Guitarra Odyssey Programme

Group Guitar holiday workshop for children and teenagers

Looking for a holiday course for your child during the school holidays? Look no further! Guitarra Play!, Singapore’s specialist guitar school is proud to present their Guitar Odyssey Program, a 3 day group guitar workshop which teaches children and teenagers to start playing the world’s most popular instrument. Students will learn to make music with the guitar and learn about different musical cultures of the world. Definitely a great way to have fun and make friends during the holidays!

June 12^th, 13^th and 14^th 2012, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
at The Little Arts Academy POMO

Session 1: 12pm-1pm

Session 2: 1pm-2pm

$28 per participant for the 3 day guitar workshop. Participants can choose to attend either Session 1 or Session 2.

Call Guitarra Play! at 81630125 / 98573977 or email us at enquiries@guitarra-play.com.sg to sign up now!

 Check us out at http://www.guitarra-play.com.sg

Suzuki Guitar Singapore is presenting a sharing session on the joys of being involved in the Suzuki Guitar programme. To sign up, please contact Andrew Wee at andrew@suzukiguitar.sg or 85000346.

I am really glad for this external attachment to Little Arts Academy, because I have a strong passion and interest in the arts so it seemed like a perfect fit.

Managing the publicity for the Bootcamp was fun; I really enjoyed seeing how people got to know about the Bootcamp and then signed up. It made me see how all my effort was paying off.

Sitting in for the Bootcamp committee meetings was a good experience too, and I felt like my opinion mattered. I remember when we were planning out the schedule and we were asked for our opinions to see if it was feasible and if it would be suitable for the youths, and I could speak up and air my views to help improve the programme.

The event itself was enjoyable too; I am really glad the programme went smoothly and the turn up rate was really good too! And I am quite glad we did not get all 140 places signed up, that would have been way chaotic and I would not have been able to manage all my youths, nor remember their names.

I really like how The Little Arts Academy is so casual, and I don’t feel like I have to make myself behave a certain way so as not to stand out. I feel like I can really be myself.

The Little Arts Academy is so vibrant; the entire campus is so cheerful-looking. I remember when there were days I had to go to Little Arts Academy in the morning. Feeling so frazzled after a crazy MRT ride, I would step into the Little Arts Academy and feel completely relaxed.

Lastly, I am really glad that such initiatives give underprivileged children an opportunity to gain access to the arts and help them develop their talent. I hope that The Little Arts Academy will be able to reach out to an increasing number of people with each year. I’m pretty sure it will.

We’re privileged to be featured as one of the beneficiary causes on the National Arts Council’s ArtsForLife Facebook page. Now it’s even easier for you to show your support for the arts  and make an online donation to The Business Times Budding Artists Fund. Alternatively, you could also visit Give2Arts.sg website to make your donation.

The ArtsForLife campaign is also running a virtual ‘Best of the Badges’ 6-week competition on their ArtsForLife Facebook page. Individuals to unleash their creativity and share the fruits of their efforts with their friends on Facebook either via their profile photo or Wall page. Individuals can submit as many designed badge entries as they like and stand to win up to $120 worth of SISTIC vouchers each week starting from last week. The vouchers expire on 26 May 2012. Sign up now!

For more information, please visit www.facebook.com/ArtsForLife

Singapore, 5 April 2012 – Over 50 youths went 24 hours without sleep last weekend at an audition boot camp at The Little Arts Academy (LAA) with the hope of securing a place in a three-year arts programme that will incubate four new arts groups in dance, music, visual arts and theatre.

Called “The 24 Hour Audition Bootcamp”, and held from 6pm on 31 March to 6pm on 1 April, the youths were trained in audition skills and given the tools to create their own artwork, devise original scenes, choreograph their own dance and write their own songs culminating in a group show case.

19-year-old Amanda Lim, who took the genre of visual arts in this boot camp, said: “It was an amazing experience. This camp provides us a platform to perform what we are good and interested in.”

Visual Arts

Organised by LAA, the boot camp was targeted primarily at young talents (15 – 19 years of age) from low-income families who are intent on a career in the arts but lack the financial means to afford professional training. Beyond training in performance skills, the youth division aims to empower its young talents with the knowledge and skills to manage themselves as arts groups producing original works that are created “for young people by young people”. Managed by The Old Parliament House Limited and supported by The Business Times Budding Artists Fund (BTBAF), LAA is a multidisciplinary arts centre that provides arts training for children and youths from less privileged backgrounds.

