Count Basie Center Academy of the Arts Introduces Virtual Learning Classes
(RED BANK – APRIL 27) – The Count Basie Center Academy of the Arts has introduced more than 50 online, virtual learning classes, continuing its pivot to meet the demands of parents and patrons desperate to keep their arts alive with quarantining, home schooling and social distancing.
Registration is open now at www.thebasie.org/VIRTUAL. Sessions begin as early as next Tuesday, May 5th, and new opportunities are being added daily.
In addition to paid classes, free, weekly presentations from the Basie Center Conservatory of Music, user-generated video from memorable Basie Center concerts, video lessons from Basie Academy teaching Artists and “Tips For Parents Who Are Suddenly Teachers” are being offered on the organization’s social media channels: www.instagram/basiecenter; www.instagram.com/basiecenter; www.facebook.com/basiecenter; www.facebook.com/basieacademy.
“As a not-for-profit organization, we have a mission to uphold: to inspire, educate and entertain,” says Adam Philipson, President and CEO, Count Basie Center for the Arts. “Our community looks to us in good times, but it is our responsibility to provide opportunities for arts engagement no matter the situation. This is the goal of our new Virtual Learning initiatives.”
“We are amazed by the creative ways people are finding comfort, solace and peace of mind in this difficult moment and turning to the arts to get them through.”
All Basie Academy Virtual Learning classes require high-speed internet or 4G, plus a phone, tablet, laptop or desktop computer, with the free Zoom Teleconferencing app installed. Zoom downloads are available at zoom.us/download.
Current multi-week courses and one-day workshops follow. For more information on the Count Basie center and the Count Basie Center Academy’s Virtual Learning initiatives, please contact Jonathan Vena at jvena@thebasie.org.
May 2020 Offerings – Register at www.thebasie.org/virtual
Fairytale Adventures and Princess Parties:
– Storytime Acting Adventures: ALADDIN (May 5, 3-4pm; Ages 5-8)
– Bring Your Favorite Cartoon Characters to Life: TOY STORY (May 5; 4:15 – 5:15pm; Ages 5-8)
– Princess Dance Party & Fairytale Ball: MOANA (May 6, 3-4pm; Ages 5-8)
– Storytime Acting Adventures: CINDERELLA (May 12, 3-4pm; Ages 5-8)
– Bring Your Favorite Cartoon to Life: FANCY NANCY (May 12, 4:15-5:15pm; Ages 5-8)
– Princess Dance Party & Fairytale Ball: FROZEN (May 13, 3-4pm; Ages 5-8)
– Art Adventures: Painting Hogwarts’ Night Sky: May 15, 4-5pm; Ages 8-12)
– Storytime Acting Adventures: THE LITTLE MERMAID (May 19, 3-4pm; Ages 5-8)
– Princess Dance Party & Fairytale Ball: FROZEN II (May 20, 3-4pm; Ages 5-8)
– Storytime Acting Adventures: BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (May 26, 3-4pml Ages 5-8)
– Bring Your Favorite Cartoon Characters to Life: PEPPA PIG (May 26, 4:15 – 5:15pm; Ages 5-8)
– Princess Dance Party & Fairytale Ball: CINDERELLA (May 27, 3-4pm; Ages 5-8)
Make Music Online:
– Private Music Lessons through the Basie Academy Conservatory (Visit monmouthconservatory.org; Piano, Classical Guitar, Violin, Viola, Cello, Flute and more)
– Acting the Song (Mondays May 4 – May 25, 3-4pm; Ages 12+)
