P E A B O D Y P R E PA R AT O R Y S U M M ER 2 012 C A M P S The Peabody Preparatory’s summer session of music and dance instruction for all ages begins June . Individual instruction and group classes are offered at the Preparatory’s campuses in downtown Baltimore, Towson and Annapolis. BALTIMORE June -July Summer Dance -Week Intensive for female and male ballet students of all levels ages to young adults and advanced pointe students July - Peabody Classical Singer Workshop for high school and college classical singers August - Dance Refresher Intensive for mid-level to advanced ballet students TOWSON July - Harp Ensemble Camp for all intermediate to advanced harp students July -August Chamber Camp for string players in grades - August - Camp Allegro for string players using Suzuki Books -
Campers learn how to create video games.
Written By Laura Laing Photographed By David Stuck
Landon Spitzer was only two years old when he fell in love with computers. “He knew how to turn the computer on and that it was booting up,” his mother Barri Spitzer remembers. That was just the beginning. When he visited The Park School for the first time at age six, he saw an announcement for a summer video game creation camp. “He wanted to do this camp very badly, but he had to be eight years old,” his mother says. Two
years later, Landon was finally able to attend the camp last summer. “It was worth the wait. He had the best time!” Geared to kids who love computers and video games, the Video Game Creation Camp and Scratch Animation Camp are produced by Mike Borchelt and his Spring, Texas-based company, Active Learning Service. “We provide intellectually stimulating summer and after-school activities for children,” he explains. Each summer, his team sets up day
ANNAPOLIS July - Camp for Singers for middle and high school students Peabody Children’s Chorus – Auditions Scheduling Appointments now for June
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