tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68449849303531865202024-03-05T11:58:48.181-05:00Patel Conservatory: From the BlogWelcome to the official blog of the Patel Conservatory at the Straz Center in Tampa, FL.
The Patel Conservatory provides the finest performing arts training in an inspirational setting by giving students the tools to dream, reach, discover and create the performing arts; integrate them into everyday life; and contribute to the community.tishmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00201826244384917123noreply@blogger.comBlogger631125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844984930353186520.post-76838952275171793832015-09-29T11:31:00.000-04:002015-09-29T12:02:57.673-04:00Add drama to your Halloween costume with our make-up workshop
Want to add some ghoulish effects to your Halloween costume this
year? Join us for a fiendishly fun theater workshop at the Patel
Conservatory:
Stab
Wounds, Scars and Scares! Oh, My!
Sat., Oct. 24
10:30 a.m. to noon
Cost: $20
In this hands-on workshop, students are introduced to the basic
materials and skills needed to create a horror make-up look using household
items.
This tishmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00201826244384917123noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844984930353186520.post-86866778076572478992015-09-29T11:10:00.000-04:002015-09-29T12:52:52.801-04:00Spotlight on Tatiana TiptonTatiana Tipton quickly ran from TECO Theater’s
backstage through the Straz Center halls to Ferguson Hall’s backstage.
She had just performed in the Patel Conservatory’s end of summer music concert,
and had just a few minutes to change costumes and go on stage in the summer’s
Popular Dance Intensive Showcase.
Such is life for this eighth grader from Williams Middle School.
Between academics, tishmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00201826244384917123noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844984930353186520.post-64617129083242460502015-09-28T06:30:00.002-04:002015-09-28T06:30:40.218-04:00Aspiring musician works with seasoned pro in Rock School
Nadine Ramadan dreams of making it in a rock band. The 16-year-old junior from Steinbrenner High School is laying the groundwork and building her performance experience in the Patel Conservatory’s Rock School program.
“I really wanted to be in a band when I was about 13 years old,” said Nadine, who began singing when she was nine.
She had taken some voice lessons, but wanted the tishmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00201826244384917123noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844984930353186520.post-90889154778632036112015-09-27T21:45:00.003-04:002015-09-27T21:45:51.187-04:00Adult acting classes help students gain personal and professional skills
As a Straz Center employee for almost eight years, Leilani Smith had served in a variety of roles, from Ticket Sales agent to mailroom coordinator.
Over the course of her time at the Straz, she was familiar with our performing arts classes at the Patel Conservatory, but it wasn’t until last year that she finally mustered the courage to finally take the plunge and try one.
“I’ve always tishmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00201826244384917123noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844984930353186520.post-51979916207077690142015-09-03T15:02:00.000-04:002015-09-03T15:02:33.289-04:00Open dance classes at the Patel ConservatoryWe’re excited to start the new
season of Open Dance classes at the Patel Conservatory!
The Open Dance program is geared towards adults and teens, both newcomers
and experienced. Whether you want to get back into the studio, increase your fitness level, or try something new, Open Dance classes offer students the
opportunity to tap into their creative side in a fun and welcoming environment.
tishmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00201826244384917123noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844984930353186520.post-63420456319375386332015-08-28T08:34:00.002-04:002015-09-02T14:11:44.629-04:00New singing opportunities at the Patel Conservatory
The
Patel Conservatory has added new Vocal
Arts classes to our 2015/2016 music schedule.
We’ve
added more options to give students the best experience for their age and
experience level. With a variety of choirs and ensembles, beginner through
advanced students can experience the joys of singing while working with master
teachers to improve their skills.
“This is going to be a new and
tishmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00201826244384917123noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844984930353186520.post-89580581561880428062015-07-30T14:21:00.000-04:002015-08-07T12:53:31.922-04:00Open House for Patel Conservatory's 2015/2016 Season
If you've ever thought about
performing on stage, you're invited to attend an upcoming open house at the
Patel Conservatory at the Straz Center for the Performing Arts in downtown
Tampa!
The Patel Conservatory offers
classes in dance, theater and music for preschoolers through adults.
No matter your age or experience
level, we’ve got something for everyone.
Our fall session tishmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00201826244384917123noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844984930353186520.post-77954571562170071682015-07-29T14:18:00.000-04:002015-07-30T15:29:06.776-04:00Featured camp of the month: Popular Dance Intensive
Parker Espada in On the Edge
Many people recognize the Patel Conservatory for our exceptional ballet program. They may not know, however, that the Conservatory recently expanded our dance program by adding more classes and more flexibility for students wanting to study additional dance styles.
