Summer Camps 2008
MacPhail summer camps brochure (pdf)
Teaching Philosophy
Our 38 summer camps provide a fun and unique learning opportunity for students to explore music in a creative environment and develop skills that will last a lifetime. Each camp is specially designed to meet the needs of the student and to create a nurturing environment that promotes cooperation, creativity and self-discovery. Camps are a great opportunity for social interaction with students of similar level and interest.
What You Get
Instrument based camps offer an intensive experience that culminates with a performance opportunity. Camps for young children provide opportunities for exploration and musical skill building that will provide a strong love of music while building a foundation for future musical growth. Camps provide an excellent opportunity to broaden a student’s experience in an instrument area and participate in activities that supplement their current knowledge. For example, Musical Trolley students will discover the wonders of Saint-Saëns’Carnival of the Animals through listening, exploring, as well as seeing the animals live. PercussionCamp students will make their own mallets and RockWeek students will conclude their camp with a performance at First Avenue.
Questions?
Music Therapy Camps: Todd Schwartzberg
Music Therapy Community Partnership Coordinator: 612.339.5627
Early Childhood Music Camps: Dianna Babcock, Director of Early Childhood Music, at 612.767.5405.
All other camp-related questions: Melissa Falb, Director of Group
Camps for Kids/Teens/Young Adults
Composition Camp
Tuition $315
Ages 11 - 18; entering grades 6 - 12
July 28-August 1
12 noon - 4:00 p.m.
Registration Deadline: July 3, 2008
Optional Daily Classes
Tuition $65
11:00 - 12 noon
Basic Harmony and Advanced Harmony and Counterpoint
Instructors: Sarah Miller, MacPhail
Composition Faculty
Keynote speaker: Libby Larsen
Calling all young composers! Here’s a camp for you—meet other young composers and share your passion for creating music. Gain the tools you need to grow as a composer: orchestration, counterpoint & ear training. Study the works of living and historic composers to understand how other composers think and solve problems. Receive coaching from MacPhail composition faculty on recent and current works. Hear your compositions performed by professional musicians. You will be asked to submit a score for review prior to the camp.
Beginning Piano Camp
Tuition $285
Ages 7 - 10
MacPhail Minneapolis
June 23-27 9:00 a.m.-12:00 noon
MacPhail Apple Valley
July 14-18 9:00 a.m.-12:00 noon
MacPhail White Bear Lake
July 21-25 9:00 a.m.-12:00 noon
Registration Deadline: June 6
Teachers: Cathy Smetana, Sue Ruby,
Jeremy Hanson and MacPhail Piano faculty
Have you just started taking piano lessons? Here’s your chance to be a part of a fun, exciting piano camp for new students just like you! Get to know other young pianists your age while working with them in small ensembles. Learn to create your own music for the piano and for other rhythm instruments. Perform in a final concert for your family and friends on the last day of camp.
Piano Camp – New Full-Day Format!
Tuition $325
Ages 10 - 14; entering grades 5 - 8
July 7-11
9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
Registration Deadline: June 13
Instructors: MacPhail Piano Faculty
Join us for week of musical games, piano ensembles and making your own music now with a new full-day format! You’ll find new ways to be creative at the piano, learn new musical concepts, enhance your rhythm skills – and make new friends at the same time. Collaborate and perform with other students in small ensembles. Explore music history and the lives of famous composers. Attend an off-site field trip and experiment withWorld Music Percussion. Discover your inner composer and the hidden improviser in you. Share what you have learned with your family and friends at a concert on the last day of camp.
Suzuki Institute for Piano, Guitar, Flute and Recorder
Tuition $380
Ages Preschool – Grade 12
Teacher observation fee: $27/day
July 21-25, 8:45 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Evening performances July 24
Registration Deadline: June 20
No refunds after June 20
Suzuki Clinicians: Marilyn Taggart, Tadeusz Majewski, Beth Turco, Piano; Andrea Cannon, Guitar;Wendy Stern, Flute; Mary HalversonWaldo, Recorder; and MacPhail faculty
Suzuki Faculty
Enrichment classes: Teen Program/Singing & Theater, SandyWaterman;
World Music, Russell Packard;
Rock Guitar, Jeff Lambert
Suzuki Teacher Training:
Guitar, Book 3: June 21-26
Andrea Cannon
Recorder, Book 1: June 20-27, MaryWaldo
Every Child Can!®: June 20, KathyWood
MacPhail’s Suzuki Institute, sanctioned by the Suzuki Association of the Americas, is an opportunity for Suzuki students of all ages, with their parent, to come together to share in motivating, enriching and wide ranging musical experiences. Students will work with master teachers and improve their skills both technically and musically. Daily classes & observation may include:
• Instrument specific applied study
• Theory/reading skills
• Ensemble skills
• Chamber music
• Performance practices
• Composition/improvisation
• Master classes, recitals
• Flute choir
• Rock Guitar
•World music/drumming
• Music History
• Teen program (voice/theater) with
final performance of a composition
• Closing recitals & presentations
Who May Attend?
