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Summer Music Camps - 2008
All
camps take place at our Prospect Avenue location unless otherwise noted.
JUNE
14th Annual High School Jazz Camp • 6541
Ten days of straight-ahead jazz designed for serious players.
Instrumentalists perform in small combos and participate in
special performances. Learn about jazz history, improvisation and
careers. Merit scholarships and financial aid are available; be sure
to inquire when auditioning.
Experience: Placement audition required. Select one
piece demonstrating technical ability and jazz knowledge.
Accompaniment allowed but not provided.
Call us for a specific audition date and time.
Instructors: Mark Davis- piano; Jamie Breiwick- trumpet; Berkeley
Fudge- saxophone; Paul Silbergleit- guitar; Jeff Hamann- bass;
David Bayles- percussion
Grade Level: Entering 9th grade – college freshman
Audition: May 8, 4–8 pm and May 10, 10 am–3 pm (or by
appointment)
Dates/Times: June 16–27 (M–F) 9:30 am–12:30 pm
Performance: Friday, June 27, 9:30 am–12:30 pm
Registration/Payment Due: June 2 • $395
Intro to Jazz Camp • 6540
For the instrumentalist who wants to learn more about jazz, this
two–week camp teaches the basics through listening sessions,
demonstrations and performance opportunities. Open to middle
and high school students.
Experience: Instrumental experience is required.
Instructor: Mark Davis
Grade Level: Entering 6th–12th grade
Dates/Times: June 16–27 (M–F) 1–2:30 pm
Performance: Friday, June 27, 1–2:30 pm
Registration/Payment Due: June 2 • $195
Big Band • 6542
Join the Conservatory Big Band. Play classic charts by Basie,
Ellington and Bob Mintzer under the direction of David Bayles.
Focus will be on reading and ensemble skills. Students must
audition for placement during Jazz Camp auditions. Preference will
be given to those musicians who participate in Jazz Camp. Merit
scholarships and financial aid are available; be sure to inquire
when auditioning.
Experience: Placement audition required. Select one
piece demonstrating technical ability and jazz knowledge.
Accompaniment allowed but not provided.
Call us for a specific audition date and time.
Instructors: Dave Bayles and the WCM jazz faculty
Audition: May 8, 4–8 pm and May 10, 10 am–3 pm (or by
appointment)
Grade Level: Entering 9th grade–college freshman
Dates/Times: June 16–27 (M–F) 1–2:30 pm
Performance: Friday, June 27, 1–2:30 pm
Registration/Payment Due: June 2 • $100
$85 for Jazz Camp participants
Jazz Add–a–Combo • 6547
Students accepted into High School Jazz Camp may sign up for an
additional combo experience to take place following each morning
camp session.
Dates/Times: June 16–27 (M–F) 1–2:30 pm
Performance: Friday, June 27, 1–2:30 pm
Registration/Payment Due: June 2 • $115
Music, Theater, Ballet & Art Camp (held at the Wilson Center)
Immerse yourself in the arts! Every young artist will find fun and
inspiration at this creative day camp. Teaching artists from First
Stage Theater Academy, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee Ballet
and the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music will roll up their sleeves to
help you discover your own creative talents. All Campers participate
in special intensive sessions in each of the four disciplines and meet
working artists who will share their talents.
Experience: No experience necessary!
Grade Level: 1st–6th Grades
Dates/Times: June 23–27 (M–F) 8:30 am–3:15 pm
Performance: Friday, June 27 at 1:30 pm
Registration/Payment Due: June 9 • $350 / $315 for second child
*This camp is held at the Wilson Center for the Arts in Brookfield
(19805 W. Capitol Dr.) Please register for this camp by calling the
Wilson Center: 262–781–9470 x5023
JULY
8th Annual String Camp (Violin, Viola,
Violoncello, String Bass) • 6544
The eighth annual String Camp will help you to maintain and
enhance your musical skills while you meet new people. Be prepared
for those fall auditions and competitions as you enjoy a fun week of
workshops, videos, rehearsals and performances. Play in a chamber
group, discover the secrets of our instruments, and the best way to
take good care of them, enhance your technique, experiment with
different orchestra music, and expand your musicianship day by day.
Instructors: Danielle Pardo- violin, viola; John Babbitt- bass; Ana
Ruth Bermúdez- cello; Braden Flanagan–Zitoun- cello; JoAnn
Haasler- violin, viola; Korinthia Klein, violin, viola; Laura Rooney,
violin, viola; Tatiana Migliaccio, violin
Grade Level: Entering 5th–12th grade
Placement Hearings: Saturday, June 28, 9–11 am or by
appointment.
