Summer Camps 2009
June 8 – August 28, 2009
39 camps and Suzuki institute for ages 3 – adults
MacPhail summer camps 2009 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 Instruction
Composition Camp
Tuition $330
Ages 11-18; entering grades 6-12
MacPhail Minneapolis
July 27-31 12 noon-4:00 p.m.
Registration Deadline: July 3
Optional Daily Classes
Tuition $68
11:00 a.m.-12 noon
Harmony and Counterpoint
Instructors: Sarah Miller and other Composition Faculty
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. 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. Space is limited, register early!
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Beginning Piano Camp
Tuition $295
Ages 7-10
MacPhail Minneapolis
June 22-26 9:00 a.m.-12:00 noon
July 27-31 9:00 a.m.-12:00 noon
Registration Deadline: June 5
Instructors: Cathy Smetana, Sue Ruby, Jeremy Hanson
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
Tuition $340
Ages 10-14; entering grades 5-8
MacPhail Minneapolis
July 6-10 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
Registration Deadline: June 12
Instructors: Cathy Smetana, Sue Ruby,Jeremy Hanson
Join us for week of musical games, piano ensembles and making your own music. 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. 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 $400
Ages Preschool-Grade 12
Teacher observation fee: $27/day
MacPhail Minneapolis
July 20-24, 8:45 a.m.- 4:00 p.m.
Evening performances July 23
Registration Deadline: June 8
No refunds after June 8
Information for Students (PDF)
Suzuki Clinicians: Marilyn Taggart, Piano; Tadeusz Majewski, Piano; David Madsen, Guitar; Kathleen Schoen, Flute/recorder; MacPhail Suzuki Faculty
Enrichment classes: Teen Musical Revue, World Music, Music & Art
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
• Masterclasses, recitals
• Art and music
•World music/drumming
• Music History
• Closing recitals and presentations
• Teen Musical Revue:
Who May Attend?
• Suzuki students who have completed 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.
Suzuki Teacher Training:
Guitar Book 4: David Madsen, July 20-25, 9:00-4:00 & additional evening hours as needed. $450
Recorder, Book 1: Mary Halverson Waldo, July 19-26. $850
Every Child Can!® Kathy Wood, July 19, 11:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m., $125
Teacher observation: July 20-24 $30/day
Prerequisite to Teacher Training Courses: Every Child Can!® is required prior to taking Book 1
Course Order: Courses must be taken in order through Book 2
Information for Teacher Trainers (PDF)
Audition Requirement: To qualify as a participant in training courses rather than auditor, applicants must submit a video audition of specified repertoire to the SAA, preferably prior to enrollment. Videos 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 2009, applicants submitting tapes later than March 31, 2009 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, 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 and find the downloadable video audition application form (with instructions) in the teacher section, or call the SAA toll free 1-888-378-9854 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 612.767.5461 or via email.
String Chamber Music Camp
Tuition $170
Ages 9-12; entering grades 4-6
MacPhail Minneapolis
July 13-17 9:30-11:45 a.m.
Registration Deadline: June 1
Placement auditions are Sunday, June 7 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
MacPhail Minneapolis
August 10-21, Monday-Friday, 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
Registration Deadline: June 19
Placement auditions: Saturday, June 27
Instructors: MacPhail String Faculty
Join us for String Academy, a comprehensive and intensive full-day string camp formiddle school and high school students. String Academy offers the complete string experience fromorchestra, to quartets, to private lessons to alternative string styles andmore! Attendworkshops andmaster classes led by quartet-in-residence, The Brooklyn Rider String Quartet, a nationally recognized ensemblewhich has performed withYo-YoMa. Be among the first students to try out newly composed string quartet music by composer Geoff Hudson as part of the Quartet Project, a national project for string chambermusic programs. Discover new ways to play your instrument in workshops led by local“bluegrassical” musicians, The OrangeMighty Trio. Round out your experiencewith private lessons, theory classes and field trips. The campwill concludewith a final performance of all ensembles on August 21.
Sartory String Quartet Institute
Tuition $500 (Plus an additional non-refundable audition fee of $20 )
Ages: 11-18; entering grades 6-12
July 6-16, 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
Birch Lake Elementary
White Bear Lake
Registration Deadline: April 17
Auditions: April 25 2:00-6:00 p.m.
