<p>hey guys, do you know any of good summer music programs for high school students? please, if possible provide sites/references so i can reach them and research it. thanks alot.~</p>
<p>p.s. any insight or additional info on the program would be appreciated.~</p>
<p>I second that, it'd be awesome to attend a summer music program. anybody?</p>
<p>bump...bump</p>
<p>No really good advice is possible without knowing your instrument, level, and goals.</p>
<p>Sewanee Summer Music Festival.
<a href="http://www.sewanee.edu/ssmf%5B/url%5D">http://www.sewanee.edu/ssmf</a></p>
<p>Interlochen
<a href="http://www.interlochen.org%5B/url%5D">http://www.interlochen.org</a></p>
<p>Rocky Mountain Summer Conservatory</p>
<p>Hi, I'm a double bass player looking for some help in the summer program department</p>
<p>I've been freakishly interested in music for more than 2/3 of my life, I've done the whole crazy asian-mom-induced piano competitions named after Chopin, and whatnot. I got sort of bored with all of that, so a year ago I decided to join orchestra and learn string bass. I've played some other string instruments over the years, so it wasn't terribly difficult to pick up, but one year is only one year, and when it comes down to it I'm still really inexperienced. I think? The problem with evaluating my prowess on bass is that it's not like other string instruments, where your level can quickly be measured after comparisons in orchestral chair/competitions. There are no bass competitions around here.</p>
<p>Basically, my point is that I'd just like to find a summer program that will help me improve a lotlotlotlotlot (I play both jazz/classical), but I'm sure the ones who do that are selective, and won't be interested in an amaetur like myself, but at the same time, I'm really not sure how competitive the double bass is, anyway. </p>
<p>But whatever. If anyone can help clear my confusion/know of any summer programs that fit my profile, please let me know :) Thanks.</p>
<p>My daughter attended Strings International at Bryn Mawr after about two years of bass. They take students at all levels and are always looking for more violists and double bassists. She took lessons from Hal Robinson (principal bass of the Philadelphia orchestra and bass instructor at Curtis) at that camp. He totally turned her playing around, introducing her to some of the Rabbath technique. She talked him into giving her some more lessons that summer after the camp ended, then he turned her over to his best student at Curtis, where she took lessons until finishing high school. The year after that summer camp, she was principal bass in NJ All-state Orchestra.</p>
<p>The following summer, she was accepted to the Boston University Tanglewood Institute. Auditions for this year's program are probably still under way, but a bassist with only a year or two on the instrument is not likely to get in.</p>
<p>She is now studying bass at Oberlin.</p>
<p>William Paterson University runs an excellent Jazz week every summer. It is also open to all levels.</p>
<p>University of Maryland has an excellent bass week in the summer with people like Rabbath, George Vance, Rufus Reid... Again, it is open to all levels.</p>
<p>You should be able to Google all of these. Let me know if you have trouble finding any info on summer programs. If you eventually decide to major in bass, I can give you lots of good info about schools and teachers.</p>
<p>OK, here are some links to back up that last post...</p>
<p>Strings International Camp <a href="http://www.stringscamp.com/%5B/url%5D">http://www.stringscamp.com/</a></p>
<p>Boston University Tanglewood Institute <a href="http://www.bu.edu/cfa/music/tanglewood/%5B/url%5D">http://www.bu.edu/cfa/music/tanglewood/</a></p>
<p>William Paterson Jazz Week <a href="http://ww2.wpunj.edu/adminsrv/pub-info/Releases05/05_sumjazz.htm%5B/url%5D">http://ww2.wpunj.edu/adminsrv/pub-info/Releases05/05_sumjazz.htm</a></p>
<p>the former University of Maryland Bass Week <a href="http://www.slavapub.net/workshops/wrkshp2006.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.slavapub.net/workshops/wrkshp2006.html</a>
apparently it is at Georgetown now.</p>
<p>Eastern Music Festival in Greensboro NC is another fine summer orchestral festival.</p>
<p>For strings, the Heifetz Institute.</p>
<p>Fiddlefrog,</p>
<p>Does Heifetz Institute do bass these days or are they still Violin/Viola/Cello/Piano only? I realize you may have been responding to the more general questions rather than redpen's, but I have heard good things about HI's programs and want to know for future reference.</p>
<p>BassDad, I don't know whether or not they have bass. The only people I know who have gone there are violinists and violists. I've heard very good things also. Sorry not to be able to help!</p>
<p>To redpen and anyone else looking for good, but not super-selective summer music program:</p>