Dates/Times: July 7–11 (M–F), 9 am–12:45 pm
Performance: Friday, July 11, 11 am
Registration/Payment Due: June 27 • $175
Beginning String Camp (Violin, Viola, Cello, Bass) • 6543
Here’s a wonderful opportunity for your child to enhance his/her
musical skills this summer. Students will experience the joy of making
music with other children as they participate in small and large group
classes, and learn more about how instruments are made, brush up
on their note reading skills, watch music performing videos, learn new
pieces and much more.
Instructors: Same instructors for both String Camps
Requirements: End of Suzuki Book I (completed Minuet I) or
beginning Suzuki Book II (for all instruments). Note reading proficiency.
Grade Level: Entering 2nd–5th grade
Dates/Times: July 7–11 (M–F) 9 am–12 pm
Performance: Friday, July 11, 11 am
Registration/Payment Due: June 27 • $150
String Add–a–Workshop: Dr. Violin & Mr. Fiddle • 6549
Students in the camp may sign up for an additional class experience
to take place following each morning session. This lively and fun
workshop will introduce young string players to the non–classical
horizons of music. It also will focus on the fundamentals of
improvisation and the expansion of the students’ musical palettes.
Students will study and perform a variety of styles from bluegrass, to
jazz, to rock ‘n roll.
Instructor: Joseph Ketchum
Dates/Times: July 7–10 (M–Th) 1:30–3 pm
Minimum Level of Entry: Violin–Viola, Suzuki Book III or equivalent;
Cello–Bass, Suzuki Book II or equivalent.
Registration/Payment Due: June 27 • $50
Drum Set Camps • 6545 / 6546
These camps will address the stylistic and technical demands of the
drum set player. The musical styles of Jazz, Afro–Cuban, Brazilian,
Funk and Rock will be studied. Other topics of study include: four–way
coordination, rudimental application to the drum set, chart reading,
mixed meters, soloing, feel, time development, analysis of recordings/
transcription, developing practical practice methods and more. Camp
participants will gain invaluable experience performing with members
of our piano, bass and percussion faculty.
Instructors: Dave Bayles and guests
Placement Audition: Call to schedule a placement audition.
Placement auditions are held on May 22, 7 pm or June 2, 7 pm
Dates/Times: 6546 • Session I: Middle School July 7–11,
9:30 am–12:30 pm
Dates/Times: 6545 • Session II: High School– Adult July 7–11,
2:30–5:30 pm
Registration/Payment Due: June 23 • $150
Kids on Stage • 6550
Let’s put on a show! If you love to sing and dance, this camp is for
you. Students will learn some great musical theatre songs, both old
and new. This camp provides opportunities to learn the fundamentals
of singing, participate in solo and ensemble performance, act
in character, learn choreography, make friends, and build self–
confidence.
Experience: No experience necessary!
Instructors: Jenny Gettel and guest pianist
Grade Level: Entering grades 4 through 8
Dates/Times: July 14–18 (M–F) 1:00–4:30 pm
Performance: Friday July 18, 4 pm
Registration/Payment Due: June 30 • $175
Instrument and Art Exploration Camp • 6551 Collaboration with the Milwaukee Art Museum
Join us for 5 full days of instrument investigation and art exploration!
Each morning starts at the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music for
group instruction on instruments. Each student will rotate (in small
groups) at the Conservatory learning piano, percussion, harp and
musicianship through Orff instruments and methodology. At lunch
time students will travel from the Conservatory to the Milwaukee Art
Museum. Transportation will be provided. After lunch and a good
stretch in the sunshine, each student will resume instrument sampling
with Conservatory faculty on the recorder. The afternoon continues as
the Milwaukee Art Museum faculty take students on gallery walks and
introduce them to the correlations between music and art. Students
will explore visual movement, gesture, emotion, color and composition
as they create their own responsive art works each day.
Experience: No experience necessary!
Instructors: John Manno, Teresa Drews, Lisa Hershaft, Julio Pabon,
Linda O’Brien
Grade Level: Entering 1st–4th grade
Dates/Times: July 14–18 (M–F) 9 am–4:15 pm
Registration/Payment Due: June 30 • $275
Guitar Weekend Workshop • 6552
Guitarists of all styles and levels! Come enjoy an intensive weekend
of exploring the instrument – expand your experience with different
styles, while deepening your knowledge in familiar areas. You choose
a major and minor course of study from four basic genres:
fingerstyle, jazz, classical, and rock/blues. You’ll meet other
guitarists, play in groups, attend jam sessions and choose from
a variety of special topic workshops such as Improvisation,
Slide Guitar and Sight Reading.
Experience: Minimal guitar experience is required.