• Suzuki students who havecompleted the Twinkle Variations. PARENTS or another responsible, interested adult must attend with students under high school age
• Teacher trainees
• Teacher observers
Attendees are responsible for arranging their own meals, housing and transportation while attending the institute.
Prerequisite to Teacher Training Courses: Every Child Can!® is required prior to taking Book 1
Course Order: Courses must be taken in order through Bk 2
Audition Requirement: To qualify as a participant in training courses rather than auditor, applicants must submit a videotape audition of specified repertoire to the SAA, preferably prior to enrollment.
Tapes should be submitted at least 8 weeks prior to the course start date, with the required fees and a completed application form. If submitted later than 8 weeks before the course start date, audition results determining participant eligibility may not be available prior to the course, and will requires late audition fees.
For courses occurring during summer 2008, applicants submitting tapes later than March 31, 2008 may not receive audition results prior to the course, even if meeting the above deadlines. An applicant may enroll late as “tape pending”, but will incur late audition fees, 7 and audition results determining eligibility for participant credit will probably not be available until after the course. If auditions from“tape pending” applicants are not accepted, their course work will not be eligible retroactively for SAA credit registration as a participant, only as an auditor—even if course work was completed. For further information, please see the SAA website at
www.suzukiassociation.org, in the teacher section under training, the downloadable video audition application form (with instructions); or call the SAA toll free (888) 378-9854 for this form.
Required Course Preparation:
All workshop participants are asked to prepare the repertoire to be studied to the point of fluent performance. Memorization is not required but is recommended. Additionally, participants should be conversant with the ideas presented in Dr. Suzuki’s Nurtured by Love. All participants will be performing in class. Strings and woodwinds are expected to provide their own instruments. It is recommended that participants bring a tape recorder and a notebook to all sessions. 100% attendance is required for registering the course.
For more information, contact Cindy Malmin, Suzuki Institute Director at 612.321.0100, ext. 461 or malmin.cindy@macphail.org.
String Chamber Music Camp
Tuition $160
Ages 9 -12; entering grades 4 - 6
July 14-18
9:30 - 11:45 a.m.
Registration Deadline: May 23, 2007
Placement auditions are Sunday, June 8 from 1:30-4:00 p.m.
Instructors: MacPhail String Faculty
Have you been taking lessons or playing in your school orchestra? Come to our String Chamber Camp! Gain confidence and independence as you play in small groups with no more than two students playing each part. Improve your ensembles skills and play more expressively with the help of MacPhail string faculty and teaching interns. Camp will conclude with a final performance for family and friends.
String Academy: NewFull-Day Format!
Tuition $450
Ages 12 - 18; entering grades 7 - 12
June 16-27, Monday-Friday
9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
Registration Deadline: May 16
Placement auditions are Sunday, June 1
from 1:30-4:00 p.m.
Instructors: MacPhail String Faculty
Join us for String Academy, a comprehensive and intensive full-day string camp for middle school and high
school students. Play in both string quartets and full string orchestra coached by MacPhail faculty and teaching interns. Attend workshops and master classes led by quartet-in-residence, The Brooklyn Rider String Quartet, a nationally recognized ensemble which has performed with Yo-Yo Ma. Round out your experience with private lessons, theory classes, field trips and alternative string styles. The camp will conclude with a final performance of all ensembles on June 27.
Sartory String Quartet Institute
Tuition $490 (Plus an additional non-refundable audition fee of $20 )
July 7-17
9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Auditions: April 13, 2008 1:00-4:00 p.m.
Registration Deadline: April 11
Ages: 11 - 18; entering grades 6 - 12
Instructors: Elizabeth Ericksen, Stella Anderson, Dragan Stojkovic and Laura Sewell
Location: Birch Lake Elementary
White Bear Lake
Join us for the 2008 Sartory String Quartet Institute! Students at this two-week Institute are placed in two string quartets with other students of similar age and proficiency. All quartets receive daily coachings in preparation for recital performances at the end of the institute.Students work closely with both faculty and interns throughout the day, as well as participate in classes with guest faculty on topics such as chamber music, rehearsal technique, and improvisation.
Kids Rock
Tuition $310
Ages 10 - 13
July 28 - August 1
1:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Registration Deadline: July 11
Instructors: MacPhail Faculty
Tired of being a garage-band groupie? Wanna star in your own rock show? Here’s your chance! This camp is designed for young musicians who want to improve their playing skills and learn how to collaborate with fellow rockers. Each student will be placed in a band coached by a MacPhail teaching artist in preparation for a performance on the last day of camp. This camp is open to singers as well as students who play guitar, bass, drums and keyboards. You must bring your own instrument to the camp. Amps are provided. A final rock concert will be held at First Avenue/7th St. Entry for family and friends.
