Theatre as a Springboard: A Cross Curricular Approach

Teachers and professors explore how to use dramatic elements to enhance student engagement in current curricula. This class encourages participants to re-examine their current units of study to see where skills and outcomes specific to theatre can be integrated for greater efficacy.

Each participant will receive as part of the registration price: 15 clock hours; Materials to use in the class room including games, rubrics, activities, and lessons created during the class; References and resources or further study; and a boxed lunch for each session.

For more information visit www.acttheatre.org or contact ACT's education department at 206-292-7660


Cost: $200.00
Contact: Kristina Sutherland
Phone: (206) 292-7660 Ext:1338
E-Mail: kristina.sutherland@acttheatre.org

Using Acting Techniques to Enhance Classroom Management

Educators will join actor and veteran teaching artist Bill Morrison in a three-day workshop to explore acting and performance techniques that help capture and hold the attention of students, just as actors capture the hearts and minds of their audiences.

Registration includes: 20 Clock Hours; Materials to use in the classroom including games, rubrics, activities, and management strategies used during the class; References and resources for further study; Specific feedback on personal management techniques; and a boxed lunch for each session.


Cost: $300.00
Contact: Kristina Sutherland
Phone: (206) 292-7660 Ext:1338
E-Mail: kristina.sutherland@acttheatre.org

Bring Arts Corps residencies to your classroom. Teachers and school administrators, are you seeking to engage students more deeply through the arts? Arts Corps offers in-school residencies in every art form for students K-12. Whether you are looking to integrate art into your lessons or to bring new cultural experiences and disciplines to your students, collaborate with our skilled, master-level teaching artists to open up new dimensions for learning. Each residency includes a planning session with teacher/administrator, joint preparation of lesson plan outline, opportunity for teacher to develop and use creative practices during residency and opportunity for student exhibit or performance at end of session.


Cost: $900 for 8-hour program (includes supplies); reduced rates for qualifying schools (limited number)
Contact: Tina LaPadula
Phone: (206) 722-5440
E-Mail: tina.lapadula@artscorps.org

Broadway Bound has begun to reserve seating for it's Student Matinees! Our Student Matinees sell out fast, and our First show is "Once Upon a Mattress" with cast members 4th grade & up, and runs May 26th -May 28th at 10 a.m. Then "Peter Pan" grades 1st-4th begins on June 9th - June 11th at 10 a.m. Tickets are $5 per seat. These full scale Broadway Musicals are sure to be a very event for for all who attend.


Cost: $5 per student/seat
Contact: Amelya Hepner
Phone: (206) 526-5437 Ext:105
E-Mail: office@broadwaybound.org

What are the Blues? What can they teach us about African-American history? This curriculum, co-developed with PBS, is designed for middle school and high school and can be used in language arts, social studies and music classrooms.




Cost: Free
Contact: Jennifer Hammond
Phone: (206) 262-3256
E-Mail: jenniferh@empsfm.org

What do Woodstock, the mambo and the 1970s Los Angeles punk scene have in common? They are all found in the new distance learning course based on the exhibition "American Sabor: Latinos in U.S. Popular Music". This course, which incorporates music, video and interactive elements, will help teachers learn about the ways Latino musicians have adopted and adapted musical styles, both Latino and mainstream. Teachers can choose among seven modules to design the instruction that best suits their interests. The course also includes classroom ideas and resources, particularly for teachers of music, Spanish and social studies. Up to 27 clock hours are available to Washington state teachers.




Cost: Free
Contact: Jennifer Hammond
Phone: (206) 262-3256
E-Mail: jenniferh@empsfm.org

How does art speak to us? What is the creative process? When is art traditional and when is it rebellious? These three downloadable visual arts units explore these and other questions.




Cost: Free
Contact: Jennifer Hammond
Phone: (206) 262-3256
E-Mail: jenniferh@empsfm.org

EMP|SFM'S first online professional development course is free and open to all educators who want to learn more about teaching with oral histories of artists. Inspired by EMP|SFM's extensive collection of oral history interviews with musicians, writers, visual artists, directors, and actors, this course will help you develop an oral history project for your students. This course will also guide you in how to use oral histories across the curriculum, in areas such as reading, writing, or the arts. Educators can earn ten (10) clock hours from Seattle University for this self-paced course.




Cost: Free
Contact: Jennifer Hammond
Phone: (206) 262-3256
E-Mail: jenniferh@empsfm.org

Inspired by EMP|SFM's extensive collection of oral histories of musicians, filmmakers, visual artists and authors, these lessons designed for middle school and high school, teach the methods of oral history and give students a chance to reflect on the work of artists and the roles they play in our culture.


Cost: Free
Contact: Jennifer Hammond
Phone: (206) 262-3256
E-Mail: jenniferh@empsfm.org

How does an electric guitar work? How did this instrument come to exist? This multi-level lesson plan series for elementary, middle school and high school examine the technology and cultural history behind the electric guitar. New learning is applied to writing a compare-contrast paragraph (elementary), problem-solution essay (middle school) or persuasive essay (high school). These lesson plans incorporate language arts, science, and music.


Cost: Free
Contact: Jennifer Hammond
Phone: (206) 262-3256
E-Mail: jenniferh@empsfm.org

This fully bilingual curriculum for elementary, middle school and high school focuses on how immigration and migration have shaped Latino and U.S. popular music, the ways Latinos have expressed their experiences as Americans and how Latino youth have driven popular music innovations that cross diverse ethnic boundaries. This social studies curriculum may also useful to teachers of music, Spanish and ESL-ELL.


Cost: Free
Contact: Jennifer Hammond
Phone: (206) 262-3256
E-Mail: jenniferh@empsfm.org

This course taught by Dr. Cody Walker considers some of the major developments in American Literature between 1910 and 1940, noting parallel tendencies in the visual arts, the rise of literary modernism and the social foprces that impacted poets and prose writers of the time. Continuing education clock hours and credits available.


Cost: $75 Frye Member/$85 non
Contact: Mary Jane Knecht
Phone: (206) 432-8265
E-Mail: mknecht@fryemuseum.org

Looking for a creative outlet this summer? Need continuing-education credits or clock hours? The Frye's collections and exhibitions provide unique environments that inspire creativity. Art studio classes are taught by professional artists who give individual attention and lead lively explorations of works of art in the galleries. Studio art classes meet in the Frye Art Studio.

