Art, Dance, Music & Theatre Camps

Art, Dance, Music & Theatre Camps: Here’s 16 camps where kids can act, dance, sing, play the drums, learn the violin, write a short story, paint, make a movie or their own Minecraft style game.

Amadeus Conservatory of Music & Theatre Summer Camp, Chappaqua: Amadeus campers get a music/musical theatre twofer at this musical theatre camp. In this performance camp, every child has the opportunity to perform musical theater, learn acting and choreography, compose their own songs, create sets and gets a meaningful role in the show in this six-week camp. Campers can also receive a private weekly lesson in a band or orchestra instrument, and a semi-private lesson in a second instrument or voice. One to five week sessions also available. (201 King St., Chappaqua; www.amadeusconservatory.com)

Harvey Summer Camp, Katonah:  Held on the 125-acre Harvey School campus, this electives-based camp for boys and girls, entering 1st grade through 9th grade, enables campers to design their own summer program from over 80 electives, including theater, dance, music, fine arts, crafts, robotics, and science. The camp also offers swimming, ice skating, gymnastics, tennis, indoor/outdoor sports, and much more. (200 Jay St., Katonah, 914-232-0581; www.cavaliercamp@harveyschool.org

Jacob Burns Film Center Summer @ The Lab: At JBFC’s one-week Lab Camps, young filmmakers, grades 3-12 conceive, write, and shooting a series of episodes using Adobe PremierePro, After Effects for distribution on You Tube. At their 3-week Summer Coop, campers, grades 9-12, make a collaborative movie. Over three weeks, groups pitch, script, shoot, and edit an original narrative short. (364 Manville Rd., Pleasantville, 914.773.7663; www.burnsfilmcenter.org)

Katonah Art Center, Mt. Kisco: KAC offers three summer camp options for young artists ages 3 1/2 to grad 12. Including one-week, half/full day Kids Camp (grades 1-5) and Teen Camp (grades 6-12), and half-day Art & Imagination Camps for ages 3 1/2-5 that are offered on a 2, 3 or 5 day basis. Extended day options for Kids and Teen camps (40-2 Radio Circle Drive Mount Kisco, 914.232.4843; www.katonahartcenter.com)

Logrea Dance Academy, Ossining: Beth Fritz-Logrea and Jean Logrea, Co-Directors of the Westchester Ballet Company, offer a four week Ballet Intensive for ages 3-17. Their Academy dancers have, upon graduation, moved on to prestigious ballet companies including The Stuttgart Ballet, The San Diego Ballet, Ballet Washington, Ballet Charleston, and Ballet Austin. Students from the Academy have received high-ranking status into the best national and international ballet intensives as well as Ivy League colleges. (2 Dale Ave., Ossining, 914.941.2939; www.logreadance.com)

Lagond Music School, Elmsford: Jazz icon,Charlie Lagond’s famed music school in Elmsford offers 5, one-week programs for band, vocals, keyboards, winds, brass and guitar for ages 10-13; including a Beginner Band program and a three-week Summer Immersion program for ages 10-18. A pre-screening demo is required for placement for both programs. They also offer a four-week College Prep program for advanced high-school students that require auditions. Read our review. (9 Haven St., Elmsford, 914.345.0512; www,lagondmusic.org)

Music Conservatory of Westchester, White Plains: The Music Conservatory of Westchester, founded in 1929 by the legendary cellist Pablo Casals, offers summer programs for beginner to advanced musicians. Including three, 2-week Music and Arts Camps, and a 2-week Musical Theatre Immersion program, for grades 1-6; two, 1-week Suzuki programs for grades K-8; a Suzufor ages 4+; and a Piano Festivl for grades 5-9. (216 Central Ave., White Plains, 914.761.3900; www.musicconservatory.org)

New York Rock Academy at Music In Chappaqua: At these five, 1-week, full-day, performance summer camps, kids and teens, ages 8-18, are placed in bands based on age, ability and musical taste and immediately begin making music. Beginners often find themselves performing complete arrangements of their favorite songs by the end of a single session. Advanced players will fine tune their skills–learning the subtleties of instrumental and vocal technique. (225 N. Greeley Ave, Chappaqua, 914.238.3123; www.musininchappaqua.com)

