2019 Summer camp information now available!

Mesa Community College again offers its popular summer camps for students entering K – 12. These affordable and sometimes free camps provide opportunities to have fun while learning about music, theatre, multimedia technologies and basketball. All camps are held on MCC’s Southern and Dobson Campus, 1833 W. Southern Ave., Mesa.

Free Summer Music Camp: Band, Jazz, Orchestra and ChoirGather Around

Directors Robert Hunter, Paul Brewer, Craig Peterson, Brian Murphy

(Grades 9 through senior vocalists or instrumentalists during Fall 2019) * see below
Dates: May 27 - June 6, 2019
Cost: Free with successful audition
Times: 9 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. weekdays; required concerts the evenings of June 8 and 9

Register: mesacc.edu/bandcamp
Information: 480-461-7575

Description: This extremely popular music camp features educators and professional musicians to nurture young talent in Mesa Community College’s impressive Performing Arts Center. Required concerts the evenings of June 8 and June 9. The MCC Summer Music Camp is tuition FREE.

The  2019 MCC High SchoScience in Action ol Band, Jazz, Strings and Vocal Music Camp will run from 9 am - 12:30 pm. Lunch will no longer be served on campus and students must make arrangements to be off site by 12:30 pm. Camp will be Tuesday - Friday week one and Monday - Friday week two.

Cost: Tuition FREE, students need to provide their own lunch. The MCC Summer Music Camp is Tuition FREE through the donations of MCC Performing Arts Center supporters, the college, faculty and staff.

* Eligibility: Open only to incoming 9th grade through high school senior students who are band, jazz, orchestral musicians or vocalists. Camp placement is limited based on instrumentation and enrollment. Students 9th grade and older will be held a spot with a successful audition and completed application packet.

Magic of Musical Theatre 

Director Sue Anne Lucius and Linsey Maxson

Description:  Young, budding Broadway stars can take to the stage in two summer camps at Mesa Community College’s Magic of Musical Theatre during June 2019. 

MMT Workshop IMusical Theatre

(Grades 5 through 12 during Fall 2019)
Dates: June 3 - 15, 2019
Cost:  $285
Times:  1:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Registration:  Alma Quiros at 480-461-7575
Information: Alma Quiros at 480-461-7575 

MMT Workshop II

(Grades 5 through 12 during Fall 2019)
Dates: June 17 - 28, 2019
Cost:  $285
Times:  1:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Registration:  Alma Quiros at 480-461-7575 
Information: Alma Quiros at 480-461-7575 Kids learning together

Magic of Music Kidz

Director Sue Anne Lucius and Linsey Maxson

Magic Music Kidz is a two-week musical theatre workshop for K–4th graders to explore singing techniques, choreographed movements and creative drama through Broadway tunes.

(Grades K through 4 during Fall 2019)
Dates: June 17 - 26, 2019
Cost:  $150
Times:  11 a.m. -12:50 p.m.

Registration:  Alma Quiros at 480-461-7575 
Information: Alma Quiros at 480-461-7575 

Multimedia Madness

Director Phil Waclawski
Note: class size limited and fills quicklySmart Kid

(Grades 6 through 8 during Fall 2019)
Dates: June 3 - 13, 2019
Cost: $199
Times: 8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Registration:  Registration information from the program director Phil Waclawski
Information: Phil Waslawski at phil.waclawski@mesacc.edu

Description:  Learn to be a wiz with photo editing and graphics creation for your best-ever Instagram memes. Plus, up your video, audio and animation skills. MMM Camp delivers fun, interactive instruction about computer graphics, photo editing, 3D modeling as well as basic video/audio editing and animation. Use popular, free, open-source software including Inkscape, Blender 3D, Gnu Image Manipulation Program, Krita, Audacity and LMMS.

 Kids App CampBuilding Fun

Director Michelle Traveler
Note: class size limited and fills quickly.

(Grades 6 through 8 during Fall 2019)
Dates: June 17 - 27, 2019
Cost: $199
Times: 8:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Registration:  Registration info directly from the program director:  Michelle Traveler 
Information: 480-461-7221 or michelle.traveler@mesacc.edu

Description: Learning to make apps can be exciting, empowering, and lucrative!  At AppMaker Camp, kids will have fun creating a basic app, learn how to program a robot using Swift code and find out what it takes to submit an app to the iTunes App Store.

Thunderbird Basketball Camp

Director Sherman Forbes and Coach William Young

Description: A skills-development basketball camp for boys and girls to increase abilities in the fundamentals of ball handling.

(Grades 6 through 9 during Fall 2019)
Dates: June 17 – 27, 2019
Cost:  $125
Times: 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

Registration Information:  480-461-7048 or sherman.forbes@mesacc.edu