Led by Kelly King, a former Radio City Rockette for 12 years, the new Patel Conservatory Popular tishmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00201826244384917123noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844984930353186520.post-39984939799996282962015-07-28T14:00:00.002-04:002015-07-28T15:10:01.800-04:00Music auditions for Fall 2015The Patel
Conservatory Music Department will hold auditions for their 2015/2016 school year music ensembles.
Music Auditions
Tues., Aug. 18 from
5 to 8 p.m.
Sat., Aug. 29 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Auditions will be held for the following ensembles:
Chamber Ensembles (Instrumental), Grade 7-College
Adult Chamber Ensembles (Instrumental), Adult
Vocal Arts Choirstishmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00201826244384917123noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844984930353186520.post-30973332215259904472015-07-28T11:52:00.000-04:002015-07-28T13:23:11.548-04:00Free audition prep workshop Sept. 3The Patel Conservatory, at the Straz Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Tampa, offers acting classes for students from preschool through adult.
Auditions are right around the corner for the Conservatory's 2015/2016 theater productions School
House Rock Live! Jr.. (Grades 2 - 8) and Disney’s
101 Dalmatians Kids (Grades 2 - 4).
To help students get ready, the tishmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00201826244384917123noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844984930353186520.post-81045954455114061472015-07-23T19:24:00.002-04:002015-07-24T08:43:56.674-04:00Who keeps track of all those props in Shrek?From a spraying skunk to a
buck with horns that are torn off by Fiona, the prop masters for the Patel
Conservatory’s production of Shrek the
Musical have certainly had their work cut out for them. The many little
details that went into this show have helped make it such a huge success.
Avery Coonts, a summer theater
intern, shares his experience working on the show…
"As I pass the half-way tishmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00201826244384917123noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844984930353186520.post-17501491113718151842015-07-22T13:53:00.000-04:002015-07-23T08:25:35.529-04:00Get fit with our new Ballet Barre classWhen
a ballerina leaps and pirouettes across the stage, the audience is taken by her
grace and elegance.
Nestor Garcia
Yet,
what the audience doesn’t see is the hard work in the studio that goes into gaining the
strength, balance and fortitude to perfect those leaps and turns.
Want
to know what it takes to get a ballet body? Learn how to improve your strength and
flexibility, and get tishmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00201826244384917123noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844984930353186520.post-4093182935683596032015-06-26T16:55:00.001-04:002015-06-26T17:00:26.378-04:00Spotlight on Christian Meany as Shrek
For Christian Meany, the best part about being an actor is the opportunity to become someone new and different with every show.
“I get to completely change who I am every time, to be someone else and do something new,” said Christian.
That’s more true than ever with the current character he’s playing.
Christian takes on the larger than life and ever so green role of Shrek in Patel tishmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00201826244384917123noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844984930353186520.post-5136482088594586092015-06-26T08:37:00.001-04:002015-06-26T08:40:14.996-04:00Mamma Mia cast visits Shrek students
The cast of Mamma Mia!, front row, with students in PCT's Shrek the Musical
Special thanks to the cast of Mamma Mia! for visiting our students this week.
The cast of our Patel Conservatory Theater production of Shrek the Musical got to participate in a Q & A with members of the cast of Mamma Mia!, running this week at the Straz Center in Carol Morsani Hall.
Cast members chatted tishmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00201826244384917123noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844984930353186520.post-5371984881780740372015-06-23T17:03:00.000-04:002015-06-25T16:08:43.639-04:00Featured Camps of the Month: Showstoppers and Showstoppers, Jr.
This month, we highlight our Patel Conservatory Theater intensive, Showstoppers and, new this year, Showstoppers, Jr.
Showstoppers is a musical revue of popular Broadway favorites performed by advanced level theater students in our summer theater intensive of the same name. It’s been so well received the past couple of years that we’ve added even more fun to this summer’s line-up.
Due tishmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00201826244384917123noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844984930353186520.post-25066284419005777912015-06-15T13:27:00.002-04:002015-06-16T10:57:46.329-04:00Welcome to our summer theater interns
From left: Virginia, Avery, Collin and Chelsea
Welcome to our summer theater interns, who have come from far and wide to work with us on our theater camps and productions!
Patel Conservatory theater faculty recently attended the Southeastern Theatre Conference in Chattanooga , Tenn. and interviewed more than 40 candidates for our summer internship program. Candidates had extensive tishmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00201826244384917123noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844984930353186520.post-72940396864321108382015-05-28T14:30:00.003-04:002015-05-28T15:22:06.596-04:00Featured Camp of the Month: Pint-Sized Percussion
This month, we feature a new music camp: Pint-Sized Percussion.
