Under the stage direction of SPT Artistic Associate Kelly Kitchens and the music direction of Seattle Opera Youth Program Director Barbara Lynne Jamison, campers dive into Offenbach's Orpheus in the Underworld. This camp continues SPT's successful and growing relationship with Seattle Opera. Technical Internships and Teaching Assistant positions available for grades 9-12; get service learning hours while having fun, giving back to your community, and gaining valuable life and leadership skills. Final sharing 2 p.m. Saturday.

Camp Zone offers weekly camps featuring a variety of activities in areas of arts and crafts, sports and games, nature and science, and music, dance and drama. Younger campers grades K-2 stay on campus for themed activities. Campers grades 3-6 enjoy an off-campus adventure every day of the week. Specialty camps offered, too, including soccer, cooking, art and science to name a few. See website for details.

Join the circus for lots of fun, musical activities. We'll learn circus music on various instruments, explore physical comedy while clowning around to silly songs, get exercise creating an acrobatic obstacle course, and work on creative costume designs. All the activities will focus on collaborating and preparing for a big show on the final day of class.

Lakeside Summer School offers Middle School Academic Camps for students entering grades 5 - 8. Campers spend their days actively engaged: two classes each day in a wide variety of areas will engage their brains and expand their curiosity. Class choices range from Farm to Market cooking and Recycled Sculpture, to Web Design, Dancing with the Stars, and Crime Scene Investigation. After a great lunch, campers play games that build leadership skills, focus on team work, and have them outside and active. See website for full details.

We'll learn lots of facts about the ocean and ocean life as we take an imaginary trip under the sea. Using instruments we've made, we'll create an aquatic orchestra and compose songs about the ocean, as well as investigate the science of how sound works underwater. Other activities include crafts, games, and dancing like a school of fish swimming through a coral reef. (No Camp July 4.)

Have you been taking lessons for a year or more? It's time to join a band. This summer, we're looking for young musicians who want to learn what it takes to form a band, record a CD, and play a concert. Rock Shop is open to all musicians: singers, guitarists, drummers, woodwinds, brass players, keyboardists and bassists. Director Brendan Bosworth designed Rock Shop to be a first ensemble experience for young musicians who aspire to form their own bands or participate in junior and high school jazz band. Material includes basic chords, improvisation, and popular songs. Activities include guest artists, clinics, and a Friday concert/raffle/pizza party. No camp July 4.

Jazz is America’s art form and the fundamentals of jazz are essential for any instrumentalist who is interested in performing commercial music. This camp will introduce students to improvisation, styles and musical skills through performance, master classes, listening sessions and harmony classes, and will set the stage for exceptional, systematic jazz learning. A final performance for family and friends is 2:30 p.m. Friday.

Morning session campers customize and race off-road, radio-controlled cars, progressing to different levels of skill. Learn math and architecture through the construction of ramps, bridges, tunnels, and other obstacles. Afternoon campers animate scenes with characters flying through the air with wings, propellers, jet packs, magic, hot air, and giant slingshots. Students explore the history of flight for inspiration while animating on the iPad2's program called DoInk. Classes focus on hand-drawn animation skills, character and background construction, and storyboarding, plus editing, sound effects and score music. Beginner, intermediate, and advanced curriculum provided.

Girls enjoy a wonderful week of singing and musical exploration with new friends. There are lots of exciting activities planned, including morning choir rehearsals, classes in chimes and folk dance, arts and crafts projects, recorder and percussion lessons, trips to the park, and even an afternoon Organ Adventure.

Summer Institute for the Gifted provides high quality educational and social opportunities for academically gifted and talented students through programs designed to meet their abilities and needs. Students choose from a wide variety of courses taught in Humanities, Math, Science, Technology, Multi-Disciplinary, Visual and Performing Arts, and Fitness and Recreation as well as meet other gifted students who share common interests, abilities, and goals. Please see website for full details.

Learn about string-playing through ensembles, classes, and workshops. Students will get a healthy taste of European classical string methods and music, plus they will enjoy learning to play traditional American music through the acclaimed O’Connor Method.

Band and orchestra students join co-directors Elizabeth Fortune, Kelly Barr Clingan, and Stuart MacDonald to exlpore a spectrum of music from eclectic to traditional. Program aims to prepare campers for participation in school ensembles as well as expose them to American Roots music, music arranging, and music improvisation. A presentation at the end of the week will feature a full orchestra (including winds, brass and percussion), string orchestra, concert band, jazz band, and a fiddle ensemble. Some students will have the opportunity to audition for a seat in the Music Works Repertory Jazz Ensemble and Fiddle Ensemble with placements to be made at camp.

Theme-based immersion language day camp to introduce or enrich German Language. Camp activities include indoor and outdoor activities, music, crafts, cooking, games, snack and juice daily and a closing program on Saturday. To receive a camp brochure please call 360-438-6528.

Vacation Bible Camp offers experiential Christian learning for kids of any faith tradition and their friends. Exciting games, engaging stories, creative crafts, yummy snacks, and enjoyable, quality music are all part of the fun. Come back Sunday after camp and bring the whole family!

