Arts Story Time: South Shore Conservatory opens its doors for free trial classes

To kick off their next eight-week session of arts programming at Laura’s Center for the Arts (LCA), South Shore Conservatory (SSC) presents Arts Exploration Week, an open studio program offering free music, dance and drama classes.  ARTS Exploration Week runs from November 2 to November 7, at 97 Mill Street in Hanover.

This new collaboration between SSC and South Shore YMCA began in September, with SSC taking charge of  LCA’s programming; offering a combination of group classes, lessons, creative arts therapies programs, performances, and community events during this first year of partnership.  In offering ARTS Exploration Week, SSC hopes to raise awareness of the new location, and bring people together to meet SSC teachers, and participate in fun activities before enrolling in classes.

Early childhood classes offered include Music Together®, joyful music-making for children, ages zero to four, with a caretaker; Hip Hop, for children ages seven and up, Get Messy and Little Artists, a visual art program for children one to five; Ballet, for children two to four;  Discovering Drama, for ages four to six; and Let’s Put on a Show for ages six to twelve.

SSC’s Creative Arts Therapies department offers Singing with Parkinson’s, a chorus for individuals with Parkinson’s disease and their care partner, and  SSC Community Voices, Too!, a chorus for adults with developmental delays and  mentor singers.

Here is the ARTS Exploration Week schedule:

Saturday, November 2

Arts Story Time, 9-11 am

(an interactive story time featuring live ballet dancers, art activities and more!)

Monday, November 4

Music Together, 10:30 am

Tuesday, November 5

Music Together, 10:30 am

Hip Hop, 4 pm

Wednesday, November 6

Little Artists/Get Messy, 10:30 am

Singing with Parkinson’s, 1-2:30 pm
SSC Community Voices Too!, 7-8 pm

Thursday, November 7

Ballet 10:30 am

Discovering Drama 4 pm

Let’s Put on a Show 5 pm

The next session of eight-week programs starts November 11 at Laura’s Center for the Arts.

Other programs coming up in November include Jazz and Blues with Anthony Geraci which is part of SSC’s Coffee Break Concert Series, a free performance underwritten by Diane and Gary Glick, and part of SSC’s Jazz/Rock/Pop Series.  Jazz and Blues with Anthony Geraci is Wednesday, November 13 at 11 am.  Jazz master Anthony Geraci will play blues piano as only he can, sprinkling in tales from his time on the road with other jazz greats.

On Thursday, November 21, from 12:30 – 2:30 pm, SSC’s Creative Arts Therapies presents SSC Memory Café, a program for individuals with memory loss and their care partners to come together in a safe and supportive environment, and participate in activities designed for cognitive awareness, explore educational topics, and join in the creative arts.  This free program is funded by the Middleton Family.

For more information on Arts Exploration Week or other South Shore Conservatory programs, contact Su D\’Ambrosio, Director of Education, at s.dambrosio@sscmusic.org, 781-749-7565 x15 or visit https://sscmusic.org/.