts. Only 32 students are accepted (16 guys, 16 girls) out of about 600 to 700 who audition and it is a very worthwhile expierience</p>
<p>My D was accepted for summer 2005, but chose not to attend because there is no singing or dancing in the program. What exactly was voice? I would think singing, but we were specifically told there was no singing. My D has a friend who attended (a guy friend) and he loved it too! Just wanted to clarify that if you are really looking for MT, there is no singing or dancing in the NYSSSA program from what we were told.</p>
<p>California has a similar program called CSSSA or Innerspark. It's also a month long conservatory. The theater program has a sub-specialty of musical theater. My d has been accepted two different years, but each year she elected to go to a different program. It would be great to hear from somebody who actually attended the CSSSA program!</p>
<p>NYDanceMom, </p>
<p>I don't know anything about that program and so hope Superbass gets back to you. It does sound very good for an acting intensive. </p>
<p>Just thought I would mention that he MIGHT be talking of voice as in voice with regard to ACTING, not singing. Some classes in theater are called "voice" or can be called "speech" or "diction" and deal with the voice used in acting, but not singing necessarily. I know my D has a class at CAP21 called Speech and Diction or it may even be called Voice and Diction, I truly forget but it is to do with voice in acting, not singing. I see such types of courses listed in acting programs. I am simply putting forth a guess about the program being discussed here but you were probably told correctly that it was not singing and dancing but straight acting but straight acting can include voice work. </p>
<p>Susan</p>
<p>nydancemom,
I'm sorry for the confusion, Voice at NYSSSA wasn't singing but speech, mostly Shakespearean, we did a lot of hamlet in that class and had to memorize sonnets</p>
<p>Thanks for the clarification Superbass. I was pretty certain there was not voice, as in singing, but rather as in acting (like Susan described). But I wanted to clarify for other readers that although NYSSSA is great for acting, it is really not an MT focused summer intensive since there is no singing or dancing. Not that that means it couldn't be great for an MT kid to just focus on acting for 4 weeks, just didn't want anyone to be disappointed if they thought it was going to be a "triple threat" type of thing.</p>
<p>bump for hoofersmom</p>
<p>for someone new to CC</p>
<p>Also, to those looking for summer programs: a reminder please look through the back threads as there are individual threads about many of the summer programs including CMU, OCU, etc. ALSO the FAQ page has a general listing. Any questions about CMU summer may be PM'd or emailed to me.</p>
<p>CMU was AMAZING preparation for auditions....so if anyone is looking and they can go, I highly suggest that they go...there are my 2 cents hehe.</p>
<p>I am interested in whether any of your kids have participated in the Camp Broadway programs that are offered throughout the year, but also in the summer. I would like to know what your kids thought of what's offered, the teachers, etc.
Thanks in advance.
Lisa</p>
<p>NotMamaRose...hopefully someone will come on who has done Camp Broadway which sounds like a really fun short intensive week in NYC. I know that Scogor's D did it once but then went to Stagedoor Manor in a subsequent summer for three weeks so maybe he'll respond. </p>
<p>I don't know how well versed you are on summer programs for high schoolers, but I thought I would just mention that at Camp Broadway, it is five days and the parents must also stay in NYC and unless you have a place to stay, you are talking of hotels for a week. The tuition is $1100 and then the expenses of a week in NYC. Maybe you only have a week to spare and so that fits. I'll just point out to you if you add up what that would cost, that for a similar amount of money, your child could do a three week intensive of classes with a full scale musical production, not with parents, at places like French Woods Festival of the Performing Arts, Stagedoor Manor, the HS program at OCU, and many others. It is a different experience and may not be what you are looking for but in terms of cost may be comparable when all is said and done.</p>
<p>Since it is summer program application and audition time [or approaching] here is a link to my past post about our family favorite, Perrry Manfield in Colorado: <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?p=1102865&highlight=believersmom#post1102865%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?p=1102865&highlight=believersmom#post1102865</a></p>
<p>There are additional comments from Dramatica as her D attended last summer too.</p>
<p>Important note: This is a high school AND College-age program. Just in case some of the college students on here are looking.</p>
<p>D won't be attending this year [and is devasted because she so loves P-M] because she is going to Wales on a drama exchange with a high school production and it conflicts.</p>
<p>Actually that is Dramatica's post, mine is right above it---sorry</p>
<p>soozievt, you are so right that if you add the $1100 a week cost of tuition at one of Camp Broadway's summer programs to the cost of an NYC hotel for a week, one could send a child to another, residential program for longer! My D actually participated in one of CB's workshop-type offerings almost two years ago this March. It was a program called "Show by Show" (if I recall correctly!) and consisted of a group of kids getting together to go see a show (in this case, "Wicked") and then working with a few professionals from the show (again, if recollection serves, a dance captain and choreographer) to learn one number from the show. They also were split into groups and wrote their own fairy tale based "skits." (I use that word advisedly.) All in all, it was something fun to do for a few days during a very drisly and dreary spring break, though I wouldn't be honest if I said that it helped sharpen or improve her skill set for MT. But then again, it wasn't that kind of thing. (There was no audition to get in, for instance. Just a paper application.) I did read on the Camp Broadway web site, however, that do offer a more intensive, one-week, summer program. I would like to hear from anyone whose child has participated on that program, though my D will probably want to attend a longer, residential MT program the summer between her junior and senior years of high school, and already has a few things tentatively lined up for this one. But you just never know. Maybe someone will tell me it's the greatest thing since sliced bread. (Anyone who knows why sliced bread is so great, you can respond, too! <g>)
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