Music Program

Each of your six full days at camp is filled with music-making, time for relaxation, and evening concerts.

Typical Daily Schedule

7:30 Breakfast 8:15 Mini-concert 8:35 Session 1: Morning Chorus (with orchestra) Everyone encouraged to participate 9:40 Session 2 * 10:35 Coffee break 11:00 Session 3 * 12:05 Session 4 * 1:00 Lunch 2:00 Quiet Hour 3:00 Afternoon activities (including orchestras) 6:00 Dinner 6:50 Wind Ensemble String Ensemble Drop-in Singing 8:30 Concert by faculty or students 10:00 Snack and social

^* Sessions: Participants choose their morning sessions from the classes scheduled during those times. Except for chamber music groups, there is no pre-registration for classes.

Music classes

A varied selection of classes, for vocalists and instrumentalists, beginners and advanced alike, will keep you making music all day.

^* Chamber Ensembles: These will be assigned before camp whenever possible. Please register early to help us schedule these coached groups. Registrants enrolled after June 20 are not guaranteed a chamber music group, although every effort will be made to accommodate them.

(Music class offerings may vary according to enrollment.)

Repertoire

This year's choral works are Vaughan Williams' Serenade to Music and Mozart's Kyrie (K341). The music for the Symphony Orchestra will be Nimrod from Elgar's Enigma Variations, Liszt's Les Preludes, and Canadian composer John Estacio's Bootlegger's Tarantella. The String Ensemble will explore Elgar's Serenade for Strings with Heather Hay.

Evenings

"Great atmosphere of acceptance and encouragement no matter what your level of accomplishment"

On Monday, join in a fun ice-breaker event to get to know your fellow participants.

Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, our outstanding faculty present concerts, ending the day on a perfect note.

On Friday evening and Saturday, the spotlight is on the participants! This is your chance to perform in an amicable, supportive environment, and to hear what your fellow participants have been working on all week. Various concerts will feature chamber music, small choral groups, children and youth. On Saturday evening, the spotlight is on the large ensembles, with a wind-up party on campus afterwards (to which guests are welcome).

Sundays

Camp gets going even before your first class Monday morning.

Upon your arrival between 2:00 and 4:00pm on Sunday, July 18, head directly to registration, and then get settled in your room. Past campers can mingle with old friends, while first-time campers are offered a tour of the campus. Then whet your musical appetite by joining in a percussion jam (open to all!).

After supper, an orientation session will map out how the week will unfold, and the faculty and their courses will be introduced. Music-making then begins in earnest with a read-through of the week's choral work (singers and instrumentalists separately).

On the last day of camp (Sunday, July 25), the only scheduled activity is breakfast. Check-out time is 10:00am.