Fundamentals in Figurative Felt:

Explore the magic of felt making in this mixed-media class. In the class, students learn how to make flat felt, cords, beads, and both hollow and solid forms as a foundation for creating figurative forms. Students focus on forming wool into contemporary dolls and/or puppets using traditional techniques of wet and dry felt making.




Cost: $200 Frye members $240 nonmembers
Contact: Deborah Sepulveda
Phone: (206 ) 622-9250 Ext:261
E-Mail: dsepulveda@fryemuseum.org

Discover how to unlock imaginative learning through engaging with works of art. Find new excitement in your teaching practice. Share the insights of professional artists. Lay down paint, move to a beat, try on a stage character, invent your own music, improvise in a group or solo, and enjoy research. Immerse yourself in a sustained encounter with works of dance, music, theater, or visual art. This workshop, held in New York, Chicago, Arkansas and Michigan, will help you to discover how to elicit new ideas in your students, and how to stimulate creative, conceptual thinkers prepared for the world beyond the classroom. Graduate credit available through City University of NY. Visit www.lcinstitute.org for information on the locations and dates of the workshops held July through August 2009.


Cost: $525 per session, plus non-refundable $25 registration fee
Contact: Sarah Feeley
Phone: (212) 875 Ext:5552
E-Mail: sfeeley@lincolncenter.org

This performance is an excellent introduction to the Sicilian folk drama known as "Opera dei Pupi." Based on a 17th century story written by Marie Catherine D'Aulnoy, one of the more famous women authors to come out of the French salons, the Carters give this tale a twist by using the influences and style of the Renaissance epic, Orlando Furioso. Three-foot tall hand-carved marionettes adorned in shining armor and lavish costumes take the stage to the tunes of traditional Italian folk songs. Performance supplemented with a Study Guide & visit to puppet museum.


Cost: $4-7/student
Contact: Heather Carter
Phone: (206) 523-2579
E-Mail: heather@nwpuppet.org

This entertaining and educational performance was developed with assistance from expert entomologist Erin Sullivan of Woodland Park Zoo. Students will be mesmerized by the glowing effects of blacklight puppetry as they witness the metamorphosis of a caterpillar into a butterfly. Along the way, spiders, dung beetles and dragonflies engage in daily activities such as orb weaving, nesting, and hunting. Performance supplemented with a Study Guide & visit to puppet museum.


Cost: $4-7/student
Contact: Heather Carter
Phone: (206) 523-2579
E-Mail: heather@nwpuppet.org

This performance exposes students to traditional arts and stories that were a part of everyday life in this region. Carter Family Marionettes brings this legend to the stage with hand-carved cedar marionettes and masks by Nuu-chah-nulth artist George David. The performance beautifully incorporates button blankets, bentwood boxes, formline painting, carved cedar house posts and musical score by the Greene and Hottowe families of the Makah Tribe. Performance is supplemented with an activity guide & visit to puppet museum.




Cost: $4-7/student
Contact: Heather Carter
Phone: (206) 523-2579
E-Mail: heather@nwpuppet.org

"Harlequin?s Cloak" introduces young audiences to the timeless stories of Commedia dell-Arte. By mid-15th Century, Commedia dell-Arte was known throughout Italy and spread across Europe with significnt influence on the drama of France & Denmark. The traditional Commedia cast - Harlequin, Columbine & Pantalone - stars in this original creation by Coad Canada Puppets. Performance supplemented with Study Guide & visit to puppet museum.


Cost: $4-7/student
Contact: Heather Carter
Phone: (206) 523-2579
E-Mail: heather@nwpuppet.org

Students will encounter fantastic characters and scenes from Mexico's rich folkloric traditions in this performance of "The Green Bird". Meet the revolutionary hero, Pancho Villa, a wise Aztec eagle, and dancing skeletons at the festivities of the Day of the Dead. Live music & brilliantly colored shadow puppets tell the story of Luisa's quest to save her boyfriend who has been transformed into a green bird. Performance supplemented with a Study Guide & visit to puppet museum.


Cost: $4-7/student
Contact: Heather Carter
Phone: (206) 523-2579
E-Mail: heather@nwpuppet.org

Pacific Northwest Ballet fieldtrips offer students to experience a day in the life of a dancer. During their visit, students participate in an introductory dance class, tour the building and costume shop, and observe PNB Company dancers in rehearsal.


Cost: $100 per class
Contact: Rochelle Rapaszky
Phone: (206) 441-9411 x4229
E-Mail: rrapaszky@pnb.org

In-school residencies and workshops get students moving and learning through dance. In-school classes are custom-built for each classroom and are designed to support classroom learning and Washington State Arts EALRs.


Cost: $100 per class, discounts available
Contact: Kayti Bouljon
Phone: (206) 441-2432
E-Mail: kayti@pnb.org

Bring a Seattle Children's Theatre teaching artist to your school for a day, a week, a month, or more. Whether it is during school or after school, you can enhance any program with interactive drama curriculum taught by a professional SCT teaching artist. Recent linking curriculum include: Gooney Bird Greene by Lois Lowry, Rain Forest,Civil War, biographies, and much more. Let us tailor a residency for your class!


Cost: $85 per hour; scholarship available, contact Andrea for more information
Contact: Andrea Ichikawa
Phone: (206) 443-0807 x1123
E-Mail: andreai@sct.org

Seattle Children's Theatre's 2009-2010 season offers exciting opportunities to engage your students with theatre. Bring your class, earn clock hours through connected trainings, deepen students learning with a participatory drama workshops by SCT teaching artists! Titles include: Mysterious Gifts: Theatre of Iran, If you Give a Mouse a Cookie, Peter Pan, Pero, In the Northern Lands: Norse Myths, Getting Near to Baby, and The Brementown Musicians!

Contact: Ariel Bradler
Phone: (206) 443-0807 Ext:1154
E-Mail: schoolshows@sct.org

SIFF and Reel Grrls are delighted to offer a new professional development workshop for teachers of all ages and disciplines. Animation is an easy, creative, and engaging way for students to display their comprehension in any subject. Registration is free and will be limited to 40 educators. Marisa Vitiello, a local animator, will instruct teachers in the basics of animating then participants will put the art form into practice working on real class assignments. Clock hours will be available for all participants.


Cost: Free
Contact: Dustin Kaspar
Phone: (206) 315.0663
E-Mail: dustin.kaspar@siff.net

SIFF FutureWave coordinates filmmaker visits with both local and world-reknowned cinematic artists (directors, costume designers, composers, etc.) to classrooms and community organizations around Puget Sound. These filmmakers bring real-world application into the classroom, expanding learning outside the traditional school experience and providing role models for students of all ages. We work to pair filmmakers with a variety of classroom disciplines that will be enhanced by their artistic area of expertise.


