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The CMC Atlanta Performance Workshop provides middle and high school students and recent graduates the opportunity to dig into music making with peers and faculty. Students can perform just about any style of music, including classical, jazz, rock or American roots, hip hop and more. The Workshop is open to both singers and instrumentalists, and individual students have the opportunity to rotate between different roles in the ad hoc and standing ensembles we create in the Performance Workshop.
The Performance Workshops is open to students grades 6-8 and 9-12 year round. During the school year, the Performance Workshop students attend weekly small ensemble rehearsals and group classes; during the months of June and July, when school is out, we offer week-long Performance Workshop Summer Sessions at CMC Little 5 Points and at our Druid Hills/Brookhaven Atlanta Music High campus. Middle and high school students can attend full or half days, depending on family needs and student interest.
During the month of June only, we also offer another option-- we continue the Saturday sessions that go on year round in Little 5 Points, with the goal of prepping all students for the July 1 SHOWCASE.
In addition to rehearsals and group classes, we encourage students in the Performance Workshop to take private lessons with us. During the Summer Sessions, private instruction is automatically included, but during the school year, students must opt in or opt out of Studio Lessons. Time spent one-on-one in Studio Lessons with a private teacher supports workshop participation, but we understand some students are attached to a teacher who is not affiliated with CMC Atlanta, and so lessons with us are not a requirement for Performance Workshop enrollment.
Performance Workshop training, rehearsals, classes and lessons prepare students for informal performance for peers and parents at our local Centers, but we also prepare and support CMC Atlanta students in public performances at a variety of local professional venues and on stage in high profile festivals. Our students have performed at Variety Playhouse (pictured above), 7 Stages Theatre, Twains, the Wrecking Bar, the World of Coca-Cola, and they have participated in the L5P Halloween Festival, the Atlanta Dogwood Festival, the Inman Park Festival, Tunes from the Tombs, the Decatur Business Association Breakfast with Santa, the Dunwoody Arts Festival, and more. Of course, not all students are quite ready for the public stage when they first join the Performance Workshop, but we have a step by step approach to supporting our students as they work their way to hitting the big stage, confidently prepared, with faculty and peers.
We design and run our Performance Workshop using the same values, goals, and principles that have made our programs popular with parents and students alike:
Best of all, our Performance Workshops are staffed by our professional team of expert faculty and camp counselors, and tuition is very reasonably priced.
All CMC Atlanta programs emphasize the development of essential foundational musical skills and concepts. This allows beginners and relatively inexperienced players and performers to jump in and to start building skills for self expression right away. Because of the calibre and dedication of our faculty, and also because year after year we attract very talented students headed to music schools across the country, we are also situated to support students who are at the preprofessional level of musical development.
During the school year, students jump into performances as their facility determines readiness. In order to prepare and participate in the Summer Showcase, we require most students to attend for at least two consecutive week-long Sessions, either half or full day. Students who attend early in the summer are also required to purchase and return on a two or three Day Passes the week of the show (in order to brush up tunes). The day passes can be either full day ($60) or half day ($45).
During the Summer Sessions, parents and students sometimes ask, "Can I enroll for one week only?" Our answer is a qualified "yes." A student can enroll for a single week, but the one week enrollment choice will likely not be enough time for the student to join the Showcase-- he or she will engage in some meaningful process, but not participate in the final outcome. Occassionally, an experienced student will attend only a single week of the Workshop, but still auditions and is given permission to perform (at the discretion of faculty). Logically, one week attendance means the student participates with less material to present than peers who attend two full weeks or more.
You can read about the inaugural summer event on our website here, or you can see it posted on Variety's site. Even better, check out a featured video clip from a past Summer Performance Workshop
The Performance Workshop is designed for students grades 6-8 and 9-12. We divide students by age and skill, so we welcome beginners and more advanced students alike. We also support students who perform classical, jazz, rock, roots, hip hop and more.
The Summer Performance Workshop meets at CMC Little 5 Points in June and CMC Decatur in July. Summer 202 Showcases will be at CMC Decatur.
During the school year (August-May), Performance Workshop meets in Little 5 Points and Dunwoody on Saturdays from 10:30 to 1:30.
Performance Workshop is also offered at Atlanta Music High School on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday afternoons from 2:45 until 6:30. Students can join workshop rehearsals from 1-3 weekday afternoons per week. This option is particularly convenient for Rivers Academy high school students who want to take lessons and also play in a small chamber ensemble, rock band or jazz combo.
The Performance Workshop Summer Sessions begin Jun 13 and run for six weeks until late July. The first three weeks will be @ CMC L5P. After a week off (the week of July 4), the second three weeks will meet @ CMC Decatur. Full Day is from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm. Students can arrive as early as 8:00 am, and stay until 6:00 pm, if family schedules/logistics require. Half Day from 9:00 am to noon is also available. Half Day drop off begins as early as 8:00 am and pick up by 12:30 pm. To see specific summer activities by week and location, please consult our Workshop Calendar below.
Summer 2022 we are also offering June Saturday Sessions in Little 5 Points for students who want to attend weekend rehearsals instead of or in addition to weekday sessions. Please note: there will be NO Saturday Sessions in July.
Summer 2022: the Summer Performance Workshop Showcases will be Friday July 1 and July 29 @CMC Decatur.
At CMC Decatur and Little 5 Points, the monthly installments for Performance Workshop rehearsal attendance one day per week:
Students are encouraged, but not always required, to take private Studio Lessons when enrolled in the Performance Workshop. If a student opts out of private lessons (for example, if the student is taking private lessons from someone other than a CMC Atlanta faculty member), but still wishes to participate in Performance Workshop, tuition is $145 per monthly installment.
Please note: students who wish to join the Performance Workshop but not take lessons are required to pass an audition/placement interview to enroll.
CMC Brookhaven Performance Workshop meets Tuesday-Thursday. The Workshop is open from 2:45 until 6:30, although students may leave before 6:30. Fees are, as follows:
Please note: fees for CMC Brookhaven Performance Workshop include 30-minute private lessons. There will be an added surcharge for students who enroll in weekly private lessons 45- or 60-minutes in duration.
Middle School students who enroll in AMP often participate in the Performance Workshop, if ready. For Middle School students who enroll in AMP, the monthly fee, which includes all AMP activities plus Performance Workshop. If you're interested in AMP for Middle School student, please see details under Middle School Progams>AMP
Summer Performance Workshop tuition for grade 6-8 and 9-12 is $450 per week for full day attendance, 9:00 am to 4:00 pm. Tuition is $325 per week for half day attendance (mornings only). Workshop Summer Session tuition includes private lessons, group classes and ensemble performance.
We offer an incredible discount for students who attend three or more Summer Session weeks. Third and fourth weeks are $200 each week for full day attendance, and $150 each week for half day.
Extended day is FREE for full day enrollees, and provides for drop off by 8:00 am and pick up by 6:00 pm.
Day Passes (required for students who attend early in the summer but then return for the Showcase in July) are $80 full day, $50 half day.
For students who attend Saturday Sessions in Little 5 only, the tuition is $275 for the month of June. Saturday students may be expected to attned extra rehearsals the final week of the Workshop if they plan to perform on the Showcase @7 Stages. These extra rehearsals will be billed at the Day Pass rate.
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