VIRTUAL SINGERS SONGWRITERS SUMMER CAMP FOR KIDS, TWEENS & TEENS
Mary Nunez is teaching a 5-Day weekly virtual camp for singers and songwriters. This program is truly a full circle development program for all levels. Talent will be working on all levels of their singing and performance abilities, meanwhile expanding their knowledge of the voice.
DISCOVERY:
Day 1 - We will listen to age-appropriate songs. Deconstruct the lyrics into verse, chorus, pre-chorus, etc., Deconstruct the language and timing using worksheets. Begin to work on our own lyrics to our own poem song using the reconstruction worksheet. Teams.
Day 2 – Add melody to our songs.
Day 3 – Add embellishments to our songs, do we need a bridge?
Day 4 – Fine-tune our song. Check syntax. Prepare acapella performance. Clean up rough spots.
Day 5 – Prepare for performance. Makeup, costume, team effort, lighting, etc.
BUILD: The class will change words to current song rendition in groups. We will pick an emotion we want to convey and it will be a group decision. We will then construct our own song with language, melody, embellishments, and final performance.
SKILLS SETS TOUCHED ON:
READING, WRITING, GRAMMAR, CURRENT SYNTAX, EMOTIONAL RELEASE, READING MUSIC, MUSIC THEORY, COLLABORATION, TEAM BUILDING, INDEPENDENT WORK, RESEARCH, JOB SKILLS, PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT, WRITING WITH PURPOSE, STARTING AND FINISHING PROJECTS USING TIME MANAGEMENT, COMPUTER RESEARCH SKILLS, LYRICS, PERFORMANCE, DIRECTING, PRODUCING, SELF EXPRESSION, OBSTACLE RESOLUTION, MUSIC APPRECIATION, ANALYTICAL LISTENING SKILLS.
TEST: We will test the outcome by having members of each team sing their own group’s production and see how it feels to everyone prior to the performance events.
CRITIQUE: You will receive positive critique and feedback from everyone in the group.
We will be doing one song per group for listening and appreciation skills. The groups will create a few songs to produce, direct, and perform for parent night. Total show time not to exceed one hour. This is not a competition. This is a teamwork experience. We will work towards video quality performances.