Instructors: Elizabeth Ericksen, Stella Anderson, Dragan Stojkovic and Laura Sewell
Join us for the 2009 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.
Audition: 3-octave scale, piece that shows tone and technique and prepared excerpts.
Click on your instrument below for the string quartet excerpts for your audition:
Violin (pdf)
Viola (pdf)
Cello (pdf)
Minimum requirements:
Violin: Bach A Minor Concerto
Viola: Telemann Concerto
Cello: Comfortable up to 4th Position
Adult Chamber Music Camp
Tuition $330
MacPhail Minneapolis
July 13, 15, 16, 20, 22, 23
6:00-9:00 p.m.
Registration Deadline: June 5
Instructors: MacPhail Chamber Music Faculty
Interested in collaborating with other adult musicians and gaining new insights on your playing? Be a part of the popular Adult ChamberMusic Camp. Receive coaching froma variety ofMacPhail facultymembers and have an opportunity tomeet and socialize withmusicians who have similar interests. Attend or performin amaster class led by well-known local professional musicians. All camp attendees will be placed into two chamber ensembles and each ensemble will receive 5 coachings throughout the course of the camp. Chamber groups can opt to performin a final concert for family and friends followed by a reception. Placement in either Adult Chamber Camp or the Introductory ChamberMusic Camp is based on a placement audition for coordinator Jeremy Swider. Contact Jeremy Swider at 612.767.5399 to schedule an audition.
Introductory Chamber Camp for Adults
Tuition $150
Ages Adults
MacPhail Minneapolis
July 13, 15, 16
July 13, 6:00-9:00 p.m.
July 15-16, 6:00-8:00 p.m.
Registration deadline: June 5
Instructors: MacPhail Chamber Music Faculty
Have you just begun studying a new instrument or are you just returning to an instrument that you studied when you were a child? Even if you are a beginner you can discover the joys of playing chamber music. Join us for MacPhail’s Introductory Chamber Music Camp for Adults where you will be placed in small ensembles of 3-5 players who are playing at a similar level. Learn the basics of playing in an ensemble and prepare yourself for a lifetime of music-making. Participants in this camp are invited to attend both the master class and the performance of the Adult Chamber Music Camp the following week at no additional charge. Placement in either Introductory Chamber Camp or the Adult Chamber Music Camp is based on a placement audition for coordinator Jeremy Swider. Contact Jeremy Swider at 612.767.5399 to schedule an audition.
Kids Rock
Tuition $325
Ages 10-13
MacPhail Minneapolis
July 27-31 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 youngmusicianswho want to improve their playing skills and learn howto collaborate with fellow rockers. Each student will be placed in a band coached by aMacPhail teaching artist in preparation for a performance on the last day of camp. This camp is open to singers aswell as students who play guitar, bass, drums and keyboards. Youmust bring your own instrument to the camp. Amps are provided. A final rock concertwill be held at First Avenue/7th St. Entry for family and friends.
Sponsored by:
Rock Week
Tuition $415
Ages 13-18; entering grades 9-12
3 sessions, 2 locations
MacPhail Apple Valley
July 20-23: 11:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
July 24: performance day at First Avenue, 1:00 p.m.
MacPhail Minneapolis
August 3-6: 11:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
August 7: performance day at First
Avenue, 1:00 p.m.
August 17-20: 12:00-5:00 p.m.
August 21: performance day at First Avenue, 1:00 p.m.
Registration Deadline: June 26
Instructors: Chan Poling (The New Standards, The Suburbs), John Munson (The New Standards, Semisonic), Adam Levy (The Honeydogs) and Steve Roehm (The New Standards)
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. Perform at the legendary First Avenue/7th St. Entry on the final day of the camp. 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.
Sponsored by:
Hip-Hop Camp
Tuition $335
Students who qualify for free and reduced lunch receive a discounted tuition: $25
Ages 13-19
Plymouth Christian Youth Center
August 24-28 11:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
Registration Deadline: July 31
Instructors: Tish Jones, Desdamona and local Hip Hop and Spoken Word 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 qualify for free and reduced lunch can attend the camp for only $25.
