Santa Ana College Fine Performing Arts

Congratulations (once again) to the team of the el Don!

In cooperation with the City of Santa Ana and community partners, Santa Ana College is proud to announce that it is now the first permanent physical location to offer those who Work, Live and Learn in Santa Ana free access to COVID-19 testing. Testing begins Saturday, August 22, 2020 at 9 a.m.! Testing will be available for drive-up (appointment necessary)... or walk-up (limited availability) To make a drive-up appointment please call (877) 362-9779 or Visit www.medicatestinggroup.com for more info. Appointments are first come first serve.

The Santa Ana College Concert Band is now accepting students for Fall 2020. Join us as we study and rehearse concert band music for performances on campus and ...in the community. This class is designed for students with basic performance skills. Classes are by remote instruction, but may change mid semester. Michael Briones is the instructor for this class. Questions? Please contact Michael at: [email protected] Registration information: Santa Ana College- https://www.sac.edu/Pages/default.aspx 9/2/20-12/9/20 MUS 171 (88314) MUS 271 (88313) 1 unit Michael Briones is an experienced professional trombonist who has performed with artists such as the Backstreet Boys, the Brian Setzer Orchestra, Matthew Morrison from Glee, and Earl Klugh. He has performed at the Hollywood Bowl and at several major jazz festivals, including the Monterey Jazz Festival and the Montreal Jazz Festival. His TV appearances include The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien, The Voice, as well as appearing in The Muppet Movie. His touring extends from U.S. and Canada to Europe, Japan, and Indonesia. Briones earned his Bachelor of Music from California State University, Long Beach, and his Master of Music from Azusa Pacific University, studying music performance at both schools. He coaches at several high schools in and out of Santa Ana, has given several master classes, and has several students who have achieved honor groups, including the Pacific Symphony Youth Orchestra and Wind Ensemble. Briones has worked at Santa Ana College since 2013 and has been involved with Santa Ana College since 2000. He coordinates Instrumental Music groups at SAC as well as the Applied Music program. He is the director for the SAC Big Band and SAC Concert Band.

Hey internet! The choirs at Santa Ana College are gearing up for a fun online semester this Fall. Come sing with us! The online, Halloween-themed project described in the video can be rehearsed and performed entirely from home. To enroll in the college and register for classes, go to https://www.sac.edu/Pages/default.aspx and click the "Apply" button in the middle of the page. Once enrolled, use the "Class Schedule" button to search for MUS 135 Concert Chorale. We'll be comb...ining all SAC Choirs for our virtual concert, so feel free to choose the section that is the best fit for you. To see more SAC Music offerings and to find contact information for all music faculty, including Dr. Jones, go to www.sac.edu/music, click the "Faculty" link, then click the name of the faculty member you wish to contact. To watch the SAC Choirs virtual performance of "Pour oh king the pirate sherry" from Pirates of Penzance in its entirety, click here: https://youtu.be/78NTaqHP3fg To watch the SAC Choirs virtual performance of "When the foeman bares his steel" from Pirates of Penzance in its entirety, click here: https://youtu.be/VaJw1JBi7rU

June 19 marks the annual observance of Juneteenth Independence Day, which commemorates the June 19, 1865 abolition of slavery and emancipation of enslaved people across Texas and the former Confederate states. Following the end of the Civil War, the Juneteenth proclamation formally ended one shameful chapter of U.S. history. Today, Juneteenth is widely observed as a celebration of African American history and heritage. The division of Fine and Performing Arts celebrates this heritage and the accomplishments of African-Americans to our nation. #juneteenth #sacarts

Happy birthday to Santa Ana College President, Dr. Linda Rose!

UPDATE: Parking fee refunds and federal emergency grants to be distributed over next 2 weeks RSCCD will refund a portion of parking fees and distribute fed...eral stimulus grants to eligible students over the next two weeks, officials said Thursday. For a full-time student on financial aid, the total could be as much as a few hundred dollars. Emergency financial aid grants along with paper checks for a prorated amount of the spring parking fee will be mailed to students in the next two weeks. RSCCD is also starting to issue emergency grants for students on financial aid through the CARES Act, the $2.2 trillion federal stimulus package enacted last month. The formula gives priority to schools with high numbers of full-time students who are Pell grant recipients. Santa Ana College received about $5.6 million or about $200 to spend on each student with about half of that earmarked for direct student aid. It’s unclear how much each student will receive. Some full-time students on financial aid reported receiving notification emails before the weekend that their emergency grant was on the way, but that funds were not yet deposited. RSCCD Chancellor Martinez said he is working with the two college foundations to secure emergency financial aid grants for the district’s undocumented and DACA students, who were left out of CARES Act funding. One in ten SAC students is undocumented. Refunds of the parking fees and grants from the federal stimulus bill will be mailed as paper checks directly to the student’s address on file. If you have moved or are no longer at the address on file, you may be asked to come to the campus and pick up the checks. If students have a bank account on file through the financial aid office, their emergency financial aid grant money will be direct deposited similar to other disbursements. The school will not sell parking passes this summer since all classes will be fully online. Going back again to the fall semester, if we make a decision, where 90% of the classes will still be online, we’re probably, again, not going to charge students to park on the campus, RSCCD Chancellor Martinez said. Discussions for the fall semester and when to reopen campus are ongoing. RSCCD is under the statewide stay-at-home order and is following Gov. Gavin Newsom’s six-point plan on when that order will end.

Here's a little ditty to cheer you up. Faculty and staff at Santa Ana College playing "When You're Smiling." Click here on the link to view: https://youtu.be/mf4STwI8edY

Come join us for a fun, innovative and creative experience while practicing "safer at home" distance education! Where there's a will, there's a way. No one's ...going to stop us from creating art and adding beauty back into this world. SANTA ANA COLLEGE AND THE EL DON PLAYERS PRESENT: Love in the Time of Isolation Online Playwrights, Directors, Actors, Designers!!! Enroll in THEA 151, SHOWCASE or THEA 133, LIGHTING FUNDAMENTALS (The classes will work together to serve one another. If you've already taken Showcase I, you can register for II, III or IV.) Class meets online, 04/13-06/07. Join Instructor/Dramaturge/Designer, Bill Mittler for a series of new works written, produced, directed and acted by Showcase participants, focusing on Love and Loss. We will be writing and workshopping original scripts to be completely acted online, by actors in separate locations this semester. Final Showcases will consist of 10-30 min scripts. Scripts to be acted in a streaming environment, live. Participants are required to attend 3-4 zoom meetings a week, time to be determined based on actors, writers and designers' schedules. The first 4 weeks will be focused on writing and workshopping new material, with the final four weeks focused on online rehearsals.