Cost: Free
Contact: Dustin Kaspar
Phone: (206) 315-0663
E-Mail: dustin.kaspar@siff.net

To learn about epic opera, specifically Richard Wagner's "Der Ring des Nibelungen" and the cultural background against which this masterpiece was writen. Students will also attend the final dress rehearsals of Wagner's "Ring." Class lectures/discussion at Seattle Pacific University. Dress Rehearsal attendance at McCaw Hall. 30 Clock Hours or three credits in Music, Education, or English.


Cost: $450
Contact: Bobbie Childers
Phone: (206) 821 Ext:2411
E-Mail: bobbiec@spu.edu

Bringing Theatre into the Classroom

Seattle Repertory Theatre and our partner theatres Seattle Children's Theatre, Book It Theatre, and Seattle Shakespeare Company bring you "the best summer workshop you'll ever take."



BTiC is an engaging, fun, five-day intensive summer workshop that will teach you ways to integrate drama into your entire curriculum. First-hand involvement allows time to test ideas and build them into workable, practical lesson plans. In addition to the hands-on activities, you'll have the opportunity to "try out" curriculum in a supportive environment with professional Teaching Artists and our resident Teen Interns, then walk away with an extensive resource notebook. Clock hours and university credit are available. During the following school year, a member of the BTiC faculty will travel to your school and work as collaborator, coach, or co-teacher, as you integrate lessons learned during the summer workshop into practical lesson plans in your classroom



Apply online at http://www.seattlerep.org/Learn/Youth/TheatreInTheClassroomApply.aspx




Cost: $200
Contact: Scott Koh
Phone: (206) 443-2202 Ext:1043
E-Mail: scottk@seattlerep.org

This workshop allows students to explore the use of masks in theatrical storytelling. Both neutral and character masks are demonstrated. Attitude, intelligence and creature aspects of each mask are revealed as the group improvises. Self-consciousness is left behind as masked students bodies and voices reflect the mask they wear.


Cost: $300 for one and half hour
Contact: Maureen Miko
Phone: (206) 633-1883
E-Mail: maureen@stonesouptheatre.com

Earn up to 15 clock hours by attending one, two, or all three days of this new summer professional development series for teachers. This year's workshops will feature book-related projects and other hands-on activities for you to incorporate into your classroom teaching.

- July 28: Explore ways that artists combine text and image in innovative formats, and learn how to adapt these formats for the classroom. Inspired by examples of Asian hand scrolls and accordion books, educators will create their own rolled and folded samples. Prompt your students to think beyond the ordinary when integrating words and images. This course is taught by arts and museum consultant Sarah Loudon.

-July 29: Learn about the art of paste paper and experiment with paste, color, pastels, and mixed media to create movement, texture, and depth in your own unique paste paper creations. Then, use your patterned papers to create folded and stitched books. Leave with several simple yet versatile book-making techniques and the ability to replicate these techniques with your students. This course is taught by calligrapher, bookmaker, and teaching artist Randi Kander.

- July 30: Explore the history of typography and how the changing shapes of letterforms reflect the course of world events. Participants will work together to create a timeline of key historic moments and will create their own take-home prints using a tabletop proof press. This course is taught by graphic designer and Beautiful Angle letterpress artist Lance Kagey.

Class size limited. Preregistration required at www.TacomaArtMuseum.org/Educators.




Cost: Cost for full series: $175; members, $135. Cost for any single day: $65; members, $50
Contact: Courtney Vowels
Phone: (253) 272.4258 Ext:3038
E-Mail: Teacher@TacomaArtMuseum.org

Taproot Theatre's Road Company teaches children at schools through the Pacific Northwest important social skills in "Super School," a play about bullying prevention, emotional management, and more. Students will learn problem solving, empathy training, bullying prevention and more.


Cost: $550 for first performance; $250 for second performance (Same play, same day, same location). Classroom visits and workshops are $100 per hour. A travel fee is added for all destinations.
Contact: Nathan Jeffrey
Phone: (206) 781-9705
E-Mail: touring@taproottheatre.org

Our theatre arts professional will visit your classroom for a workshop that will inspire and excite your students. They will develop basic acting skills and explore non-theatre curriculum using theater as a medium.


Cost: $100 for a 60 minute workshop with up to 35 participants.
Contact: Taproot Theatre's Acting Studio
Phone: (206) 529-3668
E-Mail: studio@taproottheatre.org

From drama games to acting classes to putting on a production, Taproot Theatre's residencies can range from several weeks to months, or an entire school year. Whether during the school day or after school as an enrichment program, let Taproot's trained teaching artists introduce a whole new world to your students.


Cost: Cost: $100 per hour per teacher; minimum of eight total class hours.
Contact: Sara Willy
Phone: (206) 529-3668
E-Mail: studio@taproottheatre.org

By signing up for our Educator Mailing List, educators can receive notices about upcoming educator discounts for full-length productions at The 5th Avenue Theatre. We offer this discount to thank educators for their hard work as well as provide an affordable connection to the theatre community in Seattle.


Cost: Reduced Price Tickets
Contact: Amanda Morris
Phone: (206) 625-1418
E-Mail: amorris@5thavenue.org

NFFTY 365 provides in-school presentations of youth-made films with the opportunity to meet and learn from local young filmmakers how filmmaking has influenced their lives and how their films have affected others. Students involved in presentations scheduled March - April 2009 will have the opportunity to obtain free or discounted tickets to the 2009 National Film Festival for Talented Youth (NFFTY) - April 24-26.


Cost: Free
Contact: Kathy Reichgerdt
Phone: (206) 905-8400 x4
E-Mail: kathy@nffty.org

Open to Question: Activism in Seattle's University District is a temporary, outdoor exhibit that uses historical photographs and oral histories to tell the story of activism during a critical period in University District history. Free activities and tours can be self-guided or facilitated at your school or site by University District Museum Without Walls (UDMWW) staff or volunteer. Activities and tours are designed to stand alone or together as a series. Each lesson plan integrates WA State Standards. This exhibit will be on display until fall. If you are interested learning about current and future opportunities to tour the exhibit and offer guided activities, please contact the Exhibit and Programs Manager with your name and contact information.


Cost: Free
Contact: Layla Taylor
Phone: (206) 446-6672
E-Mail: laylastaylor@gmail.com

Registration for 2009-2010 Youth Matinees will begin at 10:00AM on Friday, May 29, 2009!

