Spectrum Creative Arts

Fall Classes Begin
2020-09-14 | NY

Indigenous Peoples Day (Spectrum Closed)
2020-10-12 | NY

Spooktacular Virtual Recital: Section I
2020-10-20 18:00 - 19:00 UTC | Zoom

Spooktacular Virtual Recital: Section II
2020-10-27 18:00 - 19:00 | Zoom

Veteran's Day (Spectrum Closed)
2020-11-11 | NY

Thanksgiving Break (Spectrum Closed)
2020-11-25 - 2020-11-28 | NY

Winter Class Registration Opens
2020-11-30 | NY

Light a Candle Virtual Recital and Holiday Sing-A-Long
2020-12-15 18:00 - 19:00 | Zoom

Holiday Break (Spectrum Closed)
2020-12-21 - 2021-01-02 | NY

Winter Classes Begin
2021-01-11 | NY

4th of July (Observed) - Spectrum Closed
2021-07-05 | Spectrum Creative Arts, 3300 Monroe Avenue, Rochester, NY, 14618, United States

Feel Your Beat
2021-07-06 10:00 - 10:45 | Spectrum Creative Arts, 3300 Monroe Avenue, Rochester, NY, 14618, United States
Through this class, students will explore music with individualized experiences in addition to group collaboration. Students will create music in the moment, pre-compose their ideas, and gain broader understanding of the musical elements they hear and create. Students can expect socialization opportunities through choice-making, sharing their preferred music, collaborating on music-making experiences, and supporting each other when performing. This class lends well to a variety of student abilities, and can be individualized based on group enrollment.
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Keyboard Choir
2021-07-06 16:00 - 16:45 | Spectrum Creative Arts, 3300 Monroe Avenue, Rochester, NY, 14618, United States
Get ready to share music on your in-home keyboard with other players! This interactive class includes activities to strengthen your music skills while exploring new concepts on the keys. We will explore popular music, create original songs, and even do some film scoring!

Participants must have a digital keyboard, piano, or keyboard app at home to participate. All levels are welcome. You do not need to read notated music, but it is recommended that you are enrolled in a private music session to support the keyboarding experiences.

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Find Your Flow
2021-07-07 10:00 - 10:45 | Spectrum Creative Arts, 3300 Monroe Avenue, Rochester, NY, 14618, United States
This class will incorporate yoga, dance, and creative movement to provide students with an opportunity for growth in body awareness. Because of the collaborative nature of these classes, students can expect to work together to contribute ideas and collectively create sequences of movement. By the end of the semester, students will have a greater understanding of specific dance steps, yoga poses, flow of movement, and their comfort-levels in relation to movement.
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Join Your Friends
2021-07-08 10:00 - 10:45 | Spectrum Creative Arts, 3300 Monroe Avenue, Rochester, NY, 14618, United States
This social group offers students opportunities to connect with one another from home and interact through engaging and creative social experiences. With the support of instructors through music and social games, students will be able to practice social skills together, including greetings, conversations, and active listening. Students will gain an understanding of skills such as social distancing or wearing a mask through creative and engaging experiences like song stories and role-playing.

Screen & Script
2021-07-08 16:00 - 16:45 | Spectrum Creative Arts, 3300 Monroe Avenue, Rochester, NY, 14618, United States
The stage and screen come together in this virtual drama class. Each week the actors will be guided through a variety of drama games to unlock short scripts and mini-musicals. Every student will have lines to contribute to the storytelling, and will join in on the choreographed musical numbers. Our favorite creation will be recorded and shared with families to watch at home.

Group Guitar
2021-07-09 16:00 - 16:45 | Spectrum Creative Arts, 3300 Monroe Avenue, Rochester, NY, 14618, United States
Guitar and string players welcome! Whether you are just beginning, know a few chords, or can solo on a melody, this interactive class will have students come together as part of a virtual ensemble using string instruments. We will explore our music skills through popular music, improvisation, and songwriting all within the social setting of a guitar and string ensemble.
Participants must have access to a string instrument (guitar, bass, ukulele, violin, etc) at home and must be able to have the instrument tuned prior to each class. It is recommended that they are able to turn their Zoom sound on and off throughout the class, or have a helper to assist. All levels are welcome, including standard and adapted instrument tunings.

Good Vibes Choir
2021-07-09 16:00 - 16:45 | Spectrum Creative Arts, 3300 Monroe Avenue, Rochester, NY, 14618, United States
This choir is all about joining together with peers and singing songs that make you feel GOOD! Sing along with 1-2 of your peers at a time as you learn new songs and create your own dance moves and lyrics. You can help create your own part and join in with confidence. Your voice will be heard!

