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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, 10 • fall/winter 2016/17 • kidsguidemagazine.com 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