MUSIC LESSONS
Los Altos,
Long Beach
EARLY CHILDHOOD CLASSES
PRIVATE LESSONS
POP & ROCK BANDS
VOCAL GROUPS
& MORE
½ OFF
1ST LESSON
FOR NEW
STUDENTS!
(562) 598-0111
OnStageMusicAcademy.com
Music Associations
Music Teachers Association of California - Free referrals to qualified instructors in keyboard, winds,
guitar, strings and vocals. www.mtac.org. Suzuki Association of the Americas - The method emphasizes
teaching by sound and repetition before learning to
read music. Free instructor referral. (888) 378-9854.
www.suzukiassociation.org
• Music Together at the Beach
(310) 850-5453
www.MusicTogetherAtTheBeach.com
Celebrating 17 years of family music-making in Long
Beach and Huntington Beach. Music Together is an
internationally recognized early childhood music and
movement program for children from birth through
age 5—and the grownups who love them. Weekly
45-minute classes incorporate a fun-filled, researchbased, developmentally appropriate music curriculum based on the recognition that all children are
musical. Activities include songs, rhythmic rhymes,
movement, and instrument play. Parent-child classes
for children newborn to age 5. For information about
other Music Together locations, visit their website.
See ad on page 8.
• On Stage Music Academy
2221 Palo Verde Ave., Long Beach
(562) 598-0111
www.OnStageMusicAcademy.com
On Stage Music Academy offers lessons in voice
and instruments (guitar, drums, bass, ukulele, violin, mandolin, trumpet and piano). They offer early
childhood music programs with Music Together (05), Big Kids Music Tour (5-8) and individual music
exploration lessons for all ages. Bands and performing ensembles feature Kids’ Pop Rock band,
Kids’ Classic Rock band, Girls’ Vocal Group (9-12),
Musical Theatre Song Group, songwriting training,
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recording training and jam sessions. Experienced
teachers with performance backgrounds lead students to perform frequently in live venues! Your
child can explore every instrument to find what
she or he grooves with the best! Also see Camps.
See ad on this page.
Orchestras
Find a list of regional youth orchestras at the Community Youth Orchestra of Southern California website,
www.cyosc.org.
Youth Choirs
International Children’s Choir, www.icckidslb.org; International Peace Choir www.internationalpeacechoir.
com; and Southern California Children’s Chorus, www.
acdacal.org.
arts
THEATER ARTS
Classes, camps and performing groups. Also
see: Dance and Music in this section for related
activities, plus Camps.
• Acting Out
(562) 901-0111
www.actingoutcamp.com
Save your drama for camp! This weeklong, schoolbreak camp (7-13) celebrates creativity through
drama skills workshops, ensemble building and a
whole lot of fun. Activities include improv, scene
study, stage combat, costumes, props, movement,
voice over, monologue and dance. Every child gets
their chance to shine at the end of the week with a
showcase in front of a live studio audience made up
of family and friends. Contact for class and camp
schedules. Email: [email protected].
• Emerging Artists Musical Theatre Academy
Kick It Up, 8125 W. Wardlow Road, Long Beach
(562) 430-1812
www.emergingartistsmta.com
EAMTA nurtures and develops each child’s personal talent. Highly educated instructors focus on
the benefits theatre education offers the student
who likes to be in the spotlight or the one who enjoys learning what goes on behind the scenes. The
academy offers a wide variety of weekly theatre
and voice classes for children (3+), including but
not limited to, Musical Theater, Acting/Improv, Voice
and Song, A Capella Group, Comedy/Improv, and
Performance Troupe. In addition to classes, winter/summer camps, workshops, private acting and
voice lessons, and a large-scale musical production
in the spring are offered!
• Wallis Annenberg Center
for the Performing Arts
9390 N. Santa Monica Blvd., Beverly Hills
(310) 746-4000
www.TheWallis.org
Offers a range of courses and master classes in the
performing arts for young people, with classrooms located in what used to house the historic Beverly Hills
Post Office. A faculty of professional artists design
and lead the courses. The Wallis also offers exciting,
unique opportunities for students to learn from guest
artists appearing on the main stage, as well as in
the Lovelace Studio Theater, which is located in the
original mail sorting room. Unique and engaging childoriented performances occur throughout the year,
ideal for a young person’s first theater experience (see
Calendar). See ad on back outside cover.
• YaYa’s Performance Academy
(562) 355-2004
www.yayasacademy.com
A youth- and family-based program that provides the
community with the opportunity to actively participate
in and explore the art of musical theatre in a safe, positive and nurturing environment. They strive to keep the
performing arts alive at the local level by producing
high-quality productions and by training participants
in singing, acting and dancing. They welcome participants of all backgrounds, abilities and levels of experience, and believe theatre is a way to bond families and
unite our diverse community through this collaborative
art form. All who enroll and complete the training are
guaranteed a role in the show. Upcoming auditions
include “Peter Pan - The High Flying Adventure,” in
September and October (performances in January)
and “The Little Mermaid” enrolling in spring (see Calendar). See ad on page 11.
More Youth Theater Production Programs
Acting Academy for Kids - Ages 4-17. Camino Real
Playhouse, San Juan Capistrano. (949) 427-0072.
www.actingacademyforkids.com
Biola Youth Theater - Ages 6-18. La Mirada. (562)
906-4574. www.biola.edu/youth/theatre
Broadway on Tour Children’s Theatre - Ages 8-20.
Santa Ana. (714) 542-6939. www.broadwayontour.org
Buena Park Youth Theatre - Open auditions for main
cast (9-18) and junior cast (5-8). Buena Park. (714)
449-3211. www.bpyouththeatre.com
Arts: Music • Theater Arts