For 2009-2010, the UW World Series presents six matinee performances for students grades 3-12. These events are unique opportunities to give your students exposure to live performing arts, visit the University of Washington, and create meaningful connections to other core subjects. Visit our web site for further details:

http://www.uwworldseries.org/community.cfm?page=matinees


Cost: Free
Contact: Elizabeth Duffell
Phone: (206) 685-2369
E-Mail: eduffell@u.washington.edu

Due to foundation support, our Education and Outreach programs are expanding, and we are seeking new partnerships with local schools. We are interested in working with schools and drama departments to provide improvisational theater residencies and after-school programs. These programs help develop the creative and artistic talents of students, foster team-building and trust, and provide invaluable communication skills to participants.

We are currently scheduling free 1-hour improv workshops for public schools with one of our professional teaching artists to assess whether a program would be a good fit with your school.




Cost: Free
Contact: Lauren Domino
Phone: (206) 352-8291 Ext:2
E-Mail: education@jetcityimprov.com

Camps are offered in the month of July. Week 1: Art of Performance, Week 2: Marketing Your Creativity, Week 3: Give Your Regards to Broadway, Week 4:Masquerade.

See website for details.


Cost: $135 per week
Contact: Natalie Ramsey
Phone: (206) 723-3131
E-Mail: info@aimschool.org

Get yourself strumming, picking, and playing music in this beginner guitar class. Students will learn about guitar care, tuning, and playing technique


Cost: $88.00 class/$17.50 book
Contact: Austin James
Phone: (206) 723-3131
E-Mail: info@aimschool.org

For the second year to intermediate player. Play as a choir and learn fun and exciting music.


Cost: $88 class/$3.00materials
Contact: Natalie Ramsey
Phone: (206) 723-3131 Ext:3131
E-Mail: info@aimschool.org

Explore choral performance from the perspective of the African American Musical Tradition.


Cost: $80 class/$3.00 materials
Contact: Natalie Ramsey
Phone: (206) 723 Ext:3131
E-Mail: info@aimschool.org

Find yourself in a magical world of creativity and imagination. Activities are inspired from multi-sensory objects from our treasure trunk of fantastic items to engage voice, body, and mind.


Cost: $64
Contact: Natalie Ramsey
Phone: (206) 723 Ext:3131
E-Mail: info@aimschool.org

Explore your creativity during summer break, dabbling in fun art, music, dance and drama activities. Each week is a different experience, where creativity and fun unite! The expressive elements of music, art, drama and movement combine to make each week come to life with new art adventures. There's also plenty of time for outdoor play. Students bring their own lunches each day, all supplies and a snack are provided. Before- and after-care are available from 8am to 5pm for an additional fee. Scholarships available for qualified students in financial need.


Cost: 135
Contact: Denise Mimura
Phone: (206) 723 Ext:3131
E-Mail: denise.m@aimschool.org

Join the fun of jazz, pop, rock, and world music. This class touches on many different musical styles as you learn about performance and ensemble.


Cost: $132 class/$3 materials
Contact: Natalie Ramsey
Phone: (206) 723-3131
E-Mail: info@aimschool.org

This class is for flute students second year and up. Students will learn various fun and exciting pieces. Learn more about how to ensemble, instrument care, and the art of performance as an ensemble.


Cost: $88 class/$3 materials
Contact: Natalie Ramsey
Phone: (206) 723-3131
E-Mail: info@aimschool.org

This class is for beginner student interested in violin. Learn basics of playing the violin in a fun group setting


Cost: $80
Contact: Natalie Ramsey
Phone: (206) 723-3131
E-Mail: info@aimschool.org

Beginning band in the fall and want to get a head start on your instrument? Learn the instrument of your choice.


Cost: $80 class/$3.00 materials
Contact: Denise Mimura
Phone: (206) 723-3131
E-Mail: info@aimschool.org

Get yourself strumming, picking, and playing music in this beginner guitar class. Students will learn about guitar care, tuning, and technique of playing.


Cost: $88 class/$17.50 for book
Contact: Austin James
Phone: (206) 723-3131
E-Mail: info@aimschool.cor

This class is for beginner student interested in learning the violin. Learn basics of playing the violin in a fun group setting.


Cost: $80 class/$5 materials
Contact: Denise Mimura
Phone: (206) 723-3131
E-Mail: info@aimschool.org

Students must have completed one semester of beginner guitar or like experience.


Cost: $80
Contact: Austin James
Phone: (206) 723-3131 Ext:3131
E-Mail: info@aimschool.org

Play music with other musicians. Duos, trios, quartets or larger. Come together and learn music from a variety of periods and styles.


Cost: $88 class/$3 materials
Contact: Natalie Ramsey
Phone: (206) 723-3131
E-Mail: info@aimschool.org

The plays the thing!!! Become a member of a dramatic ensemble to create, rehearse, and perform a short play.


Cost: $80
Contact: Natalie Ramsey
Phone: (206) 723 Ext:3131
E-Mail: info@aimschool.org

As an introduction to the filmmaking process, students will be assisted by professionals as they create a movie from beginning to end.


Cost: $120
Contact: Natalie Ramsey
Phone: (206) 723 Ext:3131
E-Mail: info@aimschool.org

This class is for students who have completed one semester of drum studies.


Cost: $80
Contact: Larry Jones
Phone: (206) 723 Ext:3131
E-Mail: info@aimschool.org

Learn how aciting in front of a camera is different from stage acting. Perform on camera!!!


Cost: $80
Contact: Natalie Ramsey
Phone: (206 ) 723-3131
E-Mail: info@aimschool.org

All ages and levels are accepted to study one-on-one or in a group setting. Classes are offered in piano, guitar, bass guitar,horn, trumpet, violin, viola, double bass,voice, clarinet, saxophone, flute, recorder, percussion, visual arts, jazz improv., music theory and jazz theory, and drama.


Cost: Varies
Contact: Natalie Ramsey
Phone: (206 ) 723-3131
E-Mail: info@aimschool.org

Introduction to the flute for the young musician. This class incorporates learning the flute with fun games and gentle movement. Parents must accompany the class. Curved headjoint flute needs to be rented.


Cost: $80 class/$17.50 book
Contact: Celine Ferland
Phone: (206) 723-3131
E-Mail: info@aimschool.org

Join in the fun of jazz, pop, rock, and world music. The class touches on many different musical styles as you learn about performance and ensemble.