Share Your Voice
2021-07-12 10:00 - 10:45 | Spectrum Creative Arts, 3300 Monroe Avenue, Rochester, NY, 14618, United States
This class will incorporate a variety of student interests including drawing, painting, journaling, storytelling, and poetry. Each week, students will be presented with creative prompts to work on collaborative group projects at home using their favorite materials. Students will be given opportunities to make choices to express their ideas related to each week’s topic, such as choosing and drawing a favorite costume for a short story about a costume party, or creating a mad libs poem as a group for each student to illustrate and share with their classmates. Whether students prefer paper and pencil, paints, or a tablet, students will contribute to group projects by making choices and creating illustrations to share. Projects will be inclusive of all students’ communication styles and artistic preferences with guided prompts as needed to create and share with one another’s collections of art, poetry, and short stories.
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Upbeat Social
2021-07-12 16:00 - 16:45 | Spectrum Creative Arts, 3300 Monroe Avenue, Rochester, NY, 14618, United States
This group is all about making a positive connection even when we are socially isolated. Join our virtual community as we explore music, games, and new ways to chat and connect. Students will have opportunities to share ideas and collaborate with each other on musical projects and activities to bring us all together.
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Summer Ensemble
2021-07-12 17:30 - 18:15 | Spectrum Creative Arts, 3300 Monroe Avenue, Rochester, NY, 14618, United States
This new ensemble is focused on welcoming both new and returning performers back to in-person group rehearsals. Participating players will have the opportunity to work as a group to design a fully-inclusive performing ensemble, working collaboratively to choose the name, design the logo, choose repertoire, and rehearse with the goal of developing 1-2 pieces to be performed at the final summer class showcase.
This group is open to both instrumentalists and vocalists. Previous members of Crossroads and Chrome are encouraged to join! It is recommended that students also be enrolled in individual sessions to support rehearsal of ensemble material.
Note: This group will be rehearsing in a space that will accommodate 6 ft. social distancing between players. In alignment with our updated safety guidelines, vaccinated students may rehearse unmasked. Unvaccinated participants will be required to mask at all times.
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Fall Class Registration Opens
2021-07-26 | Spectrum Creative Arts, 3300 Monroe Avenue, Rochester, NY, 14618, United States

Student Showcase @ Homesteads for Hope
2021-08-26 17:00 - 19:00 | Homesteads for Hope, 2185 Manitou Rd, Rochester, NY, 14606, United States
We are delighted to welcome our students and families back to our first in-person student showcase since March 2020.
We’ll be hosting this event outdoors at Homesteads for Hope, a community farm that offers agriculture and nature-based programming for adults with developmental disabilities.
Attendees are encouraged to bring lawn chairs and/or blankets to the event.
In an effort to accommodate all of our interested performers, we have broken the showcase into two sections – the first from 5:00 – 6:00, and the second from 6:00 – 7:00. There will be a brief break between each section. Students and audience members are welcome to stay for both sections, or leave during the break.

Professional Development Day - No Sessions or Classes
2021-09-01 | Spectrum Creative Arts, 3300 Monroe Avenue, Rochester, NY, 14618, United States

Labor Day - Spectrum Closed
2021-09-06 | Spectrum Creative Arts, 3300 Monroe Avenue, Rochester, NY, 14618, United States

Indigenous Peoples Day - Spectrum Closed
2021-10-11 | Spectrum Creative Arts, 3300 Monroe Avenue, Rochester, NY, 14618, United States

Veteran's Day - Spectrum Closed
2021-11-11 | Spectrum Creative Arts, 3300 Monroe Avenue, Rochester, NY, 14618, United States

Thanksgiving Break - Spectrum Closed
2021-11-24 - 2021-11-27 | Spectrum Creative Arts, 3300 Monroe Avenue, Rochester, NY, 14618, United States

Holiday Break - Spectrum Closed
2021-12-20 - 2022-01-02 | Spectrum Creative Arts, 3300 Monroe Avenue, Rochester, NY, 14618, United States

CANCELLED- Light a Candle Recital and Art Exhibit
2022-01-21 18:00 - 19:00 | St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, 28 Lincoln Avenue, Pittsford, NY, 14534, United States
Join us for our first in-person event since January 2020!
This year, our “Light a Candle” event will feature music and artwork around the the theme of “light, hope, and peace for the New Year.
We hope you’ll join us in-person or watch on our Facebook Livestream!
Performer Guidelines
Masking: Masks must be worn by performers and attendees for the duration of the event, regardless of vaccination status.
Guests: Performers may choose to bring up to two guests to the live performance.
Live-Streaming: The event will be live-streamed on the Spectrum Creative Arts Facebook page for any audience members that may not be able to attend in-person.
