South of Broadway

Summer in the City

Program Description

The New York Residency:

SITC is a month long residency in NYC where the participants reside at The Juilliard School, working with and meeting world class mentors such as: violinist, Joshua Bell, internationally acclaimed concert pianists, Seymour Lipkin, Lang, Lang, and jazz great, Marcus Roberts. Broadway stars Leah Hocking ("Hairspray", 'Mamma Mia"), "Mary Poppins" leads: Megan Osterhaus (Mary) and Dan Jenkins (Mr. Banks), and Broadway's newest hit: "Legally Blonde" Choreographer/Director, Jerry Mitchell. Individual programs of intensive study is designed for each participant in his/her specific discipline as well as a variety of group seminars and workshops. They also attend many performances on Broadway, at the New York Philharmonic, American Ballet Theatre, and the Metropolitan Opera.

The Charleston segment (throughout the school year):
"Summer in the City, Back to Charleston!"

brings pro bono workshops and classes to the public school districts (coordinated through each county's "Fine Arts Coordinators.") These are conducted by SITC's world class mentors who travel to Charleston for workshops and classes. This part of the program reached around 200 youth in the low country our first year. In the current 07/08 school year we expect the program to grow by about 50%.

Summer in the City

Objective

A life-altering month long artistic residency in New York City for emerging South Carolina artists. The 2008 residency dates are June 8 through July 6. See below for audition information for the 2008 Summer in the City.

Summer in the City: an "arts as discipline" program to provide emerging South Carolina talent the same opportunities afforded their contemporaries residing in major metropolitan areas. Thereby fostering competitive standards for South Carolina youth through the study of and exposure to world class artistic achievement.

This project will foster a network of personal contacts with internationally recognized educators and artists for South Carolina's emerging young artists, and will acquaint them with the disciplinary, physical and scholastic demands of World Class Excellence.

Summer in the City continues in the vein of the more than forty years of research beginning with Manuel Barkan's (Ohio State University) movement of "arts as discipline" during the 1960's, which provided stimulus for J. Paul Getty's second phase during the 1980's and finally the third movement: "Transforming Education Through the Arts Challenge" (TETAC) during the 1990's.

Summer in the City will challenge and inspire South Carolina's youth to broaden the horizons of individual potential, and instill the discipline required for a career in the arts, or equally; a productive and rewarding life.

"Art is humanity's most essential, most universal language. It is not a frill but a necessary part of communication. The quality of civilization can be measured through its music, dance, drama, architecture, visual art and literature. We must give our children knowledge and understanding of civilization's most profound works."

Were held January 5 and 6. Thank you to all who auditioned this year.

Auditions for the SITC 2009 will be held in January 2009

For the list of selectees for 2008 click here. 

Summer in the City

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