Summer at the Conservatory
Young Musicians
June 22 – August 12, 2023 (8 weeks)
Tuition for YM classes: $208
YM 1
Thursday | 10:00-10:35 am | Weed
Saturday | 10:30-11:05 am | Weed
YM 2
Saturday | 11:15-11:50 am | Weed
YM 3
Friday | 10:00-10:45 am | Alonso
Saturday | 9:00-9:45 am | Alonso
Saturday | 9:30-10:15 am | Weed
YM 4
Saturday | 10:00-10:45 am | Alonso
Session 1: July 8 | Session 2: July 15 | Session 3: July 22
Saturdays: 12:00 – 12:45 pm
Instructor: Dr. Yuri Inoo
Tuition: $32 each session
Students build instruments using household items, recycling materials, and found objects to create their own beats. This class is an opportunity for students to improve their rhythmic skills while having fun. Age 4 – 6.
June 24 – August 12
Saturdays: 10:00 – 10:45 am or 11:00 – 11:45 am
Instructor: Sherry Luchette
Tuition: $208
Jazz Kittens includes singing, movement, instruments, and storytelling with Sherry Luchette, author of The Flying Jazz Kittens. She introduces students to swing time, blues form, and great jazz music from all eras.
Age 5 – 8. No prior experience required.
July 10 – 14
Monday – Friday: 5:30 – 6:30 pm
Instructor: Dr. Yuri Inoo
Tuition: $130
Join Dr. Yuri Inoo’s rhythmic jam! Wake up your inner desire to bang and groove with friends. Students learn to improve time, rhythm, and ensemble-playing skills while drumming on buckets of all sizes. No prior drum experience required. Age 7 – 10.
Camps & Workshops
June 11 – 18
Sunday – Sunday: 10:30 am – 5:00 pm
Director: Aimée Kreston
Tuition: $850
For advanced students, PCM’s Chamber Music Intensive is led by Chamber Music Department Chair, Aimée Kreston, and joined by other nationally recognized coaches and teachers. The week includes daily coachings, rehearsals, guest artist recitals, master classes, lectures, and more.
Age 11+. Please contact the PCM office at music@pasadenaconservatory.org or 626.683.3355 for more information. Audition required.
June 12 – 23
Monday – Friday: 2:00 – 6:00 pm
Director: Dr. Ray Briggs
Tuition: $800
This two-week course develops foundations of jazz improvisation, theory, and history. Students enrolled in the workshop study with some of L.A.’s great jazz teachers, gain a comprehensive knowledge of jazz traditions, participate in daily master classes, learn to play pieces by jazz masters, and perform in an end-of-workshop concert.
Age 12+. All instruments welcome, no previous jazz experience required.
Session 1: June 19 – June 23 | Session 2: June 26 – 30
Monday – Friday: 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Instructors: Dr. Nic Gerpe, Dr. Alexander Zhu
Tuition: $360
At PCM’s Summer Piano Duet Camp, young pianists ages 10-18 are paired with other students their age and level to learn piano duet repertoire. Students learn critical musicianship skills such as ensemble playing and collaborative music making, ear-training and music theory, piano literature and music history. Each day consists of duet coachings, individual instruction, structured practice time, and musical enrichment classes.
June 26 – June 30
Monday – Friday: 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Instructors: Natalie Brejcha, Brandon Encinas
Tuition: $275
A fun week of exploring styles, genres, technology, and improvisation with string instruments.
For violin/viola students level 1+
July 10 – 14
Monday – Thursday: 10:00 am – 3:00 pm
Instructor: Dr. Yuri Inoo, Clarice Cast, and Stevie Ray Hernandez
Tuition: $500
Our summer percussion intensive is designed for intermediate to advanced high school students. In this 5-day clinic, students participate in master classes on concert, Latin, and Brazilian percussion, and an ensemble led by PCM’s percussion faculty Clarice Cast, Stevie Ray Hernandez, and Dr. Yuri Inoo.
July 17 – 27
Monday – Thursday: 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
Instructor: Mariné Ter-Kazaryan
Tuition: $640
Ooh La La! Sign up and learn how to sing in French, improve your French diction, brush up your IPA, and learn beautiful French mélodies for a fun final performance! Having fun while learning is guaranteed!
July 24 – 28
Monday – Friday: 1:30 – 3:30 pm
Instructor: Natalie Brejcha, Brandon Encinas
Tuition: $240
String Ensemble is a chamber music experience under the PCM Suzuki department, aimed towards students whose intention is to build and develop the skills necessary to work in a high level string ensemble program. Audition required.
Audition required.
