YOUTH REGISTRATION 16th season 2010-2011
Give your child an incomparable musical experience, the gift of leadership and the reward of artistic excellence.
APAG is committed to serving young artists, young audiences, and the community. Its youth program mission is dedicated to igniting and fuelling the artistic spirit of youth by developing, empowering and advancing young artists. APAG works towards this mission by targeting excellence in stage productions, choral performances, education in voice and drama, which promotes artistic quality, arts advocacy, self-determination, leadership, volunteerism and community service, facilitated by a professional director and a quality theatre arts organization.
WHAT MAKES THE AURORA PERFORMING ARTS GROUP PROGRAMS UNIQUE?
We are celebrating 16 consecutive seasons of educational programs with an artistic team committed to EXCELLENCE. A SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT in which to take risks and explore your own artistry. Top-notch TRAINING that prepares you to work in any theatre setting—not just ours. The FUN of working with peers who love theatre as much as you do. We are committed to fostering a life-long enjoyment of singing!
THE PROGRAMS
YOUTH PERFORMANCE ACADEMY Grade 1-6
The well defined elements of our Youth Performance Academy include its distinctive empowerment principle and high standards of artistic excellence. APAG is deeply rooted in the belief that professional standards of excellence can be applied to young artists. Our young performers are given the freedom to soar, by stressing responsible behaviour, professional discipline, artistic excellence and a commitment to artistic risk. As a result APAG children develop and advance in acting, stagecraft, and voice technique. This program has been designed to develop and advance young artists, raising our audiences critical standards of youth performance, and mentoring the future leaders of our community. The goal of this program is to ensure that each participant who enters our doors leave with a greater knowledge of not only the artistic world in which they are fostered but to give them a deeper understanding of their own artistic sensibilities. Participants will learn ways to get over stage fright and build self confidence, as well as learn to work in a team. We will introduce the basic tools of stage craft through character motivation, scene work and song repertoire while fine tuning important skills such as vocal projection, diction, and stage presence.
DATES & PRODUCTIONS: September – to May
Participants will perform in Fiddler on the Roof Jr. at Newmarket Theatre in the May and Oliver full company musical in February.
TUESDAYS 5:00- 5:55
- there will be two extra weekend rehearsals for Fiddler on the Roof prior to the performance in May. There will be three weekend rehearsals for Oliver In December or January.
STAGE DOOR PERFORMERS Grades 7-11
A professional musical theatre training program for teens
- The program is designed to enable young artists to explore challenging, socially relevant material from the contemporary musical theatre world as they receive the intensive voice, movement and acting training essential for professional-level performance. The Stage Door Performers program is designed to challenge young performers—both artistically and personally—while providing a supportive, caring environment in which to develop. Roles are open to experienced performers as well as those looking to build musical theatre skills. While the emphasis is on performance, students will also receive training in a wide variety of musical theatre disciplines during the rehearsal process, including: vocal production, acting a song, proper breathing technique, movement, building a character, ensemble acting, and more. Nowhere else will you find this level of creative intensity combined with this much fun. . Applications submitted after the deadline will be considered only if space becomes available.
Participants will perform in Fiddler on the Roof Jr. at Newmarket Theatre in the May and Oliver full company musical in February.
- there will be two extra weekend rehearsals for Fiddler on the Roof prior to the performance in May. There will be four weekend rehearsals for Oliver In December or January.
TUESDAYS 6:45-7:45
AURORA OPERA COMPANY CHILDREN’S CHORUS ( AOCCC) Grades 1-12
- AOCCC is an elite by audition only performance choir dedicated to educating, nurturing and providing opportunities for children to express their musical abilities. We offer professional instruction and unique opportunities. Children are united through the study and performance of great choral music and discover that music can be a bridge to compassion, consideration, commitment, tolerance, discipline and co-operative teamwork. In addition to giving performances, choristers gain valuable training in musicianship, self-discipline, confidence and poise. Singers enjoy meeting and getting to know other children who share their interests. We are committed to fostering a life long enjoyment of singing.
AOCCC DATES & PRODUCTIONS: These participants will participate in a Christmas coffee house concert, a spring concert coffee house and they will be offered a chance to participate in adult production of Cinderella. Lead roles and secondary lead roles for Oliver will be chosen from AOCCC
TUESDAYS: 6:00-6:45
- Please note dress rehearsals for concerts and productions will fall on a weekend.
** NEW PROGRAM
APAG Cherubs ages 4 and 5
Our Cherubs choir is an introduction to the joy of singing. A singing program dedicated to educating, nurturing and providing a rewarding introduction for young for children to express their musical abilities. Singers enjoy meeting and getting to know other children who share their interests. We are committed to fostering a life long enjoyment of singing. TUESDAYS : 4:30-5:00
Aurora Performing Arts Group is proud to nurture the next generation of performing artists