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GarageBand for Beginners
Make Your First Track
Create a first complete track using loops, virtual instruments, beats, chords, and simple effects.
Final project: Finished original track
What you need: Mac or iPad with GarageBand
Summer 2027
Creative Music Labs
Live Online • Small Groups • Real Projects • Finished Music
Live online summer intensives for creative kids and teens who want to write songs, produce tracks, compose for film or games, and grow through real projects in a small group.
Dates, tuition, and final schedules will be announced in early 2027.
Choose Your Creative Lab
Each image below reflects the feel of the lab itself: live online, age-appropriate, small-group, and project-based.
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Logic Pro Intensive
Produce & Mix
Develop an existing idea through MIDI, audio editing, arrangement, effects, automation, and mixing.
Final project: Completed production or mix
What you need: Mac with Logic Pro; prior DAW experience
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Write. Create. Express.
Songwriting Lab
Turn an idea into a song through lyrics, melody, chords, structure, hooks, and creative revision.
Final project: Original song and simple demo
What you need: Computer or tablet; instrument optional
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Film Scoring Intensive
Score the Scene
Compose for a fixed film scene using emotion, timing, motifs, hit points, and musical storytelling.
Final project: Short film scene with original music
What you need: Mac; software requirements announced before enrollment
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Music for Video Games
Build a Game Soundtrack
Create loops, musical layers, transitions, stingers, and contrasting exploration and action cues.
Final project: Small interactive-style soundtrack
What you need: Mac or iPad with GarageBand or Logic Pro
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Explore. Play. Improvise.
Introduction to Jazz Piano
Discover seventh chords, lead sheets, swing, blues, shell voicings, and beginning improvisation.
Final project: Jazz standard and improvised blues
What you need: Piano or 88-key digital piano
Age ranges are planning guidelines. Final groups will be formed according to age, experience, enrollment, and schedule compatibility.
How It Works
A focused week, a manageable group, and a clear finished project.
Choose a Lab
Select one program or express interest in several possible sessions.
Meet Live Online
Learn in a small group with demonstrations, feedback, and guided work time.
Create During the Week
Develop a real track, song, score, soundtrack, or performance project.
Keep the Finished Work
Complete the week with music the student can save, share, and continue developing.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is joining the interest list the same as registering?
No. The interest list does not reserve a place and no deposit is collected. It gives your family early access to dates, tuition, and priority registration when enrollment opens.
How long will each program last?
The current plan is one live online intensive lasting one week. Exact daily times and total instructional hours will be announced with the Summer 2027 schedule.
Can a student join more than one lab?
Yes. Each lab is designed as an independent experience. Families may choose one session or register for several, depending on the final schedule and availability.
Will every listed lab definitely run?
Programs will be confirmed based on interest, student readiness, compatible ages, and minimum enrollment. Joining the interest list helps determine which sessions should be scheduled.