Cost: $88 class/$3.00 materials
Contact: Natalie Ramsey
Phone: (206) 723-3131
E-Mail: info@aimschool.org

This class if for second year to intermediate players. Ensemble as a choir learning many fun and exciting pieces.


Cost: $88 class/$3.00 materials
Contact: Natalie Ramsey
Phone: (206) 723-3131
E-Mail: info@aimschool.org

Students are introduced to basic drawing skills, tools, and techniques through a variety of engaging activities and projects.


Cost: $80
Contact: Natalie Ramsey
Phone: (206) 723-3131
E-Mail: info@aimschool.org

Offered through Arts In Motion by Spectrum Dance Company. Dance to the live accompaniment of Arts In Motion students while experiencing basic jazz dance fused with other dance styles such as Hip-Hop, Latin, and African Dance.


Cost: $80
Contact: Natalie Ramsey
Phone: (206) 723-3131
E-Mail: info@aimschool.org

Basic animation and illustration as you develop a character, plot, storyboard, and book dummy for a picture book or comic book.


Cost: $80
Contact: Natalie Ramsey
Phone: (206 ) 723-3131
E-Mail: info@aimschool.org

The Musical Theater Adventures Camp provides young people with enriching summer experiences that develop their social and physical skills, cultivate independence and self-confidence and challenge their imaginations. With classes chosen around the needs and skills levels of the students, the program is highly structured and requires that each camper has the motivation to fully participate.


Cost: 6 weeks for $750
Contact: Christopher Zinovitch
Phone: (206) 938-0963
E-Mail: christopherz@artswest.org

Broadway Bound offers A variety of week-long camps in theatre arts, music, dance, comedy, show tunes, and drama. These are opportunities for children to explore interests and gain new skills. Local and nationally-recognized artists and teachers engage students in fun activities such as stage combat, voice, acting, song interpretation, musical theatre, and dance. At the end of the week, students stage a short performance for parents and friends. The goal of each camp is for every child to finish the physically active course with new friends, a peaked interest in theatre arts, an improved ability to perform, and an increased self-confidence. Visit www.broadwaybound.org for a full listing of camp programs.


Cost: $250 per session
Contact: Lamar Lewis
Phone: (206) 526-5437
E-Mail: lamar@broadwaybound.org

Broadway Bound?s 2009 Summer Camps are coming to Fremont! Because you love our camps so much, we are coming back to the neighborhood! Join us at our fantastic former home, the Fremont Baptist Church, for six weeks of our most popular camps! These classes will run simultaneously with those available at the University Heights Center.



In Fremont we are bringing you more of your favorite camps, such as: "Mamma Mia", our "Pie-In-The-Face Comedy Cam", "Hairspray", "Wicked", "Melodrama", and "High School Musical 1 & 2"! Running from July 6th-August 14th.




Cost: $250 per session
Contact: Lamar Lewis
Phone: (206) 526-5437
E-Mail: lamar@broadwaybound.org

Centrum's 2009 Summer High School Arts Camp presents filmmaking, mixed media sculpture, creative writing and theater under the guidance of an international and culturally diverse group of artists. Students select a single focus for a week that is designed to accelerate artistic development. Offered are: Film: Real Grrls; Theater: Erwin Thomas; Visual Art: Einar and Jamex de la Torre; Creative Writing: Stephanie Lenox.


Cost: $485
Contact: Martha Worthley
Phone: (360) 385-3102 X120
E-Mail: martha@centrum.org

The DANCE This camp is presented by Seattle Theatre Group at Centrum. Dance This provides an opportunity for high-school aged dancers at all levels to study a wide range of styles and techniques in a supportive, yet challenging atmosphere. You'll experience the whole range of workshop offerings, Ballet, Modern, Jazz, Hip-Hop, Salsa, African & special workshops, while living and working with vital, contemporary faculty and a community of peers from across the state.


Cost: $695
Contact: Martha Worthley
Phone: (360) 385-3102
E-Mail: martha@centrum.org

At Whale Camp, Centrum and the Port Townsend Marine Science Center merge the worlds of art and science in the body of the whale. With education and conservation as the guiding forces, spend an exciting week on Puget Sound with marine scientists and artists, who will take you into the world of these grand creatures.


Cost: $865
Contact: Martha Worthley
Phone: (360) 385-3102 ext. 120
E-Mail: martha@centrum.org

SUMMER AT COYOTE!

Weeklong intensives for ages 10-14

68 hands-on courses are open for enrollment! Creative and talented professionals will meet their kids in professional work settings throughout central Seattle. Participants will have fun and learn lots of sophisticated, creative, technical, and problem-solving skills in Glassblowing, Furniture Design, Singing/Songwriting, Acting & Improv, Fashion Design, Fiction, Welding, Cartoon Animation, Painting, Photography, Web Design, Soapbox Cars, and many, many more! Visit us at www.coyotecentral.org.

Enrollment is first come-first served. Our scholarship program and system of barters and trades makes Coyote available to ALL kids.


Cost: $185-$325
Contact: Jun Sellers
Phone: (206) 323-7276
E-Mail: info@coyotecentral.org

Experience TOP Seattle contemporary dance makers!

HONE your technique and DEVELOP hot new styles with fun and challenging master teachers!

*Sessions are on weekdays from August 17-August 28.

*July sessions are on weekdays from July 6-July 17, 1:30-4:30.


Cost: $140 / single week; $250 / 2 week course; $480 / 4 week course
Contact: Danielle Wilkins
Phone: (425) 672-7758
E-Mail: info@dassdance.org

Experience TOP Seattle contemporary dance makers!

HONE your technique and DEVELOP hot new styles with fun and challenging master teachers!

*Sessions are on weekdays from July 6-July 17.

*August sessions on weekdays from August 17-August 28, 11:30-2:30.


Cost: $140 / single week; $250 / 2 week course; $480 / 4 week course
Contact: Danielle Wilkins
Phone: (425) 672-7758
E-Mail: info@dassdance.org

Amp up your interest in music and art with EMP|SFM's Summer Teen Artist Workshops! You will receive one-on-one training from industry professionals and a creative license to take your skills to the next level. Offering workshops in drums, guitar, bass, beat making, voice, songwriting, graphic novel, rock band, and blues guitar. For teens entering grades 8-12.


Cost: Varies
Contact: Carly Dykes
Phone: (206) 262-3258
E-Mail: carlyd@empsfm.org

We're mixing music and art, science and sound in this action-packed week! At EMP|SFM artists take you on a tour of American popular music, exploring rock 'n'roll, hip-hop, folk and more. Then you're off to Pacific Science Center to experiment with vibration, pitch and volume as you investigate your vocal cords and create your own instruments. Find out why your dog hears better than you, and how tubes, wind and string combine to make the sounds of science!


