2012 Winter Classes

December 22, 2011

For Immediate Release

• Baby Artsplay™ and Artsplay™: Music, movement, and drama classes foster self-expression, imagination, and creativity for children ages 6-months to 5 years. Over the course of eight weeks, Wolf Trap Teaching Artists guide parents and caregivers in performing arts experiences that enhance children’s intellectual, language, social, emotional, and physical development.

      Baby Artsplay classes are on Mondays or Saturdays, January 9 – March 3

Artsplay classes are Saturdays, January 14 – March 3

• Djembe Drumming & Drama: Children in Kindergarten through 2^nd grade create musical tales through drama, movement, and song in this eight-week session. Participants will interpret fables and develop creative rhythms on their own djembe drums. Traditional African stories inspire a final performance where children showcase drumming techniques learned in class.

            Saturdays, January 14 – March 3

• African Drumming: Adults will learn the rhythmic patterns, phrases, and techniques of one of the most prominent West African drumming traditions in a comfortable group setting.      

            Tuesdays, February 7– April 10

• Community Drum Circle: Adults of all ages and skill level learn drumming techniques on a West African djembe drum during this special one-night event.  Together, the group organically evolves its own unique rhythm. Experiencing an African drum circle in a comfortable group setting is a unique opportunity for everyone from experienced drummers to percussion novices.

      Tuesday, January 31, 7 p.m.

• Group Guitar: Teens and adults will learn guitar fundamentals—keys, chords, strum patterns, and fingerpicking—as well as the history of the instrument, notation, and traditional musical styles in this 12-week class. Concepts will be applied to songs and appropriate chord progressions.

            Mondays, January 23 – April 9

• Private Piano Lessons: Whether you’re an absolute beginner, seasoned player, or somewhere in-between, you’ll benefit from the focused attention of a professional instructor. Lessons are based on individual abilities, needs, and goals, and available for ages 5 years to adult.

            Mondays, Tuesdays & Saturdays, January 23 – April 21

• Private Voice Lessons: Students ages 12 to adult will improve their singing technique and confidence with a professional instructor dedicated to personal achievement, individual abilities, needs, and goals.

            Tuesdays & Saturdays, January 24 – April 21

The Center for Education at Wolf Trap is a nonprofit, national arts-in-education resource center for children, parents, educators, and performing artists, and is the home for Wolf Trap’s Education Programs. This state-of-the-art facility was officially opened and dedicated on May 19, 2003. The technology-rich environment includes a two-level Education Pavilion, the Earle C. Williams Learning Center, and allows Wolf Trap to strengthen and expand its proven Education Programs to impact countless lives regionally, nationally, and around the world for generations to come.

For more information about the classes and registration, please visit http://www.wolftrap.org/Education/Education_Programs_Performances_and_Classes.aspx or contact Wolf Trap Education at classes@wolftrap.org .

About The Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts

The Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, founded by Catherine Filene Shouse (1896-1994), produces and presents a full range of performance and education programs in the Greater Washington area, as well as nationally and internationally. Wolf Trap features three performance venues, the outdoor Filene Center and Children’s Theatre-in-the-Woods, both located at Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts, and The Barns at Wolf Trap, located down the road from the park and adjacent to the Center for Education at Wolf Trap. In partnership with the National Park Service, The 7,028-seat Filene Center annually showcases an extensive list of diverse artists, ranging from pop, country, folk, and blues to classical music, dance, and theater, as well as multimedia presentations, from May through September. The Barns operates year round, and during the summer months is home to the Grammy-nominated Wolf Trap Opera Company, one of America’s outstanding resident ensemble programs for young opera singers. Wolf Trap’s education programs include the nationally acclaimed Wolf Trap Institute for Early Learning Through the Arts, Children’s Theatre-in-the-Woods, a diverse array of arts education classes, scholarships, and a nationally recognized internship program that was included in Bloomberg BusinessWeek’s 2009 List of “Best Places to Intern.” As part of its ongoing commitment to protect and preserve the environment, Wolf Trap offers metro access and is a founding member of the Green Music Group.