Arts-X-press is a summer arts immersion program for 7th and 8th grade students created by the Pacific Symphony in celebration of Cole Carsan St.Clair. 150 students are nominated by teachers throughout Orange County to come together for 5 days of creative exploration each summer. The program has two goals: 1) To expose students to all 5 performing and visual arts; and 2) To foster respect for and interest in each student’s individuality, talents, interests, and background.

Tuesday, July 18, 2017

Hey, AXP Families!
   
The campers, counselors and staff have all been having so much fun here at Arts-X-Press over these past few days. Last night, we went on an excursion to go see the Pacific Symphony play in the park! Cool, right? That's just the gist of it!

The campers were visited by a very special guest-- Carl St. Clair, the conductor of The Pacific Symphony, as well as the founder of Arts-X-Press. The campers were all given the opportunity to engage in conversations with him about why music and art is so important to artists everywhere. The campers even got to watch as Carl St. Clair conduct the orchestra on stage and do a little hands-on conducting as well! Arts-X-Press got fancy seating, VIP up in front. Listening to live music from well known scores like Superman and E.T., the Pacific Symphony played an amazing concert for the kids and everyone else there to enjoy the Symphony in the City.

After talking to the campers and learning what they thought of the excursion, they all seemed very inspired by the talent portrayed by the professionals on the stage. There were guest performers that night, two of which were female violin players performing a duet, both around the same age as the campers here with us. Experiencing music and various forms of art out in the public and within daily life, it helped the campers realize that art is something that sticks with us and follows us everywhere. Going into an environment where the expectation is to watch a symphony perform, many of the students admitted that they expected the excursion to be boring. However, many found themselves engaged during the concert, singing along to songs they might know, dancing to beats formerly unknown, helping the conductor conduct; all new experiences the majority of the campers had yet to experience and will now be happy to come home to you all and share their stories!

Although we're all so excited to come home, camp is flying by much too fast. There's still so many memories to make and much more stories to take home and share. The campers can't wait to see their families at Parent Presentation!

-- Your favorite AXP Counselors
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