Ursuline Performing Arts Collective (UPAC)

 

 

 

UPAC is a rigorous, pre-professional after-school program offering high school students a scope and sequence of training in the performing arts. Our program is committed to providing a space for young artists to explore their creative potential within a framework of encouragement, and artistic excellence.  UPAC is dedicated to preparing students for GSA, community theatre and post-secondary education.  We believe in  developing the next generation of performing artists and audiences. We are equally committed to nurturing a generation of artists with character. 
We believe that what we do (orthopraxy) should reflect what we believe (orthodoxy) and that art can be a redemptive gift to culture.  

Instruction: Six hours/week for 32 weeks (Students excused for tech week for school shows)
Tuesday, Wednesday, & Thursday from 4:30-6:30 PM beginning August 13, 2024
Tuition: $1200/year with monthly tuition payment plans available

**50% discount for Sacred Heart Academy students
Limited scholarships available for community students with financial need.

 

This track offers high school students of all levels, from the newest beginner to the most advanced, opportunities to explore their creative potential within a nurturing yet disciplined environment. This comprehensive program inspires students to take risks and embrace their creativity, grow in their faith, and share their talents. The program is designed as a sequential four-year training program in triple threat musical theatre  with core classes and electives.

 

YEAR ONE REQUIREMENTS 2024-2025

• Foundations of Musical Theatre Dance 

• Foundations of Vocal Production /Musical Theatre musicianship

• Foundations of Acting - Voice/Diction, vocalization, Characterization

• Foundations of the Artist calling (1x/month)

 

YEAR TWO REQUIREMENTS 2025-2026

• Musical Theatre Dance II(Tap, Jazz)

• Musical Theatre Vocal Solos/Song Interpretation (private voice encouraged)

• Acting II  - monologue, stage combat and movement, method, script work

• The Art of the Business (1x/month)

 

YEAR THREE REQUIREMENTS 2026-2027

• Advanced Acting

• Musical Theatre Dance III (modern styles, Hip Hop)

• Exploring vocal duets and ensembles

• Students who plan to audition for College Programs begin Mentorship/Individual Coaching (building your audition book, Headshots, choosing audition vocal pieces and monologues, dance solos, how to interview  colleges/conservatories) 

• Elective offering (improvisation, dialects, piano, ballet, private voice)

 

YEAR FOUR REQUIREMENTS 2027-2028

• Mentorship/Individual Coaching

•Students choose up to 4 electives

 

Musical Theatre Electives

Tap   -   Jazz   -   Modern/Mask work   -   Stage Makeup   -   Basic Stagecraft   -   Puppetry  
Dialects   -   Costume design and creation   -   Stage Management   -   Playwriting        

 

At the end of each year, students of all levels perform in a Cabaret Performance
showcasing the work that they have done in the previous year. 

 

 

 

This track is designed as a college preparatory program focused on vocal performance.  It is designed for all levels of study and is available to all students regardless of ability or proficiency. This comprehensive program inspires students to take risks and embrace their creativity, grow in their faith, and share their talents. Modeled after well-established national collegiate vocal-arts programs, the voice curriculum is balanced between performance-focused classes and academic music courses. Students also benefit from the knowledge, experience, and high level of education of our faculty.

 

YEAR ONE REQUIREMENTS 2024-2025

• Intro to Music Theory/Musicianship & Ear-training I (Fall Semester)

• Music Theory/Musicianship & Ear-training II (Spring Semester)

• Voice Class/Diction I

• Applied Study (Private Lessons)

• Piano Class

• Foundations of the Artist calling (1x/month)

 

YEAR TWO REQUIREMENTS 2025-2026

• Music Theory/Musicianship & Ear-training III (Fall Semester)

• Music Theory/Musicianship & Ear-training IV (Spring Semester)

• Diction II/Song Interpretation

• Applied Study (Private Lessons)

• Students may choose 1 elective

• The Art of the Business (1x/month)

 

YEAR THREE REQUIREMENTS 2026-2027

• Diction III/Song Literature

• Concert Hour

• Applied Study/Ensemble

• Students who plan to audition for college programs would begin

• Mentorship OR

• Students may choose 2 electives

 

YEAR FOUR REQUIREMENTS 2027-2028

• Concert Hour

• Applied Study/Ensemble

• Mentorship - Continuation

• Students may choose up to 3 electives

 

Vocal Music Electives

Vocal Jazz   -   Opera Scenes   -  Composition

Piano   -   Musical Theatre Songs

 

At the end of each year, students of all levels perform in a Cabaret Performance
showcasing the work that they have done in the previous year. 

 

 

 

Tuition: $150

 

Intro to UPAC classes will be offered on Monday afternoons from 3:00-4:15 and will be focused on enrichment for acting, singing and dancing. It is open to all students in the community, homeschool, public school and other private school students. 

 

Each week students will have opportunities to explore growth in 

• Musical Theatre Dance

• Vocal production

• Acting 

 

In addition to regular in-person classes, Intro students will get master classes with other UPAC students from upper grades.  This is a great introduction to UPAC and will build skills that can be applied within their school musicals or community theatre opportunities.