<p>I highly recommended Cannon Music Camp at Appalachian State University in Boone, NC. <a href="http://www.cannon.appstate.edu/%5B/url%5D">http://www.cannon.appstate.edu/</a></p>
<p>This is a 4 wk high school camp, with tuition + meals at only around $1500. Compared to 6 weeks at Interlochen or Tanglewood for 5-6K, this is a great value for someone who is not at the level to compete for the big merit money at super-selective camps. Cannon does give some merit scholarships (appx. $200-400) based on live or recorded auditions, but there's no audition required for admission.</p>
<p>My son attended Cannon for 2 years, after 8th and 9th grade, and absolutely loved it! There are many high school juniors and seniors, too. Kids stay very busy with ensembles, private lessons (included in tuition), and music theory classes taught at various levels according to results of initial placement test. (son scored 5s on AP music theory test after highest level theory class taken during 2nd summer at Cannon) App State is a really nice medium sized school, and Boone is a funky little college town in the beautiful Blue Ridge mountains (I sound like a travel guide). Kids are allowed to walk just up the hill to the restaurants and shops in the downtown area during free time on evenings and weekends. Also a free bus to the mall and Wal-Mart area on the other side of town on Saturdays. Just enough supervised freedom for high-schoolers.</p>
<p>And, Cannon does a really good job of preparing the kids for the next step at the more selective programs. S met up with friends from Cannon at both Interlochen and Tanglewood the next 2 summers, and is even staying with one in the dorm when he auditions at Eastman next weekend.</p>
<p>Ditto the recommendation for Cannon Music Camp at Appalachian State University in Boone NOrth Carolina. My son also attended post 8th and 9th grade, LOVED it! He is conservatory freshman now. </p>
<p>ASU has an excellent music program, very strong music education, large enrollment, faculty really teach there, lots of interaction amongst them in nontraditional musical experiences. Orchestra conductor is outstanding. </p>
<p>There is no audition for admission, but there is an audition the first day which determines ensemble assignment and/or seating. There is chamber music, theory, many different kinds of ensembles, AND opportunity to attend performances at Appalachian Summer Concert series. </p>
<p>It is a beautiful town....the area grew up pre-airconditioning when rich folks needed a place to cool off in the summers.</p>
<p>My D, now in college, attended French Woods for musical theater when she was in middle school. She had a great time, but my husband and I both were very concerned about vocal practices there. In the several performances we attended, it seemed as if the directors and coaches were encouraging the girls to belt and sing in their chest voices to an unsafe degree. I remember watching one girl's face turn nearly purple from the strain.</p>
<p>I'm sorry that your experience of what you saw at French Woods seemed like they were teaching inappropriate vocal hygiene. My daughter is also in college now, and has attended French Woods for 6 years for musical theater. She has been in numerous shows, and none encouraged her to belt using her chest voice, straining her voice. Of course, she also has had private vocal lessons which have focused on good vocal techniques, and I'm sure that she used what she had learned in her performances. We never experienced what you saw, luckily, and hopefully never will. Our experience with French woods was always positive, and my daughter always loved her time there, and felt she learned alot.</p>
<p>Great camps for the hardcore, serious orch-dork :]</p>
<p>Aspen
Encore
Interlochen
Tanglewood
Brevard</p>
<p>Wanted to also mention Greenwood Music Camp in Massachusetts. It's for junior high and high school kids and is, in my by now extensive experience with music kids, the one that attracts the very most serious players -- the kind that end up at Curtis or Juilliard. Check it out: <a href="http://www.greenwoodmusiccamp.org%5B/url%5D">www.greenwoodmusiccamp.org</a>. It's intimate and nurturing and everyone does chamber music, orchestra, and chorus.</p>
<p>New England Music Camp is a sure thing for any level musician. The serious musician will find peers and faculty to challenge them. The recreational musician will have valuable musical experiences at their level. Disney claims they have the market cornered on magic. NEMC is the truly "magical" place for a child to spend 4 to 7 weeks.</p>
<p>I second New England Music Camp. Both of my kiddos spent three summers there. One is a very serious musician...the other is just talented and enjoys her music. It is a wonderful blend of music and camp. We were sad when DD decided not to return for a fourth year...we had kids there from 1999 through 2004.</p>
<p>Does anyone have an opinion about the Oregon Bach Festival?</p>