Music Camp 2006 has many musical experiences for our students.
Theory & Ear Training Classes: The basics of music that every student should know. In addition to class time, students take part in the computer lab where they can practice in a fun and entertaining way.
Musical Games: We're famous for our creative games that make the concepts of music very tangible for our students. This is usually everyone's favorite part of the day.
Piano Classes: For the beginning to advanced student. Beginning students will get a jump start into the world of piano playing while more experienced students will be participating in duet and ensemble playing.
Composition: Students will be writing a song. We'll be working with lyrics to discover the rhythm of words while using common classical forms to create an entire song.
Percussion Ensemble: Students will be participating in percussion ensembles to create a unique rhythmic performance.
Music History: This year we're studying music from the Classical period of history and looking at how they created many moods in the music.
Surprise! There will be an additional section offered at each camp. We are currently in discussion with a few different teachers about art or dance sections of the camp. We'll keep you posted as this develops.
June 19 – 23 and July 17 – 21 for any level student
Half Day and Full Day Sessions available.
Half Days from 9AM to 12:00 PM or 12:00PM to 3PM.
Full Days from 9AM–3PM
Extended hours for those who want to add an extra piano class or classes to their day 3PM–6PM
Full Day students must bring their own lunch. All other snacks are included.
Extended care is available from 8:00 to 9:00AM and 3:00 to 6:00 PM.
There is an additional charge for extended care—see fees below.
Music camp is about teaching beginners the basics of music and teaching more advanced students skills that perhaps they don't have time to go over in their regular lessons. Students are rotated through different classes during the day that cover a variety of different topics. We believe that showing our students how music works and having them participate in fun activities that involve them in music is the best way to give them something that they will keep for a lifetime.
It works because we make sure that the students don’t just spend the day sitting at the piano or computer. They participate in theory and ear training classes, composition, music history, and several other classes. There is a computer lab where students can work with different music programs. They also have the option of taking a piano class session where beginners work on basic skills and more advanced students work on duet and ensemble playing.
Students have short classes, 45 minutes in length, followed by a quick recess break of 5 minutes. That gives them time to go to the next classroom or play in the yard for a few minutes. One break during each half day is a little longer and we provide a snack for them. All classes are held at Cubberley Community Center. We rent additional classrooms in the A building as well as the M building for this event.
For beginning students the camp is open to students ages 7 and up. Non-beginners can be 6 and up.
Not at all. If the student has never signed up with us before we give him or her a short placement test. The students are then grouped into beginning, intermediate and advanced levels so that they are working with others at about the same level as themselves.
As always, our fees are multi-level. Sign up with a friend and save money. Sign up with 2 or more friends and save even more money!
| Half Day | Full Day | Extended Day | ||
| (9am-12pm) | (9am-3pm) | (before 9am or past 3pm) | ||
| (12pm-3pm) | ||||
| For 1 student | $195 | $295 | $10 per hour | |
| For 2 students | $190 | $285 | $10 per hour | per student |
| For 3-4 students | $185 | $275 | $10 per hour | per student |
| For 5 students | $175 | $260 | $10 per hour | per student |
Fees for Music Camp include materials.
Special discount: Any student who took classes from us this year gets an extra discount when joining our summer camp program. You get $5 off for each 8 week quarter than you enrolled and attended.
If you don't make arrangements for extended care you will be charged $1.00 per minute past 3pm.