Children and Youth Academy

When the gates of this year’s children’s academy will open, the topics again will be drawing, handicraft, making music, playing and discovering. For many years, students of the University of Arts “Mozarteum” in Salzburg have been successfully running the children’s academy with a lot of creativity and commitment. Focusing on the topic “ Odyssey: A journey through outer space”, together with the students, the children will learn new perspectives of themselves, of our planet and of the adventurous expanses of the universe. According to the role model of Odysseus, during this cultural voyage to the unknown, the children will experience themselves and our living space as part of an endless galaxy. There will be no limits for fantasy. Having a lot of fun and being individually supported, the children will be able to learn techniques for painting and drawing, to try to be a sculptor or to dive into the world of textile and technical handicrafts. Units for dance and music education will complete the diverse program. At the end of the courses, the children will prepare a final exhibition where parents can gain insights into the world of the children’s academy.

When the gates of this year’s children’s academy will open, the topics again will be drawing, handicraft, making music, playing and discovering. For many years, students of the University of Arts “Mozarteum” in Salzburg have been successfully running the children’s academy with a lot of creativity and commitment. Focusing on the topic “ Odyssey: A journey through outer space”, together with the students, the children will learn new perspectives of themselves, of our planet and of the adventurous expanses of the universe. According to the role model of Odysseus, during this cultural voyage to the unknown, the children will experience themselves and our living space as part of an endless galaxy. There will be no limits for fantasy. Having a lot of fun and being individually supported, the children will be able to learn techniques for painting and drawing, to try to be a sculptor or to dive into the world of textile and technical handicrafts. Units for dance and music education will complete the diverse program. At the end of the courses, the children will prepare a final exhibition where parents can gain insights into the world of the children’s academy.

When the gates of this year’s children’s academy will open, the topics again will be drawing, handicraft, making music, playing and discovering. For many years, students of the University of Arts “Mozarteum” in Salzburg have been successfully running the children’s academy with a lot of creativity and commitment. Focusing on the topic “ Odyssey: A journey through outer space”, together with the students, the children will learn new perspectives of themselves, of our planet and of the adventurous expanses of the universe. According to the role model of Odysseus, during this cultural voyage to the unknown, the children will experience themselves and our living space as part of an endless galaxy. There will be no limits for fantasy. Having a lot of fun and being individually supported, the children will be able to learn techniques for painting and drawing, to try to be a sculptor or to dive into the world of textile and technical handicrafts. Units for dance and music education will complete the diverse program. At the end of the courses, the children will prepare a final exhibition where parents can gain insights into the world of the children’s academy.

You have already completed the children’s academy or you are already too old for the children’s academy but you still want to experiment creatively? The youth atelier is the correct place to be since aspiring artists between 11 and 16 years will get the opportunity to discover - step by step - the four big fields of visual arts – painting, graphic, sculpture and photography – and the handicrafts of technical and textile design. 

You have already completed the children’s academy or you are already too old for the children’s academy but you still want to experiment creatively? The youth atelier is the correct place to be since aspiring artists between 11 and 16 years will get the opportunity to discover - step by step - the four big fields of visual arts – painting, graphic, sculpture and photography – and the handicrafts of technical and textile design. 

You have already completed the children’s academy or you are already too old for the children’s academy but you still want to experiment creatively? The youth atelier is the correct place to be since aspiring artists between 11 and 16 years will get the opportunity to discover - step by step - the four big fields of visual arts – painting, graphic, sculpture and photography – and the handicrafts of technical and textile design. 

Christoph Hoffmann was born in Neuburg. After his Abitur, he studied drums and conducting at the Vocational School for Music in Sulzbach-Rosenheim. In 2006 he studied classic drums and music theory at the University of Music in Würzburg. In 2010 he completed his studies as diploma musician and diploma music teacher. Since then, he has been working as a teacher for drums and percussion, a grammar school teacher, and as a lecturer for workshops for all kinds of percussion. His workshop repertoire covers coaching at primary schools, working with percussion sections in a band and African drums. As a freelance artist, he even performed in the “Carnegie Hall” in New York where he played timpani in the “World Milal Orchestra” in 2009.  

Director Louis Villinger studied directing for acting and music theatre at the Bavarian Theatre Academy “August Everding” in Munich. He has directed, inter alia, at the “Prinzregententheater München”, “Theater Ansbach”, “Theater der Altmark”, “Theater Altenburg Gera”, “Theater Landshut” and “Badische Landesbühne”. His productions are regularly shown at diverse theatre festivals.
He works with professional ensembles and amateur drama groups. Due to his inclusive production “FamilienBande” as an exemplary production, the “Theater der Altmark Stendal” was honoured by the theatre award “Theaterpreis des Bundes” in 2015. He won the prize for Best Director for his productions of “Die Leiden des jungen Werther”, “Supergute Tage” and “Verbrennungen”. Furthermore, his developments of pieces with youths were honoured by the youth cultural prize “Jugendkulturpreis Sachsen-Anhalt” and the “re-flect award”.
Would you like to jump on a stage and to experience what it is like to be an actor? Welcome to our course where you will get the chance to expand your limits, to have a lot of fun, and to test your talents. Within two weeks full of body exercises and intense work on texts, there will be a performance which will take place on the great stage at the town theatre of Neuburg at the end of the workshop. Furthermore, we will concentrate on the costumes, the stage set and the requisites. Everything you need to bring along are comfortable clothes and a pleasure for theatre.