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Happy Holidays from Fairmont State University. The University is closed from 4 p.m. Friday, December 20 through Thursday, January 2. Fairmont State will reopen on Friday, January 3.

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Fall 2024 Course Descriptions Impact

Fall 2024 Course Descriptions

Private lessons in music, acting, and dance are all available for ages 5-adult! See registration form for more info.

Mini Maestros in Motion” Baby & Me Class

Let’s go, go ,GO! Mini Maestros in Motion is a weekly music and movement class for babies aged 6 weeks to 2 years old. Through themed sessions, we will learn how we move through the world using engaging activities with Ms. Lizzie. Nurture your child's senses and give them all the ways to move their bodies and stay in motion! Join us for a harmonious journey of bonding, learning, and joy through the enchanting world of music and movement.

  • Instructor: Elizabeth Wotring-Nelson
  • Dates: Sept 30-Nov 18, 2024
  • Time: 4:30 – 5:15pm
  • Tuition: $130 (+$20 materials fee paid directly to instructor)
  • Ages: 6 weeks to 2 years old and caregiver


Magic and Myths: Acting for Tweens

Learn to create and perform larger-than-life characters using classic stories and fairytales! Students will collaborate to bring timeless tales to the stage while focusing on developing unique characters and the creation of a story and working together as a team.

  • Ages: 3rd-6th Grade
  • October 9-November 13
  • Wednesdays 5:30-6:25 p.m.
  • Instructor- Kiersten White
  • $150

Acting for Teens

Students will create original characters and interpret characters from their favorite plays and musicals through monologues and scene work.

  • Ages: 7th-12th Grade
  • Wednesdays 6:30 - 7:25 p.m. October 9-November 13
  • Instructor- Kiersten White 
  • $150

Audition Lab

Perfect for both new and experienced actors, students will learn how to manage audition nerves, build confidence, and prepare monologues (and songs for those interested) for future auditions. Each class features mock scenarios to practice various types of auditions. Participation does not require any commitment to upcoming auditions—just come to build your skills and gain valuable experience!

  • Ages: 6th-12th Grade
  • Wednesday 7:30 - 8:30 p.m. October 9-November 13
  • $150
  • Instructor Kiersten White

Dream Role Character Study

(For the Experienced Young Actor)

Have you longed for an excuse to play your dream role? This workshop style class will allow you to learn more about the process of studying, creating and transforming into a character in a fun and supportive atmosphere! The students will finish the class by performing a monologue, scene and song in their beloved dream role, alongside their fellow actors! 

This class is catered to our more experienced young actors- those that have at least a couple shows or characters under their belt, and know a bit about their dream role character already! 

Open to motivated actors in 4th-12th grade

  • Monday evenings, 6-8pm
  • Session 1 begins Sept. 9
  • Session 2 begins Oct. 14
  • $175
  • Instructor- Desiree Sowards

All That Jazz

(A beginner to intermediate jazz class geared toward the musical theatre performer)

Let’s jazz it up a bit and dance our way through the history of jazz in America! We will move our bodies from early 1900’s African influences to all the styles and forms jazz has taken until our more modern renditions. We will use Broadway shows to help us on our way such as Ragtime, The Great Gatsby, Thoroughly Modern Millie, West Side Story, and The Greatest Showman. With a musical theatre emphasis, this dance class is about so much more than the moves! You are a story-teller first, a dancer second. This class will mold a more well-rounded performer for their next show experience! Showcase performed at the end of term! 

  • Ages: 3rd-12th grade 
  • Tuesdays 6-7:30
  • A 9-week class beginning Sept 10
  • $250
  • Instructor- Desiree Sowards 

'Aesop said What?’

An introduction acting class and workshop. We’ll explore some of Aesop’s famous fables and translate them into mini scripts for a final performance at the end of the term.  

  • Grades 1st-4th
  • Wednesdays 5pm-5:55pm 
  • 8 weeks starting September 18th
  • $200.00
  • Instructor- Christian Cox 

Team Kid Prov Improv Rehearsal Workshops

*This is only for students on the improv team. 
  • Saturday September 28th 2-4pm 
  • Saturday October 12th 2-4pm 
  • Saturday October 26th 2-4pm
  • $150.00

Let’s Act! 

Learn basic acting warm ups and techniques as well as what it takes to put on a show.   Over the course students will learn how to best approach acting through various methods that work for them.  A small skit/show will be presented at the end of the term.

  • Thursdays 5-5:55pm
  • 8 week class, starts the week of September 19th
  • 3rd-8th grades 
  • $200
  • instructor- Christian Cox

Oscillations Winter Guard

Oscillations Winter Guard offers a dynamic and engaging indoor color guard experience, focusing on developing intermediate performance skills in a supportive and creative environment. Open to individuals ages 11-22, this program emphasizes precision, teamwork, and artistic expression through flag, rifle, and sabre work, as well as dance and choreography. Participants will refine their technical abilities, learn new routines, and perform in exhibition settings. Auditions begin in September, with rehearsals starting in October. Join us to take your color guard skills to the next level while building lasting friendships and confidence.

  • Ages 11-22 
  •  Community-Based Indoor Color Guard
  • $210
  • Day and Time TBD 
  • Instructor- Johnathan Richards

Squish, Roll, Coil: Hand-Built Ceramic Flowerpots for Beginners

Over this 5-week course, Squish, Roll, Coil will teach students the basic skills of constructing vessels out of clay by hand. We will focus on coiling clay techniques to create functional flowerpots and drip saucers for each student to take home at the end of the course. Together, we will turn students’ inspirations into reality through artistic skill building, creative problem solving, and sculptural expression through the process of building ceramics by hand. 

  • $200 per student 
  • 5 weeks, 5:30- 7:30pm M
  • Course dates: Sept 30 - Oct 28
  • 5 student minimum/ 10 student maximum
  • 4th-8th graders 
  • Instructor- Angelica Starcovic

Clay Collaboration: Pottery 

Wheel Nesting Bowls for Parents + Students

A beginner's introduction to the pottery wheel, Clay Collaboration invites parents and their students to experiencethe process of wheel thrown ceramics together! Using the basic form of the bowl, we will explore using the wheel to create a set of nesting bowls using various amounts of clay. This course will build basic pottery skills through spatial problem solving, abstract thinking, and the mind/ body connection associated with using a potter’s wheel.

  • Oct1st - Oct 29th
  • 5 weeks, Tuesdays, 5:30- 7:30pm
  • 5 student minimum/ 10 student maximum 4th-8th graders
  • $150 per person
  • Instructor- Angelica Starcovic

Make Your Place: Ceramic Dinnerware 

Make Your Place is an intermediate wheel throwing workshop where students will design and create a unique dinnerware place setting on the potter’s wheel. By the end of the course, students will take home a functional set of waresincluding a dinner plate, a soup bowl, a salad bowl, a mug, and a saucer. Though the difficulty level is intermediate, any experience level is welcome! This course will introduce and build on the technical process of making utilitarian, wheel thrown ceramics. 

  • 9th graders-adults
  • Sept 21st - Oct 19th
  • 5 weeks, Saturdays 10:00am- 12:00pm 5 student minimum/ 10 student maximum$300 per student
  • Instructor- Angelica Starcovic