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Camp #1 June 25-29  (1:00-4:00 PM)

Camp #2 July 9-13 (1:00-4:00 PM)

(For Students Ages 5 and up)

Fill your child’s summer days with fun musical activities and creative learning.

This one-of-a-kind camp provides a unique musical and cultural experience led by some of Austin’s finest musicians and teachers. Small classes are divided by age and ability to maximize the student’s learning. At the end of each day all groups will practice together for the end of the week performance.

Our award winning faculty will use selections from  Annie, Fiddler on the Roof, The Wiz, and You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown to create the perfect scenes for the the talent available at the camp.

Learn Great Music, Build Great Skills, Have a Great Time:

• Learn to sing, dance and act using the best scenes of American Broadway
• All classes taught by award-winning teachers with advanced degrees
• Practice Auditioning Techniques

Faculty:

Skye C. McManus teaches piano, voice, musicianship, and choir at the Orpheus Academy of Music, integrating the principles of the Kodaly methodology.  An Indiana native, she received a BME and Certificate in Piano Pedagogy from Indiana State University, a MM in voice performance at Loyola University New Orleans, a Texas Teacher’s License for EC-12th grade music, and Kodaly Certification at Texas State University. Before moving to Austin, she taught voice and piano lessons in San Antonio in the Judson and Northeast school districts for two years, as well as teaching elementary music. In addition to teaching at Orpheus, she teaches elementary music at The Magellan International School.

Dr. Scott Donald is on the piano faculty at Orpheus.  He also has a  background in dance and musical theater.  For 6 seasons, Dr. Donald  was a member of Austin Contemporary Ballet.  He has been guest artist  with Victoria Ballet Theater, Corpus Christi Ballet and Wichita Ballet  Theater.  He has appeared on stage at Zikler Hillside Theater, Hyde  Park Theater, the Paramount, and the former Live Oak Theater.  He also collaborates on movement/choreography for marching band and winterguard.

Becky Harding is a certified classroom speech and theatre educator with over twenty years of teaching, coaching and directing experience.  Her technique of teaching the physical and vocal elements of performance engages students in a lively and collaborative way.  The skills students learn for musical theatre performance easily carry over to strong communication tools in everyday situations.  She was Austin ISD’s Teacher of the Year in the year 2000.