Do you already play guitar and are ready to take it up a notch? Are you interested in guitar but not sure how to get started? This course is designed to meet you at your level and clear the path for you to take the next steps on your guitar journey. Students will be put into groups from beginner to advanced. Topics covered will include chords, scales, strumming patterns, finger picking, improvisation, circle of 5ths, and how to play in a group.
Photography
Learn the art of photographic expression and discover career paths from a professional photographer. Emphasis will be on technical fundamentals and personal image capture. Photography masters will be studied for their approach to genres such as street photography, portraiture, and black-and-white imagery. Digital cameras provided, but students are encouraged to bring their own if available.
Design and Build Your World
Students will learn the process of designing and building through experimentation in architecture, product design and activist art to develop critical thinking skills and develop the confidence and ability to shape their own success and build a better world. Applying their core subject learning, they will design and build transformative projects that will expand their sense of power and agency.
Visual Art Studio
Students of all skill levels learn drawing techniques including rendering, shading, and perspective through exercises designed to help understand each of the thought processes involved in drawing and illustrating. Artists will learn about line, form, setching, shading, color, and many more techniques while they explore career paths as an artist.
Intro to Songwriting Workshop
Students develop a basic understanding of song structure and methods of composing and developing melodies, basic chord progressions, lyrics, and grooves. They will be equipped with the basic knowledge, skills, and confidence to compose, produce, and present for feedback at least one original song.
Intro to Songwriting Workshop
Students develop a basic understanding of song structure and methods of composing and developing melodies, basic chord progressions, lyrics, and grooves. They will be equiped with the basic knowledge, skills, and confidence to compose, produce, and present for feedback at least one original song.
Visual Art Studio
Students of all skill levels learn drawing techniques including rendering, shading, and perspective through exercises designed to help understand each of the thought processes involved in drawing and illustrating. Artists will learn about line, form, sketching, shading, color, and many more techniques while they explore career paths as an artist.
Let’s Get Dramatic: An Introduction to Playwriting
Do you have a story to tell? Boston Court Pasadena wants to help you tell it through theatre! Over the course of three weeks you will learn the building blocks of theatrical storytelling, how to write a play, and what it is like to have a career in the performing arts. This class is taught by working theatre artists and is an interactive, hands-on experience. By the end of the program you will have completed a 10-minute play that will be performed on the Boston Court mainstage by professional actors. Please note that this class is offered to all students at Boston Court, provides lunch, from Monday thru Friday, 9am -3pm daily, and will include a performance on Saturday, July 9 with times TBD. Class size limited to 10 students.