RockWeek
Tuition $400
Ages 13 - 18; entering grades 9 - 12
3 sessions, 2 locations
Instructors: Chan Poling, Chris Osgood, Tom Pieper and Steve Roehm
MacPhail Apple Valley
July 21 - 24: 11:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
July 25: performance day at First Avenue, 1:00 p.m.
MacPhail Minneapolis
August 4 - 7: 11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
August 8: performance day at First Avenue, 1:00 p.m.
August 18-21: 11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
August 22: performance day at First Avenue, 1:00 p.m.
Registration Deadline: June 27
Get your music out of the basement and onto the stage! Attend MacPhail’s most popular and longest running camp for a week of jammin’ with your friends and creating your own original tunes. Rock out with other musicians in a band coached by MacPhail faculty performing both cover tunes and original songs. Attend classes on songwriting, lyric writing and instrument specific workshops. Tour the First Ave. Nightclub and discover how the music business works. This camp is open to singers as well as students who play guitar, bass, drums and keyboards. Participants must have had at least one year of private lessons on their instrument.
Hip-Hop Camp
Tuition $325
Students who qualify for free and reduced lunch receive a discounted tuition: $25
Ages 13-19
August 18-22
11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Registration Deadline: July 25
Instructors: Tish Jones and local Hip Hop and SpokenWord Artists
Calling all MC’s and DJ’s! Join us for our first annual Hip Hop camp at Plymouth Christian Youth Center (PCYC) in the heart of North Minneapolis. Students will be placed in small bands to create their own original tunes for a community performance at the historic Capri Theater. Work with local artists such as Tish Jones and Desdamona as you select your digital samples in the PCYC computer lab and write your own lyrics. Students who for free and reduced lunch can attend the camp for only $25.
Mallet Keyboard Camp
Tuition $315
Ages 14 - 22
June 23-27
6:30 - 9:00 p.m.
Registration Deadline: June 6
Instructors: MacPhail Percussion faculty
Designed for the serious intermediate to advanced mallet keyboard percussionist, this camp will cover a variety of
instruments and techniques. From marimba to xylophone, orchestra bells to vibraphone and chimes to crotales, students will have a chance to develop their playing skills on all instruments in small ensembles and large ensembles. Students will design and custom build their own mallets, learn the basics of buying a mallet keyboard, discuss audition strategies and hone their sight-reading skills for both the bass and treble clef. All students will perform in a recital for family and friends on the last day of camp.
Percussion Camp
Tuition $270
Ages 11 - 18; entering grades 6 - 12
July 14 & 18 12:30 - 4:00 p.m.
July 15-17 1:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Registration Deadline: June 20
Instructors: MacPhail Percussion faculty
An intensive and fun five-day creative experience for percussionists. You’ll cover performance technique for a variety of percussion instruments including snare drum, drum set, keyboard mallets and timpani. Each day you’ll play in an ensemble, attend group classes, make your own sticks and mallets and learn tons about all areas of percussion. Participants must have two years prior experience in band or one year individual instruction.
Jazz Camp
Tuition $310
Ages 12 - 18; entering grades 7 - 12
MacPhail Minneapolis
July 7-11 12:30 - 4:00 p.m.
MacPhail Apple Valley
July 14-18 12:30 - 4:00 p.m.
Registration Deadline: June 13
Instructors: MacPhail Jazz Faculty
Summer is the perfect time to focus on your jazz playing. This five day intensive session will cover improvisation techniques, jazz history sessions, instrument specific seminars and best of all, jazz combo rehearsals and performances. All instruments can participate; we especially encourage bass players to join the fun. Participants must have the willingness to take musical chances on their instruments. All jazz combos will perform in a final concert at the Dakota Jazz Club.
Arts on the River Camp
Tuition $200 members of participating organizations;
$225 non-members
Ages 8 - 12
June 30th through July 3rd
9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Play music, get up on stage, bake bread and construct books while exploring the rich cultural organizations within the Minneapolis riverfront district. Arts on the River Camp offers children a new experience each day at four top arts
centers, including the Guthrie Theater, Mill City Museum, Minnesota Center for Book Arts and MacPhail Center for Music. Participants will be dropped off at Mill City Museum each day and will walk to each participating organization (all within three blocks from the museum.) Registration can be made through Mill City Museum by calling 612-341-7556 or at the calendar online at www.mnhs.org/summercamps.
Adult Camps
Adult Chamber Music Camp
Tuition $315
July 14, 16, 17, 21, 23, 24
7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Optional hour: 6:00 - 7:00p.m.
Registration Deadline: June 2
Please arrive by 6:00 p.m. on July 14
Whether you are a veteran chamber music player or a first timer who is interested in collaborating with other adult musicians, this camp’s for you. Musicians will have coaching by MacPhail faculty members, an opportunity to meet and socialize with musicians with similar interests, and master classes from recognized professional musicians in the Twin Cities area. Students can choose to participate in reading sessions, individual lessons and technique classes. Camp will culminate with a performance and reception.
Early Childhood Music Camps
Information is located in the ECM course catalog section.
