Summer Camps at SPS

REGISTER FOR JAM CAMP HERE.

Time: 90 min rehearsals are scheduled based on availability of students, but your 90 min slot will be anywhere from 8am-6pm. $400.

Instructor(s): Nic Davies and Guest.

Overview of camp:
The 5-day jam camp is an awesome and fun opportunity for kids of all ages to form a rock band and perform on stage in a professional venue with awesome lights and sound! All ages and skill levels are welcome, from absolute beginners to face-melting shredders!

Kids are carefully grouped by age, level, instrument type, music taste and interests in groups no larger than 5-6 to ensure a quality experience and individual attention. 

Placement in a band is not guaranteed (we wouldn't put a 1st grader in a band with 8th graders, etc.), but it is very likely!

Groups will come up with their own name, pick songs to cover together and rehearse for 90 minutes a day for 5 days and at the end of the program they perform at a local venue with professional lighting, sound and photography for their friends and family!

Amps, guitars, keyboards, drums and mics are supplied and can be used on site but students are encouraged to bring and use their own instruments if they can.

REGISTER FOR BALANCED ARTIST CAMP 1 HERE.

Theatre, Music, Visual Art, Physical Theater. 
Instructors: Clayton Pearce, Nic Davies, Guest instructors. Ages: Rising 1st-Rising 9th
9am - 3pm. $400/week.

Students will immerse themselves in a week of art in multiple disciplines. While this camp is available for ages 7-15, students will be grouped by age to receive instruction appropriately scaled to their skills in the areas of music, visual arts, improvisational theatre, and more. Seven Peaks’ own Clayton Pearce and Nic Davies will be teaching at this camp, and guest instructors include Portland’s Dane Eisenbart, an accomplished artist and illustrator of the children’s book “I Love You Monster."

Additionally, Amanda Boekelhide has confirmed she will co-teach Balanced Artist camps 1&2! 

Currently working in Brooklyn, Amanda's educational background includes a BA in theatre from Pitzer College in LA & Marymount College in London, then continued study in physical theatre at L'ecole de Mime Corporeal Dramatique. She earned an MFA in Acting from Columbia University, studied on grants in China, Poland, & Indonesia, & had the fortune to reside at the International House, Green Gulch, & Hall Farm.

As one of the founding members of Liminal Performance Group, She taught & performed for several decades in PDX, winning awards for movement & ensemble acting. She enjoys continued involvement with Liminal and other groups’ projects, & often returns to the west coast to perform or consult.

In 2019, the press Scientists & Poets published Eugene & Company, her first collection of poems. Subsequent books Moving Darker, & Bending were published in 2020.

This camp is all about building skills and process without the pressure of a final performance to end the week.

There will be no camp on Tuesday, July 4th in observance of American Independence Day and the cost of camp has been adjusted accordingly.

REGISTER FOR ARTIST CAMP 2 HERE.

Theatre. Design. Physical Theatre, and Visual Art. 
Instructors: Clayton Pearce, Tori Nickles, Guest instructors. Ages: Rising 1st-Rising 9th. 9am - 3pm. $320.

Students will immerse themselves in a week of art in multiple disciplines. While this camp is available for ages 7-15, students will be grouped by age to receive instruction appropriately scaled to their skills in the areas of design, visual arts, improvisational theatre, and more. Seven Peaks’ own Clayton Pearce and Tori Nickels will be teaching at this camp, and Guest instructors include Dane Eisenbart, accomplished artist and illustrator of the children’s book “I Love You Monster."

This camp is all about building skills and process without the pressure of a final performance to end the week. 

REGISTER FOR FINDING YOUR CREATIVE VOICE  HERE.
Devised Theater. Instructors: Clayton Pearce, and Guest teachers.
9am - 3pm. $500.

For students exiting 5th grade and above looking to challenge themselves and create new work, students of InFocus camp will choose between two areas. Two separate groups will collaborate with guest instructor, Adrienne Flagg, and Seven Peaks’ own Clayton Pearce to devise a new piece of original theatre. This powerful experience will allow students to have a voice and help to teach them how to use it and create their own work in the future. Adrienne and Clayton have previously collaborated to create the award winning play 'Note to Self' as well as the new play 'Change Order' that debuted with a reading during 2020’s Fertile Ground Festival in Portland. Students will perform their work at the end of the week for friends and family.

IMPROV LEVEL UP  HERE.

Longform Improv. 
Instructors: Clayton Pearce, and Guest Teachers.
9am - 3pm. $450.

Students will focus on long form improvisation, learning skills to help them execute an improvised play from scratch and performing at the end of the week. 

REGISTER FOR JAM CAMP 2 HERE.
August 23 - August 27th (Wednesday through Sunday)

Ages: 1st - 8th. $400.
See Jam Camp 1 details.

Instructors: Nic Davies and Guest: Josh Margolis.