Cost: Varies
Contact: Carly Dykes
Phone: (206) 262.3258
E-Mail: carlyd@empsfm.org

Express yourself through music, acting and storytelling. At SCT, you will use improvisation and story structure to develop original works that you will perform in class. At EMP|SFM, you will create and sing your own songs and explore ways to write songs with structure, melody and rhythm. Plus you'll record your songs in class and take them home on CD.


Cost: Varies
Contact: Carly Dykes
Phone: (206) 262.3258
E-Mail: carlyd@empsfm.org

Youth classes at Gage Academy of Art provide innovative visual-arts education to children and teens who want to be creative in their free time.



This quarter, Gage offers on-site Saturday classes for 9- to 18-year-old artists and After-School Programs for kids ages 6-11. Professional artists lead Gage Youth Programs classes and provide clear hands-on instruction in a wide range of mediums and techniques. Young artists enrolled in these classes can expect to have their artistic sensibilities valued and encouraged in exciting ways. We limit class size to ensure that all students receive ample attention.


Cost: Varies - please see web site
Contact: Gage Academy of Art
Phone: (206) 323 Ext:4243
E-Mail: info@gageacademy.org

Every Friday night from 6:30pm-9:30pm, Gage offers Teen Art Studios (TAS), a free, drop-in art center that provides a diverse, challenging and productive environment for teen artists ages 13 to 18. Every month a different professional artist teaches a new art form, including cartooning, figure drawing, mixed media and more. You receive focused instruction and get the chance to explore a range of different mediums and skills. All art materials and refreshments provided, all levels are welcome.

June features Mixed-Media Book Arts with Janet Miller.


Cost: Free
Contact: Gage Academy of Art
Phone: (206) 323.4243
E-Mail: info@gageacademy.org

Girls Rock! Seattle is a day camp for girls ages 9-16. Girls come for a weeklong crash course in playing an instrument, songwriting, zine making, self-defense and more! At the end of the week, campers get to perform their original song with their band at a local live music venue. Campers do not need to have any prior music experience, and instruments will be provided.


Cost: $350
Contact: Natalie Walker
Phone: (206) 909-5503
E-Mail: info@girlsrockseattle.org

The intensive program, held in conjunction with the 2009 Theatre Festival, offers individualized attention with only 8 students in each class ages 13-19 (32 participants total). At the end of the week, students will perform readings of their own plays (written during the Conservatory) and will perform in a staged reading, rehearsed with the professional actors teaching the program. On Friday, students will attend Master Classes with actors from the Icicle Creek Theatre Festival's new play workshop which will perform in Leavenworth and at Seattle's ACT Theatre.


Cost: $925, scholarships available
Contact: Shana Pennington-Baird
Phone: 1(877) 576-6010
E-Mail: iciclecreektheatre@gmail.com

KEXP offers internships in all areas of radio broadcasting. Interns will gain real world experience in a broad array of fields including non-profit fundraising, marketing, sales, web design, sound engineering, and music programming. KEXP interns will learn skills in business communication, project management, problem solving, audio technology, database management and more. These skills and experiences offer our interns a unique ground-level glimpse of the day-to-day life of a community radio station, while offering relationship building and networking opportunities that will aid in securing future employment in the music industry

Contact: Brady Morrella
Phone: (206) 520-5892
E-Mail: internships@kexp.org

Magnolia Summer Festival Art Show 2009 is a part of the Magnolia Summer Festival; a great open-air community festival that is held in Magnolia. The Art Show is searching for young artists who would like to submit their work to be viewed in a juried art show. This is a wonderful opportunity for your students to display their artistic talents and be part of a community-wide event.

We're looking for young people ages 4-18 to submit an original piece of artwork to be viewed and judged at the art festival in August. There is no charge for entering the youth division of the juried competition. We will feature a theme this year, and it should be a fun one for all Northwest students. It is "Summer in the Northwest". Cash awards provided for winners in each age category. Each student will also receive a certificate of participation in the show.

Contact: Colleen Lambert
Phone: (425) 745-5534
E-Mail: artteach3@verizon.net

Music Lessons are designed to supplement school music opportunities. Lessons are personalized, one-on-one instruction with professional, certified teachers, trained in creating a positive experience.


Cost: Sliding scale based on ability to pay
Contact: Michael Alstad
Phone: (206) 526-8443
E-Mail: malstad@mcnw.org

Northwest Film Forum, Seattle's premiere non-profit film center, is pleased to offer several youth camps this summer, for ages 9-17. This is a great opportunity for kids to learn the creative and technical side of movie making, including animation, music videos and documentary production.


Cost: $150-350
Contact: Ryan Davis
Phone: (206) 326-2629
E-Mail: ryan@nwfilmforum.org

For over 35 years, Northwest Girlchoir has been dedicated to the development of girls' musical knowledge, vocal/performance skills, cultural awareness and personal responsibility in a hard-working, fun, and caring community. During a fifteen-minute audition, Northwest Girlchoir's Artistic Director will check your daughter's voice quality, range, and listening skills by having her sing some simple patterns. She will be looking at your daughter's ability to focus and take direction, her interest in learning new things, and her kind/positive character.


Cost: $10 audition fee
Contact: Mandi Shankle
Phone: (206) 985-3972
E-Mail: info@northwestgirlchoir.org

A week of choral singing, voice classes, instrument exploration, arts and crafts, group games, movement activities, outdoor fun and a concert at the end of the week for family and friends! Open to girls ages 6-12. No choir experience required.


Cost: $225 by May 1, 2009; $250 after May 1
Contact: Mandi Shankle
Phone: (206) 985-3972
E-Mail: info@northwestgirlchoir.org

PCNW offers classes and workshops taught by skilled instructors on a quarterly basis - 10-week courses are taken for credit and involve weekly assignments and grades, while workshops are variable in terms of duration and structure.


Cost: Varies
Contact: Erin Sweeny
Phone: (206) 720-7222
E-Mail: esweeny@pcnw.org

Pratt's summer art week offers courses in Glass Flameworking, Glassblowing, Welding & Metal Sculpture, Woodworking, Painting & Drawing and Printmaking for ages 13 and up. Enjoy one or two classes in Pratt's professional studios with support and guidance from our outstanding youth instructors.


