Herberger College at Large presents summer workshops for serious junior and senior high school students. Professors from the ASU Herberger College of the Arts art, music, theatre & film, dance, and the Arts, Media & Engineering programs, all participate in these high-level workshops.
String Workshops
ASU Herberger College School of Music String Teachers’ Workshop
Fee: $150*
Location: ASU Gammage TBA (classroom announced prior to first day)
This three-day workshop for string teachers welcomes Noé Sanchez, mariachi instructor from San Antonio. In addition to mariachi instruction and repertoire, other topics include teaching to state and national standards, secondary instrument classes and a new-music reading orchestra. Up to two hours of graduate or undergraduate credit available by enrolling in MUE 590. Scholarships available for teachers who have been teaching for three or fewer years.
*Includes continuing education hours and lunches.
| Summer | |||
| Course #3251.301 | Mon-Wed |
June 23-25 |
8:30 am-8:30 pm |
Students learn traditional fiddle tunes in a variety of styles and also are introduced to beginning fiddle techniques, back-ups and bass lines. Open to all string players. Beginning class taught by Linda Levy. Intermediate and Advanced classes are taught by Sara Duce. Placement auditions will be held on June 19 from 4-7 p.m. Please call 480.727.0700 to schedule an audition time following registration. Students must provide their own instruments.
Beginning Fiddling Workshop: Grades 4-5
Fee: $75
Location: ASU Gammage TBA (classroom announced prior to first day)
Participants must have one to two years experience playing violin, viola, cello or bass. Placement audition required. Please call 480.727.0700 to schedule an audition time following registration.
| Summer | |||
| Course #3151.301 | Mon-Fri |
June 23-27 |
1-2 pm |
Intermediate Fiddling Workshop: Grades 6-8
Fee: $75
Location: ASU Gammage TBA (classroom announced prior to first day)
Participants must have at least two years experience playing violin, viola, cello or bass. Placement audition required. Please call 480.727.0700 to schedule an audition time following registration.
| Summer | |||
| Course #3152.301 | Mon-Fri |
June 23-27 |
2:30-3:30 pm |
Advanced Fiddling Workshop: Grades 9-12
Fee: $75
Location: ASU Gammage TBA (classroom announced prior to first day)
Participants must have at least three years experience playing violin, viola, cello or bass. Placement audition required. Please call 480.727.0700 to schedule an audition time following registration.
| Summer | |||
| Course #3154.301 | Mon-Fri |
June 23-27 |
1-2 pm |
These workshops, taught by Raquel Ramos, provide an introduction to mariachi repertoire and style for violinists and violists. Cellists and bassists may join either class as vocalists. Guitar players who can play chords also are welcome. Placement auditions will be held on June 19 from 4-7 p.m. Please call 480.727.0700 to schedule an audition time following registration. Students must provide their own instruments.
Intermediate Mariachi Workshop: Grades 6-8
Fee: $75
Location: ASU Gammage TBA (classroom announced prior to first day)
Participants must have at least two years experience playing violin or viola. Placement audition required. Please call 480.727.0700 to schedule an audition time following registration.
| Summer | |||
| Course #3153.301 | Mon-Fri |
June 23-27 |
1-2 pm |
Advanced Mariachi Workshop: Grades 9-12
Fee: $75
Location: ASU Gammage TBA (classroom announced prior to first day)
Participants must have at least four years experience playing violin or viola. Placement audition required. Please call 480.727.0700 to schedule an audition time following registration.
| Summer | |||
| Course #3155.301 | Mon-Fri |
June 23-27 |
2:30-3:30 pm |
This big band and combo workshop for junior and senior high school students focuses on Latin Jazz or Mambo literature made popular by artists such as Mario Bauzo, Machito Grillo, Eddie Palmieri, Tito Puente and Tito Rodriquez. Under the direction of Michael Kocour, director of Jazz Studies at ASU, and Dom Moio, ASU faculty associate in Jazz Studies, (with an instructional staff that includes members of the ASU Jazz Studies faculty) the ASU Latin Jazz Workshop brings an inspiring and culturally enriching music experience to young musicians. Auditions for ensemble placement are held 9 a.m.-noon, June 10, 12 and 13. Please call 480.727.0700 to schedule an audition time. 2 weeks.
Latin Jazz Workshop: Grades 6-8
Fee: $250
Location: Music Building W115
| Summer | |||
| Course #3150.301 | Mon-Fri |
June 16-27 |
9 am-noon |
Latin Jazz Workshop: Grades 9-12
Fee: $275
Location: Music Building W115
| Summer | |||
| Course #3250.301 | Mon-Fri |
June 16-27 |
1-5 pm |
Other Workshops
High School Theatre Institute: Grades 9-12
Fee: $650
Location: Lyceum Theatre
Teens devise a theatre piece in a workshop setting. Students explore creating work through various techniques, including improvisation, writing prompts, movement work, Boal exercises, etc. Additionally, students learn skills necessary to successfully create theatre-like collaboration, creativity, community building and thinking on their feet. The workshop also covers basic directing techniques, such as how to work with actors and create stage pictures.
| Summer | |||
| Course #4250.301 | Mon-Fri |
June 16-July 3 |
9 am-4 pm |
Digital Game Intensive: Ages 15 and up
Fee: $475
Location: Digital Arts Ranch (DAR)
Digital games are pervasive in today’s society and are rapidly growing in cultural influence. The impact of new game interfaces, such as the Nintendo Wii®, illustrates that games are moving beyond the console and to engage players in new interactions. During this intensive, students work in collaborative teams to study and design interactive digital games that use full-body, 3-D movements and gestures within ASU’s innovative mixed-reality environment, SMALLab. Through hands-on activities, students create audio, visual and movement elements that are assembled, through programming, into new immersive games. At the end of the program, students invite family and friends to SMALLab for an evening of interactive-game play and fun with their new creations. The intensive is lead by an interdisciplinary team of digital media experts from ASU’s Arts, Media and Engineering Program.
| Summer | |||
| Course #1250.301 | Mon-Fri |
June 16-July 3 |
1-4 pm |
Summer High School Art Studio: Grades 9-12
Fee: $750
Location: Art Building TBA
The ASU Summer Art Studio offers a three-week art-immersion program for high school students who are serious about painting and drawing. Participants explore the creative process and develop artistic talent in an environment of high-level instruction, encouragement and support. The studio is directed and taught by ASU Herberger College professors and MFA students. This is a unique opportunity for 9th-12th graders to have fun and make friends with other aspiring artists their ages.
| Summer | |||
| Course #1251.301 | Mon-Fri |
June 16-July 3 |
9 am-4 pm |
Summer High School Dance Studio:
Learning to Choreograph with Technology:
Grades 9-12
Fee: $650
Location: TBA
Aspiring dancers explore some of the skills necessary for the art of making dance. Students are introduced to improvisational techniques to facilitate the choreographic process and includes exposure to choreographic techniques for media, such as making dance for the camera and sharing dances over the Internet. Students are encouraged to perform in a final-class showcase. Previous choreography experience is not required. Some movement experience in dance, martial arts, sports, etc., is suggested, but not mandatory.
| Summer | |||
| Course #2250.301 | Mon-Fri |
June 16-July 3 |
9 am-4 pm |
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