Instructors: Matt Schroeder- fingerstyle; Paul
Silbergleit- jazz; Paul Terrien- rock/blues; Nathan Wysock- classical
Special Guitar Workshop Appearances: Peter Roller - Slide Guitar History and Styles
Steve Palec - Rock and Roll Roots
George Lindquist – The Lute, Vihuela and Baroque Guitar
Grade Level: Entering 9th grade–Adult
Dates/Times: July 18–20 (F–Sun) Fri: 6–9 pm,
Sat–Sun: 10 am–4:30 pm
Performance: Sunday, July 20, 3:15–4:30 pm
Registration/Payment Due: July 2 • $125
Piano Camp • 6553
Don’t sit at that piano by yourself! Come and enjoy a week of fun and
exciting activities with other kids that will improve and expand your
musicianship. Discover and develop your creative talents as you learn
to write your own composition. Sharpen your rhythm skills through
games and movement activities and strengthen your piano skills in
our electronic piano lab. Explore a new dimension of piano music as
you learn the beginning elements of jazz and improve your listening
and ensemble skills when you play duets with another camper.
Campers will work in small groups based on age and ability.
Experience: Two or more years of instruction.
Instructors: Teresa Drews, Kayme Henkel, Rachel Fritz, Mark Davis
Grade Level: Entering 4th–9th grade
Dates/Times: July 21–25 (M–F) 9 am–12:15 pm
Performance: Friday, July 27, 12:15 pm
Registration/Payment Due: July 7 • $150
Piano Camp: Add–the–Afternoon • 6554
Take a break and eat your bag lunch while you view music videos followed
by a chance to visit and enjoy lending privileges in our music library. Next,
over the course of the four days, campers will have the opportunity to take
two 30 minute lessons with a Wisconsin Conservatory of Music faculty
member along with two sessions for practicing. Participants will proceed
to our beautiful Helen Bader Recital Hall and either perform or sit in on
a daily Performance/Master class with other campers. This class will
provide insights into piano technique, musicianship and interpretation in
addition to providing performance tips. And what could be more exciting
than learning about what goes into a recording session? Campers will
take turns receiving hands on training in our recording studio while other
campers perform in the Performance/Master class. The day concludes with
a relaxing yet informative session about piano composers and the music
that they wrote.
Experience: Two or more years of instruction.
Instructors: Kayme Henkel, Curtis Stotlar, Eric Meyer- recording
Grade Level: Entering 4th–9th grade
Dates/Times: July 21–24 (M–Th) 12:15–3 pm
Registration/Payment Due: July 7 • $115
JULY/AUGUST
Instrument and Nature Exploration Camp
6555 / 6612 Collaboration with the Urban Ecology Center
Join us for 5 full days of instrument investigation and nature exploration!
Each morning starts at the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music for group
instruction on instruments. Each student will rotate (in small groups) at the
Conservatory learning guitar, voice, violin and musicianship through Orff
instruments and methodology. At lunch time students will travel from the
Conservatory to the Urban Ecology Center. Transportation will be provided
by the UEC. After lunch and a good stretch in the sunshine at the Riverside
Park, each student will resume instrument sampling with Conservatory
faculty on the hand drums. The afternoon continues with programming at
Riverside Park and the music found in nature. The Urban Ecology Center
staff will help students learn how composers portray the natural world in
their music, play nature–inspired instruments such as didgeridoos and
ocean drums and lead discovery hikes. Violins courtesy of Brass Bell.
Experience: No experience necessary!
Instructors Session I: Daniela Pardo, Ben Kammin, Jenny Gettel, Lisa
Hershaft, Anthony Ramiez
Session II: Laura Rooney, Ben Kammin, Jenny Gettel, Lisa Hershaft,
Cecelio Negron
Grade Level: Entering 1st–4th grade
Dates/Times:
(Session I is full) 6555 • Session I: July 28–August 1 (M–F), 9 am–4:15 pm
(Session I is full) 6612 • Session II: August 4–August 8 (M–F), 9 am–4:15 pm
Registration/Payment Due: Session I: July 14 • $250
Session II: July 21 • $250
Please note: The same curriculum will be used for both sessions.
AUGUST
Middle School Band Camp • 6591
This one week intensive camp is for students playing a band instrument.
Each day students will participate in two full band rehearsals, master
classes on their instruments, an elective class and they will hear a
concert by a local professional performing ensemble. Students will
be placed into one of two bands based on playing ability. The camp
culminates in a final performance by campers Friday afternoon. This
camp is not to be missed by the serious middle school band musician.
Experience: 2–5 years on band instrument (flute, oboe, clarinet bassoon,
saxophone, trumpet, trombone, baritone, french horn, tuba, percussion)
Instructors: Maxon Day, Jamie Breiwick, Linda Jones, Aaron Gardner,
Karli Larsen, Carol Meves, Eric Meyer
Grade Level: Entering 7th–9th grade
Placement Interviews: June 18, 5:30–7:30 • July 10, 5:30–7:30
July 16, 5:30–7:30
August 2, 10:00 am–12:00pm
Dates/Times: August 11–15 (M–F) 9:00 am–3:00pm (lunch provided)
Performance: Friday August 15, 2:00 pm
Registration/Payment Due: August 4 • $200
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