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Author: Lynn
Date: 2005-01-07 19:17
I just finished reading the Interlochen thread and I have a similar question. Are there any established summer camps (1-3 weeks long) for adult, intermediate, non-professional players? My wife and I travel extensively and we plan to be in the northeastern part of the country for the summer months. Consequently, we'd like to find something similar to Kammermusik (Santa Fe, NM) in which we could participate. Chamber music and/or band literature/teaching would be ideal. Any ideas?
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Author: Claire
Date: 2005-01-07 22:08
www.summermusic.com
There are all ages and all levels at this.
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Author: Jack Kissinger
Date: 2005-01-07 22:12
My alma mater, Allegheny College in Meadville, PA has been running both a summer band camp for adults and a summer music festival for the last few years. Information on last year's festival is here:
http://webpub.allegheny.edu/group/musicfestival/
I don't know whether they are running again it this summer or not. They don't appear to have their summer schedule on the calendar yet. Beautiful campus.
Best regards,
jnk
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Author: bill28099
Date: 2005-01-07 23:49
Come to the Pacific Nowthwest for a week.
http://www.musicalretreat.org/
A great teacher gives you answers to questions
you don't even know you should ask.
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Author: Jack Kissinger
Date: 2005-01-08 05:13
I e-mailed the music department at Allegheny. There will be an adult summer band camp there this summer the second and fourth weeks of June.
Best regards,
jnk
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Author: William
Date: 2005-01-08 14:52
The International Music Camp has a great--as well as affordable--summer camp for adults. Lot of opportunities to play, perform, take private lessons and--if your into camping (International Peace Garden has a camp site)--sit around a late night campfire and swap stories. And for after practice hours, there is an alternative gathering location just down the road called the Klinic. Here is a link to IMC:
http://www.internationalmusiccamp.com/
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Author: Hank Lehrer
Date: 2006-02-25 01:08
Hi,
I just got some information about an Adult Band Camp in Ashland, OH at Ashland University in late June. It is 3 or 4 days and includes band, ensembles, and big band. The cost is modest and it looks like it might be fun.
If you are interested, send me an email and I'll give you the director's email address. There is no website currently.
HRL
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Author: Hank Lehrer
Date: 2006-02-25 02:06
A2,
It is not safe for Ohioans to be in Michigan past mid-night after the pounding that the Buckeyes football team has given U. of M. recently (like the last couple of years):-).
Blue Lake is out for me!
HRL
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Author: Bob Phillips
Date: 2006-02-25 14:38
Coincidently, I just got my catalogue of music "camps" from the Amateur Chamber Music Players. It is a print catalogue of some 68 pages long. There are about 4 announcements per page. Some are sponsored by the Elderhostel folks. The title of the catalogue is "Music for the Fun of It" The 2005 Music Workshop Guide.
http://www.musicfortheloveofit.com
Disclaimer: I benefit from membership in the ACMP, but am not a part of their marketing program.
By the way, many of the workshops accept and/or encourage pre-formed groups to come to their programs.
Bob Phillips
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Author: ABerry
Date: 2006-03-03 20:49
Lynn,
Another place to look is at the Composers Conference and Chamber Music Center at Wellesley College in MA (www.composersconferece.org). I attended this years ago when it was being held at Johnson State College in VT. My clarinet teacher at the time was and still is the conductor for the conference, Efrain Guigui.
Allan
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Author: Michelle
Date: 2006-03-04 00:05
bill28099:
Have you attended the camp you mentioned above (www.musicalretreat.org)? Someone in my band was suggesting it to us and I would like to know more information from someone who has been here. I downloaded the brochure but I'd like some first-hand information.
Thanks.. Michelle
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Author: susieray
Date: 2006-03-04 01:23
Hi Michelle,
I attended the Midsummer Musical Retreat last summer, and I had a blast. I highly recommend it!
All wind players are automatically signed up for the concert band, which has daily rehearsals plus daily sectionals. You can also be in the orchestra if you want (they will draw names; no auditioning needed.) My name didn't get drawn for that, but it turned out to be a good thing because I had enough to do already! In addition to everything that was going on, I was staying with a friend who lives just a few blocks from the campus and we were up playing duets until like, midnight!
I had signed up to be in a small ensemble (their choice, unless you come with your own group and your own music) because I currently play in a woodwind quintet at home. They choose to put me in with four string players and told us we were going to play the Weber quintet. I had never played clarinet with strings so it was really great fun. Karen Iglitzin was our coach (you can Google her) and she was great to work with and we all learned a lot from her. We had three days to work on it before performing it, but thankfully we didn't need to rehearse the whole thing; each group has three minutes on stage since there are so many of us!
Most of the participants are from the Seattle area and have been attending for years. This is their big event of the summer. You can probably find someone to carpool with. BUT be warned that the weather in Walla Walla is a lot HOTTER than Seattle! It was over 100 degrees every day. I drove up from southern Oregon and our summers are very hot too, so it was no big shock for me. But if you are staying in the dorms you will want to bring a fan with you.
By the way, the Whitman College campus is gorgeous! I want to go again this year, but I also want to go to Atlanta for ClarinetFest so I am going to have to decide between them. ![[frown]](http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/smileys/smilie2.gif) I really wish I could do both but I just can't afford that!
Sue
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Author: bill28099
Date: 2006-03-04 06:13
This camp is now in its 24th year and there are a few participants who have been attending since year one. This is a non-profit camp lead and organized by some of the participants. Last year there were about 250 campers and 30 staff. By the way some of the dorms at Whitman are air-conditioned. I find that when you get selected for both orchestra and band things get a bit overwhelming specially when you're tooting the bass. I just can't play the bass for 6+ hours a day and live. Both years I've gone I've been in the orchestra. In the evening there are varied activities like sight reading Tschaikovsky's 4th and a faculty concert.
The clarinet instructor is Anthony Taylor a local Walla Walla boy who is now the clarinet instructor at Washington State University. The orchestra conductor is Roupen Shakarian, you couldn't ask for a nicer person and a great conductor too. The jazz band leader is Gregory Yasinitsky from WSU who is a blast on the sax. For me the high point of the week has always been the faculty concert and I always smuggle in some of my local friends for a free musical treat, Walla Walla is such a cultural wasteland in the summer.
If you like to sing there is a big choir. One of my high school band mates came last year to play the tuba but they found out he was a professional opera singer so of course he got roped into the choir. There is also a very large flute choir. The band had ~78 members last year, if you go try to avoid the wall of trumpets or bring ear plugs. The orchestra was almost as large.
People of all levels of playing/singing ability and ages are thrown together with somewhat mixed results. It's a little frustrating for the better players and a bit daunting for the less experienced. By the last day everyone is so numb from playing 6 to 10 hours a day it's lucky the final concerts even happen. I would guess that the average age for participants is 45 to 50 although some college age students have been brought along by their parents. I can't remember seeing anyone of highschool age.
This is a summer camp for grownups, it's fun...........
A great teacher gives you answers to questions
you don't even know you should ask.
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