Discovery Days! From A to Zolo is a day camp program where each day features new and engaging activities including playing in our 22,000 square-foot exhibit space along with Seattle Center Campus Adventures. Activities might include neighborhood field trips around Seattle Center, to KCTS, or to Metropolitan Market. Inside activities include visits from friends such as pizza dough tossers, scientists, artists or others. Discovery Days’ flexible design allows parents to plan based on their individual summer needs. Campers can attend just one day, every Wednesday, just mornings, a whole week or the whole summer. Mix and match to make the perfect summer camp schedule.

Discovery Days! From A to Zolo is a day camp program where each day features new and engaging activities including playing in our 22,000 square-foot exhibit space along with Seattle Center Campus Adventures. Activities might include neighborhood field trips around Seattle Center, to KCTS, or to Metropolitan Market. Inside activities include visits from friends such as pizza dough tossers, scientists, artists or others. Discovery Days’ flexible design allows parents to plan based on their individual summer needs. Campers can attend just one day, every Wednesday, just mornings, a whole week or the whole summer. Mix and match to make the perfect summer camp schedule.

Discovery Days! From A to Zolo is a day camp program where each day features new and engaging activities including playing in our 22,000 square-foot exhibit space along with Seattle Center Campus Adventures. Activities might include neighborhood field trips around Seattle Center, to KCTS, or to Metropolitan Market. Inside activities include visits from friends such as pizza dough tossers, scientists, artists or others. Discovery Days’ flexible design allows parents to plan based on their individual summer needs. Campers can attend just one day, every Wednesday, just mornings, a whole week or the whole summer. Mix and match to make the perfect summer camp schedule.

Discovery Days! From A to Zolo is a day camp program where each day features new and engaging activities including playing in our 22,000 square-foot exhibit space along with Seattle Center Campus Adventures. Activities might include neighborhood field trips around Seattle Center, to KCTS, or to Metropolitan Market. Inside activities include visits from friends such as pizza dough tossers, scientists, artists or others. Discovery Days’ flexible design allows parents to plan based on their individual summer needs. Campers can attend just one day, every Wednesday, just mornings, a whole week or the whole summer. Mix and match to make the perfect summer camp schedule.

Discovery Days! From A to Zolo is a day camp program where each day features new and engaging activities including playing in our 22,000 square-foot exhibit space along with Seattle Center Campus Adventures. Activities might include neighborhood field trips around Seattle Center, to KCTS, or to Metropolitan Market. Inside activities include visits from friends such as pizza dough tossers, scientists, artists or others. Discovery Days’ flexible design allows parents to plan based on their individual summer needs. Campers can attend just one day, every Wednesday, just mornings, a whole week or the whole summer. Mix and match to make the perfect summer camp schedule.

Are you someone who has taken months or even years of voice lessons but have had very little performance experience? Do you feel that the performance side of your singing needs a jumpstart? Are you already a performer and need to improve your performance skills? This workshop is for teen singers who are ready to work on their performance skills to improve stage presence, microphone technique, connecting with material and the audience. Through a series of relaxation, vocal and visual exercises; group and one on one sessions, Kristin Chambers will guide each singer to a place where the stage can feel and look like home. Week culminates a final concert in which students are accompanied by a professional trio. All material and equipment provided.

Spend a fun-filled week learning to sing and perform! Karen Nestvold introduces campers to basic vocal technique through songs from musicals, movies and popular traditions. Campers learn about using their voice as a musical instrument, how to prepare and present a solo, duet or small ensemble piece, and how to communicate dramatically with an audience. Performance for family and friends Friday.

Boya are invited to explore the joys of music and cooking on this two-week odyssey. With a pack full of instruments and delicious ingredients, campers learn how to backpack in style. Some musical experience is helpful and a desire to learn how to hike and cook is necessary. Though much time will be spent jamming, cooking, and eating, participants should be prepared for some challenging hiking over the spine of the majestic Cascade Mountains that will be rewarded with beautiful campsites, natural concert halls and good eatin’.

Campers become temporary zookeepers as we explore the different sounds heard at the zoo. We'll listen to many types of music that are inspired by animals as we compose our own animal-inspired songs. Also lots of crafts, animal games, and instruments to play as we plan and create a zoo on the last day for everyone to visit.

What do film scores, large scale concerts, musical theater, contemporary pop recordings and television music have in common? In all cases the computer has been integrated into the processes as an essential tool in producing sound, in scoring sheet music, in recording tracks and in the enhancement of live performance. This camp shows students how to use inexpensive software that can be installed on a home computer that can produce amazing results. Students will be producing as many small projects during the week as they can. A selection of their work will be shared with family and friends in a performance August 17 at 2:30.

For teens with special needs, this camp focuses on making music as a group. Making music together inspires campers to tap into their talents, problem-solve, socialize, explore creativity, compose music, and learn to use instruments and technology. Designed for students with differing abilities and needs, camp gives participants an in-depth chance to work intensively on making fun music while working with their peers! For more information or to see if this camp would be a good fit for your teen, call 425-644-0988, ext 158.

For youth with special needs, this camp focuses on the ensemble of making music as a group, problem solving, and giving students an in-depth chance to work intensively on making fun music while working with their peers. Campers will compose music, perform with friends, use instruments and technology, and enjoy a great therapist/student ratio. For more information or to see if this camp would be a good fit for your child, call 425-644-0988 ext. 158.