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Public Programs & Camps
For over 69 years Cranbrook has offered the community the opportunity to share in the Booth family's vision to develop and nurture the creative and performing arts. Founded upon the principle that all young people can benefit and enrich their lives from exposure to music, art and theater, the summer music and arts camps at Cranbrook have long been a treasured part of the Schools' programming and community outreach.

The Summer Theatre School, our oldest summer program, presents classic theater skills like character acting, lighting, dance, voice, costuming, set design and other stage crafts. The Theatre School operates from Cranbrook's beautiful Greek Theater grove, an outstanding full sized stone replica of a classic outdoor Greek theater setting nestled in a mature pine forest. Evening outdoor theater productions attract ample crowds from neighboring communities.

The unparalleled legacy of Arts and Crafts exploration on Cranbrook campus is celebrated and expanded in the Summer Art Studio Day Camp. Students learn classic art forms like drawing, composition, painting and sculpture, and also expand their horizons into leading edge media such as collage, computer design, and photographic techniques.

True to Cranbrook's earliest traditions celebrating the joys of scholarship, the Young Authors Day Camp was established to encourage exploration of language crafts in a truly fun environment.

Contact the Special & Summer Programs office for further information at 248.645.3678 or e-mail summer@cranbrook.edu.
Summer 2010 Offerings
Summer Jazz Ensemble
This widely acclaimed music program offers students an opportunity to study their instruments in small groups with outstanding professional jazz musicians. This program has been highly successful in providing students with opportunities to explore the art of improvisation on their instruments as well as providing exposure to jazz band literature.
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Summer Art Studio
Cranbrook's nationally recognized intimate relationship with arts and crafts is celebrated in this exciting studio art summer programs. Students are challenged to think with new points of view, and to take artistic risks.
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Theatre School
Now celebrating its 69th consecutive season, Cranbrook Theatre School welcomes all eligible applicants. We believe all students can benefit from theatre training. Our mission is to cultivate student confidence and understanding through hands-on experience and exploration in, and an understanding of, theatre arts.
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Young Authors' Camp
Aspiring young writers and creative thinkers, boys and girls ages 8 - 14, are led through thoughtful and energizing processes that encourage exploration of language, meter, rhythm, and rhyme. Inspired by the beautiful Cranbrook grounds students create bound and finished books of fiction and poetry accented by their own illustrations and photography.
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Public :: Brown Reading Systems
Public :: Williams Natatorium
Public :: Wallace Ice Arena
Summer :: Arts Camps
Summer :: Day Camps
Summer :: Fore & Aft Programs
Registration Information
To register via fax or U.S. mail, download the Cranbrook Day Camps enrollment form on this page. Print and fill out all pages of the form and attach check to page 4 of the enrollment form.
Dates & Times
Theatre School
for Boys and Girls
Junior Division:

Grades 3-5 and 6-8,
'10-'11 School Year

June 28 (orientation) - July 30, 2010
9:30 AM - 3:30 PM
Senior Division:
Grades 9-Age 19,
'10-'11 School Year

June 28 (orientation) - August 6, 2010
9:30 AM - 3:30 PM

Summer Jazz Ensemble
For Boys and Girls
Entering Grades 6-10
in the '10-'11 School Year
First Session:
June 21 - June 25, 2009
10:00 AM - Noon
Second Session:
June 28 - July 2, 2009
10:00 AM - Noon

Summer Art Studio
Junior Division
for Boys and Girls
ages 7-12
and
Senior Division
for Boys and Girls
ages 13-16
First Session:
June 28 - July 16, 2010
9:30 AM - 3:30 PM
Second Session:
July 19 - August 6, 2010
9:30 AM - 3:30 PM
Weekly sessions:
Week 1: June 28 - July 2, 2010
Week 2: July 6 - July 9, 2010
Week 3: July 12 - July 16, 2010
Week 4: July 19 - July 23, 2010
Week 5: July 26 - July 30, 2010
Week 6: August 2 - August 6, 2010

Young Authors Day Camp
for Boys and Girls
ages 8-14

First Session:
June 28 - July 16, 2010
9:30 AM - 3:30 PM
Second Session:
July 19 - August 6, 2010
9:30 AM - 3:30 PM
Weekly sessions:
Week 1: June 28 - July 2, 2010
Week 2: July 6 - July 9, 2010
Week 3: July 12 - July 16, 2010
Week 4: July 19 - July 23, 2010
Week 5: July 26 - July 30, 2010
Week 6: August 2 - August 6, 2010
 
Cranbrook Schools is a private college prep boarding school located in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, near Detroit. The schools are comprised of three schools; an elementary school with a private preschool, a middle school with a distinct boys middle school and girls middle school along with a co-ed college prep private boarding high school. Cranbrook is regarded as one of the top private schools in Michigan. Many of Cranbrooks boarding school students attend top universities and colleges.