Guildhall Young Artists Taunton Summer Course 2024
Develop your performing arts skills, have plenty of fun and make new friends on our annual Summer Course, for ages 10–18.
Key information:
- Course dates:
- Mon 5 – Fri 9 August 2024
- Course times:
- 9.30am–4pm
- Age:
- 10–18
- Fees:
- £365 for full week or £225 for 3 days Tues–Thu art & design module
- Level of study:
- Short Courses & Summer Schools, Workshops & Saturday Centres (under 18)
- Mode of study:
- In-person
- Venue:
- Richard Huish College, Taunton
About the Summer Course 2024
Develop your performing arts skills, meet like-minded people and let your creativity flourish, in this fun five-day course for 10 to 18 year olds, packed full of workshops in music, drama, production arts and art & design.*
Music workshops will cover a variety of genres including rock, pop, musical theatre, classical, jazz, music production, DJing, songwriting and singing.
Drama workshops will include acting, script work, devising and improvisation. Students are invited to bring audition pieces or plays they are keen to develop.
Production arts workshops will include learning about stage lighting and stage management, and students will run the lighting and stage management of the final performance at the end of the week.
Art & design workshops (available Tuesday to Thursday) will be a fun introduction to all aspects of Printmaking. Taking inspiration from the Arts & Crafts Movement and artist William Morris, students can choose their own theme or use resources for inspiration to create images and designs for their own prints, such as ‘The Natural World’, ‘Save our Oceans’ or ‘Olympics going for Gold’.
The course will culminate in an exciting performance and exhibition on Friday afternoon, which will be shared with invited family and friends.
*Please note, the course will be tailored around individual interests specified on the booking form.
In addition to their music, drama, production arts and art & design classes, students will also be able to choose from a range of fun activities to take part in during the afternoon.
These include crafts (including painting, drawing, clay, and making marbled paper), magic tricks, board games and chess, as well as sports such as football, basketball and cricket.
These activities will run for one hour each afternoon and will be led by tutors.
Taking place at Richard Huish College, Taunton, we’ll have access to their music and drama facilities. This includes a Mac suite for LogicPro tuition in music production and use of the Pine Studio and Huish Theatre.
Please click on the below to find out more about our course tutors:
Art & Design
Annelise Gainham
Drama
Sarah-Jane Cross
Music
Sarah-Jane Cross
Production Arts
Nick Peel
FEES:
Fees for the Summer Course (incorporating music, drama, production arts and art & design, based on each student's interests) are £365 per student, due before 1 August 2024. Places are confirmed when a deposit of £100 has been paid, with the balance of fees due before 1 August 2024.
Fees for the Art & Design module only (running Tue 6 – Thu 8 August inclusive) are £225 per student, due before 1 August. Places are confirmed when a deposit of £100 has been paid, with the balance of fees due before 1 August.
EARLY BIRD OFFERS:
Early Bird fees for the Summer Course (incorporating music, drama, production arts and art & design, based on each student's interests) are £299 per student, due before 1 May 2024.
Early Bird fees for the Art & Design module only (running Tue 6 – Thu 8 August inclusive) are £185 per student, due before 1 May 2024.
BURSARIES:
Bursaries are available so please let us know as soon as possible if you are interested in applying for a bursary. These are means-tested and will enable students to have some or all of their course fees paid for. Please refer to our finance and funding page for more information.
