The Early Music Youth Academy, devoted to the joys of Renaissance consort music, meets for autumn and winter/spring semesters, with new performance projects each term. SHAK also presents short-term introductory or intermediate music workshops for instrumental music students once or twice each year.
Summer workshops 2019
Recorder & Singing Week
Register by June 1!
Have you learned some recorder at school and now wish you could play more? This class is for both experienced and beginning recorder players -- and anyone who likes to sing! In this relaxed summer exploration, Vicki Boeckman leads the recorder session and Danielle Sampson teaches songs from the Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque eras -- times in history when the recorder was played all over Europe!
When: July 1-3, 2019, 9:30am-12:30pm
Where: SHAK director Shula Kleinerman's studio in the Lake City neighborhood of Seattle
Who: Age 8-12 (existing recorder students age 7 welcome too -- please inquire if interested).
Cost: Regular tuition $150*
Early-bird tuition discounted tuition: $127* completed by April 10
See below for gender diversity scholarship & financial aid information!
*Registration includes a copy of SHAK's CD, Merry It Is.
Gender diversity scholarships:
Boys are often underrepresented in programs teaching drama, dance, and song. We encourage you to come and give these historical arts a try! SHAK programs tend to draw together creative, strong-minded, curious young individuals who enjoy discovering a sense of community together. Boys attending a theater, dance, or singing program for the first time are invited to take 15% off your tuition level -- and kids who experience a more fluid gender identity are welcome to take advantage of this offer too!
Need-based financial aid:
First-time applicants inquire here; returning students contact us.
SHAK's Early Music Youth Academy
The 2019 winter/spring semester is in full swing with dates below. Stay tuned for autumn 2019!
- Regular Saturday rehearsals* Jan 12 & 26; Feb 9 & 16; Mar 16 & 23; Apr 13 & 27; May 4
- Special rehearsals 3-6pm for all members: Sat Feb 2 and March 2 at Christ Episcopal Church
- Master Finno performances: 2pm call for 4pm performance:
- Sun Mar 3 at Thumbnail Theater in Snohomish
- Sat Mar 9 at Christ Episcopal
- The Consort Concept performances:
- Sat April 20 at Couth Buzzard: Call time 3pm for 4:30 performance
- Sun April 28 at Skyline: Call time 2pm for 3:30pm performance
- Sat May 11 at Christ Episcopal Church: Call time 2pm for 4pm performance
*Regular Saturday Rehearsals: Continuo Group attend 3pm-4:15 (end time sometimes adjusted). Polyphony Group attend 4-6pm. Location is director's teaching studio in Olympic Hills/Lake City, location given upon enrollment.
