music camp

slovesviola
Wed, 14 Dec 2011 19:17:09 +0000

I also recommend New England Music Camp very highly. There is an option to do one session or two, the first is 4 weeks and the second 3. This is a nice option if you want to spend a shorter period of time at camp and do something super intensive in addition. The campers participate in Orchestra, chamber music, music electives and have one private lesson a week. There is an option to do a second lesson per week (if you want to pay for it.) I know for a fact that the cello teacher is loved by all the campers.

This camp is very supportive and the campers are incredibly supportive of each other. The music faculty is of a very high calibre, they are all professional music teachers.

The program is not an all day music program, the campers have an opportunity to socialize and participate in recreational activities many afternoons. They study music 6 days a week, with concerts several evenings a week and on weekend afternoons.

My S. who is now a conservatory student, was at about the same level as your D on violin and was studying viola as a secondary instrument when he first attended this camp. He was able to participate in two chamber groups, take two lessons a week (one on each instrument) and study orchestral repertoire and music theory. There is also the opportunity to sing in the chorus for anyone who wants to, not just vocalists. (search for NEMC or New England Music Camp on YouTube and you will find many posts)

Some campers go on to study music in college and some do not, but music has remained a part of all of their lives.

S had been a camper at a sports camp from age 8 to 15 and was very attached to that camp. After his first summer at age 16 at NEMC he made the comment that he never dreamed that there could be such a perfect place. He attended for 2 summers as a camper and this will be his 3rd summer as a counselor.

Ok, I will get off my NEMC soapbox now, if you have any further questions feel free to ask. I know there are many parents of former campers on this forum.