Vassar | Infosite Welcome to the Office of Summer Programs and Special Events at Vassar College! Every summer Vassar hosts about twenty summer programs and corporate conferences – everything from chamber music to events at the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, to the Summer Institute for the Gifted, to great theater, and children's sports camps.
Vassar is host of many Summer Programs including sports camps. Select from the following links:
In addition to the programs listed below, which are open to the general public, Vassar hosts corporate and professional conferences and meetings. If you are interested in exploring the Vassar campus as the site for your next meeting or conference, email our professional planners for information about facilities, housing options, meeting spaces, amenities, and recreational activities.
June 19 - August 2, 2009
Visit http://powerhouse.vassar.edu
For information email Powerhouse.
Dedicated since 1985 to the development of exciting new work and the training of young talent, the Powerhouse works with both established and nascent artists to present vibrant, highly anticipated world premieres. Works produced in the summer season often appear on stages in New York and in regional theaters throughout the US and the world.
http://www.vassar.edu/summer/sports.html
For more information email Antonia Sweet
or call (845) 437-5904.
Our day sports camps include a coed basketball camp and two sessions of a coed soccer camp. Residential camps include a coed swim camp, an elite girls soccer academy, a girls-only competitive field hockey camp, a coed epee fencing camp, and a coed squash camp. Email Antonia Sweet or call (845) 437-5904.
Click to see Summer 2009 schedule.
http://www.vassar.edu/summer/music.html
For additional information, call the Office of Summer Programs and Special Events at (845) 437-5900.
Faculty and guests of the Vassar College Department of Music will present the 14th annual summer series in Mary Anna Fox Martel Recital Hall, Skinner Hall of Music on the Vassar Campus. For additional information, call the Office of Summer Programs and Special Events at (845) 437-5900. Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodations should contact Cathy Jennings, Office of Campus Activities, (845) 437-5370, as far in advance as possible to request appropriate and reasonable accommodations. Without sufficient notice, appropriate space and/or assistance may not be available.
July 13 - August 2, 2009
Visit http://www.giftedstudy.com
For more information email sig.info@giftedstudy.com.
A three-week residential, co-educational program for academically talented students, this enriching summer experience is for high-aptitude students in grades four through eleven. The program blends a strong academic component, an opportunity for cultural exposure and social growth, and traditional recreational summer camp activities. For more information about the program’s history, criteria, and application process visit their website at http://www.cgp-sig.com or email them at info@cgp-sig.com.
June 21 - July 17, 2009
Visit iD Tech Camps at Vassar College for information on programs.
For more information call (888) 709-8324.
iD Tech Camps offers weeklong day and overnight summer technology programs for ages 7-17 at 60 prestigious universities including Vassar College. Students create 2D and 3D video games, experience game modding with Unreal Engine 3, improve gaming skills with the Gaming Athletes course, design websites with Flash animations, film and edit digital movies, learn programming, and more. With one computer per student and an average of six students per staff, campers are given the attention they need to excel, and take home a project at the end of the weeklong course. Special Teen programs ages 13-18 include: iD Gaming Academy, iD Film Academy, and iD Programming Academy. Visit www.internaldrive.com for more information and specials.
Session date to be determined
Visit http://www.cappellafestiva.org
For more information call (845) 437-5552.
Open to both boys and girls, the Cappella Festiva Summer Choral Festival is designed to uniquely educate and enrich motivated young singers by providing opportunities for the study and singing of diverse treble choral repertoire. Each day will consist of full choir and sectional rehearsals, small group sight reading, and theory instruction. Supplementary activities may include sports, movement, dance, swimming, private voice instruction, drumming and performances by guest musicians. The Festival is directed by Susan Bialek, music teacher and Director of Choruses at Dutchess Day School, and Christine Howlett, Director of Choral Activities at Vassar College. For more information call (845) 437-5552, or visit http://www.cappellafestiva.org.