Axe ’Em, Jacks!
NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - Private music lessons for children and adults, a music discovery camp for second through sixth graders, Kindermusik camps for newborns through 7-year-olds and an adult piano class are all part of the summer program offered by the Music Preparatory Division at Stephen F. Austin State University.
The FlexLessons offered by the division enable students to sign up for either four, six of eight private lessons in piano, voice, guitar, harp, percussion, Suzuki and traditional violin, viola, cello, bass, and other instruments as requested, explained Pat Barnett, division director. "We recognize that families' summer schedules are full, so we offer a variety of flexible options between the June 1 and Aug. 15."
Adult intermediate piano classes, taught by Dr. Ping-Ting Lan on Mondays from 6 to 7:30 p.m. are another option for adults. These will begin on June 22 and continue through July 20 in SFA's Griffith Fine Arts Building. Cost is $70.
Students in second through sixth grade can explore musical theater while enrolled in "Curtain Call," a Music Discovery Camp which will meet from 9 a.m. to noon, Monday, Aug. 3, through Friday, Aug. 7. Under the direction of instructor Jennifer Weems, students will write their own musical and perform it at the end of camp for family and friends. The $65 tuition covers supplies. Registration deadline is Tuesday, July 28.
Parents of newborns through 7-year-olds may enroll their children in Kindermusik Adventure Camps in either of two locations, St. Cyprian's Episcopal School in Lufkin and the Wright Music Building on the SFA campus.
Karen Greer, certified Kindermusik instructor, will teach the Lufkin classes on Monday, June 22, through Friday, June 26. "Peek-A-Boo, I Love You!," for newborns to 18-month-olds and their caregivers will meet from 9 to 9:45; "Creatures in My Backyard," for children 18 months to 3 years, will meet from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m.; "On the Road Again," for 3- to 4-year-olds, will meet from 1 to 2 p.m.; and "Around the World," for 5-to 7-year-olds, will meet from 2:30 to 4 p.m. Tuition for the camps is $75, $100, $110 and $120, respectively.
In Nacogdoches, Greer Erin Stephens Tang, also a certified Kindermusik instructor, will offer the same four camps at the same times on Monday, July 27, through Friday, July 31.
More information and the registration form are available on the division's Web site, www.music.sfasu.edu/prep. Questions may be addressed to Barnett by e-mailing her at pbarnett@sfasu.edu or by calling her at (936) 468-1291.