Directory of summer programs - music programs - Directory

American Music Teacher, Feb-March, 2003

ALABAMA

University of Mobile

Barbara Laurendine, Camp Director, University of Mobile, Fine Arts Department, 5735 College Pkwy., Mobile, AL 36613; (251) 442-2402, fax: (251) 442-2526; dianest@hotmail.com; www.umobile.edu

Summer Music Camp, Mobile, 6/9-6/13. Featured teachers: To be announced. Type of participants: Instrumentalists, vocalists, conductors and teachers. Age or grade level: Elementary and secondary. Emphasis: Soloists, ensembles, accompanying, chamber music, history, improvisation, private lessons, technique, repertoire, sight reading, theory, workshops, and electronic and computer music. Cost: $140-$150 w/out housing.

ARIZONA

Barrage Educational Workshops

Jana Wyber, Barrage, 1010-20 Ave. S.E., Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2G 1M6; (403) 261-6942, fax: (403) 263-5280; ceworkshops@aol.com; www.barrage.org/workshops

"High Performance Fiddle Camp, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, 7/14-7/21. Featured teachers: Dean Marshall and Brian Hansen. Type of participants: Violinists. Age or grade level: Secondary. Emphasis: Soloists and alternative music. Cost: $706 with housing; $440 w/out housing.

String Alternatives Educators Workshop, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, 7/20-7/23. Featured teachers: Dean Marshall, Bob Phillips, Pam Phillips and John Crozman. Type of participants: String educators. Age or grade level: Professional. Emphasis: History, improvisation, jazz, technique, pedagogy, repertoire, popular music, workshops and alternative string styles. Cost: $440 with housing; $275 w/out housing. Credit available. In affiliation with Northern Arizona University.

Northern Arizona University Jill Douglas, Program Coordinator, Northern Arizona University Music Camp, P.O. Box 6041, Flagstaff, AZ 86011; (928) 523-2323, fax: (928) 523-1133; music.camp@nau.edu; www.nau.edu/musiccamp

NAU Music Camp, Flagstaff, 6/21-7/12. Type of participants. Instrumentalists and vocalists. Age or grade level: Secondary. Emphasis: Ensembles, chamber music, history, improvisation, jazz, technique, sight reading, theory, popular music, and electronic and computer music. Cost: $500-$875 with housing; $350-$575 w/out housing.

ARKANSAS

National Federation of Music Clubs

Kathryn Hickman, Director, Inspiration Point Fine Arts Colony Piano/String Camp, affiliated with the National Federation of Music Clubs, 513 N.W. Arlington, Lawton, OK 73507-6826; (580) 353-0716 or (580) 357-3775, fax: (580) 357-2680

Inspiration Point Fine Arts Colony Piano/String Camp, Eureka Springs, 7/20-7/27. Featured teachers: Jim Breckenridge, Jim Waddelow, Kevin Costley, Babette Goodman and Gene Moon. Type of participants: Pianists and string instrumentalists. Age or grade level: Secondary. Emphasis: Soloists, ensembles, accompanying, chamber music, history, improvisation, jazz, private lessons, technique, pedagogy, repertoire, sight reading, theory, electronic and computer music, and string orchestra. Cost: $225 with housing.

CALIFORNIA

Idyllwild Arts

Diane Dennis, Registrar, Idyllwild Arts Summer Program, P.O. Box 38, Idyllwild, CA 92549; (909) 659-2171, ext. 365, fax: (909) 659-5463; summerprogram@idyllwildarts.org; www.idyllwildarts.org

Idyllwild Arts Summer Program, Idyllwild, 7/6-8/17. Featured teachers: Yehuda Gilad, Igor Gruppman, Larry Livingston, Nelms McKelvain and John Walz. Type of participants: Orchestral and chamber music instrumentalists. Age or grade level: Secondary and collegiate. Emphasis: Ensembles, chamber music, improvisation, jazz, private lessons, technique, repertoire, sight reading and theory. Cost: $300-$875; housing available.

San Francisco Conservatory of Music (See advertisement on page 43.)

Laura R. Chrisp, Summer Programs Coordinator, San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Summer Music West, 1201 Ortega St., San Francisco, CA 94122; (415) 759-3454, fax: (415) 759-3499; lrc@sfcm.edu; www.sfcm.edu/summer

Summer Music West--Composition Intensive, San Francisco, 6/23-7/24. Featured teacher: Alexis Alrich. Type of participants: Composers. Age or grade level: Elementary and secondary. Emphasis: History, improvisation, private lessons, theory and a concert of participants' newly composed pieces. Cost: $730 w/out housing.

Summer Music West--Ensembles Session I & II, San Francisco, 7/7-8/1. Featured teachers: Doris Fukawa and other SFCM preparatory faculty members. Type of participants: Violin, viola, cello, flute, clarinet, oboe, bassoon and horn instrumentalists and pianists. Age or grade level: Elementary and secondary. Emphasis: Ensembles, chamber music, technique, repertoire, sight reading, theory and master classes. Cost: $625 or $785 w/out housing, depending on the session.

Summer Music West--Musicianship Class, San Francisco, 7/7-7/18. Featured teachers: Preparatory division musicianship faculty. Type of participants: All instrumentalists and vocalists. Age or grade level: Elementary and secondary. Emphasis: Improvisation, sight reading, theory and ear training. Cost: $340 w/out housing.

CONNECTICUT

Wesleyan University (See advertisement on page 16.)