Purchase College Youth Programs in the Arts: Purchase College offers 11 one-week enrichment camps for kids entering grades 3-8, including Young Actors & Performers, and Young Architects, Artists, Filmmakers, Journalists, Photographers, and Writers. Plus, digital arts camps where kids learn to design and create their own Minecraft Style games, Virtual and Augmented Reality Adventures, Web Apps and Blackrock eSports live streaming commentary. (735 Anderson Hill Rd., Purchase, 914).251.6000; www.purchase.edu)

Purchase College Pre-College Programs in the Arts: Kids entering grades 9-12 have fourteen one-week arts enrichment camps to choose from at Purchase College. Including  Acting, Acting on Camera, Architecture, Creative Writing, Filmmaking, Journalism, Visual Arts, Vocals, and Battle Royale: Make a Fortnite Style Game, eSports Apprentice, Virtual and Augmented Reality Adventures, and Web App Creator and Python Programmer camps.  (735 Anderson Hill Rd., Purchase, 914).251.6000; www.purchase.edu)

Random Farms Kids Theatre, Elmsford: Here’s your young thespians ticket to Broadway. Over fifty Random Farms students have landed roles on Broadway at this year round children’s theatre program. In the summer they offer four, 2-week Workshop Intensives that culminate in a staged performance for kids entering grades 2-9. Plus a Summer MainStage production. Auditions for this production are in March and rehearsals begin in May for August performances at the Tarrytown Music Hall.  (77 Executive Blvd., Elmsford, 914.740-1010; www.randomfarms.com)

School of Rock Bedford: At the School of Rock one-week summer camps designed for musicians of all skill levels who play guitar, bass, drums, keyboard, and vocals, kids, ages 7-18, receive private lessons and work in a hands on environment learning the nuts and bolts of playing in a band. The week ends with a live performance at a local venue. Our boy did a one-week camp with SOR and never left. He’s been in their Fall, Spring and Summer Performance programs that run year-round for four years and now is a member of their House Band!!! (12 Court Rd., Bedford, 914.234.0418; www.schoolofrockbedford.com)

Standing Ovations Studios Armonk Summer Workshop: These one-week, themed workshops run all summer long. There’s a new theme each week and a showcase performance at the end of each week. Kids act, sing, dance, play instruments and wear pajamas to camp on Thursdays. SOS is the home of the Lighthouse Youth Theatre, from John and Nannette Fanelli, that runs year-round workshops and Main Stage performance programs for per-K through grade 12, including the audition-only Protege Troupe. (1 Labriola Ct., Armonk, 914.741.4205; www.standingovationsstudios.org)

Steffi Nossen School of Dance, White Plains: SNSD offers six summer programs: Storybook Camp for 3-5 year olds; Dance and Hip Hop Camps for grades 1-5; two Musical Theatre programs for grades 2-5 and 6-12; Dance Intensive for grades 5-8, and Choreography Camp for grades 3-7. Steffi Nossen opened SNSD in 1937, as a college to teach the Steffi Nossen Method to dance instructors. She was closely associated with pioneers of modern dance Ted Shawn, Ruth St. Denis and Alvin Ailey. (216 Central Ave., White Plains, 914.328.1900; www.steffinossen.org)

Summer Stage at ARC Stages  Pleasantville: ARC Stages offers four summer theatre camps for ages K-12. Little Theatre, for grades L-1; Young Actors, grade 2-4, and Tween Workshops for grades 5-8 are 3-week camps that conclude with a stage performance. Their Teen Intensive Camp, for grades 9-12, is a five week conservatory program that offers professional training and concludes with two-act musical theatre production. (147 Wheeler Ave., Pleasantville, 914.747.6206; www.arcstages.org)

Summer Theatre Academy at White Plains Performing Arts Center: In a partnership with the Westchester Sandbox Theatre, WPPAC offers one and two week sessions for different age groups, and every session ends in performance for family and friends, open to the general public. Students spend their days with Academy Staff, learning about acting, singing and dancing while rehearsing their production. (11 City Place, 3rd Floor, White Plains, 914.328.1600; www.wppac.com)

Yorktown Stage Musical Theatre Camp Workshops: These affordable one-week camps offer workshops in improvisation, musical comedy, staging, singing, dance and more. They all culminate with with a week-ending musical theatre performance. Yorktown Stage presents professionally produced Broadway musicals and revivals for adults as well as productions for young audiences. (1974 Commerce St., Yorktown Heights, 914.962.0606; www.yorktownstage.org)

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