2008 Pre-College Programs

First Session: :  May 19–June 21, 2008 (5 weeks) or May 19–June 28, 2008 (6 weeks)

Second Session:  June 30– August 2, 2008 (5 weeks) or June 30–August 9 2008 (6 weeks)

Special Sessions:  Start and End dates vary between May 12 and August 9, 2008

Join both high school and undergraduate students in class to become immersed in college life and get a head start on your college career before finishing high school!  In Summer College, you choose from CUA’s freshman-level courses and take classes with college students.

Our program will help in your transition into higher education by allowing you to experience the pace and challenge of college courses under a guided and nurturing environment. Students will receive support from all of CUA’s resources including the Writing and Counseling Centers.

Benefits:

• Credits earned at Catholic University this summer apply toward your college education. Choose from pre-requisite or distribution courses, which will later transfer and count toward your undergraduate degree.

• By taking a couple of classes at Catholic this summer, you can reduce your first semester load in college. Your first semester in college is a time when you are adjusting to a new environment, as well as to the challenge of living away from home and still excelling in your studies. By taking a class or two this summer, you will not fall behind if you reduce your academic load that first semester.

• Strengthen your college application by taking a college course before finishing high school! Select your courses carefully, in consultation with your high school teachers and counselors, to show your academic forte.

If students have completed the tenth grade with a grade of B or better in college prep courses, they are encouraged to apply to the Catholic University of America’s Summer College program. 

Tuition: $740 per credit hour or $2220 for a 3 credit course

Application fee: $25

One-time records fee: $45

For details, contact Office of Summer Sessions, 331 Pangborn Hall, Washington, D.C. 20064; Telephone 202-319-5257; E-mail: cua-summers@cua.edu.

EXPERIENCES IN ARCHITECTURE

Rising Juniors and Seniors

First Session: June 16 -July 3, 2008

Second Session: July 7 -July 25, 2008

Director: David Shove-Brown, AIA

Make Washington, D.C. your living laboratory for experience, observation and critical analysis in the field of architecture!

Find out more from here:

http://architecture.cua.edu/experiences/

Please direct all inquiries and subsequent correspondence to:

David Shove-Brown,, Director, Experiences in Architecture,  School of Architecture and Planning, Crough Center for Architectural Studies, Washington, DC 20064. Telephone: 202-319-5786 or 202-319-6249  Email: shovebrown@cua.edu or cua-summers@cua.edu . Please note space is limited.           

OPERA INSTITUTE FOR YOUNG SINGERS 

For all students aged 15–18 Years

Session Dates: June 23 - July 12, 2008

Contact: Rebecca Kirk

Are you considering opera as a professional career? Washington National Opera in conjunction with The Summer Opera Theater Company and the Benjamin T. Rome School of Music at The Catholic University of America presents the Opera Institute for Young Singers, a three-week pre-professional performance training program designed to provide serious vocal students between the ages of 15 and 18 the training components essential for well-educated young singers serious in pursuing an operatic career.

The Opera Institute focuses on Italian art songs and includes classes in drama, movement, yoga for singers, ear training, sight singing, opera history, and Italian diction. Students participate in master classes, opera scenes, individual vocal coachings, and group and individual voice lessons. Opera professionals present workshops on relevant topics including auditioning, college and résumé preparation, and vocal health.  The program culminates with each student performing in an Italian Art Song Recital. 

Tuition is $1,500 with need-based scholarships available for tuition only. Housing is available for an additional fee (approximately $1,150) in The Catholic University residence halls. One (1) college credit is available from The Catholic University of America for participation in Opera Institute for Young Singers for additional cost (approximately $260). The Catholic University accepts the credit for students who matriculate there.  It is the student’s responsibility to check with his/her university as to whether the credit will be accepted at that particular institution.

Eligible participants must be between the ages of 15 and 18 and already engaged in in-depth vocal study with a serious interest in pursuing a career in voice.  Students should currently be studying Italian Art Songs. An audition is required.  Please visit the DC Opera web site.  

Please direct all inquiries, and subsequent correspondence including forms below to:

Washington National Opera

Opera Institute for Young Singers

Director: Rebecca Kirk

6925 Willow Street, NW, 3rd Floor

Washington, D.C. 20012

T: 202.448.3465

F: 202.448.1507

E: rkirk@dc-opera.org

(or)

E: education@dc-opera.org.

LION DRUMMERS WORLD PERCUSSION SEMINAR

For students in grades 4–12

July 21–July 25, 2008

Director: Luis Garay

The Seminar will be in the Ward building in John Paul Hall and the percussion room 221.

Want to be part of a dynamic performing ensemble? Excitement, energy, and inspiration are the soul of this program. There is plenty of opportunity for individual creativity and spontaneity enthusiastically provided by master instructor, Luis Garay. He helps his students appreciate the passion and inspiration of the drum and experience the joy of rhythm and the fun of creating music through Afro-Latin Rock, Jazz and African World percussion.

The seminar is open to students from grades 4 through 12 and college students who play a percussion instrument. The seminar is looking for enthusiastic, young drummers and percussion players who have talent and potential, both those who are preparing for a career as professional musicians as well as those students who love to play drums or percussion instruments for fun and enrichment. Participants will improve their percussion skills through this fun and exciting week of percussion. In this exhilarating class, everyone will get to play in the groove, progressing from basics to more sophisticated rhythms, and finally to ensemble literature as they learn to converse in the "universal language" of music. There will be three performing ensembles according to the student's level and age.

Group I: Dragon Drummers for Elementary School (gr. 4–6, 2007-2008): drummers or percussionists with two or more years of experience playing the instrument.  Monday–Thursday from 9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m., Friday, July 25, dress rehearsal at 9:00 a.m., concert on Friday, July 25, 2008 at 7:30 p.m.(Student younger than 4th grade can be accepted.Just call for an evaluation. Luis Garay: 301-649-5217)

Group II: Tiger Drummers for Middle School (gr. 7–8, 2007-2008): drummers or percussionists with three or more years of experience playing the instrument. Monday-Thursday from 12:15–3:15 p.m., Friday, July 25, dress rehearsal at 9:00 a.m., concert on Friday, July 25, 2008 at 7:30 p.m.

Group III: Lion Drummers for High School (gr. 9–12, 2007-2008): drummers or percussionists with three years or more of experience playing the instrument, Monday–Thursday from 3:30–6:30 p.m., Friday, July 25, dress rehearsal at 10:00 am, and concert on Friday July 25, 2008 at 7:30 p.m.

Each class is different and challenging and all music is especially composed and arranged by Luis Garay according to the abilities of the students. This exciting “Week of Percussion” concludes with a spirited, high-energy concert showcasing the skills acquired by each of the classes. Each class will have nine students. 

Tuition 2008:  $275

For details contact: Luis Garay, Director, Lion Drummers World Percussion Seminar, Benjamin T. Rome School of Music, Washington, DC 20064; Telephone 301-649-5217; E-mail: percussion@luisgaray.com

To learn more about the Lion Drummers Program, please visit http://luisgaray.com/ensembles.htm

Submit Forms below to Summer Sessions 331 Pangborn Hall Washington DC 20064 or fax to 202-319-6725.

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