Summer 2023
Blessings Academy of Arts & Music teachers along with the Hastings Arts Center are pleased to be able to offer a few summer classes and workshops for students of all ages and levels.
More classes will be added but this is what's available now.
Please browse below to see if there is a course of interest for you or for someone you know. Please spread the word!
More classes will be added but this is what's available now.
Please browse below to see if there is a course of interest for you or for someone you know. Please spread the word!
Harp Workshops
Friday and Saturday-June 23 & 24
Instructor--Amy Nam
No harp required!
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SIGNUP
Please register here. Billing will occur after registration is received. WHAT TO EXPECT Ms. Nam will guide students through an introduction to the harp. Students will learn beginning exercises and the basics of harp playing. For any further questions about the workshops, please contact Amy Nam directly: amy.victoria.nam@gmail.com |
WHEN
Session One: Friday-June 23 for Youth up to age 13 2:00-4:00pm Session Two: Saturday-June 24 for ages 14 and up 10:00am-12:00pm COST: $50 per participant Maximum of 3 participants per workshop |
A confident and energetic performer, Twin Cities-based harpist Amy Nam has appeared as a soloist with the McGill Contemporary Ensemble, the Vanderbilt University Orchestra, and the Sewannee Summer Festival Orchestra. She holds a master’s degree in harp performance from McGill University, where she studied harp with Montreal Symphony Orchestra principal harpist Jennifer Swartz, as well as a master’s degree in composition from the Eastman School of Music, where she studied harp with Kathleen Bride. She completed her undergraduate studies at Vanderbilt University, where she studied harp with Marian Shaffer and graduated with first honors as the Blair School of Music Founder’s Medalist.
Nam has written a number of works both for the harp and other instrumental ensembles. Recently, Nam received funding through Chamber Music America’s Classical Commissioning program to write and perform a new piece with the Rochester, NY-based ensemble fivebyfive to be premiered this October. In 2018 Nam’s work Somewhere to Elsewhere, for harp and ensemble, was selected from nearly 700 entries for a BMI Student Composer Award. In 2020, she won the Lyra Society’s 7th Annual Costello Competition for Composition.
Nam is on faculty at Luther College in Decorah, IA, and teaches at Mt. Calvary Academy of Music in Excelsior, MN.
www.amynam.com
String Chamber Day Camp for Middle Schoolers
June 26-30, 2023
Lead Instructor-Sarah Lockwood
This day camp is for middle school students who have completed at least one year of school orchestra, and is in or completed 5th through 8th grades. This intensive half day camp will be from 9:00am-1:00pm every day. It offers participants the opportunity to rehearse and perform in small ensembles with students of similar skill level and to work with knowledgeable instructors with experience working with chamber ensembles. High School Students who have had experience in previous string chamber music camps will be counselors and chamber music coaches who will assist lead teachers. Each day will end with a large ensemble rehearsal for all players to participate together. The camp will conclude with a final performance around 1:30/2:00pm of all ensembles on June 30, 2023.
REGISTRATION IS CLOSED
We plan to have this camp every summer for middle school students, so if you were unable to participate this year, please consider a future camp in your summer plans in 2024, 2025, or whenever.
Questions? Please email hastingsartscenter@gmail.com
REGISTRATION IS CLOSED
We plan to have this camp every summer for middle school students, so if you were unable to participate this year, please consider a future camp in your summer plans in 2024, 2025, or whenever.
Questions? Please email hastingsartscenter@gmail.com
ROCK BAND CAMP-August 14-18, 2023
Rock Band Camp returns to the Hastings Arts Center this August 14-18th. Students will experience and participate in the process of working together as a group learning rock music from various decades. The week will close with a free community concert showcasing the groups work during the week. The camp is led by Trent Tejeda, Blessings Academy of Arts and Music guitar teacher. Sign up and get more information about the camp here. The fee for the 5-day camp is $250 per student.
INTRO TO DRAWING WITH CHARCOAL--August 24 and 31 (Thursdays)
The Hastings Arts Center is excited to host an Intro to Drawing with Charcoal Workshop offered by Jeremy Haney of JDH Fine Art. This workshop is in 2 parts so when a student registers, they are registering for two days of the workshop. Please make sure you can attend both dates. The cost of the workshop is $65 per student and is for students age 14 (entering high school) and up, including adults. For more details and to register for the workshop, please click here.