New to the Patel Conservatory's schedule this summer, Pint-Sized Percussion is a great way for first through fifth graders to make some noise while learning about the percussion family of instruments.
Due to popular demand, we've recently added another week of the Pint-Sized Percussion camp! (The first week is sold out.)
tishmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00201826244384917123noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844984930353186520.post-8010705427163510642015-05-22T12:37:00.001-04:002015-05-22T13:07:43.905-04:00Spotlight on Kayda and Thia Sandefur
Kayda and Thia Sandefur could certainly pass for twins. With similar short, bob haircuts and only a year and a half age difference, the two sisters from St. Petersburg are often seen together on Patel Conservatory stages in our theater productions.
In their first Conservatory show, they were even double cast in the same role as Alice in Alice and Wonderland, Jr. Since then, they each have tishmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00201826244384917123noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844984930353186520.post-81373701404542979822015-05-11T14:05:00.000-04:002015-05-27T10:23:49.518-04:00Patel Conservatory's Summer Open House
The Patel Conservatory
will have an open house for all new and prospective parents and students interested in our summer camps and classes.
Located at the David A. Jr. Center for the Performing Arts, the Conservatory offers performing arts camps and classes in dance, theater and music. Whether you want to sing, dance, act or play an instrument, we have classes for all ages and skill tishmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00201826244384917123noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844984930353186520.post-83940572959838813072015-04-28T14:51:00.001-04:002015-05-01T15:56:42.951-04:00Spotlight on the Fontanini familyJay and Marissa
Fontanini have been bringing their kids to dance classes at the Patel Conservatory for almost three years.
Jay and Marissa say that, in addition to
learning how to plié and tendu, their kids are learning
lifelong skills like confidence and discipline through their positive experiences
in the performing arts.
“Our children may
not admit it, but without a doubt, whattishmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00201826244384917123noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844984930353186520.post-43302071839553528722015-04-28T14:43:00.001-04:002015-04-28T15:16:20.387-04:00End of Year Celebration for all Conservatory families
Have you been in a Patel Conservatory class this year? Then you're invited to our biggest cast party of the year!
Patel Conservatory's
End of the Year Celebration
Saturday, May 16
Student showcase at 7 p.m.
Dinner in lobby of Morsani Hall at 8 p.m.
All Patel Conservatory students and families are
invited to celebrate another year of classes, performances, competitions,
friendshipstishmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00201826244384917123noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844984930353186520.post-90175399511612189242015-04-27T14:29:00.001-04:002015-04-27T14:29:19.885-04:00Why arts education matters (we couldn't have said it better ourselves)Re-posted from the Straz Center blog, posted on 4.7.15.
We started to write a blog about why arts education matters, but we found we couldn't have said better than Tony Award winner Judith Light in her blog for the National Endowment
for the Arts, “Why Arts
Education Matters”.
Light echoes why
the Straz Center and Patel Conservatory work so hard to create and maintain community
tishmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00201826244384917123noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844984930353186520.post-45864041487137245442015-04-24T17:04:00.000-04:002015-05-28T13:29:33.763-04:00Discounts available for select music camps
The Patel Conservatory is offering discounts for select music camps this summer. Check out these combo deals when you register for two or more music camps!
Young Children’s Music Combo
Sign up for three of our young children’s music camps and save $100!
Get your little ones started on a path towards lifelong music appreciation with a solid foundation in music education.
Children’s tishmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00201826244384917123noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844984930353186520.post-45993695108477998372015-04-24T16:02:00.000-04:002015-04-24T16:50:38.480-04:00Featured camp of the month: Musical Theater
This
month, we highlight our most popular camp, Musical Theater.
Does your child love to act out different characters, sing along to their favorite shows and dance their hearts out around the living room?Harness that energy and budding love of the arts in one of the Patel Conservatory's musical theater camps!
In our musical theater camps, students explore music, dance and theatertishmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00201826244384917123noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844984930353186520.post-68696293362087794522015-04-21T18:55:00.001-04:002015-04-22T12:30:01.943-04:00Spotlight on Catherine ChapmanWhen Catherine Chapman first joined the Patel Conservatory’s vocal arts
program, she had no idea that she would learn so much.
“I originally added the choir class for something to put on my resume. I wanted to go to college for music, but I realized my resume wasn’t
that long,” said
Catherine.
Catherine, 18, began her music journey with piano lessons when she was
just five years old. In tishmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00201826244384917123noreply@blogger.com0