Summer 2024
Blessings Academy of Arts & Music teachers along with the Hastings Arts Center are pleased to be able to offer summer classes and workshops for students of all ages and levels.
Please browse below to see if there is a course of interest for you or for someone you know. Please spread the word!
Please browse below to see if there is a course of interest for you or for someone you know. Please spread the word!
EARLY CHILDHOOD MUSIC CLASSES
Instructor: Kristie Shaffer, Board-Certified Music Therapist
3 Sessions, 2 Age Groups in June and July
With over 25 years of experience in the field of music therapy, Kristie Shaffer is offering three summer sessions for kids ages 3-8 where they can explore music through this fun class of learning and social time! Click on the poster image to register for a session that works for you and your child.
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Harp Workshops
Saturday-June 22
Two Sessions for Different Ages
Instructor--Amy Nam
No harp required!
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SIGNUP
Please register here. Billing will occur after you signup. 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: [email protected] |
WHEN
Session One: Saturday 10:00am-12:00pm Ages 14 to adult Cost: $40 per participant Session Two: Saturday 1:00-2:30pm Ages 8 through 13 Cost: $30 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
Twin Cities Violin Choir
Summer Violin Choir Workshop
Instructor: Natalie VanBurkleo-Carbonara
Meet violin/viola teacher Natalie VanBurkleo-Carbonara. Natalie enjoys an active teaching and performing career. A native of the Twin Cities, Natalie maintains private studios in Minneapolis and Bloomington and also teaches at South High School. She freelances throughout the Twin Cities with various theater shows, choral groups, churches, chamber music concerts and also manages Arioso Strings. Natalie is the founder/director of Summit Music Twin Cities and the Twin Cities Violin Choir. She is a frequent GTCYS violin sectional coach and adjudicates for many music organizations. Prior to her work in Minnesota, while living in Lousiana, she performed with the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra and directed the violin preparatory program at New Orleans Center for Creative Arts. She has been a soloist with the Louisiana Sinfonietta and Minnesota Sinfonia and has held positions in orchestras such as Music in the Mountains Festival- Durango, Baton Rouge Symphony, Louisiana Sinfonietta, Gulf Coast Symphony, Duluth Symphony, Rochester Symphony and Acadiana Symphony, among others. She has been featured in commercial jingles and in the string section for the movie soundtrack for Madea’s Family Reunion. Natalie's most influential mentors include Sally O’Reilly, Kevork Mardirossian and Mark Bjork. She received her Performance degree from Louisiana State University as a recipient of the David Chang Memorial Scholarship and also studied violin for several years at the University of Minnesota.
Click here to visit Natalie's website.
ROCK BAND CAMP-August 12-16, 2024
Rock Band Camp returns to the Hastings Arts Center this August 12th-16th, 2024. 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.