Cost: Varies. Tuition assistance available
Contact: Erik Halaas
Phone: (206) 328-2200 x 224
E-Mail: ehalaas@pratt.org

Calling all Rainier Valley youth - we have RVYT's trademark blending of performing and visual arts Camps, with an exciting focus on Native American cultures of the Northwest (including Alaska!)

July 6-10 (9am -12pm)

Trickster Tales & Legends (ages 5-7) We'll explore stories of Raven, Coyote and other Trickster tales from Native American legends - Sondra Simone Segundo (Haida) will join Teaching Artist Maria Glanz to share stories, help teach a Raven dance and lead us in mask-making. Cost: $130

July 13-17 (9am -12pm)

Fishy Tales: Undersea Adventures! (ages 5-7) Sondra Simone Segundo (Haida) and Maria Glanz will take students on a dive into the worlds of orcas, fish, dolphins, turtles and more, as we look at underwater tales from Native American cultures. Emphasis on acting, movement, art and music. Cost: $130

July 20-24 (9am -2pm)

Spooky Stories of the Pacific Northwest: for kids who think scary is fun (ages 8-11) For brave actors and creators, we'll explore stories featuring scary legends and ferocious creatures (and sometimes gentle hearts), and we'll create our own play to perform. Emphasis on acting, play construction, movement and mask-making. Longtime RVYT favorite Teaching Artist Amber Wolfe returns, joined by Annalisa Moore. Cost: $240


Cost: $130 / $240, Sibling discounts available
Contact: Maria Glanz
Phone: (206) 276-6471
E-Mail: glanz.judd@gmail.com

Scribes 9-12 is an intensive two-week writing program for high school students. Facilitated by professional writers, Scribes students acquire a tool kit of literary forms, pick-up exercises and techniques to develop their writer's voice, get serious and helpful feedback from their instructors and peers and tour the city to view new and familiar places with a writer's eye.


Cost: $0-650
Contact: Margot Case
Phone: (206) 322-7030
E-Mail: margotcase@hugohouse.org

Scribes is an intensive two-week writing program for students having just completed 7th and 8th grades. Facilitated by professional writers, Scribes students acquire a tool kit of literary forms, pick-up exercises and techniques to develop their writer's voice, get serious and helpful feedback from their instructors and peers and tour the city to view new and familiar places with a writer's eye.


Cost: $0-650
Contact: Margot Case
Phone: (206) 322-7030
E-Mail: margotcase@hugohouse.org

Hugo Classes for Teens are creative writing workshops for high school students. Working with a professional writer, each class will focus intensively in a specific genre. Students will hone their craft while stretching their writing muscles in a supportive environment. Spring session offerings: The 10 Minute Play, Flash Fiction, Breaking the Rules (Poetry) and Humor Writing.


Cost: $0-$50
Contact: Margot Case
Phone: (206) 322-7030
E-Mail: margotcase@hugohouse.org

Teen Tix is a revolutionary arts access program for teenagers. Any teenager (13-18 years old) can sign up for a freeTeen Tix pass. With their passes, members can attend performances, exhibits and events at any of our 26 participating arts venues for just $5. Our partner venues include many of the Seattle area's preeminent arts-presenting organizations, including Seattle Repertory Theatre, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Experience Music Project, ACT Theatre, Seattle International Film Festival, and Seattle Opera. Through Teen Tix, teenagers are also able to access arts classes and special events, meet artists, write reviews, and more.


Cost: Free membership; $5 tickets
Contact: Pete Rush
Phone: (206) 233-2608
E-Mail: pete.rush@seattle.gov

This televised variety show films every fist Wednesday of the month, and regularly features young performers! All genres of performance are acceptable, the act should be 3-6 min in length, and well-rehearsed. Beginners welcome! We're looking for people with passion, diversity and fun! It's a great experience and all performers receive a 4-camera promotional video and copy of the show on DVD


Cost: Free
Contact: Kevin Joyce
Phone: (206) 463-0002
E-Mail: kevin@en-joyproductions.com

Seattle Children's Theatre offers 200+ classes and camps during summer 2009! Theatre education for students age 3 1/2 - 21 years. We offer creative drama, acting classes, performance programs, and partnerships with EMP|SFM, PSC, Woodland Park Zoo, Spectrum Dance Theater, and Jet City Improv.


Cost: Starting at $70
Contact: SCT Education Programs
Phone: (206) 443-0807 x 1186
E-Mail: dramaschool@sct.org

Seattle Children's Theatre Education Programs presents 7 plays with student actors (grade 4+). Students auditions begin in March for: Alice in Wonderland, Through the Looking Glass, Sideways Stories from Wayside School, High School Hamlet II: A Midsummer Night's Macbeth, Once on This Island Jr., Romeo & Juliet, and legendary musical RENT: School Edition.

We offer audition workshops for students wanting to learn and practice audition technique.


Cost: $480-$520
Contact: Drama School
Phone: (206) 443-0807 x1186
E-Mail: dramaschool@sct.org

Seattle Music Partners provides after-school music lessons to elementary and middle school students in underserved communities. Our mission is to help children learn to play instruments and read music. To attain this goal, we recruit accomplished high school and college-aged musicians to volunteer to work with our students. Lessons are taught on a weekly basis in one-on-one pairings or in small groups, and instruments are loaned when needed. Students perform in several recitals each year, showcasing their new skills and gaining valuable performance experience. In addition, SMP works with area arts organizations to bring nationally known musicians into the schools and to arrange for field trips to music performances.


Cost: Free
Contact: Scott Gelband, Ex. Dir.
Phone: (206) 409-2535

Seattle Musical Theatre presents SummerStage 2009 for students 11-18. This intensive program (June 29-August 1) offers students a full immersion in musical theater. Mornings are devoted to classes in vocal work, movement, and acting, or optional technical theater classes. Afternoons are devoted to rehearsing a fully staged version of Guys and Dolls for performance on our Magnuson Park stage.


Cost: $625
Contact: Jeremy Ehrlich
Phone: (206) 363-4807
E-Mail: jeremy@seattlemusicaltheatre.org

Seattle Musical Theatre announces SummerStage 2009 for students 11-18.



This intensive program (June 29--August 1) offers students a full immersion in musical theater. Mornings are devoted to classes in vocal work, movement, and acting, or optional technical theater classes. Afternoons are devoted to rehearsing a fully staged version of Guys and Dolls for performance on our Magnuson Park stage.