July 31 – August 4
Monday – Friday: 3:00 – 5:30 pm
Instructor: Laura Stoutenborough, Micah Wright
Tuition: $360
PCM’s Clarinet Camp focuses on fundamentals, including breathing, embouchure, and articulation. Led by PCM faculty Laura Stoutenborough and Micah Wright, the camp features a master class with guest artist Burt Hara from the L.A. Philharmonic and covers reed-work, practice tools, and intonation. All students will play in a clarinet choir. Ages 12+.
Youth Ensembles
Schedule TBD by ensemble and instructor
Director: Dr. Brian Barany
Tuition: $280
Students are placed in guitar duos, trios, or quartets based on skill level and preference. Groups receive 8, one-hour coaching sessions, a master class, and perform in a final concert.
Please contact the PCM office at music@pasadenaconservatory.org or 626.683.3355 for more information. Audition required.
July 5 – 26
Schedule TBD by ensemble and instructor
Instructor: Danny Janklow
Tuition: $200
Students participate in jazz combos composed of rhythm sections (i.e. piano, guitar, drum set, and percussion) and various wind instruments. Students of all instruments may apply. Literature for each group may be an assortment of standard jazz repertoire as well as arrangements and original compositions.
Age 12+. At least two years of previous instrumental study required.
Youth Theory Courses
June 13 – August 22
Tuesdays*: 5:00 – 5:30 pm
Instructor: Renee Gilormini
Tuition: $200
Music Theory Prep is for young students who are just starting lessons and not yet proficient at reading music. Topics include: treble and bass clefs, time signatures, rhythm, notation, and an introduction to famous composers. Age 9+.
*no class on July 4
June 13 – July 25
Tuesdays*: 5:30 – 6:00 pm
Instructor: Renee Gilormini
Tuition: $120
This course is designed for students who have taken theory at PCM. It reviews concepts learned in previous classes to prepare students for the fall. This class is for students who have completed Theory Prep through Level 2.
*no class on July 4
Intergenerational Classes
June 24 – August 12
Saturdays: 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Instructor: Crystal Jasso
Tuition: $200
Family Ukulele provides a multigenerational space to come together and learn the ukulele. Students learn basic chords and rhythms, 5 strumming patterns, simple songs and even some novice improvisational skills that can lead to your own jam sessions at home!
Adult and youth ages 7+. Students must bring their own Ukulele.
June 24 – August 12
Saturdays: 1:00 – 2:00 pm
Instructor: Sharon Weed
Tuition: $200
Students learn accordion basics, techniques, and simple tunes.
Adult and youth ages 12+. Students must bring their own accordion.
June 6 – June 27
Tuesdays: 6:00 – 7:30 pm
Instructors: Sarah Bauza, Gustavo Hernandez, and Maira Solis
Tuition: $100
Students learn to play and sing mariachi standards in an ensemble setting. This includes learning songs and instrumental tunes from all over Mexico and Latin America.
Adult and youth ages 12+.
Adult Ensembles
June 17 – August 12
Saturdays: 12:00 – 1:30 pm
Instructor: Sherry Luchette
Tuition: $300
Students learn to play jazz and blues standards in an ensemble setting. Through guided listening, students learn about melody, arrangements, chords, scales, and jazz improvisation.
Please contact the PCM office at music@pasadenaconservatory.org or 626.683.3355 for more information.
June 21 – August 9
Wednesdays: 7:00 – 8:30 pm
Instructor: Dr. Bryan Fasola
Tuition: $300
This is a performance-oriented ensemble for adult amateurs. The ensemble studies and performs original and arranged works for guitar orchestra, with two to four instruments per part, and is led by a conductor. Admittance is by audition.
Please contact the PCM office at music@pasadenaconservatory.org or 626.683.3355 for more information.
June 22 – August 10
Thursdays: 4:30 – 6:00 pm
Instructor: Erika Walczak
Tuition: $300
Students acquire ensemble chops while learning just enough about music theory, history, ear training, and healthy practice habits to support their development as a whole musician.
June 19 – August 12
Schedule TBD by ensemble and instructor
Lower Strings Instructor: Simone Vitucci
Tuition: $300
For adults new to cello/bass (lower strings) or violin/viola (upper strings), this class focuses on fundamentals: tone production, intonation, reading and playing in an ensemble setting.
June 19 – August 12
Schedule TBD by ensemble and instructor
Upper Strings Instructor: Erika Walczak
Tuition: $300
For adults new to cello/bass (lower strings) or violin/viola (upper strings), this class focuses on fundamentals: tone production, intonation, reading and playing in an ensemble setting.