Develop skills in improvisation, musical theater, vocal technique, straight theater, lighting and set design and make-up arts. Sing, dance, perform and create in classes such as The Musical, Singing Scenes, Rock Opera, The Jr. Musical or The Advanced One Act Play and Improvisation for Actors.
Be lead singer or guitarist in Rock Band! Join Jazz n Blues or Folk Band or our more classically oriented Instrumental Ensemble. Sign up for guitar or drum instruction. Select from a wide range of singing classes including: Pop Singing, Beatles Sing-a-Long, American Songbook and Rockapella.
Art Department
Explore a range of exciting visual art classes taught by professional artists. Learn the basics of drawing and painting, explore what it means to paint your way, get your hands into some clay to make sculpture or throw a pot on the wheel. Make colored glass sculpture, carve linoleum blocks or build up layers of paint on a plexi-plate to print through our press. Cut, paste, assemble found objects and personalized colored papers in 2 and 3-D collages. Make a giant puppet or realize a fantastic creature out of paper mache. The art department explodes with color and activity as we work toward our final exhibition on Festival Day.
Animation
Every summer, we produce animated group projects combining the visual punch of traditional, hand-drawn animation with digital effects, editing, and sound sync. This LineStorm "pen and pixel" approach to animation has won our projects top awards at national film and video festivals, and many have aired on PBS, HBO and The Independent Film Channel
Writing
Our Writing Department offers campers the opportunity to practice numerous forms of writing through a variety of course offerings. Courses in fiction writing, poetry, first-person narrative, drama and performance writing, and journalism are offered each summer. The Oak Tree Times, our camp newspaper, is published daily and is a showcase of the talented reporters, poets, columnists, feature writers, reviewers and cartoonists. The playwriting class, under the guidance of a professional writer, creates an original play.
Computer
In our state-of-the-art Mac Lab, classes in web design and computer art expand students understanding of the fundamentals of HTML and image editing. Learn to edit and place links, sounds, pictures, backgrounds, and movie clips.
Film/Video Department
Get behind and in front of the camera everyday in our state-of-the-art video lab. Produce, act and direct a soap opera, watch and recreate classic film scenes, or ham it up in video comedy sketches. Use our extensive production equipment and professional editing software to learn the craft of traditional movie making.
Photography
Choose from a broad range of classes, including conventional Black & White printing in our well-equipped darkroom, experimental and alternative image-making techniques, and digital practices in our up-to-date computer lab. Across all classes our focus is on artistic process, with emphasis on composition, form, and the many ways in which photographyallows for self-expression.
Dance
Choose from Afro-Caribbean, Improvisation, Hip Hop, Jazz, Modern, Tap, and Musical Theatre Choreography, in our eclectic dance department. A dance concert of the choreography created for each class will be featured at the Arts Festival. Dance is also integrated into the Musical, Junior Musical and Showtune classes.
Sports
Fencing, Karate, Gymnastics, Basketball, Soccer, Yoga, Ulimate Frisbee and tennis emphasize personal development, fun and good sportsmanship. General Sports may be chosen as a course and includes such games as Kickball, Capture the Flag, Soccer, and Basketball. Red Cross instructional swim classes are taught in our on-campus, olympic size, heated, outdoor swimming pool. Free Swim is available daily for those not in swim classes.
Counselor-in-Training Intern Program
This program is for high school Sophomores, Juniors and Seniors (16-18 years) who assist in a teaching capacity and are mentored by experienced staff. The CIT application deadline is January 31st.
Arts Festival
The Arts Festival takes place on the last day of the five week session. Families, friends and the general public are invited to this all day event. Art and photography exhibits are featured as well as performances of gymnastics, dance, theatre, staged musical showtunes, karate, fencing, music, instrumental ensemble and bands. The Arts Festival culminates in an original musical theatre production, produced and performed by students in the Musical class. The Arts Festival takes place this year on Friday, July 31st.
Develop skills in improvisation, musical theater, vocal technique, straight theater, lighting and set design and make-up arts. Sing, dance, perform and create in classes such as The Musical, Singing Scenes, Rock Opera, The Jr. Musical or The Advanced One Act Play and Improvisation for Actors.
Choose from Afro-Caribbean, Improvisation, Hip Hop, Jazz, Modern, Tap, and Musical Theatre Choreography, in our eclectic dance department. A dance concert of the choreography created for each class will be featured at the Arts Festival. Dance is also integrated into the Musical, Junior Musical and Showtune classes.