YACM SUMMER CAMPS
SUMMER CAMPS 2023
UKULELE CAMP • JAZZ & ROCK AUDITION CAMP • BEGINNING CONCERT BAND •
MUSIC THEORY & COMPOSITION LEVEL 1-4 •
UKULELE CAMP
MONDAY-FRIDAY 9am-11am
June 19-23
$145 / 5 Day Session + Performance
AGES 8-12
Minimum Number of Students Required: 4
Ready to learn ukulele? This camp is for new learners and beginning musicians with less than 1 year of experience with their instrument. You must bring your own ukulele and your enthusiasm. Pack 10 weeks of learning into just 1 awesome camp week! Campers will earn 3 chords strumming patterns, basic key of c notation and rudimentary rhythm, have fun in group playing and singing ukulele standards.
There will be a short performance on June 23rd in our garden.
JAZZ & ROCK AUDITION CAMP
MONDAY-FRIDAY 10am-12pm
2 Sessions: July 17-21, July 24-28
$145 / 5 Day Session + Demonstration of Last Day
AGES 10+
Minimum Number of Students Required: 4
Plan to join a Young Artists Conservatory of Music “On-Stage” performance troupe!
For musicians with some experience on their instrument, this camp prepares you for entrance into the M80’s rock band or Smolder Jazz band at Young Artists Conservatory of Music in Fall 2023.
Get a jump start on the season’s performance pieces while you make friends and amplify your skills along with your sound. Campers will learn to distinguish between rock and jazz grooves and how to orchestrate a killer sound using music charts.
All positions are open for this camp: drummers, guitarists, bassists, keys, vocalists, saxophones, trumpets, clarinets, trombone, flute. Keyboards and drums are provided, while all others must bring their own instrument.
No-obligation audition placements provided at the end of camp.
BEGINNING CONCERT BAND
MONDAY-FRIDAY 9am-12pm
June 12-16
$225 / 5 Day Session + Performance
AGES 10-14
$20 Supply Fee
Minimum Number of Students Required: 4
Are you interested in school band? Are you in band at school?
This camp is for new learners or musicians with 1-3+ years of school saxophone, clarinet, flute, trumpet, trombone, or percussion experience. Take advantage of this 5-day intensive camp to jumpstart new skills or take your music to the next level. Campers will attend a daily group sectional with other campers who play the same instrument. Sectionals teach instrument specific techniques. Each day, sectionals are followed by fun all-group band rehearsals. Play with surprise guest artists and learn how to read music, keep time, and get inspired!
There will be a short performance on June 16th in our garden.
MUSIC THEORY & COMPOSITION LEVEL 1-2
MONDAY-FRIDAY 10am-11:30am
June 12-16
$110 / 5 Day Session
AGES 8-10
$20 Supply Fee
Minimum Number of Students Required: 4
Music Theory Camp teaches beginning music students how to understand the music they are playing or singing. If you take lessons anywhere, you can benefit from learning notation, intervals, rhythms, symbols, scale structure, and even some music history. This age-appropriate class makes learning music theory fun with hands-on activities, worksheets, and will provide an opportunity to use your new skills to write your own composition. This class follows the Celebrating Theory Course (Royal Conservatory of Music).
MUSIC THEORY & COMPOSITION LEVEL 3-4
MONDAY-FRIDAY 10am-11:30am
June 19-23
$110 / 5 Day Session
AGES 11-14
$20 Supply Fee
Minimum Number of Students Required: 4
Music Theory Camp teaches beginning music students how to understand the music they are playing or singing. If you take lessons anywhere, you can benefit from learning notation, intervals, rhythms, symbols, scale structure, and even some music history. This age-appropriate class makes learning music theory fun with hands-on activities, worksheets, and will provide an opportunity to use your new skills to write your own composition. This class follows the Celebrating Theory Course (Royal Conservatory of Music).
