CCPA offers a range of event days, institutes, and camps that are designed for high school and college-aged students, current CCPA students, and post-grad musicians.
Course Date (Chicago Campus): Saturday, July 29, 2023 | 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. |
Course Format: On-campus
Instructor: Nadine Gomes
Recommended Cohort: High school students (all grade levels)
Earned Credit Hours: Non-credit
Course Description: ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ's Theatre Conservatory will be offering a full day of college audition workshops aimed at high school students who want to better prepare for admission auditions. Students will choose monologues, pick song cuts, do dance calls, and explore how theatre and social justice are related. Students will walk away with a better idea of how to effectively audition for college theatre programs and how to tailor their material to their specific skills and interests. Tuition for Summer 2023 will be $250.
Course Date (THAR 193-98): July 10 – August 12, 2023
Course Format: Online (no set meeting time)
Instructor: Jim Iorio
Recommended Cohort: All college students (part-time or full-time)
Earned Credit Hours: 3
Course Description: Course fulfills humanities general education requirement. Students will explore the process by which theatre is made, and gain an understanding of the ability to evaluate the contributions of all the various collaborators in any performance event. With access to Roosevelt's Digital Theatre subscription, students will view and discuss performances of leading theatre practitioners from around the world.
Course Date (Session X2): June 12–17, 2023
Course Format: Online (no set meeting time)
Instructor: Dan Healy
Recommended Cohort: ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ undergraduate students (non-music majors) seeking to fulfill a humanities elective, fine arts elective, performing arts elective, and/or experiential learning requirement
Earned Credit Hours: 3
Course Description: During this five-day intensive course, students will examine and reimagine the relationship of space and the performing arts through five questions, one of which frames each of our days. These questions will bring to light the different ways music defines space, and space defines music. Students will use listening as a means of analyzing experiences and heightening awareness of relationships and interactions, calling attention to the sonic facets of socioeconomic, political, cultural, and racialized spaces.
Course Date: June 20 – July 27, 2023; June 24- August 1, 2024; June 23- July 31, 2025
Class Meeting Time: Monday-Thursday: 9 a.m. – 5:45 p.m.
Course Format: Three-year, summer-only degree program; on- campus (Chicago)
Instructor: Theatre Conservatory professors and working professionals
Recommended Cohort: Graduate Students
Course Description: ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ's Theatre Conservatory offers the Fast-Track Master of Arts degree in Theatre Directing to serve the needs of highly motivated theatre educators. The program stresses practical training for the educator in tandem with special workshops and lectures with professionals in the field. The Master's in Theatre Directing is a three-year, summer-only degree program focusing on refining directorial and performance skills, developing new approaches in production preparation, and working collaboratively with other teachers and students who are dedicated to creating theatre with young adults. The curriculum concludes with a thesis production completed at your home school.
For more details on the admission process and program standards, visit the Master's in Theatre Directing academic program page.
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Program Date
June 3–4, 2023
Competition criteria
- Open to all guitarists across four age divisions: Junior (13 and under); Senior (17 and under); Collegiate (21 and under); Open (22 and older).
- Compete for a total of $5,000 in cash prizes and special prizes for Senior, Collegiate and Open categories. Guitars are made by Saers.
Concerts
- Saturday, June 3: Domenico Mottola
- Sunday, June 4: An Tran
Festival Ensemble
Participate to play, learn and have fun together. Music will be available for download one month before the festival. The Festival Ensemble performance will take place on June 4 as an opening act of the final concert at 7 pm.
Master Classes, Lectures and Clinics led by:
- Domenico Mottola
- An Tran
- Denis Azabagic
Chicago Guitar Festival Payment Portal
Payments to participate in the festival are due June 1, 2023. Visit the for more details.
For more information about the 2023 Chicago Guitar Festival, contact Denis Azabagic, CCPA artist faculty and program director of Guitar, Harp & Percussion, at dazabagic@roosevelt.edu or (708) 668-5269.