The performances of the youths were evaluated by a panel of established industry professionals including Alvin Tan (The Necessary Stage), Kavitha Krishnan (Maya Dance Theatre), Brian Gothong Tan and Clement Yang (The Music Academy).

Kavitha Krishnan said: “It was inspiring to see a group of passionate and committed young dancers in the audition. I feel very honoured and privileged to be part of this programme that grooms young talents.” Maya Dance Theatre will be one of the six artists or arts groups engaged to mentor the students for the three year Dance programme. Each semester will culminate in an original performance choreographed by the students.

Theatre

The boot camp started off with a structured training session where all the youths were taught to choreograph group dances, write group scenes, create original songs or group art works. The lesson was meant to be just three hours long but most of the trainers decided to stick around and soak in the fun. Two of the trainers left at 4am in the morning. Theatre instructor Natalie Wong, 24, said, “All the youths are incredibly motivated and serious about the boot camp. They are really positive about the task set for them even though it is quite a lot of work to accomplish in 24 hours.”

Music

Those selected for the three year incubation programme will be announced by the end of the week. Says Adelina Ong, 33, producer of the youth division at LAA: “I was very impressed with the standard of performances put together by the youths. They had very little guidance from the trainers and I am very excited about mentoring the students given the standard of showcases that we have seen here today. I have confidence that we will be incubating the right young talents who will make a difference to Singapore’s arts scene when they graduate from LAA’s youth division.”

See the works done by the visual arts students here.

One of the highest scoring dance groups called Bot B showcasing a dance that they choreographed themselves

One of the highest scoring Theatre groups called Cheesy Cheese performing a script they wrote and directed themselves

One of the highest scoring music groups performed Invisible, an original song with lyrics by Nicole and melody by Athena (the guitarist)

Bond with your child – in the kitchen!

At Big Chef Little Chef, you learn to whip up simple but yummy treats while your child masters the art of mixing, measuring, cutting and tasting.

What’s more, you share precious little moments with your little one over food while doing your bit for charity! Funds raised from this workshop will go towards The Business Times Budding Artists Fund which sponsors lesser privileged children in their arts training at LAA.

For the 2 June workshop, Mr Matthew Mok, the chef and founder of The Rabbit Stash, will be teaching participants to prepare unpretentious modern European cuisine such as Grilled Herb Chicken with Potato and Turkey Bacon Hash and Mushrooms in Garlic Tomato Sauce with Parmesan Cheese.

For the 16 June workshop, Mrs Laureen Ong-Tam will be teaching participants healthy, nutritious Asian-inspired dishes such as Seafood Laksa Pasta, Tuna Sliders and Durian Pengat (durian in sago and soya milk).

Sign up with us today! Get 10% off for group signups (2 sets of parent-child or more).

To secure your place, please send us your payment via cheque which should be made payable to: The Budding Artist Fund – OPH.

Each workshop is limited to just 15 parent-child teams.

The Little Arts Academy | 31 Mar (6pm) – 1 Apr (6pm) | $50 ; $8 (for youths with monthly household income below $1800)
Enquiries: Adelina Ong | adelina_ong@toph.com.sg or 6513 3014

Are you young enough to stay up for 24 hours straight, fearless enough to put up new and exciting work for your peers and creative enough to make new things out of old things? WE WANT YOU! Join the youth division of The Old Parliament House Limited for a 24-hour bootcamp that covers dance, singing, theatre and graffiti! Outstanding youths will be invited to form performing groups / arts collectives that will be mentored to produce professional performances and exhibitions. For youths aged between 15 and 19.

Join Mark Gibson and Morna Robinson, the creators of the award-winning Kinder Beat programme for two days of teaching insights, professional development and licencing opportunities. The three levels of Kinder Beat – Music Box Magic, Percussion Play and Keyboarding – offer children an outstanding range of musical experiences.

Come and be enthralled by Australian writer Jon Doust as he recount stories that he always tells himself! Let Jon inspire your children to remember their own stories and write their own tales.