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American Music Teacher, Feb-March, 2003

Piano Program, Twin Lake, 6/25-7/6, 7/9-7/20, 7/23-8/3 or 8/6-8/17. Featured teachers: Instructors from U.S. universities and colleges. Type of participants: Pianists. Age or grade level: Secondary. Emphasis: Soloists, accompanying, chamber music, history, improvisation, private lessons, technique, pedagogy, repertoire, sight reading, workshops and theory. Cost: $935 with housing.

Summer Camp for Adults, Twin Lake, 7/9-7/12 (String Orchestra), 7/16-7/19 (Wind Instrument Technique), 7/23-7/26 or 8/13-8/16 (Concert Band), 7/27-7/30 0azz Improvisation), 7/30-8/2 (Jazz Band), 8/19-8/24 (Chamber Music for Fun). Featured teachers: Professional performers and conductors from universities and colleges. Type of participants: All band, string, jazz and rhythm instrumentalists. Age or grade level: Adult amateurs. Emphasis: Ensembles, improvisation, jazz, technique, pedagogy, repertoire, sight reading and workshops. Cost: Call for brochure. Housing available.

Interlochen Center for the Arts

Tom Bewley, Director of Admissions, Interlochen Center for the Arts, P.O. Box 199, Interlochen, MI 49643-0199; (231) 276-7472, fax: (231) 276-7464; admissions@interlochen.k12.mi.us; www.interlochen.org

Interlochen Arts Camp, Interlochen, 6/15-8/11. Featured teachers: Eric Kim, Douglas Campbell, Deborah Chodacki, Daniel Stolper and William Preucil, Jr. Type of participants: Band, jazz, chamber, early music and orchestral instrumentalists and vocalists. Age or grade level: Elementary through secondary. Emphasis: Ensembles, accompanying, chamber music, creative writing, dance, history, improvisation, jazz, private lessons, technique, theater, repertoire, sight reading, theory, visual arts, workshops, and electronic and computer music. Cost: $4,998 with housing.

University of Michigan

Susan M. Grant Robinson, Program Coordinator, U-M School of Music, Michigan Youth Office, 1281 Moore Bldg., 1100 Baits Dr., Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2085; (734) 763-1279, fax: (734) 647-0140; sumgraro@umich.edu; www.music.umich.edu/resources/myo

All-State Program at Interlochen, Interlochen (Ann Arbor), 6/15-7/12. Featured teachers: Richard Beene, Jerry Blackstone, Steven Davis, John Ellis and Brent Wagner. Type of participants: Band and orchestral instrumentalists, pianists and vocalists. Age or grade level: Grades 9-12. Emphasis: Ensembles, history, sight reading, theory and workshops. Cost: To be determined. Housing available.

Summer Arts Institute, Ann Arbor, 7/13-7/26. Type of participants: Band and orchestral instrumentalists and pianists. Age or grade level: Completing grades 6-9. Emphasis: Soloists, ensembles, history, technique, theory and group lessons. Cost: To be determined. Housing available.

Western Michigan University

Carl Doubleday, SEMINAR Director, Western Michigan University, School of Music, 1903 W. Michigan Ave., Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5434; (269) 387-4681, fax: (269) 387-1113; carl.doubleday@wmich.edu; www.wmich.edu/music

SEMINAR 2003, Kalamazoo, 7/13-7/26. Featured teachers: WMU music faculty and guests. Type of participants: Woodwind, brass, percussion and string instrumentalists, pianists and vocalists. Age or grade level: Grades 9-12. Emphasis: Ensembles, chamber music, history, jazz, private lessons, theory, popular music, and electronic and computer music. Cost: Approximately $820 with housing; $620 w/out housing.