Summer @ GPS
July 6th - 10th, The Advancing Pianist (Level 2 and 3)
Full Day: 9 am - 3 pm (drop off 8:30 - 9 am; pick up 3:00 - 3:30); $400
Age: Recommended for rising 2nd - 7th graders
Experience: Recommended for students with at least two years of prior piano lessons. Please contact Ms. Glover with any questions about levels and experience.
Program Description: Take your playing to the next level! This week focuses on the skills that take students from the elementary to the intermediate level of piano. Topics include music composition (notating music compositions using computer programs like MuseScore or NoteFlight); music history (exploring music from Bach to John Williams); manipulating chords and scales (chord progressions and inversions; chord patterns; circle of 5ths, and key signatures); duets and ensembles; and exploring piano technique and practice strategies.
What to Bring: Water bottle, snack, current music books, and weather appropriate clothes for outdoor recess.
July 13th - 17th, Keys for Kids! (Intro & Level 1)
Full Day: 9 am - 3 pm (drop off 8:30 - 9 am; pick up 3:00 - 3:30); $400
Half Day: 9 am - noon (drop off 8:30 - 9 am; pick up 12:00 - 12:30); $250
Age: Recommended for rising 1st - 5th graders
Experience: Recommended for complete beginners and students with up to one year of prior piano experience.
Program Description: Interested in learning piano? This week’s program is for you! Join us in learning the fundamentals of piano playing in a fun, engaging environment. We’ll cover topics that are taught in the first year of piano in one week! Daily activities include group piano class, arts and crafts, music theory games, rhythm and movement activities, music theory games, free play outside, and more.
What to Bring: Water bottle, snack, paint shirt or smock, and weather appropriate clothes for outdoor recess.
July 20th - 24th, Musical STEM (Level 1&2)
Full Day: 9 am - 3 pm (drop off 8:30 - 9 am; pick up 3:00 - 3:30); $400
Age: Recommend for rising K-5th
Experience: Recommended for novices to students with two years of piano instruction or less.
Program Description: What does the inside of the human ear look like? Can you make a piano out of a banana? Who invented the piano? Find out at this week’s camp! With equal parts science, piano fundamentals, and play, our scientist - musicians will bridge the gap between these subjects.
Young beginners will learn piano fundamentals, and older students with a few months of piano lessons will learn how to create different types of chords (major, minor, and diminished) and create their own four chord composition.
What to Bring: Water bottle, snack, paint shirt or smock, and weather appropriate clothes for outdoor recess.
August 17th- 21st, Music Mind Games (Level 1-3)
Full Day: 9 am - 3 pm (drop off 8:30 - 9 am; pick up 3:00 - 3:30); $400
Age: Recommend for rising K-6th
Experience: All ages, experiences, and instruments welcome!
Program Description: Come join us for a week exploring music through games! We’ll have colorful materials, a nurturing and uplifting environment, and creative spin on your favorite games - it’s going to be a blast.
Young beginners will learn piano fundamentals, and older students with more experience will work towards mastering rhythms from quarter to sixteenth notes, time signatures in 3/4, 4/4, and 6/8, key signatures, solfege in major and minor, and more.
What to Bring: Water bottle, snack, a paint shirt or smock, and weather appropriate clothes for outdoor recess.
August 24th - 28th, Music & Art (Book 1)
Full Day: 9 am - 3 pm (drop off 8:30 - 9 am; pick up 3:00 - 3:30)
Age: Recommended for ages 4 - 8. Any experience welcome!
Cost: $400
Program Description: During this camp, students learn the basics of piano with an emphasis on arts and crafts! Improvisation, story-telling, movement activities, and music theory games are woven into the day.
In addition to music, students will explore the relationship between famous visual art and music over the past few hundred years.
What to Bring: Water bottle, snack, paint shirt or smock, and weather appropriate clothes for outdoor recess.
