CCPA offers a range of event days, institutes, and camps that are designed for high school and college-aged students, current CCPA students, and post-grad musicians.
Course Date (ARTL 360-10): May 26-August 6, 2026
Instructor: Staff
Recommended Cohort: CCPA Undergraduate students only
Earned Credit Hours: 3
Course Description: This course complements off-site internship work for a performing arts organization with self-reflection, discussion, assessment, and further exploration of work experiences beyond those found in curricula. Assignments and discussions will contextualize the role of the individual within an arts organization, heighten the student’s understanding of the industry and structures, and provide tools for self-reflection and professional development.
Students may register for 1 to 3 credits. The student is responsible for securing an internship position with an organization, with approval of the position organization and work site approved by the instructor. Traditionally, a minimum of 5 hours per week with the organization is required, and credit hours from 0 to 6 will be set based on the internship type and volume of work required.
Course Date (MUS 240-98): June 8-12, 2026
Course Format: Online (no set meeting time)
Instructor: Staff
Recommended Cohort: °µÍø½ûÇøÆƽâ°æ undergraduate students (non-music majors) seeking to fulfill a humanities elective, fine arts elective, performing arts elective, and/or experiential learning requirement
Earned Credit Hours: 3
Course Description: During this five-day intensive course, students will examine and reimagine the relationship of space and the performing arts through five questions, one of which frames each of our days. These questions will bring to light the different ways music defines space and space defines music. Students will use listening as a means of analyzing experiences and heightening awareness of relationships and interactions, calling attention to the sonic facets of socioeconomic, political, cultural, and racialized spaces.
Course Date (ARTM 450-01): June 15-19, 2026
Course Format: Face-to-Face
Instructor: Rudy Marcozzi
Recommended Cohort: ARTM majors only. Meets concurrently with ARTM 455.
Earned Credit Hours: 3
Course Description: Students will balance art, money, programming, adventure, and risk with attracting and maintaining an audience and developing a healthy relationship between management and performing artists. The course will also integrate artistic department with the rest of the organization (i.e., the care and feeding of artists; developing an artistic philosophy).
Course Date (THAR 193-98): June 30-August 3, 2026
Course Format: Online (no set meeting time)
Instructor: Jim Iorio
Recommended Cohort: All college students (part-time or full-time)
Earned Credit Hours: 3
Course Description: Course fulfills humanities general education requirement. Students will explore the process by which theatre is made and gain an understanding of the ability to evaluate the contributions of all the various collaborators in any performance event. With access to °µÍø½ûÇøÆƽâ°æ's Digital Theatre subscription, students will view and discuss performances of leading theatre practitioners from around the world.
Course Date:
Instrumental Collaboration Workshop: June 15–19, 2026 | 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
PianoForte Performance: June 20, 2026
°µÍø½ûÇøÆƽâ°æ Ganz Hall Performance: June 21, 2026 | 7:30 p.m.
Make Music Chicago Performance: June 22, 2026
Course Format: Face-to-Face
Instructors:
Winston Choi
Adam Neiman
Kuang-Hao Huang
Guest Artist (to be announced)
Recommended Cohort: CCPA Master’s in Collaborative Piano students, CCPA Fall 2026 admitted students, and CCPA advanced undergraduates and pipeline high school juniors considering collaborative piano study.
Course Description: In partnership with the North Shore Chamber Music Festival, students will collaborate with CCPA faculty, students, and guest artists on core repertory (violin-piano sonatas, cello-piano works, chamber music), building real-world skills in rehearsal technique, communication, and performance leadership. Students will also experience daily coaching with assigned instrumentalists; score-study and rehearsal-planning workshops; sight-reading & communication lab; CUT.ADJUST.PLAY rehearsal-editing experience; faculty roundtables and mock auditions; and a final June 21 public performance in Ganz Hall.
Tuition: $850
Admission Requirements:
Course Date: June 22–July 30, 2026
Course Format: Two-year, summer degree program; in-person on Chicago Campus
Instructor: Theatre Conservatory professors and working professionals
Recommended Cohort: Graduate Students
Course Description: °µÍø½ûÇøÆƽâ°æ’s Interdisciplinary Conservatory offers a Master of Arts in Theatre Directing, a graduate program tailored for early-career directors and theatre educators. This 18-month program is offered over two intensive six-week summer residencies and one asynchronous online course during the fall semester. Throughout the program, student-directors work closely with theatre professionals and educators from Chicago and beyond, gaining hands-on experience and industry insight.
For more details on the admission process and program standards, visit the Master's in Theatre Directing program page.
Course Date (THAR 401-01): June 22-August 1, 2026
Course Format: Face-to-Face
Instructor: Jim Iorio
Recommended Cohort: Master’s in Theatre Directing fast-track students only
Earned Credit Hours: 3-4
Course Description: Students will study set, sound, and costume design for the stage with a focus on analysis, practical application, theatre safety, innovative techniques, materials, and the latest technologies.
Course Date (THAR 411-01): June 22-August 1, 2026
Course Format: Face-to-Face
Instructor: Jim Iorio
Recommended Cohort: Master’s in Theatre Directing fast-track students only
Earned Credit Hours: 3-4
Course Description: Students will explore approaches to developing original dramatic material for productions; adapting from prose, poetry, and non-fiction; devising and developing performance pieces; and stimulating and shaping student writings.
Course Date (THAR 406-01): June 22-August 1, 2026
Course Format: Face-to-Face
Instructor: Jim Iorio
Recommended Cohort: Master’s in Theatre Directing fast-track students only
Earned Credit Hours: 3
Course Description: Students will experience intensive physical work that explores a series of movement methodologies and specific stage combat techniques which can be used in the classroom and rehearsals.