– Intro to Singing (Thursdays May 7 – May 28, 3-4pm; Ages 8-12)
Family Fun & Game Nights:
– On-Camera Acting for Families (Fridays, April 17 – May 8 5-6PM or 6:30-7:30pm; All Ages)
– Virtual Family Fun Night: Art Creations (May 6, 6-7PM; All Ages)
– Mamma Mia Dance: Fitness for Teens and Moms (Wednesdays May 6-May 27; 5:15-6:15pm; 13+)
– Virtual Family Fun Night: Improv (May 13, 6-7pm; All Ages)
– Virtual Family Fun Night: Come As A Character (May 20, 6-7pm; All Ages)
– Virtual Family Fun Night: Comedy (May 27, 6-7pm; All-Ages)
Virtual Tools for Aspiring Actors and Fans of Broadway:
– Private Vocal and Stage, Television and Film Instruction
– Dialects & Accents: Cockney / Standard British (May 1, 4-5pm; 12+)
– Improvisation (Mondays May 4 – May 25, 4:15pm – 5:15pm; Ages 8-12)
– Acting the Song (Mondays May 4 – May 25, 3-4pm; Ages 12+)
– Musical Theatre & Pop Culture Dance (Mondays May 4 – May 25, 4-5pm; Ages 13+)
– Advanced Acting for Teens (Tuesdays May 5 – May 26, 4-6pm; Ages 13-18)
– Actors Playground (Every Wednesday starting May 6, 5:30 – 7PM; Ages 12+)
– Beginner Acting: (Wednesdays May 6 – May 27, 3-4pm; Ages 9-12)
– Beginner Acting II (Wednesdays May 6 – 27, 4-5pm; 13+)
– Musical Theatre 7 Pop Culture Dance (Fridays May 8 – 29, 3-4pm; 13+)
– Dialects & Accents: Irish / Scottish (May 8, 4-5pm; 12+)
– Theatre Lovers: Connecting to Like-Minded Peers (May 8, 5:30-6:30pm; 12+)
– Acting Your Monologue & Audition Prep – Advanced Workshop (May 12, 3-4pm; 14+)
– Acting Your Monologue & Audition Pres – Advanced Workshop (May 14, 3-4pm; 14+)
– Dialects & Accents: Dialects in Harry Potter (May 15, 4-5pm; 12+)
– Dialects & Accents: New York / Long Island (May 22, 4-5pm; 12+)
– Dialects & Accents: American Southern (May 29, 4-5pm; 12+)
Afternoons for Artists:
– Origami & Paper Crafts (May 8, 4-5pm; Ages 8-12)
– Painting Hogwarts; Night Sky (May 15, 4-5PM; Ages 8-12)
– Draw and Paint Disney (May 22, 4-5pm; Ages 8-12)
– Making A Mural (May 29, 4-5PM; Ages 8-12)
Virtual Adventures for Disney Fans:
– Storytime Acting Adventures: ALADDIN (May 5, 3-4pm; Ages 5-8)
– Bring Your Favorite Cartoon Characters to Life: TOY STORY (May 5; 4:15 – 5:15pm; Ages 5-8)
– Princess Dance Party & Fairytale Ball: MOANA (May 6, 3-4pm; Ages 5-8)
– Storytime Acting Adventures: CINDERELLA (May 12, 3-4pm; Ages 5-8)
– Bring Your Favorite Cartoon to Life: FANCY NANCY (May 12, 4:15-5:15pm; Ages 5-8)
– Princess Dance Party & Fairytale Ball: FROZEN (May 13, 3-4pm; Ages 5-8)
– Storytime Acting Adventures: THE LITTLE MERMAID (May 19, 3-4pm; Ages 5-8)
– Princess Dance Party & Fairytale Ball: FROZEN II (May 20, 3-4pm; Ages 5-8)
– Storytime Acting Adventures: BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (May 26, 3-4pml Ages 5-8)
– Princess Dance Party & Fairytale Ball: CINDERELLA (May 27, 3-4pm; Ages 5-8)
Count Basie Center Academy Online for Seniors: (Wednesdays – Seated or Standing)
– Movie Musical Movement for Seniors: South Pacific (May 6, 2-2:30PM; 55+)
– Movie Musical Movement for Seniors: Guys and Dolls (May 13, 2-2:30pm; 55+)
– Movie Musical Movement for Seniors: An American in Paris (May 20, 2-2:30pm; 55+)
– Movie Musical Movement for Seniors: Hello, Dolly! (May 27, 2-2:30pm; 55+)
