Roseville Area Schools Community Education

Entering Grades 7 & 8 Keeping kids excited about playing their instrument is the goal of the Advanced Music Camps. Students make music in a fun environment keeping old friends and making new ones in a setting that only music provides. Students entering seventh and eighth grades are ready for more challenging music. This camp prepares students with lessons and rehearsals combined with the right balance of playing, theory enrichment, and recreation. Every year, the audiences are amazed at the ability of these young players to perform at such a high caliber. “These ensembles proudly give polished performances that are truly memorable.”

Entering Grades 7 & 8 Keeping kids exited about playing their instrument is the goal of the Advanced Music Camps. Students make music in a fun environment keeping old friends and making new ones in a setting that only music provides. Students entering seventh and eighth grades are ready for more challenging music. This camp prepares students with lessons and rehearsals combined with the right balance of playing, theory enrichment, and recreation. Every year, the audiences are amazed at the ability of these young players to perform at such a high caliber. “These ensembles proudly give polished performances that are truly memorable.”

Get your passports ready for our journey around the world through art! Each day we’ll travel to and learn about a new country, new artists, and new art forms. We’ll travel the world without ever leaving Minnesota!

Journey to a place of curiosity and imagination! Create a clay teacup and a mad hatter hat for our own artsy tea party! For all you artists out there who are willing to be silly and just a bit mad, mad-hatter that is! This wonderland of art camp will encompass a wide variety of art mediums including clay, painting and sculpture. Meet me down the rabbit hole!Art Teacher: Teri Eiswald

Carnage the Executioner will be coming to RAMS to perform original beatboxing and hip hop music! Previously a youth counselor, and now an entertainer, Carnage performs nationally and at schools to tie his two passions together, instruction and performance! Participants will get the chance to enjoy a show and get a beatboxing lesson. 

It's time to get your hands dirty! Take the potter's wheel for a spin, or dive into three-dimensional sculptures! You will develop your imagination, learn how to incorporate texture, use ceramic tools, and walk away with great pieces of work.

Join us as we spend the day celebrating the real life heroes in our community! From firefighters to teachers we will be learning all about what is is like to be a community hero!

Design, sew, and create your very own mermaid tail blanket in this four day camp! Each camper will learn how to use a pattern and some basic sewing skills. No sewing experience required!

Have you ever dreamed of becoming an artist? A famous chef? Or even an actor? Join us as we explore what it means to be a creative artist!

With four days to plan and create, the goal of this camp is to build one personal wooden project to take home. Please come the first day with an idea of a small item which you would like to make for your room or house. We will spend one day drawing up blueprints and plans for the project and the next three building our masterpiece! Be sure to bring measurements of your idea if necessary.

Learn, explore and participate in the art of West African Drumming. West African culture is rich with rituals, symbols, and history and will be experienced through rhythmic opportunities. This performance includes traditional stories and spirituals transformed into contemporary music, dance, and unique storytelling experiences.

Art has long been used as an expression of empowerment for individuals and the community! In this week long camp we will use our art skills to explore ourselves and express who we are through "I am" collages, meditation bracelets, and a mural! Join us for a week of creating and connecting.

Have you ever dreamed of a magical place where everything is peaceful, tiny, and filled with fairies and butterflies? Join us as we make our very own fairy gardens. Personalize your garden with themed decorations, greenery, and figurines.

Entering Grade 6 If you had an opportunity to hear our Summer Concert, you would leave saying, "Summer Music Camp is a great place for my child."What the kids learn and accomplish in three weeks spells nothing but fun and success! Success comes from the day to day workout in sectionals and rehearsals. Fun comes from playing great music plus the opportunity to do so with old and new friends.Every summer, all of the students "glow" as they take in the standing ovation for a performance well done.

Entering Grades 5 & 6If you had an opportunity to hear our Summer Concert, you would leave saying, "Summer Music Camp is a great place for my child."What the kids learn and accomplish in three weeks spells nothing but fun and success! Success comes from the day to day workout in sectionals and rehearsals. Fun comes from playing great music plus the opportunity to do so with old and new friends.Every summer, all of the students "glow" as they take in the standing ovation for a performance well done.

What do mac and cheese, aquamarine and pink flamingo have in common? They are just a few of the hundreds of colors in the world. We will spend the week mixing, creating, and exploring colors. Throughout the week different art techniques and mediums will be used to create bold, colorful artwork to take home.

The Minnesota SunShine Dance Group specializes in Hmong, Thai, and Chinese dances. Join us for an amazing performance of Asian music, dance, and costumes. Come enjoy the beauty of Asian dance.

Let’s get slimey! What's better than getting messy creating ooey, gooey projects! We will make galaxy slime, saline slime, flubber, and fluffy slime.

Learn how to make a variety of different puppets from around the world. We will make a new puppet each week and learn how to use them. This party is bound to be both fun and educational.

Grades 9-12 and alumniSummer Band Camp is for students who play flute, clarinet, oboe, bassoon, bass clarinet, saxophone, French horn, trumpet, trombone, euphonium (baritone), tuba, or percussion. This program is for high school students who are entering ninth grade up through high school seniors. Roseville alumni may also register.Band Camp is an enrichment experience in which we will rehearse and perform a variety of popular and concert music at a level equivalent to RAHS Concert or Varsity Bands. There will be an evening concert at RAHS.Students must have instructor approval, music reading ability, and high school level performing ability on their instrument. For prior approval contact Pat Moriarty at pat.moriarty@isd623.org or call 651 604-1487.

Grades 7-12 Summer Jazz Camp is for students who play the trumpet, trombone, saxophone, piano, guitar, string bass, electric bass, or drums (10-12 grade percussion students must play drum set or mallets). Jazz Camp is an enrichment program designed to help students develop skills in jazz performance, interpretation and improvisation. Students will learn performance skills in a broad range of styles including swing, rock, jazz, and Latin. Students must have instructor approval and music reading ability and need to enroll in the grade level which they are entering. All classes will be held in the High School Orchestra Room for prior approval, call Pat Moriarty at 651/604.1487