(NEWARK, NJ) -- New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) Arts Education programs bring a unique approach to arts education, connecting students K-12 with their well-experienced teaching artists. NJPAC’s students enjoy the state-of-the-art performance space for innovative, diverse performance and engagement for students and teachers. Through Jazz, Hip Hop, Acting, Poetry, and more, NJPAC provides its instructors with strategies for integrating creative practices into each class.
NJPAC, a widely recognized leader in Arts Education and innovation, welcomes students from the entire state of New Jersey where they can connect with other students to build an artistic community where they grow and create what is important to them through performance. Our Saturday class offerings in jazz, acting, musical theater, band, and hip hop learn with the care and talents of professionally recognized faculty and staff.
A student-driven, collaborative, and multidisciplinary program with a civic engagement focus. It was conceived as a safe space for students to discuss and produce art as activism while building social and emotional skills. All students signing up for any Arts Education class are invited to participate in a FREE class called IN THE MIX. Students can also join Creative Coaching, a mentoring program with NJPAC alums and professional performing artists trained to offer guidance and advice. Participants will be paired with a personal mentor based on common performing art interests, career goals, life challenges, and experiences.
Since its start, NJPAC has served thousands of students in the Newark area. Every year, more than 10,000 elementary school students receive high-quality arts education at the NJPAC campus, thanks to a unique partnership with New Jersey’s public school system. Many students in elementary - school engage in creative workshops and presentations.
At NJPAC, students are the priority; they have an essential role to play and perform. Every student will find their voice and share their story. For more information and registration, visit: njpac.org/arts-education or call 973.353.7058.
CLASS DESCRIPTIONS
Saturday Arts Training
BAND TOGETHER FULL YEAR PROGRAMMING
Ages: 10 – 16
Fall Semester: Oct 8 - Dec 17, 10am-2pm
Spring Semester: Jan 21 - May 13, 10am-2pm Tuition: $75 for full year including instrument rental
Beginner to intermediate students learn how to play woodwinds, brass, or percussion during group lessons, and perform together in a final concert. Band Together will take place at Newark's prestigious Arts High School.
JAZZ FOR TEENS FULL YEAR PROGRAMMING
Ages: 14 – 18
Fall Semester: Oct 8 – Dec 17, 10am-5pm Spring Semester: Jan 21 – May 13, 10am-5pm Tuition: $650 per semester; $1100 per year
This comprehensive and sequential jazz education program develops well-rounded young performers through access to life-changing experiences.
HIP HOP FALL PROGRAMMING
Ages: 9 - 18
Fall Semester: Oct 8 - Dec 17
Tuition: $250 for morning or afternoon, $500 for full day
Morning Session, 10am - 12pm: Music Production & DJing
Introduces students to beat-making, with an emphasis on drums/percussion, using a digital audio workstation to produce beats. They will explore sampling sounds to amplify their ideas and express themselves through music.
Afternoon Session, 1pm - 3pm: Beatboxing & Emceeing
Students use their breath, voice, and mouth to create sounds by mimicking what they hear or imagine. They will also learn to use beatboxing as an instrument for recordings or live performances. Students make a statement about what is important to them by creating a written or spoken rap with percussive or melodic rhythms and sounds.
HIP HOP SPRING PROGRAMMING
Spring Dates: Jan 21 - May 13
Details coming soon - be excited for Graffiti, Dance & More!
THEATER FALL PROGRAMMING
Theater
Ages: 9 - 16
Fall Semester: Oct 8 - Dec 17
Tuition: $250 for morning or afternoon, $500 for full day
Morning Session, 10am-12pm: Acting
Bring your actors tools of body, voice and imagination as you develop or build upon your skills as an actor. Together we will create an ensemble and explore scenes and monologues.
Afternoon Session, 1pm-3pm: Musical Theater
Learn the fundamentals of musical theater including vocal technique and choreography!
THEATER SPRING PROGRAMMING
Spring Dates: Jan 21 - May 13
Exciting announcement for Theater and Musical Theater coming soon!
NJPAC’s Arts Education offerings reach more than 60,000 students and families through live performances, in-school residency programs and arts training classes. These programs bring the joy of dance, music, theater, and poetry directly to the classroom. Through our innovative residencies, Teaching Artists create stimulating performing arts experiences that engage students’ imaginations and build self-confidence through positive self-expression. Our residencies help students learn to work together and develop their creative independence. In addition to NJPAC’s innovative In-School Programs, the Arts Center’s comprehensive Arts Education Department offers an Arts Training Program that helps students at every level learn their artistic and technical skills they need to study acting, dance, instrumental music, vocal music, and musical theater. NJPAC also presents a SchoolTime Performance Series, which introduces students and their families to a world of entertainment and culture. NJPAC’s Arts Education programs feature professional artists from a wide variety of traditions and performances of music, dance, storytelling, puppetry, and more.
New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC), located at One Center Street in downtown Newark, N.J., is America’s most diverse performing arts center, and the artistic, cultural, educational and civic center of New Jersey – where great performances and events enhance and transform lives every day. NJPAC brings diverse communities together, providing access to all and showcasing the state’s and the world’s best artists while acting as a leading catalyst in the revitalization of its home city. Through its extensive Arts Education programs, which have reached almost 2 million children, NJPAC is shaping the next generation of artists and arts enthusiasts. NJPAC has attracted more than 10 million visitors since opening its doors in 1997, and nurtures meaningful and lasting relationships with each of its constituents.