Watch video from last years performance at the Carpi Theater!
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Mallet Keyboard Camp
Tuition $330
Ages 14-18, entering grades 9-12
MacPhail Minneapolis
June 22-26 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 and hone their sightreading 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 $280
Ages 11-18; entering grades 6-12
MacPhail Minneapolis
July 13 - 17 1:00-4:00 p.m.
Registration Deadline: June 19
Instructors: MacPhail Percussion faculty
An intensive and fun five-day creative experience for percussionists wishing to become more serious about their study. 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 mallets and learn tons about all areas of percussion. Participants must have two years prior experience in band or one year individual instruction.
Gamelan Camp
Tuition $250
Ages 8-11
MacPhail Minneapolis
August 3-7 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Instructor: Joko Sutrisno
Discover a fascinating new kind of music—learn to play traditional Indonesian music on the spectacular set of instruments known as a gamelan. You will play gongs of various sizes, metallophones (like xylophones, but metal), and other instruments that join together in this form of collaborative music making. No previous musical experience is needed. Joko will teach you basic techniques and musical forms, and from the first day you will be playing real pieces of music. You will gain skills that are valuable in any form of music making— listening, focus, and cooperative effort. And what’s more—the learning process is FUN! The camp will end with an informal performance so that you can share your new abilities with parents and friends.
Clarinet Camp
Tuition $330
Ages 14-17
MacPhail Minneapolis
July 27-31 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Intructors: MacPhail Clarinet Faculty andmembers of the Minnesota Orchestra Clarinet Section.
Upgrade your skills and knowledge at MacPhail's new Clarinet Camp. Daily activities will feature small ensemble rehearsals and warm-up/ technique sessions. One or two special sessions daily will feature topics including: preparing for and performing successful auditions, the E-flat and Bass clarinets, maintenance and repair, reeds, history and repertoire. The week will culminate in ensemble performances for your family and friends.
Arts on the River Camp
Tuition $200 members of participating organizations; $225 non-members
Ages 8-12
Mill City Museum
June 29-July 2 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.
Jazz Camp
Tuition $325
Ages 12-18; entering grades 7-12
MacPhail Minneapolis
July 6-10 12:30-4:00 p.m.
August 10-14 12:30-4:00 p.m.
MacPhail Apple Valley
July 13-17 12:30-4:00 p.m.
Registration Deadline: June 5
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 in MacPhail’s Antonello Hall.
Sponsored by:
Early Childhood Music Camps
Information is located in the ECM course catalog section.
MacPhail Apple Valley Camps
Rock Week
Tuition $415
Ages 13-18; entering grades 9-12
3 sessions, 2 locations
MacPhail Apple Valley
July 20-23: 11:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
July 24: performance day at First Avenue, 1:00 p.m.
Registration Deadline: June 26
Instructors: Chan Poling (The New Standards, The Suburbs), John Munson (The New Standards, Semisonic), Adam Levy (The Honeydogs) and Steve Roehm (The New Standards)
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. Perform at the legendary First Avenue/7th St. Entry on the final day of the camp. 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.
Sponsored by:
Jazz Camp
Tuition $325
Ages 12-18; entering grades 7-12
MacPhail Apple Valley
July 13-17 12:30-4:00 p.m.
Registration Deadline: June 5
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 in MacPhail’s Antonello Hall.
Sponsored by:
MacPhail White Bear Lake Camps
Sartory String Quartet Institute
Tuition $500 (Plus an additional non-refundable audition fee of $20 )
Ages: 11-18; entering grades 6-12
July 6-16, 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
Birch Lake Elementary
White Bear Lake
Registration Deadline: April 17
Auditions: April 25 2:00-6:00 p.m.
Instructors: Elizabeth Ericksen, Stella Anderson, Dragan Stojkovic and Laura Sewell
Join us for the 2009 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.
Audition: 3-octave scale, piece that shows tone and technique and prepared excerpts.
Click on your instrument below for the string quartet excerpts for your audition:
Violin (pdf)
Viola (pdf)
Cello (pdf)
Minimum requirements:
Violin: Bach A Minor Concerto
Viola: Telemann Concerto
Cello: Comfortable up to 4th Position