More information is available at http://seattlemusicaltheatre.org/SummerStage/



*ask us about scholarship and internship opportunities!*




Cost: $625
Contact: Jeremy Ehrlich
Phone: (206) 363-2809
E-Mail: jeremy@seattlemusicaltheatre.org

Participants grades 3-6 spend four days working with professional teaching artists to explore music, acting, dance, and stagecraft through the world of opera. Students will design, rehearse, and perform Seattle Opera's unique youth focused adaptation of Das Rheingold in a public performance at Seattle Center's Fisher Pavilion. Discounted registration fee and scholarships available.


Cost: $250
Contact: Justina Schwartz
Phone: (206) 6765564
E-Mail: justina.schwartz@seattleopera.org

The SPT Summer Youth Program offers high-quality summer drama workshops taught by professional theater artists for youth grades K-12. Classes empower young people with a creative means of self-expression, and build ensemble through group process. Scholarships are available for all camps and classes, and are awarded based on demonstrated need and commitment to the program: no audition necessary. Interested students can call (206) 524-1300 for more information, or visit www.seattlepublictheater.org.


Cost: Varies, scholarships available
Contact: Shana Bestock
Phone: (206) 524-1300 Ext:1
E-Mail: shanab@Seattlepublictheater.org

The DANCE This Summer Training Intensive is an opportunity for young dancers (ages 13-21) at all levels to immerse themselves in dance over the course of two weeks. Students will be exposed to a wide range of dance styles and techniques in a supportive, yet challenging atmosphere. Instruction includes ballet, modern, jazz, Afro-Latin, African, hip-hop and special workshops.


Cost: $275 if register before May 20th; $300 after May 20th
Contact: Annenelia Bach
Phone: (206) 467-5510, ext 1123
E-Mail: annieb@stgpresents.org

Marrowstone is an intensive two-week residential summer orchestra and chamber music program for youth 13 - 23 years of age, presented by the Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestras and held at Western Washington University in Bellingham, WA. Marrowstone offers talented musicians the opportunity to study with internationally acclaimed guest artists and faculty from the Chicago Symphony, the Boston Symphony, the Seattle Symphony, the University of California, the Empire Brass and the National Symphony Orchestra.


Cost: $1,750 (financial aid available)
Contact: Britt Madsen
Phone: (206) 362-2300
E-Mail: marrowstone@syso.org

Spectrum's summer dance program at our beautiful lakefront studio, runs from June 29 to August 16, 2009. It includes dance and theater camps, dance intensives, and dance classes for pre-k through adult. Registration is happening now. For more information,check out our Web site at www.spectrumdance.org. To register, please call 206-325-4161 or email staff@spectrumdance.org.

Contact: Shawn Roberts Hensley
Phone: (206) 325-4161
E-Mail: staff@spectrumdance.org

Summerstage provides weekly outdoor drama camps with 30 minute adaptations of literature, musicals,and Shakespeare all culminating in performance in two locations. North in Wallingford, and South in Seward Park for ages 5-20. Extended care is available in Wallingford.


Cost: $155.00-$235.00 per week
Contact: Maureen Miko
Phone: (206) 633-1883
E-Mail: maureen@stonesouptheatre.com

With diversified after-school and artist in residence programs we provide drama skills programs,adaptations of popular,classical and musical theater scripts for performance as well as academic theme programs designed with your cirriculum in mind.


Cost: After-school $12/per hour/child and Residencies $50-$100 depending on frequency
Contact: Maureen Miko
Phone: (206-) 388-9212
E-Mail: maureen@stonesouptheatre.com

Taproot Theatre presents the student matinee of "Enchanted April," based on the 1920s novel about four British women who discover wisteria, sunshine and transformation in an enchanted Italian getaway.

Taproot Theatre Company?s student matinee program enhances student education, providing theatre as a tool and springboard for learning, growth and communication.


Cost: $10 per student; 1 complimentary adult ticket issued for every 12 students
Contact: Taproot Theatre's Group Sales
Phone: (206) 781.9708
E-Mail: groups@taproottheatre.org

Taproot Theatre's Acting Studio is a year-round instructional program for theatre artists of all ages and experience levels. As we are devoted to the wholeness of the artist, our goal is to create a nurturing environment to help the actor develop his or her unique gifts.






Cost: Varies
Contact: Taproot Theatre's Acting Studio
Phone: (206) 781-9705
E-Mail: Studio@taproottheatre.org

Taproot Theatre's Acting Studio is a year-round instructional program for theatre artists of all ages and experience levels. As we are devoted to the wholeness of the artist, our goal is to create a nurturing environment to help the actor develop his or her unique gifts.


Cost: Varies
Contact: Taproot Theatre's Acting Studio
Phone: (206) 529-3668
E-Mail: studio@taproottheatre.org

Camp ZinZanni is a six-day summer day camp presented by Teatro ZinZanni in its antique Belgian spiegeltent for children ages 9 to 16. Campers learn the basics of circus arts and character/scene development through workshops with some of the world's greatest cirque artists and stage technicians.


Cost: $350
Contact: Courtney Hebb
Phone: (206) 802-0011 ext 7244
E-Mail: campzinzanni@onereel.org

During this two-week immersion experience students will train like professionals and develop the skills and techniques used by Broadway performers. All classes, studio workshops and master classes are taught by working theater artists with extensive professional credits on Broadway, at nationally recognized musical theatre companies, and at The 5th Avenue Theatre.






Cost: $325-$625
Contact: Anya Rudnick
Phone: (206) 625-1418 Ext:234
E-Mail: arudnick@5thavenue.org

THE VANCOUVER B.C. INTERNATIONAL PIANO FESTIVAL By PEOPLE With DISABILITIES 2009

ALL PIANISTS WITH DISABILITIES WELCOME!

Contact: Mrs. Hirano: 604-232-1157, kaorihealing@gmail.com

The first-ever worldwide piano festival for disabled pianists was held in Japan in 2005. At this event, 94 people from 14 countries participated, celebrating the value of disabled pianists. We are now seeking pianists for the 2009 festival. If you know a pianist of any ability who may be interested in performing in this festival, please contact Mrs. Hirano.

Prizes are offered in several categories, including originality, technical ability, effort, artistic ability, and high achievement. This piano festival values each performer's dedication and perseverance.

The International Piano Festival by People with Disabilities is a festival that celebrates the dreams and hopes of people around the world, creating new awareness and equal opportunities for people everywhere.


Cost: TBA
Contact: Dr. Daniel Levine
Phone: (360) 650-0671
E-Mail: daniel98226@yahoo.com